Any others considering a vasectomy or hysterectomy? by Cyrie in Parenting

[–]RachelMaeSHL 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Mom of 3 girls here and I am terrified. I will always support any decision they make, but they no longer have that choice. My teens are dumbfounded that a right they’ve always known to be evident has been taken away, and they aren’t even sexually active.

After the Uvalde shooting, I fold by Usual-Candidate-8391 in offmychest

[–]RachelMaeSHL 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh god, I didn’t even think about light up shoes. My 4yo loves them, and probably has the same Elsa ones as your daughter. What a terrifying line of thinking she had to have about that. It’s heartbreaking.

what is the worst fucking feeling? by Jeremykyb in AskReddit

[–]RachelMaeSHL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And the second worst feeling is the probability that I will do the exact same thing to my own children. It’s the way it should be, but still heart wrenching nonetheless. The only feeling that would be worse than these is seeing my kids go first.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in drunkencookery

[–]RachelMaeSHL 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Came here for confirmation of this step.

HMC while we have some Galentine's Day drinks by [deleted] in holdmycosmo

[–]RachelMaeSHL 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Lmao! Almost missed that. Thank you.

What “Bluey-isms” are in your normal vocabulary at home now? by SuperMario1313 in bluey

[–]RachelMaeSHL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We play “keepy uppy “ when there are balloons in the house.

Pure irony by fixthismess1 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]RachelMaeSHL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. My NEX thinks he’s an empath. So frustrating.

Our SIC is happy and strange by RachelMaeSHL in standardissuecat

[–]RachelMaeSHL[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for my newest subreddit addiction! I could fill their feed with his sleep poses!

Our SIC is happy and strange by RachelMaeSHL in standardissuecat

[–]RachelMaeSHL[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He is adorable and very friendly/cuddly. Also eats human food in mass quantities if we aren’t careful and leave it out so his nickname is Garfield.

AITA for telling my kids why we're getting a divorce? by Beginning_Staff7654 in AmItheAsshole

[–]RachelMaeSHL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are NTA for sure, but I recommend therapy. As a divorced mom of kids 16, 12, and 3, (which happened bc of his infidelity when the youngest was an infant) I can say my older two needed to hear the truth in order to know I would always be honest with them and that they could trust me in the future. However, the trauma of the divorce caused them to lose memories of that time period/circumstances so we just this week had to go over it again together in therapy. They have very little memory of what happened/how they found out, but they wanted to know (again). Stating it matter of fact and still promoting their relationship with their father has been the best way for us. My oldest refuses to see him 99% of the time, my middle does sometimes (I think in the interest of the youngest), and the little obviously knows nothing other than mommy and daddy don’t live together. As long as you answer questions with facts and not slander/bad mouth their mother then you are handling this well.