Half MBF/Half FFFC: I just paid the IRS $7,000 because I'm too exhausted by their shit/lazy to keep fighting at the pace that they want me to fight. They sent me a letter in the mail threatening wage garnishment within the next 30 days if I didn't pay them back taxes I don't actually owe them for a tax return that I had already filed an amendment for a week ago which they haven't processed yet. I will be so excited when they finally process my return and pay me back this money that I should never have had to pay them to start.
I have no idea how so much awful crap happens to me all the time but if throwing money at a big evil entity temporarily is the way to end it, that's what I'm doing.
@canavara Boo, that's sucks big time. I'm sorry you're having to go through that.
My FFFC: whenever someone inconveniences me (like cutting me off in the grocery store, or doesn't hold the door open and I have to get my badge out) I give them hard side eye and rub my belly.
My FFFC: My DH keeps asking me to watch my language in front of DD but I haven't because I secretly hope she drops one in front of my super conservative MIL. She's the type to complain about "hell" or "oh my god" or "damn" on cable TV shows because "it's offensive to me" and I'd love nothing more than to watch her face when "shit" comes out of my toddler.
@katesmama0706 I guess another FFFC for me is that I plan to teach my children the appropriate time to use curse words instead of banning them (like at home and not at school, etc) and this will also greatly perturb my parents!
My FFFC: My DH keeps asking me to watch my language in front of DD but I haven't because I secretly hope she drops one in front of my super conservative MIL. She's the type to complain about "hell" or "oh my god" or "damn" on cable TV shows because "it's offensive to me" and I'd love nothing more than to watch her face when "shit" comes out of my toddler.
I am always extra potty mouthed when I'm around my super conservative coworker, who has openly tried to shame me for no longer attending a Catholic church and choosing to follow a new religion instead. I find it incredibly fun.
With the new law going into effect about overtime and salaried workers, I will now have to move to an hourly position, which I think is totally stupid. My company could raise my salary slightly, and I would move out of the bracket that is effected, but they won't. Instead, I'll just get bitched at for working overtime. They refuse to hire people to help with all of the back work, but ya know, whatever.
My FFFC: My DH keeps asking me to watch my language in front of DD but I haven't because I secretly hope she drops one in front of my super conservative MIL. She's the type to complain about "hell" or "oh my god" or "damn" on cable TV shows because "it's offensive to me" and I'd love nothing more than to watch her face when "shit" comes out of my toddler.
My MIL and FIL are the same way and I don't understand it. Language is language, what's important is that your DD understands the context of when is appropriate to use language. We have this thing that I cross-stitched last summer hanging in our bathroom that says "Fuck off, eat shit, and die" surrounded by flowers and butterflies and every time MIL/FIL visit, he goes in the guest bathroom and takes it down and hides it under the sink as if it's the end of the world that they see profanity ever.
My FFFC is that my 7 year old asked me how babies are made and I distracted him with ice cream. I am not ready to have that conversation yet! I feel like 7 is too young?!
My 4 year old brings home swear words from day care occasionally. We don't yell at him for saying them but we tell him that they are not nice words and that only grown ups should say them. He is pretty good about not using them after the first time he is told, but god forbid he hears an adult using a swear word. He will gasp theatrically and go narc them out to the nearest non-cussing adult. If he had a pearl necklace he would clutch it.
Ahhh!!! I don't know who these kids are today, but they aren't my class! We have a whole array of issues going on and I'm not sure I'm equipped to handle them today. I have kids who are just totally not themselves. It's like, what battles do I want to fight right now? The kid who's kicking? The kids not doing their work? The kids who can't focus? I need three of me today.
@canavara one of my friends cross stitched me a wall hanging that says "whiskey tango foxtrot" and my MIL didn't know what it meant when I posted a picture of it hanging with all my family pictures in my hallway on facebook. When my BIL told her she chastised me in the comments!
@canavara@katesmama0706 I love cross-stitched pieces that say naughty things! I've even contemplated learning to cross stitched just to be able to make them myself.
@emy730 You should! It's not that hard! If you start off with some 11-count aida (the fabric with bigger holes, easier to work with) and get a needle threader, you'll be stitching in no time.
My cousin is getting married in October. And I am being a cranky pregnant lady. First off, it is the weekend of a huge college football rivalry game for my University. So, I am paying for the super expensive flights to go home, but I can't go to the football game. Second, the wedding is Black Tie and that sort of pisses me off because maternity formal dresses are expensive and I don't want to have to buy one.
