I feel you. I was a happy lonely sleeper until I met my spouse who (along with my kids for obvious reasons) is the only one I can really tolerate sleeping in the same room with. I’ve slept alone once recently and it was heaven though.

I get this. I commented upthread that I’d really like a separate bathroom for me. Imaging coming home from a work day, closing the door behind you then taking a hot bubble bath while reading and listening to relaxing music!

I'm right there with you on separate bathrooms. Making my bathroom my personal spa would be the dream.

I’m sorry. I get this, I truly do. Hugs from an internet stranger

I was kinda hoping he’d walk out never to return again and from then on he'd only be celebrating his birthday and completely ditch the holiday festivities.

Is this an American thing? I've never really heard anybody make this argument.

I love how you thought about the jewellery. You also sound kind of fashionable. Do you have any IG accounts that depict authentic NYC style you could point me towards?

I like this. Opening plastic bags with scissors is very satisfying.

I feel you. I can’t stand using artifical light when it’s not pitch black outside. People who are too lazy to open up the curtains in the morning und instead switch on the light annoy me to no end.

Is this for real? I was honestly just about to recommend her book ...

Chiming in to say that The House on Mango Street was excellent. I even think that someone here on Jezebel recommended it years ago when I bought it.

In Germany, the parents (of all genders) get 14 months of paid parental leave in total if they’re not self-employed, which they can split almost freely between the two of them (min 2 months, max 12 months). They can take up to 3 years of (un)paid parental leave. Even if the split is not evenly distributed, more and…

I love that you’ve tried to save the little fella. We need more kind-hearted people like you and your daughter.

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You know what? I actually had to google this since I do not eat them. We also have the plain ones, which are similar to Smarties, but people seem to like the peanut ones better.

European Smarties are sugar coated chocolate lentils. European M&Ms are sugar coated chocolate lentils with a peanut inside them.

It’s been so hard for everyone around them, since they’ve isolated themselves and there is only some family left to support them. I’m honestly at a loss about what to do and how to help. I appreciate your advice.

Thank you so much for your comment. Someone close to me has been diagnosed with BPD und I’ve had such a hard time understanding what they’re going through. After reading your comment, I feel like I finally start to do. Tbh, I’ve been so angry at them for not “getting a grip”, allthough I know it’s not that easy. What…

Not a drag at all, this is major surgery! I hope the surgery will go smoothly and that you'll recover soon.

He was the brother of someone I knew. He was in my periphery for years but recently, something had changed. My stomach would do summersaults whenever I would see him and I, being young and nonchalant, told everyone about it. Friends had actually tried to get us to talk but it had not happened so far.