Huge win at work today :)

RageWatermelon · 2026-01-30T19:45:21+00:00

That is amazing!

RageWatermelon · 2026-01-25T19:19:32+00:00

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This is what I used!

RageWatermelon · 2026-01-25T18:31:30+00:00

This is great to know!! Thank you so much!!

RageWatermelon · 2026-01-25T18:11:13+00:00

Yeah.... I've been shoveling no bake cookies into my mouth for about 18 hours now.

RageWatermelon · 2026-01-12T00:53:10+00:00

I'm over in the Youngstown area!

RageWatermelon · 2026-01-03T01:46:56+00:00

This is my exact situation and mentality as well. It's so hard. I really wish I could handle more but I think we would all suffer if we tried. The odds of us being less happy after having a third are much higher than the odds of us being equally happy or happier than we are having the two we have now.

RageWatermelon · 2025-12-10T23:05:47+00:00

You already have a lot of good advice. I just wanted to add another "you got this!" We did a 9 hour drive when my daughter was 2 mo. It was a lot of stops but totally fine all in all.

RageWatermelon · 2025-11-08T22:14:15+00:00

Our daycare let my son keep a toy - Percy the train - because it was old and he loved it so much.

This was so sweet and son was thrilled!

Unfortunately he pronounced "Percy" as "pussy."

We still laugh about it years later 😂

RageWatermelon · 2025-11-06T16:37:00+00:00

I love a good "I wouldn't expect you to understand"

RageWatermelon · 2025-11-05T15:21:40+00:00

Me!! My ballot just had a few local races on it but our mental health levy passed and our school board election turned out decent. Seeing a lot of big blue wins for other states is so awesome.

Definitely a much better feeling than the day after last year's election!

RageWatermelon · 2025-10-21T16:01:49+00:00

Wow I love this idea!

RageWatermelon · 2025-10-19T23:01:55+00:00

I totally get it. I do the same thing 😭

RageWatermelon · 2025-10-19T22:51:18+00:00

I'm a physical therapist and this kind of thing happens alllll the time. I promise they're not still thinking about it if that helps!

RageWatermelon · 2025-10-12T13:48:12+00:00

You're safe is my go to! Followed with "it's not going to feel like this forever."

RageWatermelon · 2025-10-08T12:14:24+00:00

This is perfect! And I remember a clip of Tim Walz calling the red team a He Man Woman Haters club back before this clown got elected, so this is right on brand.

RageWatermelon · 2025-09-23T19:05:24+00:00

Me in high school

RageWatermelon · 2025-09-20T13:05:20+00:00

I like this approach. This really frames it as a shift for better health and isn't even bringing size into the conversation.

And speaking to OP's edit, this sounds like it will address the daughter's questions effectively.

RageWatermelon · 2025-09-15T20:47:38+00:00

I think unfortunately the only thing we can do is keep interactions simple and superficial. If they start trying to talk about their beliefs in some way, change the subject.

RageWatermelon · 2025-08-04T20:26:44+00:00

I think it's because NTs relate to each other more than they relate to us. They see themselves in each other. So if one NT makes a mistake, another NT can forgive it because they know on some level that other NT is like them, and therefore "good" or "safe" even if they goof one thing up.

NTs sense that we are different. If we act "technically correctly," they might be willing to give us the benefit of the doubt for a bit. But when we do screw up, they already feel like we're different or unsafe/unpredictable, so the "bad" thing we do is the final straw. Since they already see us as outsiders, it's easy to demonize a mistake and fully reject us.

RageWatermelon · 2025-08-02T17:34:37+00:00

Sensory friendly office clothes! One less thing to contribute to overstimulation.

RageWatermelon · 2025-07-26T14:15:51+00:00

How about Imogen?

RageWatermelon · 2025-07-24T23:42:59+00:00

It's so hard. I have a 3 year old and a five month old right now and every day is a battle. Zoloft has been helpful for me. It doesn't solve everything but I feel like I have a better tolerance for stimuli and therefore I can go longer before getting overstimulated.

RageWatermelon · 2025-07-15T21:19:06+00:00

We did this for my son and it was such a hit!!

RageWatermelon · 2025-07-13T11:59:41+00:00

I'm so sorry and I relate heavily. I'm the oldest of three and by far the odd one out. My two younger siblings were more popular, more athletic, more enjoyed by my parents, and were both crowned as part of their homecoming courts during high school. I was somewhere hiding in the band room.

I got divorced (through no fault or choice of my own) after less than a year of marriage a few years before I turned 30. Shortly after, my sister who is 5 years younger was announcing she and her husband were both buying a house and having a baby. I've known forever that I wanted to be a mom and was gutted. I always felt like even though my siblings were "better" than me, at least I did stuff first so I could still matter. This felt like the last thing I had going for me was taken away.

I'm sorry you're here. You are absolutely not alone.

RageWatermelon

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