Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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Interestingly (to me, anyway). Actually, it ain't, but neither are 80% of the inane stories this week."Freddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
My ex is trying to divide up our joint house (where he does not live) on this basis - I choose a price and he decides whether to buy the other half from me or sell the other half to me. I see his point but I don't like it as I don't want to be homeless.
*counts crumbs*
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 12:20,
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is thisfuckwit non commital ex or have you still utterly failed to dump him because although he tortures your very soul and mental state, he gives a good shag?
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Oh, no, he's still on the scene.We're back in happy mode for a probably brief period. Christ, I'd never buy a house with him, not least because he can't even afford to eat. Nah, this is Dutch-ex No. 1, before lovely-ex.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 12:39,
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While I feel for your situation..It's not a bad idea all told really, would stop people getting screwed over so often (namely men!)
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Agreed: that's pretty cleverWhichever option the bugger chooses, you'd be left thinking you pitched it too high/low, that you'd either given him a bargain or stitched yourself up with an over-high valuation.
Mean but smart.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 15:30,
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Don't do it.get it valued. Split half and half if you are happy with that. Use lawyers if he won't agree. These things don't ever end amicably.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 15:45,
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i tried to be the nice guyleft the ex the house. now im skint as a badger - take all you can and run
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I reached an amicable agreementhowever she changed her mind. £5K in solicitors bills later I finally got to court to discover that she had sold the house despite a court order and shipped more than £100K out of the country, making it almost irrecoverable.
Which was nice.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 17:14,
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