FFFC 2015

PrimRoseMama

miss2697 said:

My FFFC is a follow up to @Lelo2006‌. The tone of this board different now. There's too much going on behind the scenes with all the texting, instagram, and fb.

Yup. Super Secret Squirrel! :P agree.

PrimRoseMama

@COmama1314‌ : @haddocky is late! You aren't a whore!

opheliainwaders

I've had the same best friend since first grade...there have been times when we're closer or further apart, but now we live in the same place, and she's having a little boy in April. So excited! Most of my other friends are from HS and college, with a few new "mom friends" in my neighborhood. Plus you guys, obvi.

@COmama1314‌ FWIW, I don't see you that way at all. I see you as someone who is doing her best to be a great mom to her two littles, despite some difficult adult stuff.

FFFC: we're not planning to TTC until the late spring/summer, but yesterday we definitely may have jumped the gun on that...

Lelo2006

I just learned how a submarine works by reading one of James' books. Did you know it fills itself with water to make it sink? Mind blown.

Stina2012

COmama1314 said:

No, sympathy guise!!!!!!

Except from @econmama‌ because she directly targeted me and I want a white knight now. @haddocky‌, where are you.

Sympathy != Respect

We respect you! Both of you ladies are strong mamas!

(That's a "does not equal" sign in developer world).

PrimRoseMama

Another confession: I may or may not have a proboards URL for when the bump shuts us down. :-\"

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JTA2426

@Lelo2006‌ msud is usually in the newborn screen done at birth. You'd probably know by now if he had it anyway! Still kind-of weird though.

Re: friends.. I seem to pick up one or two that stick through each phase of my life. I have one from toddlerhood, one from high school, one from college, and one from nursing school. Minus the nursing school one (she's my bestie) the others all kinda rotate as the next closest to me depending on what's going on in our respective lives. I guess my fffc is that I get lonely very easily. DH by himself just doesn't cut it in that department.

coco2787

maryannespier said:

Here's a related one: I have no close lifelong friends. People who have been friends with the same people for ten years or more always confuse me. I don't even talk to my closest friends from college.

I mostly only have those types of friends. I'm closest with my high school friends who have been through a lot with me. It's hard for me to get close to new people so I don't often seek out new friendships. I think most people just assume that means I'm a bitch.

Stina2012

I'm still BFF with my group of girls from college. The NoVA ladies may have met my college BFF and my IRL BFF at our Halloween party.

The strawberry baby was my college BFF who did IVF after a long fertility struggle. The race car drivers are my IRL BFFs kiddos (twin boys who are Rileys boyfriends....although she does have her eye on Vinny!).

PrimRoseMama

I may call Abby into preschool today because she said she, "wants to play with Mommy today." & "cuddle more". She can play hooky & Moar Abby cuddles!!

coco2787

On a lighter note, Silas has been up
30 minutes and has eaten two chocolate pudding pouches. They have organic milk in them so it's ok.

:>

arlingirl

@valstulas‌ love you!

My "BFF" I've known since we were 11. We don't see each other much or talk like we used to. Life, man. I don't really have lots of lady friends. I know there are bumpies around me, but I wish they weren't an hour or more away.

I don't want to be team green for this baby. I like being prepared and if we're not having another boy I want to clean out Oliver's clothes and make more room. It's going to drive me crazy. b-(

redrocksmama

Add me to the no lifelong friends faction. My oldest friends are from college. When I was growing up we moved a bunch because of my dad's job. One of those moves was when I was a junior in HS which is so hard when you're a teenager. They were all long distance moves and with it being pre-internet/social media, it was really easy to lose contact with people. I'm friends with a lot of them now on FB, but I've had no IRL contact with those people for at least 20 years. DH is the total opposite as he spent his entire life in a small town and is still best friends with people he's known since he was 5. A part of me is jealous that I don't have the same, but I think my situation made me become really independent. I have no problems being alone (and even crave alone time). DH hates it.

My FFFC: I got a really nice box of chocolate from a co-worker for Christmas. I've been hiding it from DH because I want it all to myself.

arlingirl

Oh and we watch a ridiculous amount of tv. Judge away.

arlingirl

@juliedave151‌ You're boring.

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Okay here goes:

NOTHING AT PORTILLO'S* TASTES GOOD.

Bam.

*Without meat in it

chiboo9

PickleX said:

Okay here goes:

NOTHING AT PORTILLO'S* TASTES GOOD.

Bam.

*Without meat in it

Do you consider tuna as meat? Honest question. Because their tuna sandwiches are amazing!!

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chiboo9 said:

Okay here goes:

NOTHING AT PORTILLO'S* TASTES GOOD.

Bam.

*Without meat in it

Do you consider tuna as meat? Honest question. Because their tuna sandwiches are amazing!!

I don't eat fish either. Plus tuna smells  :-&

So I was like, okay, I'll have some french fries. Nope - they're like cafeteria fries.

chiboo9

On the life long friendship topic -

My 2 oldest friends I've met when we were 10 yrs old, so we've known each other for 22 yrs. I can't even say we've been friends for 22 yrs because our friendship has come and gone over the years. One of them hasn't even bothered meeting LO yet and we only live an hour away from each other. I've stopped making an effort trying to see her after repeated cancellations on her part. Maybe that makes me a bad friend, too...

arlingirl

No idea what Portillos is.

