My MIL called H last night and asked what we were doing tonight. I love her, but I secretly hope H tells her that we're busy because I don't want to go over there tonight. We ALWAYS go over there. If they want to see us, they can come here for once. Sorrynotsorry.
There was a really difficult work situation on Wednesday (my puke while driving to work day) and I totally avoided it and let a co-worker handle it. It didn't really involve me TBH- I just didn't want to deal with this parent.
I didn't have the energy and I am always taking charge here.
I don't feel bad at all, even though my co-worker got yelled by a parent and I knew that would happen.
After a crazy week of business, work, volunteer positions, kid full time, dh working overtime and ms getting worse I would pay good money to go out to dinner or movie or a play by myself. Unfortunately dh would not take kindly to this, so I'll have I settle or Netflix with dh after the kids are in bed. Boo
I'm not excited at all to tell people about my pregnancy. I thought it would be hard to wait until Christmas, but now I'm kind of like...can I just never tell? I don't want to deal with it. And by "it" I mean "friends and family", not the baby.
I'm not excited at all to tell people about my pregnancy. I thought it would be hard to wait until Christmas, but now I'm kind of like...can I just never tell? I don't want to deal with it. And by "it" I mean "friends and family", not the baby.
Yup. DH asked when we we're going to tell everyone. I said June. That was not the answer he wanted.
June 2016 April Siggy Challenge: Reasons my kid is crying
I'm not excited at all to tell people about my pregnancy. I thought it would be hard to wait until Christmas, but now I'm kind of like...can I just never tell? I don't want to deal with it. And by "it" I mean "friends and family", not the baby.
Once I told my mom, I had no desire to tell pretty much anyone else. I have someone to talk to about it all who has done it before, I'm content. We're supposed to be telling our grandparents at thanksgiving and I'm not really looking forward to it anymore.
My FFFC - I kind of want to impose a "no visitors in the hospital" rule after the baby is born. I don't want to have just gotten my little bundle of joy only to have to share them so quickly. It would also give more reason for my in laws to not be in town the entire week after the birth (we're Jewish and, if its a boy, they'll want to be here for the bris at 8 days old). They're great people but I can't deal with my MIL and her constant unwanted suggestions on how to live our lives for an entire week with her in "I've done this before so you must listen to me" overdrive. Does that make me a bad person? Eh, maybe.
I'm not excited at all to tell people about my pregnancy. I thought it would be hard to wait until Christmas, but now I'm kind of like...can I just never tell? I don't want to deal with it. And by "it" I mean "friends and family", not the baby.
Once I told my mom, I had no desire to tell pretty much anyone else. I have someone to talk to about it all who has done it before, I'm content. We're supposed to be telling our grandparents at thanksgiving and I'm not really looking forward to it anymore.
My FFFC - I kind of want to impose a "no visitors in the hospital" rule after the baby is born. I don't want to have just gotten my little bundle of joy only to have to share them so quickly. It would also give more reason for my in laws to not be in town the entire week after the birth (we're Jewish and, if its a boy, they'll want to be here for the bris at 8 days old). They're great people but I can't deal with my MIL and her constant unwanted suggestions on how to live our lives for an entire week with her in "I've done this before so you must listen to me" overdrive. Does that make me a bad person? Eh, maybe.
I don't think this makes you a bad person. Your baby, your choice. The end.
My MIL is very sweet, but everything she says makes my blood boil. She isn't even saying anything rage-worthy, I just can't stand her right now. This pregnancy has turned me into a giant biotch.
I've been overtly snippy/sarcastic/rude with a coworker recently who has been simultaneously complaining about how tired she is and how much she needs to drink and how much she's been working, while also constantly spacing on things and working from home during the day (not standard practice) and loading up on medication to help her pains. Seriously?! We're all overworked, we're all tired, and I'm dealing with all of that plus pregnancy exhaustion, morning sickness, etc, and can't take any of the dozen pills you're popping to help you out.
I haven't told her that I'm pregnant yet, so I can't find a good reason to force her to shut up. I would tell her to make her chill out around me, but she's also nosy, likes to gossip, and opinionated, so this way is probably better.
