Story 3, when I grew up, mom usually did the cooking for dinner, whatever she made was dinner, it isn't a diner, either you eat what is on the menu or go to bed hungry.
At my house it was you try everything that is served, eat what you like and what mom tells you to (usually veggies that were unwanted but not necessarily disliked) and then you can have PB&J if you are still hungry. We only had dessert if there was company. No one ever went to bed hungry in our house. Mom grew up in catholic orphanages and foster care where food deprivation was frequently used as a punishment, often for things one couldn't control, having night terrors or fainting because you were under weight and over worked and just a child. So while mom didn't have the time, money or inclination to be a Diner she still wanted to be sure no one went to sleep hungry if she could prevent it.
OP needed to PRESS charges and also SUE the HOA. The lawsuit would have paid all legal fees, ended the HOA and probably caused the HOA board members to have to sell their homes and move.
Probably not the cops, they don't have any say over charges and sentencing, more likely the DA (or equivalent if not in the USA), who let them off easy. I'm sure there are cops there dealing with that BS of making arrests only to see the crooks back on the street before the cop's even finished his paperwork. When you have a vote over who prosecutes crimes, it's really in your best interests to pay attention and elect only those who'll actually do their freaking jobs properly. Those who commit crimes get charged and those who don't, don't, and the sentencing is appropriate the the situation.
Unlikely that it was the police. Trespass requires warning for first infraction in most places. The destruction of property/vandalism charges were likely either sentenced to probation or were ignored based on prosecutorial discretion. That is NOT a decision that the police make.
@@Fenix1861 for sure. Not knowing where this took place (if indeed it even did), really cannot know how this was legally processed. Some states that could be a felony charge (even with little damage), others who knows. What I find ignorant is individuals thinking they can handle this themselves. First call should have been to cops, then a lawyer.
I started my son at 3 years of age eating a wide variety of foods, made him help me cook. Cook always tastes the food, so that got him to eat many things… he is now almost 17 and eats anything except fast food! He is an athlete, so not fat at all. Loves to cook and eats healthy foods, very adventurous. Loves sushi (since age 7), lots of vegetables. We only eat hamburgers or fast food when traveling. I consider it a win!
@@KameraShy I agree. My son does breakfast and lunch well on his own. He is learning dinner. He also does dishes and laundry. I want him self sufficient and any partners will appreciate it also.
My kid loves to help me cook, but will still only eat about 6 things. I hoping they grow out of it, but I was pretty picky until my mid-20s. So, I'm not surprised.
Just in case anyone doesn't know "PCS'd" - PCS is permanent change of station, ie military speak for a transfer. The added "'d" is where it's used as a verb.
Those picky husband and kids are unreasonable brats. They each need to take turns making meals to see how bad they are. Mom is not a doormat. My mom was not a good cook, but I always thanked her for cooking and never complained. This made my 740 days of military deployments easier to tolerate. Months on end of nothing but MREs, seasoned with wind blown dust and dirt.
While I understand the Narrator's point on Story 3 I have to disagree. This is a behavior they learned from their father. The OP wasn't making dishes she thought they wouldn't eat. She was trying out new things that had stuff everyone would like, even if they wouldn't all like everything. As someone who is a picky eater, they're all 3 the assholes. It's fine not to like it, but actively showing disgust or something for the food is disrespectful.
Story 3. Wife should have made food and if the kids didnt want it, as served, they would just not get any food. She should have done the same to her husband. That is how I was raised. I'll try anything other people is eating at least once. The update sounds promising, i just hopes it stays that way. 😁 ⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟
the good news is that the 3 other family members seem to be learning personal responsibility and respect, while the mother is learning the importance of standing up for herself. Between them, those 2 changes should stick, as long as she keeps standing up for herself. I do have to give props to this family, because it takes courage to stand up for yourself, especially when you're used to being cowardly and letting everyone walk all over you, and for the others, it takes courage to admit to being wrong, especially when used to being entitled brats. Being able to face harsh truths and character flaws and overcome them to be a better person is something you don't easily lose.
What is up with people assuming farmers are stupid. Do they really not realize everything that goes into running and working on a farm. From when and what crops to plant to how to get the most bang for their buck. I don't understand people sometimes
I have never had a job that I could work from home. Forest Service, light manufacturing, agricultural research, food processing, National Park Service, CDL, fish farm, these are just some of my jobs.
Re Story 3: One evening I made a casserole for my new-ish husband. He took one look at it and said he refused to eat that crap. I told him " It is what I made for dinner, don't eat it if you don't wnat to but I am not making something else". He took a miniscule portion and without saying another word ate almost the entire pan. 🤣
@@JohnH20111We were told eat it or go hungry. My husband’s family were very poor, no one EVER complained about what food was served, especially as sometimes there wasn’t any food.
1st story: How the hell can an HOA fine someone not a part of the HOA and when THAT doesn't work, commit vandalism when they don't get their way? As to your question why HOAs hate farmers, I expect that they believe food magically appears in the grocery stores out of thin air Last story: OP handled the situation as I would
regarding the first story, if that happened to me, i would’ve told the entire hoa ‘board’ that any further actions by them(either directly or through a third party) will result in each one of them ending up exactly like Jimmy Hoffa, and disappearing without a trace
@@JohnH20111 I would have loaded up a flash drive in the nearest tv screen and shown the cctv footage of the HOA president on my property, destroying it
No HOAs in the UK. Some farmers in areas where new homes have been built have had issues with idiots moving from the city and unhappy with the sounds and smells of farming. Farmers pretty much always win in court.
The laat story; my sister is 22 and still will only eat plain noodles with butter, she is super picky and I legit get sick from her limited palate despite not living with her for 4-5 years… people are just picky
First story: It's ridiculous that nobody served time for the destruction of property. Sounds like the police and judges were corrupt and in cahoots with the HOA jerks. The HOA should have been shut down for that nonsense!
Story 1: HOAs usually hate farmers, because they do not have to listen to them. They are trying to exert non existing authority over them, and they hate that they do not have any.
Destruction of property almost certainly would have gotten them jail time if the prosecutor had pushed. The question is were the HOA board friends with the prosecutor. If so he/she may have pushed crime(s) that wouldn’t get them time but that would have allowed the statement that they were prosecuted. I am cynical.
Don't forget, a prosecutor's first job is to be re-electable. If prosecuting the board members looked like it would hurt their chances of reelection, the prosecutor is probably going to do everything to avoid or sandbag that case.
Story 3: NTA. Not only are they all incredibly rude, but my money is on the kids mimicking the Dad's behavior. Let him cook and have to cater to the problem he created.
There's being picky, and then there's being sensitive to textures or other things like spice and salt levels. Texture sensitivity can range from being irritated by it (my avoidance of nuts in bread) to triggering the gag reflex (my BF's issues with things like cheesecake). I can't eat peppers of any kind
The last story ended in a way that I can’t even describe without using any colourful language. But all I will say is that the OP and her family are on the right track to a better life by having each person have a dedicated night of cooking and also rules for when eating. I personally say NTA and ESH at the same time, but about 80% NTA and then 20% ESH. But at least it ended in a peaceful resolution. So that is always awesome. I wish everyone a wonderful day, a happy new year, and a very merry Christmas
This is why my Mum started having me and my sister start cooking at age 15 and we alternate cooking days, it means that we both know how to cook and can make meals that everyone can eat.
