u/Specialist_Loss_8900

I have a friend from college who I've remained close to who has an upcoming baby shower. Like everyone else in our generation we've had a delayed start in terms of marriage and children. We're all white collar professionals (in different fields) and settled in our careers at this point, so I can afford to spend without anxiety.

This is not the first baby shower I've attended but my usual habit has been to imediately purchase essential items such as strollers and car seats. Due to that, they also tended to be the most expensive. In this case, they were the highest cost items with everything else being <$100. My friend joked that I was being too generous and they had to add more items to the registry for other people.

However, that let me to wonder if that wasn't entirely in good natured humor. I like to believe I'm being altruistic but I would lie if it doesn't give me some satisfaction knowing I can treat people. That said am I making things uncomfortable by not giving other people like immediate family (siblings, parents) a chance to go first?

I purchased a MJJC foam cannon v2 and have been using it with an electric power washer to wash my car. I've been using gold car shampoo mixed with water for the foam cannon mixture. It was doing fine until recently where I noticed that the foam cannon straw kept getting clogged at the filter ball. When I use a toothpick to clear it I keep pulling out some slime like substance almost like the consistency of a watery booger actually. After cleaning it each time, it will inevitably clog after like 5-10 minutes and i have to repeat the process.

I'm confused because I didn't have this issue before and wondered if it's because I'm not diluting the gold car shampoo enough or I'm letting it settle in-between uses for too long (sometime I go a month without washing my car). Should I switch to a dedicated car foam product?

Hi,

I'm a single male with no kids who is currently roommates with a childhood friend for the past 5 years

As I'm approaching middle age I realize that I kind of want my own place that I can settle down

I don't think I want a house or anything yet if I'm not married but I also don't want to have to move every year because of an outrageous increase when my lease expires. A lot of the newer apartment buildings I noticed are less than 15 years old. Would finding a rent controlled apartment mitigate this risk or am I making a bigger deal about this than I should?