*** 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.
Katie G says
SHARE ME!
When my sisters and I were little (ages 6,4.5 and infant) we shared a little bitty 8×5 (or something small like that) room. We moved out of the house and into another, but when I visit (it’s a house that our family still owns) I can’t believe my parents were able to fit bunk beds and a crib and a dresser in the little space.
Caitlin says
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In college, my husband (then boyfriend) and I couldn’t bear sleeping apart even though our apartments were located across the hall from each other and so we spent the better part of my senior year sharing a twin size bed (now that’s young love . . .). After months of sleeping on the same pillow, our roommates generously shared the coffee table from the living room with us, and a makeshift king size bed was formed by dragging his mattress across the hall and laying it on the table. Our makeshift bed required me to only use the top three drawers of my dresser, and to pull up a mattress instead of a chair to my desk, but it was so worth it. We’ve been married for 6 months now and are just beginning to furnish our first place together, and would very much appreciate a gift from you to help us get some chic new items (like maybe a real bedframe :-).
Bonnie S. says
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Meghan says
Share me!! My family went on road trips every year for vacation so my sister and I spent many hours sharing the backseat of the car – it was mostly fun though! :)
Emily E says
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Julie says
Share me! – My daughter, who is a senior this year, just recently realized during a conversation about her upcoming dorm life, that she would INDEED be sharing her ACTUAL ROOM with someone else!!! Guess I’m STILL teaching her about sharing! :P
Christin says
SHARE ME!!!
Growing up my sister and I shared a room. My brother was down the hall and my parents and grandmother were on the main floor. When my grandma passed away, my brother moved in to her room, I moved down the hall to my brother’s old room and my sister stayed put. We were glad to have our own rooms, but missed being together. We would yell down the hall to each other all the time and my mom would have to yell up the stairs to get us to stop talking and go to sleep. :)
Katie says
SHARE ME please!
Jessica C says
Share me!
The worst EVER was sharing a bathroom with my two siblings growing up. Shortly after we moved into the house my parents renovated their master bath (DIY-style, took forever!) and all five of us were sharing the one bathroom. Horrible. Now I don’t even share my bathroom with my fiance – he uses the guest bath. That’s one of the reasons I’m so excited to marry him!
Hilary says
Share me! My sister and I always fought over the front seat. My mom made us use a tally system for who’s turn it was, but we quickly learned we could cheat with that system. :) In the end we both had to sit in the back and mom chauffered us around.
Tiffany Miller says
SHARE ME.. The first business trip I went on with my boss. The horror…
Laura S says
Share ME! My roommate from college and I shared a queen size bed in our one bedroom apartment for 6 months. We could have cared less but everyone that came to our apartment thought we were very strange.
Mandy says
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Johanna says
SHARE ME! I once shared a tiny work space, (which was a former janitor’s closet), with a very old woman who smelled a little like pee-pee and who frequently fell asleep at her computer.
Jamie says
SHARE ME!!!
My sister and I had to share everything. One day our parents offered up a can of soda for us to share. She said “You split, I pick”, as we always did. This time I said if I couldn’t have a whole soda, I didn’t want one at all! My sister got the whole soda.
Amy says
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Jessica says
Share me! :)
Rachel says
SHARE ME! Even before we started dating, I took my now-husband to a family wedding in Vegas. He ended up having to share a condo/room with my grandma, sleeping on the couch pull-out. She endorsed him after that :-)
Robyn says
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Once while serving as a missionary in the heart of Mexico, my mother-in-law sent me 4 brand new blouses. They were the same style but different colors. I had a young lady cleaning my house the day the package arrived. I told her that I would like to share one with her. I proceeded to share how that my mother had taught me years ago to always give a portion away when someone gives you something. I used oranges as an example. If someone gives you a bag of oranges, take 2 or 3 and pass them on to someone else. That afternoon after taking this young lady home, I had to meet a friend at the mall. When we went to part ways, she ran to her car and pulled out a bag of oranges for me! I thought it was just too precious. You can never share enough!!!
Tim says
SHARE ME!
I am from a family of 11 and we all shared one bathroom.
Chrissy Henry says
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I can not think of a single story to share :(
Sam says
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Jim says
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audra says
SHARE ME…I’m a twin and I’ve had to share EVERYTHING! Birthday, birthday gifts, clothes, rooms, cars, best friends. People always thought we had to have/do everything together. It’s amazing we didn’t morph into one person.
