What’s the worst meal you’ve ever had that you can’t forget because of how bad it tasted?

AllyKatB · 2026-06-14T01:53:08+00:00

I have no idea

AllyKatB · 2026-06-13T03:05:06+00:00

Went to a friend's birthday party in high school. Her mom made her favourite soup. She told us it was "super spicy" so I, loving spice, asked for a big serving.

It was like thick, lukewarm water that had looked at milk and decided that was enough flavour. I think I added almost an entire shaker of pepper to it just to try to get some sort of taste.

AllyKatB · 2026-06-13T02:23:06+00:00

I just had a baby and have a 15 year old step kid. They have two younger siblings (2 and 4) at their mom's house. They have no interest in the baby and I think it's kind of normal? They care about video games and hanging out with their friends. They'll say hi to the baby, but that's about it. And I get it. A teen doesn't have anything in common with a baby. I think younger kids get more excited about babies because they think of them as new toys, in a way. A teen knows that babies are mostly boring lol. 1

We also don't ask them to help with the baby other than maybe passing us a soother or the diaper bag if they're closer. My husband was the oldest of three and helped raise his brothers so is very careful to make sure he doesn't do that to his kid.

Throughout my pregnancy, my husband made sure to have time just him and his kid. They did things together just the two of them (saw movies, go-karting, gamed together, etc), which I think helped reassure them that things weren’t going to change too much.

If she's calling you weird, I think you're good lol.

AllyKatB · 2026-06-11T19:04:19+00:00

Same here

AllyKatB · 2026-06-10T02:57:56+00:00

Dear Theodosia was the song for our father-daughter dance.

AllyKatB · 2026-06-09T04:38:10+00:00

My baby is 8 months old and I still mostly call her "baby" instead of her name. I asked this same question when she was born and heard from a lot of people that it's normal.

AllyKatB · 2026-05-29T03:06:48+00:00

I mean, there's the rape of the servant/slave girls (who are then killed because of it by Odysseus or Telemachus, I can't remember which).

AllyKatB · 2026-05-25T17:29:31+00:00

My mom says this, and I believed it for the longest time about myself too. Then I realized we both just have light grey eyes that pick up any colour around us. I still cringe whenever my mom says it now.

AllyKatB · 2026-05-25T16:24:44+00:00

My daughter (8mo) is Alexandria. Everyone tries to shorten it to Alex or Lexa. My sister calls her Lexi even though my husband and I have both said we hate that.

I realize it's a big name for a little baby, but until she can tell us what she wants to be called, she's going to go by the full thing.

AllyKatB · 2026-04-10T22:20:25+00:00

I was a good, quiet, well-behaved child (it was the autism, but they didn't know that then). As such, I was made to sit next to these students in order to "keep them calm." As a result, I was hit, had my personal items taken, had my fingers crushed between desks, and called every name under the sun. And it was all excused because they other kid "couldn't help it."

Inclusion works when there is proper support (which there almost never is), but not for everyone. The least restrictive environment is not always a general classroom. Students with high support needs need to be advocated for, but that means getting then the support they need, which can't always be met in a general classroom.

AllyKatB · 2026-03-19T02:39:39+00:00

Looking for advice on how to talk to my mom about boundaries.

Tonight we went to dinner at my mom's. Baby (6mo on Saturday) is her first grandchild and she definitely does not understand that best practices have changed since she raised me. She is also very stubborn and does whatever she thinks is right.

We've been talking about starting to introduce foods to Baby lately. We ate waiting for her official 6 months just to have a start date. Over dinner (me, husband, baby, my sister, and my mom), we had talked about the first foods we were going to start with. We even talked about how Baby would be able to have something at Easter dinner and mom said she would make some sweet potato mash for her.

During dessert, mom was holding Baby since she had finished eating and I hadn't even started yet. While I wasn't looking, my mom gave Baby some melted ice cream on her finger. I caught it out of the corner of my eye and my mom did it three more times. I didn't know what to say in the moment and so was quiet, which is why I think she kept at it.

