u/neathspinlights

Calling out to my fellow chronically online millennials and xennials who were around in the days of the Project Nookie and Pages of True Love forums...

I'm seeking a nostalgia hit from the songs we were all OBSESSED with around P/J at the time. All the playlists on Spotify are newer music and I'm like no, I want the OG stuff.

Now there's the obvious ones - that were on the show. Like:

- Hold On and Daydream Believer by Mary-Beth

- In Your Keeping by Jann Arden

- This Year's Love by David Gray

- Promise Me This by Pancho's Lament

- Days Like These by Janis Ian

- My Invitation by Sarah Slean

BUT in the fandom at the time there were HEAPS of P/J coded songs we loved and I'm struggling to think of them all. Songs like:

- Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional

- The Best of Me by The Starting Line

- Wild Heart of the Young by Karla Bonoff

- Everything by Lifehouse

There are SO many more and my mind is drawing an absolute blank. They were all so angsty and romantic and fitted the vibe of an emo romantic teenager girl in the early 00's. There were SO many great songs and I just want to listen again and feel like a teenager, instead of a tired middle aged single mother 🤣

So please help me out, give me all the OG P/J coded songs so I can create the ultimate nostalgia playlist...

For the first time in 20 years I am entering the rental market. Marriage breakdown, couldn't afford the mortgage on the family home on my own. The best decision was to sell, rent for 12-18 months and then buy something on my own - the residual profit from the house sale isn't quite enough for a deposit.

I've been very fortunate to have been an owner-occupier for 20 years, right place right time, but my luck has run out and I need a roof over our heads.

I'm a naturally anxious person - I NEED to know all the information to settle my anxiety. And so this is such an unfamiliar process for me.

I know the basics. Inspect, apply, wait for outcome etc. The one and only time I rented was a share house at 19 for six months.

I'm scared because I know how bad it can be out there and here's me coming along with no rental history, a kid, a dog and a cat. I've got very stable work history and a good income, and can easily afford the properties I'm looking at (they're 2/3 of what the mortgage would have been to buy my ex out).

So please, can you help me out with tips, tricks, advice? I've written a cover letter introducing myself and my circumstances, plus the kid and the pets. I've got all my documents. I've got bond ready to go.