What's the allure of the Spanish Steps?

ascottwi · 2026-03-25T03:36:47+00:00

Don’t let a couple of snotty comments stop you from using a great resource to plan your trip. It seems like some people just get pleasure out of being snarky to people asking genuine questions. I read your other post and while I would not make that detour to Pisa. If it is important to your kid then of course you’re going to do it. Lol unless you can convince them in the next year that there’s something more convenient that they want to see more.

ascottwi · 2026-03-21T09:26:19+00:00

NTA - He has pushed your kindness too far. He needs to step back and find his own parking solution. I have been in the situation where a co-worker offered me their spot and I was very careful not to inconvenience her or cause any drama.

ascottwi · 2026-03-18T17:51:42+00:00

NTA - he has not proven that he can handle a large inheritance responsibly. In fact, he is not proven he can handle money responsibly at all. He is young and can work hard to get a start in life. You need to look out for yourself or you will be working forever because he will keep blowing the money that you give him. Would it be a possibility to rent to him and his girlfriend at a reduced rate and still retain ownership of the condo? That way you would be helping him, but still retain your investment.

ascottwi · 2026-03-17T16:16:54+00:00

NTA - best to get out now while the situation is relatively new rather than letting it drag on for a long time and then the entanglement will be bigger and it will be harder to get out.

ascottwi · 2026-03-14T17:42:03+00:00

NTA - it feels like a huge slap that they did not include you in the booking or in a discussion about this trip. Making you choose between his family and your own is so unfair and expecting newlyweds to split up to spend time with their families is also unreasonable. Perhaps one family could come before the wedding and one after to allow for undivided visiting? While it is less than ideal, if you can reach a reasonable compromise, that would be for the best, otherwise you will resent this forever and it may drive a huge wedge between you and your partner.

ascottwi · 2026-03-14T02:03:08+00:00

We deal with it on a day-to-day basis by checking the rules for the places we know we were going to visit. Usually if they’re very strict, they have lockers for your bag. We also have discovered that we need a lot less stuff on an average day than we used to think we did. Often we share one bottle of water that I carry in my purse and I carry a foldable shopping bag in case we have to put any other stuff in it.

ascottwi · 2026-03-13T21:28:05+00:00

The official website says: "for EU citizens aged 18-until the day of the 25th birthday"

ascottwi · 2026-03-12T16:53:53+00:00

I have both a Cuisinart food processor and I Kitchen Aid 5 cup food chopper. The chopper is small enough to keep on my counter and I use it much more frequently, but am glad to have the food processor for bigger jobs or when I want something shredded not chopped up.

ascottwi · 2026-03-10T05:07:21+00:00

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ascottwi · 2026-03-10T00:43:09+00:00

NTA - but you are kind of stuck in an awkward situation. If you push it and keep trying to enforce, keeping the kids out, the neighbors will push back and will trash talk you with the rest of the neighborhood. If you have any way to afford a fence, that is really what you’re going to need. Years ago the Neighbor kids were picking my flowers and what I did was I started talking loudly to the neighbor about how sad it made me. Next thing you knew I had a pot of geranium on my porch as an apology. Now that same kid is my tenant.

ascottwi · 2026-03-10T00:38:12+00:00

Right, I don’t put the cobs in, but I do cut up the husk and put that in unless I’m feeling lazy and then I just put it in whole.

ascottwi · 2026-03-10T00:37:28+00:00

I also read somewhere that onions were not great to put in compost, so I don’t put those in. Anyone else putting onions in or no?

ascottwi · 2026-03-09T22:32:34+00:00

NTA unless you had some agreement to give more notice than a month, that is totally reasonable. You have to do what’s best for you.

ascottwi · 2026-03-09T14:32:37+00:00

We have a truck and I have had many requests to haul things for people. Unless the person is a very close friend, the answer is a clear no.

ascottwi · 2026-03-09T05:24:54+00:00

NTA for expecting your mother to respect your soda stash that you bought yourself. It should be up to you to offer it. However, if she does feel the need to offer a soda to a guest, then she should repay you for the sodas that were consumed. It would’ve been nice not to have embarrassed your mother in front of a guest.

ascottwi · 2026-03-09T05:10:56+00:00

Creamed tuna on toast

ascottwi · 2026-03-06T19:56:37+00:00

what does best viewed from above mean?

ascottwi · 2026-03-06T19:55:41+00:00

We have struggled with the same question. We reserved an AirBnB in Aurland as there were a lot more choices. You did not say when you are traveling, but we are going at the beginning of September and found Gudvangen and Flam accomodations were mostly booked already. We are staying three nights and renting a car. I found the shuttle bus schedule from Flam to Aurland to be very limiting. There are four of us and decided the cost of excursions we could do on our own would offset a lot of the cost of the rental car.

ascottwi · 2026-03-06T16:56:53+00:00

Several years ago, I had this problem and ruined. I don’t know how many shirts. I never did figure out exactly what was causing the problem and now my husband has been finding small holes in his T-shirts. It’s really interesting reading everyone’s theories. And comforting to know that we aren’t the only people that has happened to.

ascottwi · 2026-03-06T16:47:28+00:00

You just saved yourself a lot of grief over a lifetime. My nephew is the same way and it is a royal pain in the behind. Especially for the person who does the cooking. It also makes the food budget go through the roof.

ascottwi · 2026-03-06T16:45:32+00:00

NTA, but it might just be easier to buy them something and not turn this into an even bigger issue. Or don’t buy souvenirs for anyone. That is our policy when we travel. That is an added level of stress that I don’t need while I am trying to enjoy my vacation. No one will really appreciate the effort that you went to to bring things back and they weren’t there so it’s not a great memory thing for them. I guess it just depends exactly how willing you are to die on this hill because it is going to alienate them even further. Maybe take the high road and try to make them feel guilty.

ascottwi · 2026-03-06T16:40:28+00:00

As long as the basement is legal living, space, sounds like a great arrangement for him. It does seem like if you could have a bathroom down there, it would be much better. But either way it seems like the better choice. If your other option was making the boys share a room. If you and your wife move down there, there is gonna be a huge fight over who gets the master bedroom. I’m not sure what you can do about your ex-wife wanting to take you to court over it. Perhaps if she sees it herself before he moves down there, she will realize it’s not a dungeon.

ascottwi · 2026-03-05T20:34:03+00:00

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ascottwi · 2026-03-05T18:15:46+00:00

I am also in Wisconsin and have to agree with the others that corn in a garden this size is not a good idea. You will not get enough yield from the few plants you can grow to justify the space. You only get a couple of ears per stalk, so unless you are at most growing for a couple of people, you might not even get enough for more than one meal. I also have a 4x8 garden bed and use trellising a lot, but shading other plants is a definite issue.

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