What a week in Brida.
If you blinked, you missed a marriage lesson that could save your sanity, a tuna-and-egg masterpiece, a masterclass in human understanding, a philosophical journey across Brazil and India, a town that rebuilt itself (again), a global lunch that decoded “I’m fine,” and a double-dose of running stories that might just drag you off the couch.

This is the week where ordinary life turned into unexpected insight — and if you don’t read these stories, someone else in the Brida Community will quote them before you do.
(That’s the FOMO speaking. And it’s right.)

So grab your pineapple-shaped reading glasses.
Here is what you missed — and why you need to catch up.

💍 1. “Yes, Dear” — The Two Words That Built Civilisation

If you’ve ever loved someone… or wanted to set them on fire just a little bit, this article will feel painfully accurate and dangerously funny.

Janita takes us from prehistoric cave-marriages to modern-day “compromise or homicide” with a tone so sharp and playful you won’t know whether to laugh or take notes for marital survival.

Why you should read it:
Because at some point today, someone will annoy you — and this article arms you with the most powerful conflict-avoidance spell in history:
“Yes, dear.”

You’ll never hear those words the same way again.

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🥪 2. The Sandwich Filler That May Fix Your Life (or at least your lunch)

Egg. Tuna. Avocado. Yoghurt.
A combination so simple that you’ll wonder why this isn’t already a UNESCO-protected recipe.

This isn’t just a filler — it’s a lifestyle.
No philosophy, no moral lesson, just food you want to eat immediately after reading.

Why you should read it:
Because you deserve a recipe that is:

• idiot-proof,
• protein-rich,
• and capable of healing your soul.

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🧩 3. “How I Understand People” — A Salesperson’s Quiet Guide to Human Nature

Alexander doesn’t shout wisdom — he builds it brick by brick the way he builds relationships.
From reading moods at a trade fair to navigating the emotional code of “Fine” at home, this piece is a masterclass in slow trust.

Why read it:
Because you’ve been misreading people for years — and this article shows you:

• how a single question can shift someone’s mood,
• why “no today” can become “yes next week,”
• and how noticing your partner’s exhaustion can save your marriage more than flowers ever will.

This is the kind of story you forward to someone who really needs it.

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🌍 4. People, Power & The Quiet Weight of Experience

Three rectangles on a video call.
Brazil. India. France.
One conversation that slowly unfolds into something astonishingly human.

Ismar’s solitude.
Ritesh’s discipline-shaped childhood.
The invisible hierarchies that thread through countries and careers.
The kindness of a single interviewer that rewires a life.

This article is a tapestry — global, reflective, heartbreaking, hopeful.

Why read it:
Because you will see yourself in it.
And you will understand someone else better because of it.

If Pineapple published literature, not articles, this would be the novel-chapter.

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🏘️ 5. When a Town Rebuilds Itself — Brida 2025 Review

What began as an imaginary town became a political drama, a comedy, a sociological experiment, a cat-rescue operation, and a rebellion orchestrated by Janita while the Mayor was minding his own business on holiday.

This is Brida at its chaotic, creative, irresistible best.

Why read it:
Because this is the origin story of a community that refuses to stay inside the lines.
Because it’s the funniest “annual report” you’ll ever read.
Because it answers the question:
What happens when people start taking a fictional town very seriously?

Spoiler:
Everything.

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😐 6. “I’m Fine” (Which Means: Please Ask Again)

A Thursday lunch call across continents becomes a masterclass in empathy.
Five people, five cultures, one universal truth:

We are absolutely terrible at saying what we really feel.

From misread emails to husbands furious about loose bottle caps, from BMW bureaucracy to subtle emotional signals — this article peels back the layers of communication with humour and warmth.

Why read it:
Because you also say “I’m fine” when you’re crying inside.
And this piece teaches you how to decode “fine” in others — lovingly, intelligently, humanly.

This is the Pineapple at its editorial peak: global, intimate, philosophical.

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🏃‍♀️ 7. “Why I Started Running” — A Four-Week Journey from Zero to Colour Run

You don’t have to like running to love this story.
Janita takes you through rain, mud, music playlists, mouldy shoes, teenage gazelles sprinting past, and her own heart nearly quitting on a hill.

But she finishes.
And the transformation is real — physical, emotional, mental.

Why read it:
Because this is the kind of underdog story that makes you whisper:
Maybe I really can do this.
Whatever your “this” is.

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🌈 8. Running Into Colour — and Finding Yourself Along The Way

This Peeling Potatoes episode recap is a technicolour meditation on courage.

It’s not about running.
It’s about momentum.
About doing something tiny — consistently — until it becomes life-changing.

The St. Nicholas shoe.
The grass underfoot.
The safety calculations.
The man who says, “I am the best.”
The stranger online who says, “Just run.”
The flowers she notices when the hills want to break her.

It is tender. Motivating. Poetic.
Classic Pineapple.

Why read it:
Because this article doesn’t ask you to run.
It asks you one question:

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

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🎯 THE PINEAPPLE EFFECT

These stories catch you immediately — marriage jokes, tuna recipes, existential conversations across continents, and blue toes from colour runs. Each article reveals a human truth: connection, trust, conflict, fear, joy, discipline, culture, courage.

You want to understand people better.
You want to cook something new.
You want to read the rest of the Brida year.
You want to run, or walk, or simply begin something.

Read the articles.
Join the conversations.
Pick your starting line.
Say “yes, dear.”
Say “I’m not fine.”
Say “I can do this.”

Brida is alive because you are reading it.

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