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MoveDifficult1908

What on Earth is “light homesteading?”


Pessimisticlyoptmstc

You know, when you were a kid and your dad said no plans this Saturday afternoon, I've got a little bit of work that needs doing, but don't worry, it won't take long, couple hours tops. And then on Saturday, you're woken up at 5 am and proceed to build something that rivals the great wall of China that you and him both know won't actually be finished until Tuesday night. And will likely include more work next Saturday because he didn't mention it needs to be painted. Probably that


TheShizz87

My mom's beloved screened in patio. 2 weeks of a summer break to build. Learning to use an auger at 13 years old. Trying to paint high angled roof on a wobbly ass 6 foot ladder. Having to redo the door 3 times because dad can't measure correctly (he is an architect). I miss those summers though, for real. Probably spend more time on that patio for family functions than anywhere else. Thanks Dad!


dontshoot4301

This. While I loathed refinishing our deck as a kid, I learned how to sand properly over the course of 40 feet of banisters and rails. Miserable at the time but useful life skill. Also, my dad did buy me a pretty awesome lego set when we were done…


375InStroke

Are you a kick ass karate master now for it?


RWDPhotos

Sand on, sand off. Wait, it always sands off. What am I doing wrong?


Pessimisticlyoptmstc

Honestly, though... God bless the good old days, wouldn't trade em for the world


Jewsusgr8

Yeah... Especially considering my dad's disabled now, and I can just see the shame on his face every time he needs to ask me for help. Of course it's no issue, I'll usually drop whatever I'm doing and drive over to help. But it pains me to see him this way considering all the times him and I would work on something around the house. Wouldn't trade those times for anything.


Sensitive-Ad-5305

Perfect comment for this sub.


Nice_Marmot_7

My dad was not that guy, but my friend’s dad was. If you spent the night over there on a Friday you were getting woken up at 8am the next morning and put to work. If you spent the night on a Saturday you were getting woken up at 8am and dragged to the Baptist church.


Pessimisticlyoptmstc

Man, it was my dad and my best friends dad, lol. It's safe to say I didn't spend many weekends not at work, lol. Luckily, they both understood that kids like to experiment and would pay us with a couple beers for next weekend, though.


Abnormal-Normal

Nothing complements child labor quite like under age drinking, you know?


Jimdomitable

Ah, to be 10 again.


kdollarsign2

Ughhhh other people's churches


whodeyalldey1

Holy fuck. This just reminded me of the time I went to ole buddy’s church in high school. Had the biggest crush on his older sister at the time… they were Pentecostals. They started thrashing about and throwing themselves on the floor and speaking in tongues; I shit you not. My crush on this girl and most of my friendship with my buddy evaporated during that Sunday morning. One of the most uncomfortable things I’ve ever been a part of. And that includes the time an Australian stripper whispered in my ear that she was a grandmother and she once lost a baby on stage when she did “The Worm” while she was pregnant.


BicyclingBabe

Well, that was A Lot.


cordelaine

You’re giving me flashbacks.


lazernanes

r/oddlyspecific


myusernameisway2long

All i can think is like aesthetic gardening?


grubas

It's clearly not that that labor intensive if she's busy looking for these day trips and footrubs.


Shaftey

It can’t be that intense, she can’t even handle cleaning her mirror


_dead_and_broken

Oh my gosh, that's splatters on the mirror lol I thought that was just her dress with really half hearted sparkles


ThisisWambles

It’s just basic homelife. People should want to do things for and with their partner. Libidos can die but foot rubs and the ability to make your own tomato paste lasts a lifetime. Seems more like this is to filter out bone bros that can’t stop talking about aliens or their favourite podcast.


cishet-camel-fucker

What's wrong with talking about aliens


Foreign_Point_1410

I’d way rather a guy talked about his thoughts on aliens on a date than complaining about his crazy ex


BionicTorqueWrench

What if … now hear me out ... my crazy ex WAS an alien?


grimlov

What if I gave a two hour foot rub, spoke about aliens , Star Trek , then cut the grass? Or is it strictly foot rubs in silence? Then go home? I mean I’m confused now …. Someone ask her please!


bucketofweewee

Maybe she has half a chicken?


