maryannespier and @fabk (and any other nascent book hoarders out there I missed)
My father's office (entire third floor of my parents' house) AND the basement is full of his books. He brought another crapload of his books when they cleaned out my grandparents' house at Christmas.
My mom is apoplectic, threatening to die first, so that she won't have to clean up his mess.
Me, on the other hand....I more or less called dibs on his entire collection. Because I may not be able to fit in more than an ebook reader in our current 1 bedroom. But one day, damn it, I will have my library!
Did you know in Afghanistan ( I believe there,i learned a lot about the cultures of different areas when I was going to be deployed) anyway, there, you are supposed to deny a gift a few times first and then take it? You don't just take it right away. Kinda strange.
It's interesting. Is their a reason behind why they do that?
Guyss does anyone else get this ad? What is this for? I'm afraid to google.
Me: 35 H: 35 Married: 4/5/13 "You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I will always love you. That's where I'll be waiting." ~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #1: 11/12/12 EDD 7/25/13 Baby boy: 7/27/13 BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18 BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18 RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28 BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19 Rainbow baby girl born 7/23/19 BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
Before Hs grandmother decided she hated me, she told me to put a sticky note on anything in her house that I wanted when she passed and she would include it in her will. We were really really close. Anyway, I put a sticky note on the entire house. I'm still bummed we won't be getting it. I loved that house.
Also after the big fiasco she posted in FB "to think I was going to give you my house" I had a lot of sads.
because it didn't fucking snow enough for me to build my own
SRC, I like you. But it does seem like you find a hill to die on every week.
We had a book shower for my sister. I'm so jealous. She has so many books and my LO has about 20. Plus, have you seem how expensive cards are these days? So cheap looking and $6! You can buy a book for less.
It doesn't seem to me like she's finding a new hill to die on, she is just one who is not afraid of sharing her point of view. I'm pretty sure I've had my own set of discussion/arguments with her too, but I enjoy the back and forth with her because she generally writes thorough responses. I don't always agree with them, but at least she is never "you don't know my lyfe, I'm done". It's a FFFC thread, isn't it assumed that people are not going to agree on stuff in here?
I agree with some of this. Yes SRC does find a new hill to die on every week. BUT, she makes good arguments without being disrespectful and it sparks good discussion.
I think this entire BMB has had their share of debating SRC but it's no big deal. She moves on from it and doesn't get angry or butthurt.
Did you know in Afghanistan ( I believe there,i learned a lot about the cultures of different areas when I was going to be deployed) anyway, there, you are supposed to deny a gift a few times first and then take it? You don't just take it right away. Kinda strange.
It's interesting. Is their a reason behind why they do that?
It's just the way they do things. You aren't supposed to seem too eager or greedy. So you say no, they offer, say no again, offer again, and then say yes. You also have to take the gift or whatever it is. Not taking is is disrespectful.
because it didn't fucking snow enough for me to build my own
Before Hs grandmother decided she hated me, she told me to put a sticky note on anything in her house that I wanted when she passed and she would include it in her will. We were really really close. Anyway, I put a sticky note on the entire house. I'm still bummed we won't be getting it. I loved that house.
Also after the big fiasco she posted in FB "to think I was going to give you my house" I had a lot of sads.
Is this to me? We had a huge falling out at my wedding. She decided I was the devil for not wanting anyone to drink at the wedding. There was a ton of underage people (like 75% of the invite list) plus H has a problem with it.
She called me a liar about his alcohol problem. Haha cuz him doing drugs is totally normal but alcohol is just unfathomable.
Then told me she hopes I get deployed and die.
Fun times.
because it didn't fucking snow enough for me to build my own
Is this to me? We had a huge falling out at my wedding. She decided I was the devil for not wanting anyone to drink at the wedding. There was a ton of underage people (like 75% of the invite list) plus H has a problem with it.
She called me a liar about his alcohol problem. Haha cuz him doing drugs is totally normal but alcohol is just unfathomable.
