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[kittydesade]

There was some grammar here but I eated it.

bringen, brach - te, Peter brachte die Blumen nach Hause.
denken, dach - te, Jutta dachte an ihre Arbeit.
kennen, kann - te, Wir kannten ihre Chefin.
nennen, nann - te, Sie nannten das Kind nach dem Vater.
wissen, wuss - te, Du wusstest das schon, nicht?

1. Sie haben nur typische Rollen von Mann und Frau gekannt. Sie kannten nur typische Rollen von Mann und Frau.
2. Viele Frauen haben aber anders gedacht. Viele Frauen dachten aber anders.
3. Sie haben andere Ideen gehabt. Sie hatten andere Ideen.
4. Der Kinder haben oft so wie ihre Eltern gedacht. Der Kinder dachten oft so wie ihre Eltern.
5. Viele Frauen haben nur ihre Hausarbeit gekannt. Viele Frauen kannten nur ihre Hausarbeit.
6. Vom Berufsleben haben sie nur wenig gewusst. Vom Berufsleben wussten sie nur wenig.
7. Manche haben berufstätige Frauen "Rabenmütter" gennant. Manche nannten berufst&auuml;tige Frauen "Rabenmütter".
8. In vielen anderen Länden hat man schon mehr über Emanzipation gewusst. In vielen anderen Länden wusste man schon mehr über Emanzipation.


Tired. Pleased, rather, I did talk to Contractor Dude and he already talked to Feasibility Lady (apparently it's a Lady, I don't remember and can't be arsed to look it up) and explained how a bunch of the things they wanted listed in the bid already were listed in the bid, just not in those terms. Like how the ceiling that had "organic lifeforms" on it was actually being replaced, thereby solving the organic lifeforms problem. No more old ceiling, no more mold. Yes, sweetie, we thought of that. Move the fuck on.

Kind of back to being tired again, kind of not so much. Part of it being the head cold that kicked my ass over the weekend, part of it being the Yet More House Shit. Part of it being that I'm still dithering because I don't want to ask my family for more help. Don't wanna. Want to be an adult, dammit. She said, whining like a five year old. It's... demeaning isn't the word I want, it feels like a failure. That's what it is. Someone talk me out of my tree.

Everything else with the house is going well, though! Goddess willing we might even close this goddamn everlasting deal.

You know what else, while we're talking me out of things? Someone talk me out of working on this randomass Sandor Clegane fic (show based, not book based, I actually can't stand the books although the show makes me cackle with glee) that popped into my head over the weekend. I have no idea what the hell is going on in my head anymore. Although, okay, yes, he is kind of like Nameless's psychotic brother.

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[viridian]

Asking family for help is totally allowed. I don't know the exact nature of said help you'd be asking, but we actually ended up asking Ben's mom for a loan to cover, not anything with the house itself, but old credit card debt that we didn't want standing in the way of getting a decent loan for the house. And we've since paid most of it off, on a timely schedule, like adults. We had a contract written up and everything. I think we knew we could make it work without the help, but it was a HUGE relief to get it. Adults know when to ask for help even when it's not life-or-death.

Why don't you like the books? I loved the first three books more than the show, though I never read beyond that because of how DAMN long it takes the man to finish writing - by the time 4 came out, I forgot wtf happened!

[kittydesade]

Mostly in the nature of help us so we don't end up with 50$ left between the down payment and closing costs and the next paycheck. I guess we're in a similar position, where we can make it work without the help, but getting it would be awesome and a tremendous relief. Which is... something. No, you're right. It's not "being an adult" when I let pride and/or a misguided sense of being Superwoman get in the way of asking for help.

Mostly the writing style. I read about three or four chapters into the first book a year ago or so, and got bogged down in the way he writes. The descriptive prose, I think, more than the dialogue, but just in general it's definitely his writing style. It just grates on me. Which is a little weird, I actually expected to like it more than I did because he edited the Wild Cards series, which I love.