FFFC

Pokedot

We get my MIL a hanging basket from a local greenhouse every year for Mother's Day. DH is taking her today along with DS. This will literally be the first time he's taken DS somewhere public (besides a park) by himself. I kind of hope DS is a handful just so he can see how it is when I'm out with him, every weekend by myself. Also I get to skip seeing my MIL which is glorious in itself. Have fun DH!

BeebopandBuddy

I'm going out with a couple of co-workers for drinks after work.  I am irrationally excited about this.

Also, DH and I are trying to schedule a date night.  he asked me what I want to do and I told him I honestly just want to go to a dive bar, eat crappy bar food and talk for 6 hours like we used to before kids.  I'm a cheap date I guess.

BPer

I think my SIL is having some sort of quarter-life crisis/mental break.

I feel like I am watching her downward spiral.  She's basically collecting chickens at this point.  She started with like 6, and now has probably 20, and just had to "put an addition" on her coop.  Meanwhile, her house is falling apart.  She wanders around her yard tending to them, dressed like a bag lady.

She was just busted by a school aide for smoking cigarettes in the parking lot of her daughters' elementary school, and actually had the balls to push back on this woman for telling her she couldn't smoke on school grounds.  When I brought it up to her, she was all "I knew I could get in trouble for it, but I didn't care, I hate rules."

Our dog stayed with her while we were on vacation, and ended up somehow eating an entire chocolate bar, and getting a haircut from SIL after rolling in horse poop at the farm down the road.

The confession part of this is that when she asked if she could take our dog out to her place today to play, I told her that we had already arranged for her to go to puppy daycare (we hadn't) because I literally do not trust this woman with my dog at this point.

Hyaline

MississippiCatfish said:

There's gotta be some subliminal messages in "Let it Go" or something. Eddies only heard it a couple times while browsing the Disney store, but both times he sang, "let go! Let go!" the whole way home, and occasionally for days after. This is not normal for him.

STUCK

It's about farting.  Listen to it again, this time thinking about farts.

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside (we all know how that feels, right?)
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried! (Always embarrassing...)

 Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore 
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door!

BeebopandBuddy

BPer said:

I think my SIL is having some sort of quarter-life crisis/mental break.

I feel like I am watching her downward spiral.  She's basically collecting chickens at this point.  She started with like 6, and now has probably 20, and just had to "put an addition" on her coop.  Meanwhile, her house is falling apart.  She wanders around her yard tending to them, dressed like a bag lady.

She was just busted by a school aide for smoking cigarettes in the parking lot of her daughters' elementary school, and actually had the balls to push back on this woman for telling her she couldn't smoke on school grounds.  When I brought it up to her, she was all "I knew I could get in trouble for it, but I didn't care, I hate rules."

Our dog stayed with her while we were on vacation, and ended up somehow eating an entire chocolate bar, and getting a haircut from SIL after rolling in horse poop at the farm down the road.

The confession part of this is that when she asked if she could take our dog out to her place today to play, I told her that we had already arranged for her to go to puppy daycare (we hadn't) because I literally do not trust this woman with my dog at this point.

It sounds like something is going on with her.  There are some mental illnesses that don't set in until late teens, early 20's.

amandad715

@BPer‌ Is this the same SIL that let's her daughters have pacifiers at the ages of 6?

MississippiCatfish

Hyaline said:

MississippiCatfish said:

There's gotta be some subliminal messages in "Let it Go" or something. Eddies only heard it a couple times while browsing the Disney store, but both times he sang, "let go! Let go!" the whole way home, and occasionally for days after. This is not normal for him.

STUCK

It's about farting.  Listen to it again, this time thinking about farts.

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside (we all know how that feels, right?)
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried! (Always embarrassing...)

 Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore 
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door!

Deep thoughts from @Hyaline.

BeebopandBuddy

LoisLayn23 said:

Do you want to build a snowman is a better song anyways.

Pre-schooler UO.

BeebopandBuddy

I thought of another one.

I'm buying up Christmas gifts left and right.  North Face sweatshirts on sale for $20 yesterday...BAM!  Christmas shopping for nieces and nephews done!

BPer

amandad715 said:

@BPer‌ Is this the same SIL that let's her daughters have pacifiers at the ages of 6?

It is.  They'll be 7 in November, and she still hasn't made them kick the paci.

melody921

Pretty sure I'm getting invited to the wedding of my super-Christian colleague (she and her fiance got engaged on a train bc their journey is being navigated by Christ, their conductor). She just got engaged but has been planning the nuptials for months. I'm definitely going to need to set aside my disdain for the fact that she is planning her wedding from her cubicle so I can attend this event. 

BPer

BeebopandBuddy said:

BPer said:

I think my SIL is having some sort of quarter-life crisis/mental break.

