A single family home… it’d sure be nice though.
I don’t even care about it being single family, I’ll take a nice old row house with glee.
The same touchscreen gloves I got two years ago that are no longer being made. There’s three pairs on eBay and if no one buys them for me I’m buying them all for myself.
Used to be it was hard to find touchscreen gloves. Now most gloves are touchscreen.
touchscreenis indeed the easy part
these gloves were so warm for how thin they were, that’s what made them special
I want to have children, but cannot afford them for an undetermined amount of time. Fingers crossed that we’ll have enough money someday!
3 kids here 12 and under. If you are mentally and emotionally ready for kids just do it. That’s the big secret. You will never be ready financially. Kids adapt and will be happy so long as you are stable and can provide the most important necessities like love, a roof and food.
We are both men, and my spouse is still in the process of immigrating here, hehe. I know we’ll never be financially ready, but I want him here while we navigate surrogacy (preferred, but expensive) or adoption.
We’ll figure it out!
We’ll figure it out!
Exactly. Life doesn’t wait.
Our experience is that basically the only really expensive thing is childcare. Are you eligible for subsidized, or free, care (or have trustworthy and willing relatives)?
As for gear, babies don’t need much. But for what they do need, reach out to friends, neighbors, and family! We’re fortunate that we could have afforded everything new, but we really only bought a few things because friends and randos alike gave us so much free kid stuff (we bought a nice stroller, a baby basket, and an IKEA crib — basically everything else was a hand-me-down). Join local “buy nothing” groups, or parent groups (sadly they’re usually WhatsApp, but whatever). Most people hate throwing away stuff, and would rather it go to a good home.
Look at programs for subsidized/free necessities like diapers. There are lots of resources out there, especially in cities.
As everyone else said, no one feels ready. We certainly didn’t!
I have all that I can reasonably want that I could reasonably be given, so I’m making a gift instead, I’m off donating blood in half an hour, hopefully someone will appreciate it 😋
hopefully someone will appreciate it 😋
Not sure if wholesome, or wants there to be a car crash…
(I know what you mean, I just found it humorous.)
Ugh yes I worded that badly 🥲
A gift no one wants but will nonetheless appreciate?
Time. I just want time. And so far haven’t gotten any.
Is it bad that I’m grateful to COViD? I invited my ex and her father for Christmas dinner so they could also spend time with our kids, but we never had compatible meal routines and they’re insisting on dinner at 3pm. However she came down with just enough COViD that they probably won’t come. I can have dinner at dinner time! I get time to sleep in, time to enjoy Christmas with my kids, and even time to put dinner together.
If the rest of my week could go like that, I’d be so grateful
Anything. I haven’t gotten a Christmas gift in years. My family isn’t big on holidays, but I like the idea that someone was thinking of me. I think a card would be nice.
The other night I watched the episode of Mr. Bean, where he’s writing Christmas cards. He goes out, shoves them in under the door, comes back in, acts surprised to find them, reads them and hangs them on a string on the wall - all identical.
That’s so cute! I should re-watch him.
And here some people are just chuckin those into the trash without opening the card. Do you really need a card for: happy thanksgiving! Have you ever seen a typewriter?
For the thought, that’s all. Not so much about the card itself, but someone taking time to write to you, even if it is just a holiday greeting. But I also don’t get a bunch so they’re easy for me to hold on to. I still have my birthday card from my 20’s 😅. But do it need it? No. Just makes me smile when it happens.
Perhaps I am broken?
To spend xmas with my grandparents that passed away!
A whole new life, but I’ve already been there, done that—it’s not what it’s cracked up to be.
I hope to have a whole new life eventually because reincarnation is my favorite concept of an afterlife, but no hurry on that.
rest
A dual battery charger for Dewalt 20-volt batteries… I think in gonna get a BB gun instead, so I’m still pumped.
You’re gonna put your eye out
I want Saturn, somebody please buy me Saturn and all it’s moons.
That was weird cuz I named my computer Saturn, so I was like wait wut?
If you had turned your webcam off, I would not have know that. O_o
Peace and quiet. I usually end up cleaning more than anyone and regulating my kids emotions. I get a break when they go to school. Now they’re home for 2 weeks. I miss when they were younger. It was far simpler.
The motherboard in my computer is basically dead. Every morning I must perform voodoo to get just one more post.
But my computer is fairly old now and I can’t justify just replacing the board for more money than upgrading the platform. 😔
My mum to meet my daughter.
Day off
