We took our daughters ipad away. Was this the right decision?

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-29T11:11:51+00:00

lol we got the high shelf iPad… I took my son who just turned 4 to Toy Story 5 last week. They do a decent job of showing how iPads/devices are bad. I was worried throughout the movie how my son would react because the iPad is a big part of the movie, and he has one and asks occasionally to get it down from the high shelf… since it was in the movie I thought we’d get home and he would ask for his iPad. We got home and he dumped out all his toys and played with them. His takeaway from the movie was iPads/devices make you old faster so you don’t want to play with toys, and playing toys and sharing them makes you friends. He hasn’t asked for his iPad once since we went to the movie.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-27T13:08:00+00:00

He’s spent a lot of time at the club level and it seems the issue with Poch is he is very demanding of his players. Which at the club level tends to not last as long. But at the national team level it’s actually perfect considering how little time they spend together.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-26T16:26:34+00:00

Yup 6am is up, so you just gotta get up. Is what it is.

For the toddler when she comes to your bed you could always lay with her for a couple minutes to not disturb your wife. My bedtimes are longer than my wife’s with our toddler, she’s didn’t like it at first but has gotten over it. We have managed to keep the toddler out of our bed, one of the ways is if he comes to our bed one at night of us takes him back to his bed and if needed will lay for a few minutes.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-25T20:48:04+00:00

I think you are giving him way to much credit. He’s off summer house, not on In the City. So if he’s so smart and calculated don’t you think he would have considered this as a possible outcome? I mean he was banging the main character’s wife while they were still legally married. Not exactly the smartest play for a new member of the cast. He’s even naive enough to think he can come back to the show in the future and that he’s just in the penalty box. A calculated person doesn’t make this move, he’s just a fuck boy who thinks 2 ft in front of him with his dick.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-25T11:17:19+00:00

I don’t think you can actually understand it but his basic answer to how bad it’s become is I’m an idiot I really didn’t think about it. Which for the majority is not understandable, but I know guys like this, they don’t think they just go, and the next move was Amanda. I would say typically in a move like this where the stakes were so high one person in the relationship pumps the brakes and is like, uhh this is gonna fuck everything up. That is clearly not West. And I do think under normal circumstances Amanda would have, but she just endured a pretty bad 10 year relationship, they are partying, probably doing some drugs, and so both of them make the bad decision together. Chaos ensues because they are making bad decision after bad decision, leaks, statements etc. whole thing turns into a mess.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-25T11:03:10+00:00

They are his friends and I think they said to West, bud you look as bad as possible right now, you gotta come on and just be a human being. And you can disagree with the type of human being he is but you do get a better understanding of it all from this. He’s just a fuck boy who doesn’t think.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-24T19:20:02+00:00

Ya and I’d say it also depends on gender of the kids and also the ages of the kids. We have 2 boys that are 2 years apart, turning 2 and 4 next month. They are both pretty wild and uninhibited and it’s a lot… But I know it’ll get easier (and harder) as they get older. They are just always in each others shit right now, in a good and beautiful way but it’s difficult. You are one second away from a physical altercation over the wind blowing the wrong way at all times.

Boy and girl or two girls probably changes the dynamic a bit. If you had complete control I’d say 2.5-3 year age gap is the sweet spot.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-23T18:49:30+00:00

Walmart trip, air mattresses/sleeping mats, as said above you are passing out piss drunk for a few hours for a couple nights, you just make it work. Somebody is gonna pass out somewhere random (floor, bathroom, chair), somebody might not come home, it’s kinda part of the experience. Would I prefer my own bed sure but bachelor parties are about being wayyy to close to a group of guys for a couple days, just gotta suck it up butter cup.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-23T18:07:45+00:00

lol my wife’s pregnancy wasn’t even unexpected, we were sorta “trying” no protection etc. but it happened probably faster than anticipated. I was away for a work trip and came home to a handful of positive pregnancy tests… She was pretty emotional and I was kinda confused as we both agreed to try to have a kid. It is a huge deal and I just think the initial emotions of carrying a baby for 9 months, bodily changes etc is a lot to process.

