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  1. Toddler DH. I got 7 likes in the SAHM debate....(more) 50 min ago (17 replies)
    Full disclosure: one was my own.
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  2. Toddler DH did something shitty and is trying to make it up to me. So he went to dinner and had lobster mac and cheese. Brought home the leftovers for me and left the claw and tail....(more) 50 min ago (8 replies)
    Good move.
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    • bringing me home leftovers would piss me off. why do I want to eat your econds? 50 min ago
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    • You're easy. Too easy. 49 min ago
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    • does he have a thing about taking you out in public? 49 min ago
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      • It was a work dinner, silly. 48 min ago
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        • he brought home leftovers from a work dinner? klassy 43 min ago
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    • Holy shit, talk about a low bar. 39 min ago
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  3. Toddler I will be paying about $67K in tuition next year 51 min ago (15 replies)
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    • you're lucky to be able to afford it. 50 min ago
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    • You post this incessantly 50 min ago
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    • holy shit 50 min ago
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    • that's why I don't mind paying 32K in property tax for 3 kids in burb public 48 min ago
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      • Our property taxes are also very high (not as high as yours though) but kids are in private jewish schools 48 min ago
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    • i hope you have 3 college aged kids 48 min ago
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      • no, one high school, one middle school, one elementary and one toddler 47 min ago
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    • i pay 117k 47 min ago
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    • And that is your choice. 40 min ago
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  4. Toddler Is Paris a great place to live? I liked vacationing there but we might move there and I'm getting panic attacks about it. 51 min ago (18 replies)
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    • i wouldnt live there but i like it!! 50 min ago
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    • apparently you sleep with everyone in your office there. 50 min ago
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      • the europeans have such better benefits 49 min ago
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    • i do not know, but i love paris and would be so excited to get to live there 50 min ago
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    • i think if you speak french and could afford to live in a nice suburb it would be great 50 min ago
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      • aren't the suburbs there so scary? 49 min ago
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        • should have said arridisimont (sp?) instead of suburb 48 min ago
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    • I don't like it at all and am from France, would live in many other cities but not Paris (or Marseille) 50 min ago
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    • My cousin lives there with twins and likes it. I've lived there in my 20s but obviously not the same as raising a family there. 49 min ago
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      • ^^ FWIW, I would move in a heartbeat 49 min ago
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    • Honestly, the French can be very difficult and the bureaucracy associated with living there can be nightmarish. (Friends of mine had a hysterical story about trying to get their...(more) 49 min ago
      car registered in Paris). But once you crack the barrier, it can be great. It takes patience, though, and there's always an expat community.
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    • based on my extensive house hunters international watching, housing is f'ing expensive and run down, outdated. 48 min ago
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    • At least you don't have to live in Rome! I lived there and it was awful 46 min ago
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      • np. why was it awful? 45 min ago
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      • i love rome. The italians can be xenophobic, but dingy doesn't really bother me. I would go live there right away. Not only for the beautiful sights and the history, but for...(more) 31 min ago
        that hilarious Roman sense of humor
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        • on the other hand I would move to Paris right away too 30 min ago
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  5. New York City Sleep Away Camp suggestions: looking for-outdoorsy, not materialistic...(more) 52 min ago (7 replies)
    hate to use the word-but looking for the antithesis of "jappy" kids, also beautiful location....any suggestions? The type of place where you have met a bunch of wealthy people from who went there & they are the most un-showy people you've met-but could afford anywhere----? I know strange criteria.....with a jewish presence if possible.
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    • that would be for next year right? 51 min ago
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    • tranquillity 50 min ago
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    • i have heard good things about...(more) 47 min ago
      camp walt Whitman and kilooleet (sp?)