Me: 32 DH: 31 *The old lady by 5 whole weeks* Married: 11/2013 M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
I'm not excited at all to tell people about my pregnancy. I thought it would be hard to wait until Christmas, but now I'm kind of like...can I just never tell? I don't want to deal with it. And by "it" I mean "friends and family", not the baby.
Yup. DH asked when we we're going to tell everyone. I said June. That was not the answer he wanted.
I want people to know so that I can stop "hiding", but I have no interest in telling them. It's weird. It's like our wedding all over again... excited, but hating being the center of attention. I am seriously dreading telling work though... ugh.
I was looking forward to announcing with our first two, but this time I'm not looking forward to the comments of "another one?!" I desperately want someone to talk to about it, but at the same time it don't even know who I'd tell right now.
I'm not excited at all to tell people about my pregnancy. I thought it would be hard to wait until Christmas, but now I'm kind of like...can I just never tell? I don't want to deal with it. And by "it" I mean "friends and family", not the baby.
Yup. DH asked when we we're going to tell everyone. I said June. That was not the answer he wanted.
I want people to know so that I can stop "hiding", but I have no interest in telling them. It's weird. It's like our wedding all over again... excited, but hating being the center of attention. I am seriously dreading telling work though... ugh.
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Excited, but don't like being the center of attention is the perfect way to put it.
June 2016 April Siggy Challenge: Reasons my kid is crying
When my DS turned 4 months old I decided to start sleep training him, I tried the "no cry" methods first and they were useless.
Then I read "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems" by Dr. Richard Ferber, and I followed his advice word for word, and let my son cry it out. By the third night of sleep training my son was sleeping through the night in 9-12 hour stretches; and he's been sleeping great ever since.
Smartest decision I ever made, and I will definitely be doing it with this baby too. And I don't care if people think it's cruel.
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I didn't have any visitors in the hospital with my DS, and I highly recommend it! Don't feel bad!
I snapped on my in-laws yesterday.... We made a Target run (my favorite thing to do). I was excited to look at baby things and Christmas decor and of course my in-laws happened to be there. I tried to hide, but my two year old sucks at hiding. Anyways....they keep calling my DD "Nora" which is a nickname we considered while pregnant, but it never flet right. We've never really corrected them, but we always over use her name (Eleanor) when we're around and hoped they'd get the hint. Nope. So at Target, when they said "hi, Nora" I yelled back "do you mean Eleanor? Because her name is Eleanor". I don't feel bad. MIL also asked me 4 times in less then 15 minutes "how are you feeling"...on the 4th time I said "same as 5 minutes ago....fine". My hormones are no longer allowing me to be civil. The holidays should be fun.
I played sick at work today so I could go run all my errands instead. Errands, like buying a little stocking and picking up my Christmas decorations from storage so we can take our pregnancy announcement/Christmas card picture. Also so I could take a nap.
ETA: I have another one. I submitted my ultrasound to one of those Ramzi method sites for analysis. I think they want me to click a few more ads before they give me the results. Whatever, it'll be interesting to see what it says.
DD1: June '16 DD2: March ‘19 :::: Married since 2011 :::: USN Wife ::::
I played sick at work today so I could go run all my errands instead. Errands, like buying a little stocking and picking up my Christmas decorations from storage so we can take our pregnancy announcement/Christmas card picture. Also so I could take a nap.
ETA: I have another one. I submitted my ultrasound to one of those Ramzi method sites for analysis. I think they want me to click a few more ads before they give me the results. Whatever, it'll be interesting to see what it says.
I did one of those sites too,haha. They said "too close to call"
I read part of the first HP book when it came out and didn't like it. In the last year, I tried again and read the whole series. I still need to watch the movies, though.
DS 9/2/13 was a BFP from an IUI! Triplets due 6/29/16 also from an IUI!
I think I've got a good one today. I anticipate some flames, lol...
I have never seen (or read) Harry Potter.
...it feels good to get that off my chest!
ME NEITHER. I considered confessing this in the UO thread yesterday but wasn't brave enough.
I'm so glad I'm not alone!
