Made an appointment for DHs new car ALREADY!! To have the brakes looked at for squeaking and grinding.. appointment was for 11, got here at 1045, car Just got brought in at 1125... they sounded confused because everything was new but when they looked at the paperwork they only put on new rotors, not break pads before we bought the car. This better be free under the warranty. I'm already not a happy camper and if we have to pay for something I'll turn into and angry pregnant lady real quick. I think we're shopping the outlets after the appointment dependingon how long this takes
@mamabearcj that’s super annoying. There was an issue with our car maybe 6 months after we bought it, and luckily a couple months prior we bought the warranty that guaranteed us a rental car provided by them whenever we have to take it in for work. Maybe it’s worth considering for you guys, for the future?
I'll definitely be looking into rental options if theirs a next time. We sat for 2 and a half hours and, they changed his breaks, shaved down the rotors a little and sent us in the way. To say I was hangry was an understatement! I guess if you have work done during the week they have a shuttle service to take you to the shopping centers but not in weekends?! Makes no sense to me
@mamabearcj - Oh yes, I would be totally stabby about that too. I once had a car blow a head gasket on me on the way home from the dealership. They took care of it, but kept it overnight...
Last night was E’s graduation. I thought it was going to be a repeat of prom where his bio mom pissed me off, but nope! It was H this time. He was great in the beginning, wouldn’t leave my side because he wanted to protect baby from the crowd, held my hand through the whole ceremony, he even congratulated me and told me what a great job I did raising our son and getting him there last night.
But as we were waiting for E outside afterwards, he started getting antsy to give E a hug. E came up behind me so I got to hug him first. Then he stepped between H and his bio mom and my H turned his back on me and shut me out of the circle. So there was this big family moment happening between the 3 of them and I couldn’t see or hear anything.
Then they posed for another pic the three of them (whatever, it’s for E) and they’re all talking about a graduation/18th birthday party and I can’t hear a damn word to be involved in planning.
It was E’s mom’s weekend, so she’d invited us to come with them after the ceremony for ice cream or something, but it got too late and E needed to get ready for the senior all-night party. So we said goodbye to E and I started to walk away. H is nowhere to be found so I turn and see him giving his ex a huge hug.
Normally I would’ve let it go, but after shutting me out and making me feel like I wasn’t a part of this moment with my son.... plus the fact that H always acts like he’s bffs with her and her family after these people literally *abused* E (for real, we spent a year in court because one night he came home with bruises on his face from a fistfight)... I couldn’t take it. I stormed off.
H was pissed at me, telling me it was about E, which is true. But *I’m* his mother too and I should not have been shut out of that family celebration. H and I are the ones who got him through high school, not his mom. Hell, his mother didn’t even see him for a year because she requested a no contact order through half of sophomore and into junior year while we were in court for the above mentioned abuse.
I am always nice to these people for E’s sake. I can work with her and believe E is more successful when all 4 of us co-parent. I could’ve handled the picture and the hug so long as H had actually made me feel like I belonged there instead of forgetting I even existed.
I feel like I’m back to first tri. I can’t eat, water tastes gross, everything smells bad, I’m nauseous. H is getting me a burrito bc spicy food is the thing I’ve been most likely to be able to tolerate this pregnancy but idk if I’m going to be able to eat it so now I feel badly for asking because I’m afraid he’s going to get back and I won’t be able to eat the food he was so sweet to go get me.
So sorry to hear that, @DunkinDecaf. Can you think of any reason why you might be experiencing these symptoms again? I know you said water tastes gross, but I tend to get nauseous if I'm not drinking enough of it and can't eat as a result.
@sliztee I’m cutting it with juice and chugging it. I don’t think I’m dehydrated, pretty sure it’s just fetusface being a fetusface, but still. My whole house smells like fishy dog food (objectively, H smells it too) so that can’t be helping.
Maybe try a few bites of bland foods every couples hours as well @DunkinDecaf I know mine's might be a little different being HG, but I have noticed if I wait to long to eat (even when I don't feel like it) it makes it way worse. My OB said even of I can try to get down a table spoon or 2 of peanut butter or apple sauce/a couple crackers etc every 2ish hours, that would help. Also second the dehydration causing more nausea. Hope you feel better!
@krzyriver I'm sorry things happened that way for you. I'd be livid if that were me!
@DunkinDecaf I hope you're feeling better! I agree with @jomama1618, maybe some bland food. I also have been dehydrated and didn't know it so maybe you have a little of that going on too.
It annoys the crap out of me that SS's mom ALWAYS brings SS some sort of candy or slushie after TBall on our time. I don't care if she does it on her time. However, she doesn't know what our plans are or what SS has eaten. We have had to have talks about her mom loading him up on treats after school before DH comes to get him.
@sammierose464 that's super frustrating! Do you think she does it purposefully or does she just not see it as a big deal for him to have sweets? Same to her mom?! Why do parents and grandparents like loading their kids up on sugar??
