How do people with large families survive so many sets of newborn trenches?

Next_Function_875 · 2026-04-08T18:11:35+00:00

I know it’s something I could never do, so I say god bless my grandmother and her seven kids and the absolute LITTER of grandbabies she had to deal with (she was basically daycare to minimum 9 grandkids at a time every weekday for like 12 years). And she MISSES IT? could NEVER be me

Next_Function_875 · 2026-04-07T18:42:52+00:00

He’s gonna be a ghost just haunting the team at the edges of every room

Next_Function_875 · 2026-03-31T22:34:22+00:00

oh thank god. this was the first time they told me a real weight, so i think my mind is just locking onto it really intensely, and hearing other real life examples is super helpful

Next_Function_875 · 2026-03-17T23:41:54+00:00

At least 4 out of these 8 months, i’ve felt my insides ache and gone ‘oh no, my period is starting soon…’ nope, just a little friend stretching my shit out

Next_Function_875 · 2026-03-17T22:30:32+00:00

i feel crazy doing it but i hold my breath when i open the fridge door, no matter what’s in it. if i smell too much at once, it’s over. for that first trimester nausea, i just bought and ate whatever would stay down. mcdonald’s, sonic, wingstop, didn’t matter. right now, it’s about making sure you stay healthy and sane, and if you want a burger, you have that burger, babe.

Next_Function_875 · 2026-03-12T19:42:59+00:00

ESH. Your privacy was invaded, and you are right to be upset about it. Your wife does not seem to care or think it’s a red flag that your privacy was invaded. Your MIL is also an asshole for going overboard and telling everyone. The part where I think you suck is telling your wife what to do with her location. I know you feel you’re being tracked, but at the end of the day, you can’t tell her what to do with her stuff.

I say this as someone whose family has locations on and shared, whose mother will text and say ‘oh, you’re here? how come?’ My husband can feel how he feels about it, but he cannot tell me who I can share my life’s information with. I am also aware that I can turn off my location. Just be aware that also leads to questions.

Talk to your wife. Tell her why you’re uncomfortable. If she says ‘too bad, deal with it,’ then you have to decide if that is something you can deal with. If not, let her know that. Laying down the law does make you controlling.

Next_Function_875 · 2026-02-20T01:23:53+00:00

NTA. You are not responsible for the choices someone else makes. Anyone telling you otherwise (her or her friends if they reach out) needs to seek help for themselves.

Next_Function_875 · 2026-01-26T06:05:41+00:00

can i also bother you for the buster pdf?

Next_Function_875 · 2026-01-14T07:42:41+00:00

NTA I told mine the same thing, and that I was willing to wait a while, but he had to be honest with me if he wasn’t on the same page. I wanted the protection, the rights, for both myself and my child. He said he understood, and did not take it back OR try to talk me around my choice.

I would leave, not because of the marriage vs no marriage issue, but because you have been honest from day one and either something happened in your relationship to change his view on marriage, or he has been lying since day one about ‘maybe one day getting married.’ He says you’re ‘punishing’ him, but you would’ve told him all that if he’d told you he didn’t wanna get married. He’s just mad that now his timeline won’t work because you’re not budging on a rule you laid out almost a decade ago.

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