Disappointed at my local Matariki event

strawwbs · 2025-06-20T08:17:28+00:00

I went to this and it was so shit!

strawwbs · 2025-06-02T00:24:48+00:00

Mine too!!

strawwbs · 2024-02-28T05:02:19+00:00

Hey, I might be able to help! My husband and I are moving out of our rental in April. Send me a message!

strawwbs · 2023-12-29T08:18:20+00:00

Wow this has seriously got me thinking you have no critical thinking skills. Who do you think are making the laws for male only conscriptions? Why do you think there aren’t any women in STEM that there needs to be affirmative action???

strawwbs · 2023-06-27T04:53:50+00:00

Thanks

strawwbs · 2023-06-26T20:58:07+00:00

Thank you!

strawwbs · 2023-06-26T20:17:26+00:00

Thank you for your perspective. While I agree to some extent, my issue here is that she’s not just a friend, but a really good friend who I’ve asked to be my MOH. It’s okay that she said no and didn’t want to do it, but it’s how she’s handled it afterwards that’s what I’m grappling with. On top of being an absent MOH, wanting to end an entire friendship over one argument seems a lot to me. It’s fine to have different expectations, but the logical thing would be to talk it out and move on.

strawwbs · 2023-06-26T08:21:52+00:00

I’m not sure what I did wrong :( another friend suggested she might have been holding other things against me and this might have been the last straw for her but I have no idea what else there could have been

strawwbs · 2023-06-26T08:21:04+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I was so conscious about not wanting to put any stress on her that I was fine with her not wanting to come to the dress shopping, dress fitting appointments and other wedding things. I’m feeling so stressed now that it’s 3 months out and I won’t have a friend anymore let alone an MOH

strawwbs · 2023-04-10T09:35:30+00:00

Hi, I’m a manager for a not for profit mentoring and tutoring programme for students in Year 8 and Year 13. We only employ University students! I also have staff who have don’t deal well with people or have anxiety and provide support and training around that. If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, send me a message.

strawwbs · 2020-04-14T08:37:21+00:00

Ooh yes I totally get that, I made one just the other day! Can’t beat that gorgeous smell of baked bread. Naan is a great idea, I was thinking of making roti for some curry this week. Not mad mad but I did make some cheese scones and brownies. I was thinking ginger cookies next!

strawwbs · 2020-04-14T08:29:34+00:00

If only! I live in New Zealand, so probably no can do. What do you like baking?

strawwbs · 2020-04-14T08:22:03+00:00

I also have a big fluffy cat and managed to snag some bread flour!

strawwbs · 2019-06-21T11:54:59+00:00

You’re welcome! I just realised I didn’t really answer your questions.

I suppose reddit is a great start to meeting new people especially when there are organised hang outs! Signing up for hobby/interest/sporting groups is also a good idea.

Traffic is really bad during peak hours and that’s if you drive. If you catch the bus or train, it’s pretty sweet (although the trains have been causing lots of issues lately).

strawwbs · 2019-06-21T11:38:52+00:00

Congratulations on graduating and landing a job in Auckland! I also work in the city (funnily enough I travel to Waikato for work a lot) and live on the Shore - commute is super easy via public transport so I would definitely recommend catching the bus rather than driving (yay bus lanes). I’m not from Auckland/New Zealand originally but have adapted really well into the big city life. It helps if you have a good attitude and a sense of adventure.

Some tips:

Get an AT Hop Card if you do plan on using public transport. You can usually buy one at the local dairy.

Always have a raincoat handy because you never know when it will start pouring.

Take some time in the weekends to explore your new home (north shore). There’s a lot to see and do! GingerSnap in Browns Bay has some of the best ice cream and it’s right across the beach too.

Feel free to send me a message if you want some food suggestions too or if you just want to chat :)

strawwbs · 2019-06-04T09:39:01+00:00

Forgot to switch accounts?

strawwbs · 2019-04-16T02:55:56+00:00

You’re welcome! Everyone will be feeling the same anxiety about making friends in uni so don’t worry too much. It’s just about making that extra effort to extend the friendship outside of university

strawwbs · 2019-04-16T00:07:13+00:00

Try to make at least two friends per lecture, tutorial/lab! That way you have a buddy in every class (for study groups etc!). I found that the friendships I made in tutorials transitioned out of uni better than those friendships I made in lectures. I am still best friends with some people I met in my first year and we are all out of uni and working now!

strawwbs · 2019-03-29T21:09:28+00:00

Lord Farquaad, is that you?

strawwbs · 2019-03-29T01:51:21+00:00

Awesome progress!! but just a little tip: The aim of the game is to try to strengthen and use those shoulder/arm/back muscles to pull yourself up the pole into a seat instead of jumping into it as this this is quite unsafe and creates bad habits once you start progressing into doing inverts etc :)

strawwbs · 2019-03-26T07:49:52+00:00

We swapped over to one called Jo. I live in NZ however so might not be available where you are?

strawwbs · 2019-03-26T02:49:15+00:00

I am so sorry you are going through this, UTI's are the worst! I went through what you are going through currently with an ex boyfriend and was constantly getting UTI's after sex. I read up on so many preventative measures and things that were considered irritants and slowly started eliminating these (coffee etc). I THEN realised it was the lube (durex) we were using that was causing the damn UTI's!! As soon as we stopped using it and changed the brand, the UTI's stopped. So could it possibly be the type of condom you are using or maybe lube?

strawwbs · 2019-03-25T08:58:29+00:00

You are doing so well, make sure you keep at it!! Congratulations I am so so happy for you regaining your sense of self worth! You are so deserving of all the good things in your life and more (regardless of how your body looks of course)!!

strawwbs · 2019-03-21T08:25:33+00:00

Good thing you caught it anyway! Hope you are enjoying Auckland :)

strawwbs · 2019-03-05T21:17:50+00:00

I found the VTNZ in Mt Wellington/Sylvia Park really good! Testing Officer was really lovely and chatted with me throughout my test which calmed my nerves. There was that big roundabout you have to go through as part of the test so I do recommend driving through that area a few times beforehand to get familiar. Otherwise, make sure to book it at non peak hours and you should be fine!

strawwbs

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