Jessica says
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Jillian {Her Split Ends} says
SHARE ME…I like sharing factoids and funny stories with my favorite peeps ;)
~ Jillian
http://www.hersplitends.com
Katherine Bryden says
SHARE ME! My younger sister and I shared clothes growing up. One morning I woke up to a note saying “Good Morning, I borrowed your blue shirt. Thank you.”. That was a brand new shirt but it was too funny to get mad.
Jessica Matthews says
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Suzanne says
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Not to get all religious on you, but several years ago I worked at a company where I often had to cold call customers. It was easy to forget what I was saying and fall completely into the rut of routine. My spiel was mostly the same, and I would always end messages with “Again this is Suzanne with … I look forward to hearing from you”. One particular afternoon I completely lost track of what I was doing/who I was calling and ended my message with “Again this is Suzanne with… in Jesus name, Amen”.
Awesome.
bria says
SHARE ME!
i would share my make-up and heels with my younger siblings…much to their dismay…i have 2 brothers :)
Becca says
Share me! We have a three year old little boy and a three month old little boy. We’ve been talking a lot about sharing lately with the bigger boy. A few weeks ago, I walked into the living room and found the bigger boy standing in front of the baby in his swing. He was in the middle of unshelling a pistachio nut, and about to share it with his baby brother! Both funny and horrifying. I was glad I walked in the room when I did.
Sarah K. says
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Cali says
Share me! Funny story, I just took my daughter on a business trip with me. My mom came too to watch her and before I knew it my mom was sharing stories in the lobby with co-workers about us!
Jen O says
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My mom and I are best friends. One time when I was home from college I was sleeping in her bed(parents were divorced). She use to sleep with 4-5 pillows b/c of back/neck pain. So she was practically sleeping sitting up! She had turned to her side in her sleep and was half way off the edge of her pillow, onto my face! We woke up nose to nose! Our eyes opened simultaneously and we laughed so hard we were crying! Favorite memory ever!
emily @ go haus go says
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Sarah Gilliam says
SHARE ME!- I have a relative that is a bit of an over-sharer. She is an aunt of my husband, who I met and began dating when I was 15. One of the first times I went on vacation with his family she sneezed at the table one night while we were playing board games. She immediately proceeded to share that at her age sneezing isn’t always that happens, and promptly left the room. …nice to meet you?
Jillian says
Share me! I hate sharing my bed! My husband is the only one I’m okay with sharing a bed with. I don’t sleep well when I know I’m confined to my side…and my husband is okay with sharing his side. Even if it means waking up to me drooling on his pillow ;)
Holly says
Share Me!!!! :-) I grew up sharing a bedroom with my sister…probably one of the best lessons my mom taught us. Two brothers also shared a room…& we all shared 1 bathroom! lol I think it taught us tons of patience & problem solving skills, not to mention how to forgive because we undoubtedly did disagree a lot in such close quarters. ;-)
Julie M. says
Share me! Growing in with a family of five and one bathroom, I knew all about sharing. Though, I was lucky to be the only girl and have a bedroom to myself. I made sure to move all my stuff out and give it to my brother when I went to college.
Krista says
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My baby brother and I would always get to share the wishbone when my mom baked chicken. I’d always cheat when we broke it to make sure my side the biggest. He got wise to my tricks once he got older though!
Paula Popowski says
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Melissa says
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I don’t have a funny story, but I am definitely tired of sharing a TINY bathroom with my husband… we need more space!
Katie Register says
SHARE ME! I just got married in June so I’m learning to share living space (in a little one bedroom apt.) with my 6.5 foot tall husband and out 70 lb. puppy. It’s a great growth experience.
Jenny Johnston says
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Shannon says
Share Me. Sharing a bathroom with 4 people who all generally have the same schedule UGH!!
Cathy says
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Kylee says
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aknapoli says
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Meghan says
SHARE ME!
Honestly I haven’t always been a good sharer. My husband used to make fun of me because I would NEVER share my food with anyone! Now that I have a 2 kids and I’m teaching them to share I realize how difficult it really is to hand over a toy or half of a cookie to your sibling or friend when you don’t want to. To this day I still hide in the kitchen and eat my food so that I don’t have to share it with all the sticky fingers of the house!
Lisa M. says
share me :-)