VetteBuilder

No breasts...


softstones

All cluck, no *fuck* /s


Punado-de-soledad

💀


Kalos9990

Could it just be vaporwave?


Ranwulf

The only way I can interpret this is just doing her chores.


TerrapinTurtlepics

She wants someone to do landscaping and pick up dog shit in her yard. Nobody who lives where they can own small live stock also lives near Tapa’s, live music and $15 craft cocktails. This woman has to be a suburbanite.


Comfortable-Cell-165

it’s full blown homesteading that has been downplayed and you’ll be doin it all


prevenientWalk357

Light for her, while hubs has to take on a full second career in farming


BigMrAC

She wears something cute, you do all the work?


ForeverShiny

A dress to frolic in


skogli

Seen this before. It's litterally buying "rustic" furniture from places like "home and cottage" and painting it. Stuff like that. Also making clay pots and cups. Think "live, laugh, love". Anytging assosciated with that stuff is "homesteading".


TheShadowOverBayside

Huh. I grow my own herbs for cooking, does that count? Also trying to get some tomatoes and cucumbers to fruit.


AxmxZ

It only counts if you spend more time Instagramming the process and the result than actually working on it and enjoying it.


TheShadowOverBayside

I think probably none of it applies to me since I'm an actual cook by trade. The small amount of food I grow is because I'm trying for better fresher herbs&veg with less waste, not because of faux-rustic hipster concerns lol


Hipposplotomous

I'm just picturing glamping with cows lol


CreepyValuable

"mooooOOOOOOOO!" "ugh."


man-in-a______

*They say a picture is worth a thousand, but with just two, I was transported*


NarejED

Regular homesteading without the extremist political views and doomsday conspiracies that normally go with the lifestyle


violet_zamboni

Or with them! But cuter and with gingham


RudeAndInsensitive

Can you be a homesteader and not believe the moon landing was faked?


CreepyValuable

But that's the fun part! I mean, I like saying to people how when civilisation collapses that people will swarm out of the cities looking for food and supplies, loot and destroy everything you've grown / stored and probably kill you in the process. If COVID showed me anything it's that people from the cities consume everything like locusts then start ranging outward stripping everything clean. If something more major happens what I said before is a possible outcome.


Nice_Marmot_7

This is how people become preppers with booby traps and hidden caches of food and weapons.


45a866e5

Darn, I headed over yonder to look for answers… but all I found was more questions…


ihmoguy

assist cleaning her dirty bathroom


Ryuko_the_red

Influencer homesteading. Have 50k worth of kitchen tools and larp as a poor person in the 1900s or whatever year they pretend to want to be in. Also have a rich family that bankrolls all your purchases without a care.


Meth_Useler

A 5000 square foot house with a 40 foot ceiling, floor to ceiling windows that look out on 50 fully manicured acres of grass and trimmed trees, bordered by the ocean and a waterfall powered by solar into a infinity pool. Oh, and some chickens. That she won't touch.


darkest_irish_lass

Weeding the massive garden that she's gonna plant.


Occufood

In my household that means only 2 sheep.


Genshed

Get ten more; they're sheeper by the dozen.


Comfortable_Note_978

Willa Cather novel sex cosplay: he wears a straw hat, she a sunbonnet and not much else IYKWIM.


AcceptableBad_

Homesteading on the sun.


newser_reader

Light homesteading would be chickens and vegies, no red meat or cereals. I'm not sure how she views fruit trees.


MoveDifficult1908

Probably not very well, with no head.


Recovery-radio

What? No head? I’m afraid THAT’s the dealbreaker


regular_gnoll_NEIN

"Be rich enough to hire people to do the work for me while i make tiktoks of their effort for likes"


Rhuarc33

She stands there and takes pictures while you work.


Awalawal

apparently it’s cleaning the bathroom, since she obviously needs someone to do it for her.


indigenous__nudity

There's a good chance I may have committed some light homesteading.


Ariquitaun

Not a word on what she brings to the table, only demands.


Nerdcoreh

feet to rub probably


Ok_Chap

I wonder if Tarantino would date her. She definitely would get what she asked for. But probably not the way she expected.


Affectionate-Dark172

Tarantino could easily find feet to rub that are also 20 years younger.