I work as a long-haul truck driver. I tried asking about working from home, stating that people who work from home tend to be more productive. He just looked at me like I was crazy
I've lived through the later story of kids being picky eaters. I applied my mother's solution to the problem. You had two choices, eat what is fixed or go hungry! ! ! To ensure no one tried anything after my wife and I turned in for the night, I put a house lock on the pantry door and locks on all the cabinets and a simple chain around the fridge. It took three days and everyone sat and ate what was prepared.
For that last one, that's a great way to get that bad behaviour from her family under control. Seems like the main issue was they just didn't understand the problems they were causing (kids especially due to the bad example the father was setting), and Mom wasn't sticking up for herself enough, so she wasn't getting any respect from her family and wasn't giving herself any self respect. But then she took charge of the situation and starting assigning responsibility to the others and they got to experience the disrespect first hand and credit to them all, they chose to take responsibility and improve themselves. Wish there were more people like that. It takes a lot of courage to stand up for yourself when you're being disrespected, and it takes a lot more courage to admit when you're wrong when challenged.
WfH: During Covid, the lease on the office where I worked ran out. Rather than renew it, my company closed that office. They had found putting everyone on remote status, had actually improved productivity and overall morale. After the lockdown ended, a few folks started commuting to another office, because they liked getting away from home, but I have only visited a couple of times for IT repair/replacement issues.
last story reminds me of my mother: she was once an au pair in england (wimbledon) and there was a day, where it was just "everyone cooks his meal himself". she made kaiserschmarrn, a staple in austrian cuisine. just to get scolded that cook doesn't mean to actually cook, just make something to eat. and yes, they ate it all, nothing left for my mother.
When I started my job, it was 3 days remote, two days in office. About 6 months in, a clerical error caused my office's lease to expire but with nowhere else to go. They simply sent everyone from that office remote with intention to get a new building in the area. Here we are, almost 6 months later and I'm still 100% wfh. I work IT and get all my projects done almost the instant they land in my inbox. Tickets are handled within 30 minutes of them being submitted so most of my day is spent playing video games. As for being a picky eater, I'm a definition of a picky eater and it irritates my wife at times but she applauds the fact that I will always try and get through at least half the meal before giving up and making Ramen noodles for myself. She has figured out how to cook things that I normally don't like in such a way that it's bearable.
Did work from home for some months doing a technical support job. Worked out just fine as we have good internet access and that eased Email access a lot.
Story 1: In the US, if a local/state prison is overcrowded already the courts may choose to just give financial punishment, community service hours, probation, &/or a "suspended judgement" of jail time. Either way it's all on permanent record as a conviction. A suspended sentence for minor crimes is sometimes used if the court feel aren't likely to be repeated by the offender. But if they do commit another crime, their jail sentence activates & adds to whatever punishment is given for the new crime.
In my job, not only am I allowed to work from home, my boss only wants me to come in when it’s absolutely necessary. She knows it’s a 2 hour bus ride for me and actually feels guilty when I have to go in but she isn’t available to pick me up to save me time
I am a contractor and I have been WFH for about the last 20 years. I do go to the my clients when needed. I always found that work colleagues were never the problem, I was always contactable and I get my work done. I found the worst were family not understanding that I am working and think I am just slacking off. It is not so bad since the pandemic as a lot of people did WFH themselves and know much of a problem the interruptions are.
Story 3 I gerw up poor, I learned if it's food you eat. Parents cooked something I did not like for dinner, I refused to eat it. Didn't eat that night and the morning after there was the same thing. I learned at a young age, eat it or have hunger pains.
Pretty much the same for me, some nights I would just go to bed hungry because I didn't like the taste or texture of the food prepared. Yes, I'm on the spectrum but wasn't diagnosed until I turned 14. Getting that diagnosis explained not just my issues with food but also with clothing, "toys" I "played" with (no, not everything was a toy and most toys weren't played with "appropriately"), the random obsessions that I had along with how I would frequently have meltdowns whenever my schedule was even off by a few minutes even if I was the one who caused it.
Though I may be a born-and-bred suburbanite, I'm not going to knock on farmers or farming, as I'm well aware it takes multiple steps for food to reach my table. I'm also reminded of something the comedian John Branyan said about farming, which was him describing how he's from the rural Midwest, and when people ask him, "What do you even have out there?", his response is, "Ummmm, your food?"
Story 1: Hiring the lawyer allowed you to sue them. Calling the police would have had them arrested, charged with both tresspassing, and destruction of property. That would most likely have landed them in jail, especially if they had the same judge who "knows nothing."
It needs to be said kids can emulate one parent over the other. Where my oldest son is just like me, my youngest son emulates his toxic mom and emulates a lot of her behavior as well. I mean after all there is a reason she's an ex.
Story 3: i was a picky eater as a kid. Age 12. We were nvited for dinner at a Vietnamese family's home. Dad told me just to take a bite out of each serving. That would be enough. I did. I loved it and ate and ate. That was the first time I liked vegetables.
62 and have always been a picky eater. Stuff thst I've tried and just tastes like crap to me. Got reallllly sick and tired by my 30s of people deciding to make it their personal mission to " broaden my palette " and finally put my foot down and read the riot act that particularity in cases at a restaurant i would no longer put up with being cajoled to try something new off a menu with " new " referring something I had stressed multiple times before I didn't like and explained if an item consists of multiple ingredients I do not like mixing them all together will create a dish of multiple things that taste like crap and not magically become a taste treat I cannot live without. Both my late wife and I did cooking duties and while she was the foodie saved her creativity for friend get togethers on the weekends ( where if you left hungry it was your own damn fault) and if the Saturday dish was something I didn't like I was on my own but we both shared the common courtesy not to make our turn in the kitchen a mission in expanding the others food tastes.
I work from home and it's so much better mentally. I can also do more bc by the time I get off I have just enough time to go to the grocery stores I need to before they close. If I had to go into the building I'd have to wait till the weekend bc a lot of the stores I go to don't open until after I start. I save money bc I don't have to go to the Laundromat to wash clothes bc I don't need to wear them! I only wake up 10mins before my shift. And I'm here with my kids
The greedy HOA leaders see the open fields and want the farm filled with houses to line their pockets. It boils down to mostly greed and looking down on those they consider inferior.
Maybe if the farmers refused to sell them any food, a few says of starvation would smarten them up. Those greedy HOA types clearly have no concept of where food comes from or what the results of not having any food are. Those are probably the sort of people who, in spite of having a farm right in front of their faces showing them where food comes from, insist on BELIEVING food just magically appears on store shelves and that food just comes from the store, and is always "just there to buy when they want it." Nevermind the covid lockdown food shortages they personally experienced, they can't learn apparently). (in case any actually read this, the result of no food is mass famine and starvation, and death. Good luck finding HOA members when everyone's starved to death and you have too. Get rid of our famers and you'll get to enjoy the pleasures of starving to death.)
