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22 hrs agoLiked by Barbs Honeycutt

I'm moving in with a flat mate soon and I'm already grieving all the walking around naked that I'm doing now. My core memories of growing up with two brothers and a dad in the house were primarily good but I was always forced to show off items of my shopping session and they would criticize all of it for some reason...

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:O why the shopping critique! That's not very nice. And I am sorry to hear about the flatmate. If he's Italian he might be the one walking around half naked. I have memories of one of my uni mates wearing the tiniest towel around his waist after the shower and playing the banjo in the hallway.

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Sep 17Liked by Barbs Honeycutt

Omg you crack me up. 😂 I don’t think I could handle never having the house to myself for three years. 😅 But all questions are very valid. When I was first with my husband, his Dad also lived with him so I can relate to these dilemmas but mostly I just walked around in my nightie without a bra so I guess I didn’t worry if it was appropriate or not. 🙈🤦🏻‍♀️😂

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I mean, I didn't live three years WITH a bra, but the whole 'living with a dad' thing was stressful

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Wow, three years? 😂😂😂 I'd be super curious too, to see behind that door!!

And, "Not hoard: store. Just in case." 😂😂😂 now there's a new way of looking at things 🤔

Laughs aside, I can appreciate your dilemma. Sounds like you handled it really well though, despite the initial anxieties ❤️

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Thanks Debbie! I knew it wasn't just me. Wondering if it could be a cultural thing though? I am pretty sure every time I had guests overnight, even at my parents' place, I'd open all the doors to orientate them.

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Sep 18Liked by Barbs Honeycutt

I wouldn't say it's an Aussie thing, but perhaps just an individual family cultural thing?

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Your retelling of Bluebeard is iconic. "One day, he had to leave the castle to go to work or whatever." 😂

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All of that from memory! Maybe he left to find another wife preemptively. That would be efficient.

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Actually though 😂

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Hahahaha!!!

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My spidey sense and a vague knowledge of aunt C. tell me that Furby had an involuntary albeit tragic ending, possibly underwater.

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UNDERWATER!?!?!? I thought she rolled down the Citroën window and yeeted it in the forest just on the way down! :O

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That was my first thought but I think it may have ended in the Sarche 😅

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I never had a "to bra or not to bra" dilemma, but had the same problem with tshirts, when I am hosting female friends. Or being hosted ofc. Overall it is not annoying, apart from the small moments, like: "do I really need to put on a tshirt just to walk from the bathroom to my bedroom?".

PS: I expected the last photo would include some kind of revelation about their bedroom😂

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