My husband has made friends through golf and tennis at our club too. I don’t play either sport so I’m SOL there. We are having babies this summer so I hope that gives me my in with the mommy crowd at the club because I need someone to hang out with at the pool while my husband is golfing.
I read the book on a plane shortly after losing my 16 year old dog. Pretty sure people thought I was psychotic from the emotional breakdown I was having.
There are no guarantees with any dog, whether it be a puppy from a breeder or a senior from a shelter. They all require training and effort, some more than others.
I’m a big fan of shelter dogs who are a few years old. They’ve outgrown the puppy stage, often have had a family before and are housebroken or close to it, and are overlooked by people coming to a shelter and only want a puppy.
I despise 99% of people who get dogs from breeders but that is because for most of those people, the only criteria they want in their dog is cute and/or trendy. Those people are POS.
If you’re legitimately going to use this dog for hunting and train it properly as a hunting dog and take it THAT seriously, I will still judge you for going to a breeder. But a little less. As Dillon said, most breeders are worthless human beings who keep their dogs in deplorable conditions.
I’m with your coworkers, adoption is the way to go, either from a shelter or rescue group. You’re saving a life instead of putting money into some trash breeder’s pockets.
We got a $650 water bill last month from the city so yeah, be careful with that. We’ve had our irrigation system looked at multiple times and no one can tell us why we are paying an insane amount of money for water. Utilities suck.
My husband can openly talk about his hair loss but if I mention it, it’s completely unacceptable. He’s priced out hair plugs. I don’t know how I feel about that.
Love Barcelona. I agree with everyone’s recommendation about Opium, we saw Kaskade there on our honeymoon and it was amazing (although we realized we couldn’t hang with the Europeans and went back to the hotel around 4am.) Gothic and El Born districts are next to each other, we loved both. Also agree on skipping Las Ramblas, too crowded and flea market-like.
The wedding ring thing is not that unusual. I work with some men who don’t wear one and they’re upstanding guys. I’ve asked some guy friends who don’t wear one why, and they mostly say it just feels uncomfortable. My husband doesn’t wear his to play golf or tennis, but does wear it the rest of the time.
Now I have worked with men who wear their rings at work but then take them off during happy hour. THAT is sketchy.
We have a really nice, not cheap Pottery Barn leather chair in our bedroom. Several years ago one of our dogs decided he wanted to sleep there every night. We don’t have the heart to tell him to get off (he’s an old man)… so that chair now belongs to him and only him.
What kind of monster mom-to-be be doesn’t let her husband drink just because she can’t? I’m pregnant and told my husband to get a bottle of wine for himself at dinner last Friday because I could drive us home.
Barcelona is amazing and I highly recommend checking out El Born district. We found that everyone spoke pretty good English there. Be prepared to feel like the most unattractive people there – seriously, everyone we encountered looked like a model.
And yes, you will be drinking wine and sangria the whole time. It’s fine.
You are definitely not alone. I’m currently pregnant with twins through IUI and since disclosing that to friends, I have heard so many similar stories of fertility treatments they did. I had no idea. The waiting room at my reproductive endocronologist’s office was always packed with people of all ages. I was also told IVF wouldn’t be an option for me (I had an extremely low egg count for my age.) It doesn’t sound like you’re quite in this spot yet, but when you are i recommend jumping in at 100% if you know you want kids. I did stimulating shots, pills, the trigger shot, AND the IUI the very first month and there was still only a 20% chance I’d conceive. My doctor gave us the option of going all in immediately or doing just some of those things (shots + timed intercourse, IUI with no shots, etc.) but I’m glad we went all in. There are lots of inspiring stories out there. Best of luck to you!
Agreed about keeping your mouth shut around the conservative family. My family is not CRAZY conservative but we are all far more right leaning than left. My cousin’s girlfriend is definitely on the left side and never says a word if politics come up. I only know her views because we are friends on social media and she frequently posts political things. I think we are all aware (the whole family is friends with her) and just pray she never brings it up, because it would not end well.
I don’t know how helpful this is because the roles are reversed. But when my husband and I got engaged and he moved in, we split the bills 70/30 with him paying more. And this was for a house that I owned (we rented out his house.) Granted he literally makes 8x what I do so this seems like a no brainer, but I’ve always been a 50/50 girl so it was a tough pill to swallow at first. Now we have a joint account so none of that matters. If you see yourself marrying this guy, pay the bigger portion in rent.
I hate all coffee. I’m very basic so a couple years ago decided to see if I could make myself like PSLs. They were disgusting.
My husband is a psycho who drinks black coffee throughout the day, including some evenings. And as mentioned in the article, I don’t like kissing him after he’s had coffee but I still will because I’m not a bitch.
I’m wondering if this is a situation where he asked her out and asked where she wanted to go. That sounds more reasonable than her texting him to ask him out, suggesting a place, and expecting him to pay.
Regardless, he’s a cheapskate. $50 for dinner and drinks for 2 people is not at all expensive and he should not have let her pay for half. It’s too early in the dating game for that nonsense.
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My husband has made friends through golf and tennis at our club too. I don’t play either sport so I’m SOL there. We are having babies this summer so I hope that gives me my in with the mommy crowd at the club because I need someone to hang out with at the pool while my husband is golfing.
