*** 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.
Jennifer says
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My oldest (12) is starting to understand the concept of sharing with those less fortunate. It warms my heart when he expresses a desire to help others. Although that help sometimes comes straight from my pocket because he hasn’t yet learned how much we can afford to help, I hope his sharing continues to grow.
Adrienne says
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My father in law has 3 outdoor cats that he feeds. The littlest one does not like to share the food. He’s not even a year old and he eats first, then another, then the third. The other 2 wait patiently on the porch for their turn. It’s a funny sight.
anna r says
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Sharing a bathroom on vacation to a developing country
I’m pretty sure this is as an embarrassing sharing story that one can have, I hope you feel the same. Otherwise, I may regret posting this on the world wide web!
My fiancé, back when we had first started dating traveled to India together. The trip was my idea, and him being of Indian descent, he agreed that it would be fun. However, there is such thing called “Delhi Belly” and we took turns being very sick throughout the trip, not being accustomed to the food. Sharing a bathroom, sometimes in cottages at the top of the mountains was a challenge. But sharing makes you stronger – we are now getting married in 6 months. :)
Kelsey D. says
Share me! My sister and I both had seperate bedrooms, but one summer decided we wanted to share. My mom, knowing our “sisterly” relationship was not exactly on board. After a full week of begging we bunked our beds in “my” room and turned her room into the playroom. Well we were ready to call it quits after about a week, but mom made us stick it out all summer. In the end great memories where made and we still laugh about that summer!
Allison says
SHARE ME! I’m currently sharing a classroom and can’t wait until our program moves so that I can get some space to work!
Courtney says
SHARE ME! My brother and I shared a tent on a Colorado camping trip and we were almost washed away by a rising stream in the middle of the night!
Sarah S says
SHARE ME! It’s almost impossible to fathom today, but when I was in high school in the ’90s, mobile phones were becoming more common (no, not the Zack Morris cell phone; though I had the same StarTAC phone as Dawson Leary in college!).
When both my sister and I started driving, my parents got a “family” mobile phone. So whoever was taking a car, or just out for the night, would take the phone with them. Can you imagine sharing your phone today?!
Jackie says
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In college I took a spring break trip with my boyfriend and two other couples who were friends of ours. When we got to Hilton Head we realized that two couples would have to share a bedroom with two queen beds. I can clearly remember just trying to fall asleep as fast as possible every night. It didn’t matter if we had all had a few drinks, it was awkward trying to fall asleep with another couple snuggled up in their bed a few feet away. None of us wanted to make a sound. haha
Alyssa says
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Brittany says
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My story isn’t about sharing a tangible thing, but about sharing the blame for something when I was younger. My sister hated turtlenecks, so she decided to cut the necks off of all of hers one day. Well, I had already been in trouble for some scissor-related rebellion–I actually gave her bangs in her sleep!–so my sister told my mom I had done it, and for some reason (perhaps my guilt over cutting her hair?!) I said it was me. For a year my preschool confiscated my scissors. Finally, my sister confessed when she was stricken with chicken pox and convinced she was on her death bed.
amy good house says
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My sister and I shared a room growing up, and I’m pretty sure at one point we had a masking-tape line down the center of the room separating our “stuff”. She was a mess and I was a neat freak. Since that time she’s become way neater and I’ve loosened up (somewhat!). Ha.
Cait says
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We talk about sharing A LOT at our house with twin 19 month olds :) In just 3 weeks we will have to do a lot more attention sharing when baby number 3 arrives!
Jen Piper says
SHARE ME – I am currently “sharing” my lap with my 8 week old little girl who is mesmerized by the computer screen as I type :)
Taryn says
Share Me! I would be out of luck at work if me and my coworkers didn’t all share Iphone chargers! Heaven for bid my phone die before 4:30pm!
Jess G says
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And this is a sharing question – is anyone else grossed out by the thought of sharing a toothbrush? I have friends who are married that share when they travel and it freaks me out.
Lesley says
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Like most of us, I probably have lots of nice sharing stories. But the most amusing is probably from when I was 23 and in my first “real job” (blah, I work at home now- hallelujah!) and I had to share a cube with another person. Day one: We meet, chat a little, I sit at my desk and mostly mind my business. Day two: I walk in and in masking tape is a line down the middle of the cubicle indicating “sides.” The best part was, there was a line down the MIDDLE OF THE PRINTER. The printer we shared. I told her “Oh, okay. Well, then we’d better split the black and white for printing, too. I get black.” I’ve always been sarcastic and there’s nothing like working in cube land to bring that out. :)
Alyssa says
I had to share a tent in Africa with a snoring coworker for a week!
