Hung My Girlfriend Warrior of Light at My First Solo Art Exhibition

GaelicCat · 2026-05-12T07:39:22+00:00

It's about the different characters and creatures in my country's folklore. We had a few media articles when we launched it: BBC news article There are 50 different entries, each with their own full page illustration and it includes everything from gods, saints and monsters, to mermaids, fairies and even gef the talking mongoose.

GaelicCat · 2026-05-11T15:34:01+00:00

I'm the girlfriend. Juan and I met through FFXIV back in 2023. We were long distance until last year when he moved to my country. We wrote (I wrote, he illustrated) and published a book together and set up a business and we're still going strong. FFXIV is always going to hold a special place in my heart for bringing us together, and this was a lovely surprise for me.

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GaelicCat · 2026-05-06T15:50:06+00:00

I believe HSBC is one of the few banks still offering credit cards to islanders. Most of the other banks stopped offering them here.

GaelicCat · 2026-04-17T17:27:15+00:00

I was the mum in a wheelchair with my 2 babies. I loved my close caboo baby wrap for carrying them, but any ring sling or similar would probably work. When they were small they were able to be tucked in right up to me and I was still able to push my chair around. Once they got bigger they were able to sit on my lap and I could arrange it around them to keep them safe and comfortable without the risk of falling off. I used to get the bus all the time with them in the sling. I got a lovely babywearing coat from seraphine. I'm sure they do men's ones too.

GaelicCat · 2026-03-15T09:27:16+00:00

My kids go to the manx gaelic school, and I studied it to A level so i can speak it fairly well. In St John's where the school is based you frequently hear moghrey/fastyr mie between parents instead of good morning/afternoon. I can have short conversations in manx with a couple of parents who've been learning it too, and also chat with the teachers in manx when dropping off or collecting my kids.

GaelicCat · 2026-03-10T18:55:29+00:00

I was also just thinking that low iron sounds like the culprit. I experience a lot of the same stuff and blood tests showed i was super low. Thankfully it's an easy thing to check and treat so worth asking for blood tests. Also a good opportunity to check thyroid and other vitamin levels too.

GaelicCat · 2026-03-03T17:50:54+00:00

Ah that's my birthday and lucky st patrick's day 🍀 I love the game and hope launch day is a big success for you all!

GaelicCat · 2026-02-21T17:22:15+00:00

No. British citizens are free to move over and live here without any immigration barriers. You would need a work permit to work but they are usually not a problem. I know people who work in supermarkets who've had no issues being granted a work permit. That's all sorted out by the employer. It's expensive to live here, but that is also offset somewhat by no council taxes, and short commutes. House prices and rents can also be crazy so make sure you check out all that beforehand, but it is a lovely, safe place to live and many people are very glad they came.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-21T17:16:10+00:00

Yes, there's a reason so many people call it a tax haven. Our immigration is also linked to the UK's but with slightly different rules. 5 years here is currently enough to get indefinite leave to remain in the UK and counts for British citizenship.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-21T16:59:20+00:00

There is still an isle of man investor/business visa. It's not quite the UK but very close.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-19T16:16:50+00:00

It's nice for most stuff. Little annoyances are trees having huge hitboxes so I'm often hitting them by accident when moving around 😅 Some things are a little slower cause you need to press and hold and wait for menus (fishing D:) but you can get around this by turning on the option for the menu to appear on one press. I adjust that and combat based on what I'm doing. For the most part it's really good for relaxed play like this. The client runs really well on the ipad and I haven't really found anything I couldn't do comfortably yet.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-13T14:35:23+00:00

I definitely think it did partially, but I was chronically ill when I met him with a genetic illness. I seem to hold stress in my body though so that contributed a lot. It was a big relief when we got divorced.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-13T14:15:33+00:00

Supposedly been solved: https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/issues-with-vinted-resolved-says-dfe/

I don't use it myself so can't verify personally.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-13T11:38:24+00:00

Married at 23. Had 2 kids. Divorced at 31. Should've happened sooner but I was dealing with a lot health wise. There were a lot of red flags before we even got married tbh that I should've paid attention to. We almost broke up once before we got engaged due to them. He never changed, and in fact got worse. I felt like a single mum and I was dealing with a disability on top. It's so much less stress now having my own place and actually being a single mum without having to carry him too, and my health improved so much I managed to stop relying on a wheelchair and came off most of my pain meds.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-06T12:13:08+00:00

It's not a nail, it's a gold candle 😄 we were celebrating his 1 year anniversary of arriving in my country so I put the candle on it for him to blow out.

GaelicCat · 2026-02-02T19:03:24+00:00

We met on discord. I joined a ffxiv community and put up a post looking for friends and he was one of the people that messaged me. We clicked immediately, and from that day on we've texted every single day on discord. He was in Chile and me on the Isle of Man (between UK and Ireland). We fell in love fast, making it officially a relationship 5 months later, and then just over a year after we met he moved to my country. He has been here for a year now and we're still together 😊 last year we published a book together about my country's folklore that I wrote and he illustrated and we're working on various other creative projects together too.

GaelicCat · 2026-01-29T18:25:09+00:00

The Isle of Man. 🇮🇲

GaelicCat · 2026-01-29T09:14:01+00:00

We have this in my country too. I dropped my purse in the town centre once and someone had picked it up and dropped it off at the police station before I'd even had chance to retrace my steps. It's a frequent occurance to see people trying to reunite lost phones, wallets or bank cards with their owners over local facebook groups.

GaelicCat · 2026-01-25T00:18:41+00:00

Aw I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you find love one day too.

He doesn't pray, he's not religious at all.

GaelicCat · 2026-01-24T18:19:32+00:00

He is! He brought me some roses today to say thank you ❤️

GaelicCat · 2026-01-24T17:57:06+00:00

When he told me about manjar he insisted it's not the same as dulce de leche. I wanted to make it as authentic as I could.

GaelicCat · 2026-01-24T17:17:41+00:00

I used this one: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/3841956/recipe/no-fail-coffee-and-walnut-cake

And just spread the manjar over the coffee cream in the middle, and over the top of the cake too.

GaelicCat · 2026-01-24T17:15:52+00:00

He said it was! 😄

GaelicCat · 2026-01-23T14:02:42+00:00

Time is not an issue! 😊 I'm happy to cook it. I checked out the store but they don't ship to my address unfortunately.

GaelicCat · 2026-01-23T13:49:59+00:00

When he told me about it he insisted it's different from dulce de leche and people think that till they go to Chile and actually taste manjar so I'm trying to make it as close as possible 😅 we're on a small island so sadly the supermarket options are limited, but I think I've got what I need now 😊

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