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Agreed on visual clutter being so stressful! I feel like I cleared out so much junk in the last move and have moved quite frequently but somehow there’s always more stuff around. My poor partner likes to have a lot of clothes and I don’t want to go and throw out his suits and vests even though he doesn’t wear them (with the pandemic and all), but now they’re in a box in the corner of the living room and hung up in the bedroom and I can see them every time I go by! And I know there’s a cheap second hand warehouse store nearby so I could get all kinds of storage but it feels like a whole mountain to climb.

I feel called out by the clutter bug Bee description. I have organised chaos on top of every available table top, I know where everything is but my partner has no idea where anything is (I mean he loses things on his desk as well and I know what’s in his desk drawers). I can keep drawers vaguely tidy but hate these old deep drawers that make stuff pile on top of stuff rather than having their own place, so anything that doesn’t fit goes on top of a desk.

It was actually easy when we got a puppy and everything had to be out of reach, but she’s learn not to grab anything so I don’t even have that as a motivator.

The only meal prep I used to do was big soups, easy to freeze and get different size of meals. I’d normally just peel and cut up potatoes, throw in a pot, boil, add frozen veg, add fried mince and seasonings.

Mie ku asun ulkomailla nii varmaa laittaa juhannustoivotuksia viestillä Suomeen. Ei ny mitää erikoisempii suunnitelmii kuitenkaa. Lämmintä säätä luvannu loppuviikolle eikä töitäkää sit lauantaiaamun jälkeen nii varmaan tossa takapihalla tulee istuttua auringossa, koiraa jos veis lenkille ennenku tulee liian kuuma.

Very cool! Love a small table.

Then sometimes you just wanted to ask what something means and your partner is so used to you asking them to repeat they repeat what they said and no w everyone is confused.

1. Interrupt them
2. Get really excited about the topic
3. Trip over your words
4. Try and wrap up to not scare/bore them
5. Realise what you said made no sense
6. Apologise

To be honest I’m not a native English speaker so your advice is probably more useful anyway. My husband is British and has studied plenty of languages, finding Swedish and Norwegian definitely the easiest to pick up. Romance languages have more complicated grammar but you’ll find a lot more TV and movies to watch to casually pick up a bit more of the language, which I find useful because I only speak English as well as I do from watching a lot of TV (first with subs) when I was younger.

Which is especially weird considering the recent news regarding private ADHD clinics and whether it’s too easy to get a diagnosis privately in the UK. Similarly I have a diagnosis for ASD from Finland but have had a therapist say she didn’t think I was autistic, so if I can’t then discuss that in a very large and popular subreddit where should I go. It all seems rather silly.

Learning a new language. You learn a bit about how languages work, understand other cultures a bit better, usually learn new vocabulary for your native language, understand the relationship between different languages, learn the roots of loan words and generally helps your brain stay healthy, even by only studying the basics.

Yeah I’m hungry and want some food but there’s nothing quick/easy to make in my fridge. I’ve been microwaving potatoes to eat with butter for the past few days.