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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: SkinnyBenny on July 31, 2015, 10:23:41 AM
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ITT rusty will offer up links to particularly insufferable mommy blogs and then he (we?) will brutally take down the shitty writing/parenting/whatever.
Initially it was sparked by this (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://batonrouge.citymomsblog.com/must-decline-with-regret-my-kids-arent-invited/) snotty Baton Rouge mom blog, which was posted in the Planning Weddings thread.
Now you go! (Also feel free to post examples of good mommy blogs if there are any.)
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That link goes to a cached (caSHEYed) version but when you try to go to the current version of the page you get a Page Not Found error....Did she already take it down because too many people were bitching at her?
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http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/to-a-mother-in-law-who-wont-let-go?section=surviving-the-in-laws&u=YzHed9K7Jq
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That link goes to a cached (caSHEYed) version but when you try to go to the current version of the page you get a Page Not Found error....Did she already take it down because too many people were bitching at her?
I think maybe. And I don't know how all that works or if it will be up, so here's the text for when this thread flounders, seems dead, and then gets bumped for some weird reason three years after it has long been forgotten about.
Must Decline with Regret {The Kids Aren’t Invited}
by Fleur on July 21, 2015 in Breastfeeding, Family, Infants, Motherhood, New Moms
Dear Bride and Groom,
We just received your beautiful wedding invitation! Thank you for thinking of us!! We’re so excited and happy to celebrate this special day with y’all!!!
…oh, it’s an adults only event. Oh, it’s in New Orleans. Oh, it’s in the evening.
And just like that, no matter how badly I may want to attend, I know I must decline the invitation. This has happened to me so many times since the birth of my daughter.
So my question to you is, dear Bride and Groom — what’s up with that? Why even invite us? You are aware we have a small child, right?
My guess is you didn’t give a huge amount of thought to that decision, and I can understand that. You have A LOT of decisions to make. In most cases, newlyweds-to-be do not yet have kids, so you aren’t keenly aware of how difficult it can be to leave said kids at home to attend an event like this. I get it.
But what IS the thought process there, I have to wonder?
Is it a cost issue? I have heard one bride make the comment, “I’m not feeding an entire family at my wedding.” Ahem, rude, but also…what? Most kids are not going to eat more than any 3 adults. My child is so distracted at events like weddings, she eats the quantitative equivalent of a less-than-eager gerbil. Do wedding venues charge full price per head for babies and small children these days? I highly doubt it, and if they do, they deserve a swift kick in the pants and I suggest you find another venue because they are clearly ripping you off.
Is it a noise issue? Are you worried my two-year-old will distract from the ceremony? If she does get rowdy-rowdy (unlikely), you can bet I or my husband will be ushering (see what I did there?) her from the ceremony faster than you can blink. We know how important this day is; we would never do anything to derail attention from you.
Is it a crowd control issue? Are you worried your elegant party will become a zoo with thousands of kids invading your dance floor? I don’t know your guest list and the potential attendees under the age of 18, but I have to believe that any parent who CAN leave their kids at home whilst at your wedding…WILL. What parent wouldn’t want to enjoy a fun night of dinner/dancing/drinks with their partner alone? I know I would! But I can’t during this time in my life, and so I don’t mind if my little one tags along so I can attend events like yours. Sidenote, from what I’ve witnessed and I’ve attended a wedding or two in my day, it’s often the kids who are first out on the dance floor, getting the party started oh so adorably (you’re welcome).
I ask because I did not have an exclusively adult wedding, and I truly want to understand your reasoning. Hear me on this point: this is your occasion and you absolutely have EVERY right in the world to decide who attends your wedding. But I’d venture to say that you made other considerations for your guests so they could attend, didn’t you? Did you consider them when choosing the menu? Probably. What about convenience of location and time? Likely. These considerations and many more probably crossed your mind when planning your day so that as many guests as possible could celebrate with you. So why not allow your guests to bring their children if they really need to?
Please allow me to put it in perspective for you a bit. Breastfeeding makes it really difficult to be away from an infant for more than 2.5 to 3 hours. As in, it strikes fear in the heart of many mommas. What if the baby doesn’t take a bottle? This is a thing. What if her breastfeeding journey has been a difficult one, one that she has worked very hard for, and a bottle could jeopardize that? This is also a thing. What if the baby nurses to sleep and therefore will not be able to go to bed without the mother? Yes, also a thing. What if the mother just plain doesn’t feel comfortable leaving her baby yet? The list goes on. Unless you have previous experience with children, Bride and Groom, some of these concepts probably sound vastly foreign (they sure did for me until about 2 years ago), but these are all indeed very common things in the world of early motherhood.
So let’s say any of one of these issues apply to me – if your wedding is in New Orleans (aren’t they always?!), I’m looking at about a 2-hour drive from where I live, allowing time for parking/traffic. Let’s be conservative and say your ceremony is also at the reception site and lasts 30 minutes. We stay at your reception for an hour and a half. So that’s 4 hours round trip to get there and back, plus 2 hours for the event equals 6 hours away from my baby, at the very minimum, getting home around midnight if it’s a 6 o’clock event. Which equals out to a big fat stress ball of worry if I attempt to come to your wedding. I’m sorry, but it’s just not worth it to me, no matter how badly I want to go. So I won’t. I sadly missed several weddings of dear friends who had adult-only events during the first year of my daughter’s life. And, I could have easily come had she been welcome!
Even in her second year, it’s not much easier. It’s needlessly annoying — why can’t I just bring her? That would solve everything! But I can’t. Therefore, more often than not, I have to regretfully decline, not because we have other plans, but because my child can’t come.
I say all this out of love and admittedly frustration, Bride and Groom, because I truly want to celebrate with you, otherwise I wouldn’t go through such internal turmoil. But please understand why your decision to exclude kids makes it difficult for me, and for all the young mothers you have invited, to attend.
I know this is a busy and exciting time – I remember how wonderful it was being a blushing bride myself. But one day you’ll be in my shoes. You’ll have little ones you adore more than anything in the world, and you’ll get invited to weddings that don’t welcome them. It will make your heart a little sad, and may cause you to look back on your own decision as a bride and groom with empathy and perhaps the slightest bit of regret.
Sincerely,
Fleur, on behalf of all mothers with small children who will be unable to attend.
Fleur (which rhymes with ‘blur’ and is French for “flower,” in case you were wondering) is a former media relations and marketing professional happily turned part-time freelance writer and all-the-time mommy to her daughter, a spunky and sweet toddler. She always assumed she would return to work after maternity leave, but the role of Mother grabbed her by the soul, and she was very fortunate to have the choice to remain at home. A wandering heart to the core, Fleur and her husband of 9 years have traveled and lived in many places, but are happy to have returned home after the birth of their baby girl. Fleur and her family reside on the outskirts of Zachary down on the farm, where they enjoy raising chickens, horses, dogs, {not super successful} attempts at gardening, and just generally being outside all the time. Based on her choices when it comes to motherhood and parenting, Fleur would likely be dubbed a “crunchy” mama, but her husband would just call it making things more complicated than they have to be…for the good of their daughter, he would totally add {wink wink} Fleur loves coffee, languages and words, honest conversations coupled with hilarity as a requirement, photography, and the idea of sleeping through the night.
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http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/to-a-mother-in-law-who-wont-let-go?section=surviving-the-in-laws&u=YzHed9K7Jq
Why doesn't she just send that letter to her mother-in-law instead of blogging about it?
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Not a blog, but I found this pretty funny
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLGKLItUMAAEtOP.jpg)
Not a blog, but I found this pretty funny
Oh fuuuuuuuck this lady. As a rule of thumb, if you use the word "hip", you are not at all "hip". Yes I realize what I kind of just did.
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Hip parents can kiss my ass.
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And a self-righteous yelp review thread sounds fun!
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And a self-righteous yelp review thread sounds fun!
It would be fun. Do you need me to start that one for you, too? :whistle1:
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And a self-righteous yelp review thread sounds fun!
"I only go here during the day because it's in a very high crime area" review of a restaurant across the street from Washburn University
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Love how every momblogger has to include something in her bio about about how hard she moms. Usually follows this template:
"When she's not [insert wording here about chasing around a toddler], Lauren likes to [insert activity she used to love but just barely has the time for these days, what with the kids and all].
ABOUT THE WRITER
KATE PARLIN
Kate Parlin is a writer and mom of three girls, two of whom are twins. When she's not cleaning up pee, she chronicles her parenting adventures at her blog, Shakespeare's Mom.
ABOUT THE WRITER
AUDREY ROWE
Audrey Rowe is a freelance writer/editor who enjoys reading and baking in her free time. For the remaining 23.5 hours of the day, she is generally chasing after her hyperactive son or her equally energetic cat.
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And a self-righteous yelp review thread sounds fun!
"I only go here during the day because it's in a very high crime area" review of a restaurant across the street from Washburn University
My barber is right near that campus.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLGKLItUMAAEtOP.jpg)
Not a blog, but I found this pretty funny
Where is this place? I want to go there based on this review.
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It's in the west bottoms in KC, and very good. The chicken biscuit w/ gravy yum
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I hate how Moms are co-opting the word "freelance" to mean "willfully unemployed". I feel bad for people that do legit freelance work.
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I am glad she won't go to Genessee, more room for us hip couples who have nannies
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OT: I really enjoy the word Genesee
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What do you guys think Fleur's husband is like?
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What do you guys think Fleur's husband is like?
He didn't want to go to the wedding anyway so he pretends to agree with his wife just to get out of going.
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What do you guys think Fleur's husband is like?
well why don't you visit her "Hiring a Birth Photographer: Have You Considered It (http://batonrouge.citymomsblog.com/hiring-a-birth-photographer-have-you-considered-it/)?" post and find out for yourself? *SPOILER* he's a dweeb extraordinaire that wore a "DADDY SINCE 2013" shirt to his daughters' birth in 2013.
(http://batonrouge.citymomsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/04/DSC1328.jpg)
ps, I just realized that in the kids' wedding post she posted a photo of HER wedding looking smug as eff with a bunch of stupid kids. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
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Her proudest achievement? Getting socks on her squirmy ten month old that one time he was particularly wiggly.
wow maybe time to try to rough ridin' do something with your life
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Her proudest achievement? Getting socks on her squirmy ten month old that one time he was particularly wiggly.
wow maybe time to try to rough ridin' do something with your life
michigancat, yes! go!
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liked & subscribed
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Her proudest achievement? Getting socks on her squirmy ten month old that one time he was particularly wiggly.
wow maybe time to try to rough ridin' do something with your life
She has kids to live vicariously through now.
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Remember when a running gag on gE was to ask OK Cat if he'd ever photographed weddings? We should resurrect that but with births. Maybe just put "birth photog" under his avatar or something? Just spitballin'.
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to the mom who just wants to feel appreciated
saw the headline and was hoping the text would be "get over yourself" but no it's the memoirs of a martyr and a goddam foot photo that would look terrible on instagram
No one sees us standing in the bathroom scrubbing toilets or trying to get permanent marker off the wall or negotiating with bill collectors on the phone or clipping coupons and trying to tame the three year old while we walk through Target. No one sees us weary at night but awake still working. No one sees all those behind the scenes stuff we do for our kids. Last week I slept in an airport on my way to Nashville for a business trip. It was, well, like sleeping in an airport. But I do it for them.
(http://findingjoy.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/appreciatedasmom3.jpg)
http://findingjoy.net/to-the-mom-who-wants-to-feel-appreciated/
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to the mom who just wants to feel appreciated
saw the headline and was hoping the text would be "get over yourself" but no it's the memoirs of a martyr and a goddam foot photo that would look terrible on instagram
No one sees us standing in the bathroom scrubbing toilets or trying to get permanent marker off the wall or negotiating with bill collectors on the phone or clipping coupons and trying to tame the three year old while we walk through Target. No one sees us weary at night but awake still working. No one sees all those behind the scenes stuff we do for our kids. Last week I slept in an airport on my way to Nashville for a business trip. It was, well, like sleeping in an airport. But I do it for them.
(http://findingjoy.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/appreciatedasmom3.jpg)
http://findingjoy.net/to-the-mom-who-wants-to-feel-appreciated/
Get the eff out of here. Not you rusty the overly burdened woman who chose to crap out those kids.
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She needs to check out the credit card thread and new to investing thread. She must suck at finances if she is negotiating with bill collectors. That has nothing to do with being a mom, that has to do with being very poor with money.
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to the mom who just wants to feel appreciated
saw the headline and was hoping the text would be "get over yourself" but no it's the memoirs of a martyr and a goddam foot photo that would look terrible on instagram
No one sees us standing in the bathroom scrubbing toilets or trying to get permanent marker off the wall or negotiating with bill collectors on the phone or clipping coupons and trying to tame the three year old while we walk through Target. No one sees us weary at night but awake still working. No one sees all those behind the scenes stuff we do for our kids. Last week I slept in an airport on my way to Nashville for a business trip. It was, well, like sleeping in an airport. But I do it for them.
(http://findingjoy.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/appreciatedasmom3.jpg)
http://findingjoy.net/to-the-mom-who-wants-to-feel-appreciated/
Which group is more into being martyrs? Teachers or internet parents? Or is there another profession with even worse martyr syndrome that I'm forgetting about? (P.S. Big ups to teachers and/or parents who don't fit into this stereotype. Thankfully most of the people I know who fall into either category avoid those trappings, which I guess is why I hang out with them.)
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internet parents are worse by far. Teachers have unique challenges. As gooch alluded to, anyone can crap out a baby.
although new brewery owners seem to be pretty martyrish.
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new brewery owners seem to be pretty martyrish.
oooh, good call
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:lol:
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:peek:
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Shots fired!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharon-greenthal/mommy-bloggers_b_4717754.html
btw, finally got around to reading that birth photographer one. lololololololololololol.