I have to admit that Harry Potter honestly never caught my interest but last summer after finishing the latest Outlander novel I didn't know what to do with my life so I decided to rent the first Harry Potter book free on my kindle. I don't regret it. Its way better than I expected but people still give me crap because I waited like my whole life to read them.
January Siggy Challenge: Why I don't shop at Walmart
I kinda hate my MIL. She's is super critical of me and I feel like I have to prove my worth to be married to her son every time I see her. And right now, she's driving me crazy.
She asked for a separate Christmas list just for her with about 50 items on it so she could pick what she wanted to get. Ok, fine, I'll do that. Then she sends me all theses messages whe she's out shopping today "does S have this?" or "what do you think of this?" I think you should pick something the the list I spent over 3 hours making for you!!! And the she asks me if we have a pop up tent for our DD. I tell her we do and that right now she actually sleeps in it every night because she refuses to sleep I get bed. Then she sends me a picture of s pop up tent and says "well, we will see how S likes this one". Why the hell did you ask me if we had one if you were just going to get it anyway?
Anyway, I'm so not looking forward to spending a week with her at thanksgiving
I kinda hate my MIL. She's is super critical of me and I feel like I have to prove my worth to be married to her son every time I see her. And right now, she's driving me crazy.
She asked for a separate Christmas list just for her with about 50 items on it so she could pick what she wanted to get. Ok, fine, I'll do that. Then she sends me all theses messages whe she's out shopping today "does S have this?" or "what do you think of this?" I think you should pick something the the list I spent over 3 hours making for you!!! And the she asks me if we have a pop up tent for our DD. I tell her we do and that right now she actually sleeps in it every night because she refuses to sleep I get bed. Then she sends me a picture of s pop up tent and says "well, we will see how S likes this one". Why the hell did you ask me if we had one if you were just going to get it anyway?
Anyway, I'm so not looking forward to spending a week with her at thanksgiving
I kinda hate my MIL. She's is super critical of me and I feel like I have to prove my worth to be married to her son every time I see her. And right now, she's driving me crazy.
She asked for a separate Christmas list just for her with about 50 items on it so she could pick what she wanted to get. Ok, fine, I'll do that. Then she sends me all theses messages whe she's out shopping today "does S have this?" or "what do you think of this?" I think you should pick something the the list I spent over 3 hours making for you!!! And the she asks me if we have a pop up tent for our DD. I tell her we do and that right now she actually sleeps in it every night because she refuses to sleep I get bed. Then she sends me a picture of s pop up tent and says "well, we will see how S likes this one". Why the hell did you ask me if we had one if you were just going to get it anyway?
Anyway, I'm so not looking forward to spending a week with her at thanksgiving
oof, a week? that sucks
Yeah, a week. But we won't see her for Christmas, so there's that.
Similar situation... My husband works night and many weekends. When we visit my in-laws always ask when he is off next and want us to visit. They live an hour away. Also, we like to spend time together as a family since we never get time together. I see him for 15 minutes a night before he leaves for work.. My ILs are annoying...
DHs 30th birthday is tomorrow and haven't got him anything. Not even a card.
That was me for DH's birthday (Halloween)!! I completely spaced and had to order him something the Monday afterwards and have it over nighted....oops!
My DH's birthday is 2 days before DD's and the week of Father's Day so I usually just get him either a late bday gift or a fathers day gift... never both. He said he doesn't care. I guess when the kids are older I will let them pick something out. Planning a kid party is stressful and I forget about his bday.
Similar situation... My husband works night and many weekends. When we visit my in-laws always ask when he is off next and want us to visit. They live an hour away. Also, we like to spend time together as a family since we never get time together. I see him for 15 minutes a night before he leaves for work.. My ILs are annoying...
Ugh, I feel this! I work the 9-5 shift and my husband works nights and weekends and occasionally I'll go to his family's events alone... mostly when they're centered around his nieces and nephews because THEY haven't done anything to me and all I get is questions about where he is and when he's off next and why we never visit. They irritate me to my very core.
I was too tired to cook dinner tonight so I just made my kid a bagel and scrambled eggs for dinner.....for the second night in a row. Mom of the year award over here.
