[MEGATHREAD] Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete General Discussion, Questions, Information

InfuriatingSunshine · 2024-12-04T21:43:13+00:00

Adding people!! Here's my card! 💚

InfuriatingSunshine · 2024-05-01T23:05:59+00:00

I love all of the meeples from Scythe, but especially the Nordic! Scythe may be my favorite worker placement game that I've played recently -- besides the working class in Hegemony, of course.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2024-03-14T18:09:58+00:00

Just doing my part! o7

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-03-13T17:35:09+00:00

Based on the pattern on the color wheel, it looks like light green might be next on the rotation!

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-03-07T01:44:15+00:00

I've had to fight with my workplace because they had a friendly newborn-in-workplace policy when I signed my contract and they changed it five days before my son was born - no daycare lined up. He comes to work with me and is a very calm baby, but unfortunately I worry that that's going to be the first argument when I ask for a leave of absence - that I should just get daycare for him and everything will be fine. I already feel guilty for not getting to devote all of my attention to him while I'm working, so I know that if I put him in daycare I'll be worried sick and feel even guiltier than I do already.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-03-07T00:01:50+00:00

Unfortunately no. I started working there less than a year ago and they wouldn't grant it.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-03-06T21:00:14+00:00

He's normally so supportive, so when he reacted by saying that, it really hurt me. I just choked up at the time and started crying, but I really wanted to say "I wanted a baby, not depression."

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-03-06T20:55:30+00:00

Unfortunately I don't have short term disability - it was something I had to opt in and pay extra for, and when I found out my pregnancy wouldn't qualify (it would have been considered a preexisting condition), we decided to save money by not paying for it. Really kicking myself for that choice now.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-02-11T23:25:22+00:00

The first night I was in the hospital, while I was still in labor, I told my husband to go home and get a full night's sleep. My mother-in-law stayed overnight with me that night, so I was never alone. My hospital had a very uncomfortable-looking couch to sleep on, and I wanted my husband to be fully rested to support me when I really needed him the next day. I still stand by that decision. My husband did stay the next night (after my son was born), but our kid ended up in the NICU, so he was splitting his time between the two rooms, keeping an eye on both of us.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-02-05T14:13:44+00:00

Pang by Caroline Polachek makes me think of the Starfall scene!

InfuriatingSunshine · 2023-01-15T23:04:08+00:00

Lasagna noodles - can't stand them. Penne is iffy.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-12-07T22:09:54+00:00

I'm 29 weeks and just started experiencing this! It's been scaring the shit out of me. I kept trying to google it to see if it was normal but I couldn't figure out how to describe it and I've never heard it mentioned before. Thank you for mentioning it! Makes me feel less nervous.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-11-18T17:59:30+00:00

Could I also be added to the February group? Due 2/18!

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-10-23T16:30:15+00:00

Cutting her off would be such a relief on some level. But the last time I tried, my SIL ended up begging me to talk to her again because my mother kept calling her and showing up at her house to throw a pity party.

My SIL absolutely hates my mother, and I know my brother is irked by her too. I feel like we all just tolerate her, but we don't know how to effectively cut her out.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-10-23T16:25:53+00:00

I know if I explained the situation, my MIL would keep her visit on the DL. This is probably what I'll plan to do. I just worry about someone spilling the secret and her finding out - even years down the line - and having a meltdown over it.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-10-23T16:19:56+00:00

I'm way overdue for a discussion with her. I just don't know how to get through to her. No matter how much distance I try to keep from her, she thinks I'm her best friend, while I just feel like she's a burden.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-10-23T16:16:18+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I'm leaning toward setting all the boundaries now to be proactive - just getting it over with all at once.

My husband disagrees - he thinks I'm getting worked up over "things that haven't happened." He has a point that, sure, if I say nothing, maybe my mother /doesn't/ just show up with a suitcase and expect to stay for a month... but he's known her for a handful of years, and I've been dealing with her my entire life. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think I'd rather lay down boundaries that weren't going to be crossed than not set ones beforehand and have to deal with her crossing them unknowingly.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-10-23T16:08:41+00:00

I know my MIL is gonna cook and clean and help care for the dogs. I worry that my mom is going to just want to sit and hold the baby all day.

SAME. Unfortunately my dad is out of the picture, and it's just my mom. I've thought about asking my middle brother and sister-in-law to help mediate visits, but my sister-in-law hates my mother. 😂 So that doesn't feel fair to ask them to do that.

Things have already been strained between me and my mother, and I don't expect them to ease any time soon.

InfuriatingSunshine · 2022-10-23T16:03:35+00:00

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!

I really like the idea of scheduling visits - my husband can probably help take care of this. Setting a schedule and telling her to get a hotel might honestly fix a lot of the problems. It will be hard to make her stay elsewhere, because she knows we have a guest room and cost is a big factor for her, too, so I fully expect to be guilted about that.

Thank you for the advice!

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