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Shots fired!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharon-greenthal/mommy-bloggers_b_4717754.html
good grief I don't know if I have the energy for these assholes
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Shots fired!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharon-greenthal/mommy-bloggers_b_4717754.html
good grief I don't know if I have the energy for these assholes
It's really hard to make it through even one. :frown:
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Why do Mommy Bloggers use so many words to make a simple thought.
Gonna win 'em all!
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Clearly they don't set out thinking they're gonna win 'em all.
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Why is she bitching about scrubbing toilets? I thought her kid was 10 months old, no way is that shitty brat and his wiggly feet pissing in the toilet already.
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Heyheyheyheyhey. This isn't a thread to vilify kids. It's a thread to vilify particularly self-absorbed mommy blogs. (Other types of self-absorbed blogs are also welcome! Which I guess is all of them except this one.)
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michi, whats a "crunchy mom"?
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Hippie
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Hippie
hmm. doesnt sound right
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It's a granola reference I think. It's a hippiesh thing
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i guess so tho?
A member of an increasingly growing group of moms who are neo-hippies.
They generally believe (for varying reasons) that there is something bad or less beneficial about buying mainstream products or doing other common activities in the mainstream way.
You might be a crunchy mom if you:
...bake all your own bread
...make your own jam, jelly, pickles, applesauce, etc.
...gave birth at home -- by CHOICE! (With a midwife, doula, or unassisted!)
...prefer to teach your children yourself at home instead of letting the public or private schools do it for you.
...grow your own food as much as possible, and buy the rest at farmer's markets or health food stores.
...are vegan or vegetarian.
...choose not to use birth control.
...don't wear a bra or shoes.
...don't use shampoo or soap, but instead maybe sea salt or a variety of other things.
...had your placenta chopped up for an anti-depressant pill or smoothie.
...have no television in your home -- and actually read BOOKS for entertainment!
...grind your own grain to make your own bread with (did you know that wheat looses about 90% of it's nutrients within 7 days of being ground?)
...don't cut your hair or wear pants (not going around half-naked, but wearing skirts! Silly people! Get your mind out of the gutter!)
...can add 10 more things to this list that I didn't even think of!
If it were a spectrum, on the extreme far end you would find Amish.
Mom 1: So after that HORRIBLE experience with the hospital with my first baby, I had my second one at home completely unassisted.
Mom 2: Wow! You're an even crunchier mom than I am! I thought I was pretty crunchy after giving birth at home with a midwife and doula. How many kids do you want to have? And do you plan to homeschool too?
Mom 1: I want to have as many as God blesses me with! We've never used birth control as long as we've been married! And yes! We start homeschooling Darling Daughter number one this Fall!
Mom 2: It's nice to know I'm not the only crazy crunchy mom!
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i want to learn more about sea salt instead of soap (canadien friend)
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Puniraptor, I am very smart
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Puniraptor, I am very smart
what other kinds of moms are there?
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Why is she bitching about scrubbing toilets? I thought her kid was 10 months old, no way is that shitty brat and his wiggly feet pissing in the toilet already.
I cleaned our toilets a week ago Saturday, and then I went out and mowed a lawn with a heat index of 115 degrees. Then, later that night, I was up until after midnight doing work for my job.
Does this mean I should take a picture of my feet?
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Does this mean I should take a picture of my feet?
it means its your turn to clean the toilet again
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Clearly they don't set out thinking they're gonna win 'em all.
Clearly
Gonna win 'em all!
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Puniraptor, I am very smart
what other kinds of moms are there?
crunchy isn't a mom only term puniraptor
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Does this mean I should take a picture of my feet?
it means its your turn to clean the toilet again
A father's work is never done.
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Puniraptor, I am very smart
what other kinds of moms are there?
crunchy isn't a mom only term puniraptor
No way!
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Probably cyclists. Crunchy cyclists. Crunchy hipsters. Crunchy lawyers.
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Crunc#ackers
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Puni, have you really never heard of the term crunchy?
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Puni, have you really never heard of the term crunchy?
It's my chosen peanut butter
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When SkinBen does his Mr. B thing it makes me :Keke:
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This Mr. B? :confused:
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This is a good read:
http://jezebel.com/very-photogenic-duo-seeks-photog-to-document-intimat-898743420 (http://jezebel.com/very-photogenic-duo-seeks-photog-to-document-intimat-898743420)
We are an early 30's, very photogenic couple. We want a photographer with a tasteful, but artistic eye for composition to be present and shooting throughout the birth of our son. The attached photos are examples of the kind of work we're looking for, although we hope for some even more imaginative frames...
We are planning an all-natural water birth. It will be at a hospital, but at a birthing center where only the two of us and the midwife will be present in the room. You will have creative license to shoot everything from the moment you arrive until the moment you leave after the baby is born. This isn't for the squeamish, but there is a lot of poetry and authenticity in a birth, so we're hoping that you will be creatively inspired and some amazing photography will come of this...
He is a tall, handsome muscular artist who is covered in original (not cliche) tattoos.
She is a beautiful and petite Japanese woman with the guts (no pun intended) to go through birth without any medications, interventions or Western medical ideas about how a baby should be born. It will be very intimate.
Pay is negotiable. We're hoping you're so intrigued and creatively inspired that you'll do it for free. If not, and your portfolio shows that you're worth it, we would be willing to pay $150. Please email contact info and a link where we can see some of your work to the reply link on this posting. Our son will be born sometime in the next two weeks. You will have to be on-call the same way the midwife is during this time frame.
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On the topic of Boston Crabs, did you guys like the Walls of Jericho or the Liontamer more? I much preferred the Liontamer.
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Lion tamer
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Yes, I would absolutely love to have you look over my professional portfolio and judge whether or not you think I'm talented enough to work in your disgusting environment for no pay.
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Love how every momblogger has to include something in her bio about about how hard she moms. Usually follows this template:
"When she's not [insert wording here about chasing around a toddler], Lauren likes to [insert activity she used to love but just barely has the time for these days, what with the kids and all].
ABOUT THE WRITER
KATE PARLIN
Kate Parlin is a writer and mom of three girls, two of whom are twins. When she's not cleaning up pee, she chronicles her parenting adventures at her blog, Shakespeare's Mom.
ABOUT THE WRITER
AUDREY ROWE
Audrey Rowe is a freelance writer/editor who enjoys reading and baking in her free time. For the remaining 23.5 hours of the day, she is generally chasing after her hyperactive son or her equally energetic cat.
Who the eff chases their cat around all day.I mean my chihuahua only chases our cat for a few minutes every other day or so and he hates the rough ridin' cat
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What do you guys think Fleur's husband is like?
Short
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Great thread, #renocatfree
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Great thread, #renocatfree
It's @renocat
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Hey michigancat, read any good (bad) mommyblogs lately?
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What do you guys think Fleur's husband is like?
Short
Probably does lots of crossfit too
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Hey michigancat, read any good (bad) mommyblogs lately?
no
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I'm sorry I fed you all that bland baby food – even if it was homemade. Your little brother ate what we ate from the get-go and, as a result, he seems to have a much more adventurous palate. For months, you ate nothing but unseasoned sweet potatoes and carrots and peas and any other vegetable I could fit in my Beaba Cooker. I'm really sorry for that. I'm hoping one day you'll overcome your fear of spice and learn to embrace your culinary wild side.
You see I want to get it RIGHT precisely because I've messed up so much in the past with you. I feel like I owe it to you. You gave me the greatest gift possible. You made me a mom. In the most intense way possible, YOU are my baby.
That's a lot for one kid, and I know that. I'm sorry.
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/an-apology-to-my-firstborn-child?section=scary-mommy-blog&u=2SNZO63xak
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I'm sorry I fed you all that bland baby food – even if it was homemade. Your little brother ate what we ate from the get-go and, as a result, he seems to have a much more adventurous palate. For months, you ate nothing but unseasoned sweet potatoes and carrots and peas and any other vegetable I could fit in my Beaba Cooker. I'm really sorry for that. I'm hoping one day you'll overcome your fear of spice and learn to embrace your culinary wild side.
You see I want to get it RIGHT precisely because I've messed up so much in the past with you. I feel like I owe it to you. You gave me the greatest gift possible. You made me a mom. In the most intense way possible, YOU are my baby.
That's a lot for one kid, and I know that. I'm sorry.
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/an-apology-to-my-firstborn-child?section=scary-mommy-blog&u=2SNZO63xak
I'm glad she ruined her first kid and hope she ruins the others.
Oh and by the way, BEING BORN IS NOT GIVING A GIFT. THE SERIOUS BORING KID DID NOTHING.
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Wow this lady from "chicks on the right" destroys everyone opposed to breastfeeding in public!
http://chicksontheright.com/blog/item/29628-four-reasons-why-you-shouldn-t-breastfeed-in-public-best-public-service-ad-ever
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this goddamn scarrymommy site needs to be eliminated from the internet.
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/dear-teenager-sorry-about-toddler-and-baby?section=surviving-the-teen-years&u=2SNZO63xak
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this goddamn scarrymommy site needs to be eliminated from the internet.
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/dear-teenager-sorry-about-toddler-and-baby?section=surviving-the-teen-years&u=2SNZO63xak
I mean, why doesn't she just say that crap to her kid instead of posting it on the internet?
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i checked out at "threenagers". i'm not cut out for this line of work
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is scarymommy.com just a place for moms to come anonymously vent about being a mom?
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eff YOUR APOLOGY MOM
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THREENAGER? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUU MOOOOOOOOOOMMM
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Hey mom, ever heard of a rough ridin' calendar? You put times of things on it so you don't rough ridin' forget them.
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Dear mom,
I DON'T WANT TO SURF WITH YOU. PLEASE LEAVE ME THE eff ALONE YOU DUMBSHIT.
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Seriously, do you think you're cool because you "surf"? Pro-tip: you're not you frumpy old sad sack of a woman.
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i hope season 3 of true detective features mommybloggers. i will break this site clicking "reload"
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Oh crap, now you're NOT SORRY??? GET THE eff OUT OF MY ROOM, MOM
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ALL I WANT TO DO IS rough ridin' SLEEP PAST 9AM YOU WRETCHED WENCH (sp?)
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YOU THINK I LOOK "COOL" AT A "PLAY CENTER"? WHAT IN THE HOLY eff IS WRONG WITH YOU
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YOU THINK THIS IS rough ridin' DADDY TRAINING? I MEAN IT THIS TIME, GET THE eff OUT OF HERE
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AND YOU EVEN USED "THREENAGER" IN YOUR BIO?
I HATE MY FAMILY I HATE MY LIFE
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AND YOU EVEN USED "THREENAGER" IN YOUR BIO?
I HATE MY FAMILY I HATE MY LIFE
her and another mom have their own blog. This is like a blackhole.
https://bklyntooz.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/taking-stock-at-sunrise/#more-207
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just read all this for the first time. about ten posts that i wanted to thumbs up and laugh at. my new favorite thread? maybe.
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just read all this for the first time. about ten posts that i wanted to thumbs up and laugh at. my new favorite thread? maybe.
I am grateful for this thread in that it has provided me some new favorite blogs to follow and I can use this blog stuff with my kids. Very helpful.
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"hey mom, wanna hear a funny joke?"
"sure!"
"THREENAGER!"
:lol: :lol: :lol:
"j/k gtfo mom"
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there are a couple of townie blogs that i'll pull up from time to time and get a chuckle out of. one of them is done by a mom whose husband is a doctor. she once got a wedding invitation sent to mr and mrs _______ and blogged about it. her response was that since the marrying couple sent it to mr and mrs _______ and not dr and mrs _______ , it was obvious that they expected the type of wedding gift that would be given by a mr and not a dr.
so basically implying that they would spend less money on the gift because of this incredible insult. still probably my favorite mom blog post ever.
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there are a couple of townie blogs that i'll pull up from time to time and get a chuckle out of. one of them is done by a mom whose husband is a doctor. she once got a wedding invitation sent to mr and mrs _______ and blogged about it. her response was that since the marrying couple sent it to mr and mrs _______ and not dr and mrs _______ , it was obvious that they expected the type of wedding gift that would be given by a mr and not a dr.
hint:she was implying that they would spend less money on the gift because of this incredible insult. still probably my favorite mom blog post ever.
They probably didn't want that bitch at their wedding anyway.
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I totally thought she was going to be mad about something different!
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there are a couple of townie blogs that i'll pull up from time to time and get a chuckle out of. one of them is done by a mom whose husband is a doctor. she once got a wedding invitation sent to mr and mrs _______ and blogged about it. her response was that since the marrying couple sent it to mr and mrs _______ and not dr and mrs _______ , it was obvious that they expected the type of wedding gift that would be given by a mr and not a dr.
hint:she was implying that they would spend less money on the gift because of this incredible insult. still probably my favorite mom blog post ever.
They probably didn't want that bitch at their wedding anyway.
my hope at the time was that they completely knew what they were doing and were like "omg this is going to drive her absolutely insane. maybe she'll even blog about it. :crossfingers: ."
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Post the blog, daris! :curse:
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this goddamn scarrymommy site needs to be eliminated from the internet.
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/dear-teenager-sorry-about-toddler-and-baby?section=surviving-the-teen-years&u=2SNZO63xak
she seems like a good mom, and this seems like a good fam
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i tried again and was able to make it through. hedging a self-indulgent apology? :flush:
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Holy Christ. That was brutal.
ABOUT THE WRITER
GWEN CHERNE
Gwen Cherne works full-time and is a full-time mom. She has a teenager, a threenager and a baby who have changed her life forever. She fakes it until she makes it every single firetrucking day. Gwen also blogs with her bestie on www......
