They banned sweets from the checkout aisles over here (and possibly in the UK)What really made me mad was when the only M&Ms to be found were the checkout aisle.
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Figgy1
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James went shopping with me and we came home with extrasI can't bring my youngest to the supermarket unless I'm either willing to spend the entire time we're checking out explaining that no, we're not getting candy, or to purchase a king size bag of M&Ms for him and a king size Hershey bar for his brother. At least he makes sure his brother is covered, too!
leeks, grapes, daikon radish and a multi pack of gum
ImperfectPixie
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@figmentfan423 ... it's part of his autism. Once we do something a particular way, he expects it to be that way every. single. time. Unfortunately for me, he latched onto a shopping trip in which I got them each a treat.
ETA: He DOES eat a lot of fruit...which is more than I can say for his brother. But I guess each of them eating one of the two is good?!? Please tell me it's good!
ETA: He DOES eat a lot of fruit...which is more than I can say for his brother. But I guess each of them eating one of the two is good?!? Please tell me it's good!
Figgy1
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Does than mean you need to venture farther into the store?
Figgy1
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I've heard about worse.@figmentfan423 ... it's part of his autism. Once we do something a particular way, he expects it to be that way every. single. time. Unfortunately for me, he latched onto a shopping trip in which I got them each a treat.
ETA: He DOES eat a lot of fruit...which is more than I can say for his brother. But I guess each of them eating one of the two is good?!? Please tell me it's good!
StarWarsGirl
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At least that means when you go into the candy aisle looking for a king size bag of M&Ms, you might actually find a King size bag of M&Ms.
ImperfectPixie
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I do force them to eat at least 2-3 bites of stuff they don't like at dinner time. My oldest is pretty good about it. My youngest it's like pulling teeth and sometimes he'll drag it out as long as he can.
Songbird76
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Glad you didn't get in trouble! The teacher who took my brother and the kid to the principal's office asked me why I hadn't just slapped his face or something and I told her that if I did that, I'd be the one who got suspended, not him. She said if he did it again, she would conveniently not see it if I socked him one. And one other math teacher said the same thing when he found out about it...he told me he would go blind for a second. But I have never been a confrontational person, hence the blushing and nervous laughter. I just didn't have it in me confront him unless he was doing something to someone else. I was really good at standing up for OTHER people, but not at standing up for myself.
ImperfectPixie
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I was very much like you until high school...then my rebellious streak came out with a vengeance.
Songbird76
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It wouldn't surprise me, but he might have just been a troll looking to get a reaction, too.
I really should have pressed charges against the guy in high school. He grew up to be a child abuser...killed his infant son (shaken baby), did time for that, was released, got married again and went to jail again for kicking his 3 year old down a hallway. Maybe if someone had intervened earlier, he would have turned out ok....I feel bad that I didn't report him back when he was harassing me, but I couldn't have known what he'd grow up to be.
wdwfan4ver
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The person who called you a Karen is an idiot.I got called a "karen". I don't think this guy knows what a Karen is. I was posting on a vlog I follow, and I posted about how when I was in high school, a boy in my class was harassing me, snapping my bra, making vulgar comments about what he wanted to do to me, etc. It was happening in the hallways and in my Biology class where we had assigned seating and his seat was next to mine. I went to the Bio teacher and asked if he could move our seats apart and explained why. He told me that there were always going to be people I didn't like, but I had to find a way to get along, and that it was my fault because I would blush and kind of nervously giggle out of embarrassment, which was encouraging to him. He DID make a new seating arrangement, and put the boy right behind me, where he was even closer and had more access to snap my bra, mess with my hair, stick pencils in my ear, etc. I came home in tears every afternoon and my brother finally got angry and slammed the boy up against some lockers and a teacher heard the commotion and came to see what was going on. My brother told the story, the kid confirmed he HAD done and said those things and he just laughed about it, so she marched both of them to the principal's office. It did finally stop, because the boy was reminded that his family was fixing to move soon, and he wouldn't be allowed to leave the state if there was a lawsuit pending against him. So he stopped, and at the time, that's all I had wanted. I didn't want to make trouble for anyone, I just wanted him to stop, so I DIDN'T file a lawsuit, and that in hindsight, I probably should have, and also included the Bio teacher for not protecting me and not doing anything to stop it, and instead making it worse. And I also mentioned in my post that I had had numerous other experiences...a guy who grabbed my behind (who I promptly punched in the stomach) and various men who blocked my entrance to a bathroom, or a hallway, etc and made lewd suggestions. And for this, a guy said I was intent on thinking all men were evil, and he called me a Karen.
