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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Sharing The Love

| By John Petersik | April 2, 2012 | 7,109 Comments

Fab Freebie: Sharing The Love

*** 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!

Joss Main Giveaway

  • 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.

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Comments

  1. Natalie says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!!

    Reply
  2. Meagan Berry says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Share me!
    For a summer internship in DC I once had to share a small bathroom with 3 other girls. It was very tight quarters.

    Reply
  3. Spike says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    “SHARE ME” My coworker and I were just remembering a business trip where our flight had to land in Kentucky for the night due to weather. She sat next to a young guy who was traveling for the first time with no extra money. She ended up letting him crash in the company paid for hotel room with her (separate beds, of course). So awkward

    Reply
  4. TankTop says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Share me!

    I am a teacher. I taught a wonderful little autistic guy a few years ago. Over the weekend he was working on his book report poster when his mother called me at home to inform me that according to her son…”Mrs. TankTop does not know I am autistic not artistic.”

    Reply
  5. krista farrell says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    share me!
    a few years ago my entire class of 1st graders actually managed to keep my “baby shower/going away party” a secret…soooo impressive and SO special. I shed more than a few tears :)

    Reply
  6. Jill says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    share me!

    I’m lucky to have a group of sisters an friends who are eager to share baby clothes and other hand-me-downs. We’ve saved thousands! And I love being able to share with my friends who are still having babies.

    Reply
  7. Katie Brock says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME

    Growing up my sister and I always stole one another’s clothing. We both hated this! If she attempted to steal my shirt, I would take it right back and destroy it so she could not have it. She would do the same to me. My mom was so furious!

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  8. Jill says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!! I always turn into an over-share-er when I’m nervous. Like the time I admitted to my boss that I took my grandpa’s cataracts (after they were surgically removed and in a little vial of liquid) to show-and-tell when I was in 2nd grade.

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  9. Laura says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Share me! I loved (sarcasm) one of my college roommates…she was a great sharer (more sarcasm). She liked loud music, frigid ac, drama, and helping herself to whatever food she could find in the kitchen. She also liked to wash her boyfriend’s long hair in the kitchen sink and even set off the smoke alarms several times by straightening it with some sort of hair product. Needless to say, we were plenty thrilled when she moved out. Although she helped herself to many things that weren’t hers when she left…

    Reply
  10. Blair says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!

    I hated sharing showers/bathrooms in college!! Having to shower in flip-flops to keep from getting foot fungi was gross!!

    Reply
  11. Abby says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    I could tell you lots of boring stories about my favorite kind of sharing: sharing time with my family! ;)

    Reply
  12. Jessica says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Share me!

    A lot of these have been bordering the line of over-sharing, so I’m going there too.

    Once I lived in a house with 4 guys, two of which I shared a bathroom with. Both guys (Kyle and Jeff) owned electric razors that they used for their beards. One morning, Jeff was trimming off most of his beard b/c he had a presentation to make that day, and he started using Kyle’s razor because his own was dead. Kyle walked by the bathroom and Jeff mentioned that he was borrowing his razor. Kyle said that was cool, but paused for a minute while Jeff got about half of his pretty scruffy beard trimmed, and then mentioned casually “By the way, I also use that on my pubes.”

    Haha. The shocked look on Jeff’s face was hilarious, you could tell he was seriously considering leaving the house only half shaven!

    Reply
  13. Jermaine D. says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!

    Reply
  14. emily @ thirtyeight20 says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!
    On more than one occasion, due to various adventures traveling around, I’ve had to share a small bed with my BFF. There’s always some sort of debacle. Once she started falling out of the bed (not hard to do with 2 people sharing a twin) and was grasping at whatever she could in order to stay on. So she ended up grabbing my nose on her way down!

    Reply
  15. Sam says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME! I was nearly 17 years old when my dad finally attempted the “birds & bees” talk. In the middle of a mexican restaurant.

    Reply
  16. Kayla says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!

    One year of college I shared a house with ONE shower with 7 other girls!

    Reply
  17. Devon @ Green House, Good Life says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!

    Reply
  18. Catherine S says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME…..would love to win. So many things to make my house pretty. Anyway, as for sharing, I love that my two little boys always want to sleep together. They each have their own rooms with their own double beds, but they switch back and forth and share a room every night. So cute! They are 6 and 4 now so this may end but for now they love it!

    Reply
  19. charlene e says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!

    Reply
  20. Abbey says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    SHARE ME!!!

    Reply
  21. Sara says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    SHARE ME!

    There are a lot of bathroom sharing stories already, but I’m going to add another one. My husband and I got married at my grandparents’ farm last year. One (out of two) bathrooms was not useable, so my bridal attendants (three of them), my parents, and myself all had to share a bathroom as we were getting ready, and then had to share it among our 90 guests!

    Reply
  22. Sarah- Nadine says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    SHARE ME

    Reply
  23. Grace says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    SHARE ME!