Story 2: I was the only one in my company to not get remote work even during the pandemic. Story 3: Eat what's here or go hungry. My wife still bends those rules from time to time...
Story number 3. My wife and I work very hard to make sure none of our kids are picky eaters. We will not specifically accommodate their individual desires for individual meals to that extent that the storyteller did. If they have a specific request that is simple and easy to accommodate without ruining the rest of the meal for everyone else that's fine... But otherwise they eat the meal that we put in front of them. Things like if a kid requests asparagus instead of broccoli with their meal that's perfectly fine. We will make asparagus for everybody. My oldest is 13 and my youngest is four... And now every single one of them has a large range of food that they will eat without question. They sit down and eat the food that's put down in front of them without whining and complaining and without refusing to eat because they know that their alternative to eating the food in front of them is bread and water.
I do definitely work from home. the difference is that I'm entirely online, self-employed, writer and ghostwriter. I'm still in the early stages, so I only make enough to make ends meet, but I grow day by day. If I hit a point where I can't keep up with orders, I decline any new until I'm caught up, then raise my cost. Rinse and repeat as needed (usually every 2-3 months or so).
It is time to tell your family if you don't like what I cook you go hungry. Your husband and the 17-year-old especially are old enough to cook for themselves.
I once got asked to stay for dinner at a friends house and politely declined, when asked why, I was gentle in explaining that I wouldn't eat half of what was being served because I just hate those things (cabbage, mash with butter mixed in and some other vegetable). My friends mum was understanding, his dad, not so much and my friend thought it was hilarious. As a kid my family had me try things and if I didn't like something I didn't have to eat it again, (cabbage, sprouts, sweetcorn etc) and I was happy with extra portions of peas, carrots, parsnips and roast potatoes. The thing is, I will eat things that have cabbage, sweetcorn, brocolli, string beans etc in them, I just can't stomach a full serving of any of them as if I try I will throw up on the floor and/or you if I can't get to the toilet quickly enough. I have broadened my horizons over the years, but, there are still some things I just can't stomach and so will turn them down if they are offered to me. Am I picky or do I just know what I like ?, the internet, it seems, is 50/50 on this depending on how they were raised and in what generation too.
I work from home 100% of the time. I always start early and leave on time. I'm on call at any time and if it's more than a couple of hours I'll use it as comp time (same as lieu time in the story). I'd actually take overtime if it was offered but I'm salary and overtime is not offered.
Story 3: the kids and husband are SO SPOILED. If I tossed dinner I would be punished and not get to eat. That’s a huge waste of food! I’d put my foot down and if they won’t eat what I cook then they can starve until they eat. We don’t have the luxury of buying food just to toss it. Food is too darn expensive nowadays.
Story 1: Them not going yo jail was an act of prosecutorial discretion. That is the district attorney gave them a deal instead of throwing the book them.
I'm a picky eater, but I don't make gagging or be rude about food. I would mostly be straightforward that I don't like the food as politely as I can say. Yes my mother had complained about me being picky and wanted me to try some food but I told her I like to take things slow and that I don't like being forced to taste something because it wouldn't be enjoyableto eat. Lately my mom had asked me a question about what food I like and she also been encouraging me to cook food even if I don't eat it (I'm not fully against it, since I get to learn a bit of cooking).
Its very possible that the HOA board members do not realize that food comes from a farm. I once ran into a lady at a grocery story complaining about farmers wanting more money (there was a farmers strike, i.e. they were driving their tractors in towns for attention), and I asked her where she thought the produce she was holding came from. Her response? "From a factory, of course". Neither her or her friend would accept that the produce was grown on a farm, because "farms are dirty and food is not".
This is why they need to teach about WHERE food comes from in schools. Even have field trips to dairies and poultry farms, as well as local farms and orchards.
Time for Non hoa members to go to the Police and have whoever sends the bills out, to be charged with extortion or demanding money with menaces, or whatever the charge is Locally. It literally is a criminal charge not civil. Let the DA prosecute get the jailable conviction before spending money on lawyers in a civil matter.
Jobs I have had in the past could have been worked from home for most of the time. But bosses were so insecure and such bad managers that they had to see their minions hunched over their desks every day, like some Bob Cratchit.
Yeah soldiers property being broken into, and their paperwork being stolen is going yo cause problems. Once the embassy gets involved your not dealing with local cops but the state department of the two countries and I imagine the US embassy is going to want to know why the hell it's legal for somone to break into a soldiers car for any reason.
Story #3, the wife should tell her husband and fussy kids, that from now on, they are responsible for making their own evening meal, maybe even to the point of buying the ingredients that they need.
In my house as I was growing up, the Rule was you always had to try everything at least once before you could claim to not like it... I will admit that I was and still am to a certain extent, a picky eater...part of that these days is due to a combination of mobility problems and Laziness rather than not actually liking the taste of the food...there are LOTS of dishes I love and would love to still eat but won't because it's either to painful to do the cooking and/or I can't overcome the laziness to actually do all the complicated and long prep work and cooking...[Sigh] I REALLY miss Mom's Potato Bacon Cheese soup...it was heavenly...a MASSIVE pain in the anatomy to make, but tastes out of this world... 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
My kids had to try 3 bites, 3 separate times before they didn't have to try it again. The bites didn't have to be big but at least it would fill their bellys a little. My hubby doesn't "have" to eat tomatoes. Me, I don't like mangoes. So far my 3 kids 24, 21 and 15 will still eat about anything.
I would have a very hard time doing my job from home. Its hard to drive and fix a vehicle from the house. Esp when the said items are over 15 miles away.
Story 3: NTA You have made dinner for the family for more than 20 years, catering to their likes and dislikes, but no matter what you prepare, it is not good enough? They can prepare their own food now; even a 10 year old can made a peanut butter and jam sandwich.
In my house even with grandparents , aunts, and uncles it was either eat it or go with out ( meaning no snacks no desert) but being autistic they would try to make foods that I did like . Hell I didn’t like steak till I was 15 yo but that was because of a lumber jack done and show on a family vacation which after that my uncle Mike taught me how to cook and then I learned more through books and RUclips. But if you don’t just trash the food and make faces and talk bad about it. You try to eat it . And say good things about it. I had a aunt that couldn’t cook to save her life . ( glad I never stayed at her house) but when we have family get together I take a small plate and fix what ever food she makes and then when most of everyone is outside I hide the plate in the trash . After everyone is done eating and start to make plates I put everything she made and I take it with me and tell her I loved it . Even tho I get home and food it to my pigs . They love it
It seems to me that HOA'S to realize just who their playing with framers are one of the back bones of this country. Now I don't know what order of importance there is. So shippers (I.E....fishermen, oil riggers, trucking) or farmers or construction. I mean an HOA that messes with a framer . Then, of course, they'll want to know why they have nothing that a framer provides in their lives and see how long they last.
You got to take the wins when get them and despite what others might you handled the family very more importantly not only did you get point you now have a group effort. WIN, WIN, WIN
When an HOA sends fines and you’re not part of it send them back fines at ten times the rate from your own personal HOA (that you run), the fine should say fraud fines.
