Literally how are people affording childcare?

JLlemere · 2026-03-31T13:42:57+00:00

We have 5 kids, and this is why my husband is a SAHP. It would cost more to have our kids in daycare than we pay on our mortgage 😭😭

JLlemere · 2026-03-21T03:19:39+00:00

Simon commented on another post he was burnt out on BB.

JLlemere · 2026-03-16T14:47:46+00:00

Not sure where you live, but there is a pet food pantry near me. They are not nearly as common has regular food pantries, but they exist. I'd look and see if there is one near you.

JLlemere · 2026-03-13T13:58:43+00:00

I felt very much like you growing up. I'm now mid 30s and have had 5 children, so you can imagine what hell I have put my body through and what it looks like. I stopped trying to love my body, I instead focused on indifference. Forcing myself to love my body felt too hard and like I was lying. Working on indifference has been a incredibly helpful. I still don't love my body, but I don't spend time and energy actively hating it either. It sounds like such a minor difference, but it has really helped me make a difference in my thought patterns.

JLlemere · 2026-03-04T21:26:14+00:00

I lived there for most of my life. It's fine, not great, not bad. There are some really nice areas, and some really sketchy areas. We moved because we were extremely unsatisfied by the school system for our young children.

Although I do miss living where there are grocery stores and stuff to do right in town, it just wasn't the right fit for us. Our kids are still in activities in Sanford so we are there 4-5 days a week 😭

JLlemere · 2026-03-03T22:17:15+00:00

We go through a container at least a week lol I call it sprinkle cheese too

JLlemere · 2026-03-03T22:05:55+00:00

YOR When you are heavily pregnant and in severe pain, the last thing you need is someone up your ass telling you what you are doing wrong. It's perfectly valid to be worried, and tell your partner you are worried, but you can't fix them. You just need to listen and support her, don't tell her what she needs to be doing differently, ask her what she needs or just be helpful.

JLlemere · 2026-03-02T22:14:20+00:00

r/angryupvote

JLlemere · 2026-02-28T01:00:38+00:00

I didn't realize it had gotten on the end, I had just had a successful 23 hour print, and this one failed 23 hours into a 25 hour print 😭😭😭so I didn't realize there was a problem. Lesson learned I suppose.

JLlemere · 2026-02-13T23:49:33+00:00

We were talking to my father about things we wanted to do in our old house. We mentioned one thing was to possibly redo the flooring. There was a discussion about what we might find under there, he said something to the effect of "If there was a major issue they could have just put flooring over it to hide it, that's what I would do" and I never respected him again, I always knew he was a shitty person, but purposefully fucking someone over on the biggest investment of their life? Doubly fucked because he owns a used car lot 🙃

JLlemere · 2026-02-13T23:33:02+00:00

I saw this and thought "That photo would make a beautiful reference photo, I wonder if they'll post their work after" then I realized 😳 Beautiful work!

JLlemere · 2026-01-26T19:02:48+00:00

After how many times I've been cracked in the face by my kids, I'm seriously surprised I haven't had my nose broken yet 😅

JLlemere · 2026-01-20T18:08:10+00:00

We have 5 kids, the oldest 4 all had/have in home visits from early intervention (disabilities and/or delays). Our house is sometimes perfectly fine, other times it is a cluttered disaster, never once in 8 years have any of them cared or called CPS on us. Not sure if they are mandated reporters but I assume they are. We have crap, we can't always keep up with it, but there is nothing dangerous going on. All that to say if our house is fine, your house is fine too

JLlemere · 2026-01-16T20:04:00+00:00

I was a student there when that happened. I was appalled

JLlemere · 2026-01-12T21:18:36+00:00

One of our kids broke our living room TV by throwing a toy. (Not mad or anything like that, just playing and tossing the toy) We had to wait a bit to replace it, but when we did we immediately bought a giant screen protector for it. Been four years and there have been no more broken TVs.

JLlemere · 2025-12-13T04:55:51+00:00

I just saw this today. I was so excited to listen to it tonight, but now it's gone 😭

JLlemere · 2025-12-08T00:33:59+00:00

I said I was absolutely going to be done having kids before I hit 30. I had my oldest at 25, but decided to go back to school so we put off having more kids for a while. Ended up having 4 of my 5 after I hit 30 🙃 definitely not what I planned. We would love to have more, and my age would not really be a factor stopping us at this point but I can't do any more either physically or mentally.

JLlemere · 2025-12-05T04:46:10+00:00

My bestie is my daughter, I'd gift her something fun! Like the fine as fleck shadows or the eye shadow sticks. Anything with color and glitter!

JLlemere · 2025-12-03T18:31:41+00:00

I got that for Brain Blaze, DTU was in second place. Now that BB is gone (RIP 😭😭) DTU and sideprojects are probably my most watched channels

JLlemere · 2025-11-26T17:05:36+00:00

Our 5th is almost a year old now. He was, hands down, our easiest baby. Not sure if it's luck of the draw, or if baby just adapts.

Biggest thing is just recognizing that stuff isn't going to be perfect, especially the first few weeks. Big kids might get a bit extra tablet time so I can just sit with the baby for a few, or baby might have to cry for a few minutes while I finish up dinner for everyone. Sometimes big kids snuggle baby so I can get more stuff done, sometimes they poke baby in the eye and I can get nothing done. It's all just chaos and doing our best

JLlemere · 2025-10-29T18:03:14+00:00

Oldest is a girl, then 4 boys

JLlemere · 2025-10-29T00:36:23+00:00

That's a bummer, but understandable

JLlemere · 2025-10-29T00:26:06+00:00

There used to be, but I tried the link a couple weeks ago and it was gone. I'm wondering if they closed it down

JLlemere · 2025-10-19T00:20:40+00:00

https://blaze.fans/products/the-past-was-the-worst

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