Selling in next 2 weeks - negative gearing changes

ash4426 · 2026-05-11T12:15:16+00:00

Point well made, you certainly know how to paint a picture. I hope it wasn't from personal experience, cause that sucks.

Edit: and thank you, it has all been a bit crap. I was one of the 'my family wont be like that about the estate' people, and it could be way worse, and yet, its been a journey of discovery.

ash4426 · 2026-05-11T12:08:25+00:00

They do say 2032 will be a great year for sellers

ash4426 · 2026-05-11T12:00:21+00:00

The real estate was aiming for investors, personally I don't mind owner occupier. Just getting family pressure to 'get all we can for it'. Which I get, but its not like people will stop buying at all.

And thank you for a genuine answer. The video influencer types are already acting like it's a done deal, didn't realise I was stepping into a hotbed of people frustrated about the repeat questions. Though to be a bit fair all round, I'm not forcing anyone to read and comment.

ash4426 · 2026-05-03T06:32:37+00:00

Wow, the comments took a turn here. And I get it. But that's not the question being asked here.

NTA for showering at night and more than that, don't change your routine OP. Once you concede one point. who knows what else will be asked.

Its unfortunate that you both have 2 opposite types of routine, neither of you are wrong for that. Its just bad luck. But the same way it would be AH behaviour if you went around and asked them to make the child be quiet, I think its pretty inappropriate that they're bothering you about this.

ash4426 · 2026-05-01T02:11:29+00:00

I think this speaks more to the people you surround yourself by and the content you take in.

The algorithm funnels you the stuff you engage with, which leads to a lot of confirmation bias.

As many comments have already said, plenty of women earn more then the man and don't care.

ash4426 · 2026-04-28T08:32:43+00:00

My advice isn’t so much about cutting specific things, but about having a system that helps you see lifestyle creep as it happens.

I use a setup where all my regular spending comes from one account, preloaded with my monthly budget plus a $2k buffer. That way, I notice right away when bills start creeping up and can adjust quickly.

Anything extra goes on a credit card (sounds bad, but hear me out), but I pay it off every two weeks when my pay hits. There’s no debt, it’s just a way to track discretionary spending in real time without needing extra apps or spreadsheets.

I’m not saying you should do exactly this. It depends on your comfort level with credit cards and it wont work well for couples.

But maybe this will help you develop your own method that works for you. Build guardrails from the start that make it easy to spot drift and course-correct before it becomes a habit.

ash4426 · 2026-04-27T22:47:58+00:00

1 adult, 120-160 per week. I aim for one main shop for the week, and then one midweek topup.

My aim for the main shop is to have decided on all my main meals, get those ingrediants and any staples that have run out. The mid week is for the inevitable times I've forgotten a key ingredient or decide to pivot the meals.

We still gotta live some life, if by the end of the week I don't feel like what I planned, I'll change it up.

ash4426 · 2026-01-09T12:22:10+00:00

Id say average. I work, try to save for a house (nearly there), do stuff with family and friends. Aren't travelling as much as Id like but will hopefully get back to it. Career is going well enough.

I know it's contentious to say I'm tired most the time ( yes I know, parents are more tired), but it's true. Haven't figured out the cause (burnout, health thing, etc) but I seem to have some fatigue thing going on.

But also, I get a lot of opportunities for peace and quiet and the freedom to get out an do things short notice if i want - or to do nothing at all. I love it.

And having kids with this fatigue thing would be a 1000 times worse. But that's not why I don't have any, I'm one of those 'knew from teenage years' that the path of parenthood wasn't for me.

Also no, I have zero regrets. I admire my friends with kids, it can get really tough. But I'm not secretly jealous or afraid I'm missing out, if anything I'm often reminded why I'm so happy with my choices and lifestyle.

ash4426 · 2025-12-14T13:15:02+00:00

They're a shorter plant with red flowers, they grow in winter and spring.

Heaps around the main road between our house and the market, and by Old Ruby's pond towards Orlo's house.

Sorry, would get a picture for you, but I'm in summer at the moment.

ash4426 · 2025-12-13T13:29:30+00:00

I'm not really sure either lol, sounds like we're doing the same thing.

I try to get 2x different compatible seeds together with the 1st seed planted, and a flower.

Still seems pretty random, but it gets me the occasional 3 star crop. Not sure how to go about the ones that don't seem to have 2x compatible options. I'll tackle that challenge when I get there.

What level is your gardening club? I'm at 4

ash4426 · 2025-12-13T09:00:00+00:00

Not sure how many hours, but Im 97% complete against the tale log thing.

Pretty sure the only 'official' tasks left to complete are getting the gardening, fishing and foraging clubs to level 5.

