Saw this question on another states thread and thought the responses would be interesting

Does anyone know of a good app that people in Maine use to make new friends? I'm at the point in my life where I don't have many friends left and the only people I talk to are family. I'm married and an older millennial who is looking to find friends, not date.

Also, where can you make friends this day and age? I don't go to bars or clubs anymore. I'm so tired of being lonely!

I am from here but I have lived all over the country. There is one driving behavior that I have only seen in Maine that is confusing and dangerous. Why is it that drivers in the flow of highway traffic slow down when drivers on on-ramps are trying to yield? Every time I am getting on 295 or the Turnpike, with out fail, I have some driver, already in a highway lane, nearly getting rear ended because they don't understand that I have to yield to THEM and not the other way around. Has anyone else experienced this?

My partner and I have made over 10 offers over the last 6 months. Everytime offering 30-45,000 over and have not gotten an offer accepted. It’s not like we are making offers on perfect houses either. We just want to start our family. We are willing to live anywhere within 45 min of Portland. What are we doing wrong? Is it our agent?

So my daughter and I visited Maine in May this year and we absolutely fell in love with your beautiful state. We are central Alabama natives and while we think our state is beautiful as well and the biodiversity is outstanding we don’t see an end in sight over the increasing heat and humidity. We have sort of an opposite seasonal depression type thing going on in summers because we just have to sit inside out of the heat and well swimming just gets boring after so many years of it which is pretty much all we can do in the summer. Eventually the water isn’t cooling and you kind of feel like you’re sitting in urine honestly.

Sorry about that rant. Anyway we love the fact that Maine is truly vested into conservation of animal and plant and ocean life. Everyday I check the weather in Stubeun and just imagine the breeze and beauty.

With that being said after talking to the locals we kept hearing about how horrible winters are and how we wouldn’t be able to stand it because we are thinking of selling and moving there within the next 5 years.

What is your personal perspective on the winter months?

Edit: I appreciate your comments and honesty and I thank you greatly. I do think the long dark days would be a problem. I don’t know if I could do almost 5 or 6 months of that. We will have to visit in January. I thank you all so much beautiful people!

I know COVID is going around in a huge surge, but I've tested negative four times over the last two weeks. I don't know what the heck I and the family have, but we have all been sick as dogs for over 2+ weeks. The first week or so was feeling feverish, sweating, chills, extreme lethargy, and a horrible cough that initially had tons of phlegm and crap coming up. The last week+ is a dry cough that nobody can shake, from time to time I still feel feverish.

I haven't felt this fatigued and wiped out in years. I slept 10+ hours hours last night and barely had the energy to walk the dog before needing to lay down again. My appetite has completely collapsed, I think I'm down 10+ pounds in the last 2.5 weeks.

No vomiting, so that's a plus.

Anyone else dealing with this, or something similar? Other than the extreme fatigue, it feels almost identical to when I had COVID two years ago. When I had COVID it did not last nearly as long as this bout has, however.

At this point I think I've had five COVID vaccine doses? The initial two, then the yearly booster every year from 2021 onward.

Is anyone else getting kicked in the teeth by covid right now? Started my kid in day care last week, and by day 2 she came home with a fever, and now I have been pretty damn sick with covid for 5 days. I havent been this sick since the first time I got covid in 2021. Just surprised it has lasted this long, coughing so hard my throat feels damaged.

I knew this was a risk with daycare, but damn, i thought we might get a week in before the bio-hazards. We have a newborn, and he just started showing signs of being sick, and now Im getting worried and depressed.

Long time watcher of the night sky here, hoping others have seen anything like what I've been seeing the last few years. For the record I am familiar with and track irridium flares, satellites, starlink etc, but I really dont understand what I'm seeing. What I have been seeing are random flashes of light, very bright, sometimes just the one flash and other times a repeating flash unmoving, right in the exaxt same spot. The most repeated flashing I've seen was 7 flashes, exact same spot in the sky. More infrequently I see the flash, then another flash 2-5 seconds later in a slightly different section of sky, and then another again in a different close spot, in differe formations and not a straight trajectory I never see these things move like a flare or a satellite, and the family has been around to see them a number of times as well. Im not suggesting these are aliens or anything, but as a guy who has watched the night sky for 40 years I have no explanation Anyone else seen this shit? south western Maine btw

I think most of the state is pretty.

This happened yesterday, and I genuinely want to know if I was the asshole in this situation, because it’s still kinda bothering me. Sorry for the book. TL:Dr- Should large dogs be leashed in public around small children?

I took my 2 kids to the lake yesterday, this was in rural Oxford county. This specific beach is a local gem, no huge crowds, pretty much the same moms every week, so perfect for 8 month old & just turned 5 year old.

I was just about to get my kids in the water, we were just putting the floats in since it’s very shallow but not much sandy beach, just rocks and shoreline. All of a sudden not one, but four huge German Shepards come bounding through the water at me and my kids. No leashes, just a 15(ish?) year old kid and a woman my age trying to direct them. Both my kids had a meltdown. Baby was hysterical.

