What user was championing people being in the kitchen underfoot in the holidays thread? Taylor? Get in here and chastise this man!
Jumping in late to say that kids are absolutely worth the hassle (but your SO makes a huge difference in that equation)
This is like one of those games you see at a dive bar where you have to spot certain things. The Dunkin Donuts on top of a cup that looks like it's a person being trampled definitely stood out.
my kid is 3.5 and will get on to me for leaving my clothes on the floor bc my wife. I’m hoping her cleanliness continues to rub off on him
yeah. Im not like super dirty but after a shower I’ll occasionally leave my clothes on the floor and not put it up right away. It’s not quick enough for him.
Wife is currently planting a garden in the backyard of a condo that we pay month/month and will likely exit within the next 2 months. I started with the "wtf" and shortly caved completely to a "whatever makes you enjoy the space"
I've already mentally prepared myself for it but I can't imagine the amount of shit I'm about to have to deal with for MLS and gf to think it's ready for my parents to stay here. They're going to want it to look like the fucking Four Seasons and neither of my parents remotely care about that.
My wife definitely hits a different stress level when it comes to cleaning before company comes over. I couldn’t imagine Throwing in an additional gf and her stress as well. god speed sir.
Please elaborate on how it was "Way worse" - I have to know at this point. Like was there an animal in the back or something?
You know i just discovered a new cleaning trigger, having a cleaning lady coming to your house. Mrs Tittymilk, “can you pre clean for the cleaning lady tomorrow?” Me the asshole “why am i cleaning up before the cleaner” Mrs Tittymilk “we are paying her 300 dollars to come deep clean the house” Me “ i don’t think you are making the argument you think you are”
5:45 am Me, sleeping soundly. Wife: can you let the dog out he’s been bugging me all night and I already let him out several times. Ten minutes later Wife’s alarm goes off for work. I’m wide awake. Check the ring notifications, dog was let outside once at 1am. Apparently I’m the asshole for being annoyed.
This is for a ~48 hour trip. There are 4 or so more bags by the middle seats too. The backpack is all my stuff. Spoiler
Gamechanger when your kids grow out of having to carry all that extra shit like a pack n play and stroller
Mine's the opposite. The cleaning lady is coming in four days? Time to start just throwing clothes on the floor and leaving dirty dishes in the sink
Already been discussed and will happen soon. It’s a good thing we decided to not bring the dogs cause I’m not sure they, crates, etc. would have fit.
Looks like a beach trip, and I wanna see the trip home pics. Why you ask? My wife packs the same way for trips and it's always a disaster of just shit everywhere on the return trip
Water park trip at Disney. Actually came back with a decent bit less cause we had a birthday bbq for the kiddo so we had a bunch of food, decorations, etc. for that that all went straight to the trash after. I never saw the true benefit of those video rear-view mirrors until now. So glad my wifes car has it or else wouldn't be able to see shit on trips.
It makes sense. Take care of some of the obvious stuff and they’ll have more time to deep clean stuff you don’t want to deal with. Cleaning service I used years ago was great but I couldn’t figure out why all my houseplants were dying. I figured out they were “helping” by watering the plants every time they came. So they were just sitting in like 5 inches of water.
mine are good at cleaning but don't put much an effort into any organizing (i don't blame them). so if you leave a bunch of shit out they are just going to shove stuff in drawers and everything. it's especially complicated with the children's toys.
Apparently getting to every single roller derby practice takes precedent on doing a weekend away right now. Keep in mind I'm already doing a 5-hour round trip to drive her (and possibly some of her flakey ass teammates) to her game in London next weekend. Also on a seperate point, we sold my CR-V that I love for something with better MPG, and now that car is "our" car and HER car just sits in front of the house until I need to go somewhere at the same time, and then she complains I didn't drive as far as her so it's really not fair she had to take HER car. Keep in mind, her car is a manual and I don't have a manual license in the UK, so if she takes "our" car, I'm either stuck in the house or have to take my motorcycle, which has fuck all cargo capacity so that means I can't do any of my errands.
UK and EU yup. I could take the test but I'd have to spend a few hundred GBPs on driver training to learn how to shift left handed to a level acceptable to the drivers test people over here. And considering I just paid for my automatics test and my motorbike test, I am loath to pay for another one right now. Our new car also broke so whilst we were waiting to see if it was fixable / trading it in for a new one, I've had no car I can drive for almost a month.
A day in the boat for us requires almost as much packing as most people's vacations. It's truly incredible. I love having 1000 bags and coolers all over equipment I need to get to.
We drove some Land Rovers on private land there last year that were manual and it took some thinking to make it all happen that’s for sure.
But yet you have motorcycle endorsement ? it is weird to drive manual with left hand. At least pedals are the same. Cuz that would be fucked
Different test, and it takes three different tests (at my age) to get it. It’s up to 5 or 6 tests if you start at 17. You have to do your Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) test with a certified instructor (this is the equivalent of the Basic Rider Course in the states, except you actually do some street riding). Then you have to do a Mod1 Test (low speed technical maneuvers at a test center) and a Mod2 (30-45 minute road test with some technical maneuvers while on the street), and depending on your age and experience level you might have to do the Mod1 and Mod2 more than once to move up engine sizes (CBT you can ride up to a 125cc, A2 up to I think 500, A is unrestricted). For driving it’s a 45-60min road test and you have to do the maneuvers live on the road.