I know about similar type of behavior you referred to. When I was senior in high school, a male student during lunch inside the cafeteria wanted me to touch a female student. The female student with her seating down at the lunch table and I refused to do the illegal touching.
I was brought up what was acceptable behavior and what was not. I refused to because I felt would be in a lot of trouble for illegal touching from a criminal standpoint.
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Songbird76
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I was the champion of underdogs. I was friends with all the people who had no other friends...the "weird" kids, etc. And I could tell someone to knock it off if they were bullying someone. I walked behind a girl in the hallways for a while because the same kid was walking right behind her and kicking the bottom of her shoe as she took a step to trip her...she had bright red hair and a bunch of freckles....people thought she was ugly, so they were mean to her. She asked me to walk with her after lunch so I walked behind her to keep him from tripping her....that's when he started snapping my bra. He couldn't get to her, so he refocused on me. I could stand up for her, but I didn't dare actually DO something to him. The principal hated me and I knew he would use anything he could against me if I put even a toe over the line. I couldn't risk it, so I just took it. I thought my biology teacher would help me. They went to our church, and he knew me....I was always a good student, I was quiet and well-behaved, my mom was strict and I didn't date, didn't wear makeup, didn't party. I was a "prude"...I wore baggy clothing that covered everything. It never occurred to me that he would blame me and tell me it was something I needed to learn to tolerate. Supposedly, our school had a "zero tolerance policy". In reality, nothing happened to the kid. He didn't even get a detention, even though he admitted to everything. I guarantee if I had done anything to him, I'd have been sitting in in school suspension. I wish I'd had that rebellious streak.I was very much like you until high school...then my rebellious streak came out with a vengeance.
Songbird76
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I was lucky I was never in the "in" crowd. In my school, the popular group of girls were targeted by their male friends. They pantsed each other....I used to safety pin my pants to my shirt, just in case, so if they ever tried to pants me, nothing would happen. They never tried. The other thing the boys loved doing was going up to a girl and asking "How do you scare a bee?" and then they'd grab the girls breast s and shout "BOO BEE!" They thought it was hilarious and the girls didn't complain, so that went on for quite a while, but I was never the target of those pranks.
ajrwdwgirl
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My view as I got home from work. It is still snowing.
On a happier note...in June I decided to subscribe to a monthly snack box called Universal Yums. It delivers 6 different snacks in a box from a different country. So far we have had U.K., Columbia, Egypt, and this month's box arrived and it is Russia! We tried this sweet treat tonight and it was a chocolate coated cake with a dulce de leche type of filling. It was good but had a bit of a salty after taste. And the cover of the treat looked like a scary Russian baby.
On a happier note...in June I decided to subscribe to a monthly snack box called Universal Yums. It delivers 6 different snacks in a box from a different country. So far we have had U.K., Columbia, Egypt, and this month's box arrived and it is Russia! We tried this sweet treat tonight and it was a chocolate coated cake with a dulce de leche type of filling. It was good but had a bit of a salty after taste. And the cover of the treat looked like a scary Russian baby.
Goofyernmost
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The only thing missing from this for me is Tapioca. I love Tapioca pudding but I have been unable to find it for months. I guess Tapioca probably doesn't have the same priority as toilet paper because I really haven't had any problem finding that. Who would have thought that would be a Corona short fall.It's simple! Stores believe if you have to go searching the store you'll put extras in your cart while looking for what you came in for
ImperfectPixie
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I just did an Amazon search and the pricing does seem to suggest that there's a general shortage on tapioca...they DO have choices available, though.
Goofyernmost
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When I tried to order it all I got was "not presently in stock". Not as store around here has it including Walmart which usually has things that others cannot get. I don't really want to put an order in with Amazon right now anyway so I will manage without it. It just seemed like such an odd thing to not be available.
ImperfectPixie
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It is VERY odd! I used to love it when I was a kid, but not so much as an adult. Hope you find some soon!
Goofyernmost
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It is sort of a comfort food for me. My mom made it for me all the time because she knew I loved it. When I headed out to Niagara Falls for my first official base assignment in the Air Force, unbeknownst to me, she packed some in my stuff for a snack during the 8 hour drive from Vermont to Niagara Falls, NY. I don't like the store bought pre-made stuff, but the homecooked stuff is really good if you don't mind standing there at the stove stirring the batch for about 45 minutes as it slowly comes to a boil at medium heat.
ImperfectPixie
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If memory serves, my mom used to get the "minute" cook-at-home kind...I used to make it after school for a treat.