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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
I'm no good at...
What is something you are "infamous" for?
I am no good at surprises. If it's a surprise someone else is planning, I have no problem. If it's a surprise I am planning, I get so excited I want to share early. This goes for giving gifts, too. H's birthday is the 30th. I strategically tried to order his present so that it would show up right before his birthday. No dice, it showed up today. It's sitting under my desk in it;s box. I've already asked him twice to open it. He, on the other hand, plans his surprises for weeks and is much better at this. So, he refuses to open it until his birthday. The waiting is killing me...
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Re: I'm no good at...
I'm great at giving advice; its like second nature to me. I'm not good at taking my own advice all the time. I know exactly what I would tell them I think they should do or whatever, but I question myself and have to analyze every.single.aspect of whether or not I should do/not do something. It drives me bonkers. I've been better (though not perfect) at doing what my gut instinct is and what I would tell someone else in a similar situation to do.
I'm also bad at buying something for myself. I spend sometimes up to a 1/2 hour wandering around the store trying to rationalize why I should buy it. Why I deserve it. And I can't tell you how many times I've made the plunge, bought something, and then a few days later I end up returning it out of guilt. H got hip to my scheme shortly after we started dating and now waits until I leave the items in a room and walk away. Then he immediately take the tags off everything I buy, holds the receipt ransom, and makes it impossible for me to take the stuff back.
That's great. I am not good at buying things for myself for the same reasons. Decision making in general is hard for me...partly because most things (such as where to go to eat) I just don't really care. Other times because I over analyze and play the "what if..." or "which is better..." game. Grocery shopping is a nightmare when I go to a store that doesn't carr my go-to items. I hate buying store brand (because spending less is better, so I always try this first) and then it sucking! but rationalizing full cost is so hard!
Ironically, the easiest decisions in my life have been: where to go to college, what car to buy, which type of puppy and specific one from the litter I wanted, and what house to buy.
I suck at small, unimportant decision making. I bought a car without even sleeping on it. I picked my apartment quickly. I chose my school and changed my major 5 times (and once in grad school) without taking the time to blink. Put a restaurant menu in front of me or ask what movie I want to watch, and I'll agonize about it like the fate of the world is on my shoulders. Drives H nuts.
And I'm no good at being subtle. I pretty much blurt things out as I see them. I've learned to do it, when necessary, with my clients (although I have some with whom bluntness is more effective) but with anyone else I'll pretty much say what I'm thinking even if it's not the most tactful thing to say.