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No internet for a week. UPDATED #53

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  • ska_lover
    ska_lover Posts: 3,773 Forumite
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    hazyjo wrote: »


    I walk in at 7.30pm. We eat around 7.45pm ...


    How are you managing this? It takes me more than 15 minutes to get situated, out of my work clothes, cup of tea
    The opposite of what you know...is also true
  • chesky
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    Perhaps you should have a few long discussions about what you're going to do when you both retire.
  • Owain_Moneysaver
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    74jax wrote: »
    Tried it once :)

    Be adventurous and try it a second time!
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • Owain_Moneysaver
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    svain wrote: »
    Ive not heard of "wallpapering the back bedroom" before. What positions is that?? ;)

    It's like the hostess trolley, but without the Woman's Weekly

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNU5KVa_Tu8
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  • Ladykernow
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    Declutter the house? Read some books?
  • Tabbytabitha
    Tabbytabitha Posts: 4,684 Forumite
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    Apologies if I'm wrong but I seem to think you don't have young children and money isn't tight so can't you go out for dinner, go to the theatre/cinema/gig or go out for a drink?
  • hazyjo
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    ska_lover wrote: »
    How are you managing this? It takes me more than 15 minutes to get situated, out of my work clothes, cup of tea

    OH is home all day and cooks dinner for when I'm in the door. I'm straight upstairs, hair up, cosies on, back down for my dinner. He brings it over to me the second I hit the sofa. He makes me a cuppa after dinner :)
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  • ska_lover
    ska_lover Posts: 3,773 Forumite
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    hazyjo wrote: »
    OH is home all day and cooks dinner for when I'm in the door. I'm straight upstairs, hair up, cosies on, back down for my dinner. He brings it over to me the second I hit the sofa. He makes me a cuppa after dinner :)

    oh he sounds a good un
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  • hazyjo
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    ska_lover wrote: »
    oh he sounds a good un

    I work. He does everything indoors. Unusual, but seems to work for us!

    OP is there any sport or entertainment you could both try? Swimming, badminton, dance classes, etc?
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  • agatham
    agatham Posts: 30 Forumite
    I think you could combine traveling somewhere far away along with going on a no internet week. You will feel a bit uncomfortable in the beginning as you will be missing the internet, but you will get over it in a couple of days or so.

    You need a good equivalent to keep your engaged offline. The best option is to travel and just forget everything.
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