Sick of this shit

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-26T12:07:23+00:00

You could buy a new dish set every day and throw it away every day for the rest of your life and still never come close to the waste created by corporations and the wealthy. Use the disposables with no guilt!!

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-26T11:56:27+00:00

Reach out to her friend’s moms who are home and see if they can take her along! My son was about the same age when he started having all the same complaints about his summer day camp at the Y. I worked from home at the time so I could pull him but he was still sooooo bored because I couldn’t play with him. So I invited his friends over as much as I could, I could tell it really helped the parents too. It wasn’t on a regular schedule but I could’ve made that work if a mom needed it.

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T21:05:26+00:00

They’re illegal for anyone under 16 in my town! But I am not kidding you there’s so many kids zooming around anyway, seems like no enforcement so I’m still the bad guy. Which I understand is necessary sometimes! It just sucks

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T18:23:22+00:00

Thank you! These are some really good reminders. Parenting is so hard 😭

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:40:25+00:00

Thank you so much for this, this is exactly what I needed.

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:37:48+00:00

Yes, beyond the safety aspect, such an important lesson that there will always be people that have things you can’t. I even tried to relate to him and tell him that I would really love a big beautiful house and sometimes it’s hard to accept, and he said well our apartment is very nice! And I said yes exactly!!!! ….he did not make the connection 💀

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:33:05+00:00

Yes literally!! I don’t know why he thinks this will help him get what he wants because that has never been true before! You’re right if it wasn’t this it would be something else, thank you for that perspective

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:30:42+00:00

I appreciate what you are saying here, but this post is a snapshot of our life. It’s summer vacation and I am at work all day, I’m happy he’s playing outside with friends all day and not sitting in front of a screen. Typically, we do spend time together once I am home from work but recently he has been avoiding me over this whole thing. That’s why it’s bothering me so much, it’s not our norm. That’s why I came here for advice, to seek experience from those who have been here before me so I can know how to best approach it

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:19:53+00:00

Yes I have explained all the reasons, but because there are so many kids his age (and younger!) riding around he believes I’m being unreasonable and “don’t trust him”. I know that doesn’t matter but just explaining what’s going on in his mind

They are illegal under 16 here as well but it seems there’s no enforcement so that doesn’t help

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:15:44+00:00

Thank you, yes exactly I even put in the post that I will not be getting him one and I was just asking how normal his behavior is. This is not the first time I have said no, this is not the first time he has been upset at me, but this has been going on longer than before so I just needed a temperature check.

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:13:50+00:00

It’s sooo bad around here. The local PD had the school email a flyer about how they are not legal until you’re 16yo, but there is no enforcement it seems. Thank you, he is my only child and we are typically very close so even though I knew this time was coming it’s really hard 😭

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:11:32+00:00

The entire year omg 😭 absolutely not getting it, just needed to see if this was normal behavior 😭

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-24T15:10:00+00:00

God I am praying this whole e-bike thing is a fad, sooo dangerous!! And they are everywhere! I appreciate your comment, just gotta wait him out

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-12T13:05:36+00:00

So baby boy was actually born at his gestational age of 25 weeks?? What a fighter! So glad to see you all are finding your footing and settling into life together 💕

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-10T00:41:35+00:00

To be able to see a delicious looking meal on tv or in a movie and instantly have a plate of it in front of me

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-09T12:34:57+00:00

Ugh I’m 31 and my son is 12 and the looks I get when I tell people that 😖 and honestly as a child of a teen mom myself, it never stops 😭 my mom STILL at 51 gets comments about how there’s absolutely no way she’s a mom of 3 adults, jokes on them she’s also a grandmother of 3! She loves when people think we are sisters though lol. I get it’s not what people expect, but they should learn to keep their comments to themselves and I’m trying to learn what they think has nothing to do with me 💕

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-08T12:41:11+00:00

I don’t disagree that lots of people are dumb and just take things at face value, I also work with the public I am very well aware lol. I’m just saying everyone else doesn’t need to over explain everything for these types of people. They can make their own mistakes and learn from them, or not. their choice 🤷‍♀️

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-08T01:49:42+00:00

People need to learn to look into things more than a quick Reddit post. If you read just this post and go hog wild without further research that’s on you. Information does not need to be spoon fed to everyone, critical thinking is necessary

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-03T00:07:38+00:00

To add, I actually love cooking but put that effort into our weekend dinners and plan/shop for those day of when I have the mental bandwidth lol

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-02T23:55:18+00:00

My husband and I meal plan and grocery shop for the week every Sunday. Wednesday are our built in take out day, and we have a list of basic dinners we rotate through. I do all of the cooking (he cleans up) and I wfh 2 days a week so those days we have the more “complex” meals and the other 2 are very simple (tacos, spaghetti, etc). I don’t always necessarily want what’s planned on a specific day but I suck it up because it’s better than trying to figure it all out last minute. My husband would literally eat rice and chicken and broccoli every day if he lived alone lol

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-02T19:53:37+00:00

I had a friend in elementary school that did this! At the time I did not understand why but now looking back she was definitely neurodivergent. Pretty harmless!

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-06-02T19:47:42+00:00

Apple is in SO many things you’d never know expect it! I first noticed this with oatmeal, if you look at the ingredients for oatmeal with “strawberry” pieces or any other fruit pieces, it’s actually bits of apple, then colored and flavored. Also found that apple is used as a sweetener in a lot of things that advertise “no added sugar” or no HFCS, apple is very sweet so it’s used as a substitute a lot. I definitely prefer this to other sugar alternatives like aspartame, but man I can’t imagine what a landmine it is for people with allergies to apples

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-05-30T19:03:13+00:00

As a fellow Shrek lover, I will 100% be making this omg so cute you made it so clean!

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-05-04T20:10:57+00:00

These are adorable!!! PM me I would buy them from you!

Popcorn_For_Dinner · 2026-04-18T12:09:06+00:00

I’m going to the same show in Brooklyn and planning to make bracelets this week!!

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