My husband. We always drive my car if we go somewhere. Sunday we went to dinner and Target and he drove. He usually freaks out if I have 1/4 tank or less. This morning I get in to go to an orthopedic appointment an hour and a half away and the light is on. Then he calls to ask me if I've left yet, yeah and I'm glad I left early because you drove the gas out of my car. He's all oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. Let me know when you get to your appointment. Then he texts me 20 minutes before I'm supposed to be here to ask if I made it yet. Dude, I told you I'd let you know. Also, the medical offices where my appointment is, there is never anywhere to park because it's one level and there's an urgent care, the only local workers comp office and about a million other specialists/offices. I love old people, but they're everywhere and slow. I'm huge with a bum knee, get out of my way!
The AC at work. Yesterday I had to go home because it was almost 90 degrees in my office due to AC being broke and might end up leaving again today because it is 77 degrees and not sure if it got fixed. Being pregnant in this hot weather is no joke we have been in the 90s with 100 degree heat index.
I'm the twat today. I left my house wearing flip flops because I have a pair of flats in my car since last summer. It seems that after a year of heat and cold the flats shrunk and now I'm sitting at work getting my toes crushed.
The guy two rows behind me at work won't stop hacking coughing. I might have to hand him a medical mask, tell him to go home, or snap his neck. It's his choice.
Together: January 2002 Married: May 2008 Baby: August 2017
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@lewliv All my flats are pointy toed and are getting too snug--no leaving out in the car required. I'm so glad school's almost out so I can wear sandals the rest of the summer and not cram my feet in nice looking shoes.
The people who run the instructionals program who have DD's dance pictures. They keep emailing us an hour before they will be available for pick up and I've missed it twice now.
I'm the twat today. Took DS to the park today to let him play around. I was sitting on a bench in the shade, watching him play. He climbed a wall that he's done a hundred times before, and as soon as he got to the top, he fell the entire 4 feet down, landing in the mulch belly down. My angels were there, thank God, he has no broken bones, only some pretty bad scrapes and scratches on his cheek. I ran over there so fast that my already bad pelvic pains are now borderline unbearable. Of course I'm hosting a moms night out fondue party at my house tonight too... cleaning and prepping is hard enough with a toddler, it's even harder when I can barely walk. But still thanking my lucky stars that DS is ok!
@kristenk727 I'm so happy your little man is ok! That sounds incredibly scary! I know people say little kids are these unbreakable little beings that do super human things, but that would just give me a heart attack! Also, I hope you feel better!
The woman in this 6 pm night class that meets 3 times a week complaining that the college doesn't cater to students that work during the day. You're lucky the college even offers a night class during the summer!
My freaking old ass cat. He has an issue last August with pooping and peeing outside of the litter box. Not only just outside of the litter box but targeting his poop/pee around or on my kids' toys and even my husband's laundry at one point. We put him on anxiety medication and kept him isolated in his own room for weeks and then slowly brought him back out into the house. I didn't notice any change in his normal anxious self with the meds so we stopped them but he stopped pooping/peeing after the isolation. Well, I was just putting laundry in the wash and noticed that there was a large area of poop with my daughter's doll almost on top of it. I'm assuming it's behavioral again (he was checked last year when this happened and was perfectly healthy then too). I'm at my wits end and the last thing I need is this to happen with a new baby in the house.
My mom. She is hosting my shower on July 15. Because she just picked up invitation cards on Sunday, I told her I'd help. I gathered all the addresses from everybody and hand addressed all 25 of the envelopes, and finished my registry in the 2 hours we were sitting at the table. You know what she did, got maybe a third of the invitations written. It's seriously fill in the blank, how hard is it. They need to go out like yesterday so people can get them the standard 4 weeks in advance. All because she was to busy waiting for a text message from what my brother and I can only assume is a booty call since she's newly single again. And to top it off, I get a text from my SIL asking how I want my shower because apparently the planning was pawned off to her because my mom who doesn't work summers is too busy to plan it. If my mom hadn't written one line on each invite I would just finish them. I doubt they'll get done today
My two friends that are supposed to be hosting my baby shower. They both are now not coming. There's 3 of them that are co-hosting and 2 out of the 3 bailed. And these women were my bridesmaids so they're pretty close friends. The date has been set in stone since March (the shower is in early August) and the one can't go because she forgot about the shower and booked a flight somewhere. The other one "can't" go because she won't be able to bring her kids and if she can't bring her kids, then apparently she's not going to attend. This is pretty par for the course these days though with these girls and I'm about at the point where enough is enough. I know it's only a baby shower and in the grand scheme of things, it's not that big of a deal, but because these 2 pull this crap all the time, I'm done at this point.
@mrsjqg1024 I wouldn't attend a shower I couldn't bring DD to.