I agreed with you about picky eaters & introducing them early with a big variety of foods - until my last (4th) child .... My first three kids would eat everything i made, but when my last kid was born - she was picky right from the time she started eating solids ! I thought I knew what i was doing with introducing new foods to kids ( since my first ones ate everything), but boy was i totally wrong ! I had the worst time getting her to eat anything outside of a very few things she knew she liked. I literally had to force her to try ice cream for the first time ( she thought it looked "yucky" because it was starting to melt ), but when she tried it - " i love this" ! I was soo frustrated by then that i used that incident to get her to at least try new things ( saying "remember how you didn't want ice cream til you tasted it" ).....lol. i truly believe that everyone has different kinds of tastes they prefer & others simply can't tolerate certain flavors/tastes! Sorry for the ramble, but that story really made me chuckle because of my own experiences with a true picky eater! Take care all!
Hey ripe love the videos not sure if its just me but im subscribed to your channel for months now but your videos don't show up on my subscription feed i sometimes get them on my home page but have to search every day for the latest one
@@FirstIsa yea i know how notifications work thanks but i don't use them im subbed to far to many channels to use them his videos just dont show up on my subscription feed
The same has happened to me in spite of resubscribing and clicking the bell "ALL" to make it black. It says I will receive notifications, but I never do anymore. Checking my settings and complaining to youtube doesn't help. I have to manually look for new videos, now. Must be the algorithm.
@@randy-ke8vn its a weird one alright i have tried the same i think it's only with this channel tho i was thinking its some kind of shadow ban i don't mind the searching for the videos its just a bit of a ball ache
@@devstar2910 It does it to me on Ripe's other channels, The Readers, Story Slices and ReadingBear. I think those are his girlfriend's channels. One other doesn't send me requested notifications, either. I had an adblocker, youtube must still be punishing me. I haven't subscribed to any more with this new account and found others I used to watch on other sites like locals and rumble instead. It looks like youtube likes chasing people away.
Story 2: Gen X and earlier who didn't grow up with the internet think that if you are not at work physically then that must mean you're not doing work. The internet is a new and foreign thing to them that they don't understand it's capabilities.
She is responsible for allowing them to get away with this and her husband needs to stop being picky. And if any of them don’t like it, they can go hungry or learn to make it themselves.
Picky eaters tend to be that way because others cater them…so you’ve helped create this in your kid which is so awful. But jeez the faces and things - that’s just such bad manners
18:50 Me personally, if my mom makes something I’m not a fan of, for example, baked potatoes, I’ll find a way to make it tolerable so that I can actually eat it, which I do with baked potatoes by putting chili on top
In the story where OPs boss complained about him taking time off in lieu of overtime pay claimed it was bc ppl in the office were complaining. I have a hard time believe that, OP spent all that time not using his lieu time so the boss probably thought he'd just always be able to take advantage of OP working for free & if the coworkers were actually complaining then it's the boss' job to shut that down, let them know OP has an arrangement bc he works different hrs & that either way its none of their business. The whole making ppl stay in an office when they can do their job wfh is ridiculous. They proved during the pandemic that wfh not only works but it's more beneficial. Productivity is way up & mistakes are down, bc ur working in a more comfortable environment to begin with & the stress rate is way down bc ur not being constantly bombarded by middle managers who constantly want to micromanage everything to exude "power of being" the boss even tho most of the time they know nothing of the work ur doing & at home u don't have to constantly feel like someones watching over ur shoulder breathing down ur next abt ridiculous & often nonexistent deadlines. Also the company would save a lot of money by not needing all the excess staff ie middle management, maintenance & the like & the ones who rent their office building not own would save even more money by no longer having to rent out an office building. I know not every business can work completely remote, but for the ones that can it really is a win/win for the employer/employees. In the last story she's definitely not TA. That's just BS, when I was a child u ate what was put on the table or u didn't eat, barring some allergy. I understand we all have types of food we don't like, but to be that picky when u aren't even helping out is ridiculous. My mom would try to make sure that at least some aspect of the meal would be something everyone would eat & she'd take turns cooking everyone's favorites, but she didn't have the time nor was she gonna waste the money catering to each one of her kids/spouses individual whims & nonsensical complaints if she was the only 1 preparing the meals. She was busy enough as it was raising a family with 6 & a daycare for underprivileged families that couldn't afford daycare. She charged .50-$1/hr or sometimes a flat rate of like $20-40 a week depending on the time of year & what they could afford. Basically she charged enough just to pay for the food the kids would eat, so she wasn't even making a profit & there were even some kids over the years she kept for free. So yea that nonsense wouldn't have happened in my house. We were raised to know that we were fortunate & privileged to have food on the table & also as soon as we were old enough we were taught to help with the chores & cooking. And no there was never any parentification, just helping out in the way all kids should help out their very busy parents
Story 3, when I grew up, mom usually did the cooking for dinner, whatever she made was dinner, it isn't a diner, either you eat what is on the menu or go to bed hungry.
At my house it was you try everything that is served, eat what you like and what mom tells you to (usually veggies that were unwanted but not necessarily disliked) and then you can have PB&J if you are still hungry. We only had dessert if there was company. No one ever went to bed hungry in our house.
Mom grew up in catholic orphanages and foster care where food deprivation was frequently used as a punishment, often for things one couldn't control, having night terrors or fainting because you were under weight and over worked and just a child. So while mom didn't have the time, money or inclination to be a Diner she still wanted to be sure no one went to sleep hungry if she could prevent it.
growing up in my house if you didn't like what was served you didn't leave the table till you ate.
There was a small sign in my parent's kitchen, in the '60s and '70s:
Menu for today:
A choice of two
Eat it, or don't.
OP needed to PRESS charges and also SUE the HOA. The lawsuit would have paid all legal fees, ended the HOA and probably caused the HOA board members to have to sell their homes and move.
Yeah, the first one, the HOA people obviously had friends in the police department covering for them.
Probably not the cops, they don't have any say over charges and sentencing, more likely the DA (or equivalent if not in the USA), who let them off easy. I'm sure there are cops there dealing with that BS of making arrests only to see the crooks back on the street before the cop's even finished his paperwork. When you have a vote over who prosecutes crimes, it's really in your best interests to pay attention and elect only those who'll actually do their freaking jobs properly. Those who commit crimes get charged and those who don't, don't, and the sentencing is appropriate the the situation.
Unlikely that it was the police. Trespass requires warning for first infraction in most places. The destruction of property/vandalism charges were likely either sentenced to probation or were ignored based on prosecutorial discretion. That is NOT a decision that the police make.
@@Fenix1861 If the police don't refer the case to the prosecutor, then there is nothing for them to act on.
@@Fenix1861i believe there is a different type of trespassing when there is the intent to commit further crimes, though i may be thinking of burglary
@@Fenix1861 for sure. Not knowing where this took place (if indeed it even did), really cannot know how this was legally processed. Some states that could be a felony charge (even with little damage), others who knows. What I find ignorant is individuals thinking they can handle this themselves. First call should have been to cops, then a lawyer.
