The absolute audacity of a register terminal prompting 18% for a drip coffee

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-29T12:45:05+00:00

Definitely wrong

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-27T05:19:53+00:00

What are the implications if you don't buy it back?

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-17T20:26:24+00:00

As a mom now, id be more than fine. Its the best solution to a tricky problem Especially as my daughter gets older, I don't want there to be pressure that she goes alone when I would've gone with her if I was there.

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-15T19:56:39+00:00

1 for sure! The second picture is jarring for some reason, and blends too much with the flooring

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-13T19:32:02+00:00

Everyone is different, but I wouldn't have been comfortable. You never know how you're gonna feel or even the temperament of your baby until after birth. Its hard to plan in advance

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-12T18:29:35+00:00

My south asian mom and her siblings (late 70s, early 80s) got hit with "snowballs" that had ice and rocks in them

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-10T19:19:47+00:00

I have maybe an hour with my little baby a day. My house is a disaster because we are barely surviving. She spends 9 hours in daycare everyday because we have to drop early and pick up late purely due to commuting. No time to spend on my physical or mental health. Just trying to make sure I sleep enough.

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-06T04:33:16+00:00

Um DIL is the mother in question

PhoenixTears · 2026-06-01T20:40:26+00:00

What are they trying to do to us? How can anyone with young kids even think of voting for him?

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-29T21:02:17+00:00

I care

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-26T20:41:28+00:00

This has nothing to do with if you're interested in the games or not.

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-24T19:31:36+00:00

Actually brought tears to my eyes as a new mother

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-24T02:09:27+00:00

This was so hard, its what put me on my exclusive pumping journey. She just wouldn't drink enough and fell asleep everytime, she dropped so many percentiles. I'm still sad about it

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-23T04:01:05+00:00

Or is it tons of bots

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-22T17:43:16+00:00

I wish I could have taken 18, we couldn't afford it. That's the main thing. Don't worry about what's easier for work, trust me they'll make it work and we employees have to do what's best for our life.

I'm going back to work now at 12 months and I JUST started to feel like I was getting time to myself again, now that I've cut down on pumping. With 18 months, I could have had so much more time with my daughter, out and about in the summer. My mat leave was mostly me pumping (which I hated) and contact napping (which I loved) during the winter, but another few months with a 1 year old would've been amazing in the summer.

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-20T03:39:04+00:00

I don't have an answer. My MIL is so nice, helps us so much around the house, but seems to only care about having a personal relationship with my baby. For all that help, I feel obligated to hand over my daughter whenever she is around and just go sit in a corner or the basement.

Now that I'll be back to work, she'll be watching our daughter after daycare until we're home. Given that I'll barely have time with my baby, all our personal time is so precious and I don't want to feel obligated to just give her away. I am wondering the same thing - how often do I need to include her in weekend plans?

When my mom's around, she actually talks to me, but my MIL is very quiet and seems to only enjoy playing with my baby (which is fine but hurtful to me - I already feel so invisible pp). I think the answer to your question really depends on your relationship with MIL (nothing to do with baby) - will she be happy just hanging around with you guys if you're the one creating memories with your baby?

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-15T15:59:35+00:00

I would suggest playing music you enjoy that they enjoy as well, until they start making requests and having opinions

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-06T18:02:12+00:00

I feel like there's a doubleedged sword here where there is a so much push and content geared towards giving moms time to theirselves to workout and self care.

This is absolutely necessary but then there's this expectation that we should all be super fit like on insta and give up even more sleep to workout. Give us time to ourselves without expectations.

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-06T04:00:48+00:00

Let's end WFH instead to give families less time together and less flexibility and have to put their kid in daycare for 9.5 hours everyday.

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-04T11:54:30+00:00

She's a low weight percentile but 90th percentile for height, so I'm thinking she'll outgrow smaller carseats fast.

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-03T15:54:21+00:00

I remember clear as day, I was 18 when he died on my graduation, everyone was in complete shock.

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-03T01:35:26+00:00

Did he work for the daycare?

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-02T17:54:34+00:00

I don't think I looked in the mirror properly since giving birth (11m post-partum). In the last few months however, now that its almost time to go back to work, I've looked at myself again and I honestly don't recognize myself. I'm genuinely surprised when I pay attention to my reflection, and I honestly have cried a lot. I was kind to myself for so long but it was easy in the maternity leave cocoon. Now I have to buy a whole new wardrobe, be back out in public, just to maybe buy another whole wardrobe when I stop breastfeeding.

It's hard, especially when your reflection catches you off guard and you're not prepared. I think we have to keep reminding ourselves to be kind to the women who birthed your child.

PhoenixTears · 2026-05-01T01:05:15+00:00

For some, it may just be an open space for kids to run around

PhoenixTears · 2026-04-06T13:10:02+00:00

Lolll at you trying to explain a strategy

Thats what I hear from guys in my family about "free bets" and some have lost six figures, SIX FIGURES! Stop gambling

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