@kristenk727 you're not a twat!! I'm glad your kiddo is mostly unharmed that's so scary! I try not to helicopter DD at the park too much but I'm always afraid something like this will happen.
@SouthernMama15 my DH does that kinda crap all the time!! I've always treated 1/4 of a tank as empty. I get anxious anytime I'm below 1/4 and DH will cruise around with the gas light on like no big deal.
@Nxy I'm notorious for driving till the light is on but it made me mad because he lectures me about it. It makes sense to drive my car because it's newer, bigger, and has less miles, but don't drive the gas out and don't leave your crap in there.
@Nxy My friend has 3 kids and the shower is at a nice restaraunt. She shouldn't have volunteered to host the shower in the first place since she was the one who helped plan it at a place where she knew kids wouldn't necessarily be appropriate. Why host something and make the plans for it that you know you can't accommodate?
I know it's not Tuesday any more, but I'm at the car dealership getting my car serviced and this woman brought her lunch and it's chick fila which I love, but whatever she has smells awful. It's smelled up the entire waiting area and I'm about to vomit.
My friend has 3 kids and the shower is at a nice restaraunt. She shouldn't have volunteered to host the shower in the first place since she was the one who helped plan it at a place where she knew kids wouldn't necessarily be appropriate. Why host something and make the plans for it that you know you can't accommodate?
That's really odd. We also had a nice restaurant shower so kids weren't invited, but one of my close friends is still BF-ing so I told her to bring the baby (and told the hosts that at least one friend would need a baby accommodated). Friend told me that another close friend of hers is having a baby shower soon and said she couldn't bring her baby. I like this woman, but that was a twat-moment. In my opinion, children who are still breastfeeding (especially exclusively) are- or hopefully should be- the exception to no-kids rules. I am totally down with people's desires to have child-inclusive and child-free events, but come on, what's more important- including your nearest and dearest with a baby in tow, or excluding them by default because they can't- or won't- be far from their child for long. Anyway, I recognize that child-free versus child-inclusive events are often hotly contested so, that's just my opinion that this is an unfortunate situation.
@Nxy My friend has 3 kids and the shower is at a nice restaraunt. She shouldn't have volunteered to host the shower in the first place since she was the one who helped plan it at a place where she knew kids wouldn't necessarily be appropriate. Why host something and make the plans for it that you know you can't accommodate?
Well that's a horse of a different color. She is indeed a twat.
I've never been invited to a shower (bridal or baby) that wasn't just hosted at someone's house or community center. Is this a new trend or is my circle really lazy lol?
@DeansGirl14 So 1 friend is still BFing which I totally get but she also wants to bring her 2 other kids (ages 4 and 2) because they are having separation anxiety from her. I don't really care one way or the other honestly, but if you want to/need to bring your kids, then why plan the shower for a nice restaraunt? Also, it's only 2 hours out of your day and I'm confused why you can't leave 2 of your kids at home for that short period to attend a shower of your close friend. I don't know, I'm not a mom yet so I can't really judge, but again my thing is: don't volunteer to host something and then your plan is something you can't even make work.
@lewliv - I had severe separation anxiety as a kid, but my mom definitely didn't let it rule her (or my) life (she didn't have it from me, I had it from her). I grew out of it pretty quickly, but I'm glad my mom didn't give into it like @mrsjqg1024 's friend seems to be doing!
@mrsjqg1024 I thought separation anxiety was a dog thing... I can't imagine never being able to stay away from my child.
DD had a few months between 1.5 and 2 where if she couldn't see me she'd lose her fricken mind. She's fine now at 3. I don't think separation anxiety at 4 is exactly normal.. I could be (probably am) wrong though.
@Nxy My friend has 3 kids and the shower is at a nice restaraunt. She shouldn't have volunteered to host the shower in the first place since she was the one who helped plan it at a place where she knew kids wouldn't necessarily be appropriate. Why host something and make the plans for it that you know you can't accommodate?
Well that's a horse of a different color. She is indeed a twat.
I've never been invited to a shower (bridal or baby) that wasn't just hosted at someone's house or community center. Is this a new trend or is my circle really lazy lol?
I agree that it's totally weird that she volunteered to help host aaand helped planned it at the location and THEN decided to back out.
I, also, am curious if it's a new trend to have outside-house location showers? My family is all about jamming as many people as possible into a room of the house for a party and then being really loud so it's for the best we stay out of the public haha
Thanks ladies! The other friend who is hosting (and still coming) told both of the other girls that they needed to be the ones to tell me themselves. I'm already trying to figure out exactly what I want to say when they do get up the nerve to call me up. Again, it's not even about the shower, because, whatever..a shower is a shower. It's just been par for the course with these 2 in recent years and what's a friendship if it's only ever one sided?
@mrsjqg1024 I thought separation anxiety was a dog thing... I can't imagine never being able to stay away from my child.
