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Post by newspapers on Feb 8, 2024 8:57:21 GMT -6
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Post by newspapers on Feb 8, 2024 9:00:41 GMT -6
Coming in hot with this one.
I think really big houses for a family of four are by and large unnecessary. By really big, I mean over 3000 or so square feet, which is maybe generous, but I live in an apt, so my judgment might be off.
Brought to you by seeing some of my kids' friends houses. Damn.
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Feb 8, 2024 9:30:25 GMT -6
I think fundraising for the direct benefit of the school and students is fine but I can't stand this nationwide shit of pushing fundraisers for American Heart Association telling students they can "win prizes" for donations. Stop hyping up my kid with the notion of a key chain to get my $10, go knock on Fortune 500's door.
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Post by wasabi on Feb 8, 2024 9:34:02 GMT -6
Coming in hot with this one. I think really big houses for a family of four are by and large unnecessary. By really big, I mean over 3000 or so square feet, which is maybe generous, but I live in an apt, so my judgment might be off. Brought to you by seeing some of my kids' friends houses. Damn. The only time I want a much larger house is when my daughter has her friends over, or is having a loud FaceTime call and they want to stay up all night. The house I grew up in was over 4000 sq feet and my mom was very lucky that when I had friends over, we could stay up all night being loud teenagers and she could sleep soundly on the other side of the house. She spent a very large part of her day cleaning though, lol |
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Feb 8, 2024 9:36:38 GMT -6
Coming in hot with this one. I think really big houses for a family of four are by and large unnecessary. By really big, I mean over 3000 or so square feet, which is maybe generous, but I live in an apt, so my judgment might be off. Brought to you by seeing some of my kids' friends houses. Damn. The only time I want a much larger house is when my daughter has her friends over, or is having a loud FaceTime call and they want to stay up all night. The house I grew up in was over 4000 sq feet and my mom was very lucky that when I had friends over, we could stay up all night being loud teenagers and she could sleep soundly on the other side of the house. She spent a very large part of her day cleaning though, lol My friends and I must have been loud as shit because we used to hang out in the basement on the left side of the house and my mom's room was upstairs on the right side of the house (2800sf) and she would still come down yelling at us at 3am that we were waking her up hahahahah |
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Post by mothafuckinteatime on Feb 8, 2024 9:36:55 GMT -6
I had opinions about house size at one point but now H and I are working at home and I would not want to move into anything smaller. So it’s certainly a circumstances type consideration.
But we also were super intentional about not having rooms sit empty. We knew we wouldn’t ever use a dining room so we built an office and media room, which became a second office.
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Post by newspapers on Feb 8, 2024 9:38:13 GMT -6
Coming in hot with this one. I think really big houses for a family of four are by and large unnecessary. By really big, I mean over 3000 or so square feet, which is maybe generous, but I live in an apt, so my judgment might be off. Brought to you by seeing some of my kids' friends houses. Damn. The only time I want a much larger house is when my daughter has her friends over, or is having a loud FaceTime call and they want to stay up all night. The house I grew up in was over 4000 sq feet and my mom was very lucky that when I had friends over, we could stay up all night being loud teenagers and she could sleep soundly on the other side of the house. She spent a very large part of her day cleaning though, lol Exactly. So much to vacuum. |
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Post by shamycooler on Feb 8, 2024 9:39:34 GMT -6
Coming in hot with this one. I think really big houses for a family of four are by and large unnecessary. By really big, I mean over 3000 or so square feet, which is maybe generous, but I live in an apt, so my judgment might be off. Brought to you by seeing some of my kids' friends houses. Damn. The only time I want a much larger house is when my daughter has her friends over, or is having a loud FaceTime call and they want to stay up all night. The house I grew up in was over 4000 sq feet and my mom was very lucky that when I had friends over, we could stay up all night being loud teenagers and she could sleep soundly on the other side of the house. She spent a very large part of her day cleaning though, lol we have, what most would consider, a very small house (1100sq feet). But there's only 3 of us (and 4 dogs and a cat lol) but it's laid out really well, so it feels larger. Our old house was 1600sq feet with an awful layout and felt much smaller than what we have now. Like you though, i do wish our house was bigger when DD wants to have hella friends stay over because that would be helpful. but our backyard is massive (by CA 'burb standards) so it equals out i guess. |
