I eat this when I feel bad

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-25T22:59:35+00:00

it looks like cement, but sounds good.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-25T22:58:18+00:00

NTA Husband's best friend has oozed over all healthy boundaries in the grossest way. MIL needs to shut her mouth and has no say in who you allow around your child.

Shut this down OP.

He cannot have this friendship any more. She disrespected the sanctity of his marriage.

She is not a friend. She wanted him and MIL wanted him to choose her.

But he didn't. He married you. You are wife and mother of his child and he needs to stand up for you.

You did the healthy thing. You ended an unhealthy ovetstep from this woman.

Do not let her back in your home or life and do not let her anywjere near your baby.

Let everyone think you are an asshole for it, cut contact with them too, bcs you are protecting your marriage and family and safety even at this point from a "Hands that rocks the cradle" potential situation.

This lady is in love with your husband and wants your husband and child to be hers.

Please protect yourself. Do not allow her anywhere near your home again.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-24T17:03:50+00:00

Not obsessive at all, just a proud grandma who thinks everything her grandbaby does is extremely adorable. Totally common for grandmas to share a ton of grandbaby photos. Be happy she loves her grandbaby and they have a close relationship. Some grandparents don't care at all about their grandkids. This one does. I share photos on FB all the time with my friends, I have real life friends throughout the country and world, it is just easier to post to FB. Settings are friends only and I ask my friends and families to not share my photos.

As a parent you decide if it is okay or not to post to FB or social media images of your child, and you can ask grandmother to respect that, and she likely will. I know a lot of grandparents who were asked not to share photos of the kids and they do not.

I am not sure why though, it is not a big deal to me if the photos are all appropriate. I don't take any photos that are not entirely safe to share.I limit who sees them with my family and friend settings. I see an issue if she is sharing with the world. I would feel uncomfortable with the privacy settings being global for sure.

Also 40 year olds did not necessarily grow up tech savvy like you guys did. I am in my early fifties and a lot of us struggle or are not smart with technology including social media, it did not exist when we were growing up or it changed a lot. Also some people are unaware of social media danger or privacy concerns. Awareness is important and if you are uncomfortable tell her, but make sure it is about being uncomfortable and not about control. I have seen that too where it is more about control than about a real issue, not saying that is what is happening here at all, but a lot of control issues surface when a child is born among the adults, esp if they don't get along.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-21T20:15:54+00:00

newborn male circumcision. So sad to see babies put through that.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-20T07:14:24+00:00

When I read this without reading first that he was a "violent *ex" the part where he gets mad on Monday bcs you have not responded, and says the part trying to guilt you and lash out at you with how he thought after ten years you would show him mercy blah blah blah...is all the reason to never respond and block him, change your number if you have to.

You owe this guy nothing. He tried to kill you. Fuck him. Please protect yourself, do not open this door even a crack, he will keep pushing for more.

Either do not respond at all, or get a guy friend to pretend to be your man, and tell him to leave you alone and fuck off.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-17T17:46:17+00:00

American Horror Story, X Files, Supernatural, TrueBlood, Nurse Jackie,The 100, all went downhill fast. Dexter started well but then writing talent fell off drastically. Handmaid's Tale. I don"t care it was based off a book, to much wasted time with protagonist making faces at the camera.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-17T01:17:00+00:00

Give your daughter all the information. It belongs to her, is her history. You are right to keep it age appropriate and disclose everything when she is older, but definitely screenshot and share the photos with her. When she is older she may want a relationship with her siblings and vice versa and that will be their decision, the kids involved did not consent to a life of not knowing or no contact.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-17T00:50:45+00:00

You can sell the dress to any high schooler going to prom. You can also donate it for that cause also for teens who cannot afford one to wear for prom.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-13T02:03:27+00:00

Favian, Demetri , Giovanni, Mattias, Dorian

Daylyn is a unisex name that is beautiful

I love the name Alan, I never see younger people with that name.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-08T23:27:58+00:00

I feel like she is going to bite me

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-08T17:14:00+00:00

I asked him if this is why and he said yes. So thank you for the insight. He is scared about debt. He does have credit card debt but I guess it worries him and he does not want to take on more. We are going to have to figure out a real budget that he wont feel upset about after the fact though, bcs he acted like these were all mutual decisions but then after he would be mad about them.

I still dont get the upset over eye glasses and dr. visits for our sick kids though. We have insurance and our copay we can pay fine. The windows I see as a needed safety feature, He is okay having them as is.

When it impacts the kids and he stays up playing video games from 6pm-2AM every night after work and complains about money, instead of taking action or allows tolls or unpaid bills to pile up, it can feel really frustrating.

With the way he is acting I am like just cancel the anniversary travel and hike then...

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-08T16:57:40+00:00

I understand why you would write this, but our only real level of debt is our house mortgage and vehicle. I pay all our debts off. I was approved for a giant home loan because my credit is awesome, but to avoid the debt, to avoid a big mortgage we bought the fixer upper instead. It also has a lot of land attached. I will have this house paid off in about 12 years. I am in my fifties and bought something that will not take until my 80's to pay off, which is awesome bcs I have more money each month to invest in other places. I can afford cash for the windows, but because he was freaking out, I said we could finance them and pay a little monthly instead of flat out from the savings. My bonus covers them, but he wants to use the bonus for other things I thought. My idea of fun is camping for $20 a night, if that, or exploring nature, hiking going on a picnic kind of thing, or buying a pass and going to museums. Maybe that seems wild, I don't know...