Then told me she hopes I get deployed and die.
Fun times.
Is this to me? We had a huge falling out at my wedding. She decided I was the devil for not wanting anyone to drink at the wedding. There was a ton of underage people (like 75% of the invite list) plus H has a problem with it.
She called me a liar about his alcohol problem. Haha cuz him doing drugs is totally normal but alcohol is just unfathomable.
Yeah, it's crazy though because we were so close with her . I guess she does this a lot. She gets close to people and then flips the hell out. Someone on Hs side is always avoiding her. They alternate who is fighting with her it seems. Pretty sure she has an actual mental disorder, but she is so old, no one will make her seek treatment. They think it's showing they love her to put up with it.
Which is so not how my family works. In my family if you are in need of counseling we say that shit to your face.
I'm pretty sure his entire family will breathe a sigh of relief when she passes away which makes me sad.
because it didn't fucking snow enough for me to build my own
My baby slept a 3 hour stretch and then a 2 hour stretch last night. Sorry, I just wanted to brag because I mean he doesn't ever sleep longer than 45 minutes. So put that in your pipe and smoke it
Sorry, I just wanted to tell everyone that I got to sleep a little last night and didn't want to start my own post.
I'm pages late with my responses bc typing with LO is a task nowadays. She grabs my fingers or my tablet. I'm erasing, starting over, back spacing...just to type a few words. Geesh M!
My baby slept a 3 hour stretch and then a 2 hour stretch last night. Sorry, I just wanted to brag because I mean he doesn't ever sleep longer than 45 minutes. So put that in your pipe and smoke it
Sorry, I just wanted to tell everyone that I got to sleep a little last night and didn't want to start my own post.
I was up from 1- 4 with a party baby. I'm so freaking tired. She's hardly napped today either. Grrr.
because it didn't fucking snow enough for me to build my own
@jackson290721 I'm lucky that he doesn't usually stay up when he wakes, but he needs me to pat him or feed him or do something for him to go back to sleep. It's been exhausting... I started to think maybe there was something wrong with him or me. I was on the verge of tears a few days ago.
I'm sure tonight we'll be back to normal but I can only hope it's not
My baby slept a 3 hour stretch and then a 2 hour stretch last night. Sorry, I just wanted to brag because I mean he doesn't ever sleep longer than 45 minutes. So put that in your pipe and smoke it
Sorry, I just wanted to tell everyone that I got to sleep a little last night and didn't want to start my own post.
@Asbromle!!! This needs it's own thread!!! That's awesome!
My baby slept a 3 hour stretch and then a 2 hour stretch last night. Sorry, I just wanted to brag because I mean he doesn't ever sleep longer than 45 minutes. So put that in your pipe and smoke it
Sorry, I just wanted to tell everyone that I got to sleep a little last night and didn't want to start my own post.
That's awesome! It's like life changing when they throw us a break every now and again! Hoping he continues this for you
I was also in the debate club in high school. Yep. But I went to HS back in the olden days of the nineties when there were no online forums for such things.
I just picked up my strapless bridesmaid dress for a wedding I'm in in May. I need to find a literal way to calm my tits because they are out of control in this dress. (Just thought I'd put this random tidbit in the fffc)
I don't see anything wrong with a book shower. I had one. I didn't choose it..the people holding the shower for me did. Who cares. If you think it's tacky don't buy a book or don't come. FFS. A lot of people don't follow registries, I have found. I really didn't give a shit about the gifts...we can afford everything and didn't need anyone to get us anything but getting someone's favorite book with an inscription to V in it was MEANINGFUL! A box of diapers doesn't say...I'm thinking of you and your child and I chose this special box of disposible shit holders to share with you.
