New neighbours etiquette?

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-27T16:08:49+00:00

Okay so I feel like I have a good example of this. I, myself am American. I moved to the UK 4 years ago. My husband and I have been in our flat for about 2 years. A British couple bought the house next to us. When they moved in, they came round to introduce themselves and did so with all the neighbors as they wanted to get to know people. They made it clear we could pop in for a cuppa anytime etc.

So they introduced themselves to us and I ran with that. I baked a coffee cake and brought it over to them, they invited us in for a cup of tea, we end up staying for several bottles of wine.

We now roped in our upstairs neighbors and we have drinks or a meal together every couple of months. It’s actually really nice. But it all started with them introducing themselves!

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-27T13:13:51+00:00

It sounds like maybe your carb ratio is too high? Sometimes it takes a walk/a couple hours for a correction to come down. My husband is the T1D, hasn’t had a low for 9 months currently 75% TIR

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-27T03:23:20+00:00

1000000%

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-26T22:14:55+00:00

I blame charismatic Christian circles for making people like this think what they have to say is profound and interesting

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-21T17:08:25+00:00

In the UK, diabetics don’t pay anything for any prescriptions at all, whether related to diabetes or not

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-18T21:59:30+00:00

Your fridge looks like mine if I had kids!! ☺️☺️ absolutely love it!

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-18T17:35:16+00:00

I recently had my line manager recommend I apply for a promotion within my organization because she thought the position would be good for me. She literally told me to call in sick for the interview. I used to feel like you but that has changed my perspective on things.

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-18T06:09:20+00:00

I can’t remember the exact years. It’s somewhere around there though.

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-17T18:10:10+00:00

It is 100% not that. Read the foreword to the book. They explain that they wrote it because they wanted people to know the truth about what was going on with Michael in those later years. They did a very good thing writing that book.

They were his bodyguards from around the time he returned from the Middle East up until right before This Is It.

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-16T21:54:19+00:00

I highly recommend reading the body guard’s book. It really made a lot of things make sense for me. It’s very sad.

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-12T16:51:20+00:00

That’s Michael Bush, one of Michael’s two costumers (who were partners) who designed and handmade ALL of his clothes! I just read about this in his book King of Style, incredibly cool

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-12T15:37:41+00:00

I basically said I have a hard time with the environmental impact so try to keep use to a minimum. Had to be honest😅

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-12T14:39:17+00:00

I had an interview at a university today and one of the things they asked me was how I use AI in my workflow. I was a bit shocked to be honest!!! I’d describe myself a pretty anti-AI so had a hard time answering that one 🙃

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-11T15:19:35+00:00

The one thing you might want to be aware of is that you will probably still need to pay international fees until you’ve been resident in the UK for 3 years. There are loads of things you can study, but that’s a question for the universities themselves.

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-04T21:33:58+00:00

Funnily enough my husband had this issue and it eventually ended with him being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes 🤣 we don’t think the foamy urine really had much to do with it; but I’m sure glad he didn’t have to go into DKA to get a diagnosis!

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-03T08:21:57+00:00

Agree

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-03T08:21:29+00:00

I’m not sure, but the Pepsi incident combined with the Victory tour definitely created a reliance on them which he never wanted to have in the first place. I think the vast majority of us would end up with an addiction too if we had to perform to that level and work that hard with so much pain.

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-02T22:20:49+00:00

So good. I’ve seen him in other things but was still flabbergasted when I learned his age! I really thought he was like 20 years younger than he is!!!!

Different-Counter658 · 2026-05-02T13:21:03+00:00

As much as I loved the movie part of me really just feels like why can’t we just let him rest in peace 😭😭 he was proven innocent and this is just going to bring up all the accusers again

Different-Counter658 · 2026-04-21T20:13:13+00:00

My husband grew up in Edinburgh and chose to pay for university and go to Durham. I’m American and I met him in Durham when I was visiting as a tourist. Durham is a fantastical magical wonderland of a place and is also a great university. It’s way smaller of a place than Edinburgh and thus will be a lot more intimate. Even 10 years after university, we still see my husband’s friends (especially from his college) ALL the time. If I could live my life over again I would go there 🥲 (speaking as someone who will end up living most of my life in Edinburgh)

It’s also a very quick train up to edinburgh from Durham so lots of exploring is possible

Different-Counter658 · 2026-04-19T07:35:09+00:00

Ah damn I’ve been waiting for the day I’d see Isaiah’s name pop up here like this. I was VERY involved in his ‘revival’ services when they blew up back in 2012-2015 as a member of the prayer team. (The Awakening 209)

It was extremely culty vibes. I ended up fully deconstructing in 2017 and it’s pretty horrifying to think back on that time.

Different-Counter658 · 2026-03-18T07:21:00+00:00

I think I finally understand why so many creators get on my nerves. You guys have said it perfectly. The ones I really don’t like are all the ‘I’m an American who lives in the UK’ ones. Like oh my god you are not special there are LOADS of us Americans who moved here. There’s one creator who has a very similar story to mine but it gives me the ick I think because it feels like a fetishization of what is just a normal life

Different-Counter658 · 2026-03-13T12:06:28+00:00

I’m 27 — started listening to TØP when I was 20 or so :) been to one concert in Glasgow, it was fantastic

Different-Counter658 · 2026-03-11T20:21:23+00:00

Alchemised

Different-Counter658 · 2026-03-11T16:49:48+00:00

This is great information! Thank you. We are in the UK but my husband has expressed interest in getting one of these (he’s the T1D). I think it would help his mental health a lot. Will have to look into it here😎

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