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there are a couple of townie blogs that i'll pull up from time to time and get a chuckle out of. one of them is done by a mom whose husband is a doctor. she once got a wedding invitation sent to mr and mrs _______ and blogged about it. her response was that since the marrying couple sent it to mr and mrs _______ and not dr and mrs _______ , it was obvious that they expected the type of wedding gift that would be given by a mr and not a dr.
so basically implying that they would spend less money on the gift because of this incredible insult. still probably my favorite mom blog post ever.
Is this guy a real doctor that can actually perform surgery or is he one of those fancy book readin' doctors?
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there are a couple of townie blogs that i'll pull up from time to time and get a chuckle out of. one of them is done by a mom whose husband is a doctor. she once got a wedding invitation sent to mr and mrs _______ and blogged about it. her response was that since the marrying couple sent it to mr and mrs _______ and not dr and mrs _______ , it was obvious that they expected the type of wedding gift that would be given by a mr and not a dr.
so basically implying that they would spend less money on the gift because of this incredible insult. still probably my favorite mom blog post ever.
Is this guy a real doctor that can actually perform surgery or is he one of those fancy book readin' doctors?
MD but not surgical
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firetrucking
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there are a couple of townie blogs that i'll pull up from time to time and get a chuckle out of. one of them is done by a mom whose husband is a doctor. she once got a wedding invitation sent to mr and mrs _______ and blogged about it. her response was that since the marrying couple sent it to mr and mrs _______ and not dr and mrs _______ , it was obvious that they expected the type of wedding gift that would be given by a mr and not a dr.
so basically implying that they would spend less money on the gift because of this incredible insult. still probably my favorite mom blog post ever.
Is this guy a real doctor that can actually perform surgery or is he one of those fancy book readin' doctors?
MD but not surgical
lol, "hey doc, here is a cup of my pee, tell me how I am doing"
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More insufferable: mommyblogs or gender reveal parties?
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More insufferable: mommyblogs or gender reveal parties?
Conception Parties beak them both
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More insufferable: mommyblogs or gender reveal parties?
Hmmmm tough one here. A complainy blog, or a party with all your friends.
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More insufferable: mommyblogs or gender reveal parties?
Hmmmm tough one here. A complainy blog, or a party with all your friends.
Dude come on they're pretty bad
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Gender reveal parties are silly (how many parties do you need?), but c'mon they are usually limited to a few facebook photos of people eating Pintrest hor dourves. Mommyblogs are entire blogs dedicated to insufferable personalities.
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mommy blogs about gender reveal parties are the worst.
We had a gender reveal party at work, for a dude. He had to act excited I guess. I skipped it.
Are there any mommy blogs about why people think it's rough ridin' cute to keep the name a secret? Because the secret's out: no one gives a crap.
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They're paranoid one of the other mommies in their social circle with an earlier due date will "steal" the name. :jerk:
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They're paranoid one of the other mommies in their social circle with an earlier due date will "steal" the name. :jerk:
ha ha, I'm pretty sure this happened to a friend. The name was "Jack" :lol:
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They're also keeping it secret because they're worried people will try to discourage them from ultimately giving the kid whatever terrible name they've picked out. Which is a good thought, because people should be doing that. (Sorry you love Caiydynn so much, lady. Terrible choice.)
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http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/an-apology-to-my-firstborn-child?section=scary-mommy-blog&u=2SNZO63xak
this goddamn scarrymommy site needs to be eliminated from the internet.
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/dear-teenager-sorry-about-toddler-and-baby?section=surviving-the-teen-years&u=2SNZO63xak
http://www.beautythroughimperfection.com/dear-toddler-im-sorry-about-the-new-baby/
you get an apology. you get an apology. EVERYONE GETS AN APOLOGY!
(http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/oprahyouandyouandyoulego.gif)
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http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/an-apology-to-my-firstborn-child?section=scary-mommy-blog&u=2SNZO63xak
this goddamn scarrymommy site needs to be eliminated from the internet.
http://www.scarymommy.com/articles/dear-teenager-sorry-about-toddler-and-baby?section=surviving-the-teen-years&u=2SNZO63xak
http://www.beautythroughimperfection.com/dear-toddler-im-sorry-about-the-new-baby/
you get an apology. you get an apology. EVERYONE GETS AN APOLOGY!
(http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/oprahyouandyouandyoulego.gif)
Oh those rough ridin' "not sorry" sections. I'M SORRY I DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO YOU ANY MORE BUT I'M NOT SORRY THAT THERE ARE POOPY DIAPERS ALL OVER THE HOUSE
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I’m not sorry that you’ve had to learn that you’re not the center of the universe.
eff!
YOU!
MOM!
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:lol:
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:users:
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mommyblog is michigan's "troost area"
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I’m not sorry that you’ve had to learn that you’re not the center of the universe.
eff!
YOU!
MOM!
It's unbelievable. I honestly can't even muster the words to explicate why this is so positively unreadable. It just blinds me with rage and I can't rough ridin' think straight.
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Dear Toddler,
You can stop there. He can't read.
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This isn't directly related to a mommy blog, but...
I hate it when Moms say something like "I am so glad she (the kid) chose us to be her parents."
I mean come on.
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seems blasphemous
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This isn't directly related to a mommy blog, but...
I hate it when Moms say something like "I am so glad she (the kid) chose us to be her parents."
I mean come on.
No one says that.
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This isn't directly related to a mommy blog, but...
I hate it when Moms say something like "I am so glad she (the kid) chose us to be her parents."
I mean come on.
No one says that.
Do they?
:frown:
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:frown:
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This isn't directly related to a mommy blog, but...
I hate it when Moms say something like "I am so glad she (the kid) chose us to be her parents."
I mean come on.
No one says that.
Do they?
:frown:
One of my FB friends posted it on her status. It is not the first time I have heard/seen it.
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i am not lying when i say that i could read and make fun of self important mommy blogs all day long. so fun.
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i mean come on :lol:
So, why the name Beauty Through Imperfection?
I have struggled with insecurity a lot in my life because I felt like I needed to be perfect. There is nothing wrong with trying to improve yourself, and to fix your shortcomings, but when you are constantly feeling bad because you aren’t perfect, well, that’s just not healthy. As a new mom, I would get discouraged because I always looked around and saw people that seemed perfect, blogs I would read, people I would meet, every one was acting like they had it all together, and it made me feel inadequate. My hubby would constantly encourage me that there’s no such thing as a perfect mom, and that I was doing great because I love my kids and I take care of them, but I still felt unsure.
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this is truly a unifying experience for goEMAW. can we keep em coming please?
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the word hubby
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the word hubby
I agree.
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but i still felt unsure
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that whole things reads like a canned response to the interview question "tell me your biggest weakness".
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Posting not to mock the recovery thing; posting to mock the general self-indulgence and specifically the "I was Supermom" part.
I should start out by saying getting all feisty on Facebook is not something I normally do. In fact, I'm not even sure this IS the right thing to do, but something has been eating at me for a few days, and I feel like I need to say something.
The other day I noticed a meme was being passed around several of my Facebook groups. Most of these are groups for moms, where we share play date ideas, talk about teachers / school issues, and ask for advice and guidance from other moms. The meme was of photo of a wine bottle, with the heading "The most honest gift to a teacher I've ever seen." The bottle had a label with a photo of a child, and the words "Our child might be the reason you drink, so enjoy this bottle on us."
Now, I see memes every day on Facebook about drinking. I mean, you'd be blind to miss them. Memes about beer and wine and Friday and work hard/play hard, etc. But this one bothered me. And it was everywhere. When I read it, I felt a pit in my stomach. And that pit started to churn until I was almost enraged. I was pissed, you guys.
Because here's the thing...it's not f'ing funny. It's not.
If you are a friend, you probably know I'm a person in long term recovery, which for me means I no longer drink alcohol. However, I don't judge those that do. I get that for many people, drinking is not an issue. Lots of people drink socially or have a drink or two, and everything is fine. I am not one of those people, but if you are, great! Enjoy!
But there are many, many of us who cannot drink alcohol without having problems. It shouldn't be shocking, alcohol is an addictive drug. Yes, it's legal, but it's still a drug. In fact, it's a drug that kills 88,000 people in the U.S. per year (not counting the additional 10,076 people who are killed annually in alcohol-impaired driving crashes). It's a drug that is affecting women and mothers in record numbers. It's a drug that is killing mothers and leaving children motherless.
It's dangerous to blame our children for our drinking, even in jest. I know, because I certainly did it. I was supermom, working 50+ hours a week, raising kids and keeping a home in order. I deserved a glass of wine. I needed it. I said it was to relax, but it wasn't. It was to numb out. Mothering isn't easy, and it can be extremely overwhelming. I was exhausted from lack of sleep, frustrated by lack of personal time and lonely. So I turned to wine...wine made it all go away. I never drank much in front of my kids, but I'd rush them to bed in anticipation of that beautiful feeling of numbness. I wasn't present, because I was always living in the future, when I could erase my fears and inadequacies.
It worked until it didn't. There is only so long that you can use a depressant drug to cure what ails you. I became more depressed and tired...my solution became the problem.
I am the lucky one. I was fortunate enough to find recovery before it got "too bad." My kids were still young and I didn't lose years of my life. However, it still affected them. I could justify that I rarely drank in front of them, but it doesn't matter...because they knew. My daughter was six when I quit (and I only drank during four years of her life due to pregnancy and nursing), but she still knew something was wrong. One day she told me she was glad I didn't drink wine anymore. I asked her why and she said, "You're different now. You're just different." She was six. She knew. The kids....they know.
So please, please think before you post. Sure, you may think it's just a joke. You might believe I'm being oversensitive. I mean, all you have to do is look at wine ads (Mommy Juice!) or activities for moms (Painting...with wine! Book club...with wine! Playdates...with wine!) to see it's part of the culture of motherhood these days. But what happens when a mom has a few too many at those playdates and drives home? Is it funny then? Or is that when we judge and chastise and say, "I can't believe she did such a thing!"? 17% of auto accident deaths of children aged 0 to 14 years involve an alcohol-impaired driver. SEVENTEEN PERCENT. Why isn't that a hilarious Facebook meme? Alcohol kills approximately nine times more people per year than heroin. Where's the meme for that?
Remember, your kids are watching. They are learning how to "unwind" and "destress" from you. Your children are NOT the reason you drink. They are not the reason their teacher may drink. That's not fair to the kids. It's not okay. If you drink, it's because you choose to. If you can control it, good for you. Cheers! But if it's hurting you, if you are afraid, if you want to stop and you can't...please message me. Call me. Reach out. You are not alone.
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I wish I could see the facebook post where she "got all feisty".
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Posting not to mock the recovery thing; posting to mock the general self-indulgence and specifically the "I was Supermom" part.
I should start out by saying getting all feisty on Facebook is not something I normally do. In fact, I'm not even sure this IS the right thing to do, but something has been eating at me for a few days, and I feel like I need to say something.
The other day I noticed a meme was being passed around several of my Facebook groups. Most of these are groups for moms, where we share play date ideas, talk about teachers / school issues, and ask for advice and guidance from other moms. The meme was of photo of a wine bottle, with the heading "The most honest gift to a teacher I've ever seen." The bottle had a label with a photo of a child, and the words "Our child might be the reason you drink, so enjoy this bottle on us."
Now, I see memes every day on Facebook about drinking. I mean, you'd be blind to miss them. Memes about beer and wine and Friday and work hard/play hard, etc. But this one bothered me. And it was everywhere. When I read it, I felt a pit in my stomach. And that pit started to churn until I was almost enraged. I was pissed, you guys.
Because here's the thing...it's not f'ing funny. It's not.
If you are a friend, you probably know I'm a person in long term recovery, which for me means I no longer drink alcohol. However, I don't judge those that do. I get that for many people, drinking is not an issue. Lots of people drink socially or have a drink or two, and everything is fine. I am not one of those people, but if you are, great! Enjoy!
But there are many, many of us who cannot drink alcohol without having problems. It shouldn't be shocking, alcohol is an addictive drug. Yes, it's legal, but it's still a drug. In fact, it's a drug that kills 88,000 people in the U.S. per year (not counting the additional 10,076 people who are killed annually in alcohol-impaired driving crashes). It's a drug that is affecting women and mothers in record numbers. It's a drug that is killing mothers and leaving children motherless.
It's dangerous to blame our children for our drinking, even in jest. I know, because I certainly did it. I was supermom, working 50+ hours a week, raising kids and keeping a home in order. I deserved a glass of wine. I needed it. I said it was to relax, but it wasn't. It was to numb out. Mothering isn't easy, and it can be extremely overwhelming. I was exhausted from lack of sleep, frustrated by lack of personal time and lonely. So I turned to wine...wine made it all go away. I never drank much in front of my kids, but I'd rush them to bed in anticipation of that beautiful feeling of numbness. I wasn't present, because I was always living in the future, when I could erase my fears and inadequacies.
It worked until it didn't. There is only so long that you can use a depressant drug to cure what ails you. I became more depressed and tired...my solution became the problem.
I am the lucky one. I was fortunate enough to find recovery before it got "too bad." My kids were still young and I didn't lose years of my life. However, it still affected them. I could justify that I rarely drank in front of them, but it doesn't matter...because they knew. My daughter was six when I quit (and I only drank during four years of her life due to pregnancy and nursing), but she still knew something was wrong. One day she told me she was glad I didn't drink wine anymore. I asked her why and she said, "You're different now. You're just different." She was six. She knew. The kids....they know.