I started my son at 3 years of age eating a wide variety of foods, made him help me cook. Cook always tastes the food, so that got him to eat many things… he is now almost 17 and eats anything except fast food! He is an athlete, so not fat at all. Loves to cook and eats healthy foods, very adventurous. Loves sushi (since age 7), lots of vegetables. We only eat hamburgers or fast food when traveling. I consider it a win!
All children should learn to cook at home, starting when they are young. That will be an essential skill when they leave the nest.
@@KameraShy I agree. My son does breakfast and lunch well on his own. He is learning dinner. He also does dishes and laundry. I want him self sufficient and any partners will appreciate it also.
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My kid loves to help me cook, but will still only eat about 6 things. I hoping they grow out of it, but I was pretty picky until my mid-20s. So, I'm not surprised.
I misread this and thought it said your son eats a variety of tools
Never mess with a farmer. More proof that you always need cameras if an HOA is nearby. Great stories, Ripe.
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My parents always told us that either we eat it or that’s our breakfast and if we threw it away it was a spanking
Just in case anyone doesn't know "PCS'd" - PCS is permanent change of station, ie military speak for a transfer.
The added "'d" is where it's used as a verb.
I had to look it up. I'd ask for one in that situation, no telling what retaliation the local police might be capable of.
The last story ended on such a wholesome note, right in the feel good
Those picky husband and kids are unreasonable brats. They each need to take turns making meals to see how bad they are.
Mom is not a doormat.
My mom was not a good cook, but I always thanked her for cooking and never complained. This made my 740 days of military deployments easier to tolerate. Months on end of nothing but MREs, seasoned with wind blown dust and dirt.
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While I understand the Narrator's point on Story 3 I have to disagree. This is a behavior they learned from their father. The OP wasn't making dishes she thought they wouldn't eat. She was trying out new things that had stuff everyone would like, even if they wouldn't all like everything.
As someone who is a picky eater, they're all 3 the assholes. It's fine not to like it, but actively showing disgust or something for the food is disrespectful.
my house..they would go hungry a lot. We have an eat it or starve policy. I can cook I know it.
@@carlamcewen2361Same in our house. Even when we were so poor we had beans and rice 3 days a week, the kids never complained.
@@carlamcewen2361 that's crazy you punish your kids for having their own tastes and opinions.
Story 3. Wife should have made food and if the kids didnt want it, as served, they would just not get any food. She should have done the same to her husband. That is how I was raised. I'll try anything other people is eating at least once. The update sounds promising, i just hopes it stays that way. 😁 ⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟
the good news is that the 3 other family members seem to be learning personal responsibility and respect, while the mother is learning the importance of standing up for herself. Between them, those 2 changes should stick, as long as she keeps standing up for herself. I do have to give props to this family, because it takes courage to stand up for yourself, especially when you're used to being cowardly and letting everyone walk all over you, and for the others, it takes courage to admit to being wrong, especially when used to being entitled brats. Being able to face harsh truths and character flaws and overcome them to be a better person is something you don't easily lose.
my uncle's rule is "eat it or wear it. either way, it's not going to waste."
That last story started out as sad but became extremely wholesome by the end. Proof people can indeed change.
What is up with people assuming farmers are stupid. Do they really not realize everything that goes into running and working on a farm. From when and what crops to plant to how to get the most bang for their buck. I don't understand people sometimes
Food: The husband is 100% to blame as he taught the girls.
The moms 75% to blame since she demands people to not have preferences and opinions.
HOA members need Farmers three times a day. Farmers do not need HOA ever
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I have never had a job that I could work from home. Forest Service, light manufacturing, agricultural research, food processing, National Park Service, CDL, fish farm, these are just some of my jobs.
Re Story 3: One evening I made a casserole for my new-ish husband. He took one look at it and said he refused to eat that crap. I told him " It is what I made for dinner, don't eat it if you don't wnat to but I am not making something else". He took a miniscule portion and without saying another word ate almost the entire pan. 🤣
that’s how i grew up, my mom gave me and my sister two options for dinner, Take It or Leave It, there were no other options or choices
@@JohnH20111We were told eat it or go hungry. My husband’s family were very poor, no one EVER complained about what food was served, especially as sometimes there wasn’t any food.
1st story: How the hell can an HOA fine someone not a part of the HOA and when THAT doesn't work, commit vandalism when they don't get their way?
As to your question why HOAs hate farmers, I expect that they believe food magically appears in the grocery stores out of thin air
Last story: OP handled the situation as I would
These idiots also think meat is "made in the store"! No concept of ranching either. 🤨
regarding the first story, if that happened to me, i would’ve told the entire hoa ‘board’ that any further actions by them(either directly or through a third party) will result in each one of them ending up exactly like Jimmy Hoffa, and disappearing without a trace
@@JohnH20111 I would have loaded up a flash drive in the nearest tv screen and shown the cctv footage of the HOA president on my property, destroying it
@@lancerevell5979 Well, they have been 3D printing veggie burgers now
7:34 always score your registration stickers. If someone tries to steal it they will only get pieces
No HOAs in the UK. Some farmers in areas where new homes have been built have had issues with idiots moving from the city and unhappy with the sounds and smells of farming. Farmers pretty much always win in court.
When my daughter refused to eat dinner, I'd put her plate away and give it to her for breakfast.
I love and appreciate how this ended with a wholesome story.
I'm a service tech, about 5% of my job I could do from home, but they don't see me in the office much either
The laat story; my sister is 22 and still will only eat plain noodles with butter, she is super picky and I legit get sick from her limited palate despite not living with her for 4-5 years… people are just picky
First story: It's ridiculous that nobody served time for the destruction of property. Sounds like the police and judges were corrupt and in cahoots with the HOA jerks. The HOA should have been shut down for that nonsense!
Those board members doing the vandalism should be in prison. 😡
Especially when the farmers were there before the HOA
Story 1: HOAs usually hate farmers, because they do not have to listen to them. They are trying to exert non existing authority over them, and they hate that they do not have any.
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Destruction of property almost certainly would have gotten them jail time if the prosecutor had pushed. The question is were the HOA board friends with the prosecutor. If so he/she may have pushed crime(s) that wouldn’t get them time but that would have allowed the statement that they were prosecuted.
I am cynical.
Don't forget, a prosecutor's first job is to be re-electable.
If prosecuting the board members looked like it would hurt their chances of reelection, the prosecutor is probably going to do everything to avoid or sandbag that case.
Story 3: NTA. Not only are they all incredibly rude, but my money is on the kids mimicking the Dad's behavior. Let him cook and have to cater to the problem he created.
There's being picky, and then there's being sensitive to textures or other things like spice and salt levels. Texture sensitivity can range from being irritated by it (my avoidance of nuts in bread) to triggering the gag reflex (my BF's issues with things like cheesecake). I can't eat peppers of any kind
similar thing with me and mushrooms
@@1musamune yeah, not a fan of those myself
@@marjoriejohnston4905 and it's completely because of the texture that it somehow manages to be both granular and slimy at the same time
The last story ended in a way that I can’t even describe without using any colourful language. But all I will say is that the OP and her family are on the right track to a better life by having each person have a dedicated night of cooking and also rules for when eating. I personally say NTA and ESH at the same time, but about 80% NTA and then 20% ESH. But at least it ended in a peaceful resolution. So that is always awesome. I wish everyone a wonderful day, a happy new year, and a very merry Christmas
This is why my Mum started having me and my sister start cooking at age 15 and we alternate cooking days, it means that we both know how to cook and can make meals that everyone can eat.
