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Hi. I have been with my current employer for over 8yrs, they have sponsored me on an o1 and resulting renewals over that time. There’s been a lot of change at the top recently and I’m expecting to be part of layoffs..: which honestly I would be fine with given I would get severance. But I’m nervous they might just not agree to do my renewal and therefore will bypass an official layoff and therefore severance…. Can they do that? Can they decline my renewal without officially laying me off?

I’m visiting Florida and I love it, the people are so nice the weather is fantastic… but the water, it is in a word, awful, a little bit thick and the softness of Evian. Even when I put pedialyte in it I can’t drink it. Floridians… are you tap water and just used to it or do you buy?

I’m staying w in laws and they have Aquafina in the fridge, also un drinkable.

Im so dehydrated right now.

Our nanny joined us almost exactly a year ago. We’re ending her contract at the end of Nov. i obvi still want to give her a Christmas bonus… I read somewhere it’s a weeks pay, but then I was talking to someone at work and they said it was closer to 2-3wks.

I live in Brooklyn.

My 8m old is a good, happy little dude. But he’s strong and always getting into stuff he shouldn’t - which is normal.. I don’t want to discourage his natural inquisitiveness.

I can’t make him stay on his back when I change him and he keeps going for electric cords. … and everything goes in his mouth.

When are they old enough to discipline… I don’t mean smack!! Just like use serious tone and words to say no. But I’m not sure it would even work at this age … does he even know?

Open to book suggestions but I’m very impatient. Most of the parent books I’ve read are unnecessarily long winded. For example we used Ferber method and it was amazing for us, but reading the book was painful… I fe

As the subject suggests. I noticed I had a response to a post I didn’t respond to then saw a Username that isn’t mine in my account profile. Should I delete it or report to Reddit somehow?

Edit: I’m posting this from my real username. The new username seems to be 1 yr old?

So I got this crazy/ unrealistic pumping/ feeding hand expressing schedule from the lactation consultant that I quickly ignored because I’m a human that just had a baby and fuck that noise.

But I was in a bind the other day and ending up having to hand express…. And my god what a difference. I always assumed my left was a lame duck, but I got a full 4oz from my left when sometimes when pumping I barely get 1oz.

Now too my left is pumping more and working better.

So yeah, maybe I shouldn’t have ignored the experts.

Hand expressing is annoying af but it works.

We quoted 22 / hr in interview. We’re in ny (and care.com says av pay is 21.50). Guaranteed 40hrs /wk. We have a very generous pto offering - 2 wks holiday of her choosing and then we’re taking a full month off which she would be paid for, in addition to a week at Christmas and federal holidays.

We sent a contract over and gave her 3 full days to review and left it very open to have a discussion before she started.

She turned up on the first day and said she wanted to be paid off the books and it’s clear she’s expecting 22 in the hand.

She’s not at all tech savvy which I wouldn’t hold against her but it is likely why she’s so reluctant to fill out the standard tax forms (which are hone

Seriously you’re giving me overly perfumed soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash and body lotion but no toothpaste?

Don’t make me come to the front desk and ask for it.

It has made me so mad for years… and tonight we landed in a motel and I forgot the toothpaste … but I’m so glad I have a patchouli facial soap.

I know this isn’t as deep as some of the posts on here but I really had to get it off my chest.

I’m toying w the idea of getting discovery +. It’s on $5 a month but I’m already paying for philo... which I NEED for love after lock up.

I’m worried I’m going to get discovery + only to find it’s a re-edit of content I’ve already seen. Which is inevitable, but there has to be some new content to make it worthwhile.

Had anyone seen any new / good content on discovery +?

Edit.... looks like it’s a fairly even split for and against! ... and polarizing! I’m going to wait until Jan 29 when all 90 day content is up and do the 7 day free trial. I’m really only getting it for 90 day which some of you mentioned is a bit of a waste.. but I love true crime so maybe I’ll get some value out of it.