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  • JandJ62914JandJ62914 member
    edited August 2015
    I'll get this party started...my dog is a TW. And Mother Nature. The two of them. Thanks for the 3 AM thunderstorm, Mother Nature. It wasn't bad enough that you kept me up for a half hour, but you scared the piss out of my dog, literally.  He proceeded to freak out for the next hour, pee everywhere, and keep DH and I awake until probably 4:30-5 AM. I guess it's more Mother Nature than my dog...poor guy was just scared, but now I'm exhaustedddd.

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  • sherks11sherks11 member
    My parents are TW this week. I have a friend who owns his own lawn and landscape business. I set him up with my dad who hired him to work at the building my dad runs. Fast forward 10 years, my parents needed some things done at their house so he called my friend to get a quote. Then my parents decide to tell him that I am pregnant (I haven't announced to anyone other than family yet). So he (and another friend he told) texts me and says congrats which is how this all came about. Is it so abnormal for me to think it should be MY news to share to MY friend???? I know in the grand scheme of things this is no big deal, but still they get the TW award this week!
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  • RepeatPostPoliceRepeatPostPolice member
    Lol so funny @RunnerMeg. Well, not really but you know what I mean.
    The things we give our kids independence with, not anticipating them to use it whenever, wherever.
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  • sarah92544sarah92544 member
    This dry heat is a tw. Couldnt sleep last night cause my nose was so clogged woke up just now its still clogged and also bloody. I hate having a bloody nose ot freaks me out!!
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  • BabyRut2015BabyRut2015 member
    My DH is a TW for not only waking me up at 6:30 on my day off, but proceeding to turn on the lights and ask me 10 million questions a out where his shit is....

    Then I couldn't get back to sleep....

    Now I'm debating McD's for breakfast (which I haven't done in yeeeeeeaaars lol. I think I'll try to be healthy & make eggs instead :(
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  • Beverly0628Beverly0628 member
    edited August 2015
    Can I ask a question? Hopefully I don't get flamed... I am a FTM, so it's possible that I just don't know enough about babies yet. To moms that already have kids: why would you say, "I have a 25 month old?" Why not just say, "I have a two year old." I get that in the first year, maybe two, that there are a lot of developmental changes, and the differentiation may be important. But, after two years, what is the point of doing this? Again, there is zero sass associated with this question. I just have heard other parents do this and always wondered why.

    Eta: Sorry this is off topic. I haven't experienced any TWs today. But there's still time! Maybe I'm a TW for not knowing the answer to this question...

     
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  • ellaxo1ellaxo1 member
    A girl I work with is a TW. She is pregnant also 12 weeks and this entire time has acted like she is the only pregnant person in the world that has worked. She had a loss last year and they weren't sure if this baby was going to develop either, thankfully he did and everything is going well. However, instead of being grateful that she is able to get pregnant and her baby is heathy, she is dissapointed that she is having a boy! She found out through a blood test and when we asked if she was excited she just kind of shrugged and said she was disappointed! She also said how she talked to some woman she met at the pool who told her that blood tests are sometimes wrong. This morning she asked me if I was "hoping for a girl like she still was hoping it would change" uhhhh no I'm hoping for a healthy baby thanks!
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  • sherks11sherks11 member
    @Beverly0628 I still refer to dd as 15 months rather than a 1 year old bc 13 months vs 20 months is a huge developmental difference. Me personally, I will probably quit that at 2 years. No worries, I had the same question before I had dd!
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  • mollyj931mollyj931 member
    Paige6410 said:

    I only say months up until about 18months, then it's a year and a half, almost 2, ect.
    There is a big difference between 13 months and 18 months when talking about a 1 year old. I think that's why it's said like that past one.

    Yep this. After 2 I just say 2 or lately I've been saying almost 2 1/2.
    I lost count after 24 months.
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  • maddisonwallacemaddisonwallace member
    Snoopylovesbelle said:

    I can't stand the culture of not saying no, not letting kids fail, not keeping score, and everyone gets a trophy. It has and is creating a generation of entitled, spoiled, helpless kids- which turn into entitled adults who don't want to work hard.
    Maybe this is a UO but idk. Parents who do this to their kids are TWs

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  • ccoleemanccoleeman member
    @Snoopylovesbelle I totally agree. I ran our offices internship program for 3 years and can count on more than 1 hand the number of calls we would get from parents asking why their child (21 year old) wasn't hired, calling to let us know they were sick/tired/overworked/late... it's astounding.
    I'm hoping that after we see what comes of these kids that more and more people will start to move the other way.
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  • fragglemomfragglemom member
    My brother and his wife decided to raise my nephew without "no". He's a jerk. It's awful to say because he's my nephew, but he's a bully and a jerk. Other children don't like playing with him. They changed their mind when they had another child, but it was too late for him.
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  • mollyj931mollyj931 member
    This is probably a UO but I also hate the "no thank you" to correct or reprimand. I'm all about manners but nicely saying no thank you repeatedly as your child hits you isn't going to work. I want the kid to turn to their parent and say "ok mom since you asked me so politely, I'll stop".
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  • mamaksweezmamaksweez member
    @mollyj931 I totally agree! I can see using No Thank You in a kindergarten class room to teach respecting each other, but parent to child or really any adult to child, No Thank You is not going to work.
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  • RunnerMegRunnerMeg member
    Beverly0628 said:

    Can I ask a question? Hopefully I don't get flamed... I am a FTM, so it's possible that I just don't know enough about babies yet. To moms that already have kids: why would you say, "I have a 25 month old?" Why not just say, "I have a two year old." I get that in the first year, maybe two, that there are a lot of developmental changes, and the differentiation may be important. But, after two years, what is the point of doing this? Again, there is zero sass associated with this question. I just have heard other parents do this and always wondered why.

