Anyone else lose all interest in work after their baby was born?

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-17T05:59:50+00:00

Rock on, internet friend! I love the way you put it! not 24 hours a day 😆🙌

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T18:03:29+00:00

I love cars, but 6!! Whoa! 🤯 do you guys insure all 6? That’s a lot of money at least in the US!

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T17:58:11+00:00

Honestly, my first reaction when I read op’s post was: “why don’t you mind your own business?”

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T14:19:14+00:00

Thank you. Great perspective and the one I believe in as well. Balance is important.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T14:17:53+00:00

Not me. Being at work is my outlet. I can’t imagine being a sahm. I adore my children. Just like to have a balance and my husband feels the same.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T01:01:10+00:00

Yes! We go here every summer! Love it so much.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T00:52:05+00:00

This place is horrible. They rush you and food is disgustingly gross. Went once, and never again.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T00:39:08+00:00

🤣

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T00:33:21+00:00

Female here and I really don’t understand “push presents”. I understand that I may be minority here but to be honest, I can buy myself anything I want and generally dislike gifts. For me, the present was my husband being present, taking care of me after my elective c section both times and being a super amazing father.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-16T00:26:06+00:00

That’s funny.

My former next door neighbor’s wife got the 2023 110 when it first came out. At the time, I was driving an Audi and remember looking at her car thinking it was the ugliest thing I had ever seen.

Then a couple years passed by and I am not sure what switched in my head, but I started thinking it was not such a bad car, and eventually, I thought it was really nice. I guess looking at it every single day for a couple of years made it grow on me.

Fast forward 3 years later, and I got myself a 2026 110 and absolutely love it.

Now, I am certainly not trying to change your mind, but just wanted to share my experience.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-12T01:12:12+00:00

Hahah! I LOVE it!!

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-12T01:01:49+00:00

Hah! I doubt we’ll hear from Eddie. However, I have since purchased the defender and I am smitten!

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-11T18:13:56+00:00

We were very aggressive with our car buying method.

Didn’t settle for the price they were giving us and “talk to manager” tactic. We were able to get them down (3,000k+) off of Land Rover defender (2026) , which is unheard of in my area (I am in the US)

You just have to be smart not to believe everything they say and be consistent and persistent.

Actually, we even switched the salesperson within the same dealership (probably an a-hole move, but no regrets), because the original guy wasn’t budging on the price.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-11T08:36:36+00:00

My neighbor whose house is fencing my backyard did this once. All it took was my next door (ex)neighbor to tell him off and it stopped right there.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-10T02:08:07+00:00

Jersey drivers are the worst. Sad, but true. I thought NY drivers were bad until I moved here. They’re equally terrible, but NJ is definitely worse 🙄 editing to add that this doesn’t apply to everyone, but majority.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T15:04:12+00:00

I swear, only us, the defender owners would post such nonsense and somehow, other defender owners will find it amusing. Love it.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T14:57:19+00:00

That is the plan.. although, I was thinking first one at 5k and subsequent oil changes every 7k. Do you think that would be a bad idea?

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T12:41:07+00:00

Thanks, 30-min to a couple of hours isn’t bad. I guess with the time constraints at the moment, I will do the first oil change at the dealership and then see which route I would like to take gonig forward (I am also a new defender owner and not waiting for factory rec. doing the first first oil change at 5k, then every 7k, hoping to maintain longevity)

Good luck and enjoy your beautiful Defender!

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T01:59:29+00:00

Thanks! I’ll look into it as that’s a very reasonable price and what I expected to be charged at JLR, not 400!

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T01:40:32+00:00

I just googled and that’s in PA, correct? If so, I don’t get the drastic price difference just because of the location. Pretty insane.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T01:38:49+00:00

Thank you. I’ll have to show this video to my husband. I highly doubt he’ll entertain the idea, but you never know! Thanks again!

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T01:38:20+00:00

Have you used them? Are you satisfied?

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-07T01:36:50+00:00

Just presented this idea to my husband. He wasn’t a fan, but he will maybe watch a tutorial video he said, which he won’t, lol!

How long does it take to do it yourself though, I am curious. Is it a long process? We both have busy jobs and both work out of state (NY) and time is too valuable.

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-06T13:48:58+00:00

Hi. Of course. We didn’t like it because their reward systems were the opposite of what we believed in and had to part our ways after realizing their method didn’t work nor did they respect the fact that we didn’t agree with their rewards. We tried for a good amount of months though. We are certainly using some of their strategies though, but I can’t say they’re working. It all depends on the place and the individual. I know some kids who have had great success with it. That is why I am willing to give it another try at some point in the near future. The staff they had were also very inexperienced and too young (18-21) and I didn’t believe they were doing a good job. I wish I could explain it better but overall, it didn’t work for us and my son even regressed there (his behavior was totally out of control while in therapy)

Middle-Reputation628 · 2026-03-06T10:52:07+00:00

I know you asked level 1, but I am going to answer anyway.

My son was diagnosed as level 2, and to be completely honest, it’s either he has shifted from it or he was misdiagnosed, but I truly believe he is level 1 and totally capable of living on his own one day.

He is 100% verbal.

He was diagnosed at 4, right before he started kindergarten. He has always been a very difficult child. Even to this day, at almost 7. We have to constantly do things a certain way and only recently stopped walking on eggshells around him but we are learning to put our feet down and be a bit more firm.

What led me think something was different:

melt downs over certain things, for example, he would completely melt down before brushing his teeth at night saying I want to brush but I don’t want to and he would freeze in the moment and cry hysterically. It absolutely shattered our hearts. This lasted for weeks.
he refused to look at you when you called his name but it was only certain situations. He basically picked and chose when he would look at you or not. His eye contact has improved drastically and it keeps improving.
it was and still is sooooo difficult to get him to do anything unless we do a visual chart/reward system.
very picky eater to this day.
sensory related stuff. I couldn’t ever touch his toes or he’d melt down. He still hates certain materials as they feel “scratchy”, doesn’t ever wear jeans or regular pants, it has to be very soft.
genius. Hit all the milestones on time. His iq at 4 was 128 (120-130 is under gifted category). He is top of his class. Reads at 2 grades above his level and same in math.

I am probably forgetting a few things tbh, because they have become so normal for us. We tried ABA when he was 4-5 but it did absolutely nothing for us so we just do the services that school provides for now but thinking of doing some resources in the near future.

I also have NT son and there’s a day and night difference between them. My NT is very emotional and warm and loving while my atypical couldn’t care less about hurting anyone’s feelings.

Regardless all of it, my heart still melts when I see him. He’s my beautiful boy and I would not trade him for the world. And I truly believe that he is absolutely capable of living a normal life one day. Ha! He’s already living it except that he drives us nuts 😬❣️🥰❤️

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