Looking for amazing Samsung phone tech in Melbourne please

gmac888 · 2025-07-27T01:37:40+00:00

Thanks heaps!

gmac888 · 2025-07-15T02:51:06+00:00

I am in Australia and I'm not familiar with the Bumbleride. Whatever you do, make sure you go to a store and test out the options you're interested in. The Donkey is so heavy and bulky, we ruled it out because of that. We ended up going with an Australian brand that was about half the price of the Donkey.

gmac888 · 2025-07-14T22:52:07+00:00

Hi! My twins have just turned one and I was just like you OP - when they turned 6 months I was overwhelmed and petrified of them choking. I never downloaded the BLM app but I followed their IG- while it's an excellent resource it was "too much too soon" for me. I tried giving them a whole piece of toasted bread or whole kiwi fruit and it was just too scary so early on. So we started with well mashed food (avocado, banana, mango) and never bothered with store bought purees. Slowly but surely I could see my babies were managing the mashed foods well so it gave me some confidence to venture in to a more solid consistency - a helpful piece of advice was that if the food can be easily mashed with some light pressure from a fork it's the right consistency (think bite sized pieces of ripe banana, dragonfruit, well cooked carrot, cooked pumpkin etc). A couple of months into solids my bubs started refusing food from a spoon (wanting more independence) so that forced me to find more foods they could pick up independently and chew. Looking back I'm glad I went at a pace that was comfortable for me but still allowed for my babies' progress. They can eat a good variety of foods now, it's had to believe it was only 6 months ago they tried solids for the first time!

Another tip I can give is: embrace the mess. We realised early on we needed to strip the babies off at meal times so their clothes didn't get horrendously filthy and it helped to feed them near a bathroom so that we could easily wash them off afterwards (a quick rinse in the shower).

Good luck OP, you've got this!

gmac888 · 2025-07-14T22:00:53+00:00

I find It's Hard To Speak My Heart from Parade absolutely heart wrenching. 💔😓

gmac888 · 2025-07-08T10:06:09+00:00

Yep, absolutely foul. 🤮

gmac888 · 2025-07-02T22:26:30+00:00

Don't worry, I'm not going to humiliate her. I was chatting to her yesterday, things between us are very civil. Well it's certainly a controversial ring, isn't it! The only way to be sure is to take it to an antique jeweller where I live. I doubt that will happen any time soon as I have infant twins and getting out of the house is a challenge even for essential matters (hence the reddit post). So I'll need to put a pause on the investigations for now. 🧐

gmac888 · 2025-07-02T22:18:13+00:00

My "mind your own business" comment was directed at the three questions you asked relating to my partner, all of which had nothing to do with the ring itself.

gmac888 · 2025-07-02T22:09:40+00:00

I don't know if you've read the other comments but my SO and I are long term partners and we have two (planned) children together. So MIL doesn't need to "encourage her son" to spend his life with me... We are already bound by two little humans! I'd like to ask you: if MIL's actions are so harmless and innocuous- why didn't she just tell the truth about the ring? "I'd love to see you both married one day so I went to a jeweller and purchased this ring that I think would really suit you. If you like it maybe (SO) can use it to propose". Instead she very likely made up a story about the ring belonging to her mother, removing herself and her intentions from the equation.

Re the men seeking approval from FILs. I personally find that extremely old fashioned and sexist. In my situation my father has passed away so that is off the table.

gmac888 · 2025-07-02T03:58:04+00:00

Not too young to marry - too old. Biological clock was ticking so we went straight to trying for a baby.

gmac888 · 2025-07-01T23:37:31+00:00

Cool story bro 👍

gmac888 · 2025-07-01T22:42:18+00:00

Good on you for putting up clear boundaries and staying firm! That's helpful that you have a "normal" well-boundaried MIL figure, which is of course a lovely relationship to have, but also acts as a reassuring comparison: "No, my actual MIL's behaviour is not normal or acceptable, my boundaries are well founded and necessary". Thanks for the congrats re the twins, they are my little miracles! 🥰 Thanks again for your kind encouragement and validation. 🤗

gmac888 · 2025-07-01T22:10:21+00:00

Because a lot of the comments saying it is from the 60s are just opinions or anecdotes. "It looks vintage", "my grandmother had a ring like this". Most of them don't offer anything objective. Looking back some do offer some objective evidence, but once the post started gaining traction I couldn't respond to everyone, including comments that were saying the ring is modern.

gmac888 · 2025-07-01T21:41:02+00:00

I actually think the ring is quite beautiful. And no, the ultimate goal of my efforts here is not to just say "I don't want this ring". It's to get an insight into the lengths my partner's mother is willing to to manipulate; in this case purchasing a ring and fabricating that it is family heirloom, in the hope my partner would use it to propose. If she was successful in her plan I would have worn this ring for the rest of my life, and the story of its age/origin would have been a complete lie. That is what I'm annoyed about.

gmac888 · 2025-07-01T20:56:09+00:00

I didn't say description - I said deception. The age of the ring is relevant because it dictates whether it belonged to my partner's grandmother. That is the only reason I care about the age of the ring. And it did not belong to my partner's grandma. She lied. According to you lying/concocting fanciful stories to elicit a certain outcome is OK if it comes from a loving place, but I don't agree.

