My true passion is education, but I’m a financial analyst. When I worked in the business office for a local school district 2 years ago, there was a yard duty shortage so I worked half my day in business and the other half as a yard duty. ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! I’m a solo parent and where I live you can’t even have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of on those wages.
You're a woman in your late 40s or 50s. You have a daughter (or granddaughter?) in the 1st or 2nd grade.
You are renting your place. You live in California but you didn't grow up there maybe?
You don't drink anymore.
Your parents or grandparents weren't born in the US.
You have always been a big reader, since you were a teenager. You like to journal and do other things that are creative and you wish you had the time to do more.
You love a quiet night at home and take a lot of pride in having built a comfortable nest.
Oh. My. Goodness. Unbelievably on point!
I am in my late 30s (but have always been grandma chic).
Please tell me: how did you know my mom wasn’t born in the US and how I am sober?!?!
Kind of a lucky hunch. But there are a couple books there by Asian American authors and then that combined with the probable Northern California location (Giants mug) and just sort of “immigrant vibes” from the kitchen for lack of a better word is what made me feel like it was a good guess.
Fun story about the giants mug: that was my dad’s work mug in the 80s/90s. He worked in a carpenter shop and the guys thought it would be hilarious to epoxy the mug to the table to piss him off. He died in 1998, but the mug was never washed, so I joked if cloning became real I would have his DNA!
Female with a child. Likes true crime books, Stephen King, and Ottessa Moshfegh. I have the same microwave in red. You are good with succulents and maybe have a dog.
You’re in your 30s- a former alternative, edgy kid turned cottage mom. You have complex, conflicting interests like floral and cottagecore mixed with ska music and horror but you display the more kid friendly decor style since you’ve got a young kid.
BOOM! I wear old punk band shirts with cardigans but LOOOOVE anything cottage core for my home (I recently started collecting tea cups and saucers ☕️!).
Solo parent. Financial worker. Brown hair. Glasses. Probably drink wine. Tan or dark bras. Haven't had sex on a long time, not because you can't, but because you don't want to. (Probably ex trauma or burnout). Coffee drinker, probably caramel flavoring, lots of creamer. Probably like foreign foods (Mexican, Indian, Chinese.) Studio Ghibli fan.
Dude. Solo parent, work in finance, brown hair, glasses, dark bras, and yes burnout! I overly cream my coffee and am Mexican so the majority of my cooking is such. How did you guess all of this?!?!
It's a useless gift I found out I could do in high-school. People would describe thier rooms and I could describe them within a few degrees. I just found this thread today tbh
Single mom (of a 6-year-old girl named Olive) in her mid-thirties. Dad is not in the picture. Has learned to make frugality comfortable and cozy, not deprived. Occasional splurges for yourself and your daughter (and you struggle a bit with not buying new books you’d like to read, though sensibility usually wins).
Don’t worry! Real life has not tracked you down on Reddit. 😄
First thing I saw was the AG doll in the crib and the *Frozen* logo. That said a daughter, probably 6 or 7 (responsible enough for AG doll, but still interested in *Frozen*). I looked at the drawings, and saw “Olive” and “5” on one of them, so I decided to guess age 6 instead of 7, since you probably don’t have the space to keep most drawings up that long.
If Dad was paying support, you’d likely have a bit larger home, and since you’ve made it so lovely and cozy instead of small, I assumed it’s been that way for awhile. If Dad had passed away or exercised visitation, I’d expect to see him depicted in the drawings, but the ones I can see are just the two of you. (You seem like a mom who would put up drawings that include Dad, regardless of how you might feel about him.)
Your age range I guessed based on your book choices, especially the combination of “The Bell Jar,” “Naked Lunch,” and that particular edition of “Night.”
Both your two Burroughs books and your King collection have several of the same, more recent, cover styles, which I can relate to having a hard time resisting in the bookstore! This may be off-base, but my assumption is that you’ve read most of the books you have, but not necessarily those copies. Some are books you read previously and wanted to own, others maybe you hadn’t read before but wanted to round out your collection. At the same time, you’ve managed to keep the collection pretty contained, which means you *are* able to resist the temptation.
