Cleopatra_30
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I have the Henckels knife set as well, they had a sale on a kitchen supplies website, and I got a good deal. Know I am realizing I need a good set of steak knives, as all I have are those dull butter knives for simpler foods.
My boyfriend really likes to find deals on good quality kitchen supplies, so most of his knives are Henckels (the two figured ones, not the single, those are apparently lower quality. He learned to sharpen them with a proper knife block, which I learned to use a few weeks ago. His pots and pans are good quality chef cookware as well.
I am finding more of the people I attend weddings for ask for money to use towards their honeymoon. I agree, many people are getting married later in life and or have established a living situation and don’t really need the ‘first home’ tools and knick knacks. The wedding in June has asked specifically for no gifts, rather contributions to their honeymoon trip.
I picked my Boyfriend up from the airport late last night. He was flying in from Colombia and his flight got delayed in Denver, one of his layovers, due to two passengers on the plane that boarded. He was asked to go through customs though twice apparently, once when he landed, and then again when he went to get his connecting flight (to Canada). It was a bit ridiculous, but because of the passenger issues he managed to make his flight, otherwise he would have missed it.
Was a long wait for him (10 day trip), and then a late night picking him up. Glad to have him back though! He bought me some chocolate from the plantation they visited, was actually very tasty, no one else liked it apparently. And a ceramics set for tea/drinks in my favorite color (green).
@kmethat Congrats! Have fun planning, or at least as much fun as you can 😛
I was recently invited to a wedding in June this year. I am looking forward to getting a new dress as I have worn my other one to several weddings now and need something different. Both daunting and fun.
A bit of a surprise invite though as I am friends with her through our larger friend group, but not that close. She said she is inviting those whom she sees the most often, so I am honored to say the least. She is doing it at the local Danish Club, and she is Polish, so looking forward to the fun night and great food 😀
I have AWD and live in Canada as well, my first car, so I can only imagine driving a vehicle without it. I will most likely need to replace it in the next year as I am close to the 300k mark on it, and it is a decade old (bought used 3 years ago with 127k).
@skyblossom @BubblegumGirl I agree with Skyblossom on this, well said. I have been in your shoes where one of my old guy friends was giving me more attention than the others and I figured that he was into me, which was then later confirmed through another friend. I purposely distanced myself and made sure I didn’t give him ‘hope’ so to say to read into my friendship as anything more than that. Unfortunately guys can be rather dense in their understanding of women when it comes to breaching the line between friendship and relationship.
You both have made mistakes handling this issue. You, because you knew about this problem before moving in with him, and instead of dealing with it up front, let it fester and you didn’t address it prior to moving in. THAT should have been when the deep discussions started, that basically if he can’t get his dog under control it is a deal breaker for you to move in with him.
He is also at fault here, he has known from you since the beginning that this has been an issue for you and your sleep, yet hasn’t taken the opportunity to address it and be cordial about training his dog or getting a new bed as a compromise.
Ultimately, you need to decide if this is a deal breaker. You both clearly have hurt feelings. I think next steps are to sit down with him and have a frank conversation about why you are upset, that you aren’t not wanting him in bed (pretty petty that he claims you don’t want him in bed when you have clearly expressed your displeasure with the dog the whole time), rather the dog either needs to sleep on the floor or a better sleeping arrangement is set up. Maybe even two twin or double beds in the room.
At the end of the day both of you failed to properly communicate and work on this issue before moving in and ultimately considering creating a family. You BOTH have some work to do together, whether that is therapy or on going conversations. But if it really does come to an impasse where he isn’t gonna budge on the sleeping arrangement and help you, then it might be time to MOA.
I am the same, don’t make V-day a big deal. I have done small things over the years with other people, but never grand gestures or big nights out.
My BF asked if I wanted to do anything this year and I said no, would prefer to do a big dinner etc for our anniversary and spend the money there (2 years in July!! waaaat).
There is a public art event happening the week of V-day, so it looks like we might go out for that.
haha I am a big ring person, I have lots of casual ones I try to wear around work. So if and when that time comes for me I would be happy to have something that has more sentiment than the ones I currently own. I am personally not interested in a big wedding or elaborate celebration, but I do want a ring to symbolize the commitment.
he said he didn’t get as much negativity on reddit. I found them more honest and to the point. And considering most of the comments were doubting the story and the reason it was even posted made it low on the scale of the advice thread. We have taken up 20 pages of comments and dialogue, so there has been more ground for dialogue and unfortunately negativity than on that particular reddit thread.
@veritek very pretty! I have had a number of acquaintances and friends get engaged over the past year, all have had vastly different ring styles and gems (diamond, morganite, sapphire…). Always interesting to see the diversity and that people are going out of the norm to make their rings unique to them.
I was chatting casually with my BF about rings, and asked if he would ever wear one, he is a nope (my dad never wore his, if he ever even had one..). Does your guy intend to have one?
Ohh reddit telling it like it is…
My thoughts, although many have been shared and are pretty much on point for the conversation. I personally don’t see this event as sexist, in its simplest terms you helped a classmate out from being bullied and or possible further injured by the bullies. Great story. However, the way you outlined the story with the exaggerations and added emphasis on the ‘crowd cheering,’ and ‘back slapping,’ makes me cringe and is probably what made people in your class also cringe. You added extra details that weren’t necessary and it created an image of you wanting validation for your actions, coming off with a ‘nice guy, vibe. That you talk about being a great guy, but only to get positive reinforcement, not because you were being genuine and just doing what is morally right and just. Even if that was the case with the story, your presentation made it sound otherwise.
Point is, no it wasn’t a sexist action, any decent human being should have stepped in, and or gotten a teacher to come and break it up. Instead you took some liberties and added details that made you come off like a cringe worthy ‘nice guy.’
The way I read her previous comment on her ‘dating down,’ was the double standard applied to her. Where her ex fiancee can date someone who is presumably ‘less’ than him, but she can’t. She is expected to date equal or greater then her current status, and be happy with that, and or be happy being single. Just a food for thought on the interpretation here.
Otherwise, her responses lack acknowledgement of the situation and circumstances. SHe has dug her own hole by saying she is ‘okay’ dating a man that isn’t willing to marry her (nothing wrong with common law but obviously the previous engagement was meant to be a testament to your commitment, maybe that has changed since), and refuses to put up with her son. If you can’t see the glaring red flags I don’t know what else there is to say. You seem to have little emotional attachment to your son based on your responses and obvious countdown to when your sons eventual dismissal out of the house.
I suggest reevaluating your outlook on your own life and the life that you are providing your child and think REALLY hard weather it is truly mentally, physically and emotionally stable and healthy for him, and yourself. It seems there are bigger fish to fry.
Speaking of getting sick…I have managed (Knock on wood, fingers crossed!) to avoid all the flu/colds/coughs etc that everyone around me seems to be suffering. But my co worker had the worst sickness this holiday. She got back from Maui after 2-3 weeks, proceeded to get sick (presumably from flying), and was sick the entire break, and then took a week off after break to still recover. She had a mix of bronchitis and a nasal infection. All tied lovingly together of course. So she is just getting better, but seems antibiotics work wonders 😛