So please, please think before you post. Sure, you may think it's just a joke. You might believe I'm being oversensitive. I mean, all you have to do is look at wine ads (Mommy Juice!) or activities for moms (Painting...with wine! Book club...with wine! Playdates...with wine!) to see it's part of the culture of motherhood these days. But what happens when a mom has a few too many at those playdates and drives home? Is it funny then? Or is that when we judge and chastise and say, "I can't believe she did such a thing!"? 17% of auto accident deaths of children aged 0 to 14 years involve an alcohol-impaired driver. SEVENTEEN PERCENT. Why isn't that a hilarious Facebook meme? Alcohol kills approximately nine times more people per year than heroin. Where's the meme for that?
Remember, your kids are watching. They are learning how to "unwind" and "destress" from you. Your children are NOT the reason you drink. They are not the reason their teacher may drink. That's not fair to the kids. It's not okay. If you drink, it's because you choose to. If you can control it, good for you. Cheers! But if it's hurting you, if you are afraid, if you want to stop and you can't...please message me. Call me. Reach out. You are not alone.
I want to punch that woman in the face.
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Is it still a mommy blog when the kids are teenagers?
mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2488&t=14168881&p=11 (http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2488&t=14168881&p=11)
tl:dr for 11 page thread = Leawood mommyblogger has a column in the weekly JoCo section of the Star and uses it to put the catered Homecoming afterparty at a phog posters home on blast, typical enlightened comments ensue.
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Going out, will analyze later:
Dear Husband: The Bathroom is Not a Man Cave
http://www.scarymommy.com/dear-husband/
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what in the holy eff did I just read
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Rita Templeton is a writer and mom to four lively, imaginative little boys. She lives in Davenport, Iowa, where she maintains her sanity by blogging at Fighting off Frumpy (and occasionally locking herself in her closet with a box of cookies). Come say hi on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
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mommy blogs about gender reveal parties are the worst.
We had a gender reveal party at work, for a dude. He had to act excited I guess. I skipped it.
Are there any mommy blogs about why people think it's rough ridin' cute to keep the name a secret? Because the secret's out: no one gives a crap.
I would read a mommy blog watch blog but then I realized I already am and was contented.
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the word hubby
I agree.
It would be hard to be friends with someone who used that word.
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Believe it or not, I poop too
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I mean, both the husband and wife are absolutely terrible people. Sweet Christ.
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i am not lying when i say that i could read and make fun of self important mommy blogs all day long. so fun.
Yeah. Here's a great one for that. I mean, really just go to scarymommy.com and take your pic, total fish in a barrel situ. Major lols in this one:
http://www.scarymommy.com/parenting-feels-hard-because-were-doing-it-right/
So, yeah, parenting feels hard to me. It’s not because I don’t love my children. I love them with a love that is great and deep and wild. They are precious and wonderful and, most of all, beloved.
Parenting feels hard because I’m trying, every day, to be better at it than I was yesterday. It feels hard because we’re all people, we’re all imperfect, and we’re living and growing together in ways that can grind, carve and shape. It feels hard because these are tiny little humans we’re talking about, tiny little humans who will one day become men and women, and we get to shepherd them into that, and it is a giant, humbling, magnanimous task—a privilege but also a mountain of responsibility.
I don’t take it lightly.
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Pfffffffft
http://www.scarymommy.com/9-obnoxious-things-my-toddler-doesnt-do-but-you-might/
Lady really brings it home at the end. Really just a brutal takedown by this biting buzzsaw of wit.
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Pfffffffft
http://www.scarymommy.com/9-obnoxious-things-my-toddler-doesnt-do-but-you-might/
Lady really brings it home at the end. Really just a brutal takedown by this biting buzzsaw of wit.
holy crap
My toddler says a lot of inappropriate things. But I’ve never seen him take one look at someone and say, “That person doesn’t belong here”—a message I see in everyone’s eyes whenever we go out in public.
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although new brewery owners seem to be pretty martyrish.
Oh man, just started reading this thread! Time to get off my nuts, ok?
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although new brewery owners seem to be pretty martyrish.
Oh man, just started reading this thread! Time to get off my nuts, ok?
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Going out, will analyze later:
Dear Husband: The Bathroom is Not a Man Cave
http://www.scarymommy.com/dear-husband/
Just read that from the toilet
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Going out, will analyze later:
Dear Husband: The Bathroom is Not a Man Cave
http://www.scarymommy.com/dear-husband/
Just read that from the toilet
Just read THAT from the toilet.
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clickhole is beautiful
http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/i-was-never-able-accept-my-sons-autism-until-i-mon-3532?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=facebook
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lol
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http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook (http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook)
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http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook (http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook)
But the toilet seat down thing really is for her, isn't it?
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Then he set the toddler in the living room and went to the cupboard to get himself a snack (yes, you read that correctly. He was getting himself, not the toddler, a snack). That’s when I said it. I said, “Can you help me out and put Haden’s jacket and shoes in the closet at least?”
white people name, white people shame
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http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook (http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook)
JFC. this ruined my morning.
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http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook (http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook)
JFC. this ruined my morning.
it made mine. I could read crap like that all day long, son.
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I decided then that I would never ask my husband to help me out again—unless he’s really doing me a favor, like killing a ginormous bug that was obviously sent straight from hell to assassinate me. Here’s why:
It diminishes his value.
So does publishing an article where you sit on a soapbox and trash your husband for everyone to read. How good do you think this marriage is? LOLOLOL I'm gonna guess not super good, is the answer.
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http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook (http://www.scarymommy.com/why-im-done-asking-my-husband-to-help-me-out/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook)
Bethany Liston is a full-time working mom of two boys under 2. She married her best friend when their now-toddler was 6 months old in June 2014. Her life revolves around pretending she has some idea what she's doing raising these tiny humans. She generally doesn't (read: never) write for public consumption. Until now. Maybe. The highlight reel of her life can be found on her Facebook and Instagram.
good grief
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The writer descriptions are always my favorite part
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The writer descriptions are always my favorite part
Yes. They all think they are so clever.
Gonna win 'em all!
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The writer descriptions are always my favorite part
Yes. They all think they are so clever.
Gonna win 'em all!
Also allows them to dress up their shitty life. She got knocked up by some dude, didn't want to marry him, had the kid and was like "crap, I'm not going to do any better than this joker"
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:lol:
http://www.scarymommy.com/no-longer-be-my-only-child/
Every day, it registers a tiny bit more that we’re headed to Newbornville very, very soon.
And with each passing day, all I can do is feel my heart break a little bit more for my eldest.
Her transformation from baby to little girl is not slowing down. Every day, she’s mastering something new, saying a new word or phrase, and showing me a new part of her incredibly radiant personality. I love it. I can’t even begin to describe how much I love this kid. It actually, physically hurts me sometimes as I feel my heart swell as I proudly look on while she does her thing.
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That kid is mumped
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I hate it when they start out saying "I'm sorry" but then at the end they say that they really are not sorry. A bunch of these blogs do that type of thing. Just start out by saying you aren't sorry instead of pretending that you are sorry about something that you already decided you don't need to be sorry about.
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Mrs. Gooch just put mommy blogs in a figure 4 :eek:
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that was a TKO by MG
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Oh man, what about people who say "sorry I'm not sorry"? Lol @ them
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL read every word you guys. It just gets better and better (worse and worse) as it goes on
http://www.scarymommy.com/birth-story/
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL read every word you guys. It just gets better and better (worse and worse) as it goes on
http://www.scarymommy.com/birth-story/
Listen, I’ve pushed four kids out of my lady business, so I feel like I have at least some street cred for this discussion.
:buh-bye:
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four kids (Malachi 8, Scout 6, Oaklee 4, Haven 2)
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Abe, don't clac out. Keep reading. It's great. (Terrible)
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Fresh born baby pictures are really gross
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four kids (Malachi 8, Scout 6, Oaklee 4, Haven 2)
White people! :shakesfist:
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issuing a challenge to everyone reading this thread to post the worst bio blurb you can find.
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After spending 11 years in an abusive marriage, I found the courage to take the children ( the eldest 3) and leave. I was able to start my life over again, I met a new man, married and had a further 3 children until life decided to come back for round two with me.
Bipolar disorder tried to strip me of everything I held dear and it almost did. I fought back. After losing my career and my friends to a mental disorder and even my health due to an eating disorder, I made a promise to myself that I didn’t want any other woman to feel the way I did at that moment in my life.
I set up a support group for mothers suffering from parental mental health on Facebook and this is how the blog was created. I needed a larger platform to support them all. I turned my life around and I am helping others do the same.
I want to share with you what I have learned along the way and maybe we can both make our lives and the lives of others better.
I have met so many amazing and inspiring parents along the way and this blog includes many of their real life stories and has given parents everywhere a voice, they are able to blog anonymously here.
Daily debates, real life topics, parenting, relationships and confessions, you will read it all here in a no holds barred type of writing that may be upsetting to some, but as parents, we understand it.
Jigsaw Parenting highlights the real life problems facing today’s parents and holds them above judgment. We are all just trying our hardest to do what we know is right for ourselves and our children.
Sadly my second marriage only lasted 8 years and I find myself a single mother to 6 children, now aged 5,6,7,12,13 and 16 but I am still holding my head high and still fighting my demons head on.
If there is anything else you would like to ask about me – ask away!
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She loves being pregnant
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Scary mommy confessionals, holy crap!! :ROFL: :ROFL:
My son is "gifted" and it's more a curse than a gift. He carries the weight of the world in his shoulders. I absolutely hate it and wish he was a normal kid.
My "gifted" son screamed "I hate being the smart one, why can't she be the smart one!" about his little sister. We haven't had her tested yet but we suspect she has a higher IQ than him.
I don't feel what I imagine motherly love is for my child. He annoys the crap out of me.
Whenever I get my period I tell my DH I need pads and tampons. But really I get cash back and buy booze. No questions asked. No shame.
I hate being a parent. I constantly think about suicide. :ohno: :cry:
My son got an Ancestry DNA kit for Xmas to test his heritage. I have never been more scared in my life of test results. :lol: :lol:
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DH and I are celebs. DH is gay and I've been having an affair for years. I'm not sure if I'm more scared of the day the press finds out and it ruins our careers or when our kids learn that Mommy and Daddy act off-screen.
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Designated hitter?
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Designated hitter?
H is for husband. I can not figure out what D is for. They have is for sons and daughter as well, DS10 is a ten year old son, DD18 is an 18 year old daughter...etc. D? :dunno:
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devoted? :dunno:
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dear
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devoted? :dunno:
I don't think so, they use Dex or similar for an ex-husband/sigother.
Also, here is this;
My kids are 11 and 6 and I can't remember most of their childhood because of wine and xanax. Yet they are what drove me to wine and xanax. This makes me so sad. I suck at motherhood. Not good at anything else either.
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DS stands for D. Scott.
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DH stands for "Darling Husband."
SMDH at the LMBIQ on this blog.
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DH and I are celebs. DH is gay and I've been having an affair for years. I'm not sure if I'm more scared of the day the press finds out and it ruins our careers or when our kids learn that Mommy and Daddy act off-screen.
Gavin and Gwen?
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL read every word you guys. It just gets better and better (worse and worse) as it goes on
http://www.scarymommy.com/birth-story/
Listen, I’ve pushed four kids out of my lady business, so I feel like I have at least some street cred for this discussion.
:buh-bye:
Some one should tell her that like 80% of the billions of women who have made it to adulthood have birthed a kid and they aren't some unique snowflakes
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL read every word you guys. It just gets better and better (worse and worse) as it goes on
http://www.scarymommy.com/birth-story/
Listen, I’ve pushed four kids out of my lady business, so I feel like I have at least some street cred for this discussion.
:buh-bye:
Some one should tell her that like 80% of the billions of women who have made it to adulthood have birthed a kid and they aren't some unique snowflakes
Any woman can be a mother, but it takes someone special to be a mommy(blogger).
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I had a mommy blog moment this morning. I got up kind of grouchy so Mrs. Bf asked what's your problem? I said "well I had to get up at 4am to feed the baby." To which she replied "Well I was coding a patient at 4 am and they died." I said I can't top that and I will quit my pity party pronto.
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Sounds like I don't want mrs Bloodfart to ever doctor me
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That person was a goner. Mrs. Bf found out later that person had been resuscitated before and the patient got pissed off that they brought her back.
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So she let the lady die because she didn't want to get bitched at? :sdeek:
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http://www.scarymommy.com/motherhood-fatigue/
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http://www.scarymommy.com/motherhood-fatigue/
what miserable marriages. I'm sure these husbands are total putzes, but goddam the wives really hate the husbands.
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I like to think they are usually exaggerating about how stupid and lazy their husbands are because it's so hilarious to write about. That's mommy blog comedy gold.
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also why the eff was she carrying so much crap
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i mean the obvious thing is that if she is so busy, she should give up the mommy blog. she won't do that though.
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I think she made up the whole story about carrying all the stuff because it was a nice metaphor that fit with the theme of the message she wanted to present.
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This is why I don't have kids...
http://www.scarymommy.com/the-myth-of-having-it-all/
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Can I get an Hallelujah?
Oh, eff you, lady
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Can I get an Hallelujah?
Oh, eff you, lady
:lol:
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In addition to Scary Mommy, Lisa's writing has appeared on Mamalode, Mamapedia, and Literary Mama. She is raising seven kids with her husband in Southern California, and blogs at Life As I Know It.
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1) SHE was the one who put the unnatural and/or inconvenient requirement of making the hot rough ridin' pan the last thing out the door. That's a decision she made, and it's on her. Maybe pick something more convenient lady?
2) If a pacifier is such a difference maker (I don't think it is, and if it is, you have much larger issues than not having a pacifier), then maybe have it more secure.
