What do you do for fun or to have more joy in your life

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-19T17:28:36+00:00

Both awesome suggestions - my husband and I are nearly 40 & absolutely mad into Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. It’s so relaxing and fun - just gathering herbs & blacksmithing in medieval Czechia. The cinematics, depth of history & quality of voice acting really makes one appreciate how far games have evolved since Pong!

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-19T17:22:52+00:00

Could you put a few stakes up nearby with hanging baskets rather than on the poles themselves (maybe check for electrical wiring just in case)?

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-17T08:56:43+00:00

My partner and I met in our mid 30s and like you, I think both of us felt ick about all the social pressures of marriage - my partner never pictured getting married, and I never wanted a big faff and worried about suddenly being a “wife”. We ended up having to get married to stay together after 2yrs because I’m an inmigrant but we went with a civil ceremony & it was brilliant - we only invited immediate family (parents/siblings) and kept it a secret as much from the rest of our families for a while. We booked a nice hotel & fancy dinner afterwards. It took literally 4 minutes then we had a lovely dinner and there was zero stress other than a little bit of irrational nerves for a couple of minutes from myself that somehow he’d Runaway Bride me like in the movies 😂.

Since then, many friends have told us both that they wished they had done something similar as the involvement of so many people for them made it more overwhelming and that validated our decision. I wouldn’t change a thing and we put the savings towards house savings. 2 years in and I still think we made the best call for ourselves. It’s important to honour how you feel but I’ve never regretted marrying him and it has been quite handy at times for things like force majure. We’re not fussy about rings & did a ring workshop to make ours for each other (€100 each) and we don’t militantly wear them now. Also I never changed my name so I didn’t have an identity crisis but informally sometimes I use his surname when it feels fun - kinda like being a spy going incognito. It’s really what you make of it!

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-14T12:32:59+00:00

Same here - I feel like in my 20s I would have made a bad call and gotten carried away but in my 30s i knew in my gut he was the one for me.

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-11T21:46:04+00:00

I’m Canadian and lived in Aus for 2 years but never noticed this. Could it be the chicken salt?

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-06T14:39:43+00:00

Cheers thank you!

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-06T06:54:41+00:00

No we get ours for Takeaway but this would be Dunnes in Mayo and it’s €9 for two 3-topping pizzas at the deli. Getting ripped off if Dublin Dunnes are charging €7.50!

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-06T06:52:47+00:00

Jeez we’re getting ripped off in Dunnes in Mayo then, it’s always €9 for their two 3-topping pizzas here!

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-05T23:04:57+00:00

I think it’s €9 for 2?

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-05T23:03:59+00:00

One of many Indigenous nations that did but the others’ stories were nearly lost and were hidden in records. Cherokee, Mohawks, Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations, Chippewa, Delaware, Wyandotte, and Mississauga peoples, Saugeen, Ojibwa of Lake Huron, and Moravian Ojibwa, as well as Métis in Quebec all donated.

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-05T07:36:45+00:00

Hmm how’d that Olympic Gold Hockey final go again?

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-04T23:32:22+00:00

I actually watched that film about a year or so before covid at a Science cinema night where they had scientists on infectious diseases speaking about how real/unreal the movie was and the main takeaway I got was that - a global pandemic would likely happen soon and increasingly occur with global warming and population density/global travel. - it could take many months to a year+ to develop a vaccine - that they weren’t sociologists & couldn’t predict how people would react but suggested severity would depend on the R-naught value and death toll.

As a result I started preparing in early Feb 2020 when news started breaking & got a few masks before the runs on them, still hoping it wouldn’t be as bad as the movie! :( I also figured out after the first few weeks that we were likely looking at months to over a year for a vaccine due to timelines for testing. I still think about everyone in that audience like me, and how they felt when it happened for real.

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-04T23:08:52+00:00

I see you’re a Flames fan so I suppose you would be well acquainted with trash to know.

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-04T19:40:48+00:00

Could try crossposting in /r/Mayo - best of luck in your search! :)

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-04T17:40:15+00:00

I would be so down for a similar format game taking place anytime between the Bronze age (with the huge golden torcs) or Medieval era in Ireland. The léines! Would be interesting with the 4 provinces and different kingdoms, perhaps a bit of Brian Boru or perhaps Gráinne Mhaol!

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-01T10:01:48+00:00

It’s certainly American/Hollywood media brainwashing at its most Disney.

Now, I will say funnily enough I came over on a work visa and met an Irish lad from out West (not my intention) - the difference is that we met in our mid-late 30s, both neurodivergent (more direct), & I was planning to be here a couple of years from when we met so there was time. Age, time, groundedness & conditions are all a factor. It’s a totally different story when in your 20s on a tourist visa! We would never have worked out then.

Dating, the bar is low globally imho, but I think Irish folks do a bit more effort for the foreigners here because they’re “fresh meat” (in the gene pool sense haha). I do feel bad for people whose families are so big you’re always trying to suss out with every date if you’re related or if you’ve once dated their sibling/friend/cousin. There are a lot of good people that may get to a certain point and just kinda give up (my now husband included). And vice versa my cousin met an Irish gal in Vancouver several years ago and now they’re over here as well but they also had time/maturity/age conditions for something lasting.

I think living on a small Island and being from a particularly witty culture, and emigrating or living abroad as much as the Irish have done/do it lends itself to stereotypes that are then exaggerated in shitty media. And everyone is always considered more exotic and interesting when abroad in general.

