25th anniversary love quotes

I have a huge window in my house. 126 inches wide x 108
I’ve tried getting quotes online for honeycomb shades or roller shades and it’s all like $900+
Is there anything I’m missing? Any places I’m not considering?
I hate the faux wood blinds that came with the house but they are bowing because they are so heavy.
Would love something different but holy smokes the cost.

My partner and I have had an offer accepted on a property at 305k (originally listed at 325k), have a mortgage offer in place, and have had a level 3 survey completed.
When we viewed the property, the windows were obviously looking very tired. The windows of the property are timber box sash windows. The vendor informed us that they would pay to have the windows "refinished" (basically, sanded down, filled and repainted) prior to completion. Happy days!
However, when our level 3 survey came back, it advised that one of the windows was "beyond repair". The property is not listed, but is in a conservation area, so would need to be replaced more or less like-for-like.
Unfortunately, the window flagged as "beyond repair" is at the front of the property, and is of a somewhat unusual design. We've gathered a few quotes on replacing this window, which average out at around ~£4k.
This is an unexpected cost to us, as we were initially happy to accept that the windows would be fine once repaired.
We are debating whether it is worth trying to negotiate a discount with the vendors. On one hand, it really is a cost we didn't know about when making our initial offer, and on the other, it only represents ~1% of the total value of the property.
What would you do in this situation? We love the property, and wouldn't pull out over this sum of money. But also want to ensure we pay a fair price for the condition of the property. Is it reasonable to ask for a reduction in price to cover the cost of replacement?

I used to play Genshin in 2021 and played Star Rail since launch but quit both due to boredeom of the repetitiveness, but when I saw a random video of the new Pyro DPS in Genshin I felt an itch to come back to either one of the 2 gachas.
I like both games, open world RPG or turn based RPG, both are fun to play.
However I keep seeing that Star Rail has so many good things like a full-on free 5 star character, lots of rewards for their anniversary and basically a whole ton of other good QoL things that Genshin could have too.
However Genshin seems to be the more popular game even though Star Rail is quote unquote "generous". No one knows if Hoyoverse is playing 4D chess with Star Rail but from what we've seen so far it looks like Star Rail is much more generous but it's less popular than Genshin. Why is that?

I used to play Genshin in 2021 and played Star Rail since launch but quit both due to boredeom of the repetitiveness, but when I saw a random video of the new Pyro DPS in Genshin I felt an itch to come back to either one of the 2 gachas.
I like both games, open world RPG or turn based RPG, both are fun to play.
However I keep seeing that Star Rail has so many good things like a full-on free 5 star character, lots of rewards for their anniversary and basically a whole ton of other good QoL things that Genshin could have too.
However Genshin seems to be the more popular game even though Star Rail is quote unquote "generous". No one knows if Hoyoverse is playing 4D chess with Star Rail but from what we've seen so far it looks like Star Rail is much more generous but it's less popular than Genshin. Why is that?

So for most of my 20s I have used this mindset “expect nothing, no dissapointment” even though sometimes I still do feel it. I chose to overwrite my feelings with the quote. Now I realised that I can feel dissapointment and it’s healthy to feel that way. Has anyone of you adopted this to the extreme and what are the repercussions that you have from having this mindset? Would love your input on this.

Your absense has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color. W. S. Merwin
Here is a quote that explains my deep sorrow, while simultaneously reminding me of the melancholic beauty of losing a parent. I hold pieces of him and I will continue to share him with the people I encounter throughout my life, whether that be through telling his story or just sharing a smile with a stranger.
I have just graduated college. I went through 3 years of losing him while in school, yet didn’t even come to terms with it until a month before he was going to pass. Good fortune to all of those who understand the pain. Quite often I feel alone, especially while I silently cried on graduation day…the day that was supposed to be one of the best days of my life. May us all continue to spread the joy and love of our parents in our own lives, even the parents that hurt us were once joyous children once.

