A tip for hiding things: sometimes if you’re not wearing it you can hide it in a pillow on your neatly made bed, people rarely suspect your bed as a hiding place and if its kept neat you don’t risk someone trying to make it. Also, you can start taking an extra pair of clothes in your school backpack so they wont question the binder if they find it in there.
How to have a binder without your parents knowing:
Pick the binder you want online, add it to the website’s shopping cart and start to check out until you find how much it costs with shipping and tax.
Save up enough money to buy the binder. Make sure you have a few dollars extra, to buy the card itself and just in case.
Go into a store and buy a prepaid VISA card. They have them at lots of stores, even CVS. (You can also ask a friend to do this if you can’t get to a store on your own)
Prepaid credit cards require you to be 18 to open an account, but you can purchase prepaid gift cards at a grocery or other store at any age and use them wherever Visa, MasterCard or AMEX are accepted.
These gift cards, which aren’t reloadable, usually carry an activation fee along the lines of $4.95 for every $50 increment. You usually find them in denominations of $25, $50 or $100.
Buy the binder online. Put the name on the card as “Visa” in the payment section of the website. If you don’t have access to a computer at home, use one at the library.
Clear your internet history if you’re at home. Make sure the invoice is sent to an email that only you have access to.
Ship it to a consenting friend’s house or an accepting relative, if you have one. Or ship it to your own house and say you bought a present for someone. You may have to go to a store in person and buy a physical present to then gift to cover up that it wasn’t in the package.
Hide it when you get it.
Handwash it when it gets dirty. Or start doing your laundry yourself. Wring it out and hang it to dry in the back of your closet.
Bring it in a bag with you to change into it when you’re out of the house.
(Or ask a friend with a debit/credit/gift card to buy you a binder if you give them the cash.)
Also back to potlucks, I know that all the church potlucks I’ve been to ( at several different churches) they will always try to send leftovers home with big or struggling families. Family took a pay cut, take home the last half of that casserole. Family of 8 takes home the second in opened enchilada tray. They also always label who made the food because you never take home your own dish ( unless it was picked clean) some one else will have your dish, and they need to know who to return it to. Some communities also have programs where people can make home cooked meals and they will be delivered to struggling families, I know when my dad lost his job our local program sent us at least one batch of home made cookies a month.
Note to vacationing non-Americans: while it’s true that America doesn’t always have the best food culture, the food in our restaurants is really not representative of what most of us eat at home. The portions at Cheesecake Factory or IHOP are meant to be indulgent, not just “what Americans are used to.”
If you eat at a regular American household, during a regular meal where they’re not going out of their way to impress guests, you probably will not be served twelve pounds of chocolate-covered cream cheese. Please bear this in mind before writing yet another “omg I can’t believe American food” post.
I relate so much
THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN
No that’s a General, a gender is the barrier around the wheeles of a vehicle.
I glad she is comfortable in her own identity and no longer feels isolated because of her sexuality.
This is why representation matters.
I’m about to cry. My 60 year old mother watched a netflix documentary and only just now found out she’s asexual. I’ve been trying to figure out how to bring up this idea to her for years. I am so glad to hear her, she’s so happy and saying “there really is nothing wrong with me!” I didn’t realize it wore on her like that. God bless the internet.
Someone who’s never seen The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals explain this
ME!
My sister and I whenever we’re in a bookstore lol.
Millennial/ gen z kid: *buys song on iTunes for convenience/cost*
Grown-ass college educated writer: Millenials are KILLING the CD Industry! Most Millennials Don’t Know What a CD is!!
I don’t think ppl realize that the oldest “millenials” are like 30+ now. We know what vhs tapes and CDs are. If you mean teenagers, say teenagers.
This ^^^
I really want to see more cis boys who like boys being actively supportive of trans boys who like boys bc I’m tired of being afraid to flirt or form friendships with other queer guys bc I don’t know if they really see me as a guy
Hades: Love is dead and never existed. All you did was betray me as I lay sick and festering. You are the definition of dread.
Persephone: ... are you okay???
Hades: Cerberus stole my frickin garlic bread
Hi guys, I’m trying to practice writing if any one want to send in a request send an ask.
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