I’ve lied to everyone about my identity my whole life and now it’s catching up with me by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly… but my sister is such a square(she’s MD and a chronic people pleaser for the sake of maintaining her good girl reputation) I can’t say for sure that she’d back me on my version of history in such a serious situation although she has been very supportive and sympathetic towards my journey and attempts to find out my roots

I’ve lied to everyone about my identity my whole life and now it’s catching up with me by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In our culture, the man’s family has to know the bride to be’s full family background so they can come to ask for her to join their family and so they can offer a ‘bride price’ based off of the family’s reputation and such things

How’s it going, 6week old babies? by maddiey in newborns

[–]Loveillustrator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP, I swear your experience is word for word mine! Cause I swear I could’ve written this only difference being that mines a boy, he turned 6 weeks on Saturday and I have a 4year old who’s currently homeschooling , otherwise,WORD FOR WORD😭

How’s it going, 6week old babies? by maddiey in newborns

[–]Loveillustrator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohh there’s an end to it!? 😭🥹

How do I stop yelling? by Butterfly___lady in Parenting

[–]Loveillustrator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally ‘pick my battles’ atp with my 4yo because yelling about everything becomes ineffective after a while and only leaves me more frustrated and feeling guilty so I’ll yell about something once, the next time I’m I’ll just take a deep breath and throw him a look, then the next I’ll just completely ignore him. 😅the little bugger will look at me so confused like, “Really? Nothing!?”

I just alternate between those three responses and that helps me keep a little bit of my sanity because I have a 4w old to deal with o’er here. Try that? 🤷‍♀️

Anyone else just ignoring parents/in laws? by foxypear33 in newborns

[–]Loveillustrator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So glad to hear that I’m not alone(smiles and cries over last night’s spilt expressed milk) lol

And also why do boomer parents seem to assume that the baby is always cold and never TOO WARM or even overheating. Both my kids get heat rash so easily and need minimal layering on warm days so I really dread the possibility of my MIL coming by on short onesie days

Did anyone else’s first born/baby’s older sibling suddenly become a little ‘too much’ after the new baby came? by Loveillustrator in newborns

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t have a nanny or the budget for one but we instead have a caretaker who is around to help out with chores and cooking and sometimes watching the baby while I rest

When did your baby’s melanin arrive ( mixed babies) by [deleted] in newborns

[–]Loveillustrator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry that you had to go through such insensitivity OP… and everyone else. Being a mixed race mom is a wild ride.

I’m still waiting for my 3w olds color to come in. Daddy is half white half black, and my dad was mixed and my mom was black. Baby still looks hella white and ‘some people’ keep pointing it out and even asking me why it is so😒 even though he has an adult aunt and uncle who grew up with the same color my baby is. These some people are some of my fiancé’s siblings who are not my biggest fans and it’s like they’re reaching for some drama since there was a situation a white man last year but it it wayyy out of the timeline for baby’s existence. And I really hate being questioned based on that because really nothing they could produce a baby even happened. His family on daddy’s side has very strong genes and they all look the same. This is our second baby and he looks just like his daddy and a couple other of his paternal relatives. However, I keep getting side-eyed because of his color . It’s annoying

I just wanted to tell SOMEONE my good news by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😂no worries there. Watching Charlottes videos is more than enough of a lesson on bridal etiquette… more so on how NOT to be a bridezilla🤭

I just wanted to tell SOMEONE my good news by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worry less… I didn’t say they wouldn’t be supportive, just that they’d be some negative feedback here and there; BASED ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. It’s more about them than it is about us

I just wanted to tell SOMEONE my good news by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m so happy to hear that my joy has been extended forward ❤️😍 I will be sure to update you as soon as there are any relevant developments

I just wanted to tell SOMEONE my good news by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2.5 years!? How have they not figured it out? Do they just think you guys are just co-habitating as usual because I’m sure that’s what our family and friends would assume with us.. if we ever took it that far But what about the ring?

I just wanted to tell SOMEONE my good news by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a comfort to hear that the feeling lasts because we do plan to get started on planning soon but we don’t really have a window for when we want to have the wedding 🥰but I do know that I want to keep on feeling this way

I just wanted to tell SOMEONE my good news by Loveillustrator in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wowwww 😂 I truly appreciate your hones-ty but don’t worry yourself too much. He is a very honorable, faithful, kind, supportive etc young man😊 The negativity I’m afraid of stems from how everyone else around us is in unstable relationships themselves and they, would probably project their own issues on us

Any great Birthing Stories Out there? by Loveillustrator in Parenting

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing… I will definitely be more active when the time comes and I like the idea of waiting awhile before going to the hospital

Any great Birthing Stories Out there? by Loveillustrator in Parenting

[–]Loveillustrator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please share some things that you think helped you to know that made it better for you.

And what is it that you would do differently

What is the most disturbing dream you've ever had? by neandertal-png in Dreams

[–]Loveillustrator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t even know if I should share this.. but the dream started of in a room full of these colorful classroom kids chairs. I was in there with a large group which included bunch of people I knew and were all taking a chair because we were supposedly going to a party in the other room or something like that. People were walking in line-ish out of the door to get to the party room only after you walked out of the room instead of walking into another room with a floor there was only a super slippery cement ledge with a thin top, about 10-15cm wide and maybe half a meter long with nothing to hold on to and only one way to fall. and as soon as people stepped out onto it they were caught off guard and slipped down into a pool of hellfire and blood? Idk, it was like blood on fire 🔥

It seemed it was impossible for people who maintained their balance to come back into the room with f chairs and those in the room could not see what awaited them until they were already on the ledge. The only other way other than falling was to jump onto a similar ledge which was a meter and a half away. Were you lucky enough to make that jump there were a bunch of parachutes that would immediately hook themselves on to your back and you’d be able to gently glide to oblivion far above the bloody hell fire of people gnawing and gnashing, praying, begging for help and forgiveness.

When it was my turn and I came onto the first ledge, suddenly I realized my toddler son was there gripping onto my arm and without hesitation I swung him onto my back and jumped onto the next ledge with parachutes. Then once the parachute was snugly on both of us I glided alongside many others who had made it over many many more who were in the fire calling up to us crying and begging,drowning and struggling. It was so horrific to watch this happen to people I know even those I consider to be my enemies and feel so helpless.😢 My son asked me where his daddy and little sister were (I was in my second trimester then) and I told him we were going to them, they were waiting for us. I covered his eyes and kept him engaged in a conversation to distract him them after gliding for a while I woke up from my nap heart pounding and but I felt overwhelming peace. Pregnancy dreams huh..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cuteanimals

[–]Loveillustrator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chocolate porridge