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tondraluv

Did someone already start this & I just missed it?

One of my confessions is; I bought an extra tin of Brayden's Maple cinnamon crunchies for work & eat them as a snack (those things are bomb). I also go out of my way to the grocery store in the neighboring town because one of the checkout guys pumped my head up and told me I was hot. Yea, I'm superficial too

JBDamonM

@tondraluv - those things are AMAZING. My only complaint - when I feed them to LO she always stinks like syrup after!

JBDamonM

I confess that I am tired of my husband making no money. I understand he just started a new sales job and it's going to take a while, but I"m tired of being financially stressed. This has been going on for far too long and I think he could be working a lot harder.

JBDamonM

clgsquared said:

I confess that I never realized how much having a child would affect my marriage.  This shit is work!

Preach it sister. I am starting to wonder if mine is ever going to recover

tondraluv

JBDamonM said:

clgsquared said:

I confess that I never realized how much having a child would affect my marriage.  This shit is work!

Preach it sister. I am starting to wonder if mine is ever going to recover

You ladies know my troubles so I hear you a thousand times!!! I have one more; while I can tell people they have a booger, I can't bring myself to tell people when they have yuck mouth aka stank breath. I don't know why but I get timid.

Lhyacinth888

I confess that sometimes I wish my DH would just sleep on the couch downstairs. He snores and always messes up the covers. He'll always grab the part near my feet and want that near his head. And the nights I really don't want him in bed are when he decides to eat Triscuits and an entire tub of garlic hummus before bed- like last night. It seeps out of his pores and I just want to throw up. And his breath when he eats that shit is so awful and he always ends up an inch away from my face. Nothing like waking up to garlic trash breath! :-&

JSS1002

Lhyacinth888 said:

I confess that sometimes I wish my DH would just sleep on the couch downstairs. He snores and always messes up the covers. He'll always grab the part near my feet and want that near his head. And the nights I really don't want him in bed are when he decides to eat Triscuits and an entire tub of garlic hummus before bed- like last night. It seeps out of his pores and I just want to throw up. And his breath when he eats that shit is so awful and he always ends up an inch away from my face. Nothing like waking up to garlic trash breath! :-&

Yeah, sometimes I wish that too... because DH tries to snuggle me so close that I'm almost suffocating, and it drives me nuts, but then sometimes I get super annoyed when he sleeps on the sofa, so I think I have to just keep my mouth shut on this one,. ;-)

JBDamonM

Lhyacinth888 said:

I confess that sometimes I wish my DH would just sleep on the couch downstairs. He snores and always messes up the covers. He'll always grab the part near my feet and want that near his head. And the nights I really don't want him in bed are when he decides to eat Triscuits and an entire tub of garlic hummus before bed- like last night. It seeps out of his pores and I just want to throw up. And his breath when he eats that shit is so awful and he always ends up an inch away from my face. Nothing like waking up to garlic trash breath! :-&

Yeah  - my husband was farting all.night.long. last night. disgusting.

Most nights I go to bed first because his heavy mouth breathing and snoring makes it too hard for me to fall asleep, and he often dozes on the couch.

But then like @JSS1002 said - if I wake up and decide it's late enough where he should be in bed and he's still on the couch - I get pissy

Lhyacinth888

knitfaced said:

I confess I lost my cool last night with my son. I was that crazy screaming threatening mom that I never want to be. It was a horrible example to set and I felt so badly afterwards. Toddlers are hard.

You are not alone! I have done this more times than I like recently. They certainly know how to push our buttons sometimes and can be so impulsive! It's so hard not to just react.

farmerpinky

I'm considering calling my boss and telling him I'm sick so I don't have to go to a conference this Saturday. After a week of all the classes I teach cancelled and the bigs home from schoo It'd be nice to get paid, but I just can't get into it.

ChicagoBroad26

I'm letting Ava watch Cinderella and eat Veggie Straws at 9:30 in the morning while Mila is napping because I went out with girlfriends last night and am soooo tired.