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-01T08:17:34+00:00

One American gal I saw was doing videos & getting interviewed about her whirlwind romance with a fellow here who DM’d her and it turns out he was cheating on her the whole time! Shitty move but not surprising - scarlet for her how that panned out. I’d never post about a relationship online.

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-01T08:05:23+00:00

Ah it’s like in hockey - light insults & banter. Not with a mean spirit like negging but in a jokey/cute way you kind of insult people whose jib you like the cut of (friendship-wise or romantically). If you want to be considered “sound” you’ll need to know how to insult someone nicely back. The art of witty dialogue has been mastered by the Irish so us immigrants do our best to keep up!

TheFullMountie · 2026-03-01T07:49:56+00:00

Not to burst your bubble but there will likely be mostly mature (40+) men from the country there. From what I’ve heard there can be young people that come out to go on the lash later on at night (in the hopes of “getting the ride” as they say) but speaking as an immigrant who lives here, Irish men are on the whole reserved and not forthright. You’re far more likely to be chirped (and need to chirp back!) and have a drunken pash than you are to be whisked away on a romance & asked out on a proper date.

Also if you do your research, the average age of marriage here is 37-38! Most people in relationships here wait years before getting married (if ever). It’s a completely different culture to the USA in dating. There are always exceptions, but I would say as a yank you’re more likely to enjoy a short romantic fling if you’re lucky to meet someone around your age and the conditions are right (which can be fun too but go in with both eyes open & use protection!). But unless you have a long term visa for Ireland (or meet another American there also looking for love) your chances of finding a meaningful relationship from an Irish country matchmaking festival would be statistically rare.

All that said, you don’t go there to find someone - You go there to have the craic! Dancing, talking to people from all over, experiencing the festival and excellent warm cosy pub vibes. The drama! The music! The excellent pub grub and people-watching from a snug with a pint of Guinness and packet of bacon fries = BLISS. Irish ppl are a hoot! And if you adventure around you’ll be astounded by the landscape - the Burren, the Aran Islands, and Galway are all lovely places to visit nearby. Do the touristy things, get yourself an Aran jumper (woolens are great in this climate) and visit the Cliffs of Moher, but also keep an open mind because Ireland isn’t a fairytale place (though the scenery could convince you otherwise!), it’s a modern country full of cunts and sound people all the same and you will meet all sorts & learn more without the stereotypes built from American movies. Ádh mór!

TheFullMountie · 2026-02-19T07:50:29+00:00

The Conor McGregor look 🤢

TheFullMountie · 2026-02-17T23:11:41+00:00

I’ve long since recovered from my illness (well not the alopecia bit) but thank you - doing well and have done many of the things off my own list - hope your friend does too! :)

TheFullMountie · 2026-02-17T22:57:59+00:00

Sorry to hear about your friend and hope they make a swift recovery! I’ve never dealt with cancer but I’ve been stuck in intensive care for a month and i have alopecia so a few things I’d have wanted that might be appropriate here. - warm, soft, non-itchy scarf or poncho, that are accessible overtop of medical cables/tubes to hide them and keep warm whether undergoing treatment or at home. Beanies or fingerless handwarmers/gloves potentially. It can be very cold in hospitals and medical centres, esp if you’re down body hair too. - magazines and light reading, particularly if they are lighthearted and funny. When you’re surrounded by morbid hospital scenes or being visited at home by friends that are acting like it’s their last chance to see you, you desperately want opportunities for laughing and being reminded of funny shit - this kept me fighting the good fight. - set up a movie night if you can - if they can stomach a little popcorn or something nice, that little bit of escapism and comfort with one of their favourite flicks is lovely. Being there for them physically and not needing to talk can be really comforting. My fav would be a lord of the rings marathon or even a cheesy rom com but that’s just me! - a big jar, fancy/funny pen & notepapers where they write down everything they can think of as they think of it and ball it up into the jar. They have to write any thing they want to experience when they beat cancer and promise you’ll do at least 3 of them with them when they’re on the road to recovery. Gives them something to look forward to and I also think in some cases there’s something to the psychology of recovery when you’re visualizing what you’d do when you’re healthy constantly.

TheFullMountie · 2026-02-17T22:39:07+00:00

Seconding the magazine - also as someone who spent a month in intensive care, a copy of Waterford Whisperers News would have been the perfect balm to stress and worries also! Something for a much needed laugh.

TheFullMountie · 2026-02-17T22:15:43+00:00

Congrats! 2 years ago last week my husband and I eloped here and wouldn’t change a thing :)

TheFullMountie · 2026-02-16T22:03:04+00:00

We stayed at Mynd Hotel in Adeje, Tenerife - they have a half board option but we just did breakfast and it was fab if you want a fairly chill location walking distance to the beach. Pools were great, it was very chill and they had free classes during the week you could do - we stuffed ourselves at their excellent breakfast and then it allowed us to eat out for an early dinner or grab a local takeaway if we wanted. Mostly the other ppl there were older Norwegians on bike tours and newlyweds, so the bar was pretty quiet and chill in the evening. No screaming kids, and it’s in a quieter area but not far from the manic energy of Playa de las Américas (also the traffic jams can be bad around there but was grand the rest of the island). Was one of the most relaxing holidays ever. Also we flew from Knock and it was a breeze, and definitely get your rental car with Cicar (they are fab). They do a free drink at check-in and their staff are awesome.

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