I had this recently. My parents wanted me to make a full hour round trip drive across town to pick them up in the middle of the night so they could save $50 on a taxi. I said, "No," as I have kids to look after now, and my mom launched into how I'm not family first anymore and after all the things she did for me as a kid, she can't depend on me to pick her up.
I stuck to my guns though. They conned my brother with the same story, but I set a boundary.
I had a course where the teacher basically said you would have a hard time passing if you did not have a windows laptop because it was the only OS that worked well with their program.
I was listening to a podcast where the found that Spotifys recommendations are set to play songs you like always. They don't want to challenge your listening habits out of fear that people will cancel their subscriptions. Basically they will always play it safe
It's a terrible time right now. I've applied for over 100 roles this year and only got 3 interviews. Interviews went well, but you never move on. Likely they had someone in mind for the position already.
I think I'm close to reaching out to one of those temp agencies and try to find a year contract somewhere with the hope I end up getting a permanent offer somewhere.
I have 10 years experience in operations and finished a BBA a year ago and it has not amounted in any new opportunities sadly.
I was in Portland a few years ago and the encampments were extensive. Like nothing I have ever seem. You passed massive ones while on the train from the airport. The idea that the solution to it is just to ban camping rather than actually provide stable housing for a massive vulnerable population is so brain dead.
I am using RSS for keeping up on news and I defintely prefer it. The main thing I am missing is game notifications. Even if it could email me or show up in my calendar
Forget her feelings. Make it clear there is no relationship. Otherwise they will hold onto hope and could try to undermine your marriage.
You can't prioritze other people's feelings. Almost always others wont prioritze yours.