3) I would love love LOVE if my family was ready in the vehicle ass-in-seat ready to go at the time that was agreed to. I am certainly capable of planning ahead and having everything I am responsible for in the vehicle well ahead of time, and usually so that I can help get everyone else that's falling behind get ready. Maybe that's enabling, whatever, it's not a big deal. But this lady is lucky, yet says she is so damn busy, and yet (as rd astutely pointed out) posts a blog to routinely complain about how busy she is. What in the actual eff lady?
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UGHHHH
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Emo just mommy blogged us point blank in the faces!
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http://www.scarymommy.com/didnt-expect-expecting/?utm_source=paid
I mean, did she really have no idea any of those things were going to happen?
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I am angry. No, angry is too strong of a word.
I am frustrated.
Then maybe just lead with "I am frustrated." Unless of course you're going to reverse course (again) and double down hard.
Nope, I am angry that after hours of scouring baby advice websites, dozens of parenting books that were carefully read page by page, and endless conversations with my friends that are mothers and my own mother, no one, and I mean no one, warned me about the side effects that would appear long after pregnancy.
Ah, there it is.
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Now we're writing letters to our children's security blankets
http://wichita.citymomsblog.com/parenting/dear-lovey-letter-childs-snuggly/
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About lindseylitzner
Lindsey is thrilled to be back home in Kansas. She grew up across from a cornfield in a little town just North of Wichita, met her husband in High School and their young love carried them through college. The two married after graduation & began the adventure of Medical School, Residency, and Fellowship that took them to 3 states (um, 7 moves!) in 10 years. During that time, Lindsey taught first grade until she had the first of two children and began her role as a stay-at-home mama. Recently, she turned her love of fashion & design into a consulting business. Lindsey credits her role as owner of Huck & Leni Personal / Interior Styling as allowing her to be true to herself as a woman & as a mama. She admits the balance is sometimes tricky, but hey...that's why there's coffee, right?
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About lindseylitzner
Lindsey is thrilled to be back home in Kansas. She grew up across from a cornfield in a little town just North of Wichita, met her husband in High School and their young love carried them through college. The two married after graduation & began the adventure of Medical School, Residency, and Fellowship that took them to 3 states (um, 7 moves!) in 10 years. During that time, Lindsey taught first grade until she had the first of two children and began her role as a stay-at-home mama. Recently, she turned her love of fashion & design into a consulting business. Lindsey credits her role as owner of Huck & Leni Personal / Interior Styling as allowing her to be true to herself as a woman & as a mama. She admits the balance is sometimes tricky, but hey...that's why there's coffee, right?
Mommyblogs are excellent just by themselves, but when they can slip in an "omg I can't exist without my coffeeeeeee" line as well, consider me fully invested.
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http://www.scarymommy.com/being-a-parent-on-verge-nervous-breakdown/
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sounds horrible.
http://austin.citymomsblog.com/2016/04/20/stage-life-hard/
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sounds horrible.
http://austin.citymomsblog.com/2016/04/20/stage-life-hard/
About Hayley Hengst
blah blah.... Wife to my high school sweetheart, Nason. blah blah.........
There it is. Nason. NASON.
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sounds horrible.
http://austin.citymomsblog.com/2016/04/20/stage-life-hard/
I was just explaining to my sister the other day how all these "hardships" that come with having a kid were her choice. Oh, you have to stay home with your sick kid? You choose to have a kid. Oh, that time when you were really sad that the grandma had to watch the kid because you had to go to work? You choose to have a kid. Oh, you don't get to take a bunch of fun adults only trips? You choose to have a kid.
I don't think she agreed with me though.
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Oh you don't like my kid kicking your seat on the airplane? You chose to get on the airplane.
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Oh you don't like my kid kicking your seat on the airplane? You chose to get on the airplane.
I wouldn't like an adult kicking my seat either.
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Oh you don't like my kid kicking your seat on the airplane? You chose to get on the airplane.
I wouldn't like an adult kicking my seat either.
Don't let the inflatable slide raft hit your ass on the way out.
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sounds horrible.
http://austin.citymomsblog.com/2016/04/20/stage-life-hard/
I was just explaining to my sister the other day how all these "hardships" that come with having a kid were her choice. Oh, you have to stay home with your sick kid? You choose to have a kid. Oh, that time when you were really sad that the grandma had to watch the kid because you had to go to work? You choose to have a kid. Oh, you don't get to take a bunch of fun adults only trips? You choose to have a kid.
I don't think she agreed with me though.
This is absolutely correct and she should have agreed with you.
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sounds horrible.
http://austin.citymomsblog.com/2016/04/20/stage-life-hard/
I was just explaining to my sister the other day how all these "hardships" that come with having a kid were her choice. Oh, you have to stay home with your sick kid? You choose to have a kid. Oh, that time when you were really sad that the grandma had to watch the kid because you had to go to work? You choose to have a kid. Oh, you don't get to take a bunch of fun adults only trips? You choose to have a kid.
I don't think she agreed with me though.
its still ok to acknowledge that being a parent is a lot of work
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I have been a parent for all of 15 days and I can confirm that it is a lot of work. Choice I made, though :Woot:
It's mostly just annoying because so many parents ('specially mommybloggers) have a real martyr complex. Parents and teachers are probably the two worst groups as far as martyrdom goes iyam
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must be a kid thing
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Teachers are really the worst. If I didn't see so many elementary ed majors in college puking and crawling around on the floor drunk on a Tuesday night I would probably have more respect for them. A good portion just went to college to get their Mrs degrees. The ones that failed to do that post that stupid teacher/martyr stuff on FB. The others don't give a crap. And then of course there is the minority that really are good people/teachers with the childrens' best interests in mind, and those usually focus on what they can control, which is doing right by their kids, not annoying the eff out of their FB feed.
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You are a turd.
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You are a turd.
OH MAN!!! My precious baby had a turd today. I didn't think she was going to be able to push it out. I think she was constipated for the past 3 days and I was going to give her an enema, but I just locked her in the bathroom and encouraged her to relax. It is such hard work being a mom. I don't know how some of the other moms do it, but I just do the best I can and if that isn't good enough, then I am sorry. But the big turd was accomplished. I'd post a picture, but I am trying to keep this blog PG rated!
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Thanks for the support dobbs. :cheers:
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Teachers are really the worst. If I didn't see so many elementary ed majors in college puking and crawling around on the floor drunk on a Tuesday night I would probably have more respect for them. A good portion just went to college to get their Mrs degrees. The ones that failed to do that post that stupid teacher/martyr stuff on FB. The others don't give a crap. And then of course there is the minority that really are good people/teachers with the childrens' best interests in mind, and those usually focus on what they can control, which is doing right by their kids, not annoying the eff out of their FB feed.
I don't see what getting drunk in college has to do with whether or not they care about the kids they teach.
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Teachers are really the worst. If I didn't see so many elementary ed majors in college puking and crawling around on the floor drunk on a Tuesday night I would probably have more respect for them. A good portion just went to college to get their Mrs degrees. The ones that failed to do that post that stupid teacher/martyr stuff on FB. The others don't give a crap. And then of course there is the minority that really are good people/teachers with the childrens' best interests in mind, and those usually focus on what they can control, which is doing right by their kids, not annoying the eff out of their FB feed.
I don't see what getting drunk in college has to do with whether or not they care about the kids they teach.
More of a correlation than a mutually exclusive thing.
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Teachers are really the worst. If I didn't see so many elementary ed majors in college puking and crawling around on the floor drunk on a Tuesday night I would probably have more respect for them. A good portion just went to college to get their Mrs degrees. The ones that failed to do that post that stupid teacher/martyr stuff on FB. The others don't give a crap. And then of course there is the minority that really are good people/teachers with the childrens' best interests in mind, and those usually focus on what they can control, which is doing right by their kids, not annoying the eff out of their FB feed.
I don't see what getting drunk in college has to do with whether or not they care about the kids they teach.
the drinking/passing out in college part is true of literally every major in the history of colleges, fyi
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Teachers are really the worst. If I didn't see so many elementary ed majors in college puking and crawling around on the floor drunk on a Tuesday night I would probably have more respect for them. A good portion just went to college to get their Mrs degrees. The ones that failed to do that post that stupid teacher/martyr stuff on FB. The others don't give a crap. And then of course there is the minority that really are good people/teachers with the childrens' best interests in mind, and those usually focus on what they can control, which is doing right by their kids, not annoying the eff out of their FB feed.
I don't see what getting drunk in college has to do with whether or not they care about the kids they teach.
the drinking/passing out in college part is true of literally every major in the history of colleges, fyi
It might be the weirdest thing he has said on this blog and that is pretty amazing.
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I can only think of a couple bad teachers that I had as a kid and none that my kids have had.
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I can only think of a couple bad teachers that I had as a kid and none that my kids have had.
That's because teaching is a pud job that's easy to do well
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Also he lives in mhk
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Teachers are really the worst. If I didn't see so many elementary ed majors in college puking and crawling around on the floor drunk on a Tuesday night I would probably have more respect for them. A good portion just went to college to get their Mrs degrees. The ones that failed to do that post that stupid teacher/martyr stuff on FB. The others don't give a crap. And then of course there is the minority that really are good people/teachers with the childrens' best interests in mind, and those usually focus on what they can control, which is doing right by their kids, not annoying the eff out of their FB feed.
I don't see what getting drunk in college has to do with whether or not they care about the kids they teach.
the drinking/passing out in college part is true of literally every major in the history of colleges, fyi
It's the magnitude and the frequency that is distinguishing in this instance.
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I was tucking her into bed as I do every night, turning off her reading light and kissing her sweet cheeks. She looked up at me with her big blue eyes and said quietly, “Mom, do you think I’m fat?”
http://kansascity.citymomsblog.com/mom-think-fat-handling-hard-questions/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Kansas%20City%20Moms%20Blog&utm_content=%22Mom,%20Do%20You%20Think%20I'm%20Fat%3F%22%20%7C%20Handling%20Hard%20Questions%20as%20the%20Mom%20of%20a%20Girl
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About Kristin R.
Kristin is a recent Lee’s Summit suburb transplant, after living in the Brookside and Plaza areas for over eight years. Raising two young boys with her husband, Jake, has helped her to embrace the messy, wild side of life where love is expressed in bear hugs and body slams. Professionally, she can be found teaching classes as an adjunct professor in the areas of Business, Marketing and PR. She is able to provide her students with applicable, real-life knowledge as she draws from several years working in the corporate sector. “Free time” (ha!, what's that again?) is spent on an occasional date night to favorite local restaurants, reading blogs on everything from home design to politics, riding her sweet beach cruiser bike and thinking of ways to convince her husband to do yet another home improvement project.
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Cross post: what's a beach cruiser bike?
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Like a bike with a banana seat type and basket in front. That's what I imagine
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Oh bicycle not motorcycle
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Cross post: what's a beach cruiser bike?
Only has one gear. Most of them don't have baskets :shakesfist:
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it's a pinterest bike, mocat
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About Kristin R.
Kristin is a recent Lee’s Summit suburb transplant, after living in the Brookside and Plaza areas for over eight years. Raising two young boys with her husband, Jake, has helped her to embrace the messy, wild side of life where love is expressed in bear hugs and body slams. Professionally, she can be found teaching classes as an adjunct professor in the areas of Business, Marketing and PR. She is able to provide her students with applicable, real-life knowledge as she draws from several years working in the corporate sector. “Free time” (ha!, what's that again?) is spent on an occasional date night to favorite local restaurants, reading blogs on everything from home design to politics, riding her sweet beach cruiser bike and thinking of ways to convince her husband to do yet another home improvement project.
I hate this kind of joke so very much.
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Oh bicycle not motorcycle
Yes, bicycle.
(http://venicebeachbicycles.com/wp-content/files/buy-beach-cruiser-santa-monica.jpg)
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About Kristin R.
Kristin is a recent Lee’s Summit suburb transplant, after living in the Brookside and Plaza areas for over eight years. Raising two young boys with her husband, Jake, has helped her to embrace the messy, wild side of life where love is expressed in bear hugs and body slams. Professionally, she can be found teaching classes as an adjunct professor in the areas of Business, Marketing and PR. She is able to provide her students with applicable, real-life knowledge as she draws from several years working in the corporate sector. “Free time” (ha!, what's that again?) is spent on an occasional date night to favorite local restaurants, reading blogs on everything from home design to politics, riding her sweet beach cruiser bike and thinking of ways to convince her husband to do yet another home improvement project.
I hate this kind of joke so very much.
other things to roll your eyes at...
messy, wild side of life! (MY life is SO crazy ya'll)
favorite LOCAL restaurants! (no chains for this hip/give back to the community family!)
several years of working in the corporate sector! (my jobs were IMPORTANT! CORPORATE SECTOR!)
sweet beach cruiser bike! (couldn't just say she liked riding her bike)
another home improvement project! (we're constantly doing things!)
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rd is very good at this ^^
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About Kristin R.
Kristin is a recent Lee’s Summit suburb transplant, after living in the Brookside and Plaza areas for over eight years. Raising two young boys with her husband, Jake, has helped her to embrace the messy, wild side of life where love is expressed in bear hugs and body slams. Professionally, she can be found teaching classes as an adjunct professor in the areas of Business, Marketing and PR. She is able to provide her students with applicable, real-life knowledge as she draws from several years working in the corporate sector. “Free time” (ha!, what's that again?) is spent on an occasional date night to favorite local restaurants, reading blogs on everything from home design to politics, riding her sweet beach cruiser bike and thinking of ways to convince her husband to do yet another home improvement project.
This is a terrible bio. I bet this lady is exceptionally annoying.
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About Kristin R.