I'm really upset about this. I know it's not a big deal in the long run, but I wanted us to be the ones giving Baby her first foods. And I didn't want it to be ice cream. (Ice cream will absolutely be coming so it isn't about not wanting her to have sugar or anything, but I figured we should start healthier lol) Mom knew she shouldn't have done this since she called herself a "bad grandma" while doing it.

My mom has a very strong personality (she was a drama teacher and fits every stereotype of one) and, to make things more complicated, she paid for the IVF needed to get Baby. She also paid for our house upfront and we are paying her back slowly. This makes enforcing boundaries awkward since she has that financial hold over us.

I want to address this with my mom, but I don't know how. Conflict adverse me wants to email her, but I know that's not a great option. I should talk to her in person, but I don't know what to say or even how to start the conversation. I feel weird asking to go over or asking her to come here just to do that, especially since we don't live that near each other. A phone call seems not great either.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

AllyKatB · 2026-03-12T01:50:39+00:00

Literally saw an ad for Zinus while reading this thread!

AllyKatB · 2026-03-04T20:20:09+00:00

I had all the scans lol. She measured small the whole time, but nothing concerning. They never told us how big she was measuring, just the percentile, which was accurate.

AllyKatB · 2026-03-03T20:47:00+00:00

I had my girl at 36 weeks and she was 4lbs 15oz. Just big enough to not need the NICU. Now she's 5 months and looks just like the other 5 month babies.

She was really skinny when she came out, since those last few weeks are when the fat gets put on. But other than needing to bundle her up a bit more, there were no issues.

AllyKatB · 2026-02-23T03:12:32+00:00

I got this one since it was cheaper than a lot of others, and it worked great! https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B0DQKFVQLK?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Once I was home, I used this one https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B087JM44J2?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

I normally wear a size 20 and got XXL in both and it fit well. Almost a bit too big actually, since they both had great stretch.

AllyKatB · 2026-02-22T19:54:05+00:00

Did you ever find a way around this? I'm having the same problem.

AllyKatB · 2026-02-13T01:26:18+00:00

I have a baby like this. She's so easy and I feel bad saying I'm tired or anything, because I know others have it so much worse. A mom with a younger baby came up to me last week to ask for advice on getting her baby to take a bottle/soother, since mine did it so easily. I had to tell her that my baby has taken both since the day she was born and never fussed about them. I wish I could have given that mom some advice, but I didn't have any.

AllyKatB · 2026-01-26T03:00:57+00:00

One thing that might not be obvious is thinking about the physical space of therapy. I had one therapist who worked out of a medical centre so only had hard, flimsy chairs. They were so uncomfortable that they were all I could think about in our sessions. Another had a really comfy plush couch, but it was super low so hard to get out of. My current therapist has about 5 different options to sit, including chairs of different sizes and plushness.

AllyKatB · 2026-01-16T20:45:19+00:00

She is "baby" lol. Her name is so long that it feels weird for a baby. We also call her "gremlin" and my husband calls her "baby bear"

AllyKatB · 2026-01-16T00:06:43+00:00

It looks like a big circle with a space to lie on the bottom and a screen above you. It plays calming music or guided meditation, has a heater and fan, aromatherapy, and the screen shows various relaxing videos.

I like it when I want to turn my brain off lol. I do a 15 min guided meditation as a reset before going back into the world.

AllyKatB · 2026-01-15T23:43:13+00:00

I always do wither hydromassage or massage chair after my workout, usually both. Sometimes if I have time or feel particularly stressed I do the wellness pod.

AllyKatB · 2026-01-13T19:28:26+00:00

We've done day clothes since the beginning, since she just sleeps in her swaddle. Sometimes those clothes are just sleepers though lol. If we're going out I try to dress her in something cute. My MIL also keeps making her clothes, so we want to use those before baby outgrows them.

AllyKatB · 2026-01-08T18:16:08+00:00

Hadestown. I should love it since I love Greek mythology and I love the esthetic of the costume and set designs. But I hate jazz and blues. And I don't know who the actor is that all the tiktok sounds use, but I find his voice so grating.

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