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      • I 2nd Walt Whitman...know 2 families with kids there: 1 is down to earth, not showy and the kids LOVES it...other family is showy, materialistic and their kids aren't very happy...(more) 45 min ago
        there but parents make them go. Both have 1 or 2 jewish parents
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    • any girls-only options? 43 min ago
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  6. Toddler Computer question: You know how you can click on "even more" in Google search and get scholar, blog search, and so on? is there a way to put a link to those search buttons...(more) 52 min ago (0 replies)
    somewhere more immediate? like on my google homepage? tia
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  7. Toddler Lumpy Rectum Mom, in da house! 53 min ago (2 replies)
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    • This makes me laugh. 51 min ago
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    • what up, big pooper! 51 min ago
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  8. Toddler What do you think of the Gang of 8 and their immigration agenda? 53 min ago (14 replies)
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    • their hood is scary 53 min ago
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      • it's not always the same group of people 52 min ago
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        • the Gang of 8 has revolving membership? Do they jump people in? 51 min ago
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          • yes, iguess you could say that 47 min ago
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    • I don't like gangs 52 min ago
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    • I don't like any legislation that is thousands of pages long 48 min ago
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      • so you don't like any legislation 47 min ago
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        • LOL! sort of these days. There is no need for anything to be so long that "we have to pass the bill to see what's in it" 47 min ago
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          • Do you remember who it was that passed the law that said legislation had to be in plain, everyday language that was clear enough for everyone to understand? 45 min ago
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            • I don't. What happened to that? 44 min ago
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              • President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 on October 13, 2010. The law requires that federal agencies use "clear Government communication that the public can...(more) 43 min ago
                understand and use." http://www.plainlanguage.gov/plLaw/
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                • well then what happened with the affordable health care act? No one can understand that! 43 min ago
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                  • it isn't that complicated, people just want to spread fear and confusion as a political tactic 32 min ago
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      • you must hate Obamacare 27 min ago
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  9. Toddler So glad i eschewed the unhealthy lunch. i am going to go to the gym after work too. i am going to lose this belly, goddammit! 53 min ago (0 replies)
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  10. Toddler I hate fios. Once again, wifi is not working well and they have no clue over the phone and are obnoxious. I hate hate hate them 53 min ago (2 replies)
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    • if they resent the signal and it still sucks they should replace it 53 min ago
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      • I got it in Dec, had a problem in about April, someone came and fixed it (that was with all internet) and now the wifi is not working again 52 min ago
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  11. Toddler Anyone every have an outdoor kitchen built at their house? what did it cost? 54 min ago (9 replies)
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    • 12k 53 min ago
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      • what did yours entail in terms of features? 52 min ago
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        • Built in. Grill. Ice bin with drain. Small fridge. Storage. 49 min ago
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    • yes, we call it a bbq grill & it was $180 52 min ago
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      • no need to respond. just move along. 52 min ago
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        • nah. I like it here just fine 48 min ago
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          • np- but your response was so useless. unless you actually didn't know what OP meant by outdoor kitchen... 46 min ago
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  12. Elementary My ten-year-old needs a math tutor/specialist who knows how to work with many different math programs/curricula. My DC has struggled in math....(more) 54 min ago (2 replies)
    It has moved at an absolute crawl using a modified Houghton-Miflin approach that just is not working for my DC or DC's learning style. Any recommendations for providers who make out-calls or in-calls in Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens. Thanks.
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    • not that i've btdt, but i do know the owner of Private Prep and would start there. www.privateprep.com 46 min ago
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    • Why many? Why not just the one at his school? 44 min ago
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  13. Toddler Can you do a chin up and how many push ups do you do? 55 min ago (56 replies)
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    • i cannot do a single chin up and I can do 16-20 man pushups 54 min ago
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    • just 1-2 chin up. can do up to 15pushups (real ones) at a time (taking 30-60sec break between "sets") 54 min ago
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    • 12 chin-ups 50-60 push-ups 54 min ago
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    • 0 and maybe 10 and i work out all the time. 54 min ago
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    • 10. 100 54 min ago
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    • Idk i'm not a dude 53 min ago
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      • what does that even mean? 53 min ago
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        • It means or is a moron 52 min ago
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          • It's called a female, you misogynist 51 min ago
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            • ? You obviously need a dictionary. 51 min ago
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              • You obviously need to look up sarcasm in said dictionary 50 min ago
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                • Naaah no need to backpedal. 49 min ago
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                  • Do you just pull snark out of hat?, because you don't make sense 48 min ago
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                    • What exactly about my comment qualifies it as misogyny? 46 min ago
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                      • Here let me explain the joke. I am making fun of you for being a guy, and so when you called me a moron, I pretended you were trying to call me a girl but said moron instead. Thus...(more) 43 min ago
                        Making you a misogynist. Really complex stuff. You need an IEP for your YBing
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                        • Good lord. You really are not bright. Thanks for trying to explain your way out of this one with you 'joke' theory though. 42 min ago
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                          • You're being slow on the uptake does not affect the joke. 41 min ago
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        • It means i don't care about such things. Why don't you tell us how much you bench press next.. 52 min ago
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          • 120 51 min ago
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            • How big is your penis? 50 min ago
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              • bigger than your iq 49 min ago
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                • That is some huge schoong! 49 min ago
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                  • ^^schlong 49 min ago
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                  • its nonexistent 48 min ago
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                    • I get your anger now then. 47 min ago
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                      • are you rasing kids who think women sholud be weak? 46 min ago
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                        • Nope. But also not to be butch 45 min ago
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                          • Chin-ups and push-ups make a woman butch? Np...(more) 44 min ago
                            You really are a moron.
