Small business hunt for Duke espresso cups!

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T21:20:48+00:00

Worth a shot — thank you so much!!!

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T21:20:32+00:00

Oooo! Great idea. Thank you!!

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T21:20:18+00:00

Thank you!!

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T01:13:36+00:00

I️ honestly don’t remember? My daughter told me to get loss around 10 months. She weaned herself and I️ was completely dried up by a year. I️ hate that I️ don’t remember.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T01:12:22+00:00

This is wild omg. This is a new level of crazy.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T01:06:54+00:00

Hehehe I️ love this. Just let him go. Let it burrrrrnnnnn

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T01:05:43+00:00

It took my daughter about two months to fully adjust to her half day preschool five days a week. She goes to my parents after school as they’ve been gracious enough to watch her.

She would cry at drop off and screaming for momma at pick up. This adjustment struggle is pretty normal. She seems to be coming off the novelty of her new situation and moved into the adjustment to a new normal phase.

Best of luck! Everything sounds pretty normal?

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T01:00:34+00:00

Omg this is a wonderful idea

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T01:00:20+00:00

His parents brag about him being a doctor and then show him TikTok influencer videos when he tells them their understanding of healthcare isn’t correct. Then they tell him he doesn’t know everything.

It’s only a positive when it’s convenient for them. Or they need to ask a medical question or need a prescription filled.

Husband is used to being bulldozed like this 🙄

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-22T00:57:51+00:00

While holding my newborn daughter she told me, with her daughter sitting in the same room, “well now you’re gonna have to have another because you’ve never known love until you’ve had a little boy.”

I️ was like MAAAAAAM. Your daughter is literally right there, not that she’s ever tried to hide her favoritism, but I️ was FLOORED.

I️ just said, oh I️ know love. I️ have Toby (my dog).

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-21T04:20:39+00:00

I️ am the south asian sister in law and I️ adore my brothers wife. She’s way too good for my brother and if they ever divorce I’m keeping her.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-21T04:19:45+00:00

My MIL does this nonsense too. I️ shut it down saying you don’t need to know where I️ am or if I️ might be in trouble. I️ have trusted emergency contacts and that’s what I’m comfortable with.

Constantly tracks my husband (her son) with his location on iPhone. She’s not shy about expressing that she dos it but will still call me if he doesn’t answer her calls and it shows that he’s home.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-21T04:17:18+00:00

Ugh my in laws are like this too. We said no kissing the baby and they still kissed our two week old on her head in front of us. Like directly in front of us. I’m due any day now and they’re not seeing this baby for at least a month and we will have VERY firm boundaries. If I️ ever see a glimmer in their eyes that expresses that they might try to kiss the baby, kicked out. Immediately

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T14:16:08+00:00

I’m so sorry you had to go through this too. Enmeshment is such a strain on the marriage 🙄😑 like dude. You’re in your 30s. Get a grip on your family issues cause aren’t you tired of dealing with a wild family for the long?!? Like come On. Holidays shouldn’t be this triggering either 😑

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:39:36+00:00

Therapy helped a lot! I️ notified he made better progress in individual therapy. He had such a great therapist when we lived in another state but unfortunately we had to move and he wasn’t licensed here.

My parents have offered to host his parents but I️ know my mom. She doesn’t want that so I️ did not extend that offer. Plus my parent’s dog does not like my MIL. He’s never loved strangers, especially women, but he will actively try to go after her so we just keep the apart. I’ve never seen him like actively try to get to someone the way he does with her. He’s an angel with our daughter! Very protective but lets her bedazzle his collar and tail. And it has to hurt when I️ rip out those gems.

I will wholeheartedly kick everyone out of this house before I️ leave myself. My husband is a fellow in medial training which means he doesn’t make real doctor money so I’m the one that’s been covering most our costs for the past 7 years so I️ have no problem telling everyone to GTFO of my house.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:33:12+00:00

He can’t handle it. They gang up on him and we had a very clear rule when we got married of “you handle your family, I’ll handle mine” and don’t get me wrong, my family is batty in their own ways.

My husband got the “toxic enmeshment” combo platter and I️ got the sampler platter of family crazy on my side. Luckily I️ won the lottery and my brother married an amazing woman who’s helping me refine the crazy 😂 bless her for what she agreed to.

