Truly magical, a dragon because that would be really cool, they would have amazing magical powers, and we could fly around together.

More realistic magical, a crow because they are fun and intelligent and also you’d have access to the crow community.

Cleaning out at least one closet

A cactus and a book

To see my kids reactions. They’re still young so Christmas magic is very real.

A toaster that has a camera to see how toasted/burnt the bread is getting and screams louder and more desperately the darker the bread gets.

An AI flower vase that insults you based on how often and which type of flowers put in it.

AI light up earrings that turn on when you lie.

Impressive list. These are like things you say to a tech bro to make them horny.

It still sucks when it’s not intentional. I haven’t founded a business, but I sometimes get left out of high level meetings on projects that I’m leading.

“Women are weak.” Women’s strength is dismissed and underestimated.

Or doesn’t take you seriously by doing this: “doesn’t like your answer so goes behind your back to ask a male colleague who gives the same reply which is respected”

“Oh sorry I forgot to add you to [meeting about thing you own]”

Loose leaf tea and dark chocolate. I drink tea every day and drinking something nice puts me in a good mood, so I’m definitely going to do myself that favor. And dark chocolate is a delicious way to prevent unhealthy dessert cravings.

Isabel

Willow

Kali

As others have said, respect her and get to know her. Make a huge effort to communicate well right now. It might seem like it’s a bit early, but look up fair fighting rules now. Understanding and internalizing those rules helped me to not get in fights because I had a good frame of reference that we were a team and to not blame each other but work together and communicate early and often. It’s much better to diffuse negative feelings early than let them fester to become an angry burst or resentment. You said she’s more reserved, and that’s ok. If you are steadily open and communicating with her, she will open up over time. Remember to be her friend too.

I mentioned the big things in my post, but to be more specific my list included the following: stable full time job for at least 5 years in my field of study (chemistry), emergency fund to cover at least 1 year, endometriosis surgery, at least one multi international trip with my partner, taking my parents on a trip to Europe to visit their family, beach trip in the Caribbean, experience a music festival, and a few local trips. I had also wanted to go to Japan with some friends but covid ruined those plans.

I have kids. It always sounded fun and interesting to have kids. But I had non negotiable bucket list to complete before trying. I was able to accomplish what I wanted in my career, travel to a few places, be financially stable, and find a partner that I wanted to build a family with. It took a lot of work to do all those things. I didn’t do those things so I could have kids, I did them for me. But accomplishing it all lead me to feel stable enough to care for children.

I notice this sometimes on my underwear that is made from synthetic materials. I have more a problem with bits of the pad literally not coming off because it’s so stuck. But I don’t have any issues on my 100% cotton undies.

Yes

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