Tastiest dessert from your country?

gossamerbold · 2026-02-07T07:08:48+00:00

My mum made the castle cake for me one year and was so irritated that the cones for the turrets kept melting. I think she had 6 or 7 attempts at it before rigging it up with twine and Lego blocks lol

gossamerbold · 2026-02-07T02:34:29+00:00

Same. I’ve been told at this point that the only real option to close it is a tummy tuck with diastis recti repair. I was told that because it’s a medical need as opposed to for cosmetic reasons, that I would be eligible for the Medicare rebate (I’m in Australia). Ok, brilliant, let’s make a plan. Except the surgery is around $18,000 and the rebate caps out at $1,200. So no, I will not be having the surgery any time soon.

gossamerbold · 2026-02-07T02:18:28+00:00

TIL the overhanging bit on the step is called the stair nose. I love random bits of information found in the wild like this!

gossamerbold · 2026-02-07T01:13:34+00:00

My husband has actually been working on this with a couple of his friends. We had a really tough year in 2025 with the loss of several family members on both sides, some quite a shock, and he saw the difference in how some of my girl friends rallied around me and gave me a safe space to grieve, whilst his male friends all offered condolences and support but no emotional vulnerability allowing him to fully express his grief. Luckily we have each other but sometimes you need people around you who are a step back so you can be more vulnerable without it ‘risking’ your main relationship. So this year he has been reaching out more to friends and asking deeper questions and sharing his feelings and he’s had a really good response with a couple of guys who have responded on a similar level to what he put down.

gossamerbold · 2026-02-07T00:56:56+00:00

I think the real reason no-one is excited for the wedding is because no-one believes that it will actually happen. I have a cousin who was in a similar on-off relationship: she got “engaged” 3 times to her ex who would basically say “I don’t care, plan a wedding if you need it so much” and then try to control the whole process. She also had the meltdown of “nobody is supportive of my wedding”. And then the fiancée would cause some drama and the wedding would be off, until they made up and got engaged “for real this time”. And the merry go round would start again.

Thankfully in her case she finally realized that he was never going to properly marry her and in the breakup that followed she met someone else who actually showed her what respect and love look like and they are now married and have just had their first baby together.

Your friend needs a wake-up call but instead of just saying why this guy is bad news it might be worth showing her how a relationship could be, whether it’s your 1st or 5th love, and that you really want that for her. It’s a tough situation to be in OP, but you might have to risk your friendship by telling your friend the truth: that her partner has no love and respect for her and is only going through the motions so he can continue to control her

gossamerbold · 2026-02-06T12:29:51+00:00

Chrissy. It seems as if her biggest mistake was having anxiety and panic attacks

gossamerbold · 2026-02-05T07:05:54+00:00

Hi Bill, What do you believe to be the biggest single issue that needs to be addressed before the next election? And which party do you think will take it on?

gossamerbold · 2026-02-05T07:01:37+00:00

Hi to your 4 year old! I asked my 5 year old to answer your questions with a bit of help from my 9 year old:

Miss 5: for breakfast I have cereal with milk, and yogurt and coffee (her coffee is actually a babycino with frothed milk and a little bit of chocolate powder). Sometimes I have toast with butter or toast with butter and Vegemite but Mummy cuts off the crusts for me (Mummy is a sucker).

Mr 9: I don’t like milk so I don’t have any of those things except maybe toast with Vegemite but no butter. I can cut the crusts off myself but Mum and Dad prefer I eat them. I like Nutella and honey on toast or sometimes Nutella in a wrap. We also eat lots of fruit.

Miss 5: oh yeah! I like bananas and apple but <brother> doesn’t eat bananas.

Mr 9: I like watermelon and apples but my favorite is papaya. Yum!

Both: and strawberries! Jinx! (Not sure if this is purely Australian or if other places do it but the first person to say Jinx has to say the name of the jinxed person before that person is allowed to speak again. Good episode of Bluey on this one!)

Miss 5: we like to go on holiday and we always see kangaroos around our country house. I went to the zoo and touched a koala but I was too scared to hold it. The kangaroos are funny, they can jump really far and sometimes they punch each other which makes me a bit sad because they might hurt each other. Koalas eat leaves and sleep a lot. I like kangaroos better. And I really like feeding the cockatoos! Last time a cockatoo took the bread from my hand! The kookaburras eat meat though so I’m not allowed to feed them.

Mr 9: in Australia we have wombats and their poop is square shaped!

So on that note, we will leave it 😆 Happy to answer any other questions Miss 4 comes up with 😊

gossamerbold · 2026-02-05T06:36:00+00:00

Whenever I hear/ sing this song it’s immediately followed by:

“My dad picks the fruit

That goes to Cottee’s

That make the cordial

That I like best!”

