One is clearly a copycat.

We have to consider the possibility…

Less than 10 hours ago I posted a piece of fan art I'd made, and have just came across it on Facebook - where someone had put an AI filter over it 😑

I built it with whatever was on hand in the fall of 2015, rushing to be ready before the snow fell, built alone in about a month for under $5000.

No foundation (the feral barn cats shelter under it in winter , the possums live under the outhouse), no plumbing (haven't had s bath in a month, too many mosquitoes, dishes are soaking in the tub), no utilities, etc. some solar panels to run lights, charge a prepaid cell, and an old win7 laptop sometimes. Lot of the year its oil lamps for light and no power at all. No fridge, no ac. Only heat is the wood stove. Sanitation barely exists, got an outhouse, and an artesian well. My drinking and washing water all come from the same source. No carpet, just chipboard uninsulated floor. Cabin has 1-2" spray foam insulation on walls and ceiling. No bed, i sleep on a couch (mostly because I have a hard time on a bed with being locked into a slumped forward hunchback shape with half my spine bolted together since a logging injury, i sleep with my spine in the V between the back rest and the seat). Weather ranges between -40 and 105f. Up on the Canadian boarder, gotta watch my step around these parts or might accidentally step in Quebec.

Class 08 Wanakena Ranger School (forestry college) and grew up rural poor.

I'm a pornstar on r/shittyfoodporn because i post my terrible rations almost daily and they are often quite horrible due to no fridge and only getting a ride to town a couple times a year. Lots of terrible looking stuff that Rambo wouldn't eat.

Tax man decided this shack is now worth $60k and my taxes trippled, what y'all think?

My wife is from an area with a pretty shallow dating pool. Lots of oil workers, very "traditional" men (work away from home for weeks on end, then drink and go out or buy and play with expensive toys when they're home while wife handles everything, then complain about their family like they ruined their life). That's part of why my wife moved away, and she met me while studying here. One of her friends (we'll call her M) is married to such a man (we'll call him T). She became a SAHM during the tail end of covid. She's been socially isolated by COVID restrictions and her own immune issues, parenting, where they live, and his financial abuse (limiting her "allowance" such that she can't afford to do much). We don't like T. He's a prick. M settled because he's no worse than the rest.

We became parents ourselves about a year ago, and gave all her friends an open invitation to visit and bring their kids. M decided to take us up on it when T wanted to take their kid to a family gathering she couldn't bear attending (that's a whole other story). T took their kid, his sister basically does all of the childcare at these gatherings and she's a great mom which is the only reason M allows this.

So, M visits for a few days. She's never been to our area so we take her on a basic tourist itinerary. I'm functionally a SAHD that has a remote job. My wife is self employed and I support her business in a variety of ways. M watched us juggle our daily lives while hosting a guest. M and my wife went out on their own a few times for meals or day trips. They took our child along for other things to give me space and let me work. It all felt like a pretty basic, low-key visit. We didn't roll out the red carpet, it was business as usual with a third wheel.

A couple weeks later, my wife comes flying through the door saying "M is leaving T! She served him papers and is living with her cousin!". Apparently, her witnessing what a "good" husband looks like (I'm not perfect but I try) was the final straw. She went home and spent the entire day crying before T got back. What she told my wife basically boiled down to her not knowing what it was like to actually have a respectful partner and she couldn't go back to her life after that. She described things I did that weren't anything special for me to do, but were foreign to her, like considering her dietary restrictions when cooking or choosing restaurants, and watching my child while they went out and still managing the household chores. When T left for the fields again, she moved out. He's not contesting her request for full custody. Shocker.

I didn't really do anything and the bar was low with her but it feels validating still.

Anyway, homemade carnitas tacos and green beans.

She randomly comes back with a butt load of food items once in a while

Any lemon recipe suggestions

\she’s 44, for people asking her age\.

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