u/FlowersAndFeast

Hi friends!

I’m wanting to go on an op shop crawl to try and find some classics (fiction, plays and philosophy), and would love some suggestions of op shops where they’re actually reasonably priced and/or often have a decent collection!

I’m based in West End, though am happy to travel if there’s a few in the same area 🥰

Hi friends 🤍

I’ll be saying goodbye to my soul dog on Monday. While I’m absolutely shattered, my soul knows it is what is best for him and is at peace.

My question is, what do you do right afterwards?

It’s just me and my dog. Single, minimal family support, best friend of 10 years ended the friendship last week as this was ‘too much for her’. I’d originally hoped we’d be able to have the procedure in the evening and I could take some sleeping medication right after to put myself straight to bed.

But it’s happening at 11am, in our home.

I dealt with a similar but different loss 2 years ago, but I still had him and there was still so much to do the rest of that day. I honestly can’t remember much, but I do remember the moment that evening when I realised just how quiet the house was. No more quiet than the night before when they were there and asleep, yet I’d never heard silence quite that loud - and I collapsed and cried for hours.

I’m terrified of that feeling again on Monday.

I know it’ll get better, and I’m not worried about myself once I get moving again… but I’m so alone in this, and I don’t know what to do for the immediate grief of experiencing a truly empty home for the first time in my life.

Any suggestions or stories of how you handled that immediate grief would be greatly appreciated 🤍

I think Israel/Israeli and Isis would make beautiful names but.. yeah 😂

Hi there!

Surname: George

I’ve loved the names Esme and Lucille since I was a child, and adore Esme Lucille for my first baby girl… but I’m torn as I don’t want to lose Lucille (Lucy/Lulu) if I had a second baby girl 😅

But I’m struggling to find a middle name for Esme that I love just as much, and that flows well. And also a middle name for Lucille that fits the ‘vibe’.

Any suggestions?

Hi there!

I’m in the middle of purchasing a car from a friend, and we’re both a bit clueless when it comes to cars.

She had a pre purchase check done a few months ago when she first decided to sell the car, and was going to get RWC done once sale was impending.

So I’m needing to get a RWC, but there’s also a few things I’ve noticed (CV joint/axel and potentially oil leaking into combustion chamber?) that we’d like to get double checked as they weren’t flagged on the initial pre purchase check.

I figure this would require me going into a shop to get the car off the ground, rather than having a mobile mechanic come out - so would love any recommendations for decently priced and honest/transparent mechanics around the West End area.

Thank you in advance!