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@Nwerikamp, you know New Zealand and Australia aren't the same country, don't you??

Some of these comments are just so judgemental, I can't believe it!

@hoovesnheels
"What ever happened to dinner time being the ONE time when a family might sit together and enjoy each other's company?"
The ONE time? That's what's sad to me. I enjoy plenty of great times with my family and friends that aren't dinner. Maybe that statement says more about you than it does about the poeople in the pictures, happily eating and watching TV with their loved ones.

@NLB1125
"who eats on their bed? GROSS."

@mschatelaine
"I go to a great deal of effort to make good meals for my family, and demand that they be eaten in serenity so as to be best appreciated... My husband is an introvert, from a family which watches tv from the table, and so he is not good at table conversation, and tends to bolt after he eats...it is very hard to change cultural practices ingrained since birth."
Great, so your husband's cultural practice is wrong and he has to change to suit your expectations. Nice. He sits down to meals and abides by your 'demands' and that's still not good enough? Wow.

I think all the commenters above have entirely missed the point of this project.

@NLB1125 @

I have to thank you for writing these posts. They really got me thinking and reflecting on my relationship, which I think was the same for a lot of AP readers.

I just want to say that you keeping your finances separate does not reflect badly on your marriage! I understand people writing about how THEY would feel about such an arrangement, but I take issue with using combined/separate finances as the criteria for whether or not your relationship/marriage is 'good' or 'real'.

I also have to say that when I was a full time student with part time work and my bf a fulltime worker, I did a lot more fo the housework and that was a sticking point for us. Now we both work fulltime and that in itself makes a huge difference to how we organise chores. It was always the case that I would cook and he would clean up afterwards. He would wash the clothes and I would usually do most other things. But now things like grocery shopping are done together every week because I don't have time to do them alone.

I also agree with what other people have said about strengths/weaknesses. For example I can't drive, he does all the driving. I'm a better and more efficient cook so I do the cooking and make the grocery lists. He waters the plants because he remembers to, etc etc. This works for us,

How would you make this without a slow cooker? Just simmer it in a large pot or would it work better in the oven?

This is so cute! But not very practical.

I'm not the least bit scared myself.

I have two suggestions: ask fellow shoppers what they're buying/cooking or if that's too scary, just pick up a couple of new things each time you go in, maybe go home, google them and see what comes up?

I favour common sense over blanket rules, so I agree with all of them except the first one.

If I want to walk around the city listening to music, I will. Otherwise why on earth would I own a portable music device? I'm concentrating on where I'm going and I don't have it up full blast, so chill. It's no big deal.

My pet peeve though, working in cafes is people talking on their phone and expecting me to take their order while they're doing so! How on earth is that even possible? Incredibly disrespectful.

Cheers sillymo. That is helpful.

I would agree with Christine M. Either put your computer in the hands of a paid professional or one family member/acquaintance who knows what they're doing. Unfortunately, you may think anyone who knows more than you knows what they're doing.

I had three of my friends try and fix my soundcard once and only the third one actually knoew what he was doing and got my sound to work. My brother put windows 7 on my mum's computer, but her computer isn't fast enough to run it so it is incredibly slow.

Gotta agree with the first three. My kitchen timer broke a few months ago and it is driving me nuts not having one! I really should pick one up. MY bf bought me some digital scales, which I never really had much of an interest in but they are so handy! I use them for baking and to separate meat into portions to be frozen. I don't have an immersion blender but every time I make soup or feel like a smoothie I really with I did...