@@sliestwheel Cooking is a skill that's as important to learn as swimming if not more so.
I work as a long-haul truck driver. I tried asking about working from home, stating that people who work from home tend to be more productive. He just looked at me like I was crazy
I've lived through the later story of kids being picky eaters.
I applied my mother's solution to the problem.
You had two choices, eat what is fixed or go hungry! ! !
To ensure no one tried anything after my wife and I turned in for the night, I put a house lock on the pantry door and locks on all the cabinets and a simple chain around the fridge.
It took three days and everyone sat and ate what was prepared.
For that last one, that's a great way to get that bad behaviour from her family under control. Seems like the main issue was they just didn't understand the problems they were causing (kids especially due to the bad example the father was setting), and Mom wasn't sticking up for herself enough, so she wasn't getting any respect from her family and wasn't giving herself any self respect. But then she took charge of the situation and starting assigning responsibility to the others and they got to experience the disrespect first hand and credit to them all, they chose to take responsibility and improve themselves. Wish there were more people like that. It takes a lot of courage to stand up for yourself when you're being disrespected, and it takes a lot more courage to admit when you're wrong when challenged.
WfH: During Covid, the lease on the office where I worked ran out. Rather than renew it, my company closed that office. They had found putting everyone on remote status, had actually improved productivity and overall morale. After the lockdown ended, a few folks started commuting to another office, because they liked getting away from home, but I have only visited a couple of times for IT repair/replacement issues.
last story reminds me of my mother: she was once an au pair in england (wimbledon) and there was a day, where it was just "everyone cooks his meal himself".
she made kaiserschmarrn, a staple in austrian cuisine. just to get scolded that cook doesn't mean to actually cook, just make something to eat.
and yes, they ate it all, nothing left for my mother.
That last one ended better than I expected
If nurses are able to work from home there are some problems going on
When I started my job, it was 3 days remote, two days in office. About 6 months in, a clerical error caused my office's lease to expire but with nowhere else to go. They simply sent everyone from that office remote with intention to get a new building in the area. Here we are, almost 6 months later and I'm still 100% wfh. I work IT and get all my projects done almost the instant they land in my inbox. Tickets are handled within 30 minutes of them being submitted so most of my day is spent playing video games.
As for being a picky eater, I'm a definition of a picky eater and it irritates my wife at times but she applauds the fact that I will always try and get through at least half the meal before giving up and making Ramen noodles for myself. She has figured out how to cook things that I normally don't like in such a way that it's bearable.
Did work from home for some months doing a technical support job. Worked out just fine as we have good internet access and that eased Email access a lot.
Story 1: In the US, if a local/state prison is overcrowded already the courts may choose to just give financial punishment, community service hours, probation, &/or a "suspended judgement" of jail time. Either way it's all on permanent record as a conviction. A suspended sentence for minor crimes is sometimes used if the court feel aren't likely to be repeated by the offender. But if they do commit another crime, their jail sentence activates & adds to whatever punishment is given for the new crime.
Last story, loved your final solution.
In my job, not only am I allowed to work from home, my boss only wants me to come in when it’s absolutely necessary. She knows it’s a 2 hour bus ride for me and actually feels guilty when I have to go in but she isn’t available to pick me up to save me time
Bonsai kitty right down side of couch after favorite toy.
loved the third story ^^
I am a contractor and I have been WFH for about the last 20 years. I do go to the my clients when needed. I always found that work colleagues were never the problem, I was always contactable and I get my work done. I found the worst were family not understanding that I am working and think I am just slacking off. It is not so bad since the pandemic as a lot of people did WFH themselves and know much of a problem the interruptions are.
Story 3
I gerw up poor, I learned if it's food you eat. Parents cooked something I did not like for dinner, I refused to eat it. Didn't eat that night and the morning after there was the same thing. I learned at a young age, eat it or have hunger pains.
Growing up, I had 2 choices. Take it, or leave it! I ate what was put in front of me, period!!!
My sister was picky. When she'd complain about what Dad cooked, he'd tell her "Burger King is just down the road!" 😆
Pretty much the same for me, some nights I would just go to bed hungry because I didn't like the taste or texture of the food prepared.
Yes, I'm on the spectrum but wasn't diagnosed until I turned 14. Getting that diagnosis explained not just my issues with food but also with clothing, "toys" I "played" with (no, not everything was a toy and most toys weren't played with "appropriately"), the random obsessions that I had along with how I would frequently have meltdowns whenever my schedule was even off by a few minutes even if I was the one who caused it.
Though I may be a born-and-bred suburbanite, I'm not going to knock on farmers or farming, as I'm well aware it takes multiple steps for food to reach my table. I'm also reminded of something the comedian John Branyan said about farming, which was him describing how he's from the rural Midwest, and when people ask him, "What do you even have out there?", his response is, "Ummmm, your food?"
They have some middle-age thinking. They think farmers are below them.
Watch the _Bluey_ episode _Granny Mobile_ for an example.
Story 1: Hiring the lawyer allowed you to sue them. Calling the police would have had them arrested, charged with both tresspassing, and destruction of property. That would most likely have landed them in jail, especially if they had the same judge who "knows nothing."
It needs to be said kids can emulate one parent over the other. Where my oldest son is just like me, my youngest son emulates his toxic mom and emulates a lot of her behavior as well. I mean after all there is a reason she's an ex.
Story 3: i was a picky eater as a kid. Age 12. We were nvited for dinner at a Vietnamese family's home. Dad told me just to take a bite out of each serving. That would be enough. I did. I loved it and ate and ate. That was the first time I liked vegetables.
NTA....OP did nothing wrong their all old enough they can fix their own.
62 and have always been a picky eater. Stuff thst I've tried and just tastes like crap to me. Got reallllly sick and tired by my 30s of people deciding to make it their personal mission to " broaden my palette " and finally put my foot down and read the riot act that particularity in cases at a restaurant i would no longer put up with being cajoled to try something new off a menu with " new " referring something I had stressed multiple times before I didn't like and explained if an item consists of multiple ingredients I do not like mixing them all together will create a dish of multiple things that taste like crap and not magically become a taste treat I cannot live without. Both my late wife and I did cooking duties and while she was the foodie saved her creativity for friend get togethers on the weekends ( where if you left hungry it was your own damn fault) and if the Saturday dish was something I didn't like I was on my own but we both shared the common courtesy not to make our turn in the kitchen a mission in expanding the others food tastes.
I work from home and it's so much better mentally. I can also do more bc by the time I get off I have just enough time to go to the grocery stores I need to before they close. If I had to go into the building I'd have to wait till the weekend bc a lot of the stores I go to don't open until after I start. I save money bc I don't have to go to the Laundromat to wash clothes bc I don't need to wear them! I only wake up 10mins before my shift. And I'm here with my kids
The greedy HOA leaders see the open fields and want the farm filled with houses to line their pockets. It boils down to mostly greed and looking down on those they consider inferior.
