OOC: hey folks, going to have to pause the event. Ironically, my dog isn’t acting like himself today and my wife wants to take him to the vet. You can keep sending in asks for Amy and I’ll see if I can get some queued or drafted for tomorrow (though of course it’ll be one day ‘in the canon’).

Welcome back Amy!

Hiii ヾ(＾∇＾)

Sorry I was off, for a while. Training for exams was tough. I was going to upload yesterday but I was pretty sick… ('T᷄⌑T᷅) atleast I get to upload today tho, because I’m off sick!! (^ヮ^)

Anyways, my upload schedule probably will still be better, but I’ll try to be more consistent. Thanks for saying Hi, Anon!! ^_^

Does her attitude towards a baby suck? Yes. Does Ask Amy admit that it also sucks to insist crafters make stuff for people with no real connection to them? No. Am I biased as a knitter myself. Yes.

By Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: My son’s ex-wife, “Tammy,” recently had a baby with her new husband.

Tammy also has two children with my son. I recently made slippers for my grandsons and sent the slippers to them. I told my son about it, and now he’s asking me to make a pair of slippers for the new baby. I don’t think I need to, as that baby is not my grandchild.

Should I go along with this, or is there a nice way to say that the child means nothing to me, so I’m not interested in doing it? After all, the ex-wife is the one who left the marriage when she cheated on my son with her new husband. – Curious Granny

Dear Granny: Hmmm. Let’s see. Is there a nice way to say, “This baby means nothing to me and so I’m not interested in doing anything for the child?”

I’ve called an imaginary conclave among all of the sages whose wisdom I trust the most, and all agree that your position and attitude about this baby is exclusionary and unkind. This child is the sibling of your grandchildren. Your grandchildren must be encouraged and allowed to accept and love this child. Why? Because it is best for everyone.

Your son is obviously encouraging/forcing you to accept this baby as the sibling of your beloved grandchildren. Good for him. Acceptance on your part makes your son’s life easier and more peaceful. It helps to integrate all of the children into a sibling group.

If you want to give gifts only to your grandchildren, you should send these gifts to your son’s address, not to his ex-wife’s address.

Furthermore, you holding on to an angry attitude toward your son’s ex-wife leads to you passively punishing your grandchildren, who are her children. Let your son carry his own water. You should work much harder to maintain a neutral attitude toward her, and a loving attitude toward all of the children involved.

Yes the baby is innocent but first the mom cheats and breaks up her family and then she asks her former MIL to make stuff for her son? That's balls. Yes the grandma should just mail stuff to her sons place for now on, mailing it to her place was just rubbing it in.

Exactly how does being irritated at being asked to knit or crochet stuff for others "unkind" but those who ask in the first place aren't entitled?

{ A female trainer with pink hair was trying to adjust her camera, with the help of her Pokemon.}

"Is this thing on, Rosy?"

"Ton! Tinkaton!"

"That's great!"

The female, pink haired trainer and her Tinkaton both looked at the camera as they happily smiled and waved at the device.

"Hi there! My name's Amelia Rose or Amy Rose! I live in a far away region called Emerald City with my friends and Pokemon. Speaking of Pokemon. this is my Tinkaton named Rosy, say hi Rosy."

"Tinkaton!" 👋

"Oh, you're so cute Rosy! Well, if you have any questions to ask feel free, and take your time so don't be shy!^^"

"Ton, Tinkaton!"

"I guess that's all I have to say then. Take care everyone, and bye!" 👋

These pop up in my article feed all the time, and I usually really like Amy's advice, but also every time I see her face it feels like I'm looking at my future self. Like, I think that's exactly what I'm going to look like at her age.

And idk, there's something very comforting about that? Like, she's successful, she looks happy, if that's future me, I've got a good shot?

do you still talk to the other mods?

Sometimes!

I'm not super close with all of them anymore, moving for college and then again for grad school as put a lot of distance between me and them, but we do check in with each other occasionally and are all still friends

- ♥💖♀️Mod Amy♀️💖♥

Ask Amy: Where I grew up, this would be considered alarming

Dear Amy: My husband and I live near his parents. They are very nice people, but they have a terrible habit of showing up at our house uninvited. Like they’re out doing errands and then they just stop in. Honestly, I do not like this at all. I grew up in a small town with lots of family around, but we would never do this. We might call when we were on the way and ask if we could pop by, but I…

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Neighbors never offer compensation for watching their dog – Chicago Tribune

Dear Amy: Friends ask us regularly to watch their dog, but never offer us any compensation. We are not asking for cash, but a gift card would be nice. They ask us to do this every year for one week in the summer, and then other periods throughout the year, usually lasting for a few […]

