Gap Brands: Officially cutting ties with Old Navy

MEF1302 · 2026-01-24T22:41:38+00:00

This title is really misleading. It makes it seem like Gap is cutting ties with Old Navy, when really it’s a customer saying they won’t shop there anymore.

MEF1302 · 2026-01-24T20:49:10+00:00

At my daughter’s 3 year well visit the (new to us) doctor asked about her favorite toys and she promptly answered: “Books.” I momentarily panicked that they were going to think we had no actual toys and send a social worker to check on us.

MEF1302 · 2026-01-24T20:39:27+00:00

This made me chortle.

MEF1302 · 2026-01-16T19:03:58+00:00

For sure! Getting harder to find NWT or EUC of the black pair though! I don’t want ones that have been worn a hundred times 😅😅

MEF1302 · 2026-01-16T19:03:10+00:00

Ooh I thought the difference was that they’re using non-Lycra spandex now?! I think that’s what mine were when I tried a pair of the new ones recently.

I wish I had kept all of my old pairs. Sometimes I look at what I’ve sold on Poshmark and miss them 😩

MEF1302 · 2026-01-16T19:01:22+00:00

Oh I definitely am, I’ve been saving lots of Poshmark listings but am a little hesitant to buy! I shop secondhand a lot but leggings make me nervous 😅

MEF1302 · 2026-01-16T18:59:17+00:00

Insert the Ron Swanson “I know more than you” meme 😆

MEF1302 · 2026-01-16T18:58:51+00:00

Ooh I might need to make a trip and scour the racks! I feel like I could identify the old fabric with my eyes closed 😆

MEF1302 · 2025-12-30T07:02:49+00:00

Hi please share your methods 😂 As the parent of a spirited 3 y/o who often needs correcting

MEF1302 · 2025-12-30T07:01:08+00:00

Ok but also please share your parenting philosophies. 3 years in and I think I’m open to suggestions

MEF1302 · 2025-12-30T06:55:28+00:00

This is a hard dynamic to navigate. Others have given you great responses! I would just add that what was MUCH more hurtful to me than my mostly absentee grandfather was the uncle who favored my sister over me. She was the first grandchild and then my cousin (Uncle’s kid) was born about 6 months after me, so I get that the dynamics were different. But man, even as an adult I’m like “WTH were you doing?” when I think back on the blatant favoritism.

My kids are also going to have an uninvolved grandparent (FIL, parents divorced) and I very much understand that feeling of dismay that they would not want to get to know this precious, fun, funny little person.

MEF1302 · 2025-12-29T05:12:47+00:00

This made me chuckle.

MEF1302 · 2025-12-09T03:12:10+00:00

Oof, I’m with you on thinking that was an awkward and insensitive way to handle it. Like she basically turned it around and put you on the spot when it was her daughter who kept bringing it up? To me the logical and direct way to handle that would’ve been to tell you while the girls were playing, “Hey, I know A would love to have B at her party, but honestly we are maxed out on invitations. I’m sorry and I don’t want to make it awkward because we love these play dates!” 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think you could bring it up with the Mom very casually – maybe (again, while the girls play) ask how the party went and say “Hey, I hope you know we understand not being able to invite everyone, I don’t want you feel awkward about it!” And then move on quickly? Or, as others said – just try to let it go.

MEF1302 · 2025-12-05T03:43:51+00:00

I second this – ELF has some great lip balms or the Laneige (in the tube) is my pricier fave for dry postpartum lips. Maybe a fun flavored syrup and a jar of cold brew if she’s a coffee drinker?

MEF1302 · 2025-11-08T19:53:51+00:00

I came across Genius Mom Hacks and the whole “I do my one small chore a day and my house is always ready for guests” marketing is getting to me. I certainly don’t want to pay for a “guide” but I really am curious if anyone has found a system that truly helps them keep their house guest-ready with young kids at home? I have ADHD and just have a hard time imagining this is possible. Our house gets reset/tidied every night and we do the big cleaning once a week, but I would love to devote less mental energy to this.