I have had rough year (last april to this april). It started with a breakup with then bf of 2 years, bff / friend who i was living with moving away to another country, surviving/recovering endometriosis, severe anxiety and depression post breakup.
This year in January, ex broke my heart again, then some more at a mutual friends wedding (which was humiliating) and then broke my heart again on the one year anniversary of the breakup by sending me long text accusing me of lots of things.
I withstood all of this and continued my journey in outgrowing the person i was by picking up new hobbies and being a better friend to my best friends. I also started dating again and had figured out a process that worked for me.
I had planned to take a two month break/vacation (visiting my bff) where i would be going to another country. Some last ten days before i was to leave, i met two guys via a dating app. Lets called them S and V. I went on two dates with S who seemed like a lovely person. I mentioned to him that i am going away for two months, he took it okay. Texted me even after i went away.
V is a youtube celeb who i was initially reluctant towards. I honestly didn’t think i would even get to meet him after he matched with me. I asked him out and he said yes to meet. Initially i wasn’t impressed by him but he seemed to like me. I liked that he liked me. After that, every step of the way, he seemed to come off as someone down to earth and i think he enjoyed my company too. When i told him that i am going away for two months he wanted to meet more. We went out on a couple of dates, every night before I left. We even made out and sort of did it too. We couldn’t meet the last day cause he was caught up with work and he was telling the truth.
He continued to text me after I left. Though after things settled down there was almost 2 day delay in replies on text. I expected this cause i am in opposite timezone and plus i do know he is busy.
Recently (15 days into me leaving) i waited on replies from him and even after 4 days of waiting and not hearing from him, i checked the calender dates he sent (those were his shooting dates). It didn’t seem like he was busy. So i called him but he didn’t answer.
I think at this point, it is safe to say, he is ghosting me. Heart cannot believe it. After all that he said. It didn’t seem like he was a player or a guy who lies. I hadn’t the faintest idea that he would do something like this. Heart is broken again. Who do you trust anymore? What can you trust? How can you trust again? Is it worth even trying to date?

First off… I DO LOVE HIM SO MUCH
But my God this guy cannot land the damn plane on a project or task to save his life.
The biggest issue lately is that we moved into a fixer-upper. The house is great, but we’ve lived here 13 years and stuff still is not done. When we first moved in there was a lot of work to be put in and instead of going at a slower pace like I wanted to do and taking our time and choosing quality finishes, etc. he wanted to rush everything just to get it done with the promise of upgrading later. And he always wants to use a friend or acquaintance to do these construction projects. I’m fine with using (licensed) friends but sometimes you need to just call in a crew and have them knock it out instead of your friends taking 25 weekends as a side job.
This led to a lot of issues in the beginning that I’m still dealing with now. We have a big empty converted garage that has everything in place to become a granny flat/IL suite. The bones of this project were done five years ago. We just need to frame out the bathroom and get the plumbing and electrical and do all the finish stuff, same with the kitchenette.
Three years ago I was like hey maybe we should get on this and get it done, because we have a lot of stuff lying around that is a component to that room, like boxed up cabinets, bed frames not put together, bins of kitchen items that can go in cupboards once they are installed. And the room has become the catch-all and looks like crap.
So that time he says sure let me call my plumber friend. Calls plumber friend who says he will come by “in a couple weeks” to check it out. Couple weeks go by, no one shows. I ask him to call plumber again. He does, schedules a day, plumber no shows. I ask him to follow up. He doesn’t want to bug him. Ok fine.
Life happens, we are busy. A year passes.
Ask him to call another person to come take a look. He calls another friend. They say they will come check it out and have some free time to complete it. Great. That guy no shows. Call again, he’s totally going to come today and get a quote. He actually comes, measures, says he can start next week. Great. Next week comes and crickets. I ask him to follow up. He forgets for 3 weeks. Now friend has started a 6 month construction project. Husband wants to wait for this person to do the work. It has now been a year. I still have an empty room. Husband says “well I can call Dave again and see…”
A different friend comes by. Says he can do it in a weekend. Sounds good. It’s been another month. I am done with shenanigans.
I measure, order the shower and hardware, the vanity, toilet and door. I clear out the room. I have a contractor coming today. Husband is upset because “I said I was going to take care of it!!! I’m just waiting on (first plumber who he hasn’t talked to in 2 years).” Also thinks the whole job should be completed in 2 days for $3000 including materials. Anything else is obviously someone ripping him off.
Then our deck has water damage. I called someone out in September before it got any worse. It’s a large deck, a lot of work to fix and re-coat. The quote is $5000. Husband thinks that is too much to rip apart the deck, replace rotten wood, and waterproof. I tell him to find someone then. He says he will. We got record rain this winter. The deck is worse. $5000 guy is now coming back this next week before it infects my whole house. Husband is mad, it costs too much, and he was totally gonna find someone else to do it.
-rips hair out-

