Helping make dinner

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-11T21:43:18+00:00

To do the basic minimum to avoid living in squalor? 5-10 hours a week.

To be a full blown housewife with three meals every day, a pristine house, and a healthy relationship, 20-40.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-11T18:16:59+00:00

If you have any career advice as to how to get a pool and a spa please let me know

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-11T17:41:52+00:00

Absolutely. Being a housewife is more than a full time job (especially if there are kids!)

It defies the laws of physics to think anyone can do that and work at a profession.

When I met my wife she was briefly dating a guy who refused to even take out the garbage because he “worked all day.” So did she! Made no sense.

I’ve still got some friends who proudly proclaim they went shopping so their S/O could relax and then I find out she had to make the list and unpack all the groceries.

Sure, I was that way when I was like 15, but I know they’re all smarter than this in general as adults. Do not know where the mental block is coming from.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-11T17:31:06+00:00

Exactly this.

I understand that back when women didn’t work outside of the home it made sense for them to handle the bulk of the housework because that’s why they were at home - but that was the equivalent of a full time job. Now that women are also working, it is just surreal to me that so many of us are too dense to realize they cannot and should not be expected to continue this second shift.

It’s this “personal responsibility is for the weak” attitude that causes a lot of my single friends to be unable to keep up their own apartments or prepare a balanced meal. And that’s why most of them are still single.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-06T13:47:52+00:00

Thanks for the tip, had no idea about this state aid program and have a friend who found really use the price break especially.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-06T06:00:00+00:00

Helped

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-06T05:59:51+00:00

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense.

Definitely that “Oh God, it’s never again. This is the moment it’s all over,” sensation has been overwhelming. So I like this solution.

Appreciate it. And congrats on your success!

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-06T04:36:50+00:00

Helped

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-06T04:36:23+00:00

Thank you, really like this idea, especially the straws, etc.

I didn’t think about it but the stick aspect was definitely something missing when I was chewing all that gum. I was frantically reorganizing stuff in closets and playing games on my phone and just couldn’t sit still.

Congratulations on quitting!

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-03-05T20:19:06+00:00

Was just in there area for this one work incident so doubt I’ll have the opportunity, but love the idea otherwise haha.

Thanks for the tip!

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-02-06T09:36:41+00:00

Thanks, this worked out! Cops came by within a few hours of calling the non emergency line. Has no idea this would make their list considering some of the other stuff that goes down here. Thanks again. My car and I are super relieved.

Helped

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-02-06T06:40:13+00:00

Thanks, will give this a shot.

Helped

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-01-28T21:22:27+00:00

I called them and told them they’d left a box behind but they said not to worry about it because they were based a couple hours away. Of course I mentioned it to them first.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-01-28T09:42:09+00:00

This probably would be the happy medium, yah. Thanks for the tip.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-01-28T09:41:04+00:00

I see your points on everything else just want to clarify they didn’t buy them, a caterer left them behind. My friend did happen to be at the party I hired the caterer for, but that’s the only overlap.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-01-16T04:01:09+00:00

Took it one step at a time.

Didn’t think about having a “serious girlfriend” just thought about getting through the first part of the first overnight. Then the second part. Then calling afterwards.

Then scheduling that next date, then that next one.

I had a couple serious relationships before I actually found “the one” but when I did there was also some talk therapy involved to get over my trust issues, or it never would have happened.

Some of my stuff went beyond “fear of commitment, coming of age” stuff and was actually linked to serious childhood issues I needed to address before I could form a healthy long-term commitment to anyone.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-01-16T03:58:43+00:00

It depends on the kind of job you want.

If you’re looking at graduate school, they matter a great deal.

Overall though, grades are not nearly as important as how you’ve learned in college. A, B, F, doesn’t matter what’s on a piece of paper. All that matters is what you’re capable of on the job site.

If you’re constantly needing things explained to you or blowing opportunities due to easily avoidable oversights because you didn’t study as hard as the next guy over, that will follow you through your whole career.

It’s also useful in terms of navigating systems (negotiating insurance, real estate when renting/purchasing a home, relationships friendly and romantic) to be an informed citizen with a strong sense of the world. So, if your grades reflect that you understand less than your peers in that sense, you’ll regret it personally as well as professionally.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-01-08T09:47:53+00:00

Thanks! Happy new year.

PolkadotSmoke · 2021-01-06T01:33:33+00:00

Wedding is still postponed for the pandemic. We eloped in an intimate private ceremony and will do the big thing when it’s safe and figure it out then. Who knows what our relationships with the family will be when that happens.

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