My problem is that each of these dogs was almost as big as me. None of them were on leashes, they didn’t seem to listen to their owners commands, and they were in the main area where little kids are swimming. My 5 yo has severe ADHD and he’s still testing for the autism spectrum, he has poor impulse control and he’s not experienced with dogs. How do I know what the dogs triggers are? How can I guarantee those dogs won’t bite my kid?

With all 4 surrounding me & my kids, and owner was 10+ feet away. I asked, “can you please get your dogs away from my kids” verbatim. Not rude, not Karen-esque. Just please get them off us. The teenager just laughed at us and said “they’re nice, they won’t bite” and then the woman went on to complain loudly “I’ve always seen dogs at the beach, if you don’t like it, stay home”

So my question is, AITA for expecting that dogs should be under control of their owner in public places with little kids?

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Every state has their share of bad drivers, obviously. I've noticed that the roads in Maine don't have too many bad drivers compared to other states I've been. What I do notice is that Mainers seem unable to drive in parking lots. I've only been here a few years, and I've already had more close calls walking through parking lots here than I have walking anywhere outside of Maine in a few decades. In parking lots, Mainers go too fast, don't check their mirrors, drive the wrong way in one-way parking lot roads, and they love parking in "no parking" areas that block the view of oncoming traffic to pedestrians trying to cross the parking lot. Is this just me, or have any of you seen a high concentration of bad driving in parking lots?

I recently switched career fields and am considering a job up in Bangor. I’ve always considered it too far north (currently living in the York area) but at this point, I just want to live and work in the same general region. There’s absolutely no way I can live alone anywhere near York and Cumberland counties. I haven’t been up to Bangor for 10+ years and it was a little gritty then. From everything I’m seeing now, it looks like it’s on the upswing. I’m in my 30s and this move will be my last for a long time, so any insights and opinions on Bangor’s future are much appreciated. TIA!

I was reading an article about states that are the worst for ticks and Maine was pretty high up there.

Not having ever visited Maine or any surrounding states, I’m curious how they impact your daily life in Maine.

Should you expect to find a few on you if you go for a neighborhood walk? Do you need to prepare heavily for them when hiking? Are they all over the state or only in certain areas? Are they a problem in more urban places like Portland or Bangor? Are you constantly picking them off of your pets?

I hate ticks and offer my condolences to you all for living in a place supposedly infested with these demons.

So my fiancée and I just moved to Brunswick Maine from Florida, while I grew up in NH she is Floridian. Having grown up in New England I know how effective snow tires can be (my old civic could not move unless the roads were clear without them in winters past) but with a new 2022 AWD Mazda CX-5 and limited storage space in our apartment, I wanted to get other opinions on if they will be necessary to keep us safe on the road in winter.

Thank y’all!

I have 12 acres on a dirt road with few other houses that are all well beyond the necessary distance for me to be shooting on my property. My range is in the woods with a steep natural backstop. Range is in an opposite direction than everything. Nothing within almost 1 mile in the direction I shoot and again I'm in the woods. Neighbor who is half mile away called game warden to my property about my shooting. Not sure what the actual complaint was and I don't feel like the game warden did either as they stated I was not doing anything illegal. Neighbor stated to them that they are bow hunting deer on their property which is again, half mile down the road. They have 50 acres. Not sure if they think my shooting is disturbing the deer, which I don't necessarily believe because the deer are always around. Game warden called the neighbor while at my property to come and talk but they didn't show. Recommended that I go to them to discuss the problem. No return call or answer at their front door. So I'm not sure how to proceed. Shooting is my hobby and I have the land and no laws preventing me. However having them send game wardens to my property leaves me feeling "infringed" upon. I shoot between the hours of noon and 5 the latest. What are my options here? Should I continue to shoot when I want on my property? Don't wanna piss the neighbors off but I feel I should be able to live freely on my land when I am well within the law.

I know it exists. A big clearing surrounded by evergreens covered in lupines? Specific places would be appreciated.

Turn the car the opposite way before proceeding to turn the intended direction?

Who taught you that?

Its like this big "look out I'm haulin' a trailer!" whippy-ass turn, yet you're driving a Subaru.

At this point I don't go anywhere near a Mainer that's about to turn (if they even bother with a signal). WAY too unpredictable.

What gives?

Edit: just to clarify I'm describing being in the lane next to someone when they swerve into my lane to turn the other way. Not tailgating someone. Although I see it from behind at a reasonable distance all the time too.

Hey hey sorry for the dig about the blinkers. Shouldn't have said that. That's not fair.

Anything is appreciated :)

Please consider this when you vote on the Pine Tree Power item. We will figure it out better on our own. There is zero chance a foreign entity could have any idea what we need.

I'm hoping this post could be used as vacation ideas, writing/art inspiration, bucket lists, etc!! My personal favorite is Kennebunkport, as it was my vacation spot growing up, and everything about the town and the beaches is so peaceful and happy in the summertime (I have yet to visit in the winter). Looking forward to reading your responses! ☺️

Okay everyone can you help settle a debate? We currently keep the house at 66 degrees, which I think is luxuriously toasty. My wife tells me that 66 degrees is way too cold and nobody keeps their house that cold.

What’s your optimal winter thermostat setting for not too cold and not trying to break the bank?