Kristin is a recent Lee’s Summit suburb transplant, after living in the Brookside and Plaza areas for over eight years. Raising two young boys with her husband, Jake, has helped her to embrace the messy, wild side of life where love is expressed in bear hugs and body slams. Professionally, she can be found teaching classes as an adjunct professor in the areas of Business, Marketing and PR. She is able to provide her students with applicable, real-life knowledge as she draws from several years working in the corporate sector. “Free time” (ha!, what's that again?) is spent on an occasional date night to favorite local restaurants, reading blogs on everything from home design to politics, riding her sweet beach cruiser bike and thinking of ways to convince her husband to do yet another home improvement project.
This is a terrible bio. I bet this lady is exceptionally annoying.
This only rates a 4/7 on the scale of annoying mommmyblogger bios.
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If 7 is most annoying, I rate that a 2.5/7 on the mommyblog annoying bio seven point scale
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This only rates a 4/7 on the scale of annoying mommmyblogger bios.
:sdeek: The cult of "Parenthood is the most important thing ever and look how busy it makes me" people are the worst.
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If 7 is most annoying, I rate that a 2.5/7 on the mommyblog annoying bio seven point scale
Yeah, I think you might be closer to correct.
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Did you read the blog about all the poop and puke she has had on her? Kids are so disgusting
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About Kristin R.
Kristin is a recent Lee’s Summit suburb transplant, after living in the Brookside and Plaza areas for over eight years. Raising two young boys with her husband, Jake, has helped her to embrace the messy, wild side of life where love is expressed in bear hugs and body slams. Professionally, she can be found teaching classes as an adjunct professor in the areas of Business, Marketing and PR. She is able to provide her students with applicable, real-life knowledge as she draws from several years working in the corporate sector. “Free time” (ha!, what's that again?) is spent on an occasional date night to favorite local restaurants, reading blogs on everything from home design to politics, riding her sweet beach cruiser bike and thinking of ways to convince her husband to do yet another home improvement project.
I hate her and want to slap her.
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This only rates a 4/7 on the scale of annoying mommmyblogger bios.
:sdeek: The cult of "Parenthood is the most important thing ever and look how busy it makes me" people are the worst.
yes, parents and teachers and homebrewers are the worst about this
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Why My Elementary School Kids Won't Be Doing Their Homework
(http://www.scarymommy.com/elementary-school-wont-do-homework/)
oh dis b right here
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She is definitely only taking this stand on homework so that she can mommyblog about it.
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I mostly agree w/ that lady but could do without the gigantic red square bullet points and even more gigantic self-righteousness
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I don't understand. What is that lady going to do when her kids don't pass the grade they are in?
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All of her giant red square bullet points are stuff that normal parents do with their kids anyway, after they are done with their homework obviously.
Her kids play outside, play inside with video games and Legos, and create art? WOW! No other kids do this at all!!
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I don't understand. What is that lady going to do when her kids don't pass the grade they are in?
She will bitch about it in her blog.
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I don't understand. What is that lady going to do when her kids don't pass the grade they are in?
A kid won't fail first grade for not doing homework
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I don't understand. What is that lady going to do when her kids don't pass the grade they are in?
A kid won't fail first grade for not doing homework
One of her kids is in second grade. What grade do they start taking homework into account?
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In fact, as a professor...
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In fact, as a professor...
That was my favorite part. Saying she had to give homework because she only had those kids for a few hours per week, but her kids are in school all day.
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I don't understand. What is that lady going to do when her kids don't pass the grade they are in?
A kid won't fail first grade for not doing homework
One of her kids is in second grade. What grade do they start taking homework into account?
I don't know, exactly. My third grader is pretty lax about homework and would definitely pass if she never turned it in. Depends on the school and the teacher and the kid.
There's a lot of pressure on schools to stop homework for elementary kids and I think there are a lot of teachers that hate it as much as the kids and parents and wouldn't assign it if they didn't have to.
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Grade school kids shouldn't have homework anyway.
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Kids in China have like three hours a day of homework.
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They don't really grade it anyways. And the stupid cut & paste bullshit can gtfo
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Kids in China have like three hours a day of homework.
Pussification of America. We need 4 hours of homework to catch back up with the Chinese.
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Dear stranger who disciplined my kiddo at the playground today,
Woah woah woah, lemme get this straight. So today your daughter was trying to do the monkey bars? Okay, got it. And my kid was trying to do the monkey bars too? Simple enough. But since your kiddo is new to the monkey bars and takes forever and sometimes gets scared and stops right in the middle, my son had no choice but to go past her and sometimes bump her a little and she would fall and be all sensitive and start crying? Hmmm. Alrighty then.
Now before I continue, I just want to say that yes, I know I should have been there when this all went down, but unfortunately I was on the other side of the playground with my son’s friend who was crying. So no, I wasn’t there, but does that give you a right to discipline my kiddo? Does that give you the right to talk to him sternly and tell him to knock it off? Does that give you the right to act like you are the person in charge when he is actually MY child?
Ummmm, yes. YES IT DOES.
I didn’t get the chance to say this today, but THANK YOU. Because if my kid is acting like a douchenugget and I’m not around for whatever reason, you have my permission to tell him to knock that crap off. I’m not saying you have the right to touch him in any way or yell at him uncontrollably (only I’m allowed to do that), but please feel free to tell him to stop being a jerkwad if he’s not waiting his turn to do the monkey bars. Or if he’s walking up the slide. Or if he’s throwing wood chips. Or if he’s saying bad words. Or being a bully. Or doing anything that he shouldn’t be doing that’s bothering someone else.
Because even if you aren’t his parent, you are the adult. Which means you are smarter than he is. And yeah, I know there are probably a-holes out there who would be all pissy about some stranger getting mad at their kiddo, but not me.
It takes a village. And these days our village might be a little bigger and more spread out and we don’t all sleep in side-by-side huts or ride in covered wagons or gather around the campfire at night and we don’t even all know each other, but we can either choose to have a village or not. And I choose to have a village.
I’m sorry I wasn’t there to do my job, so thank you for helping me do it.
Sincerely,
“That” kid’s mom
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For some reason it really irritates me when people use the word "kiddo".
P.S. Just use the word kid, it is shorter.
P.P.S. Enough with these I am going to seem like I have one position at the beginning but then "HA ha surprise" I actually have the opposite position.
P.P.P.S. Stop being so desperate to get people to follow you.
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Kiddo is on the same level as hubby
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kiddo is ok verbally, but should not be written unless the author is trying to mimic a verbal language pattern. hubby should not be used in either written or spoken english.
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hubby is one of the grossest words i can think of, but it's sort of at a disadvantage because "husband" is also a super disgusting word
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the whole post and apology for "not being there to do her job" is just so ridiculous. they're kids on a playground doing kids on playground stuff. get over yourselves dork parents.
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I frequently say "Hey kiddo" to my daughter but I can't imagine ever typing or writing it out. Not sure why but it just seems horrible to look at.
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I think "douchenugget" cancels out kiddo
but good grief, getting bumped on monkey bars is part of life. smdh kids these days work it out you weenies
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I think douchenugget is worse than kiddo
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Kiddo is not as bad when you are addressing a kid as "Kiddo", but using it in reference to a third person (i.e. My kiddo was on the monkey bars) is highly annoying.
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Maybe the kid that got bumped was disadvantaged growing up in life and should be given a break.
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Maybe that kid should go to the playground when it is not as busy if they are going to be slow AF on the monkey bars.
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Not sure if putting restrictions on the disadvantaged will help them overcome their disadvantage.
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Maybe the kid that got bumped was disadvantaged growing up in life and should be given a break.
The kid was at the park with a parent on a Tuesday, it is living a privileged life.
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Kiddo is not as bad when you are addressing a kid as "Kiddo", but using it in reference to a third person (i.e. My kiddo was on the monkey bars) is highly annoying.
you're right. good observation.
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I tell other kids who I've never met to knock it off when they are being apes probably once a week. Its NBD. I'll just be like "hey fellas, knock it off, my daughter is trying to go down the slide." and 100% of the time the kids will be like "sorry mister" and I'm like "NP"
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Now turn that into a 1000 word essay
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I tell other kids who I've never met to knock it off when they are being apes probably once a week. Its NBD. I'll just be like "hey fellas, knock it off, my daughter is trying to go down the slide." and 100% of the time the kids will be like "sorry mister" and I'm like "NP"
you should knock that crap off, your daughter will be fine
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I tell other kids who I've never met to knock it off when they are being apes probably once a week. Its NBD. I'll just be like "hey fellas, knock it off, my daughter is trying to go down the slide." and 100% of the time the kids will be like "sorry mister" and I'm like "NP"
you should knock that crap off, your daughter will be fine
meh. just last week kids who were probably 10 or 11 were playing tag and going crazy and i asked them to watch out for the little ones playing. just a simple "hey fellas watch out for that little one" isn't out of line. i don't see the issue rusty.
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I tell other kids who I've never met to knock it off when they are being apes probably once a week. Its NBD. I'll just be like "hey fellas, knock it off, my daughter is trying to go down the slide." and 100% of the time the kids will be like "sorry mister" and I'm like "NP"
you should knock that crap off, your daughter will be fine
meh. just last week kids who were probably 10 or 11 were playing tag and going crazy and i asked them to watch out for the little ones playing. just a simple "hey fellas watch out for that little one" isn't out of line. i don't see the issue rusty.
holy crap, 10 year olds playing tag! What a bunch of apes.
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rusty, when is it ok to address children who are not my offspring on a playground?
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I'm just trying to modify your behavior, I don't see the issue.
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I'm just trying to modify your behavior, I don't see the issue.
good grief rusty you are exhausting today
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I'm just trying to modify your behavior, I don't see the issue.
good grief rusty you are exhausting today
cf3 when is it OK for me to address you on a message board?
:D
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anytime bud. anytime.
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You can address those little monkeys any time you want, too. However I will tell you that based on your brief anecdotes with no context of the situation or park layout or ages of kids that you come off as sorta helicoptery. (which is really OK)
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https://truejuggalofamily.com/bringing-kids-gathering-juggalos/
x-post with ICP thread
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here or in PETA thread?
http://karacarrero.com/open-letter-mother-boy-fell-gorilla-enclosure/ (http://karacarrero.com/open-letter-mother-boy-fell-gorilla-enclosure/)
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Maybe post it in the super boring thread
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Maybe post it in the super boring thread
i don't care for this tone
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I weep the death of Harambe
gag me with a rough ridin' spoon
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You KNOW it belongs in this thread when the title includes "An Open Letter To _________" and the first sentence says this,
I’m going to be vulnerable with you.
This is primo mommyblog material. Just check the links below the article. Great post CF3, I found it interesting, informative, gag-worthy, and I appreciate you as a poster and as a human being.
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feels good to be appreciated by people who actually contribute to this website with book and music recommendos and stadium reviews.
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how do the folks talking about "kiddo" feel about "little man" when referring to a 2 year old?
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how do the folks talking about "kiddo" feel about "little man" when referring to a 2 year old?
exact same. can be ok when used to address the child, never acceptable to use when discussing the child with a 3rd party.
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how do the folks talking about "kiddo" feel about "little man" when referring to a 2 year old?
Almost as annoying especially when used multiple times. Don't people hate it when their kids grow up? Then why are you aging him by calling him a little man?
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I think it's more annoying
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"an open letter to..." always belongs ITT, no matter the subject or author
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I hate open letters. I mean either write the person a private letter or just say you are writing an essay/blog on a topic.
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We used to use lil dude but don't really anymore.
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DNR any of this thread but mommypoints is the best mommy blogger.
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Also haven't read this, but have you guys discussed how absolutely apocalypticly horrible the facebook workout vids where mom is working over the top of, underneath, next to, etc the goddamn infant? These are the worst and need to be stopped.
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They stole this from the cat/dog yoga people.
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EVEN WORSE THAN DOG YOGA!
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Haven't seen any of em but can assume they are awful.
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What is dog yoga?
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Also haven't read this, but have you guys discussed how absolutely apocalypticly horrible the facebook workout vids where mom is working over the top of, underneath, next to, etc the goddamn infant? These are the worst and need to be stopped.
i have no idea what this is
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While we're on this topic, I love those moms that are super fit and post pics like "ya I've had three kids so what I work hard look at this body BAM!" And it kinda shames the other lazy moms. And then those lazy moms get all pissed.
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While we're on this topic, I love those moms that are super fit and post pics like "ya I've had three kids so what I work hard look at this body BAM!" And it kinda shames the other lazy moms. And then those lazy moms get all pissed.
I really don't like things that shame other moms.
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While we're on this topic, I love those moms that are super fit and post pics like "ya I've had three kids so what I work hard look at this body BAM!" And it kinda shames the other lazy moms. And then those lazy moms get all pissed.
I really don't like things that shame other moms.
The shame comes from within; it's not projected.
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This one could qualify for the Facebook thread as well, but I think it's better suited here.
Mom is in the dilemma of a lifetime, because she fears her kid won't be academically challenged in kindergarten. This, after spending the last couple of years in what seems to be some sort of super pre-school. It's like one long thinly-veiled brag with a little self-created drama/problem for mom and daughter.
Link to the blog -----> https://inspiredlivingkc.com/2016/09/12/kindergarten-tears/
I felt my daughter was kindergarten ready last year, therefore 1st grade ready now… Unfortunately birth date restrictions prohibit or mandate kids start according to a standardized system of laws out of my control.
Some Facebook posts & subsequent replies below:
MOM: I may be making too much out of something easy, though, I am feeling regrets about Parker's kindergarten education. For different reasons than you may think. How would you approach a teacher to voice your concerns?
CONCERNED FRIEND 1: Schedule a conference so you can talk face to face.
MOM: There is a curriculum meeting tomorrow evening with parents and the teacher. It won't just be me so I thought I might e-mail her in advance. I am just suck on how to even approach her without offending her. :barf
CONCERNED FRIEND 1: Yeah that can be tough but it's also important to voice your concerns if it's something that really bothers you.