Later I'm taking both girls to target for a meaningless trip, even though its balls cold out, because its easier to contain them in a shopping cart than at home.

While I adore the cuteness of this 9 month age, I haaaaate the constant monitoring. I can't turn my back for 15 seconds without Mila putting herself in a death defying position where she's about to knock herself unconscious. It's exhausting.

Kate_C

This morning I left the 2 year old alone for a couple minute with the baby while I went upstairs to get dressed. In that 2 minutes, he managed to bite off a huge chunk of the apple he was eating and give it to the baby. I almost had a heart attack trying to fish that out of her mouth before she choked.

And then I felt really bad when DS apologized and hugged me, when all he had done was try to share with his baby sister. Mom fail.

JSS1002

In MN it has been shockingly cold this winter -- so much so that schools have been closed for several days due to the extreme cold.  My confession is that it bugs me to no end when parents and others complain about this and talk about how kids are wimps and other cities would go, blah blah blah, and complain about it being a hassle because they have XYZ commitments, etc...

Sorry, not every child gets driven to school in a north face jacket and sorrel boots.  There are poor kids, latchkey kids, kids walking to school, kids waiting for busses, kids crappy parents who don't' bundle them up, cars that don't start or stall out on the road, etc.  I realize it is *sooooooooooooo* inconvenient for you, but if as a society we can't take a step back and do what is right to keep kids safe and healthy, we've failed completely.

And really, the "person" at fault here is the companies that have a lack of understanding for moms and dads who have these situations arise -- my employer is amazing, if your kid is sick or whatever, you just stay home, no questions asked.  It infuriates me that this isn't the case everywhere.  It isn't like this is 1954 where SAHMs are the norm and somebody is always home to take care of the house and children - the working world has not evolved past the point of women being in the workplace and made changes to accommodate the fact that we mostly live in a two-working-parent society. 

JSS1002

clgsquared said:

JSS1002 said:

In MN it has been shockingly cold this winter -- so much so that schools have been closed for several days due to the extreme cold.  My confession is that it bugs me to no end when parents and others complain about this and talk about how kids are wimps and other cities would go, blah blah blah, and complain about it being a hassle because they have XYZ commitments, etc...

Sorry, not every child gets driven to school in a north face jacket and sorrel boots.  There are poor kids, latchkey kids, kids walking to school, kids waiting for busses, kids crappy parents who don't' bundle them up, cars that don't start or stall out on the road, etc.  I realize it is *sooooooooooooo* inconvenient for you, but if as a society we can't take a step back and do what is right to keep kids safe and healthy, we've failed completely.

And really, the "person" at fault here is the companies that have a lack of understanding for moms and dads who have these situations arise -- my employer is amazing, if your kid is sick or whatever, you just stay home, no questions asked.  It infuriates me that this isn't the case everywhere.  It isn't like this is 1954 where SAHMs are the norm and somebody is always home to take care of the house and children - the working world has not evolved past the point of women being in the workplace and made changes to accommodate the fact that we mostly live in a two-working-parent society. 

Then you'll love this one-we aren't allowed to take sick days for when our kids are sick.  Now keep in mind we all lie and tell our employer it's us...and I work for a SCHOOL.  You'd think they'd be supportive?

That makes me SO mad -- some of my teacher friends have to come into the schools EVEN WHEN THEY CLOSE FOR WEATHER, or use a personal / vacation day.  How about that for ridiculous?!

JBDamonM

@JSS1002 - I am very impressed and jealous of your employer. I all but had a breakdown last week when LO was sick and I had to take time again after taking it twice that week.....IT made me so mad...

One of the reasons I am currently looking for a new job is because I want an employer that gets the child -work balance.

JSS1002

JBDamonM said:

@JSS1002 - I am very impressed and jealous of your employer. I all but had a breakdown last week when LO was sick and I had to take time again after taking it twice that week.....IT made me so mad...

One of the reasons I am currently looking for a new job is because I want an employer that gets the child -work balance.