I really hate going to black tie weddings. While I like to get dressed up fancy, If I am spending a lot of money on the travel, accommodations, gift, give me a break and let me wear whatever I want. It just rubs me the wrong way. I can't even remember what people wore to my wedding, I made sure the people that were in pictures were dressed appropriately, but I had an evening wedding with a very formal ceremony in a big Cathedral and I didn't give a rats ass what my guests wore.
My fffc isn't bad... But I have eaten a small bowl of ice cream every night this week in an attempt to give my baby a sugar high so I can feel it move! No such luck haha. #mysistertoldmetodoit
Me: 31 | Husband: 32 Married: September 2014! TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
DH did not get accepted to a post doc residency program this year. I feel bad that he is bummed but I'm secretly happy dancing that we don't have to move with a newborn away from family.
I was so careful about not cursing when I was a nanny, so much so that I committed to not cursing in my personal life to prevent slip ups. Now that I have my own kids I'm a total potty mouth, DS1 called the dog an a-hole the other day and I couldn't even get mad because it was true. The dog was totally being an a-hole.
I was so careful about not cursing when I was a nanny, so much so that I committed to not cursing in my personal life to prevent slip ups. Now that I have my own kids I'm a total potty mouth, DS1 called the dog an a-hole the other day and I couldn't even get mad because it was true. The dog was totally being an a-hole.
I was changing the sheets on the bed the other day and the dog jumped on while trying to get the new sheets one, I just said "Kenny get down" well my 2, almost 3 year old, decided to yell at him "fucking Kenny" I just walked away, couldn't deal with that haha
This is nothing exciting but it's all I got for a confession.
My best friend got married on Friday and I wore a super cute maternity dress from ASOS. (Side note: ASOS has really great maternity clothes, especially dresses.) However, looking at few pictures my husband took, I realized I look GIGANTIC. (Not actually, I feel fairly normal sized for 22 weeks; the dress just isn't flattering at all.) I ordered it on Monday and received it Wednesday, so there wasn't much time to test it out. Anyway, I also ordered another dress with a similar cut (wide skirt) for another wedding in two weeks. That is being sent back and I'm currently back on ASOS and will most likely have a different, bodycon style ordered before the H wakes up. And probably won't tell him until after it arrives.
My FFFC is that my 7 year old asked me how babies are made and I distracted him with ice cream. I am not ready to have that conversation yet! I feel like 7 is too young?!
Lurking from F17...
@raquel87 I finally gave my 7yo the lowdown a few months ago. Up to then, I'd been able to get by answering the specified question he asked without elaborating, but eventually he really wanted to know how the daddy and mommy made the baby and got it in there. I didn't want to put him off bc I want him to always feel confident coming to me with anything (+ I didn't want him to get bad info elsewhere), but I wasn't ready for that! So I enlisted the help of a book, which I recommend:
My health-teacher friend recommended it as it's written for kids his age in collaboration with pediatricians, psychologists, etc. and it went awesome. We ended up reading it twice and stopping every page or so to ask and answer questions. And you know, kids don't think this stuff is weird unless we act like it is. Good luck when you're ready!
Sorry for the long post; back to your regularly-scheduled confessing. edit: typo
@canavara Boo, that's sucks big time. I'm sorry you're having to go through that.
My FFFC: whenever someone inconveniences me (like cutting me off in the grocery store, or doesn't hold the door open and I have to get my badge out) I give them hard side eye and rub my belly.
@MommaBean Thank you for the advice, I will definitely look into that book! I know that my son is a very curious little guy, It's just hard to grasp that my little boys not so little anymore!
@raquel87 I know! But better to get to him first before you have to undo what he heard on the playground. And they're gonna be such helpful big brothers
I realize it's Sunday, not Friday, but I am about to lose it on a FB friend who keeps comparing having a dog to having a baby, saying, "It's exactly the same!"
Ummm, no. Not the same. Dogs are a lot of work, yes, but kids are even more work. And it's just not the same.
I finally called her out, but used a smiley emoticon to make it less bitchy. I'm doubtful I was successful.
I realize it's Sunday, not Friday, but I am about to lose it on a FB friend who keeps comparing having a dog to having a baby, saying, "It's exactly the same!"
Ummm, no. Not the same. Dogs are a lot of work, yes, but kids are even more work. And it's just not the same.
I finally called her out, but used a smiley emoticon to make it less bitchy. I'm doubtful I was successful.
