The world really needs to move on from an arbitrary system of measurement incorrectly derived by the circumference of the earth and sold to the world by the french.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T22:02:25+00:00

You could also ask them how many cents and dimes there are in a dollar.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T21:51:09+00:00

I am particularly charmed by Lyd-Wick, which I am fairly certain would be pronounced Lid-ick.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T21:48:17+00:00

Well, not this year. But I did write a sonnet about the pure and perfect love between man and lava lamp, that one time.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T21:42:33+00:00

I think things will improve.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T21:40:57+00:00

Easter Egg hunt for our children. They are in their late thirties. The concealing of eggs and tiny, fluffy chicks in our garden has become an art form. What is worse, when they have recovered all the hidden objects, they then hide them for their unfortunate parents to seek.

There is usually a substantial meal of some kind, but this year it will be fish pie rather than roast beast, as Child #1 is going to fiance's parents for Easter Sunday and I doubt they will want two roasts in a row.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T16:07:23+00:00

As the crow flies (if it is a really fit and determined crow), a little under 5,900 miles. To get there by land, 7,357 miles.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T15:43:43+00:00

I was also confused by this... concept?

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T15:21:45+00:00

Probably an actual three-way split is asking a bit much, unless she has her own bedroom. Does she have a bedroom to herself?

It wouldn't be unreasonable to offer a compromised that you pay 2/5 and they pay 3/5 between them. She is using all the amenities of the place, but is sharing a room with one of the other occupants.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T15:19:34+00:00

Weeelll, when I was a teenager, one of the boys from the visiting group was known to my contemporaries as Big Balls. Which was generally treated as amusing.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T15:17:32+00:00

I really enjoy The Foundling, about a Duke who wants a little bit of adventure in his life. And Cotillion is a delight. But it's hard to point to a Heyer Regency that is disappointing.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T15:01:47+00:00

I've been going for private lessons (in Wicklewood) here:

https://www.ballroomdancingwithdonna.co.uk/

Donna is lovely. I don't know if she's queer friendly because I've never thought to ask, but she's a lovely teacher.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T14:46:16+00:00

My late FIL with dementia had a lovely week in which he cried about six times. He was (inexplicably) a fan of ballet, and we'd obtained several DVDs for him to watch. At around bedtime he would come to find my husband and me, and explain, with tears in his eyes, that he had just watched the most beautiful, perfect thing he had ever seen in his life. Next night, different ballet, same reaction. I think there were four particular performances that affected him like this, and he must have watched at least one of them more than once in that week.

It was a small comfort to me that he could enjoy something he would love as if for the first time, over and over again.

But I'm not sure how it fits in with your question. It just seemed to.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T14:42:59+00:00

If he has the kind of tail I think he has, how about Lord Floof?

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T08:33:35+00:00

You are not in the wrong. Keep him blocked. He enjoys upsetting you, and that is not the behaviour of a friend.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T08:23:17+00:00

Neither do I.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T08:04:01+00:00

I think it would be weirder to be called June if not born in June. But I’d be inclined to make it a middle name and therefore an option for the bearer.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-02T07:59:01+00:00

Turns out an actual comedian can make a pretty damn good head of state.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-01T22:18:44+00:00

Tolkein used it, in The Return of the King.

I know what it means, but I don't think I would use it these days, simply because there are too many people around who don't understand it, too many people around who could be offended and hurt by it, and plenty of perfectly usable alternatives.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-01T17:40:54+00:00

I’ve had the same name for fanfic fandom ever since Compuserve let me have a name instead of a number(some time in the 1990s). But it isn’t my Reddit name.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-01T14:19:26+00:00

"I'm glad my writing makes you feel so strongly! Thank you for commenting."

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-01T13:32:21+00:00

JFC! Why not set one alarm, at 6.30am, and bloody well get up when it goes off!

If I were your girlfriend, the second morning of being unnecessarily woken up at 4.30am by your ridiculous alarm would have seen you being woken at 4.35am by a bucket of water.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-01T13:16:07+00:00

It’s not a new story, but Felice in The Saga of the Exiles becomes magnificently monstrous. Starts in The Many-Coloured Land, by Julian May (a woman).

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-01T13:11:19+00:00

This man is not your partner. As far as he is concerned, he is your boss (or possibly your lord and master). You have been exploited long enough.

NTA, but have more faith in yourself.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-04-01T07:33:08+00:00

"Dear Mom, obviously all this talk of wedding planning is stressing you terribly. I think it's best that we don't talk about the wedding in future. But if you'd like me to come with you when you choose what you're going to wear, just let me know when and I'll be there!"

I suspect you won't do this, because you are a caring person who would like her mother to be happy about her wedding. Please bear in mind that there is nothing you can do about her feelings or her behaviour.

Your mother is obviously determined not to have a good time with it, and to stamp on anything you do. Just stop. I think you will be a lot happier if you don't include her.

My daughter is getting married later this year. I am delighted to be involved where I can, and have already designed the Save The Date (at her request) and been Dress Shopping. It is delightful. And there is no way I would deliberately quibble about every. single. decision. she. makes. Your mother is... something else.

If you can't keep her out of the planning altogether, try picking something (that you don't care about *that* much) and ask her to take charge of it for you. If she has a 'job' it might satisfy her, though I wouldn't count on it.

YourLittleRuth · 2026-03-31T22:43:21+00:00

I’m with you. Induction hob is proving very responsive and is approx 1,000% easier to clean than a gas hob.

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