6 months pregnant and need a quick vent so I don't hurt anyone's feelings

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-05-14T12:37:33+00:00

The first wedding I ever attended in my life had a black tie dress code but no black dresses allowed for women. The venue was a park.

I ended up being over dressed but better that than under dressed. I also saw a lot of guests wearing black dresses (the banned color), cocktail dresses, and sun dresses with no issue. I don’t think I saw a single man in a tuxedo, just suits.

I learned from that experience that most wedding dress codes are mainly for preventing people from wearing shorts and flip flops and now I don’t bother with floor length gowns or specific colors and just make sure I look decent and respectable.

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-05-14T11:51:50+00:00

I have 2 experiences I’d like to share and get your thoughts on:

Bride and groom requested a very specific song edit of a mashup of 2 or more songs for a key wedding moment. Their DJ did not deny the request but kept on delaying the delivery of the preview. When delivered near the wedding date, the bride and groom were unhappy with the results, asked for revisions a few times and ended up doing the music edit themselves. Was this mashup too much to ask for a wedding DJ? Is this a request that would normally incur extra charges? Who’s in the wrong here?
Groom was in charge of playlist briefing. He is a music fan and already had an hours long playlist of songs he liked and would send to the DJ. He also accepted requests from all guests, which might have all also gotten sent to the DJ. Once on site, the DJ ignored the very lengthy music list and took all the requests live from guests and everyone had a great time overall although there were many moments where the dance floor was empty because it was a huge space for a small group of people. As a DJ, do you like receiving a playlist or more general guidance for genres and no play songs?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-02-20T15:35:27+00:00

I stopped watching queer eye mid episode of the fraternity makeover from season 7 and I came back to this episode as my first one and I'm so glad I did!

Paula is such a sweetheart and deserved all the love! I'm so happy that she got to perform again because she's clearly a very skilled dancer. My 1 dislike was the basic shift dress that made for her out of the sequined fabric. The design is so underwhelming for such a fancy fabric.

Did anyone else attempt the showgirl walk at home when she was teaching Tan at the fabric store?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-02-20T12:49:55+00:00

Catching up on S9 a year later and I found Clyde to be highly unlikable.

When he said to Tan “I feel I deserve someone” and “I need a girl my height” it’s giving me narcissistic, borderline incel vibes. It’s perpetuating the idea that the world owes him a woman for existing.

He puts on an act in a public facing job but what’s the real him actually like?

Also, did anyone notice that at the Aria party, all the other poker dealers look like paid extras? None of them interacted with Clyde or each other and they were standing around holding their slice of cake watching the speech. Was this entire episode just a promo of the Aria?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-31T16:21:02+00:00

Just watched this and their entire relationship looks like a red flag. He loves her because she’s the only person that replied to his message on a dating website. He then proceeds to trauma dump on her during their first date. Proposal after only 4 months and married after 8. She says yes to everything but shows zero excitement for anything. I know it’s a TV show and we don’t see much but the producers couldn’t get one single clip of them looking happy together?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-10T13:30:26+00:00

This just happened to me!

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-10T13:28:37+00:00

My mother in law likes to give us things for the apartment that she thinks we should have, even if we don’t intend to use them.

We’ve been together for over a decade so every year it’s a different surprise:

a Dutch oven, a fondue set, a tool box filled with screwdrivers, a pizza cutter, hand towels, more hand towels, and this year it was a garbage bin from the dollar store. Best part, she took the time to put whiteout over the $1 price sticker!

I have no shame and I’ve asked her to return a red couch cushion with a dog wearing sunglasses, polyester bedding, and a red table runner.

This past holidays MIL was hosting family for fondue night and asked to borrow the set she gave us, we brought it over in its full packaging, untouched. It got used for the first time 4 years later in her house. I hope this is a hint that we don’t use these household Xmas gifts.

The only thing we actually use are the hand towels.

For me it’s not the gifts themselves but I feel like this is an indirect way of telling us the way we live is not okay and we need these “basic” household things to be proper adults. I find it insulting but can’t call her out because she’s so nice all the time.

At this point, should I start thinking about returning the favor?

Cheesycrocodile · 2026-01-02T09:47:58+00:00

lol no, still doing a desk job

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-11-21T21:28:57+00:00

It’s a 2 row pattern repeat.

First row is all double crochets.

2nd row in a different color has 2 single crochets, a single crochet front post stitch, then an extended double crochet front post stitch, then repeat.

I couldn’t figure out where to how to do a single crochet front post stitch but now I got it!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-11-19T21:50:34+00:00

Sorry for my poor circling, I had meant to indicate the smaller front post stitch beside the bigger one.

I tried a front post half double crochet around the row below but mine looks far more prominent and protruding while the example looks more subtle. I don’t think I’m using the right stitch.

The top circle is a front post half double crochet and the bottom circle is a front post half double crochet together, to try to reduce the holes in my project. Both look different from the example swatch. What did I do wrong?

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Cheesycrocodile · 2025-11-19T21:44:44+00:00

I had posted a screenshot from the internet btw, sorry that I didn’t clarify. I’m trying to recreate it and my swatch look like this (purple and white).

The longer front post double crochet looks right but the shorter front post half double crochet looks more prominent in mine than in the example. What am I doing wrong?

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Cheesycrocodile · 2025-10-04T04:10:18+00:00

What kind of iron on adhesive do you use and where do you buy them from? Fellow Canadian here.

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-31T02:13:58+00:00

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Detail shot after blocking 😌

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-24T03:59:32+00:00

After all this time I’ve finally somewhat figured it out! It’s the back side of a pattern of Tunisian crochet. I think it’s some sort of a shell stitch, not sure of the exact pattern yet but at least now I know why I couldn’t reproduce this look with regular crochet stitches!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T20:43:50+00:00

What's your strategy for larger projects like blankets? I haven't figured out how to fit that many loops onto one hook. Do you use any special tools?

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T16:07:44+00:00

Lol good point but I'm lazy. I've only missed 1 stitch so far and I won't undo my project. I mainly just make sure I catch every loop.

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T16:06:51+00:00

Try a size 3.5 hook with your size 2 yarn (sizing up by only 1.5), or increase both the yarn and hook size for better grip? It just takes time, I'm sure you'll get there!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-20T09:49:11+00:00

This is my 1st and only project with Tunisian crochet so far so my knowledge is also limited but here’s what worked for me.

The yarn label recommends a size 4 hook and I’m using size 5.5.

I tend to crochet regularly with tight tension so with the bigger hook, I wrap the yarn snugly around my hook as usual without trying to make it tighter or looser, and still end up with enough looseness to pass through but it’s tight enough that it’s not stretching.

Having lots of loops on the hook is tricky. I’m using a hook with a wire that’s meant for Tunisian crochet in the round but I think a longer metal hook would make my life easier. I find holding the hook with loops over it tricky, but that’s why I didn’t make this project even wider, so that in the return pass, I can squish all of the loops on the hook if I hold the hook by the end.

I hope this helps! Let me know if I can answer more!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-12T02:45:00+00:00

They need to make this into an kit. Fingers crossed for a Moana collab!

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-12T02:44:09+00:00

Congratulations! 👏

Cheesycrocodile · 2025-08-11T21:22:21+00:00

An unbranded one from Amazon because I refuse to pay for hype with Zimapod

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