@emy730 Yes, because you can leave the baby in the backyard, go on vacation and just ask someone to make sure they have water and food without anyone blinking an eye...
@emy730 omg yes "but they're our baaaaaabies" okay, great, but it's so not even close to the same. When we first got married DH got me a kitten and people were like "oh, practice for before you have a baby?" and it drove me nuts. Nope. He got me a kitten because it was cute and fluffy, not because we needed it for "practice"
I'm late to the game on this but I have spent the last 3 days in full on potty training mode. Today was the toughest day of all since we let my DD wear undies and not just be naked. Lots of accidents, lots of fighting to keep the undies on. My confession.. I am so over it already that when my husband left today for a few hours I totally put a diaper back on my DD so I could get a break from the constant eyes on her behind and watching for the potty dance. I just needed a break.
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@AmRe214 Have you looked at minefornine.com? I used that site for one of my other pregnancies when I needed a formal dress. It was much better than buying something!
Ok it's Monday but I have to confess this, I spent 15+ minutes this morning trying to decide what to wear. I have a decent maternity wardrobe so really not something that should be a problem but I couldn't find what was just right. So, I finally said I was already running late before that and I had to just pick something. I came in to work and had an email from PinkBlush advertising a flash sale today and went on and bought myself something new. Definitely not something I needed to do but it makes me feel better about my terrible morning.
@emy730 Yes, because you can leave the baby in the backyard, go on vacation and just ask someone to make sure they have water and food without anyone blinking an eye...
Wait, so you're saying that this isn't okay to do for babies? Asking for a friend.
@emy730 Yes, because you can leave the baby in the backyard, go on vacation and just ask someone to make sure they have water and food without anyone blinking an eye...
Wait, so you're saying that this isn't okay to do for babies? Asking for a friend.
Re: FFFC 8.26
I have no idea how so much awful crap happens to me all the time but if throwing money at a big evil entity temporarily is the way to end it, that's what I'm doing.
My FFFC: whenever someone inconveniences me (like cutting me off in the grocery store, or doesn't hold the door open and I have to get my badge out) I give them hard side eye and rub my belly.
My FFFC: My DH keeps asking me to watch my language in front of DD but I haven't because I secretly hope she drops one in front of my super conservative MIL. She's the type to complain about "hell" or "oh my god" or "damn" on cable TV shows because "it's offensive to me" and I'd love nothing more than to watch her face when "shit" comes out of my toddler.
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Apparently Dame Judi Dench's secret hobby on the set was cross-stitching things like "You are a cunt" and gifting them to other people haha: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/judi-dench-secret-hobby_n_3460379.html
Me: 31 | Husband: 32
Married: September 2014!
TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
@cabu14 I was totally doing that... but the scale kept rising so I put a stop to that - kind
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Me: 31 | Husband: 32
Married: September 2014!
TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
My best friend got married on Friday and I wore a super cute maternity dress from ASOS. (Side note: ASOS has really great maternity clothes, especially dresses.) However, looking at few pictures my husband took, I realized I look GIGANTIC. (Not actually, I feel fairly normal sized for 22 weeks; the dress just isn't flattering at all.) I ordered it on Monday and received it Wednesday, so there wasn't much time to test it out. Anyway, I also ordered another dress with a similar cut (wide skirt) for another wedding in two weeks. That is being sent back and I'm currently back on ASOS and will most likely have a different, bodycon style ordered before the H wakes up. And probably won't tell him until after it arrives.
@raquel87 I finally gave my 7yo the lowdown a few months ago. Up to then, I'd been able to get by answering the specified question he asked without elaborating, but eventually he really wanted to know how the daddy and mommy made the baby and got it in there. I didn't want to put him off bc I want him to always feel confident coming to me with anything (+ I didn't want him to get bad info elsewhere), but I wasn't ready for that! So I enlisted the help of a book, which I recommend:
It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763633313/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aPyWxb8DB55XT
My health-teacher friend recommended it as it's written for kids his age in collaboration with pediatricians, psychologists, etc. and it went awesome. We ended up reading it twice and stopping every page or so to ask and answer questions. And you know, kids don't think this stuff is weird unless we act like it is. Good luck when you're ready!
Sorry for the long post; back to your regularly-scheduled confessing.
edit: typo
Also omg these cursing toddles stories are amazing!!
Ummm, no. Not the same. Dogs are a lot of work, yes, but kids are even more work. And it's just not the same.
I finally called her out, but used a smiley
emoticon to make it less bitchy. I'm doubtful I was successful.
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