For some reason with this pregnancy bland foods are what I’m most averse to when I feel sick. I did eat some of the burrito with the help of a shit ton of cholula, and I got to keep it! Still feeling sick but at least now the kids are asleep. Anyway thanks guys! Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
@sammierose464 that's super frustrating! Do you think she does it purposefully or does she just not see it as a big deal for him to have sweets? Same to her mom?! Why do parents and grandparents like loading their kids up on sugar??
I truly don't think she sees it as a big deal. It's little things like that that have me looking forward to this baby and not having to share parenting styles.
@sammierose464 seriously I have so much respect for step parents and parents with remarried exes for exactly that reason. I get frosty enough when friends or relatives try to interject opinions over my parenting choices; I can’t imagine how I would handle having to deal with a co-parent that I didn’t choose. Well, yes I can, and the answer is badly. Very, very badly.
It is not easy! Today at drop off SS had run to get into mom's car while I was grabbing something. So I went to give him a hug. His mom's car was full of crap, there was a magazine under his booster seat and no room for his legs behind her boyfriend's seat. I moved the magazine before he sat down because no way is that safe. It just annoyed me.
@krzyriver I would have been beyond livid about all of that. I know every situation is different, but if DH hugged his ex I would have completely lost my S.
@sammierose464 DH's ex likes to send SD over with treats all the time (cupcakes, frosted rice crispy treat, etc). This is super annoying for two reasons 1. stop feeding the already active child a diet of 90% sugar and 2.how am I supposed to explain to DD that there is no treat for her.
@DunkinDecaf We're always saying we have to hit the "reset button" on SD every week when she gets to our house and undo all of the bad habits that are allowed at mom's house. I also worry about DD picking up bad habits from her sister.
@sammierose464 Ugh, so disrespectful of you guys. I really can't stand moms like that.
@KFrob Normally I would have too! I was just so shocked because H *never* disrespects me when it comes to her. He hates the woman. I think they were caught up in the moment of their baby graduating, but come on! He didn't really get it when I sat him down, but it wasn't worth fighting about too much because it's not a regular thing.
@pumpkinpancake It definitely sucks sometimes and I have to remind myself that I wouldn't have this awesome kid if this horrible woman didn't exist. I'm excited that he turns 18 soon and I can just talk to him instead of having to deal with her.
Re: Stabby Saturday 6/2
I think we're shopping the outlets after the appointment dependingon how long this takes
Last night was E’s graduation. I thought it was going to be a repeat of prom where his bio mom pissed me off, but nope! It was H this time. He was great in the beginning, wouldn’t leave my side because he wanted to protect baby from the crowd, held my hand through the whole ceremony, he even congratulated me and told me what a great job I did raising our son and getting him there last night.
But as we were waiting for E outside afterwards, he started getting antsy to give E a hug. E came up behind me so I got to hug him first. Then he stepped between H and his bio mom and my H turned his back on me and shut me out of the circle. So there was this big family moment happening between the 3 of them and I couldn’t see or hear anything.
Then they posed for another pic the three of them (whatever, it’s for E) and they’re all talking about a graduation/18th birthday party and I can’t hear a damn word to be involved in planning.
It was E’s mom’s weekend, so she’d invited us to come with them after the ceremony for ice cream or something, but it got too late and E needed to get ready for the senior all-night party. So we said goodbye to E and I started to walk away. H is nowhere to be found so I turn and see him giving his ex a huge hug.
Normally I would’ve let it go, but after shutting me out and making me feel like I wasn’t a part of this moment with my son.... plus the fact that H always acts like he’s bffs with her and her family after these people literally *abused* E (for real, we spent a year in court because one night he came home with bruises on his face from a fistfight)... I couldn’t take it. I stormed off.
H was pissed at me, telling me it was about E, which is true. But *I’m* his mother too and I should not have been shut out of that family celebration. H and I are the ones who got him through high school, not his mom. Hell, his mother didn’t even see him for a year because she requested a no contact order through half of sophomore and into junior year while we were in court for the above mentioned abuse.
I am always nice to these people for E’s sake. I can work with her and believe E is more successful when all 4 of us co-parent. I could’ve handled the picture and the hug so long as H had actually made me feel like I belonged there instead of forgetting I even existed.
@DunkinDecaf I hope you're feeling better! I agree with @jomama1618, maybe some bland food. I also have been dehydrated and didn't know it so maybe you have a little of that going on too.
@sammierose464 DH's ex likes to send SD over with treats all the time (cupcakes, frosted rice crispy treat, etc). This is super annoying for two reasons 1. stop feeding the already active child a diet of 90% sugar and 2.how am I supposed to explain to DD that there is no treat for her.
@DunkinDecaf We're always saying we have to hit the "reset button" on SD every week when she gets to our house and undo all of the bad habits that are allowed at mom's house. I also worry about DD picking up bad habits from her sister.
@KFrob Normally I would have too! I was just so shocked because H *never* disrespects me when it comes to her. He hates the woman. I think they were caught up in the moment of their baby graduating, but come on! He didn't really get it when I sat him down, but it wasn't worth fighting about too much because it's not a regular thing.
@krzyriver sorry you’re dealing with that. It must be hard having to basically co-parent like that, so I give you and @sammierose464 tons of respect.