43 Strange Everyday Hacks People Swear By That Actually Make Life Easier

Seconded. Getting a good night's sleep is more important than spending the night in the same bed as your spouse.

If you have the space, then yes. I've also heard of married couples who, instead of moving in together maintain entirely separate homes. One couple I know even bought a duplex where they each have half.

I just started sleeping with ear plugs in. I'm a light sleeper, and whenever the husband or the dog snores, it wakes me up. Now with the ear plugs, outside noise doesn't bother me! I've slept so much better!

I'm sleeping in the other room when my wife is sick or snoring too loudly.

We have a daybed in the TV room. Sometimes I sleep in there if I stay up too late (hubs gets up at 0:dark 30 for work). Sometimes he sleeps in there if he's restless. It's not a comment on the state of our marriage, if anything, it's two people being considerate of one another.

Or when you're in a relationship. Nothing wrong with having your own interests.

I love doing things alone.

My wife and I each have a lot of different interests that we don't share with the other. We expect to do things alone some of the time.

Yeah... try to put sunscreen on your back cause it's amazing doing things alone.

Including sêx?

I have accidentally Pavloved my brain thinking that I must have a cup of cappuccino after showering 😅

I have a hairspray that I only use when going to parties, and now everytime I put it on I smell it and I immediately feel in the mood to party :)

The brain is remarkably easy to manipulate. That's why I don't believe things like the Illuminati or Bill Gates and the Jehovah's Witnesses are are colluding to manipulate us via vaccines (yes, that's a real thing a person I know actually believes). A huge conspiracy isn't needed to manipulate a whole group of people, just a few well-chosen words in a speech.

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I have a perfume that causes *reactions* ion my husband. Works 100% of the time.

I wished therapy was a socially acceptable thing when I was a teen. Some mental issues just do not heal over time. Only when one becomes old and one's memory of one's painful past vanishes will past pain be gone unless you get therapy.

There's a caveat here, though. If you're not willing to a) be completely and totally honest with your therapist and b) be willing to take some really good, hard, uncomfortable, and sometimes painful looks at your own behavior, therapy won't get you very far.

That reminds me of the guy that went to a psychiatrist. He said, "Doc I don't know what's wrong, but I can't seem to make any friends, nobody seems to like me, what's wrong with me? You fat b*****d!"

Therapy was hit or miss with me. Was telling a therapist the my then gf cheated on me with several of the football players. She told me to man up and her cheating was my fault. Second therapist I went to to curb my self-deletion desire heard that and grilled me for names and place the first one was at. She did not like hearing that one.

Europe does it, why are people in the US so astonished when they find out?

Best nights sleep I had with ex was in Germany. Two single mattresses but the base was a double and so were sheets. You can toss and turn but other person won’t feel it

Good idea.. not working for me. Got two blankets on the bed. One for each of us. I keep waking up without a blanket because hers don't have my smell.

I share my king size duvet on a double bed with 3 dogs. Bit of circling when they get in under the covers but they stay pretty still all night. Unfortunately Jasper's idea of getting up time is 4:30 in the morning. Don't mind in the summer but now it's darker for much longer I'm not so sanguine.

Worth a try!

I have read before that there is some science that backs up the fake it til you make it.

It only works if you smile with cheek muscle. I was never using those muscles to smile, and jt never worked to me. Since I strengthen those muscles and consciously started using them with a smile and I can feel the change.

Does a grimace work? I grimace every morning getting out of bed because everything hurts.

But I like the dramatic bang that comes when I slam the lid shut.

UNTIL - you go to your SILs house and just drop the lid. We try, really we do.

I actually have a toilet seat and lid that close slowly. There are times I startled myself with how loud the seat would bang down.

12 years for me. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

If you are an alcoholic, getting sober can change your whole life for the better.

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Fruit and cheese of almost any sort go together very well indeed. I'm surprised that anyone thinks it's unusual, TBH.

Fruits and cheeses, classic after dinner alternative to a sweet dessert, pears and Stilton, grapes and Brie, yummy, yum, yum

Apples (or grapes) cheese and crackers is one of my go to meals. I don't have to be a gourmet cook ALL the time.

Peel and core a granny smith apple, cut it into small pieces, put some cinnamon and light brown sugar on it, microwave it 2 minutes, then put it into your plain oatmeal.

I don’t like Granny Smith apples or cheese!! 🤣

or a water sprayer bottle plus normal toilet paper. And THAT you actually CAN flush!

A couple of years ago I discovered wet toilet paper - it's like baby wipes, but you can flush it. It disintegrates in water.

So you have to have a separate trash can with a liner and a lid if you wipe your butt with them.

I use large wipes that I get from amazon.com -Johnson's Baby Head-to-Toe Cleansing Cloths. They are huge and so cooling on your body. -They are great for mopping up sweat whether it's hot out or not.-- like after exercise or doing yard work. Don't use it on my face, but pretty much elsewhere-- neck, arms, legs, etc. I fling one over onto my back to help cool it down, too. Just dont flush these cloths!

I recently started Pilates and it increases body control and awareness, but is surprisingly challenging. I recommend it.

Works great, no need to mess with a slicer on a not-flat plate!

No. Just use a pizza slicer.