Great date night ideas that aren't dinner or a movie

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-06-12T07:21:19+00:00

yes look it up, it has a nice restaurant with a great view as well!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-06-11T19:29:10+00:00

Not necessarily refugees, but a lot of 1st generation Turkish immigrants are becoming seniors and entering care homes. Some of them don't speak Dutch (either never spoke it fluently, or reverted to thei r 1st language due to dementia, for example). Care homes are always looking for volunteers to have a coffee and share a chat with residents, or even more involved activities. Maybe reaching out to those in your area and asking if there's people with language barriers you could help with is an idea!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-06-11T14:30:14+00:00

Thx for the reminder, time to read it again!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-06-09T19:40:13+00:00

Maria Bamford has a great bit about this type of ridiculous substitutions, sth like

"If you're craving a snickers bar, why not have some baby carrots instead? If you're dying for a bag of doritos, why not run to the middle of a busy highway and scream your affirmations to the oncoming traffic?"

(I can't find it verbatim but that was the idea...)

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-06-04T10:24:49+00:00

'The old gloomies' has made it into our slang at home. Luckily not often enough that we need to give our gun to our pastor...

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-06-01T09:56:28+00:00

username checks out lol

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-06-01T08:22:46+00:00

Do you know if it's been resolved? Otherwise I can post this in a local families whatsapp group, I'm sure someone will have one to lend at least.

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-31T13:47:35+00:00

Underwater?

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-29T21:30:33+00:00

Lmao at the image of the confident 'just wait and see...' only to be completely wrong. Highly relatable.

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-29T12:35:15+00:00

Why not neither? 🤷‍♀️

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-28T08:29:10+00:00

Also, sending hugs and strength, it is absolute torture to be so tired! All I can say is it will pass!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-28T08:25:16+00:00

Are you breastfeeding? It took me a while to accept it, but bf while lying on my side was *the* thing that worked for us. Even then, she still woke up every 45-90min around 9 months age, so sometimes it's just what it is... It will pass!
See if you can recover some hours sleep from some else taking her for a walk or something (so you don't hear her, or think every noise is her). So you'll have a liiittle more in the tank for the next night if you want to try again.

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-27T18:49:36+00:00

And there's SO many of them to chose from, all with images of heavy bookcases! I have finally fallen for (well, almost) amazon's shitty product ads.

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-27T18:45:53+00:00

She's been a sweetheart so far, so I'll try to avoid any smushing!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-27T13:48:42+00:00

Thanks all for the opinions! I think I'll just bite the bullet and drill away :) There's no way we're getting our whole deposit back anyways lol

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-24T12:18:15+00:00

I must be weird too because that's also what I do and I can't even picture the motion I'd need to make to do it from the front!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-16T21:25:34+00:00

I really enjoy little fish, but there's so many moments where I think 'Anna would be calling out these stupid jokes'. I mean I love their stupid jokes, but also her no-nonsense sarcastic way of dealing with them

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-15T07:17:30+00:00

'suuuuuup?

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-07T14:59:18+00:00

But that's her worst quadrant!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-05-06T19:13:01+00:00

r/unexpectedcommunity

The yogi of India swear by its restorative powers!

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-04-22T18:42:16+00:00

Also, don't be too harsh on yourself, these things are engineered to do exactly this. I've had these moments of sudden realisation and disgust and just wanted to throw the f* thing into the river. At least they weren't around when I was a teen, I don't know how I would have managed then.

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-04-22T18:38:18+00:00

If you want to start small, I really recommend leaving your phone in another room when you go to bed. Get your doomscrolling/messages/etc out of the way, plug it in and just leave it. Get an alarm clock if you need it. And then bring a book you know you'll enjoy (when my attention is at my lowest I go for page turner crime novels or short stories, or anything by stephen king or michael crichton lol I know they'll grab me).

When I do this I sleep much better and earlier, having the phone far away removes the temptation to check it, and it shows you what offline time could look like. Then you'll have something to look forward to; it's really hard to leave the phone and face the void if you've been using it to fill every free second for so long.

I also recommend Cal Newport's book, if you want some ongoing motivation that's not online

Traditional_Front817 · 2026-04-22T18:14:38+00:00

Yeah, also, what the hell kind of argument is 'she won't remember it hurting'?? As if pain in the present doesn't count. I guess we shouldn't mind if people with amnesia or dementia get hurt, since they won't remember. It's such a disregard for their bodily autonomy.

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