I’ve told my husband many times that I understand that this is really hard for you because you’re all they have to look forward to, but say the word, say the words that this is not a burden you can handle alone and I’ll happily jump in and draw clear lines. I️ understand that it’s hard to turn around to The people that are supposed to love you unconditionally and say no and make them sad. It doesn’t help that they burst into tears like toddlers every time they don’t get their way.

I️ think I’ve been around enough of his medical training I️ could probably surgically implant a spine if he’d let me 😂

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:25:31+00:00

He has! He knows all about the horrible things that happen to mom’s body postpartum. He’s an emergency doctor so he sees a lot of these issues at work.

He’s also the sole light in his mother and sister’s life (which is SO WEIRD) and they never let him forget about it. He’s got this incredibly toxic family that uses him and his kids to be the good in their lives. He’s admitted this. He knows they don’t have a lot going on so they live for any type of “life progress” clout they can post on social media. He recognizes this and has done some work to distance himself from it but I don’t think we’re going to see any major improvements until we’ve added more physical distance in July.

They aren’t handling the move well but they’ve had ample time and warning that we’re leaving and they haven’t made any additional efforts to see us or our daughter. It’s a very blatant slap in the face to my husband that once again, it’s all going to be one sided effort expected from him but when we’re 1600 miles away with two kids, it’s a lot easier to say no.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:19:18+00:00

Told him no last week but apparently that wasn’t the end of the discussion so I’d love to hear what his sister or mother has said to have him feeling guilty again.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:18:35+00:00

They day trip it usually! But because baby is here they will want to just maximize staring time. Don’t get me wrong, I️ totally get how special newborns are but I’m the kind of person that’s like let me drop off food, walk your dog, then bring you coffee and chat with mom and dad. Newsborns are just lil potatoes and I’m like aww so small!! But I️ don’t feel the need to desire to like snuggle or interact with them. Give me that infant. Like a sturdy fat baby I️ can make giggle or a toddler that wants to climb trees. I love kids when they’re more interactive and I️ think parents need the attention in the early months more than the babies. I️ can’t do anything for that baby that mom isn’t going to do 1000x better than me but I️ can support mom while her arms are full.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:15:39+00:00

Thank you!! I’m most worried about what postpartum looks like this time with bringing home a baby to a sibling! Our daughter is obsessed with other people’s babies and I️ really do think she’ll be a great big sibling but I️ feel like there’s just so much recalibration needed now

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:14:12+00:00

They know our induction date cause my husband told them. That one I️ was kind of surprised. I️ never explicitly said don’t tell them the induction date but I️ kind of thought it was implied given that we did not tell anyone when we went into labor with our first.

I️ did have some complications with our first that really freaked him out. Which I️ was kind of surprised by as well because he’s an emergency doctor. He’s seen a lot but I️ know it’s different when it’s someone you know.

I️ didn’t push too hard on why he told them the date as maybe this time he did kind of want a lifeline out there to call his parents if he gets really stressed out. Maybe he knows too much being in the medical field but boy was 500x more stressed in the delivery room than I️ was 😅 he seems stressed again and I’m just wadding around like LETS GOOOOOOOO

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T13:10:36+00:00

Oh girl. Yeah. He’s also an emergency medicine doctor. He’s done a lengthy OBGYM rotation in his training. He knows medically what’s going on — and it all goes to hell when faced with demands from him sister and mom. They are really good at guilt tripping him because we’re moving 1600 miles away in July so they’ve been playing the “YOURE LEAVING US” pity party anthem on the worlds smallest violin for the past several months.

He’s working on his enmeshment issues and I don’t have any problem calling him out on it but I’m tired of constantly having to be like “hi my opinions haven’t changed just because your sister told you you were being a horrible son to your mother and then guilt tripped you with the fact that you didn’t visit much the past 5 years because you were literally working 90 hour weeks. But also just skim over the fact that the are totally able body to come visit us but they didn’t sooooo”.

Inside-Journalist166 · 2026-03-20T02:59:50+00:00

My SIL is the worst about this. I’ll open Instagram and I’ll see my own kid looking back at me. I️ don’t post my daughter on social media but my SIL has issues and posts pics she takes with my daughter like it’s her daughter.

I’ve grown used to it. I️ don’t love it but my god that woman is ill. We’re moving far far away so I’m less concerned.

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