    Eta: Sorry this is off topic. I haven't experienced any TWs today. But there's still time! Maybe I'm a TW for not knowing the answer to this question...

    More times than not I say that DS is 2, but sometimes I still use months. Like the other ladies have said, there's a huge difference developmentally between a toddler who just turned 2 and a toddler who is about to turn 3.

    Before I had DS I didn't get it either lol. :)
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  • KaraEpp16KaraEpp16 member
    Kids that hit their parents in public places are TWs and parents who allow their children to continue to hit them in public are TWs. *Or private!!!*


    If my kid hit me I'd have to walk away. I don't remember EVER hitting my mother. Even when I was a teenager and it was super tempting. What in the actual EFF. I understand small children i.e. toddlers, they don't know boundaries yet but they should be actively taught! It's completely unacceptable for a 4+ year old to be hitting an adult.

    Right after I found out I was pregnant - I went into Walmart and there was little girl (4+) throwing a fit at the jewelry counter and I kept hearing the parents say "Stop hitting me, or you won't get anything..." REPEATEDLY. Why even give that kid a chance? Why even say there's a possibility of them getting a "treat"  I would say "Welp, you get nothing and we're leaving, now." And leave everything in the cart to exit the store with my demon child. Way to reinforce absolutely awful behavior, TW.
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  • RepeatPostPoliceRepeatPostPolice member
    Yep. I'd rather leave with my screaming child than let her think it is acceptable to make any kind of scene in public.
    And I have, a couple times now.
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  • KaraEpp16KaraEpp16 member
    @RepeatPostPolice my mom would leave shopping carts full of groceries the minute it was out of her control. NONE of us hit her. We just didn't listen very well sometimes. The second there was a sniffling of a meltdown we were out the door. She really showed me the best way to handle that kind of behavior (Thanks, ma!). Ignore the tantrums or any bad behavior (like whining, screaming) and get the hell out of dodge if you're in public.

    She would always let us know afterwards that we embarrassed her - because we honestly did and that's not cool.
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  • TinyDancer51510TinyDancer51510 member
    @mollyj931: And it's never a surprise which kid's parents are the ones that don't tell them no. It's NEVER the well-behaved child.

    My best friend uses the "No thank you" thing with her son. It actually seems to work for them because he's 12 and one of the few kids that doesn't drive me crazy.

    My body is being a TW. Ate a salad for dinner last night and then came home and puked it up. Same thing happened two weeks ago. I want so badly to eat at least somewhat healthy but everything either seems to bring on a headache or make me throw up.
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  • sarah92544sarah92544 member
    One night DH and i went to dinner the 3 year old in the booth behind us kept throwing his food over into our booth and the parents were laughing at how cute it was. I finally lost it (maybe a little to much cause of my hormones) and stood up and said its not F'ing cute for your child to be throwing food at all let alone at people trying to enjoy a meal together teach your kid manners or keep them at home. Needless to say the waiter moved us.
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  • mrsgetz4000mrsgetz4000 member
    People who raise hellions due to lack of discipline and their politically correct bs are twat waffles. Don't be a puss and tell your child no.
    Also, the stupid old woman who bagged my groceries is a TW. I had to ask her to re bag two bags, one even broke. She crammed as much as she could in each bag with no organization. I know it's trivial but it was annoying.
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  • cali1710cali1710 member
    My TW is everyone I work with. I have allergies for the first time in my life this year and my eyes are soo itchy so I decided not to put on make up (I only wear mascara anyways). And every single person has said "are you ok? You dont look well" or "you look tired". Thanks guys. Now I know never to skip on the mascara.
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  • RepeatPostPoliceRepeatPostPolice member
    KaraEpp16 said:

    @RepeatPostPolice my mom would leave shopping carts full of groceries the minute it was out of her control. NONE of us hit her. We just didn't listen very well sometimes. The second there was a sniffling of a meltdown we were out the door. She really showed me the best way to handle that kind of behavior (Thanks, ma!). Ignore the tantrums or any bad behavior (like whining, screaming) and get the hell out of dodge if you're in public.

    She would always let us know afterwards that we embarrassed her - because we honestly did and that's not cool.

    Same here. It got to the point where my sisters and I would police each others' behavior so we could stay longer at the places we wanted to be.
    I don't remember how many times we left the grocery store with nearly full carts but my mom always said, "there isn't anything at the store I need that bad."
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  • indibiduleindibidule member
    @cali1710 Your eyes are probably red and bloodshot, which is why they think you look tired, probably not the mascara. I've had allergies since I was a teenager and some years it really affects my eyes, some not so much. Try an antihistamine. Claritin (or loratadine is generic) is an approved med.
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  • cali1710cali1710 member
    indibidule said:

    @cali1710 Your eyes are probably red and bloodshot, which is why they think you look tired, probably not the mascara. I've had allergies since I was a teenager and some years it really affects my eyes, some not so much. Try an antihistamine. Claritin (or loratadine is generic) is an approved med.

    They actually arent red at all which is weird just soo itchy. My eyelids are red because Ive been rubbing them so they think ive been crying lol.
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