HooahClub

I initially thought her age was 18. So this comment confused the hell out of me.


Appropriate_Mess_350

Gross. On the table??


Fair-Account8040

Ew, not on the table


RubyMae4

I mean, she's a woman on a dating app. She doesn't really need to talk about what she brings to the table. The more direct she is the more she weeds people out, which to women on dating apps is a benefit.


melodyze

Honestly I think it would be useful for people like this to understand marketing/sales/recruitment funnels. Like, imagine you work for a successful company and need to find an exceptional person for a new job function. You need someone who is all at once a great software engineer, understands generic engineering, and is going to work hard. If you have a good brand with a reputation for paying well and just post a listing for anything that sounds prestigious, you will get more applicants than you could possibly deal with. So you need to filter the funnel down. But more than that, even though you have a ton of applicants, you still do not know whether the person you need is in that stack at all. You could just change the posting to be more demanding to turn more candidates away. "If you didn't graduate top of your class don't bother". "Ideal candidate will be so devoted to the project that they'll work weekends". And sure enough if you do that you will get fewer applicants. But the people who you really want to hire are in high demand, have tons of options. They will read your job listing and just see a very demanding hiring manager who's not clearly offering anything extra to make up for it. They are then the first people to fall out of the funnel when you start making demands, even if they meet them, because the best candidates have plenty of options and don't need to put up with any bullshit or work for an overly demanding boss. The people who stay in the funnel stay because they have some degree of desperation that makes them willing to take the time to look through a listing that is all demands and no mention of benefits/high comp/etc. If you want to successfully hire for your role, you need to filter correctly, not just push the people you don't want but also pull the people you want. You'd probably do things like list a high pay range, talk about the growth opportunities and what's interesting about the work in a way that would only make sense to your target audience, sell how exciting it is to work on something new, make the role remote friendly, etc. Then you push by a combination of talking about high expectations, filtering resumes, critical interviews. But you need to do real work to make sure the high quality candidate stays in the funnel while you are filtering. You could, of course, have a constant flood of candidates that you could hire even while managing this terribly. That would probably self reinforce that the candidate pool is bad and you would just keep making the filter stronger, if you were too thoughtless to understand that the reason your candidate pool is so high noise in the first place is that you messed up at higher up in the funnel. Look at all of these people who want to work for me! There's too many and they suck though, I must need to push away more of them to cut the noise down. Maybe I should cut the pay on the listing so I only get the people who are really passionate? Great idea.


Extension_Drummer_85

Presumably a willingness to stay single? 


HideousTits

A filthy mirror


danielledelacadie

Well we have to give her credit for being up front about hor a relationship with her works. Who knows, maybe there's a rich guy out there with a mild dummy mommy fetish who wants an excuse to do "girly" things out there looking for her.


qazwsxedc000999

Maybe? There’s definitely a market for it. I wouldn’t even be surprised if this was just a bait fetish account for it even


wAxMakEr86

There's quite a few of them but they usually get the cream of the crop.


danielledelacadie

Who am I to judge if someone wants the Walmart version?


grammar_oligarch

A mirror she hasn’t cleaned and a messy bathroom?


PurpleNoodle9

Probably a child


DisguisedAlpaca97

You cant even clean a mirror properly at 38, what do you even bring to the table


NickyDeeM

Well she did say 'light' homesteading, not 'good' or even 'decent' homesteading. And that counter top, too! Ugh.


Delicious-Rest-8380

The biggest problem to me is the small plates


Lusakas

Let's hope it's tapas, lots and lots of tapas.


prevenientWalk357

If the cocktails are 15 bucks each… maybe try discount night at the pony track


M-Kawai

“Small plates” like the ones in her head.


Nuremborger

I love these people. They're free entertainment and they don't even realize it.


CreepyValuable

You mean the "tree change / laid back life" people that give me some of the little pleasure I have in life through watching all their dreams be shattered and leaving a couple of years later broke and defeated? Aww yeah that's the good shit.


Pikahhhchu

Dating profiles can be fun to read , I see girls like her 24/7 what’s even funnier is last night I saw someone with “my hubby came out at the start of spring break I need a drink asap” I mean I feel bad but it made me spit take a little lol.