Krystle @ ColorTransformedFamily says
Share me! Sharing is a character trait I am still working on.
Angela Hanson says
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Rachel says
SHARE ME! Shared clothes with my big sister growing up. Technically, it wasn’t sharing, I suppose…because she didn’t know about it most of the time (apparently nothing bothers a big sister more than her little sister wearing her duds!).
Sarah says
Share Me! As the oldest of four children I’ve shared food, rooms, clothes, makeup, purses, advice, cars, and pretty much everything else. Luckily given how lucky I am to have the siblings that I do, just being a part of the family leaves me coming out ahead every time!
Rebecca says
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Jessica says
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When I turned 16 and got my license, I wanted my own car. No go. We had 5 cars for three people….but my mom and I had to share one. 16 years later, I’m only slightly bitter still….
Elizabeth says
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Amanda says
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I still remember Christmas when I was 9ish and we were at my then-4year old cousin’s house. Every toy I tried to play with, she needed to play with too. And her refrain was “Share with me!”.
Having an almost-1yr old and just started babysitting an almost-3yr old, I am remembering that instance a lot.
To little ones, sharing means share with THEM.
Kim K says
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Megan says
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I was always modest in a house of three girls who shared one bathroom. My sister would try to scare me and open the shower door real fast! I always freaked out for some reason;)
Carrie says
Share me! I’m always uncomfortable when people take back and forth while in the bathroom stalls. Do not want to talk while I’m doin’ my business.
Jessica @ Stay at Home-ista says
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Right now my kids are fighting over the trains, so sharing isn’t going so well in our house this afternoon:)
Jessica
stayathomeista.com
Felecia says
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When I was little my best friend and I shared everything! We always copied each other and did the same things. When she had to get glasses I begged my parents to let me go to the eye doctor to get some too haha.
Stephanie says
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Mine is more of a rant. What is up with those restaurants that push the tables together so that you are sharing a table with total strangers? How is this a good idea??
Elizabeth says
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Meghan says
Share me some Joss and Main! My brother, sister and I shared a car when we were all around 16, until it broke down on the side of the road…for good. Then, we shared a bike for the rest of the summer. Ah, memories…
Ashley says
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… I hate to actually admit this “out loud”, but I am quite possibly the worst share-er ever :( SORRY!!!!
Andria says
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I’ve realized that I am an oversharer of personal, embarrassing information. For example… Ha! Just kidding. :)
Karen says
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I’m an only child, so I could probably be better at sharing! My hubby always gets the stink eye if he takes too many of my french fries! Luckily he is the oldest of 3 and is very good at sharing his desserts with me!
Abbe says
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Meghan T. says
SHARE ME! My 15 month old is the light of my life! Being a Mom is awesome!
Brandon says
SHARE ME! My wife loves to share… and by sharing i mean take anything of mine that is within arms reach. Her sharing is a constant joke of our house.
Cynthia LaPan says
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One of my favorite memories with my sister is when we shared a cup of soda at the movies. It was the sad part of a kids’ comedy, and we both leaned in to take a drink at the same time. We bonked heads, and laughed Really Loud and annoyed the entire audience. They must have thought we were totally insensitive.
This is one of the best questions ever! People’s responses are fabulous. :-)
annie says
SHARE ME!! I have 2 sisters and we were all born within 3 and half years, it is so nice to share stuff with each other but there were plenty of time growing up when sharing wasn’t so easy. There are some funny pictures of birthday parties when someone got something the others wanted and you can tell!!
Justen Holm says
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Amber says
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I can’t think of a good story to share!
Allison says
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Brooke Harris says
SHARE ME! Sharing a bathroom with my sister growing up was a nightmare. Total disaster zone. I finally just put a piece of string down the center of the double sinks to mark MY space and threw all of her stuff on to her side!
Amy H. says
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Erin says
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I shared a hotel room with a (super lovely, wonderful) colleague – but I was sick to my stomach the ENTIRE time and I felt awful not only hogging the bathroom, but making it smelly! SO embarrassing!
Emily says
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I am currently trying to teach my four-year-old to share with his one-year-old brother.
kschurrer says
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A while back I saw my cohabitating fiance brushing his teeth with my tooth brush. I called him out on it only to find out he thought it was his and had been using it for at least the past week if not longer. Sharing lesson learned = I now buy gender specific colored toothbrushes :)