I finally have a good one. I finally have a good one.
i forgot to pack my underwear in my gym bag last night. So I am going commando today at school. At least it is casual Friday so I am in jeans and not slacks or a skirt
I am worried that if I have a boy next, I will be forever jealous of women with two girls. That is probably NOT NORMAL.
I really feel this way, too. We are 90% sure this is our last baby and I think if it's a boy it's going to bother me for life. There is something wrong with me.
Yes, yes, I'll love my son. But I do not picture my family having a girl and a boy. I just do not. I would picture two boys more.
I confess I don't get the flight angst because I think flying with a baby is so much easier than driving with one. You can get up and move, there are people to look at and flirt with, someone will bring you drinks, there's a table for toys, movies playing, etc.
This. Seriously DH and I used to be road trippers for everything. Now that we have Ada, flying is so much easier. She can eat and walk during the 2 hours flight that makes up for a 15 hour drive.
This is a part of what makes me sad about Evanins allergy. He's gonna be THAT kid that ruins it for everyone. Or the kid that has to sit away from his friends in the peanut free room.
No it just makes me a lazy douche. That is where this is coming from. I am lazy! I am glad that the school is willing to be peanut free for this boy because he shouldn't miss out on this experience because of his allergy. I am also afraid I am going to make a mistake when we need to bring food for the group. I don't want to be the person who sends this kid to the hospital
I get where you're coming from. Trust me, I'm totally a lazy douche too.
Post by spaghetticat on Aug 30, 2013 9:46:20 GMT -5
Faevantastic, I'm sorry you even have to worry about that. I'm sure people are fine with slapping some sun butter on some bread, especially knowing what's at stake!
I think you plane lovers are nuts. You can't just get up and walk around whenever you want. You can't pull over. You can't take a break. And flying isn't the only cost associates with a gtg. If I had to pay for a flight, hotel, meals, rental car, etc MH would've thought I lost my damn mind. But I posted the same thing on the bump, so I don't think that's shocking coming from me.
Flying gives me extreme anxiety. There's no rationale to it, so please forego the "driving is more dangerous" speech, but I hate flying. Driving with our kid is so easy (very luckily, it wasn't always that way though) so I wouldn't want to change it. Obviously different things work for different people. I said I was shocked, because I personally couldn't imagine flying for a gtg. If there was a gtg going on like 3-4 hours away from my house, I would happily drive there!
I am the same way about flying, although I did fly for a gtg once (thank you, xanax). I am terrified at the idea of flying with J, though, because obviously the plane will crash!
I have a lot if anxiety flying also. I actually am a bit better with her because keeping her entertained is really distracting and doesn't give me as much time to think about the hell known as a plane crash.
I am worried that if I have a boy next, I will be forever jealous of women with two girls. That is probably NOT NORMAL.
I have flashes of this sometimes. That's my FFFC I guess. I'm sure a boy will be absolutely awesome but.... I would have loved another girl too.
I don't think ill be FOREVER jealous, though, and I don't think you would either, if you have a boy. I bet once he's here I will never be able to picture it any other way.
I'm irrationally annoyed that Hazel's class is PB free. PB&J is so easy and I know she will eat it. Plus I buy those frozen PB sandwich things so now I have to actually do work! I hate that such severe allergies exist though.
This is a part of what makes me sad about Evan's allergy. He's gonna be THAT kid that ruins it for everyone. Or the kid that has to sit away from his friends in the peanut free room.
me too. everyone's going to be complaining about my kid annoying them we're approaching our first situation like this... he's moving up to pre-todds room and they don't use highchairs anymore. So the director is worried about him grabbing food from others at the little tables (the school is nutfree but luke's allergic to eggs too)
I'm kind of shocked that people are actually going to purchase plane tickets and fly across the country to NYC for the GTG. And this is coming from someone who has traveled for a gtg...Actually getting on a plane seems like so much more and expensive. I'm just a little surprised, is all!
Dorothy Zbornak and I both had trips planned there around the same time with flexible dates = sun and moon aligned. Is that what aligns or is it stars and moon?
But really there is no reason for me to read this thread anymore because bigapple completed me with "cum on my neck" page 1.
I hate when first or second time parents say "I have no preference of the gender, I just want them to be healthy". Of course you want your child to be healthy but you dont have a teeny tiny preference??? LIAR!!!
I think if you are having your third and already have both a boy and girl, then its perfectly ok to say "I have no preference", because I feel you really mean that, since you have one of each.