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I’ve recently completed THE MIGHTY QUEENS OF FREEVILLE when it was recommended by my book club. I so enjoyed it, I didn’t want it to end. I had no idea anyone else ever even heard of Freeville besides my sisters and I. We spent our summer vacations there when we were quite young…my recollection would be mid 1950’s—just before u were born. I remember it exactly as u describe it! We stayed at a big White House owned by my father’s great uncle…Harry and Teresa Ellis. We have since lost contact with their two daughters but remember spending some time with them when we visited. The house was on Main Street as I recollect, and we used to walk across the street to swim and play by a dam…there were Lilly pads in the water. We hope to take a day trip from Buffalo soon to find the house. Maybe u could help? Did u know the family? Did u know the twin girls that lived next door? Connie and Carol maybe? I thought they were beauty queens at the time. Your story rings so true to my life in many ways…your mom reminds me a little of myself. We grew up near the University at Buffalo campus. Having little money, I thought I would be a secretary when I grew up, but I loved that University and dreamed of going there…no way could we afford college. I was also an avid reader and worked as a typist for awhile for professors—typing theses—I thought that was pretty cool. But then I had the good fortune of getting into UB for Business Education. To make a long story short, I went on to become an Associate Professor for UB at an off-campus job training site with a masters in Educational computing. In my retirement I am considering writing a memoir and I’m excited to begin a chapter on Freeville…looking forward to going to visit and would love to hear from you. BTW I rated your book a “10”!!! Have also completed STRANGERS TEND TO TELL ME THINGS…

Alright! As promised, as a Mother's Day special, we have my friend Amy here today.

Hi y'all!

Why don't you tell everyone about yourself?

Oh, putting me on the spot, Norm. Uhh.

What, Ms Changed-At-A-Party-Once doesn't like being the center of attention?

Don't go bringing ancient history into this, Mr Halter.

Hah.

Anyway....as Norm is implying...I'm Amy, and I'm a werewolf. We dated a while ago--

--amicable, of course.

Mhm. Still friends. Couldn't ask for a better babysitter.

I asked her here because she's the local supermom. Feel free to field her any questions about being a mom in this crazy world, lycanthropy, any of that.

Or crochet. Been getting into crochet.

You'll have to show me later.

Hey Amy! Settle a debate for me and Sonic!

Is corporeal punishment normal/ok?

-@doubletaileddoubletrouble

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh why’d you ask? I’ve **NEVER** been involved in something like that. It’s kind of silly that you would bring it up..! Ignore Sonic there, he’s just taking a nap. I’m not even sure why you’d ask..!🙂🙌

(In all seriousness though, I do not support corporeal punishment at all. If you are suffering from it, please make sure you speak up about it and tell someone you trust, aswell as calling CPS and the police ^_^ ! Corporeal punishment is not okay, it’s abuse.)

Thanks for the question, Anon! ^_^ (not sure why you’d ask because I have no interest nor history of it whatsoever YOU HAVE NO PROOF! I DIDNT DO IT)

which bolas mc did you pick?

helloooo nonny! so I have played through a lot so I have done different ones. My MCs are usually female and human (but not always).

My first MC was the female human with the curly brown hair- I probably use her the most. I have also used the blond human female MC and the blue Elf MC with black hair? I think I wanna do an orc playthrough next, maybe the female orc with black hair?

How about you?

Keep getting spam risk phone calls.

So I have a phone that keeps getting local calls but with audio warning of spam risk. I don't pick up the call but I was wondering who should I call to keep these calls from coming all the time

Some Sonamy headcanons 💙💖

Hell nahhhhh

I have been married to my sweet husband, M, for 4 yrs & we have a 3 yr old daughter let’s call her ‘L’. My father in law hasn’t approved of me since I first met him. He tried to convince my husband to leave me & go find a Vietnamese woman. Whenever we are in his presence his father will say inappropriate & racist comments to our L such as ‘why are your lips so big’ ‘go back to Africa’ ‘why is your skin so dark’. He is disrespectful and tells us to ‘beat her ass’ when she doesn’t greet him the way he wants her too. I eventually stopped saying ‘hello’ upon seeing him because I was always given either a grunt or a cold shoulder in return. The last time I said ‘hello happy fathers day’ I was 9 months pregnant. In return…..He. Said. Nothing. My husband does defend L to him when those things are said, but not when I’m treated negatively by Dad.

Currently, all 3 of us are supposed to go see mom (& dad) next week. Mom has dementia & is deteriorating. Thankfully we have been able to see see her solo over the past few months so we were able to avoid him.

Some other factors I should mention….I suffer from major depressive disorder. I have abandoned issues from both birth parents from age 14 (they divorced). I was a widow at age 31 by my first marriage. It was very traumatic. My self-worth meter has always been in the negative. It’s definitely a trigger for me to be around someone who is so toxic and dismissive. Not to mention the way he treats L.

I’m struggling w/ how to handle this situation. For my daughter, our marriage, and for the sake of my mental health that has been so debilitating :/ many thanks