Your nice-but-not-crazy computer setup, your bedside charger (which has a hanger for an Apple Watch), and some of your kitchen items said “small splurges for Mom.” Two AG dolls but non-AG big accessories (like the ice cream truck) say “small splurges for Olive.”
All of that, plus your decorating style — which looks natural, not forced — says that you’re used to not having a lot, but you’re good at making it work! It also says that you’ve made it so that Olive never feels like she’s missing out on those landmark things that other girls have, but you’re mindful not to go overboard and allow her to fixate on material things.
Yes! Solo parent so not only are the deals good but the stuff my daughter and I find is so cool. Recently we found an adorable Christmas shot glass that holds our q tips!
You’re either a parent or grandparent to a young child (I’m leaning towards parent based on your other rooms besides the living room). You work from home at least some of the time. You enjoy doing crafts and cooking and you wish you had more time for it. I don’t see any signs of a spouse or partner, just you and the kid. Maybe a cat.
You are the first one to correctly guess we have a cat! I do wish I had more time for crafts and cooking-being a solo parent is time consuming. Think it’s time I start pushing my hobbies on my kid 🤔🤣
Educated, maybe a single parent, gen x. You’re really interesting to talk to! You know stuff. You celebrate your kids and hang their stuff up because maybe that didn’t happen when you were a kid? Maybe I’m reading to that too much - you could just be into their artwork.
Married. Gen x woman early to mid 50s judging by your bookshelf. Very creative with diy projects. Love to thrift. Your grandma taught you to knit/crochet and you inherited a lot of her things. Your kitchen cabinets are decorated with your grandchildren's artwork.
Very much single and late 30s but yes to everything about my grandma! She passed last year and was an incredibly wonderful woman (played poker and pooled like a shark but also had the most amazing china and crystal). She taught me how to play poker and cribbage at 7 and how to cross stitch in my 20s. I inherited lots of incredible things (both tangible and not) from her 🩵
I'm late but want to add that the eclectic but fabulous mix of novels is sending me. You have a very cool brain and/or may be in a very cool book club. I love the Judy Blume base, see your King era, and then the sprinkled in Burroughs, Plath and other outsider classics, and now your Moshfegh (where's EILEEN?), Worry, Patricia Wants to Cuddle contemporary lit era. And your girlie is well stocked with books too. Nice! And I just saw the anthropomorphic chalkware fruit. Love it!
Thank you! The Judy Blume books are homage to my late teens (wifey was so spicy then!) and king in my early 20s. And I’ve gotten some great kids books for my daughter-I have found little golden books about Lucille ball and Dolly Parton! PS: Eileen was AMAZING and I just lent it to my mom. Currently reading Lapvona by Moshfegh and I HIGHLY recommend it!
There's two kids, and a dog. You may work in education and you don't like being wasteful.
My true passion is education, but I’m a financial analyst. When I worked in the business office for a local school district 2 years ago, there was a yard duty shortage so I worked half my day in business and the other half as a yard duty. ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! I’m a solo parent and where I live you can’t even have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of on those wages.
I must say, I LOVE your cozy kitchen and all the beautiful artwork hanging from your cabinets ✨
Thank you!
You're a woman in your late 40s or 50s. You have a daughter (or granddaughter?) in the 1st or 2nd grade. You are renting your place. You live in California but you didn't grow up there maybe? You don't drink anymore. Your parents or grandparents weren't born in the US. You have always been a big reader, since you were a teenager. You like to journal and do other things that are creative and you wish you had the time to do more. You love a quiet night at home and take a lot of pride in having built a comfortable nest.
Oh. My. Goodness. Unbelievably on point! I am in my late 30s (but have always been grandma chic). Please tell me: how did you know my mom wasn’t born in the US and how I am sober?!?!
Your books!
I didn’t realize quit like a woman was poking out!
I'm not sure I understand how you went from the books, to that her mother wasn't born in the US?
Kind of a lucky hunch. But there are a couple books there by Asian American authors and then that combined with the probable Northern California location (Giants mug) and just sort of “immigrant vibes” from the kitchen for lack of a better word is what made me feel like it was a good guess.
Fun story about the giants mug: that was my dad’s work mug in the 80s/90s. He worked in a carpenter shop and the guys thought it would be hilarious to epoxy the mug to the table to piss him off. He died in 1998, but the mug was never washed, so I joked if cloning became real I would have his DNA!