I am at the other end of the spectrum... I thought diapers were by far the best baby gift because it was pretty much guaranteed to be something I could use, which wasn't the case for some of the other things ;-)
1. I hate when a post has over 200 replies by the time I can read it.
2. If they're going on my baby's bottom, I want them to be clean. All of the random diapers that got made into funky shapes from my shower with DS went into the garbage. They ended up thrown in the trunk of a car and by the time we needed them I didn't feel like they were clean.
3. @somerandomchick Glad the universe is back to normal- I totally disagree with you on the book shower. I think it's a great idea.
4. My FFFC, I bought all of this expensive food at the grocery store the other night so I could make a romantic dinner. Yeah, we are totally ordering takeout. I am way too tired to cook.
I was also in the debate club in high school. Yep. But I went to HS back in the olden days of the nineties when there were no online forums for such things.
Me too! I was VP of debate team and did Lincoln/Douglass and was a Speechie. No online forums for us, and if there were, we didn't know about or use them bc our hs had like 8 computers. And our home computer was horrible with bad dial up. It took 1/2 hr to even connect! grad '99.
I don't see anything wrong with a book shower. I had one. I didn't choose it..the people holding the shower for me did. Who cares. If you think it's tacky don't buy a book or don't come. FFS. A lot of people don't follow registries, I have found.
I really didn't give a shit about the gifts...we can afford everything and didn't need anyone to get us anything but getting someone's favorite book with an inscription to V in it was MEANINGFUL!
A box of diapers doesn't say...I'm thinking of you and your child and I chose this special box of disposible shit holders to share with you.
I am at the other end of the spectrum... I thought diapers were by far the best baby gift because it was pretty much guaranteed to be something I could use, which wasn't the case for some of the other things ;-)
2. If they're going on my baby's bottom, I want them to be clean. All of the random diapers that got made into funky shapes from my shower with DS went into the garbage. They ended up thrown in the trunk of a car and by the time we needed them I didn't feel like they were clean.
This is why when my friend told me about the diaper raffle they were doing at her shower and how there would be "good" prizes, not lame ones, so make sure to bring diapers, I promptly made the diapers I had already bought her into a cake and motorcycle.
I hate diaper cakes. A lot. But don't tell me how to spend my money!
I ended up having fun making them, they are cute, and I did put the thing in a cellophane bag. I have no idea what she will think about them. But damn it if you are going to make me feel obligated to bring diapers, I'm gonna make you work to get to them!!!
because it didn't fucking snow enough for me to build my own
Re: FFFC
Married: 4/5/13
"You know that place between sleep and awake,
that place where you can still remember dreaming?
That's where I will always love you.
That's where I'll be waiting."
~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks
BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18
BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18
RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal
BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl
Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28
BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19 Rainbow baby girl born 7/23/19
BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
Also after the big fiasco she posted in FB "to think I was going to give you my house"
I had a lot of sads.
She called me a liar about his alcohol problem. Haha cuz him doing drugs is totally normal but alcohol is just unfathomable.
Then told me she hopes I get deployed and die.
Fun times.
Which is so not how my family works. In my family if you are in need of counseling we say that shit to your face.
I'm pretty sure his entire family will breathe a sigh of relief when she passes away which makes me sad.
Sorry, I just wanted to tell everyone that I got to sleep a little last night and didn't want to start my own post.
I'm sure tonight we'll be back to normal but I can only hope it's not
Hope she sleeps for you tonight!
I lost my angels 07/2010, 04/2017, 10/2017
Meimsx no more
1. I hate when a post has over 200 replies by the time I can read it.
2. If they're going on my baby's bottom, I want them to be clean. All of the random diapers that got made into funky shapes from my shower with DS went into the garbage. They ended up thrown in the trunk of a car and by the time we needed them I didn't feel like they were clean.
3. @somerandomchick Glad the universe is back to normal- I totally disagree with you on the book shower. I think it's a great idea.
4. My FFFC, I bought all of this expensive food at the grocery store the other night so I could make a romantic dinner. Yeah, we are totally ordering takeout. I am way too tired to cook.