I could seriously go for Arby's today. Gross, I know.

chiboo9

My FFFC is LO is going on one hour of watching Sesame Street. X_X I'm trying to pack our bags for the water park later and it's really helping keeping her occupied.

Lelo2006

Fffc: I feed my kid organic unicorn milk. That is why he is so advanced.

coco2787

I actually have a pretty heavy confession.

Liz's awful story about her friend brought this all back for me. This is going to get long.

As many of you might remember, my BIL took his own life about a year ago, leaving behind my sister and their two young boys. While his death was a huge shock, he had been unstable for some time. His brother was a diagnosed schizophrenic and my BIL had gone through some "episodes" where he was having delusional thoughts and a lot of paranoia. He thought my sister was doing meth and that his mom, sister, and my sister were in some sort of conspiracy against him. He was never diagnosed with anything but did get some help and seemed to be doing okay. He definitely had a drinking problem though and was doing some self-medicating.

Despite his issues, I always had a great time with him and he really was a lovable, sweet guy most of the time.
However, his dark side and his drinking worried me. He could be very spiteful and I was terrified he would just snap; my biggest fear was that he would kill my sister and then take his own life.

The confession part of this story is that when I got the call that he had committed suicide (and my sister was unharmed) I couldn't help but feel some relief. I feel like a horrible person for feeling this way, and I wish more than anything that it hadn't ended like this. There was no happy ending though; a divorce probably would have sent him further off the deep end and I would have still been scared for my sister.

I feel incredibly guilty for this, but I'm glad he's out of her life because their relationship wasn't healthy and he would have made her life hell, even if they weren't together. But now two little boys don't have a father and his mother doesn't have her son and it's not fair and I can't be glad that he's gone. I just wish everything could have been different.


*if you lovetit this I understand that it's a hugtit

arlingirl

Your feelings are understandable @Cfreymc‌. It's tragic the way it ended, and sad be didn't get help, but I completely hear what you're saying. :hugs:

PrimRoseMama

@Cfreymc‌ : nothing but hugs.

JTA2426

Leftover chicken and dumplins for lunch. Yes ma'am. Also, my brother goes to Oregon so I'm super excited for them.

MRads

@biggunsbo >:D< I'm so sorry you had to watch your friend go through that. Drugs really are terribe. Not to be all "after school special"

@COmama1314‌ single moms are freaking rock stars

opheliainwaders

ramy3 said:

@Cfreymc‌ I think your feelings are completely understandable and valid. >:D<

Totally agree.

KMRR86

Lelo2006 said:

Fffc: I feed my kid organic unicorn milk. That is why he is so advanced.

the unicorn milk is probably why he smells like syrup.

opheliainwaders

Audrey1787 said:

@lizabethann06 is there something wrong with almond milk that I'm not aware of? I want to gauge how guilty I should feel....

JUST THINK OF HOW MANY POOR ALMONDS HAD TO DIEEEEEEEE

atlvol

I have a dear friend that I have known since we were in after school care together in elementary school, so since we were 5 years old.  We live 6 hours apart, but still talk on a regular basis.   She was in my wedding and I was in hers. Our husbands share names and birthdays (same year too)-it's so bizarre!  I have another friend that I have been close to since HS, we also talk on a regular basis.  She still lives in my hometown, so I am able to see her anytime I go back.  I love that we can go for so long and pick up right where we left off. 

Most people I am friends with now are local that we have met through church.  All of our lives are so crazy and in different places, we don't get together as much.  It makes me sad.  

Lelo2006

KMRR86 said:

Lelo2006 said:

Fffc: I feed my kid organic unicorn milk. That is why he is so advanced.

the unicorn milk is probably why he smells like syrup.

I just read the back of the crystal, diamond encrusted goblet that it comes in (no dyed cancer-causing paper cartons here!) & you're totally right- it's listed as one of the possible side effects!

karen0477

@Cfreymc‌ big hugs
@biggunsbo‌ addiction is horrible, I always say if I can just keep my kids off drugs I will be happy, sorry you had to go through that
@COmama1314‌ hugs to you too, you are doing a great job

I have mainly long term friendships in my life.....I've known my BFF since I was 1 and she was born, our moms were bffs in high school!! I tend to make friends easily and those friendships generally last a long time....which leads into my confession that I don't feel like I've really connected with people on this board. It's not a big deal, but when I read about people connecting on facebook and texting and stuff I feel out of the loop....

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econmama said:

I should really clean during nap time, but nope. Gilmore Girls on Netflix is much better.

Way to lean, econ.

KMRR86

econmama said:

I should really clean during nap time, but nope. Gilmore Girls on Netflix is much better.

Same. I should vacuum and do laundry. Instead I'm finishing the last season of Greys on Netflix which will be followed by season three of call the midwife. Lazy ftw.

Back to work tomorrow for the last Saturday I'll work for the foreseeable future. New job starts in two weeks!!!

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econmama said:

econmama said:

I should really clean during nap time, but nope. Gilmore Girls on Netflix is much better.

Way to lean, econ.

Growing a human is tough.

True. I'm leaning and all I'm growing is leg hair. 

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Oh yeah? Cheetos are also unpleasant in both taste and texture, and resulting finger discoloration. 

arlingirl

econmama said:

PickleX said:

econmama said:

I should really clean during nap time, but nope. Gilmore Girls on Netflix is much better.

Way to lean, econ.

Growing a human is tough.


I'm worse. I'm sleeping. Every weekend I sleep and now that I quit teaching I've been sleeping almost every day.
:-S