Very good work/life balance here -- of course, we all also have the tools to be able to work from home, so when I'm home with him while he's sick (or while I'm sick, for that matter!), I'm still working or at least staying on top of emails and conf calls.  We have unlimited sick time and "honor system" for things like doctors appts, house appts, etc.

JSS1002

JSS1002 said:

JBDamonM said:

@JSS1002 - I am very impressed and jealous of your employer. I all but had a breakdown last week when LO was sick and I had to take time again after taking it twice that week.....IT made me so mad...

One of the reasons I am currently looking for a new job is because I want an employer that gets the child -work balance.

Very good work/life balance here -- of course, we all also have the tools to be able to work from home, so when I'm home with him while he's sick (or while I'm sick, for that matter!), I'm still working or at least staying on top of emails and conf calls.  We have unlimited sick time and "honor system" for things like doctors appts, house appts, etc.

I should add -- along with that flexiblity comes the expectation that we will be checking our email on vacation, after hours, before hours, etc... you're never "off" when you work here... but it is a lot more flexible than anywhere else i've ever worked.

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MsAmeera25

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

MrsHartman7

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

Oh you sneaky one!  Is this your way of trying to liven things up??

JBDamonM

MrsHartman7 said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

Oh you sneaky one!  Is this your way of trying to liven things up??

Oh no she didn't .....

 

JSS1002

JBDamonM said:

MrsHartman7 said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

Oh you sneaky one!  Is this your way of trying to liven things up??

Oh no she didn't .....

 

I think I'm going to go get some popcorn, and watch this one from the sidelines...

MsAmeera25

MrsHartman7 said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

Oh you sneaky one!  Is this your way of trying to liven things up??

Lol not I said the cat...I'm just confessing flame free of course! :>

melissad23

I confess I have never cut Maddie's fingernails. I'm terrified of nicking/cutting her.

I bite them instead.

smiles21866

I confess that this board was my saving grace while I was in the hospital for a week. Nurses knew I was bumpin' at 2am

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MrsHartman7

MsAmeera25 said:

MrsHartman7 said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

Oh you sneaky one!  Is this your way of trying to liven things up??

Lol not I said the cat...I'm just confessing flame free of course! :>

I say: be the change you want to see on the board!  Post a thread, absolutely anything that you think would be way more exciting and I PROMISE that no matter what the topic (gross, mean, sad, weird, freaky) I will comment with you.

JSS1002

CoffeeMonster19 said:

My stepmom is flying me and the kids to Texas next weekend (yes, where we just drove back from a couple weeks ago) to surprise my dad for his birthday. I'm excited, and my dad will flip (and cry, haha) but part of me wishes I could go without telling my mom or ILs because while it's great seeing everyone, driving all around trying please everyone and deal with their drama is so exhausting, not to mention the kids getting thrown off their routine again.

That is pretty much how I feel about everything lately -- we juggle three families (Dh family is divorced and both remarried), and every holiday and weekend just starts to feel like this super annoying race around where we never get to just chill out and do what WE want to do.  I'm over it.  I said "let's move away" and I kinda meant it, the other night.

Sol1790

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

You dont "dig" the new girls (I am one) or the topics? But you still like it enought to lurk? I am confussed.

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ceamac0127

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

I think things were more exciting because we were all hormone raged, tired and cranky. Now we are just tired and busy.

If you don't dig us....you don't have to stay....  >-

I personally dig everyone who posts now. We are supportive, we have the occasional snark but for the most part everyone gets along and it's a great forum for venting, AWing and getting questions answered. I don't wish for anything to change

MsAmeera25

Sol1790 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

You dont "dig" the new girls (I am one) or the topics? But you still like it enought to lurk? I am confussed.

Sol1790  you're not a new girl to me lol But yes I still lurk because I like knowing what the other babies my LO's age are up to. I have a love/hate relationship with thebump lately

JSS1002

JSS1002 said:

CoffeeMonster19 said:

My stepmom is flying me and the kids to Texas next weekend (yes, where we just drove back from a couple weeks ago) to surprise my dad for his birthday. I'm excited, and my dad will flip (and cry, haha) but part of me wishes I could go without telling my mom or ILs because while it's great seeing everyone, driving all around trying please everyone and deal with their drama is so exhausting, not to mention the kids getting thrown off their routine again.

