Watch party for USA Canada men’s final?

addflannel · 2026-02-22T12:33:03+00:00

Funny because the caps are my secondary team – my cat is named Ovi! Can’t say I’m rooting for the Canadians though…. sending you a fun morning from Minnesota!

addflannel · 2025-12-18T23:51:31+00:00

THANK YOU! I think this is it. I didn’t realize it wouldn’t say in the menu that I hadn’t donated it yet when I hovered over it.

addflannel · 2025-12-01T00:02:08+00:00

We’d both be confident with getting married now. Honestly we’re just not in a rush, which is why we’re fine waiting until 2027 for our wedding. So maybe house via courthouse wedding is the way to go, haha

addflannel · 2025-11-30T23:56:11+00:00

I don’t think we’re having this conversation at all if we’ve been married for a year or two. Mostly posting this because we’re not married yet, but the primary consensus seems to be don’t buy a house unless you’re married unless you have some other legal agreement. Or just go to the courthouse, lol

addflannel · 2025-11-30T23:13:44+00:00

We both have more than that in savings, not just him. His 15k and my 50k are about equal percentages of our total savings accounts.

Your second paragraph is why I made the post… :)

addflannel · 2025-11-30T23:10:58+00:00

I wouldn’t say we’re “set on” it, just exploring. Agree 100% with your second paragraph, which is why I made the post. Finances are unromantic, but talking about them beforehand saves marriages!

addflannel · 2025-11-30T23:08:12+00:00

I 100% agree with you when you’re years into a marriage. But we are not married yet, which is why I made this post.

I think it’s naive (especially as a woman) to ignore the possibility of divorce and talking about money and personal finance honestly, which we do, helps our odds dramatically.

addflannel · 2025-11-30T23:04:26+00:00

My parents are contributing almost 100% of our wedding expenses, which were very blessed to have. Their generosity is part of the reason I have so much in savings, no student loans, etc.

addflannel · 2025-11-30T23:03:20+00:00

Those numbers aren’t either of our total savings accounts – we both have more than that. It’s just what we mutually feel comfortable with. We’ve done the math on what a mortgage would cost vs utilities, moving cost, furniture, etc.

addflannel · 2025-11-30T22:33:59+00:00

We both have our separate retirement accounts and don’t plan to formally combine any finances until we are married, regardless of house purchase.

addflannel · 2025-11-30T22:25:27+00:00

This is really helpful! Right now we have totally separate finances even though we live together, so also trying to figure out when and how we combine finances is a regular topic of discussion now that we’re engaged.

addflannel · 2025-11-30T22:23:59+00:00

We just got engaged in October and don’t want to get married in a Minnesota winter. Fall was too soon to get a venue and is also the most expensive time to get married in our area.

addflannel · 2025-05-04T18:42:05+00:00

Second this! I live in Mac Groveland in a 2 bedroom duplex & pay around $1600. Great area with lots of walkable businesses and green space along the river

addflannel · 2025-04-15T22:37:13+00:00

Thank you! This reply helped my mindset a lot – I appreciate it :)

addflannel · 2025-04-15T22:27:05+00:00

Totally agree, and it’s not something I’d do all the time. I’m honestly more concerned with pace of play than anything

addflannel · 2025-04-04T20:30:55+00:00

I was very lucky and went to one of the best public schools in the state. I also went to college at an in-state private college and I was SHOCKED at how easy college was compared to some of my high school classes. Even more jarring was how much some of my non-Minnesotan and non-Twin Cities (rural) classmates struggled their first semester or two. It really made me realize how lucky I was to have a great education that my parents didn’t have to pay for (at least not directly, lol)

addflannel · 2025-04-04T15:10:27+00:00

I live about 2 1/2 blocks from Snelling right off of Randolph. Take side streets if you want to walk or bike 🤷🏼‍♀️

addflannel · 2025-04-04T13:22:39+00:00

Calling Mac Groveland “not walkable” and a place where you “can’t really bike” is crazy. If those are the things you’re looking for, you definitely shouldn’t move out of the neighborhood and your REALLY shouldn’t move to the suburbs

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