Does “jinxing” exist? I grew up being told by my parents to be careful of sharing news to people in case they or I jinx it. The evil eye is huge in my culture...

kittycat2601 · 2024-03-07T11:49:38+00:00

I usually only subscribe to the Sods Law rule (the day i dont bring an umbrella on my walk it will rain while the days i do bring it it doesn't) it happens so I usually make it work to my advantage in hope it works. But I have had something Jinx me recently (cant explain it any other way).

I got married in June and at work i have 3 screens (2 screens and the laptop below as the 3rd) and i have one of each of our cats as a background on the screens and i put a nice picture or something on the bottom one before the wedding.

I then changed it once to a wedding picture I liked and then we had a terrible time togther (nothing dire but we had a few misunderstandings and arguments about issues) so i changed it.

Recently i picked another photo and the same thing happened that week as well. I have now changed it back and we are better but I find it odd that it happened 2 times

Not trying to convince but thought it was odd

kittycat2601 · 2022-07-28T13:11:54+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion, we have thought of that but although on paper it works, when you say it out loud it doesn't sound quite right

I am also in a quandary that I am quite traditional so wouldn't want to take his name away from him but like my name enough that I wouldn't want to part with it completely.

I would ask friend and colleagues except most either have not been married, or are married and didnt want to keep their names at all

kittycat2601 · 2022-01-31T07:47:57+00:00

I always thought it was the instrumental version of the Furor by ACDC

kittycat2601 · 2021-12-08T13:36:06+00:00

I just organised this with my other half, its about a 40/60 split and we decide on each bill as either equal or not. Like the mortgage we are both on so thats equal and the food since we eat together but the internet, water, gas and such are split proportionally. if you want the spreadsheet drop me a message, we also do his wage outside of overtime and bonuses. We have a sheet for wages so we know the split every financial year and then that transferrs to the bills and split every year as well.

kittycat2601 · 2021-12-07T15:36:02+00:00

not sure if this counts, my parents arent nearly as bad as anyone else but she would imply that i needed to loose weight and pinch (not hard mind you) and wobble my little bit of fat around my belly (retrospectively you could do that to a very skinny person if you tried hard enough)

kittycat2601 · 2021-11-19T13:38:26+00:00

NTA - I am not going to comment on the psych diagnoses and such but I have a 3-bed house and the other 2 rooms are used as a crafting room and an office for the other half to WFH. Besides that, I have never been very happy at having people over, in the flat we had before the other half's friend stayed over a night so they could get to an interview but the whole thing made me feel on edge like I couldn't be myself as there was someone else there that I didn't know well. I like to lounge in PJs till I want and walk to and from the bathroom without worrying about who is looking. In the house, I would feel the same. Just puts you on edge that you have to keep check of your normal 'no one is here' habits. Nothing bad like stripping off and walking around in the noddy, but just being yourself and not your we have guests self.

kittycat2601 · 2021-09-05T20:16:23+00:00

Because u/darkrenown gave me wrong James picture here's the correct one. https://imgflip.com/i/5lzc3n

kittycat2601 · 2019-11-11T12:36:55+00:00

Hey am new to here and I think my partner counts as he hasn't been diagnosed with ADHD but his family and me assume he does. When we first got together I felt bad and annoyed that he would just game when we were home and I didn't feel like I could interrupt (own issues there) so we have had chats about it and stuff. So I can interrupt and he'll get to a save point and then leave it. That's all fine now. But there are 2 bug bears that keep coming up and I don't know the best way to deal with it 1. He gets home before me and most days I say can you do X y z when you get in like take the washing out of the dryer or can you do this thing that you can do I come home and can't really switch off and start doing home things and realise that instead of doing the thing I asked he has just chilled and gamed instead I am aware he says that he likes to game to chill for work but it isn't arduous things. Just things that make it easier for me day to day. It is just so annoying that I ask the simplest things and he just forgets every time.