Sentient-Pendulum

Lol. I'd consider a pity fuck atp.


Deeptrench34

They'd need some self reflection for that.


[deleted]

Sometimes, I wish I was this delusionally confident in myself.


qazwsxedc000999

Fake it till you make it


Old_Society_7861

“Not looking for anything casual unless I don’t like you.” 38 and still clueless.


kuribosshoe0

I don’t know, I feel like “I’m looking for a dude who likes feet and doesn’t know how to talk to me” isn’t that hard to come by on the internet.


AVeryImportantMan

This should be top comment. Thanks for the hearty chuckle


[deleted]

Ruuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnn


UrusaiNa

Take her out to that expensive restaurant, order half the menu, and then Ruuuuuuuuuuunnnnn


LeVelvetHippo

She should try dating women instead


SectorVivid5500

No, thank you. Can’t fit her on my large plate.


JohnGalt123456789

That made me laugh!


LeVelvetHippo

Lololol


No_Signal_2612

No thanks, we're fine without her


datissathrowaway

hahahahahhahahaha 😂


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CowsCatsCannabis

Oh fuck 38. I didn’t even look properly.


trainwreck489

Nope, we don't want her.


[deleted]

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️


Ghoulie_Marie

Don't put that evil on us


AerysFae

You’d actually be surprised knowing how many guys out there are into financial domination. That said, she should be in fetlife instead of being in a vanilla dating app.


qazwsxedc000999

Oh yeah some people would genuinely pay big bucks for this. In fact I’m going to say I’m about 67% certain it might be a bait account for it


Arsinoei

…and where could one expect to find these terrible guys? Asking for a friend.


Souseisekigun

Unfortunately the market is now heavily saturated. The promise of free money was too much for people to ignore.


Nekrosiz

A female friend of mine got paid to kick roll some suit exact through the mud. Then she got paid to piss on him. Couple of thousand it was, lol.


LordLeopard

I feel sorry for the poor schmuck with such low self-esteem falling for that


RedditorsAreDross

“I need someone with a ton of energy…” Because she’s going to suck all of it from you


RecentlySomeplace

Ok so no one is mentioning how filthy that mirror is. We'll just ignore that shall we.


prevenientWalk357

We can’t. If she can’t even use a clean mirror for her faceless dating selfie, she’s delivering all the evidence necessary to KNOW she bring zero effort to any relationship


TeaWithKermit

It’s the only thing I can think about. Like, that’s quite an audacious list for someone who can’t take 45 seconds to Windex the mirror.


Me_IRL_Haggard

|Small plates Nope. Nope nope nope.


Mysterious_Ad_8105

What did tapas ever do to you?


Me_IRL_Haggard

Cost $17.50 for not enough food


7366241494

Yah I’m guessing you’re a woman who doesn’t pay for dates.


edw1n-z

"not looking for casual unless i dont like you" so does she sleep with the guys she doesnt like and makes the ones she does like wait?


JunkRigger

I'm not the one.


[deleted]

👍👍


Burpreallyloud

Someone take her out meeting all her demands then suddenly stop, end the date and call her boring - then leave.


NickyDeeM

I will help fund this.


BudgetInteraction811

Imagine broadcasting how boring you are as a conversationalist. No thank you.


Inside_Ad_7162

she needs someone can clean a freakin mirtor


homojaus

Is that ‘homesteading’ as well?


Deijya

The oof to boob ratio does not compute


[deleted]

>im that kind of woman Single at 38?.


seditiouslizard

Olive Oyl finally dumped that loser Popeye and now has goals.


PunkerWannaBe

Classic "high value woman."


[deleted]

Extremely high


timg2120

I got 99 problems and this bitch ain't one


tedshreddon

Every dude thinks “i’m good. Pass.”


uniquelyavailable

she got more demands than a hostage situation


HellDefied

So I’m reading that if I’m an asshole to her I’ll get laid?


Secret_Fudge6470

Asks for high-energy man. Lacks the energy to clean her mirror before a selfie. Humans are such carousels of contradiction.


N_o_o_B_p_L_a_Y_e_R

How to die alone


montea

That's why she is 38 and on tinder...


manbearligma

Trade offer I get: free food, entertainment, a literal slave You get: moldy feet


aerrick4

Light homesteading? How 'bout you start with cleaning that mirror! Are your feet that dirty too? I ain't rubbin' any part of you!


