Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Just to add, since he shared a home with his GF and she is not moving (at least not right away🙄) much of his/their stuff is in limbo, it would have been much simpler to just pack and move their whole apartment.
He can rent a furnished room, temporary.....Or try air BNB rentals.
If he will have transportation, he can drive/shop one hour away.
Time to not help too much, ask him what he needs, send that via Amazon.
Bachelorhood is so temporary, a true learning experience not to be missed if one is to become a man. Imo.
Housing is already arranged and one time shipping is paid for by his employer. There is no telling if GF will ever join him and we don't want him sleeping on the floor without so much as pillow and a sheet to cover him while he waits for her to make up her mind. Basically he needs everything, but we are trying to assemble the bare necessities.
An added stress is that all communication goes through GF, so we are scrambling to know the shipping details.
Oops, I see that you said housing is arranged.
He can also learn to talk in person on the phone to his benefactors and family, if he wants their support.
This is coming from a mother who once gave her son everything.
Sorry you will be missing him, and there is a possible breakup.
It's nice your nephew has his family to help him start off a new chapter in his life.
I purchased a modem for around $100 online at Walmart to replace the one the Internet service provider was charging me $13/month for. I feel pleased with myself for that penny pinching measure.
any chance you can travel to the tiny town and get his placed settled in for him ?
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Have you been following the closure of the horse race track?
Hope they get it fixed.
Yes, the auntie needs a vacay, 2000 miles away.
But they're all so hopeless! The little store I go to daily has a stand for the local newspaper; this week's headline is: "Failing School Gets Worse." It's not what you'd call enticing, exactly, is it.
Kettle
Combi microwave oven
Nesting glass/Pyrex dishes for use with same
Stand of four chopping boards - JosephJoseph does a good one for not much money
Iron (good one, feeble ones are a false economy)
Ironing board (big enough or he'll waste time juggling)
Towels and bedlinen - Rule of 3 (one on, one spare, one in the wash)
Capacious and portable laundry bag so he can haul it easily to the laundrette (which might do service washes at a fair price if he asks nicely)
That's my two cents on the 'Bear Necessities' - but CW you know what? This is his comfort and economy, and erratic GF is his chosen point of contact, and it isn't reasonable for the rest of the family to be chasing their tails trying to compensate for poor communication on their part! If you can nail the girl down on one thing, make it the inventory for the house he's being given - then you'll know where the gaps are.
I have just received an invitation to my ex's stepdaughter's wedding in June.
I know this sounds nice. Tchah. What it actually is is a giant sign that reads "Danger - Minefield ahead."
Chocolate, popcorn, and chips.
Espresso machine, coffee grinder, and 4 cups.
Fruit-of-the-month Club delivery, bottled water delivery.