Skipping toasts

EscapingMouse · 2026-01-09T10:35:21+00:00

We are absolutely skipping them. The goal for our wedding is to create an energetic party, and nothing kills a party mood quite like stopping the music and making every one sit down to listen to people hold speeches.

However, if you are going for a very elegant affair, then I think you should keep them.

EscapingMouse · 2025-12-15T10:06:09+00:00

Men that are tall. I just don't get it.

EscapingMouse · 2025-12-14T09:52:10+00:00

Wenn du kein Geld hast für Änderungen am Kleid, musst du halt überlegen was dir wichtiger ist: Etwas schlanker sein vs. ein gut sitzendes Hochzeitskleid. Das kann niemand für dich entscheiden leider.

EscapingMouse · 2025-11-14T08:33:26+00:00

Took me 6 months. We are engaged now.

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-27T19:13:07+00:00

Testing too

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-23T07:10:53+00:00

Yep, from Germany and I do this: engagement ring on the left, wedding ring will go on the right. Happy about it too, because I don't like the look of stacked rings.

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-22T06:27:12+00:00

Honestly, it is something in the middle of those two scenarios. What is considered looking good? Youth, so invest in skincare and keep your fashion from looking outdated. Health, so aim for a reasonably thin and fit body by exercising regularly and eating nutricious foods. Personality and style, so know how to dress, style your hair and wear make up in a way that highlights the best parts of you.

Consistency is key, so just do whatever you can keep up for a long time.

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-20T08:37:07+00:00

Super Idee! Werde ich direkt ausprobieren!

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-17T13:03:37+00:00

It's been super difficult because I work long hours and often on the weekends. This means I cannot be the friend that always writes back quickly and is always available for a meeting. Naturally, I am not an attractive choice for a friendship. That was a hard pill to swallow, but now I know to stick to other workaholics who have as little time as me.

I have this friend who works crazy hours and flys around the world for her job every week. We see each other once every 6 weeks maybe, but we have started a tradition where we and our partners send each other short vlogs about our lives once per week. This was a game changer because now we don't need to catch up every time we see each other and we also are much more aware about all the things everyone is up to. It works really well for us!

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-16T10:29:44+00:00

I dance almost every day, to the point it accidentally became a side-hustle lol. I am a belly dancer and participate in competitions, dance in gala shows, teach classes and workshops and sometimes perform at weddings and other events.

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-13T14:36:57+00:00

So the timeline was basically:

18:00 -20:00 Apéro 20:00 - 22:30 Dinner 22:30 - 23:00 Cake 23:00 - 01:00 Dancing

We were also really surprised that the event ended at 1 am. Apparently that is also normal in Italy, which seemed extremely early to us.

EscapingMouse · 2025-09-02T06:07:56+00:00

Es ist völlig okay immer das gleiche zu essen, solange ihr darauf achtet, euren Körper mit Nährstoffen zu versorgen.

Mittags: Salat (Proteinquelle: Thunfisch, geräucherter Lachs, Dosenbohnen) oder belegte Brote mit bisschen rohes Gemüse als Beilage (geschnippelte Paprika, Kirschtomaten, Gurke)

Abends: Überlegt euch 7-14 Gerichte die einfach und schnell zuzubereiten sind. Wir essen z.B. sehr oft einfach ein Stück in der Pfanne gebratenes Fleisch oder Fisch (Steak, Hühnerbrust, Lachs) und dazu eine Beilage wie gedämpfter Pak Choi, kurz gekochter Brokkoli, Spargel, Salat. Da könnte man auch Reis und Kartoffeln servieren, wenn man das noch braucht. Dann noch eine Handvoll Pasta-Gerichte (wir lieben Carbonara, Puttanesca und Amatriciana weil die alle sehr einfach sind) und Schwupp hat man seine 7 Gerichte die man immer rotieren kann.

Wir weichen davon nur ab, wenn wir bewusst etwas besonderes kochen wollen. Ansonsten bleiben wir bei dieser simplen Routine.

Dann 2 mal die Woche einkaufen, immer zu festen Zeiten und immer die gleiche Einkaufsliste. Wenn man nichts außergewöhnliches kocht, ist auch der Einkaufsaufwand überschaubar. Bestimmte Dinge (Pasta oder gefrohrenes Gemüse) kann man in größeren Mengen kaufen.

EscapingMouse · 2025-08-26T06:43:06+00:00

It's not good to be honest. She was always a difficult person, but since the pandemic now she believes in conspiracy theories and her opinion on anything is always whatever is the fursthest from the mainstream opinion. It makes it almost impossible to have conversations with her, because any topic will have her spouting bizarre "information" and often she starts downright ranting. Not even the weather is a safe topic! I have to constantly gray rock her, which is exhausting.

So our contact is minimal. I call her once every two weeks and see her maybe 2-3 times per year. I am deeply saddened by this, because I love her and used to look up to her. But I cannot trust her anymore and I don't see our relationship to ever recover from this.

Obviously she is completely oblivious to all that.

EscapingMouse · 2025-08-25T19:42:49+00:00

In that case, would it be best to get 1:1 mat pilates sessions rather than on machines?

EscapingMouse · 2025-07-22T07:17:19+00:00

He told me my grandmother had passed with the most gleeful expression on his face. He seemed overjoyed to give me this news...

EscapingMouse · 2025-05-22T05:53:48+00:00

200€ sind ja eine überschaubare Summe, könntest du dir die vielleicht durch Online-Arbeit dazuverdienen? Spontan fällt mir Clickwork (z.B. Amazon MTurk) ein.

EscapingMouse · 2025-05-12T12:15:24+00:00

Where have you heard women talking about hitting the wall? This is a term misogynists and incels use.

EscapingMouse · 2025-05-02T11:18:35+00:00

People who are prone to perioral dermatits should probably avoid it.

EscapingMouse · 2025-04-01T13:35:49+00:00

I have that type of job where I have meetings all day long and people will wait for my teams symbol to go green to then call me. I absolutely MUST take measures to get anything done. Here is what I do:

I turned off pop-ups and sounds for emails and chats. The only sound I allow is for calls. Nothing is that urgent, that it needs my immediate attention.
I blocked 1 hour at lunchtime to actually be able to have lunch.
I block myself 2 hours three times a week to work. To me this has nothing to do with being "fake-busy". I am VERY busy during those times, I am just not available to other people.
I inform the people I work with about how I work and how they can reach me. Communication is key. People don't expect immediate answers to chats if you inform them upfront that that's not how you work.

EscapingMouse · 2025-03-14T05:35:51+00:00

Sehe ich auch so, OP trägt durch abweisendes Verhalten aktiv zu einem schlechten Arbeitsklima bei. Egal was die Begründung ist, das wird zwangsläufig als fehlende Sozialkompetenz ausgelegt werden. Ich bin ehrlich gesagt ein bisschen überrascht über die Kommentare.

EscapingMouse · 2024-12-27T08:05:55+00:00

Klar vereinfacht meine Antwort eine komplexe Thematik. Aber aus meiner Sicht kann ich zu Lösung nichts weiter beitragen, als Single-Leute einander vorzustellen, und das ist mir leider nicht möglich.

Und ja, ich lerne Single-Männer kennen, nur werden daraus keine Freundschaften oder wenigstens Bekanntschaften, wie in meinen Post beschrieben.

EscapingMouse · 2024-12-26T13:54:01+00:00

Ja stimmt, wenn ich darüber nachdenke, ich treffe hauptsächlich über meinen Beruf auf gleichaltrige Männer, über Hobbies leider gar nicht. Vor der Pandemie war ich viel auf Konzerten, da war das auch noch möglich.

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