My mom is the same. “I need a man to do this!”

Well, damn. I had no idea fixing my own appliances, doing home maintenance, and making repairs meant I was a man! It’s a good thing my partner is bisexual.

It was incredibly frustrating because I would try to get included on these things as a kid but I would be turned away. I had to figure most of it out myself. (Thank you, internet.)

My partner is taller than me. They go to her. Even when she has to come get me to explain it better.

Interesting choice, especially when I am the one that pays for the services as well.

I would be in Slime Rancher 2. I would be doing pretty alright! I can stay at my ranch and tend to my adorable slimes.

You may or may not have luck with secondhand pots and pans. If it were me, for the right price, it wouldn’t matter if they got abused.

My frying pans from Made In are great, but they have no helper handles. They heat very evenly and I have had great results. I was able to make eggs in my uncoated pans and I very often did not have problems with sticking. (This was not the case with my old frying pan that bit the dust. Uneven and lots of sticking.)

Cuisinart and Tramontina are both pretty great. I have a stock pot, a 8 quart pot, and sauce pans from these brands. Not super expensive and can handle some abuse. I got the recommendations from Serious Eats and am happy. I would recommend you look at these if you want to buy new. I got these to replace hand-me-downs and secondhand stuff I got that was thin and single ply. Couldn’t afford All-Clad. When I got them, I thought I was going to be counting the days until I could replace them, but after using them, I’m in no hurry. I haven’t measured, but they are thick and haven’t shown any signs of warping.

Whatever you do, do not get anything with nonstick coating. You need to baby it and it still wears out too fast.

Made In makes a universal lid that may interest you. My partner doesn’t have the patience to find the right lid so she uses it a lot.

I agree that helper handles are great for larger capacity cookware but it would seem more cumbersome for smaller items like an 8" frying pan or a smaller saucepan. You can get a 12" frying pan with a helper handle, but smaller will be difficult to find. You could look into saute pans, which are very versatile and usually have helper handles.

Depending on how much money you’re willing to spend, I would go with a relatively inexpensive set/get a few individual pieces from Cuisinart or Tramontina. In my experience, their stuff is awesome for the price. I haven’t regretted my purchases from them.

I had a secondhand pot that had a second bottom stuck on to even out the heating as far as I could tell. It fell off. Maybe fixable.

I had it for 10 years so I was satisfied I got my money’s worth and bought myself a much nicer pot.

I LOVE my Breville toaster oven/air fryer. I got mine secondhand because they are pretty expensive new. I use it nearly every day and have been for the last two years. It shows no signs of stopping (but it needs a good cleaning… Oops.)

I used to love the Pokemon games.

They are not good.

My tits would absolutely demolish that bra. 😭

Ugh, I’m staring right down the barrel here.

I don’t care much for breakfast in general, but veggie sausage is fucking delicious.

doorbell rings

It has been a while since I thought about “lacto” or “ovo” as a descriptor for vegetarians!

This is how I learned Ian Watkins is dead.

Good.

Looks like a book strap, for a person to transport books, like to school. Not used much because backpacks and satchels are much better for this job.

I got my tubes tied. (It was a LONG hunt before I found a doc that would do it.) I’m fortunate periods don’t bother me a whole lot, so the risk of vaginal prolapse doesn’t seem worth it at this time. But I may in the future.

They do not typically give local anesthesia for implants (at least IUD) in the US. I hear it is common outside of the US.

I did the whole thing white knuckled. Both insertion and extraction.

Mine was trying to expel itself and it was so painful I was apparently “ashy colored” according to colleagues and sweating due to aforementioned pain. The cramping was about as bad as labor pain.

The string was wrapped around the device and wasn’t accessible from outside of the cervix, so the doctor had to dig it out with forceps (?)

At least after it was out, certain symptoms I had for years disappeared… So yay for that!

It turns out that level of pain is not normal. Oops.

My friends told me I should try the arm implant. After the rotten luck I’ve had with hormonal birth control, no thanks!

I’ve been on both sides of it. I far prefer the quarters/physical cash over the app nonsense.

I like GOG because I wanted to have the games forever unlike with Steam where they COULD take it away. Sigh.

Interesting. I would have thought that the primary audience of Grindr wouldn’t be interested in women, but it appears that it is indeed used by folks that aren’t men. TIL.