Can anybody remind me why cutting is not a good idea?

((((((((ErinBear)))))))))

Your list applies to me very much, and thanks for caring about me too.

((((((((((emwell))))))))))))))

Hi Rapunzel,

Sorry to read about all the various stresses. If your husband doesn't want to put up a clothesline, there may be other options depending on your budget. I use a wooden clothes-drying rack which I bought at a discount store - it was cheap (I'm on a limited income so it couldn't have been much...I think it was maybe $5 but it's been a few years since I got it so I'm not sure). Anyway, it does great! I can put a whole load of laundry on it, and it folds flat inbetween laundry days and can fit in a surprisingly small space. You wouldn't have to ask your husband to instlal anything! I also hang clothes on hangers in the restroom when the shower is not in use, if I only have a few things to dry, and they're usually dry in a few hours, or at least by the next morning. So that's an alternative to the laundromat if your washer is working. Sometimes I wash things at my apartment complex, and then airdry them to save a bit of money...or I airdry the delicate things like sweaters too.

I also think you're being a bit hard on yourself....going for over 7 weeks without cutting is a big achievement, right there, and I hoep you'll keep going! Even if you still have ways you want to improve in other areas of your life, I hope you will still keep working on staying free of cutting, and maybe somehow you can allow yourself to feel good about it somehow,because I think that's great! ((((Rapunzel)))) hugs if okay

Thinkings of you,
ErinBear

Thanks ((((((ErinBear)))))))). That clothes drying rack sounds really good. I do the other things you mentioned. It works for me, but apparently isn't good enough for the rest of the family.

I'm still up and down today. DH came home from work at lunchtime, still grumpy, and tied a rope to the back deck and the tree in the back yard. Then he announced that he's giving up all of his activities and hobbies and pastimes since we don't have money. I told him he doesn't have to give up everything (he does that periodically, and months or years later he'll throw it in my face, "I gave up everything I wanted for you!"). He says he does things all or nothing, and that's the way it is. I had taken a bath right before he got home, and was going to brush my hair, but I was freezing cold (with wool socks and a sweater and all that stuff), so I got in bed, and slept for like 4 hours I think. Tried a few times to get up, but never got very far. Now I've wasted my only day off this week.