I handle my Internet friends the exact same way as v. He knows UDShoe and has met her, but since we went to the same business school that is my excuse.
So every other poster I meet is one if her friends. It is getting insane because I have met so many of you now.
He does know I post on message boards but would freak out about safety, which I could not be less worried about. I only meet people I know and like.
Now I don't feel so bad that I used to be sheepish about admitting to H that I was meeting MMers! I didn't have an excuse that I knew any of the girls from somewhere else. (Fun fact: H and carmensandiego know each other!)
That was the most random discovery ever. So funny.
My H is a pretty big internet geek himself. He doesn't go on forums but he knows about MM and doesn't judge me for going to GTGs (even though I have been to a grand total of two)... he plays video games with strangers often enough that he has no room to judge.
This is more like a brag / AW but I haven't noticed the impact of having a child financially. Maybe this just goes to show how much money I blew on things I don't do now that I have a kid (like 3x a year vacations and dinner out 3-4x a week).
ETA: did not see how cajun brought it before posting. Wow!
But does that mean there has been no impact, or just that you have substituted what you spend that amount of money on? I mean, if you did all the same stuff as before, then you would notice a difference, right? So you did tighten your belt, in effect.
I dont know starry's situation, but we actually earn a lot more money now since DD was born than before, so we dont feel the financial strain because we have more income coming in. We were way more strapped back when we first got married when our income was less than half.
I changed my SN because my DH was snooping on here & other places I go online & then got pissed over nothing (overreaction/jealousy/misunderstanding). It wasn't actually anything on here but if he's gonna snoop I may quit posting everywhere.
I am sick of my city. People here are so vanilla & boring. And are probably all secretly judging me because i dont fit i to their perfect little box. I only like the transplants from certain places. I'm stuck now though & it's been bugging me today badly.
My sister is turning into an A-hole. She's always been my best friend so I'm devestated...I think her new BF has a huge influence in her already. She's now into Therapy, Crossfit & all this other stuff he does & says rude or judgy stuff to me now. I can't take a know-it-all little sister.
Every time DD2 brings home a bunch of her work from school (she's only in K) it makes me want to burst into tears. I don't think I can take the stress, worry & cost of another child with a LD. Sometimes I just want to scream "why can't just one of my children be normal?" I know it's horrible.
I am sick of my city. People here are so vanilla & boring. And are probably all secretly judging me because i dont fit i to their perfect little box. I only like the transplants from certain places. I'm stuck now though & it's been bugging me today badly.
Every time DD2 brings home a bunch of her work from school (she's only in K) it makes me want to burst into tears. I don't think I can take the stress, worry & cost of another child with a LD. Sometimes I just want to scream "why can't just one of my children be normal?" I know it's horrible.
I can identify with you on various points. My city is boring and uninteresting. Many people have southern accents. My rule when we moved was that we had to be north of the mason Dixon line, but apparently we need to be further north! And we moved near my crappy in laws, so I expected to at least get a little help from them since they begged, cried, and pleaded for 7 years that we move closer. And we still see my parents, who now love a 12 hour drive away, more often. OH can bite me.
i only have one kid with developmental issues, but he is starting k in the fall and I am feeling pretty panicky. He has been in preschool for three years, but it is 15 kids with 2 teachers, and they are both special Ed teachers. Now he is going to be in a room with 20+ kids and a regular teacher, how the F is this going to end well?
Soozy, why is it cool for girls to wear "boy" clothes, but not vice versa?
I don't think that pants are "boy clothes" I think they work for both boys and girls. Skirts and dresses are girl clothes. I wouldn't pick out a blue shirt with a truck on it for my daughter just as I wouldn't pick out a princess shirt for my son. I don't think that is odd.
You realize how ridiculous that is, right? Like, you realize that if your grandma wore pants they would have burned her as an uppity witch?
You just seem to have absolutely no sense of history.
My boyfriend knows all about the nest. Sometimes when we are contemplating a big decision he asks me if I'm going to ask my "Internet friends" about it--half because we haven gotten such great advice on here and half to tease me.
He was legitimately worried about my safety when I met up with rikki though, lol. This is especially funny after you've met her because she is so nice!
Soozy, why is it cool for girls to wear "boy" clothes, but not vice versa?
I don't think that pants are "boy clothes" I think they work for both boys and girls. Skirts and dresses are girl clothes. I wouldn't pick out a blue shirt with a truck on it for my daughter just as I wouldn't pick out a princess shirt for my son. I don't think that is odd.
My daughter loves trains and trucks and had a train-themed birthday party when she turned 2. Should I be concerned? Is she going to grow a penis? Any danger signs I should look for? TIA.
Guys, it's doozy, which is an auto correct of soozy, she lives to spew controversial, über conservative shit and then she'll make us wade through paragraphs of bullshit while she tries to explain herself but fails to make any sense.
I would not choose either of those for my son. I think those two items can be exceptions, but they are not worn regularly.
To take this up a notch, will you please tell us all exactly what you are afraid of, what might happen, if a little boy wears a pretty pink t-shirt or Disney Princess Heels?
I would not choose either of those for my son. I think those two items can be exceptions, but they are not worn regularly.
To take this up a notch, will you please tell us all exactly what you are afraid of, what might happen, if a little boy wears a pretty pink t-shirt or Disney Princess Heels?
I think that the other kids will make fun of him. I think it will confuse him about things that are for girls and things that are for boys. I don't want my son wearing lipstick or dresses. Those things are for girls. He can think that his tractors and trucks are awesome and my girls can think their princess dresses are awesome.
To take this up a notch, will you please tell us all exactly what you are afraid of, what might happen, if a little boy wears a pretty pink t-shirt or Disney Princess Heels?
I think that the other kids will make fun of him. I think it will confuse him about things that are for girls and things that are for boys. I don't want my son wearing lipstick or dresses. Those things are for girls. He can think that his tractors and trucks are awesome and my girls can think their princess dresses are awesome.
I think that the other kids will make fun of him. I think it will confuse him about things that are for girls and things that are for boys. I don't want my son wearing lipstick or dresses. Those things are for girls. He can think that his tractors and trucks are awesome and my girls can think their princess dresses are awesome.