my mom and I are writing a letter to the district attorney hoping he'll help us out. They are hiding behind some warranty they gave me that didnt cover any of the shit that was wrong with my car. And some of it was from when they fixed part of the car because they put it back together incorrectly after they made some repairs. It's all fixed now but its too expensive for me to keep.
Oprah would often declare that being a stay-at-home mom is the hardest job in the world. She was dead on.
Recently, my husband, two kids and I took a vacation (within driving distance) for five nights by the beach. It was fantastic. Just the four of us spending family time together from daybreak to sunset. It was one of... Read More
I have to say I'm pretty lucky. The only time I shop alone is during those weeks we've had where it's pouring. Then I wait til they're asleep and go so they don't get soaked. Sure, Finn doesn't always want to sit in the cart, but at shop-rite with the double kids' seats, it's great. And sure, he wants to use every potty at every place we go to, but I'm just happy he uses the potty at all. What's hardest for me is when we're home and he doesn't want his sister to have ANYTHING because it's all his. Meh. They're kids. But life is tough and we get paid when our kids are (hopefully) fully functional adults and can take care of us when we're old and decrepit.
Pregnant women often hear rude comments. Turns out SAHM get dirty looks and rude comments too.
I thought it was noteworthy that she said "SAHM" as opposed to "parents."
Was she expecting something different? Kindo makes me wonder, had she ever seen kids before? Was she thinking that they were just going to sit quietly until age 5 when they'd go to school, at which time they'd be at school all day then come home and watch Seseme Street until bedtime? Hell no, man. Just imagine how she's gonna feel in 3 years when her 6 year old is on the computer checkin' out porn. I bet she'll yell at her babysitter and call her/him a failure.
I'd be willing to bet that this writer probably had researched buying a car more than having kids. I bet she knew that her Prius would cost $28,000 for the initial purchase, plus the battery pack would last for approximately 4 years until needing replacement, which costs $4000, but 32% of owners are able to get by for another year without immediate replacement. And that after 2 years the car's value would depreciate approximately 62%.
As a professional who deals with human behavior, one would expect that she would know that people will do anything they can to get whatever it is they want unless they're taught that inappropriate behavior will yield a result different than what they were hoping for. I'm not even a behavioral professional and I know that if you put a rat in a maze with a chunk of cheese at the end, it'll explore every route until it finds one where there's cheese at the end. It'll remember that route and use it every time it wants cheese.
Either this is something she didn't think about or expect or she wrote this for people that it wouldn't have been understood beforehand. Probably the latter, but yea, there does seem to be a trend that I've seen where people lately don't seem to expect that being a parent is anywhere near as difficult as it is.
I feel like some of my friends on this site aren't friends cause they care.
I feel like I'm in a different place, mentally, esp since I'm watching my mom in an ICU, 44 yrs old and can's stand up on her feet without someone holding her
She's septic, has large blood clots in one leg and when I talk about this, people blow me... Read More
Hello pretty!, Im sorry to hear about your mom, is very difficult, I was in a hard situation like that with my grandmother who was for me like my mother. I know what it feels outside and understood by the world around you. I send you a big hug and all my positive energy from Mexico!, I hope everything goes well and things in your life get better pretty soon!
so, i wanted to rant about how much my mother has angered me...and the fact that she hasn't been taking care of herself and has had a Crohns flare-up since March and hasn't wanted to take anything for it. but instead, I get to post this and get it off of my chest.(this is a cross-post)
That's amazing that this journal has no comments. More people need to be reading journals that have taint tearing in it.
Now, to turn your journal on to me, before I'd met Angie, had I read this journal I'd be nearly flipping out. Now, reading it I feel about the same as if someone tells me that their car broke down. It's like hearing them describe how it was overheating and think "ok, sounds like a stuck thermostat, on that car it should take like an hour's work to replace and $8 in parts." Before going through it I'd have thought there'd be no way in hell that anyone could even live through the experience of hearing that's happened to someone. Going through something similar I can actually appreciate how you can talk about it without wanting to die yourself. I'd have never thought it would be possible.
Haha "color changing fountains". Something every hospital needs. Right out front of the roller coaster entrance, across the motorized walkway from the Cardiovascular ride.
I was thinking of a full face mask with the eyes cut out. I was thinking maybe the skull on the mask could look pixelated, kind of like the picture below:
I'm so sorry to hear you are going through all this stress. I'm sorry that it was your own mother that took so much from you. I hope you find peace in your soul. Just look at your beautiful family and let that be the reason to smile. <333
I have a weird relationship with my mum. She's either smothering me, telling me to get stuffed or off on another planet. Thanks mum. *sigh* I don't think that a perfect family exists.
What's hardest for me is when we're home and he doesn't want his sister to have ANYTHING because it's all his. Meh. They're kids. But life is tough and we get paid when our kids are (hopefully) fully functional adults and can take care of us when we're old and decrepit. 
And I'm totally in lesbians with you!
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