And how did you become ambidextrous? Long story… 👋🏻

I don’t make friends with people whose views contradict mine. That being said, I basically have two friends, one of them doesn’t care about politics (she’s young and lost) but we do agree on important topics while the other is a leftist but does not care much about politics either. The only person I can fully discuss politics with us my boyfriend, which I’m very grateful for.

As for making friends, I would probably make friends outside communist circles in the future. Having come to the same conclusion is not necessary for a friendship to work, but not agreeing on major issues is. The communist scene in my country is mostly old people who don’t represent ML values, just a force of habit. The anti communist propaganda is really strong so while many young people agree with what we are saying, they are afraid to associate with the commies or have no/false information about the movement.

This sounds fair to me. You didn’t buy the property to profit from renting it. I’d like to either do something like this or find a tenant whose company pays for the rent, there are many in the city - if I were to rent it.

Then you these are all really useful pieces of advice. Selling it to the person living in it would work too.

Landlord culture is different in my country, it’s almost exclusively private people and not companies renting out their inheritance while they figure out what to do, or for example, old people selling their huge house, buying 2 flats, renting one out and living in the other, etc so it’s not as horrible as in other places, imo.

It would be really unfortunate for me to sell the apartment financially, due to local regulations and having bought and sold real estate recently (sold our cottage and moved in with parents) so I’d rather hold onto it for now. We’re talking about money that wouldn’t get me a year’s worth of rent in another country, so nothing fancy but i want to make smart decisions and just having a big sum of money sitting in the bank is not that. I’d rather rent it to a company (the local factory has lots of foreign workers and they pay for their rent)

This is a really interesting thought. Can you elaborate a bit?

Property management as a service is a little different here, but i definitely don’t want either of the things you mentioned. I haven’t done the full research on what it would take me to rent the place out, but u definitely will. Thank you.

I’m really interested in the answers because I’m about to inherit an apartment that I don’t plan to live in. Looking at the market, I’m hesitant to sell, as I would have to pay hefty taxes. Letting it stand empty does not make sense.

I did not purposefully purchase this apartment to make money on it, I’d much rather have grandma around, and I’m planning to sell it in about 5 years when we’re gonna be looking for a new place with my parents.

My best bet is renting it out below market price and being a kind and understanding landlord, which sounds like an oxymoron to me too…

Any thoughts on my situation?

My cat also tends to hang out in my parents’ bedroom where the dog isn’t allowed.

I got an A on the essay I wrote about the Vietnam war for university. I couldn’t go full commie in it but I was satisfied with how it turned out. My boyfriend helped a lot and found me really cool sources in our home library which i unfortunately couldn’t cite as they are not accepted as legitimate sources. Still, i took it as an opportunity to learn and did my best.

I’m sorry you’re experiencing that, it must be frustrating even if they mean well. Are they open to understanding your experience at all?

I wish everybody a nice week 😊

A must is for our core values to be aligned: the way they see the world, as in politics religion (or lack thereof in my case), ethics, etc. Anything that might result in coming to a crossroads down the line. I don’t want children so I wouldn’t be with someone who is hard set on having them. I don’t eat animals or animal products so I wouldn’t be with someone who does. Above all, I look for kindness in people and I’m very grateful that there is so much of it in my current life partner 💕

I don’t think taste is something that has to match, or interests. A general curiosity regarding what your partner likes is great but to me, a shared taste in music or movies is not necessary.

Thank you, this is a really reasonable reply and leaves no space for jokes.

Also, if you allow me to pick your brain with another question: How would you react to a student using the n-word or a similar, generally recognised expression, especially with people of that group present?

Despite the heat, I got on the treadmill a couple times this week, so I’m proud of myself. I did some interval training with incline walking and running, but for less time than I would have liked to, because of the heat. I’m doing this thing where I don’t push myself so much that I’ll dread coming back, I make exercise as much fun as possible and that still includes getting tired and sweating!

“She pisses herself every time she sees me. Wat do?” (S)he looks pretty young, and young dogs cannot control their bladder as well and for as long as adult dogs. Even adult dogs can wee a little when they get very excited, at least mine has done it before. If there is any sort of routine around these little accidents, take her for an extra pee break around that time, maybe it’ll help. If it happens way too often, it might be worth discussing with a vet. She’s adorable, by the way!

Hello! I’m new and happy to be here. Excited to explore Lemmygrad 🤗