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FFFC---spill it, ladies!
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Re: FFFC---spill it, ladies!
Me too. In fact, I tried to get him as used to independent play as possible before Charlie arrived, on purpose. I'm really glad I did because there is no way I could spend all day entertaining him now.
Also, I thought of another one: I used to think that Kate was a shrewy b!tch (still do, really), and I felt bad for her family and wondered if she was always like that. After having these two so close together...I kind of "get" her. I don't think I'm as bad as her show made her look sometimes, but I am definitely more irritable and quicker to snap at DH. The other day, when he asked me why he was "in trouble" for making a simple suggestion, I realized that I would be as bad as Kate or worse if I had twins and then sextuplets.
I absolutely can't stand it when someone says they are "a single mom" for a week or month or whatever when their dh goes out of town. I get hugely offended by it and it makes me cuss. You (not talking about anyone here, you in general) are not a single mom, you still have a husband and he will come back and if you had an emergency, he would be there for you and your child. Yes, I get that caring for a child(ren) all on your own for a bit is difficult, it is, but there is an end in sight for you, you are not a single mother. Single mothers are on their own, all the time. THE hardest part is knowing you're it, forever. Along with not having support in medical decisions, how sick is too sick, never getting that break, knowing the financial part is up to you to figure it all out. Your dh is out of town, you can pick up the phone and call him and he has your back. It is a HUGE responsibility to be a single mother and I get really angry, irrationally so, when people say they have it tough and are a single mother for a week/month/whatever. They don't have to choose between lights and water nor do they have to skip meals so their kid can eat because money is tight. Your dh going out of town for a few days is SO not the same thing and it is insulting to those who do it day in and day out to compare themselves. /vent
eta: I don't think 99.9% of people that say this realize it is offensive in any way. But it still makes me cuss.
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I personally feel that anyone who drives a BMW 3-series is an automatic a-hole behind the wheel. Perfectly nice when they're on terra firma, but that car turns people into d-bags.
The Prius is pretentious. Seriously pretentious as are most of the people who drive it. I'm right there with you, FCB!
AMEN!
My two sisters are single moms. The kind you reference. I hope and pray that someday things will be very different for them.
I drive an S60 too!
Lazy Town freaks me out a bit. Ok, a lot. But I just chalk that up to the show being from Iceland and we all know that things from Iceland are inherently weird. I mean, hello, Bjork???
(j/k)
I LOVE, LOVE LOVE THESE POSTS!! HAD SO MUCH READING ALL OF THEM!
joyco and others that don't like babies: i am right there with you!!! when i had a girls weekend and whined not liking babies (mine was 5months at the time...just past the baby stage at least in my book). my best friend felt the need to ask all my other friends if they needed to be concerned about me. was i depressed, etc?? WHATEVER! I WAS JUST HONEST ABOUT HOW I FELT! i love T now, but man that helpless,crying mess was no fun, i'm sorry. done with that vent
firechief and car comments--that cracked me up! i think you are pretty much on the money with your feelings (of course not ALL, but lots fit that stereotype!)
my vent: I HATE MY DOG RIGHT NOW! remember marley and me? our dog was our baby. all her quirks were so cute til we had a baby. i threw her out in the rain today. she sh$t 4x on the carpet and drumroll please.....on our bed (for the first time ever! 7 years old!). i want her to run away. of course i don't mean that, but right now i am ready to sell her to a chinese restaurant grrrrrrr she can't walk on a leash, she can never be leash free, she gets the runs at the most random times (normally when it rains). so cute before baby, not cute now
I thought of another one. I'm finding it ridiculously hard not to flame the crap out of some of these, but I'm restraining myself because (1) it's a FFFC post and that's against the rules, and (2) I'm just in a sh!tty mood and I know I would regret it after I've caught up on sleep and sanity.
oh....I DROPPED MY IPHONE IN THE TOILET
in the lax airport. i had to reach in and get it ***gross*****
i googled how to save it, so wish me luck
While DH was playing with DD downstairs, I went upstairs with a laundry basket telling him I was putting away the clothes. I awoke 2hrs later to a very pissed off DH.
I have been misusing their, there and they're, and you, you're lately. I promise to know the proper useage but these 4:30 wake-ups are killing me. I know it's karma for thinking others who don't know the proper useage are dumbasses.
I hate it when people use "gr8". It's so junior-high.
This entire post is hilarious!
I'm royally pissed off at DH right now. He told me this morning before I went to work that he was going to go grocery shopping before I came home for lunch so I would have food in the house. Well I text him at 11:30 to make sure he went to HEB. He decided to take our dog for a run and work on our finances instead of getting me and the baby nourishment at the store. All I wanted was a freaking can of Chef Boyardee Dinosaurs w/Meatballs for lunch. Don't F with me when it comes to food!
To add to the car post, I hate PT Cruisers. I think they are stupidest looking cars ever. If you have one, I'm sorry and I drive a Ford Explorer so you can make fun of me driving an exploder
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one more....i can't stand my friends husbands who can't "babysit" their own kids! you know when they have to ask their hubbies for a favor so they can do something. or they can't leave their kids with hubby cause dh just isn't competent. grrrrrrr. they are your kids! 'babysit' is not a term used when they are your kids!
I'm late to the party, but in response to some of these juicy confessions:
Rssn: You are not a bad wife for being tired and not wanting to have anniversary sex.. DH and I have had sex ONCE in the last 9 months! Nine months. And ya know what? I don't feel that bad about it. That's bad. That's terrible, actually.
I drive a Kia.