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                            • Enough of them do....(more) 42 min ago
                              You really are a dude.
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                          • So not only are you a moron but you're a bigot too. Got it. Nnp 44 min ago
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                            • What word would you substitute for a mannish woman that is not offensive? 42 min ago
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                              • there are none 41 min ago
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                                • Thanks language police. So that's why I went with butch instead of something offensive like d*ke 40 min ago
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                              • Chin-ups and push-ups don't equal mannish. Seriously who are you? 41 min ago
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                                • Yes, yes they are. 39 min ago
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                                  • Yes they are? 38 min ago
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                                    • Mannish. Unfeminine. Go shave your face. 38 min ago
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                                      • Maybe you meant to respond 'yes they do.' Deciphering your unintelligent responses is getting boring. 35 min ago
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                            • hou are pathetic 42 min ago
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          • And only men care about physical fitness? 50 min ago
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            • Non-sequitur mom is back 50 min ago
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              • You are the responder who misused misogyny too aren't you? 49 min ago
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                • I'm the OR. Remember, you responded to me? 48 min ago
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                  • Yes. So you did misuse misogyny. It's clear now. 47 min ago
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                    • Hey airhead, you already missed the sarcasm on that one 47 min ago
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                      • Lol. Pack pedaling again. 46 min ago
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                        • Look that phrase up in your dictionary 42 min ago
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    • post a YouTube link of you doing a bunch of them so I can be impressed by you 52 min ago
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      • ^^plllleeeeease? Pretty please? 49 min ago
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    • no on the chin up and very very few pushups. maybe 10 with a break after the first five 51 min ago
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    • 0 chin ups. 10 push ups. 50 min ago
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    • I can do about 50 pushups and about 15-20 chin ups. 50 min ago
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    • My dd can do 100 perfect pushups but only 10 pull ups 48 min ago
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    • i used to be able to do 9 pull ups. sigh 45 min ago
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  14. Special Needs My ten-year-old needs a math tutor/specialist who knows how to work with many different math programs/curricula. My DC has struggled in math....(more) 55 min ago (2 replies)
    It has moved at an absolute crawl using a modified Houghton-Miflin approach that just is not working for my DC or DC's learning style. Any recommendations for providers who make out-calls or in-calls in Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens. Thanks.
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    • any good teachers at DS's school? 53 min ago
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    • Does the Orton-Gillingham method apply to math too? It's a multi-sensory approach that worked for my dd in reading. 53 min ago
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  15. Toddler My mom can be great, and then she can awful/cold/hurtful, etc. i never know what i'm going to get it. it's hot and cold. anyone else btdt, and how do you handle? i'm trying to...(more) 55 min ago (42 replies)
    learn how to be neutral, and not need her love/approval/warmth/etc. my challenge comes in the good times, i open up and think it might change, and then inevitably get hurt soon after. i welcome any help/guidance/experience! TIA!
