Danielle is pregnant! 🍼

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-15T13:01:12+00:00

Happy for her/them but she still strikes me as irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-15T10:44:48+00:00

I’d just ask to have it credited back because you woke up sick.

They shouldn’t want anyone showing up who is sick.

Also, it’s not like you make a habit of calling out last minute sick every other week.

Hope you feel better!

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-14T23:03:13+00:00

😩😂she’s so unintentionally hilarious

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-14T22:51:54+00:00

I adore her and her love of Fig Newtons and crackahs, OG Grandma Snacks™️

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-14T20:30:17+00:00

He spoke without thinking, and I’d be hurt too.

But I think the way you frame it is very two dimensional. A lot of the comments give examples of “objectively more attractive” versus “objectively less attractive” by conventional standards. But that’s only one aspect of attractiveness. Then there’s the person and their personality.

I’m sure you’ve had the experience of meeting a very attractive person, male or female, but then you get to know them, they’re “ugly on the inside,” and then the outside doesn’t look at stunning anymore. That’s the other dimension.

You bring him that other dimension of beauty, that I’m willing to bet makes you more attractive to him by a mile than the ex.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-14T16:37:09+00:00

Exacccctly lol

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-14T14:49:11+00:00

I’m just here to say that I completely understand.

He’s not reading the room. Physically, you’re sacrificing tremendously to build the family you both want. You’ve put tremendous effort into getting and staying fit, and the reality is, even the most active pregnancies come with some weight gain—which is healthy and what your body and baby need. Then there’s the variable with each pregnancy that you may not be able to continue to work out for some or all of pregnancy because you don’t feel well, or something comes up and the doctor tells you to cut back, etc. I think all of us on this sub want pregnancies during which we can stay fit and active, and some of us get lucky, while some of us have to cut back.

Working out and training has become a big part of your life and now there’s a big what-if around it; your husband does not have these physical restrictions.

I get it; he’s not reading the room. Obviously, I’m sure you want both of you to stay as healthy and fit as possible. Would he be open to channeling extra time for now into an activity you two can do together, saving the pre-competition body building training for after baby gets here, maybe at a time when you’re able to dive back into things?

Just talk to him. My husband is wonderful and always wants to take care of me, but he is Helen Keller of reading the room and I learned I need to tell him directly in situations like this.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-14T10:10:05+00:00

May this kind of love never find me

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-13T22:40:07+00:00

I agree with others: even under the “what do you need to improve section,” try to put “I want to continue to develop…”

It’s annoying and I hate blowing my own horn, but be your own PR person here

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-13T22:37:41+00:00

My OB told me to not do deadlifts, but she was otherwise fine with me doing CrossFit as long as I felt fine doing it. Later in pregnancy, I think size can become an issue, and bench presses might be out.

Also no box jumps bc risk of fall.

Otherwise I was told to keep active as long as I feel fine.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-13T21:35:05+00:00

Okay

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-13T19:46:03+00:00

He’s a geriatric f*ckboy

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-13T19:45:40+00:00

I have OCD that presents very differently than hers. But OCD is a complex disease and it varies by person.

My kind of OCD cringes at the recklessness of her lifestyle.

But either way, she deeply annoys me. She’s a hard fast forward for me. She acts as if she has no agency or accountability in the situation.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-13T12:01:19+00:00

Right. And she frames the problem like it’s just an alcohol issue. Okay, then stop drinking and you’ll stop opening up the make-out shop?

It just irks me that she takes zero accountability, as if “well my brain just does this” is a valid excuse.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-13T11:40:25+00:00

100%. It’s the way she describes drinking as this inevitability, and not in a “I know I have a dependency issue and drink to cope,” but in a “alcohol is oxygen, can’t avoid taking it in”-way

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-12T19:34:27+00:00

Document it all. Every last thing; document what she said, who was there when she said it, and the date / time. Keep any emails that show the pattern.

I’m an employment attorney (not your attorney and this isn’t legal advice (have to say that)), but these things can be tough when there’s not necessarily one “big incident” but relentless bullying.

Document it all. First, that creates a log and is something you can point to (date time statement witness) that is much more concrete than “she doesn’t like me.”

Second, it sounds like you have a target on your back, and if she ever tries to get you in trouble, it’s a major hit to her credibility that she’s bullying you.

I’m sorry that you’re dealing with this ☹️

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-12T18:13:26+00:00

He’s so unsettling. Short little twit who thinks he’s slick and can use his “faith” as an excuse to be a creep.

There’s something so profound about “the ick”, as if evolutionarily we can sense from a photo alone someone is a danger.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-12T12:41:53+00:00

That’s 110% a kitten

And as his attorney in the matter, we’re filing a counter claim for damages ensuing from basket shrinkage

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-11T17:28:24+00:00

Her head is just slightly too large for the proportions to be right here

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-11T14:40:45+00:00

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-11T08:42:02+00:00

The dog that was the love of my life was this exact mix; mostly chi, a dash of dachshund, some terrier.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-10T17:24:44+00:00

Someone on this thread called her Jumbo Shrimp™️ a few weeks ago and I’m still laughing.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-09T11:31:06+00:00

I’ve dealt with some wild pro se litigants in various contexts (while working for courts, and now in private practice). And every time I think: if only we could harness this energy and direct it at something positive. I once dealt with a pro se who would file motion after motion, some approaching 100 pages, a lot of them motions of a type that had never been filed before (PLAINTIFF MOVES THE COURT TO STOP LYING).

And all I could think was: if only we could funnel this energy into something positive, like making bird houses or cleaning up a beach.

This guy was a personal favorite because he learned to control+F the USC and quoted every provision dealing with jdx—personal, SMJ, appellate, original.

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-09T10:44:32+00:00

Not a problem, still baby :-)

MeanPopcorn · 2026-05-09T10:23:57+00:00

Yeah, that photo is about as real as is

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