My (31F) 16 year old sister’s first tattoo. She got the color. Our dad is covered in many, many prison tattoos…with a highly Celtic theme. We wanted a matching/honoring piece. Quick and easy. Very pleased.
He’s on the spectrum and LOVES set-up jokes.
This gives me such a visceral reaction. Maybe it’s because I’ve been literally cutting onions for 20+ years. Mind you, it was an astute comment the first time someone said it. Funny, relatable, maybe even “adorkable”. But a year of two after, as the general public learned of the phrase, slowly, quietly…now it’s guaranteed that any happy/sad post has *at least* two or three comments of the same variety, and it’s no longer original or clever. It drives me insane.
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I (31F) am a SAHM living with my three sons (5, 7, 8), my partner (39M) and the sister I recently got custody of (16F).
I have basic expectations from everyone. Dirty clothes in the laundry basket. Dirty dishes in the sink. Garbage in the trash can. Seems simple enough to me, yet I make a daily trip with a dedicated basket around all three stories of the house collecting these exact things on the corners of the floor, tucked away on a random shelf, or a random pile of sweatshirts/socks/whatever on a chair. Fine. Pretty normal I guess. My issue isn’t that. It’s “absentmindedness” actions.
For example, my sister will come to my room and plop herself down on my made bed while I’m folding laundry, and mid-conversation, just rip-ass on my pillow. And I’ll be like, seriously? And she thinks it’s funny. I’m just uptight. Not twenty minutes ago, I step out of my room after a shower, looking for the one hair clip I own. I find her on the couch, scrolling on her phone, playing with the hair clip on her dirty toes and bare feet? And I’m like, what the hell? Again, I’m told I’m just being uptight.
Similarly, my partner will spill something on The floor, grab a rag, wipe it up. And then fold it up and put it in the counter for another use. I point out that it’s gross, but I’m just not being gracious apparently. Or he may come in from yardwork and wants to recline on the couch for a bit. Fine, you deserve it. But why are your dirty shoes resting on my throw blankets? My sister learned the phrase from him…. “You’re just being uptight”. I hear it constantly, and I’m starting to wonder if I’m the asshole.
I feel like I’m just asking people for what *I consider* to be basic respect and cleanliness. No one else has to worry about rooms being dusted, or vacuumed, bedding being laundered or your favorite jeans washed. Dinners made or a clean glass to drink out of. Please tell me, should I shut it or push back harder?
I have three boys, aged 8, 7, and 5. They have recently discovered the photo albums of each of them (including an additional “everyone” album) that I’ve been building for years. They’re getting a real kick out of it. I have an album dedicated to each boy, inspired by my partner’s mother. He was an only child, and the day she brought me his photo albums I melted. The goal was that each boy would grow up and have an album for themselves to show their partners/children someday. Which is why the fourth one is just for me. The second slide was them realizing I had a “first birthday” photo of each of them in the same shirt. They think it’s so neat. Keep photo albums alive!
He and I had discussed recently how your room reflects your personality, and I mentioned this sub. Now he wants to know! He cleaned for it specifically 😂
*original promptly deleted and reloaded when I realized his name was in a few spots.
I generally get frustrated with circumstances that I feel fall into “lacking self-awareness”, and this is one of them. Those super thin, disposable plastic water bottles? The kind that you could collapse easily just by sucking? Stop doing that when you drink from it. Good god. Why do people drink with 100% suction, and not have the sense to leave some room for air so the crinkle of plastic doesn’t ring out?