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    • no advice, but :( "not need her love/approval/warmth/etc" 54 min ago
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      • what do you mean? that it is sad that i need to get that place of not needing that from her? 52 min ago
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        • yes. 52 min ago
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          • thanks for the empathy. 52 min ago
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            • ^it is hard, and i am just constantly trying to heal and learn and grow and get to a place where it doesn't hurt so much, and so often. 51 min ago
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              • this is me and my dad. he is now dying, imminently. i feel like a colossal asshole that i have learned to distance him from my life, and now feel little more than the sadness you...(more) 50 min ago
                feel when a distant relative is sick.
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                • do you really blame yourself for the distance? didn't it feel like a necessity, a survival mechanism? i don't see how i could function if i let myself be close to my mom... 49 min ago
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                  • i don't blame myself. i know that for most of my life, that's what i needed to do. i do feel guilty that i don't care more, but from more of a descriptive p.o.v., like i "should&qu...(more) 48 min ago
                    care more
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                    • i'm glad you do not blame yourself, and i am sorry that you feel strange about your feelings about his passing... 47 min ago
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                      • ty. sorry, didn't mean to make this about me. 45 min ago
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                        • no apologies! sharing your experience is how to communicate and relate, and i asked for other experiences. thanks for sharing. it is hard, isn't it? i think about when she is...(more) 43 min ago
                          older and even dying, and wonder how i'll feel.
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                          • for me, it just became all consuming. i was looking for his approval everywhere, and it got to be overwhelming. sad to say, but it helped to remind myself that if we didn't share...(more) 41 min ago
                            blood and genes, there is no way in the world we would ever encounter each other
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                            • i know, i think of that often. family is a strange thing, isn't it? 40 min ago
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    • Is she narcisisstic or borderline? 53 min ago
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      • i wonder...she is not diagnosed, but i do wonder sometimes. 52 min ago
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    • I'd be up front when she's hurtful. I'd use very plain language. "Mom, you're being hurtful." Address as it happens. 52 min ago
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      • i have tried. it does not work. she becomes the victim, no matter what. 52 min ago
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        • np She is a narcisist, they can do no wrong 51 min ago
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          • that would be her, then. she has never once apologized or taken any responsibility for any of the hurt she has caused. any advice on how to deal? 51 min ago
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            • I am just trying to deal too withmine. She sounds very similar to your mother. Best advice I can give is to establish boundaries. She will not like it though and possibly start...(more) 50 min ago
              fights with you. Are you non confrontational?
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              • i am non confrontational, definitely. i have tried to confront and deal, but it has always backfired. once i wrote a letter explaining how i felt, and she responded with "i'm...(more) 48 min ago
                sorry you feel that way", and that was that. she never reaches out to me...it's part of her controlling me, that i have to do all of the reaching out regarding communication. which is annoying. i don't call or email often. she has stopped responding to my texts, so i'm giving up on that.
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                • ^^so in a way, my not calling or emailing often is my setting boundaries, i suppose. i also call her, and if she isn't there, she doesn't return my calls, so it is up to me to...(more) 46 min ago
                  call her again and again. i have also learned to not talk to her about most personal things, to keep it on the surface. but sometimes, if she is being great, i get sucked in and end up telling her more...or i tell her more in an attempt to get her to be close or more loving/warm, etc.
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            • poster above about dad. i just accepted that he had limitations on what kind of person he was and what he could give to his children. he's not wired that way, i guess. i couldn't...(more) 49 min ago
              let it also consume me.
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              • yes. i don't want to let it consume me, and i am trying to really just accept her for who she is. it doesn't always consume me, but does surface when a particularly hurtful thing...(more) 47 min ago
                happens.
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              • np Is your dad not mean to you? My mother was mean to me 47 min ago
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                • he's very rude. he doesn't think about how his words affect other people. he's not nasty, but hurtful in a thoughtless way 45 min ago
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    • i've learned to not expect anything from my mom. each interaction stands on it's own for what it is. my mom is nuts - not as in seeing a therapist or anything, but she can be...(more) 46 min ago
      mean as hell one day and very nice the next. just never know what to expect.
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      • sounds a lot like mine. so you just take each interaction as it is, and stay present. that is good advice. do you stay guarded when she is nice, so it doesn't come back to "get"...(more) 45 min ago
        you when she's being awful?
