My UO .... I like pregnancy symptoms. It's the only reassurance I have that the baby is ok until he/she kicks. Probably sounds weird but my anxiety hates this.
@jlgriff11 I'm still not 100% sure what it means but in my head it's "yeah girl, private message"
Haha, the first time I saw it, it took me awhile to figure out. I assumed it was you've got private message, but now I'll totally think yeah girl every time.
Can I vent again for a second? I love my mom. She is my best friend and today is taking a well needed and well deserved vacation to Florida. She's perfectly capable adult who still works a demanding job and is totally there mentally, but she has totally stressed me out tonight. I make her a hotel reservation like 15 total minutes away from the damn airport.. Two hours later she isn't there yet and tell a me she's lost. Lost in a unfamiliar town, by herself, in a rental car, with a sudden inability to remember how to use a GPS OR the fucking printed directions I gave her. Now I'm stressed out and shes like "stop calling me I'll get there" and I'm just a worrier but if I am its her own fucking fault she raised me like she did! She's making me stress and she s not even my child!!! How am I ever going to raise well adjusted children ???
@jlgriff11A semi-related story to make you feel better. My sister and I took a solo trip to Hawaii when I was 13 (she was 20-21). We called my mom (back in Nevada) in a panic because we were lost, to which she replied "....you are on a f***ing island, if you hit water, turn around!"
Sorry your mom is stressing you. Hopefully once she gets to the hotel it is smooth sailing from there!
@jlgriff11A semi-related story to make you feel better. My sister and I took a solo trip to Hawaii when I was 13 (she was 20-21). We called my mom (back in Nevada) in a panic because we were lost, to which she replied "....you are on a f***ing island, if you hit water, turn around!"
Sorry your mom is stressing you. Hopefully once she gets to the hotel it is smooth sailing from there!
Hah. Hopefully. I'm just so annoyed because I had everything literally written out for her. Directions, GPS, GPS on phone too. How hard is it? And then she gets mad at me because I'm stressed about it. "I'm a big girl, Jess." And meanwhile I'm worried she's going to be mugged or end up in the ghetto.
I was locked in the bathroom yesterday, so I missed this. My UO is that I think the whole "I'm a grandma, I can spoil my grandchildren" bit is a load of BS. My MIL was over for this past 3-day weekend, and I swear, whenever she stays for more than one night, I spend the next week undoing whatever damage she did. When DS was smaller, she used to hold him all the time and rock him to sleep - even after DH and I told her that we put him down in his crib to fall asleep. I understand you like to hold your grandson, lady, but now I have to spend the rest of the week re-training him to fall asleep on his own, while I feel like a horrible person not picking up my crying baby with his arms outstretched toward me. This past weekend, she really pissed me off, though. She gave him cookies for breakfast - all right, fine. I can deal with that type of spoiling. But DS is only allowed his binky during naps and overnight. Well, she let him walk around half of Sunday with it in. And, when he went back in his room after his nap and asked for it again, she gave it to him. I took it out and said, "Binkies are for bedtime." He started crying and ran back into his room where MIL followed him. I overheard her pick him up and say, "Sorry, sweetie, I would give it to you, but mama says you can't have it." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Why can't you just repeat what I said? "Binkies are for bedtime" instead of making me out to be the bad guy? It's also a struggle to get DS dressed in the mornings... I'm not sure why, but he hates it. So after I get him dressed Monday morning, MIL picks him up and says, "Come here, and let Babsy save you from having to get dressed." Really, lady? At that point, I was ready for her to leave. I no longer want your help if you're going to stand there and undermine me to my kid.
I was locked in the bathroom yesterday, so I missed this. My UO is that I think the whole "I'm a grandma, I can spoil my grandchildren" bit is a load of BS. My MIL was over for this past 3-day weekend, and I swear, whenever she stays for more than one night, I spend the next week undoing whatever damage she did. When DS was smaller, she used to hold him all the time and rock him to sleep - even after DH and I told her that we put him down in his crib to fall asleep. I understand you like to hold your grandson, lady, but now I have to spend the rest of the week re-training him to fall asleep on his own, while I feel like a horrible person not picking up my crying baby with his arms outstretched toward me. This past weekend, she really pissed me off, though. She gave him cookies for breakfast - all right, fine. I can deal with that type of spoiling. But DS is only allowed his binky during naps and overnight. Well, she let him walk around half of Sunday with it in. And, when he went back in his room after his nap and asked for it again, she gave it to him. I took it out and said, "Binkies are for bedtime." He started crying and ran back into his room where MIL followed him. I overheard her pick him up and say, "Sorry, sweetie, I would give it to you, but mama says you can't have it." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Why can't you just repeat what I said? "Binkies are for bedtime" instead of making me out to be the bad guy? It's also a struggle to get DS dressed in the mornings... I'm not sure why, but he hates it. So after I get him dressed Monday morning, MIL picks him up and says, "Come here, and let Babsy save you from having to get dressed." Really, lady? At that point, I was ready for her to leave. I no longer want your help if you're going to stand there and undermine me to my kid.
Girl, I am so sorry you're having to deal with that. I completely agree with you. 100%.
@soberkfell I hear you! My MIL is like that. She constantly disregards what I say to the kids and does what she wants. If it was up to me, I'd cut her off. DH disagrees and thinks grandparents have rights. I think they have privileges and they can be taken away. It's the one issue we fight on constantly. He says it's because I don't like not having control and when MIL is around I don't have full control. I just can't her and can't trust her.
I was locked in the bathroom yesterday, so I missed this. My UO is that I think the whole "I'm a grandma, I can spoil my grandchildren" bit is a load of BS. My MIL was over for this past 3-day weekend, and I swear, whenever she stays for more than one night, I spend the next week undoing whatever damage she did. When DS was smaller, she used to hold him all the time and rock him to sleep - even after DH and I told her that we put him down in his crib to fall asleep. I understand you like to hold your grandson, lady, but now I have to spend the rest of the week re-training him to fall asleep on his own, while I feel like a horrible person not picking up my crying baby with his arms outstretched toward me. This past weekend, she really pissed me off, though. She gave him cookies for breakfast - all right, fine. I can deal with that type of spoiling. But DS is only allowed his binky during naps and overnight. Well, she let him walk around half of Sunday with it in. And, when he went back in his room after his nap and asked for it again, she gave it to him. I took it out and said, "Binkies are for bedtime." He started crying and ran back into his room where MIL followed him. I overheard her pick him up and say, "Sorry, sweetie, I would give it to you, but mama says you can't have it." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Why can't you just repeat what I said? "Binkies are for bedtime" instead of making me out to be the bad guy? It's also a struggle to get DS dressed in the mornings... I'm not sure why, but he hates it. So after I get him dressed Monday morning, MIL picks him up and says, "Come here, and let Babsy save you from having to get dressed." Really, lady? At that point, I was ready for her to leave. I no longer want your help if you're going to stand there and undermine me to my kid.
Do we have the same MIL?? Mine told my nephew they I was a "mean auntie" because I said he had to eat one piece of pizza before any candy. His mom thanked me later but it's hard to reason with a 5 year old!
Re: UO Thursday
PS it stands for "you've got private message" which 90s kids who had AOL (or saw the flick You've Got Mail) should remember fondly.
Yes to the hand gesture, but for me it's mostly the "suck it" chop towards the groinal area.
And yes to the Yeah girl, private message! Hilarious!!!
I just don't know who said what and am too lazy to scroll to find out.
Sorry your mom is stressing you. Hopefully once she gets to the hotel it is smooth sailing from there!
Girl, I am so sorry you're having to deal with that. I completely agree with you. 100%.
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