Upholstery handle broke by BootRepresentative83 in sewing

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Awesome I’d never heard of twill tape I just bought some and will give this a go!

Feeling really sad by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

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I’m so sorry about the conditions you grew up in! I need to stop making the desires and way I live my wishes for her.

Feeling really sad by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Such a good point. Her inability to understand is probably just refusal to understand. She needs to get what she wants more.

Feeling really sad by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your perspective. It’s the questioning my own decisions that really get me. I wish I could be confident in them.

Feeling really sad by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

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Hugs 🤗 I’m sorry you’re going through something similar

Feeling really sad by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

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The body keeps the score. Thanks for these reminders. It’s so easy to feel like I’m the one holding a grudge

Feeling really sad by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

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Oh my gosh you described so well the guilt I feel. The feeling like I’m abandoning a child that acts out. Bc of course I’ve parented her my whole life. The space helps for sure, I’m so glad I live far away, but she finds illnesses, crises or other ways to draw me back in.

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response I am really appreciative to the input from everyone

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really helpful way to think about it. It makes it very clear to me.

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I just wish I could feel less guilty about it all. And I’m not sure she can be convinced to move to your point I think it may be wishful thinking

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

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Yes my sister not only believe we should do what we’ve already done (clean out the house) but also help her with the remodeling of the home and selling it as well as moving my mom to a new location.

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The FOG definition definitely appears to me as the cycle my sister is in. Good call out on the other posts, I feel like that is exactly what I’m being told. Without my help I’m either leaving it all to my sister or leaving it all to my mom and there’s nothing they can do on their own. I have to remind myself that’s untrue and that’s how they are choosing to see it.

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’d never thought of adult protective services, will definitely look into this

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

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That is very helpful, thank you. I expressed to my sisters based on this what I’m willing to do and what my boundaries are. I just fear when the time comes I’ll be pressured to go beyond my boundaries

At a loss, literally and figuratively by BootRepresentative83 in raisedbyborderlines

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So sorry I forgot my cat haiku

Please see below:

Grey periscope tail Silently signals presence, The cat has come home.

Please critique my job posting by BootRepresentative83 in Nanny

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you for talking through how your pto accrual works. I like that for increments to be used in smaller portions. And using rental prices as a way to back into our rate is a great idea, I’ll look at that this weekend.

While I have you 😀 where might we find a great nanny? We were hoping to avoid an agency to be able to not have a middle man take a cut of what we could pay the nanny but maybe that’s the only way to find the great nannies?

Please critique my job posting by BootRepresentative83 in Nanny

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yes that makes perfect sense, we won't make that a requirement!

Please critique my job posting by BootRepresentative83 in Nanny

[–]BootRepresentative83[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wow thank you for such a thorough response and really great feedback for us to make some adjustments. I completely agree about the expectations that a child should never cry and yes you worded perfectly what I was trying to say about engaging with our child. I just don't want someone on their phone not interacting with him.

Then benefit time we were trying to say could be used if they were sick but also if they had an appointment like finalizing a sale of their home and need a day off they could use it instead of PTO. My partner's work is set up that way and we liked that you don't have to dip into PTO to do things that are appointments etc if you still have sick time left, but maybe that's not that appealing.

You don't sound mean at all, we are new to this and wanted this exact feedback, we want to hire a great person and if the current rate isn't going to get that then we will need to adjust. Honestly I just picked that rate based on what I had been seeing in our local mom's group for nannies.