That is pretty much how I feel about everything lately -- we juggle three families (Dh family is divorced and both remarried), and every holiday and weekend just starts to feel like this super annoying race around where we never get to just chill out and do what WE want to do.  I'm over it.  I said "let's move away" and I kinda meant it, the other night.

Honestly us moving away was good for us. It's so hard to explain....I love my family and my h's family, we are so blessed to have parents who would do anything for us. But there's just bullshit stuff that we are better off not having to be in the middle of with on a regular basis. I miss my sister terribly, and when we were home for Christmas it was really great seeing James for stronger bonds with cousins and everyone now that he's getting older, but I just have no desire to deal with the drama and feeling like I have to please everyone.

No, I totally get it.  Before we got pregnant, we were in San Fran for a little get-away and we seriously talked about moving, to have an adventure for a few years.  It probably would have been really good for our marriage.  But then I got pregnant and put the kibosh on that (and thank God we hadn't really put any effort into it, because now with James, we rely a lot on my parents for help).  We both grew up here, and we are close to our families - and we have WONDERFUL families, but where most people argue about sex and money, our never-ending point of contention is how much time we spend with family, particularly mine.  We are together a lot -- more than DH would like -- it is hard.  He's a good sport, but I know it annoys him, and then I get annoyed in turn.

JBDamonM

JSS1002 said:

CoffeeMonster19 said:

My stepmom is flying me and the kids to Texas next weekend (yes, where we just drove back from a couple weeks ago) to surprise my dad for his birthday. I'm excited, and my dad will flip (and cry, haha) but part of me wishes I could go without telling my mom or ILs because while it's great seeing everyone, driving all around trying please everyone and deal with their drama is so exhausting, not to mention the kids getting thrown off their routine again.

That is pretty much how I feel about everything lately -- we juggle three families (Dh family is divorced and both remarried), and every holiday and weekend just starts to feel like this super annoying race around where we never get to just chill out and do what WE want to do.  I'm over it.  I said "let's move away" and I kinda meant it, the other night.

I could've written the above myself. I have been having such a hard time balancing my "family" (dh and LO) with my original family. My mom and sisters are way to critical on my decisions and in turn I do way too much to appease them because I don't want to deal with their commentary and snark. IT drives my husband nuts because he thinks we're always comprimising to appease people who could care less.

I would love to move away from them. IT would make my life seven million times easier and truthfully no one helps us..... but this is home, and I would miss a lot of things about it and think ultimately I'd be lonely.

MsAmeera25

cmcmillan0901 said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

I think things were more exciting because we were all hormone raged, tired and cranky. Now we are just tired and busy.

If you don't dig us....you don't have to stay....  >-

I personally dig everyone who posts now. We are supportive, we have the occasional snark but for the most part everyone gets along and it's a great forum for venting, AWing and getting questions answered. I don't wish for anything to change

I'm happy that you are happy I guess.

cfattig

MsAmeera25 said:

Sol1790 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

You dont "dig" the new girls (I am one) or the topics? But you still like it enought to lurk? I am confussed.

Sol1790  you're not a new girl to me lol But yes I still lurk because I like knowing what the other babies my LO's age are up to. I have a love/hate relationship with thebump lately

I am one of the "new girls" you are talking about.  This is my first FFFC, actually.  My confession is opposite yours, I guess.  I have been lurking since about August 2013, and found the hormone-raging constant drama kind of annoying, so I just lurked for the occasional useful tidbit of information.  I finally got comfortable enough to post a couple of months ago, and I like this group of ladies.  I like the support I see people have for each other, and it seems like although people have differences of opinion, for the most part people are respectful of that difference.  The occasional snark is there (and definitely livens things up and makes things exciting), but there isn't a constant stream of annoying over-drama.

MsAmeera25

cfattig said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Sol1790 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

You dont "dig" the new girls (I am one) or the topics? But you still like it enought to lurk? I am confussed.

