I, OTOH, am called metal mouth by my wife and kids. Lots of cavities, some crowns. For some years (in my 40s?) I was using no novocaine, but now I again use it. Very rare to go a year without a cavity or replacement filling.
And not cavities due to rarely seeing dentist. Typically for at least the past 10 years I’ve been having 3 cleanings per year, with the dentist checking the teeth every other visit (but any visit when the hygienist sees a problem that she thinks he should see).
Wife and daughters are more like 1 cavity every 5 years, or even less often, and just 2 cleanings per year.
i was on a call with a client when I could see my younger one taking the test. i had to do a play by play of the parallel parking attempt. it was something! she passed
My husband’s younger brother had a stroke tonight (well, not yet confirmed, they’re doing an MRI, but the neurologist thinks it was a stroke). He’s only 45.
My FIL had his first stroke young, too. It turned out he had a small hole in his heart, which he learned a few years ago, and that caused several strokes. I would guess that kind of thing isn’t hereditary, but of course I know nothing about those things.
My BIL smokes and is generally not healthy, but he’s not overweight and doesn’t have diabetes or hypertension.
Best to have you husband ask a doctor on the hereditary thing. My dad had a heart valve issue that is hereditary…both my sister and I were cleared of this after having heart echocardiograms.
I’ve reached the point of a conversation with a fellow parent where we have nothing left to talk about, but I missed the window of exiting the situation.
It’s prom night. My son is not an experienced driver, and prom is in downtown Seattle, meaning the freeway and unfamiliar downtown streets. (We live in the suburbs.) I’d hoped he and his girlfriend would carpool with friends, but that would require forethought. Here’s hoping he makes it home safely. After he left, I got the side eye when I said, “I hope he doesn’t die tonight.”
So at our prom, my buddy borrowed his dad’s Corvette. Which had the reverse in the opposite place from his car. He was showing off, dropped it I to first and nailed it, except it was reverse and he put dad’s Corvette into someone else’s car.
Yeah, that wasn’t helpful. The car did suffer an injury, but it was when backing into our garage, and it was pretty much a repeat of what his older brother did.
I’m suddenly being invited to all these meetings helping make very involved decisions because of my promotion and I have no idea what I’m doing. I try to contribute but I feel so behind the curve on everything.
Does it ever become natural, or are you always faking it when you’re in these roles?
I suppose everyone is different. If it makes it maybe at least a little better, I’ll say I’ve had imposter syndrome for about 20 years. I feel like a dumbass half the time, and occasionally realize people are asking me questions because I’m the most qualified person to ask.
It does. Being capable of thinking through and making the decisions doesnt mean you have all the exoerience of deciding on the fly right away.
I switched roles 10 yrs ago. Paid attention to what others in tbe role seemed to do. Copied what i thiught was useful and i could do. Skipped the things they did that i felt were not helpful. Learned how to explain stuff in my own way. Etc.
Youll figure it out fast i bet. Not fast enough to feel great today. But fast enough for sure.
