Post by supertrooper1 on Dec 27, 2017 13:33:55 GMT -5
Dear snow, You can stop now. Please bring back the rain. Signed, Tired of the cold
Dear DH, I wish for once you would be a grateful gift receiver and not complain. Signed, Your annoyed wife P.S., you've had 2 weeks off so far, yet you say you're too busy to do certain things? What have you been doing with your time while I've been at work? You need to make the appointment to get DS's stitches out since I'll be working and you'll be taking him. I don't need you to complain about the time I make the appointment for.
Post by erinshelley21 on Dec 27, 2017 15:11:31 GMT -5
Dear Office, WTF gives? We left water running and opened the cabinets. Why are the pipes frozen? Signed, your owner who can't wait to sell you
Dear Brother, Quit with the attitude already. I can respect the fact that you're probably getting nervous about doing all of this mostly on your own in a few months, but questioning every. single. thing. I say. is going to make me extremely annoyed and be less helpful than you need me to be right now. So, let's be nice and try to enjoy the next 5-6 months of working together since it's our last. Love, your sister
Dear Pest Company, Why was there a dead mouse under my desk today when you were just here last Wednesday? I pay you to keep these little assholes OUT of the building, or at the very least, out of my eyesight. Signed, if I see one more mouse I'm raising holy hell
Dear DH The dolphin wall art is ugly. Moving dolphins is not my taste in wall art and it gives me a headache just looking at it. Don't be a pill when I ask you to return it. Also the speaker and relaxing CDs for me to use while I sleep is so not me. One I don't like to sleep with noise and two to it reads your therapist thought of it. Me who was so bummed by Christmas
Dear DD I'm glad you really liked all your gifts. Santa doesn't come for another year so lets stop making the list already. Also if you keep arguing with me Santa won't be returning. Mom who wants a peaceful evening
WP How do you use a an Echo Dot? My SIL and BIL sent one to us for Christmas and my house is not tech savvy. I just updated the TV last year from the giant big box. Me who likes her tech at work not at home
Post by supertrooper1 on Dec 27, 2017 15:32:04 GMT -5
xctsclrx, I'm not military but wear a uniform. I didn't wear a maternity uniform, just got bigger BDU style uniforms and left the shirt untucked. Not sure if that is acceptable for you, but it was so much more comfortable than our maternity muumuu.
186momx, I'm sorry he got you crappy gifts at Christmas. Sounds like you need to return everything and treat yourself to something nice.
Why the F can’t you leave me alone on those rare occasions when I take off? Seriously. Phone calls, documents that must be reviewed and filed by tomorrow, and teleconferences, and that’s justvthis morning.
Lawyer Who Wants to Be with her Family this Week
Dear Self:
Stop eating all the things. You had a giant lunch and still feel stuffed. So quit trying to convince yourself you are hungry so you can eat one of your scrumptious mini-pies!
Dear flu, Thanks for a crappy Christmas where DH and the boys were all sick. I know I wasn’t enthusiastic about making a bunch of stops Christmas Day, but canceling all our plans to stay home and care for 3 sick people was not what I had in mind. Signed, I guess it was at least memorable
Dear family, I love you, but I’m glad to have a lazy day back at work while the rest of you are cooped up at home in frigid weather and too germy to go anywhere. Signed, Cabin fever
Thank you so much for coming to Ds's party. We spent all morning setting up the card table, dart board, and pool table in the basement, plus cleaning up the junk, and ordered pizza. I may have had 20 minutes of panic since he did all of the inviting and I was scared he would be heartbroken no one came. But you did, and I hear all kinds of fun downstairs, so I am thrilled.