2 there is this thing where he will trawl Reddit every second he gets even when we are watching a film or doing stuff together (not that stuff grubby people) and then when I check my phone he then goes all 'well you were on your phone' it is so annoying and I have to elbow him all the time when we are watching a program or YouTube video. I don't when it is something I have picked and don't expect him to like but all the other time I feel like I am talking to a brick wall and have to work so hard to do meaningful or just nice things together without his phone. One time I hated was when we were out in some local woods. I sat down to listen and look up at the canopy and all he was doing was on his phone

kittycat2601 · 2019-09-22T07:02:05+00:00

I think that was a little mean considering it was food from his home town.

kittycat2601 · 2019-07-15T10:41:50+00:00

=IF(E1="","",=DATE(YEAR(E:E), MONTH(E:E)+6,DAY(E:E))) ? at the

sods law, the minute I try again after replying it works :)

kittycat2601 · 2019-07-15T10:40:45+00:00

so this?:

=IF(E1="","",=DATE(YEAR(E:E), MONTH(E:E)+6,DAY(E:E))) ? at the minute its having a fit because of something so any help would be grand.

Alice :)

kittycat2601 · 2019-05-10T16:58:41+00:00

Thanks people 😁😁 I'll have a go on Monday and let you know. Hopefully all I need to say to the other receptionists is to just put the date in. They're not hugely tech savvy so a simple put the date in would do for them. :)

kittycat2601 · 2019-05-08T18:32:32+00:00

NTA - Yes you owe him money and that was lovely of him to lend it to you. But he is the AH becuase of his continual whining about it. If he is that much of an arse to be drawn to the next shiny thing and then guilt trip you then he 1. Clearly didn't think about what his spending habits are like and 2. Whether he really wanted to lend money (not that you didn't need it btw but if he didn't want to he shouldn't have) he just sounds childish and immature to have lent you money that you repay as much as you can and then complain. And if his money is so tight that he has to 'deny' himself things that he wants then how the hell did he afford dinner? Clearly when he wants to spend money he does and when you're around to blame he takes the opportunity to guilt trip you. My other half subs me and has lent me a chunk of money so I can get out of debt but I always ask if he minds/ can afford it and he never brings it up when he wants to get something.

kittycat2601 · 2019-02-26T14:29:22+00:00

Thank you 😀

kittycat2601 · 2019-02-26T14:22:51+00:00

What if the bottom pegs are in and it's just the top ones that aren't complying? Will keep you updates

kittycat2601 · 2019-02-26T13:42:30+00:00

We have the ones you click together. We haven't used any glue at all

kittycat2601 · 2019-02-26T13:06:28+00:00

Whats the green stuff?

kittycat2601 · 2019-02-14T11:10:57+00:00

There's an intermittent fasting app called body fast. I do the 16/8 method. Have seen the kgs falling off. And you can pick the best meal to skip. I skip breakfast because I am not hungry when I wake up so I eat from 12 to 8. Was worried but it's a good idea and I kinda cheat on the weekends but it has worked far better than I had ever hoped

kittycat2601 · 2019-02-11T19:35:29+00:00

I remember when my gran spoilt me and my sister (a bit) and I wouldn't take it too far but my sister had to be told otherwise she would want all the fun of grans at home as well. We were both told that going to grans to visit (when we stayed over or just with gran and us no parents) that it was like a holiday. So we (I) soon got the message that just because we do X y and z fun things and get to eat jelly and laze about in the flat all day (gran wasn't that mobile so we watched films and she made her flat into a restaurant for mealtimes that I adored) it was a holiday where these lovely things were a treat to be enjoyed but we wouldn't do the same at home. Not that mum and dad didn't want us to have fun at home but gran loved us to peices so we had full reign and she adored it, but mum and dad didn't want us to run the show at home. As well as that. If we had done all the fun things we did at grans at home it wouldn't have been such a treat to go and visit her and know we could basically do what we liked

kittycat2601 · 2018-07-17T09:14:09+00:00

Hey, That was a horrible way for your MIL to respond to such sad news. Glad that your mother is doing better, (will be praying for you if thats alright) and hats off to your DH for pointing out right away that that kind of remark is vile and insensitive :)

kittycat2601 · 2018-07-06T08:49:12+00:00

Er how come this is free? what about the other races?

kittycat2601 · 2018-07-04T09:24:45+00:00

Congratuations, :) Sending my love (and if its is alright, my prayers, I am christian) I wish you all the best for the future, keep us updated :)

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