*** This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below! ***
Good news – the prize pot is now up to over $500! Even better news (at least for one lucky person) random.org has selected our winner as… Karina (who notes that both teaching and learning to share is hard, just ask her kiddos). Congrats Karina!
As we mentioned last week along with our curator collection, Joss & Main offers small referral fees in the form of store credit to anyone who refers someone who makes a purchase, but we wanted to pay those forward. So instead of accepting the referral fees, we saved all of those credits up in a separate “gift account” so we could dish ‘em out in a big fat giveaway for one lucky reader this week. Oh and Joss & Main kindly donated $100 to get things rolling (and to ensure that we didn’t have nada to give away if no one signed up, haha). But guess what? It earned over $300 worth of referral credits! So if you add in the $100 from Joss & Main, the prize pot is up to over $400 for one lucky winner to spend on whatever they’d like!
- PRIZE: Ownership of the special Joss & Main referral account that we’ve set up, which has an account credit of $430!
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “SHARE ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … a funny / touching / harrowing sharing story. Maybe about the time you had to share a hotel room with your boss on a business trip? Or the challenges of teaching your kids to share? Or a memory of when you and your siblings shared a bathroom / car / wardrobe growing up?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, April 4th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The lower 48 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Joss & Main.
Julia @ Chris loves Julia says
SHARE ME! I grew up with 4 sisters (no brothers), so our 1930’s red brick, Pittsburgh home was overrun with girls and with all those girls, as long as my dad wasn’t home, privacy was pretty much thrown out the window. The two bathrooms upstairs shared a shower/tub in the middle that would open on both sides. When we were little and two of us had to use the bathroom at the same time, we would run for either bathroom, open the doors and talk. How weird were we!? hahahaha
Andrea Masterson says
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Blanca says
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My husband and I decided to sell our house at a loss so I could stay home with my daughter. There’s not much to do in an apartment so I get my DYI fix from you guys!!!
Chelsea Davis says
SHARE ME! My husband and I share a hairbrush. I have long red hair and my husband has short brown hair. Needless to say, he ends up with long red strands on the back of his shirt! LOL I find it sooo funny!
Laura says
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There was a time in high school when I was at cross country camp (I know, super lame – spend a whole week running and training) and a bunch of us wanted to go jump in the lake after a long run. There was only one car, though – my friend Hope’s little shadow. So I ended up sharing the front seat with two guys I’d just met….all of us in our lovely sweaty we-just-ran-10-miles state.
Ami says
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My boss decided to share his love for drag shows and White Castle on my first business trip. I loved the drag show but thought White Castle was icky. I still love my boss for showing me you can don’t have to stop being yourself just becuase you are a grown up!
JessG says
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Chrissy Cunningham says
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My two older sisters (who are twins) and I used to have to share the backseat of a sedan on family road trips, even really long ones. They would tickle me and otherwise provoke laughter and shrieking until my parents had had enough and would make me sit on my mom’s lap in the front seat. Uncomfortable. They only admitted to this sneaky tactic a couple of years ago – and all this time I just thought I was really fun to play with on road trips! Womp womp.
Alison says
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Trying to teach our 15 month old all about sharing now…not going so well so far.
Lisa L says
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My dad didn’t want a dog while I was growing up so we conveniently arranged to “share” one with another family :) Oh how I miss Jude
Georgia says
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When my 4 kids were little, i used to put them all in the bath together.
Emily says
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I work in cubicle world, and the conversations I overhear range from hilarious to TMI. Today I heard: “Who gives this woman to be joined with this man?” “Her mother and I and the Green Bay Packers.” What in the world???
Christina says
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I once had to share one bathroom with four female roommates my sophomore year at college. I can’t even count the number of times one of them would leave a curling iron plugged in accidentally for an entire day. Luckily, the house never burned down. Incidentally, I never lived with women again!
Sara says
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Growing up, my sister thought it was appropriate to share all of my clothing while withholding all of hers. Luckily, I taught her the error of her ways. :)
Jenny says
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J says
SHARE ME! Living with my fiance leads to all sorts of sharing issues. My favorite things to share are oversized pajamas.
Mandi says
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I just spent the weekend on a girl’s trip with my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, an aunt, and a cousin… One hotel room. One bathroom. I almost saw my mother-in-law naked. I think we’ve shared quite enough, now…
Amy says
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kelsey says
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I hate to share yummy food, something I seemed to have passed on to my 4 year old son who will yell out (a la Joey Tribiani) “Shawn doesn’t share food!”
Firesparx says
SHARE ME! As kids, my brother and I used to share the back part of the family station wagon during long trips (no seat belts or car seats…the horror!) Good times were had playing games and checking out the scenery. It was one of the few times we actually got along.
Heather A says
Share Me…When I was teaching 5th grade, my one of my students had a birthday party and asked for me to share a ride to NYC in a limo with all of the girls in our class, get our nails done and go out to dinner!