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        • stay present and in the moment. i take her nice moments for what they are and enjoy them. i also quickly end visits or conversations when i sense the direction going south....(more) 42 min ago
          with my mom i can always tell when thing are going to bottom out and i leave on a positive note.
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          • sounds like you've got a great handle on it. kudos to you! i try to end them, too, but it's very hard when they're going south for them to end on a positive note. when i'm in a...(more) 41 min ago
            really good place and prepared, though, i can stay somewhat positive myself, even if she seems pissed.
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            • the best way to end it is just to end it; disengage. Mom, this conversation is over and walk away. Deny her the attention she's seeking 39 min ago
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            • it has been years and years of therapy for me working on how to manage my relationship wiht my mom and what my expectation are of her. she is just not capable of being that...(more) 37 min ago
              loving kind mom i want. but she is my mom and i do want some kind of a relationship with her. so, i try to keep it mostly on my terms as far as boundaries go. although i haven't expressly told her about the boundaries bc she would n't respect them and it would be wasted effort.
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              • and also, by not telling her your boundaries, you deny her control over them. that's what she really wants. 36 min ago
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              • ^^and by positive i mean me not being sucked into her vortex of craziness - not in the normal happy cheery goodbye. i guess positive is relative in these kind of mother/daughter...(more) 35 min ago
                relationships
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                • Op-thanks!! I appreciate all of this. Had to step away for toddler, and now can't stay, but again-thank you. 30 min ago
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      • ^^she also never acknowledges any wrongdoing on her part, no sorry. pointing things out to her is futile. so, my mom is loving, funny, psycho, mean, selfish, but all to the...(more) 43 min ago
        extreme. no moderation in anything.
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        • if you express any hurt, does she act like the victim? sounds a lot like my mom... are you able to not get wrapped up in her ups and downs emotionally? 42 min ago
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          • my mom always always always turns something around so it is about her. her ups and downs are hers, not mine. i try not to go along for the ride. soemtiems it's easier than...(more) 40 min ago
            others. if i'm feeling emotionally drained i don't see my mom. i try to only interact with her when i'm doing really well.
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            • sounds a lot like me, too! try to only interact with her when i'm in a great place. if i'm down or tired, i avoid her. glad to know i'm not the only one... 38 min ago
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              • you are absolutely not the only one. 34 min ago
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                • thank you. sometimes I feel crazy or alone that this is my reality, my mother daughter relationship 29 min ago
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  16. Toddler I have three fresh halibut steaks. Anyone have any good easy recipes? 56 min ago (1 reply)
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    • Zest some citrus. Olive oil salt pepper red flakes and some acid ? Like.vinegar or citrus juice. Then grill 54 min ago
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  17. Toddler Mine craft, are you supposed to beat sheep and pigs to death? 56 min ago (32 replies)
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    • my 9yo starts forest fires. I don't get the game at all 55 min ago
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      • yeah, so many friends said they have their kids play, I got it for 6yo...next thing I know he is beating animals? 53 min ago
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        • tell him to stop or he can't play anymore 51 min ago
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          • np- then how will he get the wool to make a blanket for the home he builds? 51 min ago
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            • can't you shave them without killing them? 50 min ago
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              • yes. but you need iron to make shears in order to do that. 49 min ago
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                • yes iron, not steel. thank you 49 min ago
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              • once you get steel to make a knife you can. but you also need to eat to live. I don't know if they can live on just vegetables. are you a vegan? 49 min ago
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                • no, just found my 6yo beating sheep to death with a stick disturbing...evn if it's virtual 41 min ago
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              • He may need meat to eat at some point, that's kind of how farming works. 48 min ago
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          • he is 6, I can't sit with him when he plays a video game: that's momma down time :), I deleted 50 min ago
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    • my 6 yo loves doing that 55 min ago
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    • Um, as far as I can tell it the creepers, skeletons, spiders and zombies that are supposed to be killed, but only in... is it "creative" mode? 55 min ago
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      • not sure, it's now deleted 51 min ago
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    • you need to aquire steel to make knives to kill them. we are talking farm equipment here 54 min ago
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      • how creepy! Not happening! Op 52 min ago
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        • you live in a world where everythign is created from scratch. you want a wol blanket you need to get it from the sheep. 51 min ago
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        • Np: To be fair, it's simulating farming and subsistence living, not killing them for fun. 51 min ago
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          • op does not get the game 50 min ago
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            • Right? Didn't we all play Oregon trail when we were kids, where you had to shoot deer and rabbit to survive, and your kids kept dying of cholera? 49 min ago
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              • op, yikes, I missed that one, thankfully 48 min ago
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                • Seriously? Not flaming, but you never played Oregon Trail growing up? We played it in school all the time. 47 min ago
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                  • No, but I didn't grow up in the States. 42 min ago
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            • right, I get it now, but no thank you 48 min ago
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          • yes, I get it now, but that's not how he played it' and said that's what his friends were doing...ugh 49 min ago
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    • What the hell? 54 min ago
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      • just what I said 52 min ago
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        • but. What. The. Hell. 50 min ago
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    • no. you can eat without killing the sheep and pigs. and you can also set the game to "peaceful" so that you don't have to eat anything and so that monsters won't spawn. on...(more) 50 min ago
      peaceful the game is really just about finding and using resources. it's a superfantastic game, i think. but not so good for little boys of the ages who are drawn to it because it is very slow developing and takes literally hours before you can make any progress. too much time on the computer is required.
