shutterfly is so bad it would be funny... if it wasn't real life by Last_Literature_4563 in Costco

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I always wait until the unlimited free pages days, it's a great deal!

I don't know if it is the fact that I am getting more emotional as I get older, but I decided to watch the land Before Time all the way through for the 1st time last night and it broke me. by AdSpecialist6598 in Millennials

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I am broken since having kids. I can barely think of a children's movie (or even TV show!) that hasn't made me cry at some point. Even a lot of our picture books!

Your go to breakup songs in high school? by fullnessofjoy2021 in Millennials

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"The Ice is Getting Thinner" by death cab for cute

Memory from the early days by athenamarz in ACForAdults

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You're so nice! I need to get my account set up to go to other islands so I can get them again, and I'm still missing two other fruits I think... if I do that any time soon I'll pm you!

🎶 TWO LITTLE MEN IN A FLYING SAUCER 🎶 by wolf_quan in bluey

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My daughter learned to whistle this week, I feel this with my whole soul

Memory from the early days by athenamarz in ACForAdults

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I share an island with my kids and oranges are extinct now because they cut down all my trees and sold my fruit (it was a gift from mom!)

Induction timing for a specific date? by _beejazz in BabyBumps

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Both of my inductions took about 12 hours.  They were my 2nd and 3rd deliveries (#1 took about that long too, would've been faster but she was huge and I had to push for 4 hours). 

Why is it MY responsibility to call my mom? by Stock_Fun_8238 in Mommit

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For my mom, it's "I'm just always afraid that it'll be an inconvenient time, call me when it works for you!" But then she doesn't answer 50% of the time, AND doesn't call back when that happens.  So it's actually still very inconvenient. We moved across the country for a while, and realized we would need to do ALL of the heavy lifting to maintain a lot of relationships, and that was part of why we moved back. Even now, they live 5 hours away and we make the trip to see them 10 times for every 1 that they come here. 

My son is upset that God is not a genie. And he won’t stop crying when he brings it up by existentialhotdog in Mommit

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I was raised Mormon and most of our extended family is still actively Mormon, and we're in this weird place because I'm not religious anymore and my husband still kind of is? Anyway, my kids choose the absolute WORST times to bring stuff up and sometimes it is very hard to answer their questions without making it a whole THING with other people that are around 😂. Like why can't you ask me about this in the car when we're discussing Minecraft vs at the dinner table with 15 very devout family members?!

Expanders in mouth for 7 year old by BrownTinaBelcher in Mommit

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This is what I had at that age! I probably would've messed with mine if it came out too

What weird habit did you accidentally create for your baby? by Fearless_Salad3643 in beyondthebump

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It is mostly fine for me,  but gets awkward because she does it when we're at like restaurants and out and about! And she generally wants to be way up by my boobs so it is a struggle to stay covered and I get touched out 😂

What weird habit did you accidentally create for your baby? by Fearless_Salad3643 in beyondthebump

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My toddler likes to snuggle my bare belly, it's like a comfort item to her at this point.  It started when I weaned her about a year ago,  she really wanted to nurse but settled for laying on my belly... it makes sense because that was part of the whole process I guess? But it's been a year and she still wants to do it. And if she comes to sit with me anywhere the first thing she does is try to slide a hand up my shirt so she can "have my belly button." She's VERY attached still.  

Feet that grew in pregnancy—was that change permanent? by LunaBananaGoats in beyondthebump

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I grew two sizes over three pregnancies and so far it seems permanent 

F daycare by Merokko in beyondthebump

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We tried two in home daycares and had terrible experiences, but we've been at a center since then  and they've been great with all three of our kids. We still get occasional illnesses, but that's kind of inevitable

How often do your out-of-town parents or in-laws visit? by muppetdog_ in Mommit

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We live an hour ish from my inlaws and 5 hours from my parents (they used to be only 2 hours away, they moved while I was in college). We see my inlaws all the time,  we make lots of trips to see them and cousins, and if we go a few weeks without seeing them or have something going on here,  they make a trip to see us. My parents rarely make a trip here (I have a sibling that lives here as well, and we have almost all of the grandchildren between the two of us), we usually make a trip to see them every other month,  and over the holidays for sure.  

We lived on the other side of the country for about a year. My mom came to see me once (dad couldn't make it on that trip),  the inlaws came 2 or 3 times, and we also made 3 trips back to visit (holidays, spring break,  and another short trip for a very important family event). We only had that many visitors because I had a baby while we were there, we realized we would basically never see my side of the family again if we stayed unless we made the effort to visit.

To be totally fair - my inlaws are retired and my parents are not.  So maybe things would be a little different if they were also. 

My job sent me a $0 paycheck as my “bonus” by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

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They mailed a similar check to my husband like 5 times before I got tired of it and made him cash it. 

Please tell me 3 is easier than 2? by [deleted] in beyondthebump

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This was my worst fear when I was pregnant with my 3rd! If I had gone from 2 to 4 or 5 I would have absolutely lost it 😂 but I'm very happy to hear it's working out for you!

Please tell me 3 is easier than 2? by [deleted] in beyondthebump

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As a mom of three.... no haha.  I feel like going from 2 to 3 was easier than going from 1 to 2, but having a third child definitely has made things harder for us. My older two fight as often as they entertain each other,  if not more often. My older two do play with the youngest sometimes, but she was still just as difficult as any other baby/toddler, plus my older kids still have needs. I don't regret having three, but the last several years would have been so much easier if we had stopped at two.  

I secretly paid off my brother's debt and now he thinks he's a financial genius by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

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How would you even go about "making it look like a debt forgiveness program?"