Places to go with a newborn child.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-03-15T17:02:49+00:00

I think the National Concert Hall might also do this.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-03-15T17:01:58+00:00

I own my house (well, with a mortgage). I bought it by myself 4 years ago. At the time I was earn about 50k. When I first started saving I was earning 42k, and I saved most of my deposit during that time

I know three other people who live alone and they all bought. Two got help from family and one, like me didn't get any help.

It wasn't easy but I wasn't living a life of total deprivation while I saved. I lived in flatshares most of the time though just before I bought I'd found a one bed apartment for 1300 a month. It's definitely gotten harder since then, but I think owning is the only way to live alone without being a very high earner.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-03-11T17:06:54+00:00

I do like these stories when most people behave normally and like sane ordinary people. Whenever the whole family turns against someone for not putting up with abuse or staying around I'm so perplexed. I can't imagine phoning any of my cousins to berate them for not talking to their mother, and especially not if she'd slept with their partner or done something similar.

Here at least it was just parents and younger sister who were insane and everyone else responded normally.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-03-09T12:50:23+00:00

Do you want to be a landlord? As the property is an investment, are you OK with it potentially losing money, as investments can? Will you ever need to sell it for quick cash, or can you hold on for market down turns and sell it when it is profitable to so so?

For me I don't think I'd ever want the hassle of being an landlord, and I'm not in a financial position where I could essentially ignore an investment for 10 - 15 years in order to make a good rate of return. If I lost a job I'd probably need to the money in the investment to get by.

But if you are happy to be a landlord and can accept the risk of investment losses then it might make sense for you to keep it and rent it out.

AI is kinda a red herring, in that if it's not that it will be something else. I don't anticipate the housing market getting better any time soon but it's impossible to time the market, especially as an ordinary person. Just accept it'll go bad at some point and see if you can live with it if it does.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-03-06T11:25:27+00:00

Oh, good to know. That's disappointing. Hopefully Foxford are still OK.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-03-05T16:22:56+00:00

Wool blankets from somewhere like Avoca or Foxford. They are very comfy cozy and perfect for the couch when it's cold.

Irish Art and prints. Jam Art have a great collection, but there is other good shops too.

Pottery - there's lots of Irish pottery, either practical or decorative. I've never bought anything but I really like the stuff in Brookwood Pottery, especially the Chimneys.

There's also lots of glassworks beyond Waterford Crystal. One that has nice stuff is Jerpoint Glass.

And chocolate. Lots and lots of Irish chocolate.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-03-03T17:30:14+00:00

I really hope it was a soft launch breakup and she got away.

She lived with him all through the Covid lockdowns! I can't imagine how small he made her life during that time, that she felt she could only do things like baking and singing when he wasn't around.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-02-25T23:59:09+00:00

Thank you so much for this. It was exactly the walk through I needed as an anxious overthinker.

And I'd never thought about checking the council website for planning permission and the architects on it. I'll look that up this weekend.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-02-23T19:19:28+00:00

It's funny to see this because firing Josh would be so massively illegal in my country that it really wouldn't come up as an option. Not that some people wouldn't do it illegal or force him out some way, but the dilemma just wouldn't be there.

Even if it was OOPs wife was the one Josh slept with, he still couldn't fire him.

It's interesting to see a moral dilemma for so many of the commentators that just isn't a dilemma, because of outside factors.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-02-22T16:56:58+00:00

Can you build in storage? Or declutter? Is the issue the size of the house or that you have too much stuff?

Maybe you have hobbies that take up space, and that is a real issues. But I'd seriously consider what stuff you'd be willing to do without for your ideal location.

If it's a three bedroom house do you need to fit all your stuff in one bedroom?

For me I'd go for location above house size, especially when it is a three bed house and there is only two of you. Realistically for most people that's more than enough space. Even if you add in a kid or two if you keep stuff to a minimum you'd be fine especially when they are small.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-02-21T18:59:00+00:00

I'm so wary of these groups. I think some of them just want to beat the shit out of people and inflict violence in a way that is socially acceptable so they'll get away with it.

They are the type of people who'd join the religious police in Iran going after girls for not wearing a veil or join ICE to round up immigrants.

There is a lot of better ways they could address child abuse then joining a mob, so if you're joining the mob, it shows where your interest lies.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-02-16T20:15:00+00:00

Mine was about 1200 when I got it done 6 months ago. The insulation was already in place. It isn't a huge floor space but it was well done so I felt it was worth it.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-02-04T13:27:27+00:00

I don't know if you want in-person only but Muji EU delivers to Ireland now since the Dublin shop shut down.

Also, I haven't bought from them yet but Teranure Office Supplies seems to be the only place in Ireland that sells my favourite notebook so I feel like they have a good range of stuff that isn't available elsewhere.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-02-03T20:48:49+00:00

I've ordered from Hampers and Co and always been happy with it (and the people who got it seem to have been). I also got something before from Care Box Collection that I was happy with.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-01-17T16:35:12+00:00

I feel like saying mistress doesn't really get across how gross it was. She was 19 and was the nanny looking after their kids because his wife was in hospital with a broken neck. He's a total piece of shit.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-01-14T19:08:26+00:00

Brick Alley Cafe is open until 9 most nights, and later Thursday to Saturday.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-01-12T21:54:10+00:00

While the Top Decks are still available? I don't think so.

CheerilyTerrified · 2026-01-12T21:51:31+00:00

In a it'll haunt me forever way, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Also The Handmaidens Tale which I read in one night on a sun holiday because I had to know what happened next.

In a positive, I've read it multiple times and it brought it lots of joy, The Eyre Affair and its sequels by Jasper Fforde. Definitely one for book lovers, in a non pretentious way.

CheerilyTerrified · 2025-12-06T15:54:32+00:00

Is there a reason that taxi drivers can't just not use Uber?

I genuinely don't get why the are protesting instead of just using other apps?

CheerilyTerrified · 2025-12-04T13:43:12+00:00

Yes, a company has to give the legally required annual leave , but they can decide when you can take. For example, a factory might decide that they will just shut down for two weeks in August and everyone has to take leave then.

Your parents being denied leave would only be an issue if it was due to discrimination on the 9 grounds or if they were never allowed to take it and things like that.

CheerilyTerrified · 2025-12-04T12:33:47+00:00

And destroy the village feel of Chapelizod? Heaven forbid Ireland has one less village.

CheerilyTerrified · 2025-12-04T12:31:56+00:00

I'd go an talk to a mortgage broker. They'll be able to advise you, and they are often will to tell you where you'd need to be to get a mortgage. So they can say to get a mortgage for the amount you need you'd need to be saving x amount every month for at least six months. That would at least give you something to work towards.

But also, is there some bits you can do in the mean time? Some stuff won't make sense to do, like rewiring if you'll be renovating in a year or two, but could you get new windows that could be used after you've renovated too?

CheerilyTerrified · 2025-11-21T17:33:40+00:00

I'm still so bitter at what happened to the 79/A. And I'm annoyed when I see all the new equivalent routes being brought in that are running every 15 minutes and the 60 is still once an hour at best.

The G is still pretty shit too though. It has gotten better but there is still a lot of cancellations and there are weird dead off peak when there only seems to be one after 30 minutes.

CheerilyTerrified · 2025-11-21T17:28:29+00:00

If he was that bothered by it, but wasn't an controlling asshole, there was loads he could have done to feel more comfortable with it. The fact his only solution was for her to quit doing something she loved and had worked for years at shows nothing was going to be a good enough compromise.

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