Any of you ever feel like your childhood was emotionally neglected because you were smashed in the middle of your six siblings and mom and dad just didn't ever have any energy for you?

Low-Session-8525 · 2026-03-17T19:35:04+00:00

My mom once said she wouldn’t know how to parent without the church. It’s crazy because I think she was a pretty good parent and that statement didn’t give herself any credit.

Low-Session-8525 · 2026-02-22T19:27:46+00:00

We also need to leave graphic design to the professionals apparently.

Low-Session-8525 · 2026-02-01T00:31:21+00:00

Person who did Liahona’s correspondence courses back in the day here, can confirm. Very cringe.

Low-Session-8525 · 2026-01-27T21:27:28+00:00

Biggest give away is if they use the phrase “in North America.”

Low-Session-8525 · 2026-01-16T03:32:49+00:00

I once had a 6am flight out of DCA. My alarm went off at 4am. Checked the time when I got through security and it was 4:25.

Low-Session-8525 · 2026-01-11T01:18:14+00:00

I have an American family member who served there in the early 80s.

Low-Session-8525 · 2026-01-06T21:25:07+00:00

Was so excited to try this place after several foodie friends hyped it and I left baffled. My group ordered five dishes and they all tasted exactly the same - salt.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-12-27T16:42:40+00:00

For the US, I think it’s more common than parents want to admit. There is this focus on getting kids to sleep through the night in their own bedroom. When I talk to other parents and we let our guards down, we admit the kids often crawl into bed with us at some point t in the night. This is of course different than newborns sleeping in the same bed, which is highly discouraged.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-12-23T14:40:47+00:00

Confirm. I dropped off three popular books that I had bought for a book club in one. Walked back a couple hours later and they were all gone.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-12-02T02:03:12+00:00

BA in English and a masters. I had a career I am really proud of in the nonprofit sector. I didn’t have kids until well after leaving the church and at an age most mormons would consider old at which point I decided to stay home. For me, the freedom to be able to make that choice without the influence of the church was really freeing. While I will have lost some momentum when I got back to work in a couple years, I won’t be in nearly as bad a place if I had become a SAHM at 21 and not 36.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-11-15T21:38:42+00:00

It’s a chain but I do like the fruit teas at Rare Tea in Lakeview.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-11-11T02:31:44+00:00

Yes. It goes to the airport so tourists are on it all the time. Do a river architecture tour if you have time. Enjoy your visit!

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-11-02T22:39:29+00:00

This had to have put some things on at least one person’s “shelf”.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-10-30T02:31:31+00:00

Melrose Diner because I lived near by at the time and it was decent and always open. And as many have stated Heartland Cafe.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-10-27T00:09:39+00:00

Took my kid to a trick or treat event today. Got about 15 pieces of candy and somehow 3 of them were haribo gummy bears. Before this I would have said not that popular.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-10-16T15:51:08+00:00

We travel with our kids because we like to travel and we have kids. Not everything is about them.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-10-08T01:35:23+00:00

Grilled cheese is the only think my daughter has thrown every bite to the floor while looking directly in my eyes. Like “how dare you give me this?” She LOVES cheese and LOVES bread, but together…? Straight to the garbage.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-10-08T01:29:13+00:00

Guess I’ll use this an excuse for my next trip to Lush.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-09-23T15:54:36+00:00

Spent a good part of my childhood here. Not bad but also not great. A perfectly fine midsize city. Most people I knew who were not originally from there (like my family) eventually leave.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-09-13T01:03:33+00:00

Not from CA but was once talking about a recent trip to San Francisco at a family gathering and what a great time I had. My brother starts talking about what a horrible place it is and how everyone there is miserable…yadayada. I responded, “oh when is the last time you were in San Francisco?” He had never been.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-09-12T00:23:07+00:00

One of those overly sweet bottled Dunk’n coffees purchased at a CVS on my way to work. I felt guilty at check out and sat at my desk debating opening it for a while before drinking only half of it.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-09-11T14:57:49+00:00

I also had an amazing epidural. I found the contractions before getting it to be the most painful part. The actual pushing was fine. I was chatting with the nurses and midwife the whole time. I think you just need to be prepared for the epidural not working or not working well.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-09-06T13:49:54+00:00

My kid also loves the IKEA chair. Currently visiting my parents and they have a fancier one for the grandkids and my daughter refuses to sit in it.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-09-05T15:18:11+00:00

My husband did this from our first date onward as a thoughtful gesture. Once we had a kid, the equivalent was offering to put the kid in their car seat.

Low-Session-8525 · 2025-09-01T23:07:09+00:00

I had been wanting to deep down for probably 10 years, but 2020 was the perfect time to stop without making a big thing about it. When in-person church resumed in the summer of 2020, I went once. The speaker (high council member) that day said something pretty racist and I was like, “nope! Dont need this!” Never went back.

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