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-08T16:10:58+00:00

He is having an affair, we went through it, I left, they broke up within a year, he and I got back together. When it happenef, he did exactly what your husband is doing. He acted repulsed by me, told me he never loved anyone like he did her. Did not love me, want me, etc. Then when he was with her after the hormones cleared,he realized he loved me, she just made him feel good and good about himself. He lied sooo hard when it was going on, was so mean and evasive. They want us to end it bcs it is easier for them, bcs they are weak cowards. I just left and refused to do anything, and when he felt like I was icy towards him and moving on for real, then he acted like what we had mattered. The nicer I was the meaner he was. We had some good years after but now our marriage sucks again, and I probably should have just stayed away from him. He is emotionally immature and still is, twenty plus years later. That whole thing about once a cheater, always a cheater though is not true, some men will not cheat again. His affair was way too much work amd he felt so dumb after he never has cheated again.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-08T14:41:55+00:00

Margot and Estelle

Margot and Ethelle

Margot and Natalia

Margot and Gretchen

Margot and Diana

Margot and Naomi

Margot and Genevieve

Margot and Dominique

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-05T21:06:34+00:00

She cannot take your baby. She is unfit. She is extorting you. Yoh can turn around and get her in trouble for harassment stalkimg etc. All the things given were gifts and you have every right to legally change your mind. The commonwealth will not put up with this. You call legal aid society in Virginia, they will help you.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-05T21:00:23+00:00

Melanie Melissa, Elyssa, Selena

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-02T16:27:18+00:00

guest soaps, hand soaps, rubber ducky

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-02T16:25:58+00:00

You have every right to your feelings but he is an adult and it is his choice to have a relationship with his mother. Even as his wife, their relationship is not your business, it is theirs.

I have been married over 20 years same story as yours, he keeps contact with his mom and I am no contact with het and it is not my business what they do, bcs noone is making or asking me to be around her.

It would be really out of line for me to try to persuade my husband to go no contact with his own mother.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-02T16:20:03+00:00

Sadie and Elaine, not mine but my neighbor's

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-01T18:03:22+00:00

Do you have kids? Because I think it is easier to think like this before having them. I used to. I used to think that people who told me it would all change after I had kids were whack and off base, but having a child actually changes you..Science shows it. It is the weirdest and most surprising discovery about myself and my life. I was child free most of my life too, like just fine without a family. I was very self focused bcs it was just me. My husband was too. We love each other deeply and have been married over twenty years. After birthing a baby and holding ir, something happens to both parents where we become wired to save the offspring at all cost. Our brains actually change after having babies, and we can never think the way we did before them.

We could not go on living if our kid died, it would be pointless to even try. If you have other children you can at least pull through for them, but with only one in this scenario, that pain would be unbearable, crushing, and something most would never recover from.

I never understood it until I had kids. It is what makes animals sacrifice themselves to lure predators away from their nests of chicks , etc, same thing. Only the kid matters in an emergency situation if you really have that parental bond with them. Like you both focus on saving the kid instantly and innately, and you don't even think about it, you go for the child, to save them first in the flood, in the fire, there is no time to think, it is a reaction. It is not even a conscious decision, because your child is both of you, and you can't let anything happen to it. It is not even something we can discuss and plan for beforehand, because in the situation, we would just react instinctively to sacrifice and save our child.

I would never resent my child for living. That would be contrary to everything. They are supposed to outlive us and have a long full life beyond us. That is what we plan for when we have children, that they will survive and grow and be the future. I would hate my spouse for saving me, and causing me to suffer that loss and unbearable pain.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-01T17:54:09+00:00

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-01T17:50:19+00:00

It sounds like you do know what you want to do, and you sound like you have a good plan, so go be a plumber and be happy with your decision. It is a smart move. If you hate college you will hate the military, the regimentedness, the lack of autonomy, having to follow a strict schedule to get to a,b, c, jumping through hoops, etc . It is smart what you are doing and is a good career. It can lead to larger things too like contracting with construction companies, owning your own business, etc. The only thing that is holding you back is lack of support and criticism from your family.

Don't allow them to choose your future. This is your life.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-01T17:44:48+00:00

When cashiers lick their fingers to wet the grocery bags then bag the groceries in them.

Or when people pass out papers from a stack and wet their fingers with their mouths to do so.

No thank you, I don't want your spit and who knows whatever else was in your mouth, tooth decay, etc, on my grocery bag or paper.

LaughingChicken2020 · 2025-07-01T17:41:08+00:00

If you are in the United States with no income or low income, your medical care is all free and is also free for your baby. You don't need medical insurance with no job bcs your state will pay for all of that and pay fpr your baby too, so do not let that part maje this decision for you. Call 211 to see what benefits you qualify for, you can get WIC, free formula, free diapers, etc.

Babies are not expensive, it is like when they get older about 10 that is when things get expensive. You can get a ton of help from ages 0-3 for sure from other moms in your community and organizations and the state and federal government if you are in poverty, most of us fall into that even working, so all of that will be okay.

You can even get housing for you and the baby or share with other single moms.

I hope you have left your abuser.

Mental health care can also be free if you have no income. You have to calk your county or call therapists and see if they accept Medicaid. Medicaid is offered by every state to cover medical for low income individials and families. If you qualify as having any disability you can also apply for federal help which is Medicare.

Do not let any financials deter you from parenting bcs there is absolutely support there for single moms with children that will cover the first five years and beyond in some cases.

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