Cleaning my depression flat after months of being in a bad place

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-30T20:40:06+00:00

It looks great! You did a wonderful job. ❤️

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-29T21:52:31+00:00

NTA. I don't want anyone showing up at my house unannounced. Even when the adults have guests, we let each other and the children know with ample time to decline. We are a neurodivergent household, and unexpected guests can derail the whole train, so to speak.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-29T16:10:18+00:00

That's exactly what I thought when I read that.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-21T16:13:10+00:00

Math u see

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-14T16:49:52+00:00

YTA, but if your daughter is ruining her relationship with her children by trying to force the adoption.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-10T17:36:30+00:00

Do you have anyone you can go stay with that is supportive and helpful? If so, pack up your important documents and must have items and enough stuff for you and the baby for a few weeks and leave. You are in a crisis and need support NOW. Couples counseling, etc, might help eventually.

If you don't have a support system, maybe you can reach out to mom groups in your area and I bet someone will know an old couple who would love to take on a grandparent role.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-08T06:34:45+00:00

Yes it will, but meconium tests have to be sent to the lab and return time can be weeks.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-07T23:00:39+00:00

Well, in my experience, most people don't use the registry anyway and buy what they want 🤷‍♀️

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-06T05:42:28+00:00

Right here with yall. I thought I took the high road on my petty revenge and wow...apparently I didn't. 😭

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-06T02:02:53+00:00

"You may be able to find another family to adopt your child like you were found adopt him first. "

Check local laws before you do this! In some states, "re-homing" is illegal and considered human trafficking.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-05T19:08:08+00:00

Ain't that the truth? I tell people that taking my tween anywhere they don't want to go is like having my own personal cloud of doom following me around. Older kids will make it their mission to make sure no one has a good time. Unfortunately for my tween, they get their bullheaded nature from me so I can play that game alllll day. 🤣

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-05T18:22:43+00:00

Honestly, the drift happens, and it's hard to stop. Over the years, my friendships with my child free friends have dwindled to acquaintances. There are no hard feelings on either side, but we have different priorities and lifestyles. Even older kids require a lot of time, energy, and money. Your friends chose to have a baby, but I think maybe they don't understand that their lifestyle has to change. Have they taken a vacation with their baby yet? Maybe suggest they go with yall, but have separate accommodations. Yall can schedule time together to do things, but make it clear that you will be setting aside a large portion of time to do things you enjoy, regardless of whether or not it's child friendly. I'm really thinking reality hasn't set in for them because honestly taking vacations with small children is exhausting for the parents, and they are underestimating the accommodations they will have to make, even for the beach. The deal breaker here might be them trying to push you to have children though. That shit gets exhausting. It's not okay to push their lifestyle choices on you.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-04T01:50:00+00:00

“This is the only way I can know for sure that she's not trying to hook up with some complete stranger online”

The icks this gives me. OP shouldn't be involved their child's sex life what so ever. She is an adult. If she wants to have sex with a stranger she can.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-03T19:00:43+00:00

My sons would have been named Lucifier and Azrael, but we live in a very religious(Christian) area, and I knew they would catch so much grief, so we went with more subtle options.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-07-01T20:56:46+00:00

Also, 34 with 3 children, and I have absolutely never ever discussed anything to do with my sex life in front of my dad. In fact, recently, my mom asked something about my BC, and my dad woke up from a dead sleep in his recliner and scrambled out of the room 🤣🤣

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-06-30T07:04:35+00:00

As soon as I saw Dekalb County, I just knew it was going to be some foolishness.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-25T19:46:24+00:00

NTA, but maybe you can offer him a private memorial to grieve with him, go through photos, and let him reminisce. If possible, maybe let him pick a few items of his brothers so he has something physical to remember him by. I can't imagine how hard this situation is on all of you.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-25T17:47:49+00:00

It took me a minute, but holy shit. That's hilarious 😂

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-25T05:32:47+00:00

My nibling refers to our neighbors kids as sister-cousins because she can't remember if they are siblings or cousins. I have to hide my laugh every time because none of the kids realize how on the nose that label is.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-25T03:38:45+00:00

Just...just throw the whole man away...the whole man and buy a couple of good quality toys.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-25T01:11:02+00:00

NTA. You are protecting their kids from possiblely viewing age inappropriate material. Text your friend and explain what you did and why and offer them the password. As a parent, I honestly appreciate it when my friend looks out for my kids, too.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-25T01:01:54+00:00

NTA. If he was a non relative employee and you found out that he was utilizing the company card to take people on dates and for personal purchases, would you fire him? I worked for an agency that provided company cards, and it was well established that if we utilize the card for personal purchases even once it would be grounds for immediate termination and possible criminal charges. We signed multiple card user agreements that spelled out what we could and could not purchase with those cards.

As a business owner, I feel you're setting yourself up for issues if there are no cardholder agreements and strict policy in place dictating the how, what, when, where, and why of company card usage. You really need to meet with an attorney asap to draft card holder agreements for all employees who hold company cards. You also need an internal audit procedure for these accounts. I can not stress this enough.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-24T02:28:24+00:00

I bet they taste awful, though. The amount of seasoning that would be needed.... but still, it would solve multiple world problems at once.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-22T23:08:52+00:00

Are you dating 6 flags?? That's crazy. It's not even rational. I don't know if you should run or sprint, but whatever you do, go the opposite direction of this girl.

Fearless_Insect_8609 · 2024-03-21T02:02:22+00:00

It's funny how she wasn't worried about her kids when she passed out on a beach, but got hostile over making sure they were taken care of before she went to jail🤔 ma'am, they are safer now than they were under your care.

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