I read the book on a plane shortly after losing my 16 year old dog. Pretty sure people thought I was psychotic from the emotional breakdown I was having.
There are no guarantees with any dog, whether it be a puppy from a breeder or a senior from a shelter. They all require training and effort, some more than others.
I’m a big fan of shelter dogs who are a few years old. They’ve outgrown the puppy stage, often have had a family before and are housebroken or close to it, and are overlooked by people coming to a shelter and only want a puppy.
I despise 99% of people who get dogs from breeders but that is because for most of those people, the only criteria they want in their dog is cute and/or trendy. Those people are POS.
If you’re legitimately going to use this dog for hunting and train it properly as a hunting dog and take it THAT seriously, I will still judge you for going to a breeder. But a little less. As Dillon said, most breeders are worthless human beings who keep their dogs in deplorable conditions.
I’m with your coworkers, adoption is the way to go, either from a shelter or rescue group. You’re saving a life instead of putting money into some trash breeder’s pockets.
We got a $650 water bill last month from the city so yeah, be careful with that. We’ve had our irrigation system looked at multiple times and no one can tell us why we are paying an insane amount of money for water. Utilities suck.
My husband can openly talk about his hair loss but if I mention it, it’s completely unacceptable. He’s priced out hair plugs. I don’t know how I feel about that.
Love Barcelona. I agree with everyone’s recommendation about Opium, we saw Kaskade there on our honeymoon and it was amazing (although we realized we couldn’t hang with the Europeans and went back to the hotel around 4am.) Gothic and El Born districts are next to each other, we loved both. Also agree on skipping Las Ramblas, too crowded and flea market-like.
The wedding ring thing is not that unusual. I work with some men who don’t wear one and they’re upstanding guys. I’ve asked some guy friends who don’t wear one why, and they mostly say it just feels uncomfortable. My husband doesn’t wear his to play golf or tennis, but does wear it the rest of the time.
Now I have worked with men who wear their rings at work but then take them off during happy hour. THAT is sketchy.
We have a really nice, not cheap Pottery Barn leather chair in our bedroom. Several years ago one of our dogs decided he wanted to sleep there every night. We don’t have the heart to tell him to get off (he’s an old man)… so that chair now belongs to him and only him.
What kind of monster mom-to-be be doesn’t let her husband drink just because she can’t? I’m pregnant and told my husband to get a bottle of wine for himself at dinner last Friday because I could drive us home.
Barcelona is amazing and I highly recommend checking out El Born district. We found that everyone spoke pretty good English there. Be prepared to feel like the most unattractive people there – seriously, everyone we encountered looked like a model.
And yes, you will be drinking wine and sangria the whole time. It’s fine.
All of this. 100% spot on
Source- I work in banking, as do the overwhelming majority of people in my city.
You are definitely not alone. I’m currently pregnant with twins through IUI and since disclosing that to friends, I have heard so many similar stories of fertility treatments they did. I had no idea. The waiting room at my reproductive endocronologist’s office was always packed with people of all ages. I was also told IVF wouldn’t be an option for me (I had an extremely low egg count for my age.) It doesn’t sound like you’re quite in this spot yet, but when you are i recommend jumping in at 100% if you know you want kids. I did stimulating shots, pills, the trigger shot, AND the IUI the very first month and there was still only a 20% chance I’d conceive. My doctor gave us the option of going all in immediately or doing just some of those things (shots + timed intercourse, IUI with no shots, etc.) but I’m glad we went all in. There are lots of inspiring stories out there. Best of luck to you!
Agreed about keeping your mouth shut around the conservative family. My family is not CRAZY conservative but we are all far more right leaning than left. My cousin’s girlfriend is definitely on the left side and never says a word if politics come up. I only know her views because we are friends on social media and she frequently posts political things. I think we are all aware (the whole family is friends with her) and just pray she never brings it up, because it would not end well.
I don’t know how helpful this is because the roles are reversed. But when my husband and I got engaged and he moved in, we split the bills 70/30 with him paying more. And this was for a house that I owned (we rented out his house.) Granted he literally makes 8x what I do so this seems like a no brainer, but I’ve always been a 50/50 girl so it was a tough pill to swallow at first. Now we have a joint account so none of that matters. If you see yourself marrying this guy, pay the bigger portion in rent.
Royal wedding falling on the same day of my baby shower so I can’t even drink mimosas to celebrate. PGP.
I hate all coffee. I’m very basic so a couple years ago decided to see if I could make myself like PSLs. They were disgusting.
My husband is a psycho who drinks black coffee throughout the day, including some evenings. And as mentioned in the article, I don’t like kissing him after he’s had coffee but I still will because I’m not a bitch.
Oops that was meant for the OP below.
That’s what I suspected. Cut him loose.
I’m wondering if this is a situation where he asked her out and asked where she wanted to go. That sounds more reasonable than her texting him to ask him out, suggesting a place, and expecting him to pay.
Regardless, he’s a cheapskate. $50 for dinner and drinks for 2 people is not at all expensive and he should not have let her pay for half. It’s too early in the dating game for that nonsense.