And to round this confession out, I'm fairly certain I am almost as bad as Kate. Lately I have had a super duper short fuse with DH. I'm completely unreasonable and irrational with him all the time and he so doesn't deserve it. If I could afford it, I'd be back in therapy. But I can't, so I just get to be crazy for a while. I don't know why he puts up with me.
What my confession was going to be before reading through the thread - I have a favorite twin at work. I didn't when I kept them from infancy-2 yrs but I do now. They are so polar opposites now - one is a little cuddly, angel and the other is unruly and defiant and mean. I feel bad for "liking" one more, but it is what it is. Its a challenge everyday to not favor the good one, but I think so far I've kept my favoritism pretty well hidden. I hope.
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Good thing I just got rid of mine, eh?
Yeah. I would have to judge you and hold myself higher than you for being a not bad driver (ha!) until you got rid of it.
I totally and fully know I am offending quite a few people with that statement. I also acknowledge it makes me a judging cow.
Yeah, I do too. My excuse is that my feet are so freaking wide after having Alex that it's really hard to find closed-toe shoes that fit.
I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight, under it actually, but I'm pretty overweight. I really need to lose weight, but I cannot get motivated. I am an emotional/stress eater, and I know that losing my dad is a factor here in my desire to eat. Cheese, pizza, chocolate, peanut butter... all of it sounds much better than eating something super healthy.
The really ironic thing about all of the crap that I've been eating is that I'm trying to make healthy changes in our life. I've gotten rid of almost all of the chemical-y, yucky nasty cleaners. I've switched to Allen's Naturally for all of our clothes, and I don't use dryer sheets or fabric softeners. I replaced all of our shampoos, conditioners, soaps and toothpaste with sodium lauryl sulfate-free products. I KNOW that the crap I put INTO my body is probably far worse for me than the crap I was putting ON my body, but I have some serious food addictions.
Interestingly enough, I love my body much more NOW at this fat weight than I did when I was much skinnier and in better shape. My body is flawed, and even when I lose the weight, I'll still have stretchmarks, scars from prior surgeries, flabby loose skin, droopy boobs, etc., but my body is amazing to me because it created life, nurtured life, and brought two human beings into the world.
Meredith, 6-1-06 and Alex, 11-5-09
Dang it, I knew someone would. So sorry, but tell your Kia friends to wake up and stop doing their makeup while driving
That's why I yelled at one today.
I think this is a really healthy attitude about your body! Then any weight you lose is like icing on the cake.
Is it flameful to say that none of these confession seem bad to me?
Mine...when I was sick a couple of weeks ago, I had to take benadryl to breathe/sleep. My confession is that I'm still taking one a night to sleep, and I've stopped feeling guilty, despite sneaking them so DH doesn't know.
I'm dreading having the "I'm not BFing" convo with my doc, and will avoid it as long as possible. I adore my doc, and I know I will get annoyed if she pushes me on it. I want to keep living in my perfect doctor world.
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I also drive a Kia...and am shamed to say I have applied make-up while stopped at red lights before. I will say I've started using my blinker, stopped texting and driving, speeding like a maniac, and applying make-up all together since BFP. So, maybe this mom thing made me a safer driver all around.
I don't have a FFFC today. Guess I'll have to think on it.
I'll play...
I just found out today, at the doctors office, that I have officially gained 40 pounds... five of which were gained in the last 2 weeks,
I know that many women gain much more than this, but on my 5'1 frame, it's a lot. Most people say they can't tell, my husband included, but I can. I'm just so worried I won't be able to lose it after she's born. Not to mention the fact that I still have a month and a half to go, and at 5 pounds every two weeks, oi. I've really tried to be more active, but between my work schedule, constant swelling, and hip pain it's hard to get motivated to walk.
Not touching that BMW/Prius convo. My husband may or may not drive one of the two and he is SO NOT A JACKASS. Jackasses.
Don't sweat it! I'm 5'3" and gained FIFTY with each baby. I lost it pretty easily after Anderson. Most of it came off on its own, then I did the Shred for about a month and was back into my super skinny pants.
I gained the same with Vivi and so far, so good. Certainly not in the skinny pants yet but I'm fitting into a lot of my jeans. You'll be fine!
(read it. you know you want to.)
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I love these!
FCB ... that is SO not as flameworthy as I thought it was going to be.
I have much, MUCH worse thoughts about certain drivers in certain cars. Heck, I feel pretty much like the devil after reading these posts
That does not make you a bad wife at all. That makes you human!
BFP 12.20.2010 :: missed m/c 1/2011 around 8 weeks
BFP @ 9dpo 5.24.2011 :: missed m/c 6/2011 around 7 weeks
positive for ANAs (1:40) with a speckled pattern
MTHFR c677t mutation (heterozygous)
*folic acid, baby asprin, Prometrium, acupuncture, Lovenox*
BFP @ 9dpo 2.1.2012 || HCG = 8 : Progesterone = 19.2
2nd HCG @ 11dpo = 40 || 3rd HCG @ 21dpo = over 5000!
Stick, little one, stick! EDD October 15, 2012
Same here! One mom I know kept saying it's a "sick" show, but would never give any details about why. Then finally at a get-together she was going on and on about it, so I said, in front of everyone, that I think it's sick how people can watch a children's show and see nothing but buttplugs and dildos on screen. She laughed, but it must have worked because I haven't heard any more about it since then.
I
you, kimbiebride.
I feel the exact. same. way. about this! I always tell DH that I will never ask him for a 'favor' to 'watch' his own kid(s). I think it's totally ridiculous!