I feel like I am watching her downward spiral.  She's basically collecting chickens at this point.  She started with like 6, and now has probably 20, and just had to "put an addition" on her coop.  Meanwhile, her house is falling apart.  She wanders around her yard tending to them, dressed like a bag lady.

She was just busted by a school aide for smoking cigarettes in the parking lot of her daughters' elementary school, and actually had the balls to push back on this woman for telling her she couldn't smoke on school grounds.  When I brought it up to her, she was all "I knew I could get in trouble for it, but I didn't care, I hate rules."

Our dog stayed with her while we were on vacation, and ended up somehow eating an entire chocolate bar, and getting a haircut from SIL after rolling in horse poop at the farm down the road.

The confession part of this is that when she asked if she could take our dog out to her place today to play, I told her that we had already arranged for her to go to puppy daycare (we hadn't) because I literally do not trust this woman with my dog at this point.

It sounds like something is going on with her.  There are some mental illnesses that don't set in until late teens, early 20's.

She's in her mid-30s.  She's always been the wackier one, but it seems like she's acting out at this point.  It's odd.

She has delusions of running a farm.  She had plans to get sheep & alpaca, but her H (intentionally, I'm sure), never got around to building her a "hut" to house them in.  So at this point, it's just a shitload of chickens laying eggs that no one wants.

BeebopandBuddy

BPer said:

BeebopandBuddy said:

BPer said:

I think my SIL is having some sort of quarter-life crisis/mental break.

I feel like I am watching her downward spiral.  She's basically collecting chickens at this point.  She started with like 6, and now has probably 20, and just had to "put an addition" on her coop.  Meanwhile, her house is falling apart.  She wanders around her yard tending to them, dressed like a bag lady.

She was just busted by a school aide for smoking cigarettes in the parking lot of her daughters' elementary school, and actually had the balls to push back on this woman for telling her she couldn't smoke on school grounds.  When I brought it up to her, she was all "I knew I could get in trouble for it, but I didn't care, I hate rules."

Our dog stayed with her while we were on vacation, and ended up somehow eating an entire chocolate bar, and getting a haircut from SIL after rolling in horse poop at the farm down the road.

The confession part of this is that when she asked if she could take our dog out to her place today to play, I told her that we had already arranged for her to go to puppy daycare (we hadn't) because I literally do not trust this woman with my dog at this point.

It sounds like something is going on with her.  There are some mental illnesses that don't set in until late teens, early 20's.

She's in her mid-30s.  She's always been the wackier one, but it seems like she's acting out at this point.  It's odd.

She has delusions of running a farm.  She had plans to get sheep & alpaca, but her H (intentionally, I'm sure), never got around to building her a "hut" to house them in.  So at this point, it's just a shitload of chickens laying eggs that no one wants.

Weird.....

BPer

The only thing stopping me from spending my entire lunch break driving to the next town over to get a Sonic slush, is the fact that I know I will want blue raspberry and my mouth will be blue for the rest of the day.

I may do it anyway.

YOLO.

hmp1

redneckmomma25 said:

We still haven't seen frozen.

Neither have we, and we have a 3 year old. 

AKB090609

MississippiCatfish said:

I can't stand to listen to MIL read my kids a story bc she mispronounces so many words.

Yes. Doesn't help when you have them all completely memorized.

I can't listen to people who read DD's books (like chicka chicka boom boom or brown bear brown bear what do you see) with the wrong rhythm. DD looks at them like they are nuts too. She will take the book from my mom and get her a different one.

I guess my FFFC is that my kid judges the way people read to her.

mrsbhk22

I put diaper cream on my tooth brush last night instead of tooth paste.

I'm done living out of a suitcase. Time to go home.

hmp1

BeebopandBuddy said:

Also, DH and I are trying to schedule a date night.  he asked me what I want to do and I told him I honestly just want to go to a dive bar, eat crappy bar food and talk for 6 hours like we used to before kids.  I'm a cheap date I guess.

This sounds great

BPer

hmp1 said:

BeebopandBuddy said:

Also, DH and I are trying to schedule a date night.  he asked me what I want to do and I told him I honestly just want to go to a dive bar, eat crappy bar food and talk for 6 hours like we used to before kids.  I'm a cheap date I guess.

This sounds great

I want draft beer and food that doesn't require utensils.  That sounds like the ideal date night, IMO.

Flamingemu

DH and I haven't been on a date night in ages. Mostly because I would have to get a sitter and I don't want to ask family. I feel like we have to be quick and not leave L for long with family because we aren't paying them.