CONCERNED FRIEND 2: Keep it positive in approach. Your daughter has to come first, so beyond that....don't worry too much about her taking it personal. Good teachers should understand .
MOM: Did you read my blog post? I think it has a lot to do with being dissatisfied with the school before it even started and the naivety a 1st year teacher may have. :barf I'm trying to be patient and now I need to say something.
Second Conversation In Thread:
FRIEND 3 (Probably also has genius kid): possibly in your email indicate how you would like to speak to her in private? You have an exceptionally smart child that needs challenged! If she's a good teacher who loves children she will hear you out and not be offended. I'm learning along with many parents how to "embrace" common core and it's difficult. Having those conversations can be difficult but you are her most dedicated advocate, and she needs you and Reggie. There are a lot of restrictions but there is also always a way! Good luck my friend. It will be okay!
MOM:I don't think I am capable of embracing common core. I'd rather protest in Washington.
SUPPORTIVE DUDE: It is a really well written blog Mom, I didn't comprehend how much thought would go into picking a Kindergarden. What does Parker say about school? Do they have any gifted options for higher learners? It sounds like Parker is really advanced for her age and I understand your fear of regerssion or doing things because you are told to not because you want to learn. Your blog really made me think what I will someday want in a school system for my daughter. Thanks for me making me think. Hope all is well.
Edited to add a final gem from the Facebook convo:
MOM (responding to a post about learning social skills in school):
I understand what you mean about it learning to be a student, I'm just afraid she's doing more to help the other kids learn to be students and that's why she loves having Parker in class so much. Parker is losing her love for school and that didn't happen for me until around 5th grade.
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oh rough ridin' barf
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stopped at Parker
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Purpose of Kindergarten: Don't pick your nose and pee yourself in public. In between learning those life lessons, color some stuff and learn to tie your shoes.
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Purpose of Kindergarten: Don't pick your nose and pee yourself in public. In between learning those life lessons, color some stuff and learn to tie your shoes.
Oh but this kid rough ridin' knows every state and now her teacher can't spell basketball because we're definitely getting the full story here.
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if you guys just read what nickname posted and didn't click on the blog link, you're really doing yourself a great disservice.
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The teacher or principal might be shedding tears soon!!!!
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And eff, just go to the native American puppet show hippie school you evil person.
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if you guys just read what nickname posted and didn't click on the blog link, you're really doing yourself a great disservice.
eight (8!) tours of possible kindergartens and they end up at the local USD :Roll Eyes:
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Good for that principal putting her in the class she didn't want on purpose.
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And yeah that teacher really hit the jackpot with your daughter and the obnoxious, overbearing, helicopter parent baggage she brings with her.
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if you guys just read what nickname posted and didn't click on the blog link, you're really doing yourself a great disservice.
eight (8!) tours of possible kindergartens and they end up at the local USD :Roll Eyes:
yeah that was great. I also like the part where she judged the schools based in part on "the quality of work hanging on the walls".
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And yeah that teacher really hit the jackpot with your daughter and the obnoxious, overbearing, helicopter parent baggage she brings with her.
it's only a few weeks into school and I bet that poor new teacher has already heard the montessori 20 times. "we'll at parker's Montessori school they would do it like this..."
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That hippy school sounds like great fun and zero learning
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That hippy school sounds like great fun and zero learning
F(un)OE
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if you guys just read what nickname posted and didn't click on the blog link, you're really doing yourself a great disservice.
eight (8!) tours of possible kindergartens and they end up at the local USD :Roll Eyes:
yeah that was great. I also like the part where she judged the schools based in part on "the quality of work hanging on the walls".
I almost thought that part was a joke for a second! But it wasn't!
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That blog was absolutely unreadable. Unreal. Hey lady: your kid ain't special.
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The curriculum is structured as Classical Christian and would require memorization of bible versus.
:angry:
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One of my favorite things to say is "I know everyone thinks their child is gifted, but ours really is."
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I feel bad for this kid.
https://inspiredlivingkc.com/2015/01/16/kid-art/
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I feel bad for this kid.
https://inspiredlivingkc.com/2015/01/16/kid-art/
Holy crap. Gonna have to come back to this
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big ol jugs
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https://inspiredlivingkc.com/2012/08/28/thorns-from-my-husband/ (https://inspiredlivingkc.com/2012/08/28/thorns-from-my-husband/)
Thorns From My Husband
Last week I came up with an idea for a post I wanted to write about the irritating statements my husband makes. It’s incredible how a short concoctions of words can send me into a whirlwind of irrational, over-emotional turmoil.
I cleaned up.
I have a surprise for you.
Are you feeling better yet?
These are just three examples of phrases I hear from him which begin a cycle of madness in my mind, how to react, what to say next, what does this mean, etc… It sounds insane, right? Those three statements appear to be so innocent, even thoughtful perhaps. Well lemme just fill you in on the context with which these endearing words are uttered.
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sweet jesus
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stopped at Parker
stopped at too poor for private school
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While most kids near this age are focused on stick figures, my girl is coloring abstract shapes.
For the first time in nearly 6 months, she had drawn a pre-schematic drawing.
(https://inspiredlivingkc.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/pjart.jpg)
PRE-SCHEMATIC DRAWING?!q??!? GO eff YOURSELF LADY!!! THAT IS A MOTHER rough ridin' STICK FIGURE DRAWING. PRESCHEMATIC KISS MY ASS
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I'm happy I could contribute.
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Looks like a helicopter. Pretty accurate portrait.
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don't forget the blog executive summary!
I am aware that I have become a person who thinks, believes and acts in the way that I do in relation to the people, places and experiences that I encountered in my lifetime. The way that I am is neither good nor bad, right nor wrong – and the things that I have been through are not all positive or negative experiences. All of it chalks up to lessons that I am continuing to learn to be aware of. The purpose of this blog is an opportunity for me to reflect on the people, places and experiences that have inspired the way I am living.
There are moments that we can all look back on as turning points in our lives. Important experiences that help to define the way we think or how we see a picture. This idea is intriguing to me when I meet people and think about what they have been through in their lives and how it has shaped their way of behaving, their way of responding and what values are important to them.
I can look back in my own life and think of clear moments that taught me who to trust, when to react, how to communicate most effectively and when to defy authority. I know there are major events that had big impacts and there are small events with similar effects. I know some experiences supported thinking I had already developed and some experiences challenged previous learning and made me reevaluate what I know for certain.
I am learning to appreciate all experiences, the not so positive ones too, as helping me to grow.
Places can be inspirational whether familiar like your own home, place of employment or favorite places to frequent. Places can also provide inspiration when they are unknown, uninviting or uncomfortable. I love to travel and I also like to apprecaite my local surroundings for inspiration too.
Sometimes individuals enter your life who serve a purpose, some people you meet and they instantly assist you to view a problem differently whereas some people may challenge your beliefs and frustrate you to the core. It fascinates me to reflect back on the individuals who I have met, how they have influenced me and what purpose my relationship with them has for me. I believe everyone I have encountered has impacted me in some way or another.
It is hard to appreciate the small moments, the daily occurances and the events that seem dull. I am making an effort to find inspiration in the ordinary, to slow down and take notice.
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The private hell that husband must live....gives me chills
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The private hell that husband must live....gives me chills
Do I praise him to encourage this behavior or would this demonstrate complacency with a lack of effort?
Can we get this guy a gofundme for a divorce lawyer and a security deposit on a two bedroom apartment somewhere?
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My only conclusion is he must be crazy fat/bald/gross and she is a super catch for him. Otherwise I would bounce like tigger out of that relationship and let her and Parker live it up in western shawnee
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don't forget the blog executive summary!
I am aware that I have become a person who thinks, believes and acts in the way that I do in relation to the people, places and experiences that I encountered in my lifetime. The way that I am is neither good nor bad, right nor wrong – and the things that I have been through are not all positive or negative experiences. All of it chalks up to lessons that I am continuing to learn to be aware of. The purpose of this blog is an opportunity for me to reflect on the people, places and experiences that have inspired the way I am living.
There are moments that we can all look back on as turning points in our lives. Important experiences that help to define the way we think or how we see a picture. This idea is intriguing to me when I meet people and think about what they have been through in their lives and how it has shaped their way of behaving, their way of responding and what values are important to them.
I can look back in my own life and think of clear moments that taught me who to trust, when to react, how to communicate most effectively and when to defy authority. I know there are major events that had big impacts and there are small events with similar effects. I know some experiences supported thinking I had already developed and some experiences challenged previous learning and made me reevaluate what I know for certain.
I am learning to appreciate all experiences, the not so positive ones too, as helping me to grow.
Places can be inspirational whether familiar like your own home, place of employment or favorite places to frequent. Places can also provide inspiration when they are unknown, uninviting or uncomfortable. I love to travel and I also like to apprecaite my local surroundings for inspiration too.
Sometimes individuals enter your life who serve a purpose, some people you meet and they instantly assist you to view a problem differently whereas some people may challenge your beliefs and frustrate you to the core. It fascinates me to reflect back on the individuals who I have met, how they have influenced me and what purpose my relationship with them has for me. I believe everyone I have encountered has impacted me in some way or another.
It is hard to appreciate the small moments, the daily occurances and the events that seem dull. I am making an effort to find inspiration in the ordinary, to slow down and take notice.
A lot of words in order to say nothing.
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http://www.theuglyvolvo.com/an-open-letter-to-the-female-hat-wearing-dog-from-go-dog-go/ (http://www.theuglyvolvo.com/an-open-letter-to-the-female-hat-wearing-dog-from-go-dog-go/)
I want you to take this in, hat-wearing female dog, lest you spend the next 15 years of your life trying to impress someone who is not worth your time. Ignore the hat-based norms of the dog universe and wear what makes YOU happy. Celebrate yourself! You are awesome and unique, like that dancing eleven-year-old in the blonde wig from Sia’s Chandelier video, only a dog version!
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Honestly, that reads like a skinnybenny blog post
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Why didn't she address the stupid spelling of "Good-by" in that book?
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that wasn't too bad
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that wasn't too bad
yeah i am good with it
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Except for the "an open letter to" part at the beginning
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An open letter to is the most attention whorey thing of all time
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An open letter to is the most attention whorey thing of all time
This x1000.
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i liked that quite a bit, although i feel like the mommy blogger made a lot of assumptions that don't seem warranted (but maybe they are if you read the full book), and was a little harsh on the purportedly male mustard colored dog. what is he (it) supposed to do, lie about his (its) hat preferences? where does that get you? and red hat-wearing dog was asking for an opinion, it's not like the mustard colored dog was out there shouting criticism at random passers-by.
i do think the mustard colored dog should have had some lines by its tail to indicate wagging during the exchanges though. hat dog was wagging at him (it) and you have to construe not wagging in return to be a deliberate and cruel snub (possibly hat-related).
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i liked that quite a bit, although i feel like the mommy blogger made a lot of assumptions that don't seem warranted (but maybe they are if you read the full book), and was a little harsh on the purportedly male mustard colored dog. what is he (it) supposed to do, lie about his (its) hat preferences? where does that get you? and red hat-wearing dog was asking for an opinion, it's not like the mustard colored dog was out there shouting criticism at random passers-by.
i do think the mustard colored dog should have had some lines by its tail to indicate wagging during the exchanges though. hat dog was wagging at him (it) and you have to construe not wagging in return to be a deliberate and cruel snub (possibly hat-related).
You should do an open letter to mustard dog
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An open letter to is the most attention whorey thing of all time
This x1000.
'specially when it's on a mommyblog of all places.
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http://www.inspiremore.com/dear-husband-not-person-you-married-motherhood/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=BMT&utm_campaign=partner (http://www.inspiremore.com/dear-husband-not-person-you-married-motherhood/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=BMT&utm_campaign=partner)
Dear Husband,
I am sorry.
I’m sorry that you’ve been neglected for the last four-and-a-half years. I’m sorry that your needs are secondary. I assure you, you are still one of my top priorities—you just aren’t on the top of the list anymore.
I know that you have needs, wants, dreams and desires. When I tell you that I want to be the one you lean on, I mean it. I know you are tired of my excuses of being tired, having a headache or am already snoring when you snuggle up next to me. Trust me, I wish I had the energy I had five years ago. Hell, I wish I had the energy I had two weeks ago when I washed, folded and actually put away all 10 loads of laundry. Of course, you didn’t see that because I was letting you get some much needed sleep.
I know that some days it feels like we have a business partnership. And you’re right. Some days—even weeks—feel that way. Know that I want better for our marriage, for us. Because together, we are damn good.
The problem is, my life, my brain and my body are so wrapped up in being a mother to those little boys who look exactly like you. Even after they’re sound asleep and we’re sitting on the couch watching a movie, my brain is still in mother mode.
I’m thinking about tomorrow; I’m thinking about 10 years from now. I’m wondering if you have work clothes for tomorrow. I’m worried about money, milestones and milk. Do we have enough milk? I can’t turn off being a mom. It is who I am now. And it is physically, emotionally and mentally exhausting.
I don’t want you to think you aren’t as important as you once were. I couldn’t live this life without you and I wouldn’t want to, either. But the simple fact is, you’re an adult and you can do things for yourself. You can vote, so you can make your own lunch. You are legally able to drive a car, so you can figure out how to make a doctor’s appointment.
When you come home from work, you, unfortunately, are getting the worst version of me. I gave our children the best. A little secret: Sometimes, some days, there just isn’t a best version of me. There just isn’t.
I can’t worry about your health, the boys’ health, the pet’s health and my health. Who do you think gets ignored? It’s not you. It’s not our children or our pets. When I say I don’t feel well, when I say I haven’t been sleeping, it’s because I haven’t been taking care of me.