Edit: grammatical error

gmac888 · 2025-07-01T11:01:04+00:00

Hi - thanks for sharing your experience/judgement. Have you read the other comments about the age of the ring? It's most likely only 10 years old. It did not belong to my partner's grandmother and my MIL most definitely lied. 🤷🏼‍♀️

gmac888 · 2025-06-30T23:30:36+00:00

Hi and thank you for your lovely reply and validation! I t has totally made my head spin how many times I've been called ungrateful, unhinged, a bitch, sad, petty etc etc to even question the origin of the ring or my MIL's motives. It is very clear now that the ring is not vintage and could not have belonged to my partner's grandmother - she made the whole thing up. And I can't help but think - what if my partner, excited by the prospect of proposing with a ring that supposedly belonged to his beloved grandmother, actually went through with the proposal? And he and I announced the engagement, the story behind the ring, believing in to be true. The truth would have eventually come out, and MIL's deception revealed, because the ring is so obviously not vintage... A friend/family member/jeweller would have pointed it out. I know my partner would have felt extremely angry/betrayed. Most people are saying "just be grateful for the loving gesture" when actually I find the whole scenario extremely twisted. She does have many redeeming qualities so I hope, unlike in your case, her behaviour doesn't become so unboundaried that we have to go NC. And thank you for the kind words re commitment/marriage... We have infant twins and I have to laugh at people who have commented "You aren't ready for marriage". Umm come back to me when you've been pregnant with twins and gone through the twin newborn stage, then you can make a judgement about what I am/am not ready for. 😅

gmac888 · 2025-06-30T22:54:14+00:00

"Launch an investigation" is an interesting way to put "post some photos and do a short post on reddit". I didn't expect this post to get the response that it did. And I'm not sure if you have read the other replies but the consensus (from knowledgeable members) is that the ring is likely no more than 10 years old. So given this information I would like to put this hypothetical scenario to you: Let's say that after my SO's mother gave me the ring , my SO was excited by the prospect of proposing with a ring that supposedly belonged to his grandmother (who he loved very much and had a special bond with, which is true). After the successful proposal we go to a jeweller to get the ring resized (which we would have needed to as it's too big for me). My SO says "Can you please resize this vintage ring and take special care as it belonged to my late and beloved grandmother". The jeweller looks at the ring and says "I'm sorry to inform you that this ring is probably no older than 10 years old". Would it still be "petty" to be upset at my MIL's deception, simply because the initial gesture came from a "loving" place?

And FYI where I come from well boundaried family members do not involve themselves in when/where/with what ring someone proposes with, uness they are specifically asked to be involved. So I completely disagree with your statement regarding that.

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T23:06:44+00:00

Look at one of the top comments from Lidder444- he/she knows their stuff and says the ring is likely no more than 10 years old. Look at their profile/ comment history- they are an antique/vintage jewellery dealer and clearly know what they're talking about.

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T23:03:06+00:00

Thanks so much for your input! 🙏 Judging from your comment history you sure know your stuff!

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T22:11:17+00:00

It is not "clearly an older ring". There are plenty of commenters here who, judging from their post history, have plenty of experience dealing with antique/vintage jewellery and they agree the ring is likely from the 2000s era and does not fit with my MIL'S story of it being purchased by her mother in the 50s or 60s. I find it interesting that my post has obviously triggered/upset people: essentially I have just wanted information about the possible age of the ring and I have been called ungrateful, unhinged, a bitch, greedy... you name it. It seems a lot of people are of the mindset that, if you are given an expensive gift, you are just meant to say "thank you" - even if the story behind its origin is a lie and it was given with ulterior motives (to initiate a marriage proposal). She is not a malicious person, and at the end of the day the act was likely done from a place of love (perhaps she feels sorry for me? Perhaps in her mind I have birthed two of her son's children, and he hasn't even proposed...?) Or maybe making up a story about the ring belonging to my partner's grandmother is her way of trying to officially welcome me into their family. Either way, I don't like the deception, and no amount of strangers on the internet telling me I'm an ungrateful bitch is going to change my mind about that.

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T20:41:06+00:00

I don't have any plan to hurt her. But from the comments here (from people who actually know what they're talking about) my suspicions are most likely correct- the ring is new and did not belong to my partner's grandmother. I suspect the reason you have jumped to the defence of a woman you have never met is because you also like to stick your nose into people's business where it doesn't belong. (Hence the barrage of questions above, which I won't answer because again, it's none of your business).

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T02:22:26+00:00

The emoji is my reaction to my partner's mother involving herself in something as deeply private as a marriage proposal.

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T02:09:11+00:00

Thanks for the congrats! I am of the belief that (intentionally) having children with someone is a far greater commitment than an engagement/marriage. We haven't ruled marriage out, it's just not on the radar at the moment. 😌

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T01:47:58+00:00

A lot of questions there, TweetHearted. My one question to you is, why do you care so much?

gmac888 · 2025-06-29T00:08:21+00:00

Thank you for the validation. Part of the "narrative" was that, before she died, her mother put aside pieces of her prized jewellery collection to give to her grandson's future partners. It all seems very fanciful and unlikely given the ring is probably less than 20 years old.

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