We never got used to Egypt.

Cannot get over the fact that my sister told both sides of the family she was pregnant the day after she got a (very early) positive test but did not tell even her husband that she was interviewing for a new job until the 3rd round interview.

considering the rate of pregnany loss vs rate of getting ghosted by a corporation, sensible choice

I don’t tell my husband about things like job interviews because I think there’s a high chance of success, I tell him because we share a life together and it’s normal for your spouse to know what’s going on in your life. Whether you’re going to get the job isn’t the point of sharing with a spouse, that’s the point of sharing with your soon-to-be-former boss or whatever.

that's definitely a valid standpoint too. I think I simply have different expectations around the seriousness of one interview when a lot of people seeking a new job might be sending out a dozen applications a week

For context she wasn’t in the midst of a job hunt, where he’d know in general that she was applying for things. She was not actively looking for a job (see: pregnant, i.e. soon in need of maternity leave benefits that are not always accorded to recent hires) and a recruiter from a rival company reached out to her.

Cannot get over the fact that my sister told both sides of the family she was pregnant the day after she got a (very early) positive test but did not tell even her husband that she was interviewing for a new job until the 3rd round interview.

considering the rate of pregnany loss vs rate of getting ghosted by a corporation, sensible choice

I don’t tell my husband about things like job interviews because I think there’s a high chance of success, I tell him because we share a life together and it’s normal for your spouse to know what’s going on in your life. Whether you’re going to get the job isn’t the point of sharing with a spouse, that’s the point of sharing with your soon-to-be-former boss or whatever.

It very specifically does count as bread, that’s why we make hamotzi on it. We don’t refrain from eating bread on Pesach, we refrain from eating chometz.

It can be either MAH-gen DUH-vid (Ashkenazi) or mah-GAIN dah-VEED (Sefardi/Modern Hebrew). Both are correct.