I am going to do a one year on MJ Anniversary post soon (down almost 100 pounds) but I had a silly little NSV last weekend and always love hearing about others! Not the deep, emotional, spiritual, intense ones—the ridiculous ones that not many others would understand! My silly NSV from this past weekend: I stay at my boyfriend’s house every weekend and it got much colder at night than expected this past wknd. He offered me a hoodie and he’s a thin guy so I had that momentary moment of 😳 oh no. Won’t be able to zip my man’s hoodie. He brought out a Large generic mens hoodie and it was cute and oversized like I always dreamed it would be LOL. It was so silly but such a real moment of terror from my past when I couldn’t borrow things from friends or significant others for fear of not fitting! Curious to know of any NSV’s you’ve had this week!! Helps to keep me Motivated ❤️

To my Beautiful Vanessa,
Until the day I finally get over you, I'm going to use this as an outlet to pour out these emotions that no longer have a recipient.
You broke up with me. That was your choice and I'm abiding by your wishes. I'm staying away. Yet... why do I still see hints that you want to talk to me? I'm confused. Isn't this what you wanted? More confusing still is that you have the avenue to reach out to me but you're not. Is it your pride? Are you afraid I'm not going to accommodate you?
Admittedly, I'm still hurt by what you did. Try though I might, it would be hard not to bring it up if and when we talk. I've seen you write quotes about apologies and wanting to turn back time to do it all over again... yet I can't assume those are for me... although I do feel they are.
If you do reach out, you at least have to face the consequence that I will question you. I will ask what you're sorry about and if you truly understand your mistake. Otherwise, it's all futile. You'd have learned nothing and will most likely do it again. I'm forgiving. But I'm not dumb.
I have also learned from you. If ever we do get back together, I will do my damndest to never do to you what you did to me. I won't hurt you the way you hurt me. Love doesn't work that way. Love isn't about revenge. If ever we do get back together, I will be grateful. But that will be a miracle. And most likely Fate neither of us can escape.
When we were still together, I've always been grateful. I would wake up with you in mind, spend the day with you in mind and end it the same way. It's you and has always been. I was constantly at a high. In love. Inspired. When things don't go my way, all I have to do is think of you, know that I have you in my life and that balances out the negativities. I was too happy I feared the day I was going to lose you.
But lose you I did. And now I'm at a loss. But it wasn't even my fault. You wanted this and I simply agreed. Are you happy? One of us ought to be. Because it would suck big time if we both chose this and neither of us are satisfied with the outcome.
If you want to talk to me, I'm an email away. Share with me your thoughts. My time and my heart has always been, and still is, yours.