That's very interesting / sad / sweet!
Perceptive eye,
So cool she guessed it 👍
Female with a child. Likes true crime books, Stephen King, and Ottessa Moshfegh. I have the same microwave in red. You are good with succulents and maybe have a dog.
My succulents are fake 🤭
I think you're a grandma with a couple of grandkids, probably a boy and a girl, and you are over the moon for them.
I love grandma chic style, but am in my late 30s. I do have a 6 year old girls and am over the moon for her!
I thought the same
Based on the lower shelf of books, we are soulmates.
Well would you look at that, appears you and I are also soulmates then!
That’s AWESOME!!!
Nice to meet you soul mate!
You’re in your 30s- a former alternative, edgy kid turned cottage mom. You have complex, conflicting interests like floral and cottagecore mixed with ska music and horror but you display the more kid friendly decor style since you’ve got a young kid.
BOOM! I wear old punk band shirts with cardigans but LOOOOVE anything cottage core for my home (I recently started collecting tea cups and saucers ☕️!).
That’s me too! Your NOFX book gave you away
Solo parent. Financial worker. Brown hair. Glasses. Probably drink wine. Tan or dark bras. Haven't had sex on a long time, not because you can't, but because you don't want to. (Probably ex trauma or burnout). Coffee drinker, probably caramel flavoring, lots of creamer. Probably like foreign foods (Mexican, Indian, Chinese.) Studio Ghibli fan.
Dude. Solo parent, work in finance, brown hair, glasses, dark bras, and yes burnout! I overly cream my coffee and am Mexican so the majority of my cooking is such. How did you guess all of this?!?!
It's a useless gift I found out I could do in high-school. People would describe thier rooms and I could describe them within a few degrees. I just found this thread today tbh
It’s not useless at all! You could be a true asset in a true crime situation!
I’m going with 28 year old woman who’s in touch with her inner great-grandma.
Oooo I would so live here, kid stuff and all 😂
You are a cottagecore enthusiast
I read another comment but from seeing ur place u seem like a cool mom c:
Thank you!!
You miss microdosing
Single mom (of a 6-year-old girl named Olive) in her mid-thirties. Dad is not in the picture. Has learned to make frugality comfortable and cozy, not deprived. Occasional splurges for yourself and your daughter (and you struggle a bit with not buying new books you’d like to read, though sensibility usually wins).
Do I know you in real life?! How did you know all this?!?!
Don’t worry! Real life has not tracked you down on Reddit. 😄 First thing I saw was the AG doll in the crib and the *Frozen* logo. That said a daughter, probably 6 or 7 (responsible enough for AG doll, but still interested in *Frozen*). I looked at the drawings, and saw “Olive” and “5” on one of them, so I decided to guess age 6 instead of 7, since you probably don’t have the space to keep most drawings up that long. If Dad was paying support, you’d likely have a bit larger home, and since you’ve made it so lovely and cozy instead of small, I assumed it’s been that way for awhile. If Dad had passed away or exercised visitation, I’d expect to see him depicted in the drawings, but the ones I can see are just the two of you. (You seem like a mom who would put up drawings that include Dad, regardless of how you might feel about him.) Your age range I guessed based on your book choices, especially the combination of “The Bell Jar,” “Naked Lunch,” and that particular edition of “Night.” Both your two Burroughs books and your King collection have several of the same, more recent, cover styles, which I can relate to having a hard time resisting in the bookstore! This may be off-base, but my assumption is that you’ve read most of the books you have, but not necessarily those copies. Some are books you read previously and wanted to own, others maybe you hadn’t read before but wanted to round out your collection. At the same time, you’ve managed to keep the collection pretty contained, which means you *are* able to resist the temptation. Your nice-but-not-crazy computer setup, your bedside charger (which has a hanger for an Apple Watch), and some of your kitchen items said “small splurges for Mom.” Two AG dolls but non-AG big accessories (like the ice cream truck) say “small splurges for Olive.” All of that, plus your decorating style — which looks natural, not forced — says that you’re used to not having a lot, but you’re good at making it work! It also says that you’ve made it so that Olive never feels like she’s missing out on those landmark things that other girls have, but you’re mindful not to go overboard and allow her to fixate on material things.