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      • ^^ i see that your son is 6. WAY too young for video games of any sort, imo 48 min ago
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        • nah, we play tic-tac-toe, and dots, or Mario cart, no biggie...ppl I trust said their kids play this, hence my willingness to try 36 min ago
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    • that's how you make pork chops to feed your dogs and cats 48 min ago
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  18. Toddler Anyone on who has kids 7+ years apart? 56 min ago (27 replies)
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    • no, but my bro was 7 yrs older than me 56 min ago
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    • i'm 8 and 11y older than my sisters 55 min ago
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    • 7 here. 2 girls 55 min ago
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    • no but 5 years and I love the spacing 55 min ago
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      • ooh, tell me more. was it on purpose? 54 min ago
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        • I was going for more like 3.5 to 4 but you don't always get what you want 47 min ago
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      • op: why do you love it? 54 min ago
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        • They get along great - they're 1 and 6 but somehow have been entertaining each other since nearly the very beginnings. And my big girl is so independent but still a kid....(more) 45 min ago
          Watching her learn to read and him learn to walk/talk at the same time has just been so much fun for me. I had forgotten a lot about how much fun it is to have a baby and toddler and he's brought that back all the while I am still enjoying how great it is to also have a kid who's developing into such a little independent person. I don't know, it's just better than I expected - I didn't really have any expectations, in part b/c I'm an only child - I didn't think they would really enjoy each other but they definitely do
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          • thanks! this really helps! 43 min ago
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            • gl. it will be fun. 41 min ago
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      • ditto! it's awesome. I don't know why people worry they won't be close. Mine adore each other. and my niece is 15 yrs older than half sister. They looove each other. 54 min ago
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    • not me but my sister has two boys who are fourteen years apart . . . 54 min ago
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    • I'm 11 years older than my brother. DH is 32 years older than his sister 54 min ago
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    • me. 22, 17, 7, and 2yo 53 min ago
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      • wow! 53 min ago
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        • yeah, dh just wasn't ready for another for many years after dc#2 was born...(more) 51 min ago
          we are so happy we decided to have 2 more though...they are so awesome (even though we are so much more tired!)
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    • op: looking for some silver linings. i just need to take a break from trying but worry about spacing. :/ 53 min ago
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      • it'll be fine. i'm the MOH in my 30yo sister's wedding this year (i'm 40) 52 min ago
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      • there is sooooo much less fighting when they are far apart. And they still love each other and are very close. I don't see the downside. Unless you enjoy doing two peoples'...(more) 52 min ago
        diapers ; )
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      • spacing? life isn't a Pottery Barn catalog. 52 min ago
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        • relax. i mean the relationship between sibs, and you know it. 46 min ago
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          • relationship? that's not related to spacing. 44 min ago
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            • np: people totally think it is. lots of people say, "oh, I wanted to have mine close so they would be close" 44 min ago
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              • people say it but it's not grounded in reality. 31 min ago
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    • yes. 17yo, 11yo,11yo, 7yo and pregnant 52 min ago
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    • me, 20 yo, 8 yo, and i'm pg 51 min ago
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    • Me. 20yo and 13yo. 50 min ago
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  19. Toddler I'm equal parts excited and scared - 44 yo and just found out i'm pg. dh and i haven't been using protection for a year and nothing. we kinda thought that it wasn't going to...(more) 57 min ago (13 replies)
    happen. guess taht's not the case. yikes and yippee all at once.