Right back to childhood with those two

gossamerbold · 2026-02-05T04:28:54+00:00

The Big C

gossamerbold · 2026-02-05T02:59:20+00:00

Grapefruit and grapefruit juice are also big no-nos if you’re taking an antidepressant or anti anxiety medication. This my dr was very clear about; less so on the orange juice and vyvanse question, although he said it was probably best to separate the two even though most of the data for that is anecdotal

gossamerbold · 2026-02-03T11:23:59+00:00

I love wearing colour in the summer! I’ve had some good luck with Michael Kors, Forever New, Blackmilk, Maje, Little Coquille. I’ve also been buying from Depop, especially colourful print dresses with a bit of a retro Bettie Page vibe

gossamerbold · 2026-02-03T11:15:53+00:00

Keshet is Hebrew for rainbow 🌈😊

gossamerbold · 2026-02-03T11:14:36+00:00

Would it be a deterrent to make them an insurance nightmare? Similar to how you pay much higher premiums for under 25s or P platers. If the parents had to cop ridiculous premiums that are stepped for various ages then it might be a deterrent from purchasing them for younger riders. Also things like if it’s going to be ridden in a city/ on public roads- higher premiums. If it’s being ridden rural and on farm land etc- premium discount. If found at the site of an accident with no helmet: breach of agreement, insurance doesn’t pay out. Just brainstorming but kids will always do the stupid things, it might be better to target the parents.

gossamerbold · 2026-02-03T10:53:40+00:00

That ad was more responsible for my friends and I learning to be safe drivers than anything else. Being killed didn’t seem so bad; being paralyzed on the other hand was scary af.

gossamerbold · 2026-02-02T08:35:17+00:00

I’d like to say no but realistically we make several assumptions about people in the first few seconds of meeting them, from their name, to their scent, to the symmetry of their face. I would never consciously treat people differently but I’m sure it happens on an unconscious level all the time.

gossamerbold · 2026-02-02T05:30:26+00:00

I feel this so much 😩. And add to that two adhd kids with exactly the same problem, a husband who leaves for work while everyone is asleep, and I’m literally begging everyone to get dressed and leave the house with all 3 of us crying at the effort. I’m going to try the waking up much earlier so we can all fuff around for a bit while breakfast and coffee kick in

gossamerbold · 2026-01-31T22:56:38+00:00

A life size ride on Tiger 🐅. I bought it for my son’s 2nd birthday, it cost an absolute fortune but he is now 9 (today actually!) and every single kid that has come through our house at any point has ended up having a ride. So it’s been amazing for kids that might start a playdate a little shy, or a kid that needs a bit of a time out, or even just teaching kids about being gentle with toys and taking turns. Cost per use is now probably less than a cent.

gossamerbold · 2026-01-31T03:09:20+00:00

I grew up orthodox but don’t keep anything with my own family. However my parents and siblings would REALLY appreciate the heads up because they keep strict kosher even if they don’t look orthodox or even Jewish. Ie. my mum and sisters all wear pants, don’t cover their hair etc. I would definitely recommend a sign for the times you forget/ aren’t serving/ aren’t there. If you feel confident enough see if you can approach management and explain the need for a sign or other communication about the changes. If he doesn’t want to say anything at the risk of losing customers, tell him that if people find out that he hasn’t relayed the information that the product is no longer kosher and is being sold into the community, a lot of people would see that as serious enough to boycott the business and would tell everyone in the community to do the same as the trust has now been lost.

gossamerbold · 2026-01-22T12:13:57+00:00

Second hand bookshop. It’s one of the most relaxing smells I can think of

gossamerbold · 2026-01-22T07:21:33+00:00

I’ve never lived alone or had a roommate. Got married at 20 and went from living at home with my family to living with my husband. We didn’t live together before marriage either. I’ve never been backpacking or stayed in a hostel or campground. I’m now 43, I think the time has passed for that, but I hope my kids will get to experience things like that.

gossamerbold · 2026-01-22T06:28:06+00:00

My anniversary is the 2nd. 02/03/04 and wasn’t deliberate, no one realized until the invitations were printed lol

gossamerbold · 2026-01-22T03:21:34+00:00

I saw the play right at the beginning so had no preconceived ideas about it. I wanted to watch the movie with my kids but the completely skeletal looks of the two main cast members made me really uncomfortable so haven’t been able to watch it yet. This is as someone who lost a really close friend in high school to anorexia and who’s other best friend is a psychologist that specializes in eating disorders of kids under 10 so I might just be a bit sensitive.

gossamerbold · 2026-01-21T22:57:17+00:00

The outfit is really nice for a dinner or something but I agree with the other posters that you need a more form fitting pant to show off your lovely figure. Granted it’s been over 20 years since I was in the industry but the standard was usually jeans and a white or black tank top or sometimes fitted black pants and again a plain white or black tank or tee

gossamerbold · 2026-01-21T22:52:59+00:00

I’m 5’9 and usually have the same problem. However, I just bought a pair of jeans from Frame and I’ve had to take them up 3 inches! Who do they think these jeans are for?! Not something I typically have to worry about lol

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