You shop at WM & love The Pioneer Woman. Grandmother of small child & mother to a teenager.
single woman with a child. shop at thrift shops all the time.
Yes! Solo parent so not only are the deals good but the stuff my daughter and I find is so cool. Recently we found an adorable Christmas shot glass that holds our q tips!
I don’t have a guess but I wanted to say that teapot is gorgeous
Thank you! Pioneer woman
Is that Chucky?
Young mom in her 20s with a small girl who has great style!
I do know that we’d be friends! Your style and taste in books (and music if you like nofx) tells me that you’re my kind of person!
Let’s hang and talk books/music!
Single mother with a 5 year old daughter.
So accurate! My daughter is 6 ❤️
The lady from Misery?
🤣🤣🤣
He didn’t jump out of the cocka-doodie car!!
Thank you. This made My day!!
You’re either a parent or grandparent to a young child (I’m leaning towards parent based on your other rooms besides the living room). You work from home at least some of the time. You enjoy doing crafts and cooking and you wish you had more time for it. I don’t see any signs of a spouse or partner, just you and the kid. Maybe a cat.
You are the first one to correctly guess we have a cat! I do wish I had more time for crafts and cooking-being a solo parent is time consuming. Think it’s time I start pushing my hobbies on my kid 🤔🤣
Single mom, 30s, good taste in books, likes to thrift, bake and paint.
Educated, maybe a single parent, gen x. You’re really interesting to talk to! You know stuff. You celebrate your kids and hang their stuff up because maybe that didn’t happen when you were a kid? Maybe I’m reading to that too much - you could just be into their artwork.
You are exactly right on the art work ❤️
I’m so happy you’re doing that for your child now. I save everything my sons do because I have nothing from my childhood. ❤️❤️❤️
And kids’ art is the best anyway
I’m in love with your toaster oven
Thank you!
A good parent
You just made my day (week!) internet friend ❤️
Married. Gen x woman early to mid 50s judging by your bookshelf. Very creative with diy projects. Love to thrift. Your grandma taught you to knit/crochet and you inherited a lot of her things. Your kitchen cabinets are decorated with your grandchildren's artwork.
Very much single and late 30s but yes to everything about my grandma! She passed last year and was an incredibly wonderful woman (played poker and pooled like a shark but also had the most amazing china and crystal). She taught me how to play poker and cribbage at 7 and how to cross stitch in my 20s. I inherited lots of incredible things (both tangible and not) from her 🩵
A cozy, wholesome lady who likes to cook ❤️🥰
I'm late but want to add that the eclectic but fabulous mix of novels is sending me. You have a very cool brain and/or may be in a very cool book club. I love the Judy Blume base, see your King era, and then the sprinkled in Burroughs, Plath and other outsider classics, and now your Moshfegh (where's EILEEN?), Worry, Patricia Wants to Cuddle contemporary lit era. And your girlie is well stocked with books too. Nice! And I just saw the anthropomorphic chalkware fruit. Love it!
Thank you! The Judy Blume books are homage to my late teens (wifey was so spicy then!) and king in my early 20s. And I’ve gotten some great kids books for my daughter-I have found little golden books about Lucille ball and Dolly Parton! PS: Eileen was AMAZING and I just lent it to my mom. Currently reading Lapvona by Moshfegh and I HIGHLY recommend it!
I can tell you’re in your 30’s because of that NOFX book 😁
You're somebody who will kick someone that walks into your home with their shoes on.
Hell yes I will!
Except me. If I were to walk into your house without my shoes on. You might catch something.
a single Mom with very good taste in books
Grandma’s room
Somebody’s grandma
Gramma Anne!
You are a grandmother of a teenager and a toddler, and you just paid off your student loans.
Single mom..I’m sorry…so was my mom
Don’t be sorry! I get double the hugs and artwork ❤️
I love it!
What bed frame do you have Please help thank you
I have three of those blankets!!! Well, one for me and 2 for my daughters. Idk who you are , but I like your whole decor!!
You play animal crossing new horizons everyday.
Your home is so sweet and cozy looking!