The actual FFFC? I don't want to pay a sitter to come watch my kid sleep. $20 an hour is too much to watch tv on my couch all night.

hmp1

BPer said:

The only thing stopping me from spending my entire lunch break driving to the next town over to get a Sonic slush, is the fact that I know I will want blue raspberry and my mouth will be blue for the rest of the day.

I may do it anyway.

YOLO.

My husband's summer goal is to have all 25 sonic slush flavors. He dreams big!

BPer

hmp1 said:

BPer said:

The only thing stopping me from spending my entire lunch break driving to the next town over to get a Sonic slush, is the fact that I know I will want blue raspberry and my mouth will be blue for the rest of the day.

I may do it anyway.

YOLO.

My husband's summer goal is to have all 25 sonic slush flavors. He dreams big!

Aiming high!  This reminds me of a yearbook quote I saw on tumblr yesterday:

"Any pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself."

PenelopePond

I peed on a stick this morning. I've looked at it no less than 20 times. It's not going to look any different now, so I really need to stop.

The boys and I all just celebrated National Donut Day. They were out if cake donuts, so they got a frosted one. I'm bracing for the sugar rush.

BeebopandBuddy

Flamingemu said:

DH and I haven't been on a date night in ages. Mostly because I would have to get a sitter and I don't want to ask family. I feel like we have to be quick and not leave L for long with family because we aren't paying them.

The actual FFFC? I don't want to pay a sitter to come watch my kid sleep. $20 an hour is too much to watch tv on my couch all night.

We don't have any family in the area, but I always hated the idea of paying a sitter.  DH and I usually go on a date night about 2 times a year.  That was before we had a 3-year-old.  Lately the kids have just been tough and I am much more willing to pay a little more to get a break.  Mommy and Daddy need drinks.  Keep 'em coming.

Hyaline

Flamingemu said:

DH and I haven't been on a date night in ages. Mostly because I would have to get a sitter and I don't want to ask family. I feel like we have to be quick and not leave L for long with family because we aren't paying them.

The actual FFFC? I don't want to pay a sitter to come watch my kid sleep. $20 an hour is too much to watch tv on my couch all night.

STUCK

Yeah it is.  You should find a cheaper sitter, lol.  Seriously, though--unless you're in a really HCOL area, pay less than that.  We have a couple sitters, and they all know that, when the kid's awake, they get paid more.  If they're chilling with Netflix, it's $10 per hour, tops.

BeebopandBuddy

Hyaline said:

Flamingemu said:

DH and I haven't been on a date night in ages. Mostly because I would have to get a sitter and I don't want to ask family. I feel like we have to be quick and not leave L for long with family because we aren't paying them.

The actual FFFC? I don't want to pay a sitter to come watch my kid sleep. $20 an hour is too much to watch tv on my couch all night.

STUCK

Yeah it is.  You should find a cheaper sitter, lol.  Seriously, though--unless you're in a really HCOL area, pay less than that.  We have a couple sitters, and they all know that, when the kid's awake, they get paid more.  If they're chilling with Netflix, it's $10 per hour, tops.

Yeah, we pay $10 an hour

hmp1

BobKat22 said:

I feel like this is super flame worthy. I'm taking DD with DH and I to meet someone off Craigslist to get a stroller. I never meet anyone for CL purchases. I handle all communication and act like I'll be the one picking up and then last minute tell them DH will be picking up. No one messes with him. Since it's a stroller, I need to go to check it out. Which means we all have go because I'm not going without DH. We are meeting in the middle of the mall though. That makes me a feel a little bit better.

Is this an issue? I have bought our bike trailer, a stroller, and the high chair I refinished for Leo's birthday party off CL. I handled all the communication but showed up as a family. For the high chair and trailer, DH was the only one that got out of the car to talk to the seller. I never have told them that I'd be bringing someone. Why would it matter.

miss50

I watched Frozen, on a road trip, without my kid, without volume. Basically I totally didn't watch Frozen.

BeebopandBuddy

hmp1 said:

BobKat22 said:

I feel like this is super flame worthy. I'm taking DD with DH and I to meet someone off Craigslist to get a stroller. I never meet anyone for CL purchases. I handle all communication and act like I'll be the one picking up and then last minute tell them DH will be picking up. No one messes with him. Since it's a stroller, I need to go to check it out. Which means we all have go because I'm not going without DH. We are meeting in the middle of the mall though. That makes me a feel a little bit better.

Is this an issue? I have bought our bike trailer, a stroller, and the high chair I refinished for Leo's birthday party off CL. I handled all the communication but showed up as a family. For the high chair and trailer, DH was the only one that got out of the car to talk to the seller. I never have told them that I'd be bringing someone. Why would it matter.

This.  We usually go pick up things I buy while we are out running errands on a Saturday.

