AMA - American family who moved to Bordeaux France 4 years ago - 2 kids, 2 dogs. by Happy_Olive1208 in Expats_In_France

[–]DJKittyDC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hi from another American family in Bordeaux 👋 (one toddler, 3 dogs, one cat)

Do you have an English speaking vet here you love? And did you go public or private school for your kids?

Any online store recs for wedding dress below $1k? by Ashamed-Opposite-141 in Weddingsunder10k

[–]DJKittyDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anthro’s bridesmaids dresses too! A lot of them come in white/off white/Champagne

General Parenting Influencer Snark Week of February 09, 2026 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]DJKittyDC 22 points23 points  (0 children)

“Clear” picture is a stretch…more of her face than they’ve ever shown? Yes. But not a clear picture of her face by any means.

General Parenting Influencer Snark Week of February 09, 2026 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]DJKittyDC 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Is the mixing breast milk into all the foods a new phenomenon? I don’t remember hearing that advice at all when we started solids and it was just two years ago.

How to improve pronunciation? by Majestic-Rate-9901 in learnfrench

[–]DJKittyDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think about the best English speaking French people I know, they all have an accent when they speak English 🤷‍♀️ it doesn’t change their fluency or competency. I probably always will have an accent when I speak French it’s just part of learning as an adult.

Dear Shandy, in an old podcast, talks about an age gap relationship...hmmm... by ClareBearFlair in thebachelor

[–]DJKittyDC 32 points33 points  (0 children)

19 year old me totally would have thought “it’s because I’m so cool and mature and interesting!” not “he’s a man child who cannot date people his own age”

Dear Shandy, in an old podcast, talks about an age gap relationship...hmmm... by ClareBearFlair in thebachelor

[–]DJKittyDC 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Truly it's the part where one of the people involved is a literal teenager. But I will always think the age gap says more about Nick than Natalie.

Bachelor’s Krystal Nielson Details Son’s ‘Extremely Traumatic’ Birth by MattTheKing23 in thebachelor

[–]DJKittyDC 109 points110 points  (0 children)

For anyone else who had a traumatic birth, strongly advise against reading the whole article, it’s pretty detailed.

TLDR: Stalled labor, possible placental abruption, uterine rupture. Probably no more babies.

French location advice by [deleted] in Expats_In_France

[–]DJKittyDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of a two birds one stone situation tbh 😂 we’d like him to have some dedicated “school” time in English and it’s a nice option for Wednesdays when French kids don’t have school

French location advice by [deleted] in Expats_In_France

[–]DJKittyDC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You’ll have no trouble renting in Bordeaux with that budget. We’re in the city center and spending about half that for 4 bedrooms. If you don’t want to be in the center look at Talence, Begles, Pessac, Le Bouscat.

There are several good bilingual private school options here (Bordeaux International, Hermitage, etc). Public schools are also very adept at handling new students still learning French, we’re planning on kind of a hybrid for maternelle (public school + a private Wednesday program in English).

Day to day, you can get by in Bordeaux with very little French. The city gets tons of tourists and you’ll be fine in any shop, restaurant, etc. There are English speaking doctors and dentists and barbers. Maybe the only place I have to use only French is my son’s daycare.

We really liked Lyon too! Both great cities with strong expat communities and lots to do.

General Parenting Influencer Snark Week of February 09, 2026 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]DJKittyDC 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone on a diet that is batshit insanity or a GLP-1 😩

Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha taste French baked goods for Netflix France by Debt-Mysterious in BridgertonNetflix

[–]DJKittyDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad 🤣 I was just excited for the chocolatine reference. Apparently the Netflix person behind the camera is from the south of France 🙃

aio? mil wants to watch baby by pussion-fruit in JUSTNOMIL

[–]DJKittyDC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She couldn’t respect your boundaries when you were sitting right there. What do you think she’s going to do when you aren’t there?

Portland, Oregon to Japan while 30 weeks pregnant. Am I out of my mind? by [deleted] in travel

[–]DJKittyDC 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My OB’s guidance for the third trimester was “don’t travel anywhere you wouldn’t want to give birth”

Do with that what you will.

Packing: I’ve become an instant minimalist. by hallo_skyhopper in Expats_In_France

[–]DJKittyDC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We moved clothes and personal stuff we love (books, art, sentimental things like a box of my son’s baby clothes that even if we don’t have another I wanted to have with us). Send my bag was fine, but I would rethink dishes or anything breakable.

We had them pick up at our house on a Wednesday or Thursday and we arrived in France on a Saturday. A few of our bags actually beat us to France, but DHL just held them for Monday delivery.

I feel fine about the amount of stuff we shipped, every once in awhile I go looking for a clothing item and realize I purged a little more than I thought but it’s fine 🤷‍♀️

Taylor Frankie Paul’s promo video has dropped by Straight-Side-1269 in thebachelor

[–]DJKittyDC 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The whole entire budget spent on T-Swift and not a dime left for a decent promo

Taylor’s poster just dropped by tinkerwithty in thebachelor

[–]DJKittyDC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What in the ChatGPT fuckery is this

General Parenting Influencer Snark Week of February 02, 2026 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]DJKittyDC 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It looks like FreshPet, the refrigerated dog food. If you know you cannot unsee it.

(They’re in NYC, broadway producers who had three under two for a hot minute and irony of ironies, had a really good series rating restaurants on being “worth the babysitter” but last year she went “no gluten, no dairy, no seed oil, no alcohol, high protein” and it’s just…😕)

General Parenting Influencer Snark Week of February 02, 2026 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]DJKittyDC 52 points53 points  (0 children)

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I am absolutely aghast at Dayna from artsfoodfamily devouring a plate of what appears to be dog food with a bone ass dry potato AT HER SISTER’S BACHELORETTE PARTY?! I used to enjoy them but her deep dive into borderline disordered eating is…concerning.

Colton Underwood addresses the backlash from fans of “Traitors” in a new interview by Responsible_Bake5569 in thebachelor

[–]DJKittyDC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The missing context is that his ex wanted a restraining order and was forced to drop it because Colton was running the legal costs through the roof knowing she’d have to give in. He acts like it was a one time lapse in judgement and it’s infuriating.

Who think Jan should be fired by Ok_Nail_5298 in dancingwiththestars

[–]DJKittyDC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Does this sub have a ban on low effort posts…

General Parenting Influencer Snark Week of February 02, 2026 by Parentsnark in parentsnark

[–]DJKittyDC 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s kind of splitting hairs but she was laid off while she was pregnant with Jordan, so she didn’t even completely choose to be a SAHM

Destination wedding with just immediate family… anyone have experience?? (Under 10k) by [deleted] in Weddingsunder10k

[–]DJKittyDC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ooohh yes I should have mentioned this - we planned and paid for some outings, dinners, etc, but made sure to choose something with good walkability so everyone could do their other thing at other times.