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This is the Fontana Del Porcellino in Florence, Italy. Tradition says you can place a coin in the boar's open mouth after rubbing its nose; if the coin washes down and falls through the bronze grating below the fountain, your wish will come true.

People in the video are stealing the coins before they have a chance to be washed down.

Every time we go out now it is so obvious how bad the cost of living has become. We took our two boys out for what should be a very cheap day - walk in the countryside, and impromptu lunch at a mediocre garden centre.

Total bill for outing: £43. HOW?!
Fuel for trip £10.
Pot of tea for 1 shared between 2
Tuna jacket potato shared with boys
A chicken pie shared with boys
£33

What should be a really cost effective outing is actually almost breaking the bank. Yes I know we could have made this a ‘free’ outing by walking from our house, taking a packed lunch etc. and we do that a lot, Infact most of the time, but that isn’t the point. An activity such as this should be manageable once a week or fortnight for most. We’re not taking about a pub or restaurant lunch, we’re talking about sub par basic garden centre food and a free activity.

EDIT: So many of you are illiterate fucks. Read the fucking post. We USUALLY walk close to our house, and take a packed lunch. And if you think this is free you are a dumb fucking cunt. IT COSTS MONEY TO MAKE THE PACKED LUNCH. I earn a good wage, I should be able to take my family out for a modest weekend activity and not worry about it too much.

SECOND EDIT: so many people saying this is a bargain. Have you all gone mad? We went for a walk in the countryside. This is a free activity (or supposed to be) and yet the end bill is £43. We split 2 meals 4 ways and ordered 1 drink. So many of you happy to pay £50 just to leave the house. This is insane. And those saying their parents generation ‘never ate out’ have been lied to royally.

THIRD EDIT: This has really blown up. I wasn’t looking for sympathy in the original post, I just felt like talking to real humans about what it’s like out there. My mistake. And I am sorry to those who were hurt by my bad language, but some of you deserved it im sure.

can’t believe the turnout was so huge on a cold day, but people really love cats. we partnered with a local cat rescue to raise funds for their work and had 18 stops through the neighborhood. cute cats and community. a perfect afternoon.

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This was years ago when I was 17 years old and the Scrub Mother (dishwasher). But I just wanted to share with you all what was one of the worst days of my life. That is butter. All of it. It’s all fucking butter. It’s all goddamned butter.

1. John Smith from Pocahontas (1995). The entire point of that movie is that people shouldn’t hate each other just because they are of different races, and Smith’s entire character arc is him learning that Native Americans aren’t as uncivilized as he thought. He’s voiced by Mel Gibson, who would go on to cause lots of controversy by making racist remarks.

2. Audrey from The Lorax (2012). Audrey wants to bring trees back to her hometown so the air can be fresh again, and she opposes a villain who wants to keep the air polluted so he can keep selling bottled air. She’s voiced by Taylor Swift, who has since become infamous for her frequent use of her private jets, which should be at least a bit annoying to anyone who likes breathing fresh air.

I got lucky with my first serious relationship. I met him after he moved to my city for work, and we really hit it off from the start. I'm a pretty shy person especially around the opposite gender but I felt pretty comfortable talking to him on our first date which happily surprised me. We seemed to have some common interests, although I will say he was more established in life for being just 4 years older than me.

during our relationship I felt really cared for. he would always make time for me and he always wanted to see me, he would offer to help if I sounded like I needed anything and even my family he met genuinely liked him and thought he was good for me!

we had only been dating for half a year before he began planning our future.

boyfriend: "Hey I have a question, when you get married do you want to have kids like immediately or just wait another year or 2? Because I would want to have 2-4 kids preferably before 30 or 32 at latest. That means you need to start at like 28 latest. Your age, not mine. And btw it's not a 'decade' it's 4 years dramatic"

me: "erm unless I get blessed with twins I still wouldn't want to be pregnant 4 years back to back and I told you I'm not even sure I want kids lol"

boyfriend: Would you wanna be a stay at home mom?

talking about the future wasn't the problem but I was always clear that I didn't have my whole life mapped out, I was still in school while he was a working professional. When he lays out these timelines and talks about my age as a ticking time bomb, i felt this urgency to make up my mind about a future I was still exploring.

he also often thought he knew what was better for me, or that I would come around to his way of thinking when I'm older. not just huge life decisions, even mundane examples like on our trip to meet my family he insisted on navigating an airport I had been to many times. It took us forever to find them.

When I had a gyno appt he insisted he come too bc we were 'involved' despite me saying I would rather go alone.

I've also lived in this city he just moved to for 15 years and he never took my driving advice, even pettier he wouldn't give me aux and his music sucks

And then the damn cruise. he started talking about going on a cruise, oh cool have fun!

oh with me?

I have zero interest in being in a water jail for days on end im actually very strongly against going on one, but thanks for the offer!

if only it ended there. he would not stop talking about wanting to me to go on this cruise, he would even 'joke' that he'll just book it so I have to go and to get my passport ready, or guilt trip me about making him go alone. I was genuinely getting frustrated but I also knew it was about more than just the cruise.

It made me reconsider the entire relationship, and after much reflection I decided the best course of action was the break up, for both our sakes, which he did not agree with. He pleaded with me to reconsider, and to realize I will eventually see how this relationship was best for me. He tried in many ways to convince me to stay.

he had this particular life imagined for us, but I was realizing it's really his dream and that left no room for me to explore what I truly wanted.

the breakup made me very sad and lonely, of course I still liked him, his attentive nature, his optimism in many situations. sometimes I do wonder if I would've come around like he said, but I didn't have the space to figure it out.

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