BeebopandBuddy

dimples12 said:

Also, this may be a true FFFC. I saw a dad pick a verbal fight with his 4 year old (quit being a drama queen, I am taking your DS, etc.) and then when the kid ran after his mom, dad picked him up by his arm. He literally had him three feet off the ground by holding tightly to his bicep. Kid cried and dad stressed how it was all his fault. DH held me back from saying anything or calling Childline. I don't typically judge parents - truly and honestly - but I saw it as concerning. If this is how you handle him in public, what about at home? Sometimes my social worker brain goes into overdrive.

That would concern me too.

kelbel527

Flamingemu said:

DH and I haven't been on a date night in ages. Mostly because I would have to get a sitter and I don't want to ask family. I feel like we have to be quick and not leave L for long with family because we aren't paying them.

The actual FFFC? I don't want to pay a sitter to come watch my kid sleep. $20 an hour is too much to watch tv on my couch all night.

I've never had to pay a sitter and I'm too cheap as well.

But I have no issue leaving our kids for a long time with family.  Our parents love to babysit though.  My mom gives me guilt trips when she hasn't babysat in awhile...

We don't stay out very late though when family babysits and if we are, we just ask if they can take them overnight.  Nothing is better than a sleepover at a grandparents house!  (Easier for a 4yo though than a 1yo).

BeebopandBuddy

BPer said:

hmp1 said:

BPer said:

The only thing stopping me from spending my entire lunch break driving to the next town over to get a Sonic slush, is the fact that I know I will want blue raspberry and my mouth will be blue for the rest of the day.

I may do it anyway.

YOLO.

My husband's summer goal is to have all 25 sonic slush flavors. He dreams big!

Aiming high!  This reminds me of a yearbook quote I saw on tumblr yesterday:

"Any pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself."

Now I want pizza.

jenndub

I really want to name this kid Julian since DH won't give in to Lennon. And it may or may not be because I have a mega crush on Julian Casablancas from The Strokes (and I also love Julian Lennon). But it would work because the first time I ever spoke to DH, it was about The Strokes. And it would fit the literary theme I have going because Julian is the real name of Bean from Ender's Game. And that is DH's favorite book. Man, I'm really reaching here.

jenndub

And I realized this morning that I haven't ordered the cake for Beckett's birthday party on Sunday. Oooops.

AKB090609

jenndub said:

And I realized this morning that I haven't ordered the cake for Beckett's birthday party on Sunday. Oooops.

Meh, you still have time! At least you realized before Sunday... Now I want cake...

Flamingemu

BPer said:

hmp1 said:

BPer said:

The only thing stopping me from spending my entire lunch break driving to the next town over to get a Sonic slush, is the fact that I know I will want blue raspberry and my mouth will be blue for the rest of the day.

I may do it anyway.

YOLO.

My husband's summer goal is to have all 25 sonic slush flavors. He dreams big!

Aiming high!  This reminds me of a yearbook quote I saw on tumblr yesterday:

"Any pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself."

That is on a tee-shirt on Zulily today.

Flamingemu

Hyaline said:

Flamingemu said:

DH and I haven't been on a date night in ages. Mostly because I would have to get a sitter and I don't want to ask family. I feel like we have to be quick and not leave L for long with family because we aren't paying them.

The actual FFFC? I don't want to pay a sitter to come watch my kid sleep. $20 an hour is too much to watch tv on my couch all night.

STUCK

Yeah it is.  You should find a cheaper sitter, lol.  Seriously, though--unless you're in a really HCOL area, pay less than that.  We have a couple sitters, and they all know that, when the kid's awake, they get paid more.  If they're chilling with Netflix, it's $10 per hour, tops.

I am in a really HCOL area. I need to ask my DCP for recs.

BPer

Flamingemu said:

BPer said:

hmp1 said:

BPer said:

The only thing stopping me from spending my entire lunch break driving to the next town over to get a Sonic slush, is the fact that I know I will want blue raspberry and my mouth will be blue for the rest of the day.

I may do it anyway.

YOLO.

My husband's summer goal is to have all 25 sonic slush flavors. He dreams big!

Aiming high!  This reminds me of a yearbook quote I saw on tumblr yesterday:

"Any pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself."

That is on a tee-shirt on Zulily today.

I feel like I need it now.  And I wish I had been clever enough to make it a quote in my yearbook.

I sent a screenshot of it to my sister, because homegirl can literally pack away an entire pizza.

hmp1

DH always changes up the stories so when I read it I get called out for reading it wrong.

kelbel527

hmp1 said:

DH always changes up the stories so when I read it I get called out for reading it wrong.

I sometimes skip words or paraphrase when I'm in a hurry - I totally get called out on it.  

When Brody was younger and wanted to read really long books, I totally skipped pages.  MOTY.