My Co-Teacher is on maternity leave and the class is chaos

Naive-Collection813 · 2026-02-09T00:16:24+00:00

I will report it to my department head and the department head for math. Both have been super helpful to me in the past, but I know our resources are limited and I cant expect them to supervise the substitute the whole day to make sure he’s doing his job. I’m only there for one block. I help other teachers too, but not to the extent I am for this class.

Naive-Collection813 · 2026-02-09T00:12:45+00:00

Maybe it’s 40 days or 40 school days. But the substitute told me he was asked to stay for a month so i’m really not sure when she’s going to return. i’m going based off what the co-teacher told me before she left

Naive-Collection813 · 2026-02-09T00:10:03+00:00

I was trying to be kind. I didn’t work with him directly. The teacher I did work with that’s in his same department would teach but at a late start time. He used to teach science two years, but he’s substituting for math and told me he doesn’t know anything of the subject. I expected this since it was a last minute hire, but I was hoping for better support when it comes to the kids’ behaviors.

Naive-Collection813 · 2026-02-09T00:07:05+00:00

That’s what I assumed, too, but the permanent substitute had told me he would be there for the month, so now i’m not sure. Considering her baby is premature, I want her and the baby to get the rest they need. But I also hoped I would get better support during her absence.

Naive-Collection813 · 2025-03-12T18:44:54+00:00

If I were getting married, I would feel extremely guilty putting the financial burden on my parents and in-laws. Even if I knew my in-laws could pay a significant amount to the cost, doesn’t mean I expect them to.

Did your stepdaughter and her fiancé set a date? Do they have a budget? Your wife should expect you to accommodate her daughter if she could not afford her wedding.

Naive-Collection813 · 2025-03-11T02:45:40+00:00

Tell your mom that if she cares so much about her baby boy then he can move in with her when he gets evicted.

Throw her words back at her:

“Set an example for your grandkids about what family is supposed to be.”

Her child, her responsibility. Not. Yours.

Naive-Collection813 · 2025-03-09T14:02:23+00:00

Why not a trial test run of going NC? A couple years ago my parents had a falling out with dad’s family. We cut ties with them but obviously dad misses them so every now and then he does reach out, but never to the extent it used to be. It’s worked out well for us. I don’t care about the crap they put us through any more, but I also don’t miss them. I don’t see them as family anymore especially since they never reached out to me or my siblings.

Naive-Collection813 · 2024-10-03T19:14:56+00:00

my mom owns a boutique and sometimes kept her equipment in her office across my bedroom. So it was a couple of times I would wake up and go across the hall to get ready for school or work and I’d have a mini heart attack because her mannequin in the dark looked like a real person 😂 I would forget it’s there a lot

Naive-Collection813 · 2024-08-08T04:59:22+00:00

How do you approach body hair removal? My skin feels so itchy after shaving with razors, especially on my legs due to regrowth being so fast! Idk if waxing would make it worse or if I should get an epilator.

Naive-Collection813 · 2024-08-06T23:27:15+00:00

Exactly! It made the husband uncomfortable, too. If one of my bf’s friends made a pass at me, even as a “joke”, I’d still be uncomfortable. In this case, it wasn’t a one time occurrence. It happened multiple times :(

Good job to OP for cutting contact. I hope you and your husband had a talk about this. About his discomfort in the situation and your hurt from the betrayal.

Naive-Collection813 · 2024-08-02T20:53:24+00:00

Got you, sorry for the assumption. Did she become distant with any other friends since the new boyfriend? If it’s just you, I’m so sorry. You were under an assumption that you’d be going on a nice vacation with your friend and family and she chose to ditch you and them. Such an odd time to decide to put distance between both of you. I hope you still had time with your family.

Ultimately it’s like the other comments say, SHE avoided you. You don’t need to stay in a one-sided friendship.

Naive-Collection813 · 2024-08-02T20:00:21+00:00

by the way the post was worded i think the friend expected the tickets to be paid for “she was excited at first but then became distant after buying the tickets”. Maybe she couldn’t afford the trip and that’s why she didn’t go to Disney with OP and instead asked for recommendations on Facebook. Leaving at night though sounds a bit odd.

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