Corrie says
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When I was a little kid, my dad’s side of the family had a cabin that he and his siblings (and their families) would take turns staying at in the summer. I remember there being a sign in the basement bathroom saying “Save water, shower with a friend.” There was almost always a giant spider waiting in there, which ssemed to bring new meaning to the sign.
Jen says
Share me! I had to share a hotel room bed with my husband’s grandma (before we were married) – fun times!
Alexis says
Share me! My sister and I shared a bedroom and hated it growing up … now we couldn’t be closer!
Nicole says
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What a great giveaway!
I just shared a batch of homemade cupcakes with my co-workers, does that count? :)
Anna says
Share me :) As soon as you asked for a story, all brilliance or even anything slightly clever left my mind and all I can think about is the white fudge chocolate chunk cookie I’m eating. Yes it is as good as it sounds :)
Kara says
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Lindsay says
SHARE ME: I shared 2 bathrooms with 50 girls in a sorority house in college. It is the reason why I love and appreciate having my own house/room/bathroom to this day.
Lauren says
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I shared your site with my friend and she loved it ;)
Christine H. says
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When I was in college, I studied abroad in Italy. During one of the trips with my friends, there was a mix up in our room and four girls had to share one bed! Because we didn’t speak Italian, there was no way we could fix our problem, and ended up sharing the same bed for four days in a row. But it was a blast!
Patee says
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This is random but when I was a kid and AOL had just come out (the start of e-mail, AIM, etc.) my parents didn’t want my brother or I to be on the interent but we finally convinced them to let us share an account, as long as they could be strict parental controls on it, of course. So for the first few formative years of my adolescent life, I had to share an AOL account with my younger brother, whose name is Matt – [email protected]. It was sooooo embarrassing, at the time!
Tori says
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My mom likes to “share” shoes, but unfortunately her feet are wider than mine, so she nows owns any of my shoes that she has borrowed.
Megan H. says
SHARE ME! I shared a room with my little sister growing up. We argued a lot, but the experience made it easier to transition to having a roommate in college!
Pamela says
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Oddest moment?? Hmm, running into my ex-bf’s parents (whom I got along with very well) with my in-laws last year while watching the LA Marathon. It was bound to happen … they live 2 blocks from each other (and I, on the other hand, do not live anywhere near there and didn’t grow up with them or anything!).
Deanna says
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I work for an elected official who had received over a thousand emails supporting a new law. I worked all day on the reply and at 4:55, I sent his reply out. EXCEPT, in my rush to leave, I put the emails in the TO: field, rather than BLIND COPY: All 1,000 emails were visible to everyone. You won’t believe the rain of horrified emails we received.
I blamed the intern. :)
Chris says
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Nicole says
Share me! When I was 12 and my brother was 10 we took a family trip to Orlando to go to Disney World. The day after we arrived my brother came down with the chicken pox. I had to share a bed with him and I remember rolling as far away from him as I an and facing the other way in an effort to avoid catching his chicken pox. It didn’t work!
Ariel says
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The other night I guess I was dreaming and I started screaming “Oh my god, oh my god…there’s a pig!” My husband had to gently reassure my in my half-awake state that there was not in fact a pig in our bedroom.
Lianne says
SHARE ME! I “shared” my wardrobe with my older sister for so many years, and while we live far away now, we’re still sharing our things — this time maternity wear!
Dee Hutchings says
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Katherine M. says
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Kelly Dyer says
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Last Thanksgiving was our first road trip to Nana and Grampie’s house with three kids. (3,2 and 10 months.) We all shared a hotel room on the first night. My husband slept in the bed with my oldest daughter, I wrangled my 2 year old son in the other bed and my baby had a crib all to herself.
It was a long night.
Jennifer Howell says
Share me! I once traveled with a boyfriend and his family to Las Vegas…my luggage got lost and I had to share clothes with his mother (even a nightgown!!!). Thanks for sharing the credits.
Katie Nelson says
SHARE ME! My baby thinks its fun to share his slimy cheerios with me and then take them back. Not sure if that is what you meant for a story, but its cute.
Alyson says
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I had to share a bathroom with my sister growing up. I should call her the hair monster, b/c she was constantly shedding and not cleaning up after herself. I’m a blonde and shes a brunette, it was pretty obvious who was leaving the mess!
Jen @ The Well Read Fish says
Share Me. Argh. I am certain I have some brilliant stories. . . but can’t think of a single one.
Val VR says
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After noticing my toothbrush was wet a few times before I had brushed my teeth, I asked my sister (with whom I shared the bathroom), “Do you know why my toothbrush is always wet before I use it?”. She replied “Because that’s my toothbrush!”. Nothing like a little saliva shared between sisters…
Kimberly says
Share me! I shared a bedroom for my entire childhood. It wasn’t until I was 21 and in my first college apartment that I finally had my own space.
Blair says
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My mom and her two sisters share ownership of my grandmother’s jewelry. They couldn’t bear to permanently split everything up, so they each have a piece or two and meet up for a “Sister’s Weekend” every summer and rotate pieces.
Preeti says
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