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Ael

08:38

@ExtrovertedMainMan I just read this question and I am honestly sad for the OP. My mom is a bit like that and it's bad enough already. I really wouldn't want to be in OP situation

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Tinkeringbell

10:28

@Ael It's annoying, yes... but over a course of 2 years and if you plan everything 6 months in advance, I can imagine a lot changing.... I have my personal list for the new contractor of things I want to ask them wrt changing.

Building or fixing a place is like that, and I get the impression these plans are months old by the time OP starts working on them, without checking with the wife first.

Ael

10:52

@Tinkeringbell In one of the example, it's actually only "a week later" though

Tinkeringbell

Ah yeah, I see it now too. That one starts with 'a few weeks' later though, so I only remembered that :)

Ael

But yeah, some of the examples are about "a year later" and that's indeed plenty of time to change your mind

Tinkeringbell

I did change my mind within a week once too... when the pricelist for one of the options that I thought I wanted came XD

I do have quite a bit of money to spend but not that much XD

Ael

Ahah x)

Though, IMO, if it was just a concern about "changing her mind", the OP would be fine. But the way they talk about it, it seems like the wife didn't just change her mind but completely forgot about the whole thing. I find that very worrysome

Tinkeringbell

That's true. Though I think OP might be doing plans for an entire room, and if their wife is only agreeing to e.g. the color on the walls but thinks the details can be discussed once they start the project.... of course she might not remember agreeing to those.

Ael

11:00

Yeah

I'm gonna ask OP some questions to try to clarify that

Tinkeringbell

Sounds good to me!

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Ael

12:58

Happy New Year! \o/

(somewhere in the world. Not in France though yet ^^)

(everyone is welcome to star this message since it will earn me an IPS hat :p )

Well, apparently pinning my own message count as being stared. So that's nice :D

Tinkeringbell

13:15

Happy new year's! twitter.com/Tinkeringbell91/status/1344629982589542401?s=19

Mithical

@Tinkeringbell "And that's what you get for eating Taco Bell!"

Tinkeringbell

Hahahaha

Yeah those are biiiiig farts XD

A J

13:33

Ael

Very fancy kitty :p

A J

Arthur Hv

13:51

Am I over-engineering if, when I add controls to our pipeline that logs errors on defects, I unitary test the controls so I know they control the defects they are supposed to detect?

If you don't understand the question, I count your vote as "Yes"

lila

14:17

Ael

@ArthurHv There is no such things as "too many tests" :p

@lila hello :)

lila

@AJ Nice and sweet cat, it's just that the color of its "hat" is ugly, and the color of the "Happy New Year!" text is ugly too (I' kidding, ask me if someone doesn't get the joke).

Arthur Hv

I like this cat, very classy imo

lila

Okay so the joke is that I'm calling this color ugly but it's about the same color as my own avatar :D

Arthur Hv

I had it after thinking hard :|

Ael

14:35

@lila <serious face> Yeah, this lila color is very ugly. I don't understand why someone would want to use such a color. Even less call themself by it. </serious face> :p

Arthur Hv

14:48

@Ael Even more so when you have the whole day to write them and all

I think my day is over right now

I'm supposed to end at 18:00

But the sprint is empty, i'm the only one here in my team lol

A J

@lila Lol. I didn't get the joke though

Now I got it.

Ael

@ArthurHv Some feeling here (though my day will officially be over in ten minutes). It's always very "quiet" in this period (at work) (in France)

A J

Heh, I am #2 on leaderboard of WB Interpersonal SE.

Ael

@AJ Nice for you. I wonder who the first might be though :p

A J

Let me guess

Ael

14:56

(for the people not getting the joke, it's me. I'm first on IPS with 5 more hats than AJ :D )

A J

Someone with an avatar of tree

Ael

@AJ Oh, what a very good guess :p

A J

@Ael You might wanna clear the cache and refresh the page. You're only three hats ahead of me. :P

Ael

@AJ Ah, that's very saddening :'( I guess I shouldn't have star your cat :p

A J

lol

Still I'd have that hat. :P

Ael

15:00

You might not have had it on IPS since I was the first to star your picture and stars tend to attract stars

A J

I will now skip checking the Instagram feed for two days.

OK. A terrible new year joke...

> Why do you need a jeweler on December 31?
To ring in the New Year.

SmokeDetector

15:20

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in body (55): How do i cope with my girlfriends ex husbands death by Brian Grasso on interpersonal.SE

Extroverted Main Man

15:33

Q: How do i cope with my girlfriends ex husbands death

So I've been with my girlfriend for a little over two years and up until about a month ago everyday has been amazing with her she's definitely my soul mate.....so in the beginning of dec this year my girlfriends ex husband committed suicide they have to twin girls together there 6yrs old now My ...

help

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lila

19:00

Okay tell me please, where is the Portugal man? I'm sure you know who I'm talking about, the robot whisperer, don't you?

M.A.R.

19:21

Portugal Man, Jan 2021, on Netflix

Tinkeringbell

19:42

Don't know where @CaldeiraG is hanging out...

Probably having a great party :P

IPS Comment Bot

19:53

Two things jump out for me: "Implying I'm lying" is much worse than any other issue. And have you considered telling her everything you told us, that it's a demoralizing pattern to you whether she recognizes it or not? I was with an oppositional spouse (No, I'm not), and the best we could do was divide the apartment into territories where each was in charge of decor. The other had to wait two weeks before criticizing a change. — Yosef Baskin 2 mins ago

Matched regex(es) ["possible-aic"]

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lila

23:19

@M.A.R. :D

What a beautifully new year, there's a lot to do!

@Tinkeringbell Okay but this party is over a week long for now ;_;

Tinkeringbell

Nah, it just started! Happy new year!!! twitter.com/Tinkeringbell91/status/1344782442410991617?s=19

I love this crazy little town at times. Despite there being a ban on the sale of fireworks this year, there's been sooo much fireworks still, this evening still feels normal :D (okay except the hugs and kisses from neighbors, but I'll never miss those anyways)

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