Three months ago, she told me that she didn't want to be with me anymore. I asked her what had happened and why she was saying that. She said nothing and just blocked me everywhere. Two days later, she suddenly unblocked me on WhatsApp. I asked her why she left me and begged her to tell me. She said it was because she didn't like my mom. I asked her what my mom had done, and she explained that my mom had told her mom that she was a good fit for me, and her mom didn't like it. So she left me. I asked why she hadn't told me that before, and she said she just didn't feel like it. I asked her when my mom had said that, and she told me it was 5-6 months ago. I asked again why she hadn't told me earlier, and she repeated that she just didn't feel like it.
A week later, she came back to me, crying and saying she wanted me back. Without any hesitation, I told her yes because I missed her so much and I loved her. Everything was going fine until May 11, 2024, when she told me she didn't want to be with me anymore. I asked what I had done and begged her not to leave me, but she said it just wasn't working out.
I found out she left me again because she was dating another guy and I caught her. To make me feel bad, she blamed everything on me. Then, on May 15, 2024, she called me again and said she was sorry and that she wanted me back because she felt lost without me in college. Without thinking, I said yes again because I love her so much.
An hour later, she called me again and said, "No, I don't want to be with you anymore. Did I break you enough?" I told her to get lost and hung up, crying with a broken heart. Now, I'm writing this.
And you know what? May 31, 2024, is our 2-year anniversary.
Please help me.

I have an ancient pair of Arizonas that need a new footbed AND sole. I would love to repair rather than replace for sentimental reasons, but based on the quotes I've gotten so far it sounds like it would cost more than buying new. However, I did find a replacement sole and footbed for around $50, so wondering if I could DIY this. I see a lot out there on DIY sole replacement but not a lot on footbeds. Has anyone tried replacing the footbed and sole?

I am a huge fan of cale henituse. Literally love him. Literally Caleism at its hight. I want an appropriate quote he said so that they can view his greatness too...I want an A+ please. I don't wanna compromise on any other classical shit or anything 😭😭😭

Hi, I’ve recently moved to The Netherlands and it seems it’s a bit hard to make new friends, especially in my mid 30s. I’m looking for genuine people (long term or casual, doesn’t really matter as long as we have honesty and respect). A bit about me:
- I love watching movies and TV shows (we can stream for each other).
- Gaming is one of my hobbies (wanna play Diablo 3 or 4? Mario Kart 8? Jackbox games? I’m open to suggestions).
- I’m into learning new languages (currently being brave enough to learn Dutch and a tad Turkish).
- I’m addicted to music (hey, let’s share songs or start a jam together).
- Do you like food? I love food. Cooking and trying new things really nurture my soul. And I feel you cannot really experience a culture without food.
- I like deep talks and I know it takes a bit of small talk before getting into that. That’s okay, I have patience and taking things slowly is the healthy way to go.
- I’m a nerd so I like books too. You into that? Wanna send each other quotes from our favourite books? Or read to each other?
- I’m a big fan of empathy, compassion and respecting each other’s boundaries. Hope you are too.
Just to be clear, I am looking for friendship, no romantic relationships. If anything I’ve mentioned sounds appealing or you’re curious about finding out more, hit me up. Chat is open. Have a great day/evening!

Hi, I’ve recently moved to The Netherlands and it seems it’s a bit hard to make new friends, especially in my mid 30s. I’m looking for genuine people (long term or casual, doesn’t really matter as long as we have honesty and respect). A bit about me:
- I love watching movies and TV shows (we can stream for each other).
- Gaming is one of my hobbies (wanna play Diablo 3 or 4? Mario Kart 8? Jackbox games? I’m open to suggestions).
- I’m into learning new languages (currently being brave enough to learn Dutch and a tad Turkish).
- I’m addicted to music (hey, let’s share songs or start a jam together).
- Do you like food? I love food. Cooking and trying new things really nurture my soul. And I feel you cannot really experience a culture without food.
- I like deep talks and I know it takes a bit of small talk before getting into that. That’s okay, I have patience and taking things slowly is the healthy way to go.
- I’m a nerd so I like books too. You into that? Wanna send each other quotes from our favourite books? Or read to each other?
- I’m a big fan of empathy, compassion and respecting each other’s boundaries. Hope you are too.
Just to be clear, I am looking for friendship, no romantic relationships. If anything I’ve mentioned sounds appealing or you’re curious about finding out more, hit me up. Chat is open. Have a great day/evening!