    Reply
  24. Erica Martin says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Sharing a car with my older brother right when we turned 16 and 17. Plenty of fights!

    Reply
  25. Sheri says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    SHARE ME!

    I went to Vegas with my then fiance and 4 other friends. We all shared one small, cheap hotel room. I was the only girl. It was, um, interesting…

    Reply
  26. susan says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    SHARE ME! I am the youngest of six kids, and I always shared a room with two of my sisters. Plus, all six of us had to share one bathroom – yikes!

    Reply
  27. Theresa says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Share Me!
    My sister and I used to “share” the chore of doing dishes growing up which we both hated. I figured out during her trips to the bathroom to get out of helping clear the table that if I quick cleared and washed, she would be in the kitchen by herself drying and putting away and I would be on my way to doing fun stuff while she was still working. This lasted for years without her figuring out that we could have been working together instead of crying about being in the kitchen all alone. Oh the things older sisters will do.

    Reply
  28. Elle says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    SHARE ME!

    Reply
  29. Ashleigh says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Share Me! The owner of my company insulted my college the first time we met!

    Reply
  30. Anjana says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    SHARE ME – My boss just gave the management team (including myself) a tongue-lashing. Good thing I have a new job starting in a couple of weeks…

    Reply
  31. Becky says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Share me!
    Having to share the back seat of my parent’s Jeep Cherokee with my two sisters on road trips was the worst! Hours of “she’s touching me!” “She’s in my space!”
    I have no idea how my parents didn’t leave us on the side of the road.

    Reply
  32. Autumn says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME! When we were kids, my sister and I shared a bed for a while. Well, she’s a sleep talker, and more! One night she was dreaming that she was eating a banana, and she bit me!

    Reply
  33. Janna says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Share me!

    Reply
  34. lindsaywillman says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME…my three year old has found my chocolate stash that I hid in my purse. That kid has good taste. She doesn’t want the cheap Easter candy I’ve offered her, just mama’s yummy chocolate bar.

    Reply
  35. Jill says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME!

    My brother was too cute when he was little. At preschool show-and-tell he took all my mom’s old driver’s licenses and told his whole class (and teachers) about them. My mom had no idea he’d done this, till she picked him up and the teachers told her how much they LOVED the photos :)

    Reply
  36. Kristin ~ Bien Living Design says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME! I guess the most harrowing would be learning to live/share with strangers (roommates) during my freshman year of college. I am a sharer, but some people certainly are not!!

    Reply
  37. Regan Wood says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME!
    I had to share a hotel room once with a co-worker/friend on a business trip. In the middle of the night she sat straight up in her bed and screamed something unintelligible. Then she laid back down and went back to sleep! I couldn’t get back to sleep for hours!

    Reply
  38. Lindsay says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    “SHARE ME”
    Once during an office remodel I had to share an office with 3 other coworkers for a few weeks. I sat on a filing cabinet with a laptop the entire time!

    Reply
  39. Kari says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Share me!

    I used to share a bed with the dog. When I got married, the dog wouldn’t let the new hubby near the bed without a fight. Needless to say, the dog started sleeping on the couch.

    Reply
  40. Bibiana says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME! Sharing a cubicle with a menopausal lady with hotflashes…

    Reply
  41. Tracey says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME! How about sharing the back seat of the family car on long trips. I was the youngest, so I always had to sit in the middle along with the bump. No one ever liked to share their windowseat.

    Reply
  42. Christina says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME! My sisters and I were super lucky growing up — never did have to share a bedroom! The bathroom sharing made up for it though…I feel like it took hours for us to get ready. 3 showers + 3 sets of makeup to apply + 3 heads of hair to dry/style = my dad was one patient fella. ;)

    Reply
  43. danielle says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    share me!

    Reply
  44. mary says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME! when my siblings and i were kids, we shared a bedroom, all three of us. suffice it to say, it got a little crowded. but the best nights were when we hung a string from wall to wall, draped a sheet over it and camped out, indoors! i love those memories!

    Reply
  45. Katie C says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME! Wish I could think of a fun sharing story, but my brain’s fresh out of ’em!

    Reply
  46. Amy S. says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME!

    Reply
  47. SHARE ME! says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    I used to have to share a cell phone with a guy that works for my dad when I was in high school. My dad bought the phone for me to use when I drove out of town, but the guy that worked for my dad had it most of the time. It was awkward.

    Reply
  48. Sarah says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Share me!! :)

    Reply
  49. Ali says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    SHARE ME!
    My kids overshare everything – just this morning I was prompting my 2 1/2 year old to tell his preschool teacher what he loved looking at over the weekend (expecting to hear about the cute baby chicks he was so into seeing)…instead, I got “my penis?”

    Reply
  50. Stefani says

    April 2, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    SHARE ME! I miss “SHARING” clothes with my sister and mom when we all lived together! :)

    Reply
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