Yes, you tell me to go to the doctor, to eat better, to drink more water, but I am my very last priority. I know I need to change that and I’m not complaining. I’m explaining that when something has to give, because no one person can do it all, I am the thing that gives.
I’m worried about your sleep apnea, your allergies, your knee spasms. I am worried about the rash Alex has, and the snotty nose that Ben suddenly started with. I am concerned about our dog’s ears and what it’s going to cost to take her to the vet.
While I’m thinking about it, I’m worried that the fish have too much algae in their tank and the water needs to be changed. I’ll just add that to the never-ending list of things I will feel guilty about when I am trying to sleep tonight. None of this your fault. I am not blaming you, or wishing you were any different.
You do extraordinary things for our family. You work harder than any person I know. You care more about everyone, including me, than any other human I have ever met. I love you a little more each time I see you help someone knowing you will never get anything in return. You are the kindest, most loving father to our children. There is a reason they cry when you leave for work. Yes, it stings a little, but knowing that you are their role model in life fills me with love and pride.
I am not the person you married 11 years ago. I have changed and evolved into a wife, mother, friend and keeper of all schedules. I am a party planner and a personal shopper. I am a chef specializing in chicken nuggets and pasta. I am a housekeeper that can’t keep a house. I am the cheerleader and the librarian. I am the night and the day nurse.
I wouldn’t change any of it. I don’t want any other life. I love you and I love the life that we created. But I am not the spontaneous, beer drinking, sexy bad girl you met way back when. I am a mother. And it is all of me.
Love Always,
Your Wife
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http://www.midlandkc.com/events/detail/334205
This summer, Jen and Kristin from #IMOMSOHARD are taking their show out of the playroom and onto the road. But this time, they’re bringing the kids. And a tour bus (you didn’t think they’d leave them with their husbands, did you?).
There’s no one making moms feel as uncomfortably normal as Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley, the hilarious oh-so-real women behind #IMomSoHard. With over 675,000 Facebook fans, and more than 55 million views of their web series, Jen and Kristin’s blend of honesty and humor offer the kinds of levity most of us only get from our therapist, proving that if we weren’t all laughing, we’d be crying, right? Right!? Sure to deliver the kind of straight talk you can only get from discussing body hair in the kids’ playroom while sipping mimosas, Kristin and Jen prove you can’t make this shi*t up.
It’s like an evening with two of your besties. But funnier. And probably with more drinking. Definitely more drinking
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http://people.com/human-interest/how-scary-mommy-founder-and-her-gay-husband-told-kids-about-their-divorce-we-were-terrified/
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http://www.inspiremore.com/dear-husband-not-person-you-married-motherhood/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=BMT&utm_campaign=partner (http://www.inspiremore.com/dear-husband-not-person-you-married-motherhood/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=BMT&utm_campaign=partner)
Dear Husband,
I am sorry.
I’m sorry that you’ve been neglected for the last four-and-a-half years. I’m sorry that your needs are secondary. I assure you, you are still one of my top priorities—you just aren’t on the top of the list anymore.
I know that you have needs, wants, dreams and desires. When I tell you that I want to be the one you lean on, I mean it. I know you are tired of my excuses of being tired, having a headache or am already snoring when you snuggle up next to me. Trust me, I wish I had the energy I had five years ago. Hell, I wish I had the energy I had two weeks ago when I washed, folded and actually put away all 10 loads of laundry. Of course, you didn’t see that because I was letting you get some much needed sleep.
I know that some days it feels like we have a business partnership. And you’re right. Some days—even weeks—feel that way. Know that I want better for our marriage, for us. Because together, we are damn good.
The problem is, my life, my brain and my body are so wrapped up in being a mother to those little boys who look exactly like you. Even after they’re sound asleep and we’re sitting on the couch watching a movie, my brain is still in mother mode.
I’m thinking about tomorrow; I’m thinking about 10 years from now. I’m wondering if you have work clothes for tomorrow. I’m worried about money, milestones and milk. Do we have enough milk? I can’t turn off being a mom. It is who I am now. And it is physically, emotionally and mentally exhausting.
I don’t want you to think you aren’t as important as you once were. I couldn’t live this life without you and I wouldn’t want to, either. But the simple fact is, you’re an adult and you can do things for yourself. You can vote, so you can make your own lunch. You are legally able to drive a car, so you can figure out how to make a doctor’s appointment.
When you come home from work, you, unfortunately, are getting the worst version of me. I gave our children the best. A little secret: Sometimes, some days, there just isn’t a best version of me. There just isn’t.
I can’t worry about your health, the boys’ health, the pet’s health and my health. Who do you think gets ignored? It’s not you. It’s not our children or our pets. When I say I don’t feel well, when I say I haven’t been sleeping, it’s because I haven’t been taking care of me.
Yes, you tell me to go to the doctor, to eat better, to drink more water, but I am my very last priority. I know I need to change that and I’m not complaining. I’m explaining that when something has to give, because no one person can do it all, I am the thing that gives.
I’m worried about your sleep apnea, your allergies, your knee spasms. I am worried about the rash Alex has, and the snotty nose that Ben suddenly started with. I am concerned about our dog’s ears and what it’s going to cost to take her to the vet.
While I’m thinking about it, I’m worried that the fish have too much algae in their tank and the water needs to be changed. I’ll just add that to the never-ending list of things I will feel guilty about when I am trying to sleep tonight. None of this your fault. I am not blaming you, or wishing you were any different.
You do extraordinary things for our family. You work harder than any person I know. You care more about everyone, including me, than any other human I have ever met. I love you a little more each time I see you help someone knowing you will never get anything in return. You are the kindest, most loving father to our children. There is a reason they cry when you leave for work. Yes, it stings a little, but knowing that you are their role model in life fills me with love and pride.
I am not the person you married 11 years ago. I have changed and evolved into a wife, mother, friend and keeper of all schedules. I am a party planner and a personal shopper. I am a chef specializing in chicken nuggets and pasta. I am a housekeeper that can’t keep a house. I am the cheerleader and the librarian. I am the night and the day nurse.
I wouldn’t change any of it. I don’t want any other life. I love you and I love the life that we created. But I am not the spontaneous, beer drinking, sexy bad girl you met way back when. I am a mother. And it is all of me.
Love Always,
Your Wife
wow what a pair of awful people. If you can't handle buying milk or you shouldn't have pets. or kids.
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http://people.com/human-interest/how-scary-mommy-founder-and-her-gay-husband-told-kids-about-their-divorce-we-were-terrified/
We were terrified to tell the kids but not terrified to tell People magazine once they handed us that check for an exclusive interview!
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The mommy bloggers have been over the top ridiculous with this United Air Lines leggings story.
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Women in general have
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Let's put the "if you get a free ticket follow the rules aside." They were traveling, was there no way for them to change or get a shirt or jacket that covers their asses? I love leggings but, bruh?
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http://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/mom-truths?cid=sm_fbn_pt
Might change thread title from blog to vlog. I defy anyone on this website to sit through this entire video from something The Today Show apparently calls #MomTruth Friday. :flush:
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http://www.scarymommy.com/dont-get-mom-culture/
She just doesn't fit in with mom culture. Except for blogging obviously.
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if you aren't born into the mom community, it's hard to ever completely fit in.
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http://www.scarymommy.com/dont-get-mom-culture/
She just doesn't fit in with mom culture. Except for blogging obviously.
Holy crap. This is going to take a beer and some analysis after my mass transit commute is finished.
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That person is the cringe'iest so far
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"What's a shopping mall hahah I'm urban!"
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What's going on with the woman on the left?
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If you "haven’t entered a big box superstore in at least a decade" and you think about it? You're a rough ridin' bad person.
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My children have never seen the inside of a Toys “R” Us.
what a bitch
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That was awful. Someone please do a line by line analysis and rip that thing to shreds, tia. I would, but I'm too busy not drinking wine anymore omgggg
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Paige Wolf is a publicist, author and green living expert. Check out Spit That Out! The Overly Informed Parent's Guide to Raising Children in the Age of Environmental Guilt
rough ridin' liberals
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We rarely drive, and I haven’t entered a big box superstore in at least a decade. I haven’t been to a mall since college — do they even still have malls?
Right in the first paragraph after the lede. Is that a new record for quickest time to humble-brag?
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Cvs is the biggest box drug store in history. The fact that they slap them in some gentrified neighborhoods doesn't change crap
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Guys I don't know where Gap Kids is either.
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It's right next to regular Gap.
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Past baby gap
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It's right next to regular Gap.
oh. in that case I know where a couple of them are.
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Cute clothes, sucks she can't go to one.
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https://www.amazon.com/Spit-that-Out-Informed-Environmental/dp/086571830X?tag=httpwwwspitth-20
What a dipshit. :lol:
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if someone says that they don't know if a fairly common thing like malls still exist, then it's pretty safe to say that the person is a complete dumbass. but of course she knows they exist. she was just typing that she didn't to create a persona for herself which makes her a liar. debatable whether being a liar is better than being a complete dumbass but I'd argue that neither is a very good look.
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if someone says that they don't know if a fairly common thing like malls still exist, then it's pretty safe to say that the person is a complete dumbass. but of course she knows they exist. she was just typing that she didn't to create a persona for herself which makes her a liar. debatable whether being a liar is better than being a complete dumbass but I'd argue that neither is a very good look.
She's lying in order to make herself seem like a dumbass so she can appear superior to others. Which I think is much worse than straight up being a complete dumbass.
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Also that awful person cited urban dictionary for quotes on "wine mom" culture.
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http://madison.citymomsblog.com/baby-ill-never/
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I liked that one Mrs Gooch, thanks for posting.
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Yeah, that one doesn't really bother me, just typical chick crap
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Pretty sexist POV there lib.
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That one was kinda sweet actually.
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Mom blogs are insane, and make me a little bit bummed I'm entering the world of parenting
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Don't be a knucklehead KCFDad. Kids will be the greatest source of pride and happiness in your entire life.
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You are about to get demoted in your wife's priority list tho
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Don't be a knucklehead KCFDad. Kids will be the greatest source of pride and happiness in your entire life.
Oh I'm pumped to have a kid, no doubt. I am not pumped to be associated with these insane people
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Don't be a knucklehead KCFDad. Kids will be the greatest source of pride and happiness in your entire life.
Oh I'm pumped to have a kid, no doubt. I am not pumped to be associated with these insane people
You'll probably find them less insane as your perspective changes.
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Don't be a knucklehead KCFDad. Kids will be the greatest source of pride and happiness in your entire life.
Oh I'm pumped to have a kid, no doubt. I am not pumped to be associated with these insane people
You'll probably find them less insane as your perspective changes.
That's what really terrifies me. I'm going to become one of those insane people and not even realize it.
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You'll be fine KCFDcat. The insane ones are the ones who cease to have an identity of their own and want to update you on every poop and highchair recall. I'm sure you'll remain a well balanced dude.
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You'll be fine KCFDcat. The insane ones are the ones who cease to have an identity of their own and want to update you on every poop and highchair recall. I'm sure you'll remain a well balanced dude.
Guys if I ever post about poop or some other stupid thing, I'm relying on all of you to knock me back to reality.
But, I agree. I do plan on still being a normal person.
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But KCFD poops are the best man. Lots of high fives, touchdown dances, sometimes candy.
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http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/05/17/ZuttiS/daughter-shorts-dress-code (http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/05/17/ZuttiS/daughter-shorts-dress-code)
this one is p good
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The only thing I ever got in trouble for in school was multiple dress code violations
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The only thing I ever got in trouble for in school was multiple dress code violations
shorts too short?
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Ripped jeans/pants and inappropriate t-shirts
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http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/05/17/ZuttiS/daughter-shorts-dress-code (http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/05/17/ZuttiS/daughter-shorts-dress-code)
this one is p good
"She won't wear pants because she gets overheated easily." is probably the best line.
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I mean, if you're wearing shorts every damn day I'm not sure you can claim to be worried about fashion
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"razor back tank top" Did Wacky write this article?
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Wal-Mart Aggie tank top?
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"razor back tank top" Did Wacky write this article?
Ty, I was pretty sure this was incorrect but thought maybe I was the one pronouncing it wrong all this time
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It's racer back.
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"razor back tank top" Did Wacky write this article?
Ty, I was pretty sure this was incorrect but thought maybe I was the one pronouncing it wrong all this time
wait what?
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Racerback, not razor back.
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i have never heard of a racerback tank top.
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i have never heard of a racerback tank top.
:horrorsurprise:
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oh it's a women's article of clothing.
razor and racer both had me pretty well convinced it was arkansas related, one way or another :lol:
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i have never heard of a racerback tank top.
wait what?
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Not sure if this belongs in here or not.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mom-rewrites-daughters-sexist-homework-assignment-191824859.html
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I agree that it is sexist to miss your mom while she is at work. I called my son a racist, bigot the other day because he said he wished mom was home after lunch so he could play with her. Oh, so you think mom's place is in the home playing with you all day instead of in the work place contributing equally to the financial stability of this household? F YOU SON!
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You've raised a real bad person _33
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"I leave the office early so we can be together after school" would set me off.
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You've raised a real bad person _33
How do you know his domestic partner isn't responsible? Smdh.
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You've raised a real bad person _33
How do you know his domestic partner isn't responsible? Smdh.
Obviously she's at work all the time and has no role in raising the child
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Heh. This lady is a rough ridin' narcissist.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/mommy-blogging-christie-tate-generation-gap.html (https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/mommy-blogging-christie-tate-generation-gap.html)
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https://www.scarymommy.com/weird-baby-names/
She doesn't give a damn what you think about her kids' names. And what better way to prove you don't care about something than to angry blog about it?