Open Letters

[saraml13]

Dear body,
Tomorrow we are going out of town to a wedding and leaving both boys with the grandparents for the weekend. This will be the first time we've gotten away together for more than 18 hours since DS2 was born. So I do not appreciate waking up today to both AF and a cold.
Signed,
WTF

[erinshelley21]

justcheckingin73, thanks. I'm so over the men in my life lol. Hell, even DS told me this morning I'm the worst mom ever because I wouldn't let him have sausage and pancake bites AND oatmeal or put make up on his shopkins.

[justcheckingin73]

Aug 31, 2017 8:44:56 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

justcheckingin73 , thanks. I'm so over the men in my life lol. Hell, even DS told me this morning I'm the worst mom ever because I wouldn't let him have sausage and pancake bites AND oatmeal or put make up on his shopkins.

Oh man - you can't catch a break! Lol. 

[pengy86]

Dear son,
I am so proud of you using the potty and actually going when you need to but you really need to work on your aim. Going into the bathroom with Lysol after every use is not on my to do list.
Thanks,
Your very disgusted mommy who cannot get the smell of pee out of our main floor bathroom

[indyrowergirl]

Aug 31, 2017 20:20:39 GMT -5 pengy86 said:

Dear son,
I am so proud of you using the potty and actually going when you need to but you really need to work on your aim. Going into the bathroom with Lysol after every use is not on my to do list.
Thanks,
Your very disgusted mommy who cannot get the smell of pee out of our main floor bathroom

How old is your DS? I ask because when PT'ing in the 2yo room, our daycare taught the boys to grab the back of the toilet (the seat pressed up against the tank at home) so it forced them to lean over the bowl and direct it all in there. Worked like a champ! We need a step stool to make it work at home, but it keeps the pee in the right place, so I'm ok walking around the step.

[pengy86]

Aug 31, 2017 20:59:43 GMT -5 indyrowergirl said:

Aug 31, 2017 20:20:39 GMT -5 pengy86 said:

Dear son,
I am so proud of you using the potty and actually going when you need to but you really need to work on your aim. Going into the bathroom with Lysol after every use is not on my to do list.
Thanks,
Your very disgusted mommy who cannot get the smell of pee out of our main floor bathroom

How old is your DS? I ask because when PT'ing in the 2yo room, our daycare taught the boys to grab the back of the toilet (the seat pressed up against the tank at home) so it forced them to lean over the bowl and direct it all in there. Worked like a champ! We need a step stool to make it work at home, but it keeps the pee in the right place, so I'm ok walking around the step.

He is 2 1/2. Daycare started him sitting down but I guess he saw another kid do it standing up so he wanted to do it too. We will give the hold the back a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

[akafred]

Dear Uncle,

You are so sweet and I am looking forward to seeing you today at the reunion. It was very kind of you to offer to pay me back for the pavilions and other expenses (I will not let you lol, but it was sweet). However, when you asked how my daddy is doing and I said not so good, he had a cognitive test Friday that showed a lot of deterioration since last year and you asked what I mean, and I said he didn't know what year it is or who the president is, that is not me "trying to talk politics" lol.

Love,
Your niece who is only slightly bemused



Dear Altzheimers,

FUCK YOU!!!!

With the fiery passion of ten thousand burning suns,
Me

[xctsclrx]

Dear DS,

Please figure out this potty training soon. I'm loosing my mind here. I know you understand. You ask for a pull up every time you need to go. Why will you not pee in the potty. Why!!??

Love,

Exasperated mommy

[Deleted]

It's hard to walk in forgiveness. Especially when you have to spend time around someone that constantly picks at your scabs and wont let them heal.

I've tried writing them a letter and telling them how I feel. But everytime I try I just clam up. Truth is, they will never listen. They never listened to me.

I want nothing more than for this person to be out of my life for good. I wish them well, but I just can't stand them or having them in my life.

It's hard being around that constant reminder of my childhood. It's hard to live with my feelings of anger and resentment toward them, and feeling guilty about feeling that way, all the while just trying to be pleasant and stay out of their way and not saying a word to them, while they almost constantly pick at my scabs and old wounds.

Nothing I ever do changes anything. I've tried and tried over the last 30 years to have some kind of relationship with her. Find some kind of common ground to build from, but nothing ever changes. And yet she can't understand why I've given up on her and stopped trying with her.

She hurt me so bad as a kid, and I know I will never get any recognition or even an apology for what she did. So I guess all I can do is just finally move on and quietly remove myself from this person's life for good.

Cause I'm really at a point where after 30 years of this broken relationship, I know that nothing will ever change no matter what I do, cause she will never change.

Just no amount of words can ever express how I feel.

I'm just done with it. Even if she changed now, the point of no return was already crossed long ago. I don't want anything from her, or any relationship with her, or anything to do with her.

I just want to be left in peace, and just go our separate ways.

[akafred]

@emotionalpoet, I am so sorry. That sounds so hard. ((Hugs))

[Deleted]

^ ^ Appreciated, but not necessary. Some times I just need to be heard and that's all, and it's nice to get things out and know that someone somewhere heard me. Thank you.

[Deleted]

*poof*