DD had a few months between 1.5 and 2 where if she couldn't see me she'd lose her fricken mind. She's fine now at 3. I don't think separation anxiety at 4 is exactly normal.. I could be (probably am) wrong though.
I had bad separation anxiety when I was younger, up to the age of 10. I couldn't even go stay with my grandparents, I would always call my mom at bedtime and tell her I was ready to come home. I think it just depends on the situations. For me, my mom and my stepdad were my constant, everything else always changed, so to be away from them (especially my mom) was incredibly hard. I even choose to not go visit my dad in England for a few weeks when I was 8 because my mom couldn't come with.
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mokay19 I don't think it's a new trend. I've attended both in-home and not-in-home showers over the past decade. Seems to simply depend on the hosting style and budget of those doing the hosting. My MIL finds in-home hosting to be nothing but stressful, so a restaurant it was.
mokay19 I don't think it's a new trend. I've attended both in-home and not-in-home showers over the past decade. Seems to simply depend on the hosting style and budget of those doing the hosting. My MIL finds in-home hosting to be nothing but stressful, so a restaurant it was.
Yeah I agree I think it is budget and # of people. My shower is being hosted at the home of my best friends parents (her mom is one of the hosts) and it was really just that we didn't have so many people we would need a room or anything and so the cost of outside the home didn't make sense. Plus, I am glad I can be more relaxed in her home than somewhere else. I've known her since I was born so, I can just relax.
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I'm going to Twat the fact that I just got a Jury Duty summons for the week of July 31st. You know, when I'm 37 weeks pregnant, have to eat and take my blood sugar on schedule, go for a million Dr.s appointments, and also can't hold my pee for more than 15 minutes.
The courts really don't want super pregnant me on the stand judging crimes and holding legal futures in my hormonal hands.
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@mango517 that's awesome, ha! Wonder what they would do if you went into labor during the trial? They're would prob have to start over and wouldn't want that so hopefully you get excused?! I look forward to the day I get called to jury duty at a convenient time!
I'm going to see about getting Dr.'s notes to see if that helps to bring with me when I report. I think I'll be able to get out of it but I also know this is the same court (not sure about the same judge) that did picked my 8 month pregnant friend for a jury a few years ago, so I'm wary of them dismissing me automatically based on advanced pregnancy.
I don't know about other local courts, but ours assigns you an entire week where you are required to call in every day to see if you have to report in the next day. It's asinine and leaves you in a constant state of scramble to plan the next day.
Together: January 2002 Married: May 2008 Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...
DS2 8/2017 
Re: Twat Tuesday 6/13
Together: January 2002
Married: May 2008
Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...
#1 - DD: 7/5/12
#2 - DS: 5/21/14
#3 - EDD: 8/25/17
@kristenk727 you're not a twat!! I'm glad your kiddo is mostly unharmed that's so scary! I try not to helicopter DD at the park too much but I'm always afraid something like this will happen.
@SouthernMama15 my DH does that kinda crap all the time!! I've always treated 1/4 of a tank as empty. I get anxious anytime I'm below 1/4 and DH will cruise around with the gas light on like no big deal.
Anyway, I recognize that child-free versus child-inclusive events are often hotly contested so, that's just my opinion that this is an unfortunate situation.
We had a no-kids wedding but had some close friends who JUST had babies so we let them come. They were all under 2 months.
I've never been invited to a shower (bridal or baby) that wasn't just hosted at someone's house or community center. Is this a new trend or is my circle really lazy lol?
I, also, am curious if it's a new trend to have outside-house location showers? My family is all about jamming as many people as possible into a room of the house for a party and then being really loud so it's for the best we stay out of the public haha
mom) was incredibly hard. I even choose to not go visit my dad in England for a few weeks when I was 8 because my mom couldn't come with.
Diagnosed with PCOS: January 2009
1st D&C: Janaury 2009
Dating: March 18, 2009
Married: June 12, 2010
TTC: January 1, 2011
2nd D&C: June 5, 2011
3rd D&C: August 3, 2011
Dec 2016: BFP (due 8/5/2017)
1 infant loss
8/17: Our daughter was born
8/18: Our daughter kicked open heart surgery ass
2/19: We lost our son to Prader-Willi/Paradoxical Vocal Cord/ Noonans at 6wks old
4/26/2020: EDD for baby #3!!!
The courts really don't want super pregnant me on the stand judging crimes and holding legal futures in my hormonal hands.
Together: January 2002
Married: May 2008
Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...
DD#1: 5/29/12
DD#2: 1/14/15
Baby #3 on the way due 8/19/17
I don't know about other local courts, but ours assigns you an entire week where you are required to call in every day to see if you have to report in the next day. It's asinine and leaves you in a constant state of scramble to plan the next day.
Together: January 2002
Married: May 2008
Baby: August 2017
Clearly we like to rush along at lightning speed...