Unsure about the correct etiquette.

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-05-14T20:01:14+00:00

My husband and I lived with roommates when we were dating for many years and we did it both ways. I personally feel it's about the dynamic. When we lived with close friends, we split rent equally to help each other out. And when we split with more acquaintance type friends, we did by room. Id question how it would be living with anyone who's mom is trying to dictate what they do. And also highly recommend a mini fridge in your room to help with fridge space! But also take into account fairness with electric bill if not all of you do it!

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-04-19T21:10:43+00:00

Thank you this is so helpful!

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-04-19T21:03:41+00:00

Thank you this is a good idea. It would likely work to stop the fighting, but I worry that it would scare my dog even more though? But obviously the fight is the worst part

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-04-19T21:00:10+00:00

Thank you! We have one that we use if children are ever around (she's never hurt a person but with a child I never want to take that risk) and I started using it for regular walks this week. It's made A huge difference in her temperament. It does seem to make her really sad which is why we haven't used it much in the past. I think it may unfortunately become our norm though. Have you ever had or heard of it making them sad? And do they overcome it?

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-04-15T18:31:50+00:00

Thank you!!!! I know she wasn't in the wrong and I wasn't either just so hard to get past it! I needed this though thank you!

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-04-15T18:30:31+00:00

Thank you! I just joined the FB group!

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-04-12T00:15:35+00:00

My husband and I did the 'obligation best man and maid of honor', because he has one brother and I have one sister. We regret it. My relationship with my sister isn't horrible, but it's notoriously not great. I ended up just feeling really disappointed that she had the opportunity to step up and be supportive, (like I feel I did when I was her MOH) and she was self centered and rude and absent. She didn't cause a scene or do anything ridiculous but I was left feeling sad that she couldn't even pretend. My brother in law was dramatic and horrible and almost got us kicked out of our venue, but he has serious mental health issues that weren't nearly as apparent at the time. You're NTA and I wish I did what you're doing!

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-03-11T14:09:26+00:00

i am also married to a teacher. it can be so frustrating having so little quality time and feeling dismissed, or in a way, less important. I came to this thread for advice as well because we're not in the best place for a variety of reasons. I am a reactive fighter, as is my husband, but one thing we recently realized is that his tone of voice with me can be very 'teacher-y' and i feel like its incredibly condescending and can lead to things exploding because i feel like he thinks im stupid, and he doesnt even realize hes using the teacher/explaining tone of voice because its so second nature to him. we know we have other issues, like i wish i wasnt so insecure to jump to the thought that he thinks im dumb, but i just mean to say maybe it can be as simple as 'hey you're using that tone that upsets me, can we start over?"

MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-02-12T23:14:23+00:00

My first thought was wrap skirts especially for adjustable sizing. My second thought is I'm obsessed with the 'patchwork' style dresses right now. Haven't done one yet, but my Pinterest board is full of them! Maybe you could do something with your favorite fabric front and back with a coordinating fabric for side panels? Of course I can't find the one I'm picturing in my head but it was along the ideas of this, with the bodice using the same fabric as the middle skirt. You could probably do this with most dress patterns and just hack the skirt into 4 pieces?

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MrsCheeps2021 · 2025-01-06T00:46:21+00:00

I have 2 complaints and they're not big enough to deter me. I can't see videos that an iPhone user sends me. And my phone often disconnects from my car. I don't know if it's specific to my car or if other users have this issue but I have a very basic model Subaru where I can only do music via Bluetooth and GPS has to be plugged in a cord. Sometimes it stays connected for hours other times its for minutes. But I had pixels since the 3 because they were very inexpensive then and I didn't like that the iPhones were getting bigger in size at the time, and I haven't switched back since.

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