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Post by newspapers on Feb 8, 2024 9:39:35 GMT -6
I had opinions about house size at one point but now H and I are working at home and I would not want to move into anything smaller. So it’s certainly a circumstances type consideration. But we also were super intentional about not having rooms sit empty. We knew we wouldn’t ever use a dining room so we built an office and media room, which became a second office. TBH, my opinion is unpopular even in my household, haha! My H thinks I have a very skewed idea of how much indoor space is reasonable to want. |
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Post by newspapers on Feb 8, 2024 9:40:52 GMT -6
The only time I want a much larger house is when my daughter has her friends over, or is having a loud FaceTime call and they want to stay up all night. The house I grew up in was over 4000 sq feet and my mom was very lucky that when I had friends over, we could stay up all night being loud teenagers and she could sleep soundly on the other side of the house. She spent a very large part of her day cleaning though, lol we have, what most would consider, a very small house (1100sq feet). But there's only 3 of us (and 4 dogs and a cat lol) but it's laid out really well, so it feels larger. Our old house was 1600sq feet with an awful layout and felt much smaller than what we have now. Like you though, i do wish our house was bigger when DD wants to have hella friends stay over because that would be helpful. but our backyard is massive (by CA 'burb standards) so it equals out i guess. My DD had four friends sleep over and it was...crowded, to say the least. I thought the neighbors were going to be furious when I woke up and they were still singing karaoke at 2 am. |
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Post by Bookshelves on Feb 8, 2024 9:44:19 GMT -6
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Post by shamycooler on Feb 8, 2024 9:45:59 GMT -6
we have, what most would consider, a very small house (1100sq feet). But there's only 3 of us (and 4 dogs and a cat lol) but it's laid out really well, so it feels larger. Our old house was 1600sq feet with an awful layout and felt much smaller than what we have now. Like you though, i do wish our house was bigger when DD wants to have hella friends stay over because that would be helpful. but our backyard is massive (by CA 'burb standards) so it equals out i guess. My DD had four friends sleep over and it was...crowded, to say the least. I thought the neighbors were going to be furious when I woke up and they were still singing karaoke at 2 am. oh, that's why i rented a hotel room for DD's birthday party the other weekend. I just didn't see how we could possible fit 7 teens in our house lol |
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Post by thatgolfb on Feb 8, 2024 9:46:43 GMT -6
Our house is big enough for now, but I would give up an arm (I’m exaggerating) to have more storage. We have a 1 car garage and basements aren’t a thing here.
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Post by wasabi on Feb 8, 2024 9:47:50 GMT -6
The only time I want a much larger house is when my daughter has her friends over, or is having a loud FaceTime call and they want to stay up all night. The house I grew up in was over 4000 sq feet and my mom was very lucky that when I had friends over, we could stay up all night being loud teenagers and she could sleep soundly on the other side of the house. She spent a very large part of her day cleaning though, lol we have, what most would consider, a very small house (1100sq feet). But there's only 3 of us (and 4 dogs and a cat lol) but it's laid out really well, so it feels larger. Our old house was 1600sq feet with an awful layout and felt much smaller than what we have now. Like you though, i do wish our house was bigger when DD wants to have hella friends stay over because that would be helpful. but our backyard is massive (by CA 'burb standards) so it equals out i guess. Yeah we lucked out on the yard too for sure. Maybe when my boys are old enough to have friends over we can just make them camp in the backyard 😂 |
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Post by thatgolfb on Feb 8, 2024 9:48:52 GMT -6
We had to limit DD1’s sleepover this weekend to 6 friends bc we just don’t have the space for more… but I’m also glad bc 7 tweens is enough. 😂
My confession is that I very rarely get emotional about my kids getting older, but I cried a bit this morning about DD turning 10. Not in a “I wish it wasn’t happening so fast” way, more like “I don’t know what I did to have such an awesome kid, she is the coolest and sweetest best” lol.