January Siggy Challenge: Why I don't shop at Walmart
I hate my husbands friend's wife. She's rude and I want to physically harm her. She always makes a point to tell me she doesn't envy me because I have a child. I have never asked anyone to envy me!! Wth! She said it's because I have stretch marks and I'm not the same body type I used to be. ( I had a c section and I cannot lose some of this pudge.) We had a wedding to go to the day after I found out I was PG. I was drinking water and lime. She thought I was drinking a gin and tonic.. I said no, it's just water. My husband was racing the next day and I had to get up early with my son so we're all just happier if I'm not hungover. (I'm not a heavy drinker anyways. I drink wine at home and with my friends.. That's all we don't go out to drink.. If we wanted that life we wouldn't have had a child). She continues to tell me it's just another reason she doesn't envy my life. Kids ruin everything. And went on and on about the things she does that I can't because I'm a mom. I walked away. But I wanted to say.. Really? I really do envy your self awareness. Not everyone knows they're not parent material!! I want to make her so mad that I will never have to see her again even if that means my husband loses a friend.
I was too tired to cook dinner tonight so I just made my kid a bagel and scrambled eggs for dinner.....for the second night in a row. Mom of the year award over here.
My daughter ate an entire cucumber and a bowl of Goldfish crackers for dinner last night.
Ugh I can SOO relate to hating MIL right now. Honestly, she's been more of a mother to me in the past ten years than my own has, so I know she loves me. HOWEVER... She doesn't miss an opportunity to tell people I'm hormonal, or tell people I'm pregnant. I've always been soft spoken and eat a lot of shit for the sake of keeping the peace, and pregnancy has eliminated my filter. She thinks that because I've been short with her I'm so hormonal, when I really just want to say "no, I just finally have the balls to speak up for myself and I'm not going to tolerate this"... I'm finding myself almost with an aversion to her, which I hate because she's one of the few really supportive people I have around right now, but Dear Lord it's hard to be around her right now!
Re: FFFC
I didn't have the energy and I am always taking charge here.
I don't feel bad at all, even though my co-worker got yelled by a parent and I knew that would happen.
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
Unfortunately dh would not take kindly to this, so I'll have I settle or Netflix with dh after the kids are in bed. Boo
My FFFC - I kind of want to impose a "no visitors in the hospital" rule after the baby is born. I don't want to have just gotten my little bundle of joy only to have to share them so quickly. It would also give more reason for my in laws to not be in town the entire week after the birth (we're Jewish and, if its a boy, they'll want to be here for the bris at 8 days old). They're great people but I can't deal with my MIL and her constant unwanted suggestions on how to live our lives for an entire week with her in "I've done this before so you must listen to me" overdrive. Does that make me a bad person? Eh, maybe.
Married: 11/2013
M: 6/2016 E: 5/2018
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Excited, but don't like being the center of attention is the perfect way to put it.
ETA: I have another one. I submitted my ultrasound to one of those Ramzi method sites for analysis. I think they want me to click a few more ads before they give me the results. Whatever, it'll be interesting to see what it says.
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Triplets due 6/29/16 also from an IUI!
I have to admit that Harry Potter honestly never caught my interest but last summer after finishing the latest Outlander novel I didn't know what to do with my life so I decided to rent the first Harry Potter book free on my kindle. I don't regret it. Its way better than I expected but people still give me crap because I waited like my whole life to read them.
She asked for a separate Christmas list just for her with about 50 items on it so she could pick what she wanted to get. Ok, fine, I'll do that. Then she sends me all theses messages whe she's out shopping today "does S have this?" or "what do you think of this?" I think you should pick something the the list I spent over 3 hours making for you!!! And the she asks me if we have a pop up tent for our DD. I tell her we do and that right now she actually sleeps in it every night because she refuses to sleep I get bed. Then she sends me a picture of s pop up tent and says "well, we will see how S likes this one". Why the hell did you ask me if we had one if you were just going to get it anyway?
Anyway, I'm so not looking forward to spending a week with her at thanksgiving
Yeah, a week. But we won't see her for Christmas, so there's that.
Won't flame you. Too busy weeping for you.
My daughter ate an entire cucumber and a bowl of Goldfish crackers for dinner last night.