I don’t want to gift titan and others are very expensive /: Also is Davidoff cool water intense a good option

We had our first major fight kahapon. Sakto, x-month anniversary namin. Ayoko nang idetail yung reason at nangyari pero sa chat lang yon kasi magkalayo kami.
Naisip ko lang after namin maayos na lucky ako na sya yung nakarelasyon ko. We talked like adults. Hinahayaan nya akong sabihin yung grievances ko at nag-eexplain sya. No one said anything hurtful. We were able to fix it shortly. Ganon naman kami lagi, inaaddress namin agad pag may issue kasi ayaw naming lumaki pa. Tonight, we became sweet as usual at wala nang kahit anong remnants ng away, kaya sure nang naayos na.
Ang lucky ko lang na ganon syang klase ng partner. He knows how to love me, just like the way I want to be loved. Dati cynical ako sa lovelife, like sure ako that everything will end din naman. I am sure I will not get married.
But first time ko mafeel na I want to spend the rest of my life with a person, and that is him. I still remember that time na nakaupo kami sa bench sa UP, nag-aabang ng jeep pauwi. Out of nowhere, he blurted out, "Magpakasal na kaya tayo?" I was taken aback.
Months later, here I am saying na I love him so much that I want to marry him. Mareach lang natin yung goals natin, we'll plan on it na. Hayyy, sarap ma-in love sa tamang tao.

Hey folks, I recall about 10 years ago hearing this version of Bright Moments where Kirk talks in a preamble about being reincarnated as a musical note. I can find a few places on the internet where people reference the quote, but never the specific track it's from. It's not from Bright Moments on the live record of the same name, it's some alternate version I think. Anyone have any idea? I also remember a line from the same spiel where he talks about making love on a leaky waterbed in a holiday inn, lol.

We are in LDR relationship Next week will be our 1st anniversary
In the first of May, i want to go to see him but it's a lot of money+ he never come to see me so i considered bout that, but then, He promised me he will come to see me in late May, so i can went to see him, and he will come to see me. Honestly i felt very glad that he finally come.
but this week i asked him, he suddenly said he have no money, if he come he have to borrow money from his friend, he have to sent money to his mom for medicine expense, sent money for uncle, he struggle hard this month, not sure will come to see me next month or not"
In passed 1 year, i spend more than 1500$ flew to see him 4-5times, pay food for him when he broke, i never asked or borrowed his money, it's hurt, im the one who said i wanted to broke up. It's make me feel that im not patiently waiting him, he keep said promised that he will come he will try his best....last night he keep said to me "i dont even know why u still stay with me, some people said that if uhave good money, then u can take care ur girlfriend, i guess it was true, i have to send money back....etc. and i feel sad i feel heartbreaking to broke our promises" i kept hear that things for more than 5 times that " i miss u a lot, u dont know how much i missed u" like that. So i told him "It's okay, dont say anything anymore" ....bc the more he said, the more i feel blunt, bc he never come to see me, it's hurt, i dont even know about the future that when he will come, passed 1 year he keep said that he's no money, i always use my momey, go for him, understand his finance, use my money for hapiness. and then i said that i will go take a bath, he awant me to called him back, i said ok. After 15 minutes, i went to take a bath...i called him back, but he fall asleep.
That is my last resort...he have a word and promises more than his action, this still make me keep thinking that im selfish person, last night i cant sleep, always keep blaming myself that eventually, i still dont understand his financial, if i did, i will not broke up like this....but the money and the heart i go down for him...its enough for me.
And today, he was calling me, he said that we never break up, bc i said "let's stop talking to each other" but it doesnt mean that he will broke up with me, so i just hang up the call, let him called me but i dont answer anymore.
I know my story i did a lot of mistake and didnt even listen his last reason....but i go through and hurt a lot, out love life he sometimes forgot what he said and make me felt alone, so please understand. Thank you for reading my story😊