Maybe if the farmers refused to sell them any food, a few says of starvation would smarten them up. Those greedy HOA types clearly have no concept of where food comes from or what the results of not having any food are. Those are probably the sort of people who, in spite of having a farm right in front of their faces showing them where food comes from, insist on BELIEVING food just magically appears on store shelves and that food just comes from the store, and is always "just there to buy when they want it." Nevermind the covid lockdown food shortages they personally experienced, they can't learn apparently).
(in case any actually read this, the result of no food is mass famine and starvation, and death. Good luck finding HOA members when everyone's starved to death and you have too. Get rid of our famers and you'll get to enjoy the pleasures of starving to death.)
Story 2: I was the only one in my company to not get remote work even during the pandemic.
Story 3: Eat what's here or go hungry. My wife still bends those rules from time to time...
I work retail; so it's kind of hard to work from home.😂
Story number 3. My wife and I work very hard to make sure none of our kids are picky eaters. We will not specifically accommodate their individual desires for individual meals to that extent that the storyteller did. If they have a specific request that is simple and easy to accommodate without ruining the rest of the meal for everyone else that's fine... But otherwise they eat the meal that we put in front of them. Things like if a kid requests asparagus instead of broccoli with their meal that's perfectly fine. We will make asparagus for everybody. My oldest is 13 and my youngest is four... And now every single one of them has a large range of food that they will eat without question. They sit down and eat the food that's put down in front of them without whining and complaining and without refusing to eat because they know that their alternative to eating the food in front of them is bread and water.
Need to have a video that is just about Farmers and HOAs.
I do definitely work from home. the difference is that I'm entirely online, self-employed, writer and ghostwriter. I'm still in the early stages, so I only make enough to make ends meet, but I grow day by day. If I hit a point where I can't keep up with orders, I decline any new until I'm caught up, then raise my cost. Rinse and repeat as needed (usually every 2-3 months or so).
It is time to tell your family if you don't like what I cook you go hungry. Your husband and the 17-year-old especially are old enough to cook for themselves.
I once got asked to stay for dinner at a friends house and politely declined, when asked why, I was gentle in explaining that I wouldn't eat half of what was being served because I just hate those things (cabbage, mash with butter mixed in and some other vegetable). My friends mum was understanding, his dad, not so much and my friend thought it was hilarious. As a kid my family had me try things and if I didn't like something I didn't have to eat it again, (cabbage, sprouts, sweetcorn etc) and I was happy with extra portions of peas, carrots, parsnips and roast potatoes. The thing is, I will eat things that have cabbage, sweetcorn, brocolli, string beans etc in them, I just can't stomach a full serving of any of them as if I try I will throw up on the floor and/or you if I can't get to the toilet quickly enough. I have broadened my horizons over the years, but, there are still some things I just can't stomach and so will turn them down if they are offered to me. Am I picky or do I just know what I like ?, the internet, it seems, is 50/50 on this depending on how they were raised and in what generation too.
I work from home 100% of the time. I always start early and leave on time. I'm on call at any time and if it's more than a couple of hours I'll use it as comp time (same as lieu time in the story). I'd actually take overtime if it was offered but I'm salary and overtime is not offered.
Story 3: the kids and husband are SO SPOILED. If I tossed dinner I would be punished and not get to eat. That’s a huge waste of food! I’d put my foot down and if they won’t eat what I cook then they can starve until they eat. We don’t have the luxury of buying food just to toss it. Food is too darn expensive nowadays.
Story 1: Them not going yo jail was an act of prosecutorial discretion. That is the district attorney gave them a deal instead of throwing the book them.
I feel for lady on story 3. I have a fussy eater husband who cannot cook. Meal planning is a nightmare he never knows what he wants to eat.
I'm a picky eater, but I don't make gagging or be rude about food. I would mostly be straightforward that I don't like the food as politely as I can say. Yes my mother had complained about me being picky and wanted me to try some food but I told her I like to take things slow and that I don't like being forced to taste something because it wouldn't be enjoyableto eat. Lately my mom had asked me a question about what food I like and she also been encouraging me to cook food even if I don't eat it (I'm not fully against it, since I get to learn a bit of cooking).
Its very possible that the HOA board members do not realize that food comes from a farm. I once ran into a lady at a grocery story complaining about farmers wanting more money (there was a farmers strike, i.e. they were driving their tractors in towns for attention), and I asked her where she thought the produce she was holding came from. Her response? "From a factory, of course". Neither her or her friend would accept that the produce was grown on a farm, because "farms are dirty and food is not".
We got us a couple of Rocket Surgeons here :)
This is why they need to teach about WHERE food comes from in schools. Even have field trips to dairies and poultry farms, as well as local farms and orchards.
6:31 where i live braking a window isnt that bad but to spray paint in certain areas will deff. Land you some time in jail
last story.
I feel that OP wasn't the fully AH at first but than fully became the AH afterwards.
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RIPE does them best. Thanks
Time for Non hoa members to go to the Police and have whoever sends the bills out, to be charged with extortion or demanding money with menaces, or whatever the charge is Locally. It literally is a criminal charge not civil. Let the DA prosecute get the jailable conviction before spending money on lawyers in a civil matter.
Jobs I have had in the past could have been worked from home for most of the time. But bosses were so insecure and such bad managers that they had to see their minions hunched over their desks every day, like some Bob Cratchit.
Yeah soldiers property being broken into, and their paperwork being stolen is going yo cause problems. Once the embassy gets involved your not dealing with local cops but the state department of the two countries and I imagine the US embassy is going to want to know why the hell it's legal for somone to break into a soldiers car for any reason.
I really wouldn't want to take a chance on retaliation from the local police. I'd want a transfer ASAP.
Story #3, the wife should tell her husband and fussy kids, that from now on, they are responsible for making their own evening meal, maybe even to the point of buying the ingredients that they need.
In my house as I was growing up, the Rule was you always had to try everything at least once before you could claim to not like it...
I will admit that I was and still am to a certain extent, a picky eater...part of that these days is due to a combination of mobility problems and Laziness rather than not actually liking the taste of the food...there are LOTS of dishes I love and would love to still eat but won't because it's either to painful to do the cooking and/or I can't overcome the laziness to actually do all the complicated and long prep work and cooking...[Sigh] I REALLY miss Mom's Potato Bacon Cheese soup...it was heavenly...a MASSIVE pain in the anatomy to make, but tastes out of this world...
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My kids had to try 3 bites, 3 separate times before they didn't have to try it again. The bites didn't have to be big but at least it would fill their bellys a little. My hubby doesn't "have" to eat tomatoes. Me, I don't like mangoes. So far my 3 kids 24, 21 and 15 will still eat about anything.
I would have a very hard time doing my job from home. Its hard to drive and fix a vehicle from the house. Esp when the said items are over 15 miles away.
