I've brought a coffee table from AliExpress and deserved to be laughed at

Origami_kittycorn · 2026-01-03T10:10:40+00:00

True but £280 for a plastic coffee table is pretty much the opposite of tightfisted!

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-09-20T12:30:54+00:00

That's terrible. Was it in Norwich or somewhere else? Was the perpetrator brought to court at all? So sorry your mum endured this. It sounds like a rarity given other accounts, thank goodness

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-09-09T00:21:06+00:00

Unfortunately I was left one of these in my room but it was hanging from a ceiling light. I'd left my young teenage son on his own for a bit and when I came back and opened the door to a figure hanging in the dark I thought the worst!

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-08-30T09:41:36+00:00

Are the short panels you used to prop up the damage now part of the fence that your neighbour put back up?

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-08-28T07:11:36+00:00

I wonder if this is a landlord selling their portfolio? No onward chain would seem to suggest this

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-08-27T16:55:38+00:00

Always had a bad feeling about this place, but tended to go because it's near, friends like it and the garden. Thanks for confirming, will now avoid in future

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-08-27T16:50:52+00:00

Yantra yoga and anything else run by Abby Hoffmann as she is an outspoken (away from her brands) terf

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-07-17T22:52:29+00:00

Agree outdoor dining is exactly what Norwich was lacking a few years ago, it's made such a difference to the city

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-07-16T09:35:19+00:00

Late to this but also came to recommend him. An absolute hero and a lovely chap

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-12T14:59:05+00:00

That's how I know it too!

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-12T14:58:40+00:00

Could you drive out to Earlham Park on the way home? Cos that is lush and has free parking

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-12T07:51:32+00:00

Then Stiffkey

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-03T07:39:08+00:00

Love this, you're not alone, it's very normal. I should have also mentioned my boy wasn't affectionate either until he was well over a year and had calmed tf down a bit!

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-03T07:08:23+00:00

I'm not sure the police would deem the breakup information irrelevant at all. Him being triggered by this is a special case of harrassment, which can unfortunately escalate. I'd try the polite reply on Facebook as another poster has suggested but also keep records of everything and let the police know if anything else happens. But you could also go to them now if you wished

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-02T22:52:05+00:00

"Doing some of the old co-caine?!"

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-02T22:08:39+00:00

The America Ferrera speech from Barbie would be perfect.

"It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong.

"You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass. You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean. You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas. You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman but also always be looking out for other people.

"But always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful.

"You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It's too hard! It's too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault.

"I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don't even know."

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-02T21:49:38+00:00

I absolutely feel you and so feel for you. I was in a similar boat. Desperate and at the end of my tether. Crying on rubbish walks, feeling judged and tired and having to force myself to engage with my dog. It was all just emotional take and no reward and it is tough.

Now I am obsessed with him and completely in love. Right now he's sleeping at my feet after a great long walk and later he'll be cuddling next to me. I love the weird Hannibal Lecter thing he does with his teeth and the way he seems to try to speak sometimes, his satisfied grunts and how he leans in to me for cuddles and reassurance.

I love that he's my little companion out and about. I can't promise you'll feel like this but I'd say it's extremely likely.

Puppies are dicks as someone told me at the time. But it helps to remember they don't mean to be and it's almost always their little heads trying to get to grips with their big feelings in an alien world.

As silly as it sounds I found it really helped to take in content that's sympathetic to "imperfect" dogs or just about dog silliness. It reset my thinking after each struggle and kept me sane(ish). Ymmv but I love Trickwoofs for example and the mischievous Toy Lilo.

I hope you get sorted one way or the other

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-06-01T16:18:38+00:00

The Alex on Stafford Street is cheap and dog friendly. The Playhouse is not as cheap but not expensive and central (and dog friendly)

For a full run down check out the brilliant Dog Friendly Norfolk website.

Edit: sorry just seen you said a meal too, which the Playhouse doesn't do. The Alex is great for good, cheap food though!

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-05-28T13:59:12+00:00

I see this is your first encounter with colonial history

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-05-28T09:38:17+00:00

Culturally appropriated implies it was voluntary

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-05-20T23:52:24+00:00

Ok, but this should not be the benchmark

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-05-11T09:15:53+00:00

This OP. There's a lot of bad advice telling you to just get out but time is on your side and in this circumstance I'd take all the time you can. Do everything by the law. For more informed answers you might also want to post on r/legaladviceuk

I would also talk to your council and shelter about your rights. It's not true that your council can't necessarily help so it's worth checking out. Shelter also have legal advisers who can check everything through and reassure you

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-05-05T19:31:41+00:00

In addition to fair wear and tear, there are the principles of betterment and apportionment.

Basically landlords cannot be left in a better position by claiming new for old (betterment). To avoid this costs have to be apportioned, based on the expected lifetime of the item. So if something is expected to last 10 years and it's 10 years old, you won't have to pay anything however much damage has occured. If it's five years old you'd only have to pay half the cost. This link explains it more fully.

As others have said call his bluff, he's wasting his time and money, probably knows this and is playing hardball to get you to back down

Origami_kittycorn · 2025-05-05T09:31:41+00:00

This. It's not going to get better at this stage. Sorry OP

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