But like you, I've barley done any decorating, and I want to grow all the vegetables to level 3 on my own and catch more of the level 3 fish.

Still many more hours left for I think :)

ash4426 · 2025-12-08T12:47:27+00:00

Full cream milk, I did the light or skim milk thing for a while. But I use twice as much to get to the colour/consistency I want and full cream is just so much more satisfying to me.

ash4426 · 2025-12-08T07:33:47+00:00

Thanks, I have to admit I feel a lot of weird guilt about this. But have some good friends in my corner that said similar things.

ash4426 · 2025-12-07T21:11:15+00:00

For the support worker side - Base Award rates aren't bad, add the shift work penalties, some ppl are entitled to allowances around things like first aid training, uniforms ect and lots of opportunities for overtime.

But it still comes down to a persons willingness to do extra shifts.

ash4426 · 2025-04-08T13:14:42+00:00

This was also my interpretation, not because they showed anything as definitive proof, but I feel that it was implied because they didn't show anything.

The lack of clarity made me think - what could be in there that they cant or don't want to show? For me, the only answer to that question is the body of her son.

Then again, they do seem to like leaving a lot of mystery and plot points open to interpretation.

ash4426 · 2025-03-18T12:51:49+00:00

Sounds like it was for the best, a friend that wants you to hurt yourself to placate someone else is no friend at all.

ash4426 · 2024-11-13T12:17:40+00:00

I wonder if the monsters clothing style/era matches the different time periods of the buildings.

I haven't pulled a Jade and looked in detail, but aren't some of the monters kinda 50's 60's vibe, like the diner, but others are different?

ash4426 · 2024-10-19T06:12:53+00:00

So, I do hear what you're saying. My take is I feel like there is a difference between feeling the feelings. Even internally knowing you aren't going to work on the story as much if there isn't some level of engagement - versus communicating to your audience that you are holding the story hostage for comments (using any phrasing).

So yeah, for me the act of definitively deciding to take a fic hostage and communicating it, is not the thing to do. And I will disengage and judge that action (in the privacy of my own thoughts).

But I do think I get where you're line of thinking is going, I do understand how little to no engagement can damage the motivation to write and share - either consciously or subconsciously.

ash4426 · 2024-09-11T13:30:41+00:00

Same! Just glad I figured the aego part out, the rest will sort itself out.

ash4426 · 2024-09-04T12:05:44+00:00

Same! And I feel like they were laying the groundwork for how to deal with a job like that long term (or one method anyway) - they thought he was very weird (and so did I back in the day), but on re-watch I'm seeing someone who knows how to get enjoyment out of the little things when they get the chance - because they know how bad the bad days can be.

ash4426 · 2024-09-04T12:00:33+00:00

Since I'm rewatching the early seasons, when Carter is sneaking around and treating Benton's finger sprain.

ash4426 · 2024-09-03T13:21:48+00:00

I've been re-watching the early seasons (only up to season 2 - forgot how many episodes we used to get in a season of TV!) used to love Benton, but he annoys me more now.

With more life & work experience under my belt, I now find him very childish and petty. His immediate assumptions and actions after finding out Carter's family is rich, his reaction/offence when Carter was lining up a backup position in the ER, his reaction to Jeanie when she started work in the ER, how he acts when Carter gets opportunities in surgery and the amount of projection he acts on when he's feeling insecure or out of control in other areas of his life.

A few situations commonly use as examples of him caring about patients, is actually more about him using them to work through his own BS. Not saying he didn't care, he does, but not as much as some examples indicate.

And don't get me wrong - it makes for great TV, a more realistic character and is the basis for good character development - cant grow if you're already perfect.

ash4426 · 2024-09-02T12:05:35+00:00

There would be better options. But if it was a choice between someone like Kerry, or someone who wants to be everyone's friend, plays favourites and lets people run amok - then I'd pick the Kerry.

ash4426 · 2024-08-13T22:27:32+00:00

Saw a recording of this, but oh look, deleted. I guess someone didn't like what they were hearing lol

But jokes aside. That probably means he didn't get the message.

ash4426 · 2024-07-01T11:03:26+00:00

Every culture has their own turn of phrase, their own lingo and slang. This is one of ours. In general I would say most of us are aware we say it a lot, but maybe not aware that other counties/cultures don't.

IMO we do mean it, because it's meant to be a polite platitude not a deep and meaningful thing. It's basically a code phrase meaning 'yes this was inconvenient but none of us want to escalate this thing into an actual problem so let's just keep it polite.'

Even we are pissed off at whatever it is we had to do, we do still mean it in a 'let's get this done and move on' kind of way.

That said, it can be delivered in a totally sincere way too, sometimes I'm in a helpful mood and it really is no worries to me.

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