My boyfriend and I have been dating and living together for six years! We've been good friends since middle school! (If you're into zodiacs, I'm a march Aries and he's a January Aquarius) I feel like everything was going great until I stopped working to go to cosmetology school. Going into cosmo school I knew this was going to be a slow process to start making my own money so I had a plan on at least working overnights or part-time and then going to school full-time, luckily my boyfriend offered to give me a $500 allowance every two weeks and told me just to focus on school and he'll help me financially.For context we live with my parents and siblings, he really doesn't pay bills here unless my parents asks him to help with electricity but other than that, all he has is his phone bill and car insurance,No chores or anything as well. NGL I have a bad spending habit, l was used to buying everything myself (Hair, nails and makeup I bought that all myself) so $500 went away pretty fast nothing too bad but my account would go in the negatives, maybe like -$10 at the most but I would ask him if he could just send me at least $12 so my account will not be in the negatives(and avoid overdraft fees) , this was turned into a big deal with him. He stop talking to me for about 2 1/2 weeks(this happened about three times.) His way of ignoring me was getting home from work and he would just stay in his car until 1 am(off of work at 10:30pm and was home by 10:45pm) when he would come inside he would sit in the living room in the dark and anytime l'd walk by He would turn his phone off, so I wouldn't see him . I was the one who had to ask him what was wrong and his reason for ignoring me. His reason was because I was stressing him out cause my account went into the negatives, it really pissed me off since we live together at my parents house and just felt childish of him ignoring me.After I had a "talk" with him (really it was just me asking him what's wrong and if he's OK, kind of felt like I was babying him) he got over it the next day, but the third time he ignored me I told Him that "This is very childish of you and why do you not want to talk things out? If you do this one more time l'm done" he hasn't done it since.
Another point is our sex life is gone. Again, I live with my parents and three siblings so it's a little hard to get intimate, especially in a Mexican household, someone is always home, but when we do have alone time he would rather play Fortnite, sleep all day or work on his car. I feel like I'm also to blame since I did let myself go so that could be another reason why we're not intimate. what I also mean by intimate is him not even wanting to hang out with me on his days off. He's heavily into Godzilla, anime,cars and video games, so of course, anytime he wanted to do some thing or go to an event that he's interested in and I'm not, l would still go because I wanted to be with him and have a good time but when it comes to things that I want to do he acts like it's the worst thing ever, also feels forced. So majority of the time l'm going to the movies or going to a restaurant I'm just doing it by myself because he doesn't want to go. I've also been home alone more lately in order for me to save money. I just stopped getting my hair and nails done and I just stopped going out in general. Unfortunately I did pick up a smoking habit Since all I do is watch him play Fortnite or his other interests, I decided I'll at least make it fun and get high while watching. He says that he doesn't mind me smoking, but there are times where he acts like he's better than me because he smoked when he was younger and not now as an adult. He's also been working a lot lately, He works at a warehouse so 10 hour shifts four days straight and he has three days off, but he's been working six days out of the week now and only has Saturdays off, but on his days off, he sleeps all day and then stays up all night playing video games. I try not to get mad at him because I understand he's tired, but if he has plans with his friends he is up early in the morning and is with them all day and I do get a little jealous of it. At this point, I really feel we're both using each other. He gives me an allowance and he lives in a house rent free. I still love him, but I just feel nothing back. He says he still loves me and I quote " well I still give you money and fix your car so that should mean something right?!" I don't need a pity party. I just need other peoples opinions. This is only a very small portion of my relationship that I am posting here, but from what l have written on here (can provide more stories/info if needed) I just need to know your thoughts and what would you do in my situation.