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    • yikes 56 min ago
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    • congrats, my mom had me at 44 56 min ago
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    • Let me guess - this is the "cry it out kills brain cells" troll, plus the "DH is setting up my favorite gang bang" poster. You made it too obvious by being 44. 56 min ago
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      • This. 42 would have been a shade better. 55 min ago
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      • no this is 100% true. not sure about what posts you're referring to 55 min ago
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    • OMG I would be crying 56 min ago
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      • ha, i was and i don't know if it was because i was happy or totally freaking out 52 min ago
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    • wow! congrats! good friend had a son at 44 and another had a daughter at 43. 56 min ago
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    • Congratulations! Be prepared for lots of nosy questions about your IVF! 56 min ago
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      • questions are fine. we didn't do ivf - just the good ole penis and vagina way 54 min ago
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        • Oh, I get it. But no one is going to believe you. 53 min ago
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    • :D Congrats!!!!! 55 min ago
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    • COngrats! I'm about to turn 43 and have an 8mo. Nobody's batting an eye at me... at least not that I've caught them at! Had a ridiculously easy pregnancy, and loved the additional...(more) 46 min ago
      u/s's I got because of "elderly gravida." Enjoy, and best wishes!
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  20. Toddler I am on day 33 of my cycle. sometimes my cycles last 35 days. i'm probably not pg. i took a test and it was negative. am i in the clear, in your opinion, or is it too early to...(more) 57 min ago (1 reply)
    tell?
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    • ^^i am obviously not trying to get pregnant, and would rather do it on our timing, about a year from now... 56 min ago
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  21. Toddler Attended party in honor of niece's middle school graduation and her father's birthday. I brought 3 sweatshirts I got for free for niece and her sister (other niece) to share....(more) 57 min ago (0 replies)
    Was that fine?
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  22. Toddler At a friends house. Another friend came in, puts on a pot of coffee, take out brownies and proceeds to eat three and give her daughter one. My kid asks and I say no you need to...(more) 57 min ago (9 replies)
    wait to ask x (owner of house who is not home). I find it so rude that other friend just took some!
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    • wait, why were you all there when your friend was not home? 56 min ago
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      • I am watching her kids, she ran to do pickup and errands. The other friend lives next door 56 min ago
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        • so she's probably a lot more comfortable doing that than you would be. 54 min ago
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          • No I've known her forever. She is like family but i still wouldn't eat her out of house and home 53 min ago
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    • oh please 56 min ago
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    • I'll cut you if you steal my brownies. 56 min ago
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    • why are you all there and the person who actually lives there is not? 55 min ago
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    • really?? 55 min ago
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  23. Toddler 10 mo ds had a fever early ystdy morning that came down with tylenol. runny nose, coughing, sneezing. yesterday with me and today with day care it's been tough giving him his...(more) 57 min ago (0 replies)
    bottle. he'll push it away, refuse it. he eventually drinks some or most but it's work. could this just be because he's sick and the formula is tasting different to him? he's been nursing fine. tia
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  24. Toddler The problem with sleepaway camp for me is that it's for kids who are just starting to be fun. I would like to keep the 10yo home and send the 3yo 57 min ago (7 replies)
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    • Lol. So true. 57 min ago
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    • Lol, now were talking! 56 min ago
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    • Person who hates sleepaway camp: Ita! 55 min ago
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    • And too close to them leaving for college. That'll be enough alone time :( 55 min ago
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    • best post on the subject imo 55 min ago
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    • 7,8,9 are all fun too. 55 min ago
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      • Np: believe it or not, so is 14,15,16. Not 13 54 min ago
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  25. Toddler I woke up at three today. Now I'm pooped. 57 min ago (0 replies)
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