I SERIOUSLY don't have a preference. We were team green last time (and will be for future baby) so we had lots of time to think through both situations. Now that we have a boy, sometimes I think I want another boy because it's so fun but sometimes I think I want one of each. I go back and forth all the time. So really I don't have a preference, I'm completely serious. It's a win-win
I would never fly to a probie GTG. But, since this one is in my hometown (and clearly I am too lazy to travel elsewhere), I'm happy people are coming to it!
Right but when you were already flying to FL you had a meet up.
I would never fly to a probie GTG. But, since this one is in my hometown (and clearly I am too lazy to travel elsewhere), I'm happy people are coming to it!
Right but when you were already flying to FL you had a meet up.
Oh, totally, if I was already flying somewhere then I'd meet probies who live in that area. I was saying I wouldn't specifically plan a trip just because of a GTG. It has nothing to do with not wanting to hang out with people.
Post by orriskitten on Aug 30, 2013 10:13:19 GMT -5
Mel is running a low fever (99) and if my grandma comes home from the hospital I'm totally playing it up. "gg needs to go back upstairs, Mel has a fever and I don't want gg to catch it." This may backfire on me, though, but I really hope not.
Count me in the not a fan of flying club. For me it is a matter of control. I can't control who is on the plane with me, I can't control how the pilot flies the plan, or how he/she lands, I can't control what the other passengers do. In a car, I can yell at H if he is driving too fast, I can dictate when we stop and where. I control when we leave and when we arrive. I am traveling with people I choose. If there is an accident when driving, I know I did everything I could to avoid it. If there's an accident/incident while flying, there is probably nothing I could do to avoid it.
This is a part of what makes me sad about Evan's allergy. He's gonna be THAT kid that ruins it for everyone. Or the kid that has to sit away from his friends in the peanut free room.
me too. everyone's going to be complaining about my kid annoying them we're approaching our first situation like this... he's moving up to pre-todds room and they don't use highchairs anymore. So the director is worried about him grabbing food from others at the little tables (the school is nutfree but luke's allergic to eggs too)
I am worried about this with R milk intolerance when he starts church class in Sept. He loves food, so I could completely see him swiping the other kids goldfish while he munches on his pretzels...
Fortunately there is not hospital run involved but a cranky, screaming baby is not fun for me or him.
I agree flying is sooo much easier than driving. We can fly from MI to Florida in about 2.5 hours. That's only a few Yo Gabba episodes on the iPad and we're there. Driving would take at least 18-20 hours. Even if your kid hates to fly it is over in a short amount of time. And the time that you're not allowed to get up and walk around is pretty short.
Me too, although it seems like the people who are coming via plane are making a family vacation out of it, so that's cool!
Ill add onto this and say I'm shocked some DHs agree to going to GTGs with them. If my husband was all "come with me to meet this stranger and his wife at the park", I'd seriously side eye him and say no.
My DH would have zero interest in going to a gtg, nor would I ever drag him to one.
I took Chris when I met Dorothy Zbornak because I wanted help with Hazel so I could actually enjoy a conversation, and because she could've been a creepy old German dude
I'm not afraid of flying, but it hurts all my joints so I avoid it mostly. I really don't GAF what I have - girl or a boy. I really do just want a healthy kid - I've known way too many people who that isn't the case for and I don't know if I'm strong enough to deal with the things they have had to. Being peanut free at school has lead Linz to not liking peanut butter at all and that made me sad, but she's getting into peanuts again, but not the butter version. I want bigapple's place to be mine. Jealous! I think minimum wage should vary from area to area - but it should be a minimum LIVING wage. That's not the same everywhere. And my FFFC is that I just ate leftover birthday cake for lunch. That was left on the serving platter. While standing at the counter. Just so I didn't have to give Lily any.
Well, yes. Was that mentioned in the thread? See, this (and a lack of time) was the reason I didn't say anything in that thread yesterday; I just skimmed through and saw that (I think) Lola and Gisa told katfco that it wasn't normal that her daughter was hiding behind the trashcan to eat cupcakes. Because, trust me, kids do weird shit and it's normal.
Like when I was a kid and we found a cake at the place where all the trash was dumped at the trailer park (you like my humble upbringing?). You know that we all ate it.
Clarification: it was someone who told a story about a kid at a birthday party hiding behind a trash can to eat cupcakes because he isn't allowed any of that stuff at home that was called not normal. I chimed in with the fact that Abby will sometimes sneak food up to her room, but no one said that was abnormal. In fact, people agreed that kids sneaking food is pretty normal and trash cans are no big deal to kids.
I'd hate for the thread to descend into a she said-she said argument so early on.
See, that's what I get for skimming! I'm glad it's not what I thought, because I was really pissed off!