WPs DH has quit therapy. His last visit was Tuesday the 19th. He told me on Saturday. His reason is so he is free to pick DD up during tax season from daycare. Therapist will hold his spot for 6 months if he wants to start back up after tax season. I know there is more to him quitting than what he is saying but I'm jumping for joy. I really felt that she was making things way worse and not better and the last 6 week he has been horrible moody and seemed to get worse after seeing her. 186momx
DD I'm glad we talked last night and I gave you clear expectations for behavior and the major schedule change happening next week. It was so nice to have an evening without you arguing with me. Lets keep the arguing away Miss Lawyer. Love you, Mom
Dear WPs, Thanks for being pretty cool! I recently joined a local FB working moms group and my feed is taken over by pointless posts. About 25% of the posts are actually interesting/relevant/helpful. The rest of them are things that people should just effin google. Signed, Appreciative WP
Post by erinshelley21 on Dec 28, 2017 13:24:42 GMT -5
186momx, I'm glad he quit going. While I think therapy is a good idea for him, he's better off not going at all with her as the therapist. Hopefully things can start to improve and if and when he decides to start back up he goes somewhere else!
Post by erinshelley21 on Dec 28, 2017 13:26:57 GMT -5
Dear Self, Let's quit eating everything in sight. The number of cookies you've eaten since Christmas Eve is... probably a very large number. Quit having a free for all since you and DH are cleaning up your eating January 2nd. Especially since you're too sick to go to crossfit. Love, yourself.
I love you even more when you sleep in until 7 am. And even more for the fact that it's during a week that I'm not rushing to be at work (because who cares if I'm on time during this of all weeks?!?!) You've slept in an extra two hours yesterday AND today, when you rarely ever sleep past 5:30. Keep up the good work!
Signed, Rested
Dear DD,
Thanks for listening to your green light clock. You're a rockstar.
Dear WP, Forgive me for placing this here. I am not proud of my judgmental attitude around this. Just found out that SIL is choosing not to go back to work after baby #2 who is now 6 months. No judgment around that, totally admire her for knowing what her family needs and taking action. But. Also learned that she will continue to have a full time nanny. Just don’t get it. I know there is a segment of the population that lives like this. And is normal in some circles. I guess I just didn’t realize it was my in laws... Signed, Had to place this somewhere so I could move on.
Dear WP, Forgive me for placing this here. I am not proud of my judgmental attitude around this. Just found out that SIL is choosing not to go back to work after baby #2 who is now 6 months. No judgment around that, totally admire her for knowing what her family needs and taking action. But. Also learned that she will continue to have a full time nanny. Just don’t get it. I know there is a segment of the population that lives like this. And is normal in some circles. I guess I just didn’t realize it was my in laws... Signed, Had to place this somewhere so I could move on.
I judge that too. One part because I am jealous and would like to have the option. 2nd part because, I literally do not know how that would work and why that would be a full time need. So you see, I can't even agree with myself on this.
Dear WP, Forgive me for placing this here. I am not proud of my judgmental attitude around this. Just found out that SIL is choosing not to go back to work after baby #2 who is now 6 months. No judgment around that, totally admire her for knowing what her family needs and taking action. But. Also learned that she will continue to have a full time nanny. Just don’t get it. I know there is a segment of the population that lives like this. And is normal in some circles. I guess I just didn’t realize it was my in laws... Signed, Had to place this somewhere so I could move on.
I always think something like nanny diaries. None of the moms worked but they did charity dinners or something... in the nanny diaries she did have a very ill husband though right?
I'm conflicted too. Newborns are a lot of work I could see multiple nannies, but 6 months does get easier. I would be jealous and wouldn't see that with my SIL too. Luckily my SIL has decided no to babies- she does have a stepson. And how rich would they have to be to afford that? I mean we make good money but 45k for a nanny would be a stretch for us. (Including nanny agency fee, taxes, insurance etc).
Dear WP, Forgive me for placing this here. I am not proud of my judgmental attitude around this. Just found out that SIL is choosing not to go back to work after baby #2 who is now 6 months. No judgment around that, totally admire her for knowing what her family needs and taking action. But. Also learned that she will continue to have a full time nanny. Just don’t get it. I know there is a segment of the population that lives like this. And is normal in some circles. I guess I just didn’t realize it was my in laws... Signed, Had to place this somewhere so I could move on.
I always think something like nanny diaries. None of the moms worked but they did charity dinners or something... in the nanny diaries she did have a very ill husband though right?