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Feb 8, 2024 9:50:21 GMT -6
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Post by angelashly on Feb 8, 2024 9:51:04 GMT -6
Our house is big enough for now, but I would give up an arm (I’m exaggerating) to have more storage. We have a 1 car garage and basements aren’t a thing here. Ours is 1100ish and there are 3 of us so it should seem big enough but no because we just don’t have the storage space. If I had a basement I would probably be more ok but our spare room is storage and I hate it. My sisters is 4000 I think and it’s to much for me so I feel I’ll be happy with 2000 or so if there is a basement |
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Post by mothafuckinteatime on Feb 8, 2024 9:53:28 GMT -6
I have learned recently that no matter what I will need a guest bedroom for when my husband won’t stop snoring at night.
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Post by shamycooler on Feb 8, 2024 9:53:53 GMT -6
Our house is big enough for now, but I would give up an arm (I’m exaggerating) to have more storage. We have a 1 car garage and basements aren’t a thing here. We also only have a one car garage...which H uses to house his action figure collection and as his podcast "studio". So no actual storage. Thank god people don't park in their garages here lol |
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Post by newspapers on Feb 8, 2024 9:55:16 GMT -6
The one thing I wish we had more of is storage. Though I should probably get rid of a bunch of our old shit.
Layout makes a huge difference. Our apt is actually pretty spacious for the standard of the area, but I don't love the layout.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Feb 8, 2024 9:55:23 GMT -6
Our house is 2700 sq feet over three floors and I do like being able to sit upstairs in the living room while the kids are two floors down yelling and carrying on and I can't hear them.
It costs a lot to heat, though.
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Post by Pumpkinwest on Feb 8, 2024 9:58:17 GMT -6
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Post by newspapers on Feb 8, 2024 9:58:18 GMT -6
Our house is 2700 sq feet over three floors and I do like being able to sit upstairs in the living room while the kids are two floors down yelling and carrying on and I can't hear them. It costs a lot to heat, though. We have friends with very big house (almost twice yours) and they close off a portion of it during the winter so they don't have to heat it. |
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Post by Rusty Red on Feb 8, 2024 9:59:25 GMT -6
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Post by Pumpkinwest on Feb 8, 2024 10:00:51 GMT -6
The Foo Fighters are highly overrated.
Their songs all sound the same and I was very underwhelmed when I saw them live.
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Post by wasabi on Feb 8, 2024 10:01:16 GMT -6
My tab situation got much better for a while after some chastisement here last year, but somehow it has spiraled again. I just noticed this morning that I have 384 open tabs. 🙃 I will address it today! What’s the most embarrassing one? |
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Post by sweptaway on Feb 8, 2024 10:01:17 GMT -6
Coming in hot with this one. I think really big houses for a family of four are by and large unnecessary. By really big, I mean over 3000 or so square feet, which is maybe generous, but I live in an apt, so my judgment might be off. Brought to you by seeing some of my kids' friends houses. Damn. The only time I want a much larger house is when my daughter has her friends over, or is having a loud FaceTime call and they want to stay up all night. The house I grew up in was over 4000 sq feet and my mom was very lucky that when I had friends over, we could stay up all night being loud teenagers and she could sleep soundly on the other side of the house. She spent a very large part of her day cleaning though, lol I really want our house to be the house the kids want to hang out at as DS gets older, but his friends houses have much better layouts and are bigger than ours, plus one kid has a trampoline and a pool and a huge great room for gaming and sleepovers. So I'm pretty sure my dream is crushed. |
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Post by brux on Feb 8, 2024 10:01:43 GMT -6
I have learned recently that no matter what I will need a guest bedroom for when my husband won’t stop snoring at night. I no longer have a guest room because it is H's bedroom. But I'm the snorer  |
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Post by sweptaway on Feb 8, 2024 10:02:47 GMT -6
The Foo Fighters are highly overrated. Their songs all sound the same and I was very underwhelmed when I saw them live. Dave Grohl is a gift to humanity and I won't hear any more on the matter. |
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Post by Pumpkinwest on Feb 8, 2024 10:05:54 GMT -6
The Foo Fighters are highly overrated. Their songs all sound the same and I was very underwhelmed when I saw them live. Dave Grohl is a gift to humanity and I won't hear any more on the matter. He is lovely! I just don’t like the Foos as a whole. |
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