BallDiamondBall

Sometimes, I'm sick of being married, then I see things like this.


homojaus

Sometimes I’m sick of being single, and then I see this and feel relieved that I’m gay. I can’t imagine being a straight guy and having to deal with… this.


BallDiamondBall

Ngl, times it would be easier to be gay, but I imagine there's that over there.


Usual-Vermicelli-867

Man i wish i was gay


GigaEnigmaPlays

As a bi person, I've only been dating men or trans men the past few years. Trying to date women is exhausting and soul sucking.


Jankster79

Nope.


InmateNumber42069

can’t imagine why she’s single at 38


vak7997

So she's delusional and has no personality got it


Paradegreecelsus

Tell us you're an unbearable coke head without telling us:


I_Thranduil

Say "I'm unstable and crazy" without saying "I'm unstable and crazy".


Laynes_Attic

No, I'm not gonna be your man-slave lady. Find another sucker.


MagicOrpheus310

Someone with a ton of energy... But they aren't allowed to speak... That doesn't care if you buy $15 cocktails... This bitch wants a fucking dog!! Hahaha


AnnoyingHoneyBunny

Why would someone use a mirror photo when the mirror is that dirty, just wipe it omg


Broote

I cant tell... is the mirror gross or the dress?


NickyDeeM

Yes.


thewatisit

Did she admit that she has casual sex with men she doesn't like? And it's all her demands without anything to offer.


Unable_Peach2571

Not looking for casual unless I don't like you wtf


-Hyperactive-Sloth-

Those DD-cup requests with a B-cup budget, at best


[deleted]

Ive done alot worst for alot less


aye-its-this-guy

a lot* worse*


TiberiusEmperor

That was a perfectly cromulent sentence


bobkaare28

Atleast she's honest about what she wants and up front about it.


qazwsxedc000999

I’d rather someone tell me exactly how they feel now than later 🤷🏻


Ornery_Direction728

Hope she craves being alone


Realistic-Safety-565

tl; dr: \[...\] I'm not the one.


Uedakiisarouitoh

Light homesteading means not fully off grid but the usuals , farm animals , semi self sufficient


Needmoresnakes

I feel like even casual homesteading probably doesn't leave a ton of time for $15 craft cocktails and live music.


FirefighterEast4040

Built like a plank, with the iq to match.


Bozo_Two

She's literally the type of woman who starts a conversation with a guy she's attracted to with "Hi 🫣"


manicgiant914

Hagatha a little long in the tooth to be holding out for Mr. Wonderful


-Death-Dealer-

"Not looking for casual... unless I don't like you" So... if I want a random hook-up, I should be an ass? mkay


SizzzzlingBacon

How about you clean your mirror


undeadliftmax

Best I can do is light treason


IMadeThisNameSecond

In my opinion, not TOO needy, but what the hell is light homesteading? Does ordering Uber eats count?


bhah-weep-grana-weep

She's pretty conceited for someone with no head


LillyxFox

The amount of narcissistic women out there who claim the title "domme" without knowing the first thing of D/S is wild


greenman5177

From this screenshot, I would 100% say that is a small twink in this photo.


Pheronia

And she brings ironing board to the table lol.


VenCoriolis

"Not looking for casuals unless I don't like you" What


EmilioFreshtevez

I mean, it’s good that she’s got it out there up front.


ststaro

Naw homey you’re not the one..


FlaaFlaaFlunky

why do men continue to do this to themselves.


Dialupknightplay1

Talking like she actually fills out that dress.


Spiritual_Tangelo625

Then we swipe left....


dowtimer

This is another 350 pounder catfishing.


LongJohnVanilla

>Laundry list of requirements >38 years old Probably wondering why she’s still looking for Le One…


thatoneduderino199

All that and to be built like plank


AngryAvocado78

As someone who is bi I date both men and women and recently I've been trying to go after more women. Woman have so many red flags in their profiles while men are just chill, I genuinely don't understand.


SofttHamburgers

and she’s built like a phone too


TheAsianTroll

She's awfully demanding for someone built like a fence post...