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ThatFNGuye t1_j9vbdjw wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in LPT: Maintain separate bank accounts when you get married by The_Stein244

Wife and I have a monthly set, managed to the week budget spreadsheet in a shared document app. Enter all spend in the week its occurred and be transparent. All spend is put on our shared credit cards and we get 2% cash back on 100% of the spend. We usually keep under our budget and meet our savings and investment goals every month. Now and then we have an event, like car repair and we don't quite make the savings goal. Oh well, make it up next month! Works well for us.

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ledow t1_j9vaxp6 wrote

Reply to LPT: when taking something out of the oven always use two oven mitts even if you plan on only using one hand. If you accidentally drop the hot pan your instinct will be to grab it with your other hand which you’ll be glad is wearing an oven mitt! by [deleted]

I have an amazing catch reflex - far better than my conscious catch action, in fact. I have caught all sorts of things totally unexpectedly and perfectly, but only if I never think about it.

Not once have I ever tried to catch anything sharp, dangerous, hot or heavy when it falls. My reaction is to step back, get my feet out of the way and let it go. I've not trained myself to do this, my brain just does that.

No amount of oven glove is going to make me try to catch a hot falling pan. I could be wearing a fireproof suit and doing it deliberately for a demonstration and I would have to fight the instinct that I have NOT to try to catch it.

Also... oven mitts... hot water... no. Perfect way to give yourself a severe scald or burn. Oven mitts, especially cotton ones, SHOULD NEVER GET WET. All you've done is caught a hot, wet pan of boiling water/oil badly and hastily and now you are holding the dangerous thing in a wet, boiling hot porous glove that's in contact with your hand and under pressure. Even silicone - you've created a perfect waterproof pocket full of your hand into which to pour hot boiling water that can't escape.

Scrap this nonsense. Make conscious efforts to not drop pans and if you do, just get the fuck away from it.

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dirkles t1_j9vam2c wrote

Reply to comment by ssevener in LPT: Maintain separate bank accounts when you get married by The_Stein244

Exactly. This is the kind of stuff that should get ironed out before marriage. If I thought of money I earned as mine, then I am not thinking of how my contributions are for the benefit of the unit (family, partner, kids, etc) as a whole. Once my wife and I got married, it has always been about us , and not me + them. I imagine some people struggle with this, so it is probably best that they don't get married, or at least not in the legal sense.

TL;DR --> If you have any doubts in your partner's commitment to Sparkle Motion, then you should not be married.

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keepthetips t1_j9vakqb wrote

Reply to LPT : women aren’t vending machines that you put friendship tokens into until sex falls out. by [deleted]

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Lithogiraffe t1_j9vae14 wrote

Reply to comment by Lithogiraffe in LPT: That voice inside our head is not you. Those are just thoughts. You are your actions. Those thoughts are just from the processing center between your ears. by Potential_Meringue_6

Okay, I read the title paragraph, and wrote out a comment before reading the post body. So my reply is not quite what is being discussed. I completely disagree with the title, but generally agree with the post body. The read individually they seem to be discussing different things

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Effin_Batman1 t1_j9va0bs wrote

Reply to comment by adunk9 in LPT: Maintain separate bank accounts when you get married by The_Stein244

Yea, at the time I made more than her and she was on my case about the multiple swipes a day for things like sodas or snacks or whatever. So she budgeted it all out. gets all our bills paid and gives us some so I can do what I want and not hear it about what I do. Now she makes more than I do and all it means is the fun money goes up some and we still happy.

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