I'm conflicted too. Newborns are a lot of work I could see multiple nannies, but 6 months does get easier. I would be jealous and wouldn't see that with my SIL too. Luckily my SIL has decided no to babies- she does have a stepson. And how rich would they have to be to afford that? I mean we make good money but 45k for a nanny would be a stretch for us. (Including nanny agency fee, taxes, insurance etc).
Maybe I am clueless about their income because I would imagine they are similar to us and that would seem extremely extravagant if one of was a stay at home parent. But, they have been in that range longer so maybe there is significant savings that we don’t have.
She does have other creative outlets but it is not a huge money maker (I think) and there is no significant volunteering, etc.. she send her older kid to library classes and the park with the nanny. Wouldn’t you want to go?
The deeper underlying thread is that her husband has directly told me and my other SIL that he would NEVER put his kids in a daycare because “how terrible!” (We both used daycare centers and he knows this AND my kids are f’ing awesome so WTF?!?)
Post by mustardseed2007 on Dec 28, 2017 22:55:48 GMT -5
I would be so jealous of the nanny/Sahm thing. It sounds like heaven. I wouldn't be able to stop myself from asking how they are paying for that BC, with my ILs, I could only assume they were printing money in the basement....if houses in Texas had basements.
My older sister was a nanny for a sahm. She mostly did chores and personal shopping for the mom who was very very ocd. It didn't last BC doing everything perfect was never going to be my sister's strong suit and that lady needed perfection. They did things like only drank juice that was made fresh from their juicer daily..which was one of my sister's jobs to make. I mean, you do you but that's not my life. Unfortunately.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Dec 29, 2017 9:14:15 GMT -5
Dear DS' Friend,
Sorry you couldn't meet up today at Monkey Joe's because you are spending the holiday in LONDON. Like WTF. SAHMs with nannys, working moms on holiday in London. FML.
sunbutter- at least she has more than 1 kid. I was thinking she only had the 6 month old...
The comment about daycare is so not understanding daycare I guess. By the time my kids were 2-3 years old it was not any different than pre-school except longer hours. I mean are they not going to send their kid to pre-school or school either? We did daycare all along. I can kind of understand if people don't want to put their infants in because of illness but then it's those kinds of people then don't realize their kid will get sick anyway especially if they have other kids anyway.
I can kind of understand if people don't want to put their infants in because of illness but then it's those kinds of people then don't realize their kid will get sick anyway especially if they have other kids anyway.
Funny that - MIL just couldn’t understand why 3 year old in that house (who has never went to “terrible” daycare and lives with germaphobes) just had back to back to back colds over the last three weeks. I’m a biologist, so this makes perfect sense to me - his army is not yet trained. It had to happen sometime!
I always think something like nanny diaries. None of the moms worked but they did charity dinners or something... in the nanny diaries she did have a very ill husband though right?
I'm conflicted too. Newborns are a lot of work I could see multiple nannies, but 6 months does get easier. I would be jealous and wouldn't see that with my SIL too. Luckily my SIL has decided no to babies- she does have a stepson. And how rich would they have to be to afford that? I mean we make good money but 45k for a nanny would be a stretch for us. (Including nanny agency fee, taxes, insurance etc).
Maybe I am clueless about their income because I would imagine they are similar to us and that would seem extremely extravagant if one of was a stay at home parent. But, they have been in that range longer so maybe there is significant savings that we don’t have.
She does have other creative outlets but it is not a huge money maker (I think) and there is no significant volunteering, etc.. she send her older kid to library classes and the park with the nanny. Wouldn’t you want to go?
The deeper underlying thread is that her husband has directly told me and my other SIL that he would NEVER put his kids in a daycare because “how terrible!” (We both used daycare centers and he knows this AND my kids are f’ing awesome so WTF?!?)
I have such a hard time with people who feel this way (my SIL being one of them). My kids went to in-home DCP and preschool at a center, and I think they turned out great. Our in-home DCP is now a great friend, and honestly I've learned a lot from her about parenting. I've told her she was my mom mentor.
I personally wouldn't want to pay for a full time nanny (although I would probably consider one day a week for errands, appointments, etc.) if I stayed home, knowing I could use that money toward paying down debt, saving more for retirement, and saving more for my kids' college.