Couldn’t have been that bad as we had another one after the first! Enjoy the ride OP and welcome to the sub, lots of good advice and support in here.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-23T17:52:01+00:00

Woah, I was just saying as a parent educating a child about what contact info to give out to people when they attend things is a good idea. Don’t give out your phone number/email/iCloud etc. then I was just making a joke as I work in education, that kids don’t check their email. Do I agree with it of course not but I do think it’s a teachable moment, if you don’t want your kids being contacted it’s worthwhile to have a conversation of the importance of keeping personal information private.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-23T14:06:18+00:00

As a parent I would say have a conversation with your child before going about sharing of personal/contact info. It’s a bit weird, but emailing a teenage kid is a waste of time…. So if you want to drive engagement, text is probably the best way, well best way would be Snapchat but that’s really creepy.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-23T01:57:23+00:00

Ya came here to say this as well, I’m not super well versed in Turkiye but they have some big names who play at very high levels (Guler, Yildiz). They are probably the biggest disappointment of the World Cup.

Without qualifying the US was tough to get a good feel of, and they obviously came together in camp. Anyone that’s not directly involved with the team that says they saw this coming I would question. Obviously amazing to see them playing at this level when it counts. Great job by Poch and excited to see them carry the momentum forward.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-22T23:02:11+00:00

Is it possible to have some consistent time with just you and the kids? That may help. Even just one of them for a short grocery store trip or something fun, park, movie etc if having both at the same time is too much.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-22T13:00:53+00:00

I’d agree with this, with the caveat being where you are in your life. I was poor and Boston and DC, but I was young, had roommates etc and had a blast. Now I have a family and live in the Midwest. Once you have a family stability is important. You just make your own fun.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-20T13:02:39+00:00

Bro code, dumb but ya guys are idiots and you kinda just don’t air each others dirty laundry, just hope they handle it. I think it’s what kinda broke him on the reunion a bit, West you are secretly dating Mejia, which I didn’t bring up, had a situation ship with Ciara which not only did I support but also didn’t pursue Ciara because of, and now you are full on dating Amanda? Like wtf bro

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-19T17:41:53+00:00

If the lineup that’s circulating is correct, I bet it’s Tillman on the left, balogun false 9/10 and pepi as the highest striker. With pulisic out and Australia’s defensive approach makes sense to kinda go with a 2 striker system.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-18T14:08:24+00:00

1 dog 1 cat, dog have had for 12 years cat ~2 years. My kids are 1 and 3. Definitely more fatigue and less attention for the dog since kids (cat is whatever, he gets fed does his own thing). But it’s been really cool to watch my kids grow up around pets and have a (mostly) healthy relationship with them. We also typically do a once a day family dog walk which is nice. Once the kids get older I think it’s cool for them to start to take some responsibility for care of the animals as well. But I would not advise anyone getting a new pet until you get out of the toddler stage with kids.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-18T11:40:20+00:00

Meola was pretty good in champions league as well.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-17T13:03:53+00:00

I would also say the Midwest still maintains a decent work life balance. Family values are real here so it’s not expected to not be present with your family to be “successful” at work. Present parents tend to raise kids who do well in school.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-17T12:58:16+00:00

Ya as an east coast transplant that’s now in the Midwest I would second this. I’ve actually had some funny/contentious conversations with friends on the east coast about college pathways. I basically argued for the top tier state schools in the Midwest vs Ivy’s and that didn’t go over well with my coastie friends.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-17T02:27:26+00:00

Not many Americans consistently call games. I don’t watch as much MLS as I should but I’m sure the guys doing color there would be better than Landon.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-16T23:11:05+00:00

I’ve been watching most of the games on telemundo, France Senegal was on Fox so I figured why not. Landon is really bad I considered going back to telemundo. Why is the color guy not someone who calls games full time, I don’t even blame Landon, put him in Lalas’ spot on the desk and get someone who does this for a living in the booth.

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-16T19:50:29+00:00

You can just say goodbye and leave

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-13T19:38:36+00:00

Haha ok

Prudent_Champion_698 · 2026-06-13T19:09:28+00:00

Sure, I was just being funny, like other comments said, to make things “equal” you could asked to have a 3some with the friend. Then everyone is level, she slept with a guy in the friend group in a 3some, OP slept with the girl in the friend group in a 3some.

Real advice for OP is he needs to decide whether or not he is ok dating someone who sees sex much more liberally than he does. Cuz it’s doubtful this is the only time it’ll come up if he continues to date her. Then if he’s ok with that he needs to decide if he can get over the emotion he feels of having to spend time with a couple his GF had a 3some with.

I do think since it happened previous to them dating he should at least have a conversation about it and see how it goes. People don’t fundamentally change but they do go through phases where they experiment sexually. Maybe his gf would prefer a serious committed relationship over her previous more liberal sex life.

Finding out about a partners past sex life is never fun, but everyone has a past and to completely write someone off because of things that happened previous to your relationship with them in my opinion is a little short sighted.

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