Sol1790  you're not a new girl to me lol But yes I still lurk because I like knowing what the other babies my LO's age are up to. I have a love/hate relationship with thebump lately

I am one of the "new girls" you are talking about.  This is my first FFFC, actually.  My confession is opposite yours, I guess.  I have been lurking since about August 2013, and found the hormone-raging constant drama kind of annoying, so I just lurked for the occasional useful tidbit of information.  I finally got comfortable enough to post a couple of months ago, and I like this group of ladies.  I like the support I see people have for each other, and it seems like although people have differences of opinion, for the most part people are respectful of that difference.  The occasional snark is there (and definitely livens things up and makes things exciting), but there isn't a constant stream of annoying over-drama.

Are you assuming I missed the hormone-raging drama? And if so why. I never said that.

cfattig

MsAmeera25 said:

cfattig said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Sol1790 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

You dont "dig" the new girls (I am one) or the topics? But you still like it enought to lurk? I am confussed.

Sol1790  you're not a new girl to me lol But yes I still lurk because I like knowing what the other babies my LO's age are up to. I have a love/hate relationship with thebump lately

I am one of the "new girls" you are talking about.  This is my first FFFC, actually.  My confession is opposite yours, I guess.  I have been lurking since about August 2013, and found the hormone-raging constant drama kind of annoying, so I just lurked for the occasional useful tidbit of information.  I finally got comfortable enough to post a couple of months ago, and I like this group of ladies.  I like the support I see people have for each other, and it seems like although people have differences of opinion, for the most part people are respectful of that difference.  The occasional snark is there (and definitely livens things up and makes things exciting), but there isn't a constant stream of annoying over-drama.

Are you assuming I missed the hormone-raging drama? And if so why. I never said that.

Nope I just meant that you started by participating in the and now are a lurker, and I'm the opposite---I started by lurking and am now posting.

TuckleUp

Speaking of the extreme cold, on the way into our Music Together class today there was a mom ahead of me with two little kids (class is for 0-5 yrs)....no hats, no mitts, coats not zipped, wind howling, negative tempos. I wanted to ask her wtf she was thinking, but I wouldn't have been nice about it, and we have three months left of class together. I'm still mad I didn't say anything!

MsAmeera25

cfattig said:

MsAmeera25 said:

cfattig said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Sol1790 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

You dont "dig" the new girls (I am one) or the topics? But you still like it enought to lurk? I am confussed.

Sol1790  you're not a new girl to me lol But yes I still lurk because I like knowing what the other babies my LO's age are up to. I have a love/hate relationship with thebump lately

I am one of the "new girls" you are talking about.  This is my first FFFC, actually.  My confession is opposite yours, I guess.  I have been lurking since about August 2013, and found the hormone-raging constant drama kind of annoying, so I just lurked for the occasional useful tidbit of information.  I finally got comfortable enough to post a couple of months ago, and I like this group of ladies.  I like the support I see people have for each other, and it seems like although people have differences of opinion, for the most part people are respectful of that difference.  The occasional snark is there (and definitely livens things up and makes things exciting), but there isn't a constant stream of annoying over-drama.

Are you assuming I missed the hormone-raging drama? And if so why. I never said that.

Nope I just meant that you started by participating in the and now are a lurker, and I'm the opposite---I started by lurking and am now posting.

oooh okay

ceamac0127

MsAmeera25 said:

cmcmillan0901 said:

MsAmeera25 said:

Okay here goes, I miss the first group of ladies who were here when we got pregnant. (I'm guessing first facebook group). Our conversations were way more exciting. While there is nothing wrong with this new group I just don't dig them as much, so I lurk most of the time.

I think things were more exciting because we were all hormone raged, tired and cranky. Now we are just tired and busy.

If you don't dig us....you don't have to stay....  >-

I personally dig everyone who posts now. We are supportive, we have the occasional snark but for the most part everyone gets along and it's a great forum for venting, AWing and getting questions answered. I don't wish for anything to change

I'm happy that you are happy I guess.