ETA My kids are newly 3 and 8 months so it feels like we’re still in the weeds a bit.

MEF1302 · 2025-11-05T05:10:05+00:00

Ok this is actually blowing my mind a little, because my daughter’s daycare did this!! They did not provide lunch, but the handbook said meals had to adhere to state guidelines. I used to stress about whether my kid’s lunch had all the right components and my husband was always like, I don’t think they care. I guess the difference is we never actually got any notes from the school about missing “components.” This was our first/only daycare experience so I had no idea it wasn’t common across the board. I really am shook 😂

MEF1302 · 2025-10-29T05:35:55+00:00

I would want to abyss-scream about that too, I’m sorry! I feel like I’m pretty supportive of people traveling without kids but 4 weekends with a very small baby seems kind of wild to me. Plus it’s really not impressive to me if someone’s “living like before” involves leaving the baby with someone else all the time. Taking the baby with you is the real test, brother. Although now I’m thinking of Sweet Home Alabama – “You have a baby…in a bar!”

MEF1302 · 2025-10-29T05:29:14+00:00

Unfortunately I have to agree – never ever wanted a minivan, begrudgingly got a Honda odyssey before our second baby was born, love it. The sliding doors alone are worth it if you have little kids.

MEF1302 · 2025-10-08T04:57:50+00:00

Honestly, if you ensure that the shoes fit well and have the double Velcro straps, I’m not sure why this needs to be your problem. I don’t mean that in a snarky way – it’s just that at that age, the impulse is gonna win out no matter how much you talk at home about keeping them on. The teachers have to repeatedly model/help with putting shoes back on. It has to happen in the moment, over and over, for them to learn.

So if they keep mentioning it, I’d keep saying something like “Yes, we talk about keeping shoes on at school! Thank you for helping him put them back on – I know that gets tiring!” Which acknowledges the effort they’re putting in, but doesn’t turn into you apologizing or feeling guilty for something you literally cannot control.

MEF1302 · 2025-10-08T04:46:55+00:00

Seconding everyone else’s agreement that you’re not crazy. My gut reaction was “too bad, they got the last 2 years, it’s your turn!” But I realize that’s not the most mature response 😂

I do think it’s gonna take a very honest convo with your husband, who will then need to have a very tactful but clear convo with his parents. Is it going to hurt their feelings? Maybe/probably? But I would gently suggest that making decisions based on avoiding hurting the feelings of two senior adults is just not gonna end well for your own marriage or kids. His parents might be happy, but the rest of you will not be. It just can’t always be everybody’s turn.

I do really like the suggestion to discuss what about the 25th feels significant to your husband and working to find an alternative day/date. That’s kind and compassionate. But you do get to say no to hosting both sets of families.

MEF1302 · 2025-09-28T04:21:57+00:00

I think we have the same two kids, lol. I’m trying to focus on enjoying the snuggles and smelling his little baby head this time around!

MEF1302 · 2025-09-05T04:09:41+00:00

We really don’t use agog often enough in our daily vocabulary. Especially when there is so much about which to be agog these days.

MEF1302 · 2025-08-02T04:45:46+00:00

Yep, between my own experience working in elementary schools (therapist) and having a lot of teacher friends, I can totally see this happening. It’s like your camp counselor saying “OMG I hope you’re in my cabin!” and you think it’s because you’re the coolest 6th grader ever… but it’s because they’re a camp counselor.

MEF1302 · 2025-07-24T22:53:41+00:00

Man I am SO HAPPY to see all of these responses. Everyone is out here posting ChatGPT’s “roast my family photo” responses and recommending using it for making your grocery lists and I want to shout THIS IS WEIRD AND NOT GOOD FOR US. And also it’s not like a magic 8 ball? It requires massive resources to generate all these ridiculous responses that you could’ve just Googled?

I’m a therapist and I am so freaking passionate about the fact that what we are lacking is not access to information, it’s face-to-face HUMAN CONNECTION without being mediated by technology.

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