My parents had one main rule for the all meals you ate what was put in front of U or just don't eat or go out and buy and cook your own meals
Story 3: NTA You have made dinner for the family for more than 20 years, catering to their likes and dislikes, but no matter what you prepare, it is not good enough?
They can prepare their own food now; even a 10 year old can made a peanut butter and jam sandwich.
Really enjoying all the extra Ripe videos recently, thank you. It’s like an early Christmas present 🎁
In my house even with grandparents , aunts, and uncles it was either eat it or go with out ( meaning no snacks no desert) but being autistic they would try to make foods that I did like . Hell I didn’t like steak till I was 15 yo but that was because of a lumber jack done and show on a family vacation which after that my uncle Mike taught me how to cook and then I learned more through books and RUclips. But if you don’t just trash the food and make faces and talk bad about it. You try to eat it . And say good things about it. I had a aunt that couldn’t cook to save her life . ( glad I never stayed at her house) but when we have family get together I take a small plate and fix what ever food she makes and then when most of everyone is outside I hide the plate in the trash . After everyone is done eating and start to make plates I put everything she made and I take it with me and tell her I loved it . Even tho I get home and food it to my pigs . They love it
Didn't you know hoa members do not eat food grown on farms. Their food just magical appears at the grocery store.
It seems to me that HOA'S to realize just who their playing with framers are one of the back bones of this country. Now I don't know what order of importance there is. So shippers (I.E....fishermen, oil riggers, trucking) or farmers or construction. I mean an HOA that messes with a framer . Then, of course, they'll want to know why they have nothing that a framer provides in their lives and see how long they last.
A Ripe family vacation to Florida, for HOA hunting season 😂
Do they have refreshments at those meetings or do i need to talk to the manager?
Work from home is great when you have an information based job. My work requires me to move physical objects so I have to be there.
Growing up we wernt given chooses it was eat or go hungry and in lots of home lunch became dinner or breakfast till it was eaten
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Cashiers can't work from home. 🤣
My parents said eat what's on your plate, or go to bed hungry with a spanking.
If run into problems with HOA sue them fast
You got to take the wins when get them and despite what others might you handled the family very more importantly not only did you get point you now have a group effort. WIN, WIN, WIN
When an HOA sends fines and you’re not part of it send them back fines at ten times the rate from your own personal HOA (that you run), the fine should say fraud fines.
I agreed with you about picky eaters & introducing them early with a big variety of foods - until my last (4th) child .... My first three kids would eat everything i made, but when my last kid was born - she was picky right from the time she started eating solids ! I thought I knew what i was doing with introducing new foods to kids ( since my first ones ate everything), but boy was i totally wrong ! I had the worst time getting her to eat anything outside of a very few things she knew she liked. I literally had to force her to try ice cream for the first time ( she thought it looked "yucky" because it was starting to melt ), but when she tried it - " i love this" ! I was soo frustrated by then that i used that incident to get her to at least try new things ( saying "remember how you didn't want ice cream til you tasted it" ).....lol. i truly believe that everyone has different kinds of tastes they prefer & others simply can't tolerate certain flavors/tastes!
Sorry for the ramble, but that story really made me chuckle because of my own experiences with a true picky eater! Take care all!
Hey ripe love the videos not sure if its just me but im subscribed to your channel for months now but your videos don't show up on my subscription feed i sometimes get them on my home page but have to search every day for the latest one
You have to click the bell and tell it to notify you when there are updates for channels your subscribed to.
@@FirstIsa yea i know how notifications work thanks but i don't use them im subbed to far to many channels to use them his videos just dont show up on my subscription feed
The same has happened to me in spite of resubscribing and clicking the bell "ALL" to make it black. It says I will receive notifications, but I never do anymore. Checking my settings and complaining to youtube doesn't help. I have to manually look for new videos, now. Must be the algorithm.
@@randy-ke8vn its a weird one alright i have tried the same i think it's only with this channel tho i was thinking its some kind of shadow ban i don't mind the searching for the videos its just a bit of a ball ache
@@devstar2910 It does it to me on Ripe's other channels, The Readers, Story Slices and ReadingBear. I think those are his girlfriend's channels. One other doesn't send me requested notifications, either. I had an adblocker, youtube must still be punishing me. I haven't subscribed to any more with this new account and found others I used to watch on other sites like locals and rumble instead. It looks like youtube likes chasing people away.
Story 2: Gen X and earlier who didn't grow up with the internet think that if you are not at work physically then that must mean you're not doing work. The internet is a new and foreign thing to them that they don't understand it's capabilities.
She is responsible for allowing them to get away with this and her husband needs to stop being picky. And if any of them don’t like it, they can go hungry or learn to make it themselves.
Picky eaters tend to be that way because others cater them…so you’ve helped create this in your kid which is so awful. But jeez the faces and things - that’s just such bad manners
18:50 Me personally, if my mom makes something I’m not a fan of, for example, baked potatoes, I’ll find a way to make it tolerable so that I can actually eat it, which I do with baked potatoes by putting chili on top
In the story where OPs boss complained about him taking time off in lieu of overtime pay claimed it was bc ppl in the office were complaining. I have a hard time believe that, OP spent all that time not using his lieu time so the boss probably thought he'd just always be able to take advantage of OP working for free & if the coworkers were actually complaining then it's the boss' job to shut that down, let them know OP has an arrangement bc he works different hrs & that either way its none of their business. The whole making ppl stay in an office when they can do their job wfh is ridiculous. They proved during the pandemic that wfh not only works but it's more beneficial. Productivity is way up & mistakes are down, bc ur working in a more comfortable environment to begin with & the stress rate is way down bc ur not being constantly bombarded by middle managers who constantly want to micromanage everything to exude "power of being" the boss even tho most of the time they know nothing of the work ur doing & at home u don't have to constantly feel like someones watching over ur shoulder breathing down ur next abt ridiculous & often nonexistent deadlines. Also the company would save a lot of money by not needing all the excess staff ie middle management, maintenance & the like & the ones who rent their office building not own would save even more money by no longer having to rent out an office building. I know not every business can work completely remote, but for the ones that can it really is a win/win for the employer/employees. In the last story she's definitely not TA. That's just BS, when I was a child u ate what was put on the table or u didn't eat, barring some allergy. I understand we all have types of food we don't like, but to be that picky when u aren't even helping out is ridiculous. My mom would try to make sure that at least some aspect of the meal would be something everyone would eat & she'd take turns cooking everyone's favorites, but she didn't have the time nor was she gonna waste the money catering to each one of her kids/spouses individual whims & nonsensical complaints if she was the only 1 preparing the meals. She was busy enough as it was raising a family with 6 & a daycare for underprivileged families that couldn't afford daycare. She charged .50-$1/hr or sometimes a flat rate of like $20-40 a week depending on the time of year & what they could afford. Basically she charged enough just to pay for the food the kids would eat, so she wasn't even making a profit & there were even some kids over the years she kept for free. So yea that nonsense wouldn't have happened in my house. We were raised to know that we were fortunate & privileged to have food on the table & also as soon as we were old enough we were taught to help with the chores & cooking. And no there was never any parentification, just helping out in the way all kids should help out their very busy parents