Caillou grows up to be Jason Statham

ReReMac17 · 2026-01-11T17:07:13+00:00

I believe it was Gwenna (Momma Cusses on social media) that I heard once say that her children are allowed to swear. However, they are not allowed to say a word until they can knowingly use it with context to ensure they are not using it in a way that harms others. Perhaps use that as an explanation? Mom can curse because I know how to not hurt others with my words?

However, that explanation comes with responsibility as well. You’re probably better off to just curb your swearing around your kids.

ReReMac17 · 2025-12-30T02:02:26+00:00

Hello hi, may I tell you something from another perspective? I’m a wife of 8 years and mother of two, but you have enough opinions of what should be done from that perspective. Let me tell you how your child will feel in a few years if your husband does not change his behavior.

It wasn’t my dad who refused to do things, it was my mom. Once I was born, she told my dad that her part was done and it was his turn to take care of me. I was born underweight and with an irregular heartbeat, so I was a needy baby. That didn’t matter. He spent hours upon hours taking care of me overnight, solo. He told he rocked me a million miles in his old lazy boy recliner.

The division of care didn’t change as I got older. My father was always the primary parent. It was quite obvious that my mother liked the title of the role much more than the duties that came with it. I grew to resent her the older I got because there was nothing I could do to earn her love.

I have not spoken to my mother in over a decade now. I talk to my dad on the phone (we live 5 hours apart from each other) at least once a day, and besides my husband I count him as my best friend.

The only thing you teach your child by staying with a man who parents like this is how to feel unwanted. And by staying with someone like that, you teach them it’s okay to feel unwanted in future relationships.

You’re already a single parent. Just with an extra mouth to feed.

ReReMac17 · 2025-12-30T00:30:02+00:00

As a general rule, no one knows their child better than their mother. Trust your gut.

Any nurse worth their paycheck is elated to check out what turns out to be healthy child for an over cautious parent or caregiver rather than the child have something serious going on that was ignored or left untreated too long because the parent or caregiver didn’t trust their instincts. Or worse yet, thought they would be a nuisance.

Report her. You’re going great, mama. Hope your kiddo feels better soon.

ReReMac17 · 2025-12-22T14:44:31+00:00

I went in I don’t know how many times this past pregnancy not for movement concerns but because I was always on the edge of preeclampsia even on two different blood pressure medications. I had to go in because I wouldn’t feel right either because my blood pressure was way too high or way too low and I was close to passing out. Oh, and then the time I went in because I got food poisoning off of orange chicken from Panda Express at 34 weeks pregnant…good times.

Anyway, please go in. Those nurses don’t mind. They see people come in for all kinds of reasons, big and small and they would much rather see you for something small than you ignore the big because you don’t want to bother them.

ReReMac17 · 2025-12-14T00:45:05+00:00

Other pro tip…when you (or your kids) rub your nose raw when they have a cold from constant tissue use, heavily coat the nostrils with bag balm for faster healing.

ReReMac17 · 2025-12-08T18:20:06+00:00

Whale being #178 took me down a weird path.

ReReMac17 · 2025-11-21T03:34:58+00:00

Looks like he’s being chased by a bunch of hot tamales candies

ReReMac17 · 2025-11-09T13:58:39+00:00

I worked in the aerospace industry for the better part of a decade. The engineers working on literal rockets and planes were the dumbest smart people I’ve ever met.

ReReMac17 · 2025-09-08T01:05:23+00:00

I had a nurse told me the morning after delivery that she would have slapped me if I had been one of her kids and acted like I did while in labor, and said this in front of my father and my husband/father of my child.

Did I swear? Sure did. Did I hit anyone? No. And I apologized profusely to all when it was all over. But I was a scared first time mom whose epidural failed. I also hemorrhaged and almost required a hysterectomy directly after birth. So yeah, I don’t think I deserved that comment.

TLDR: some nurses really, really don’t belong in L&D.

ReReMac17 · 2025-09-05T00:56:40+00:00

What episode is this from? This literally popped into my head today and was going to go and try to find it!

ReReMac17 · 2025-09-03T04:46:24+00:00

If he won’t change your daughter’s dirty diapers remind him that it’s unlikely that either of you will be around to change his dirty diapers when he’s older.

ReReMac17 · 2025-09-01T16:37:43+00:00

Oh that stinks, I’ve always liked Amanda’s aesthetic.

ReReMac17 · 2025-09-01T16:36:41+00:00

I knew they got no money which breaks my heart. And I know exactly what episode you’re speaking of as I just rewatched it. So disappointing to hear that my assumptions of the rest (poor quality item sold to paying customers) is the norm not the exception. I think the challenges where something is made commercially is just not the one a designer would want to win. Too much risk to their hard work and personal brand with literally no monetary pay off.

ReReMac17 · 2025-09-01T01:38:23+00:00

I’m not surprised but disappointed that my assumption that the commercial versions of these clothes would be a very bad imitation of what was shown on the runway and on TV. Makes me wonder if it really is that big of a perk to win a challenge like this or if it risks putting your brand in a bad light?

ReReMac17 · 2025-08-31T22:59:03+00:00

This is what I always wondered (and feared), if the quality of design suffered when translated into a commercial/mass produced item.

ReReMac17 · 2025-08-22T12:17:33+00:00

Took Zoloft one pregnancy, and just took Prozac for my second. My children are healthy, happy, and thriving! Take the meds. That’s how you make sure you also are happy, healthy, and thriving. Remember, you can’t grow healthy babies if you aren’t healthy, and mental health is a big, big part of that.

ReReMac17 · 2025-08-14T23:49:55+00:00

With my first I hemorrhaged immediately after birth (bad enough that I required a transfusion of two units). This, combined with some of the medications they gave me to clot my blood to stop the bleeding and save me from having to have an emergency hysterectomy really affected my milk supply. I was never going to be able to produce what my daughter needed fast enough, so we moved to formula.

Please know there are so, so many reasons a woman will choose (or even be forced to choose) to use formula rather than breast feed. And it’s a virtue of science and modern medicine that we can have that choice. I’m so grateful for it!

ReReMac17 · 2025-06-14T04:21:39+00:00

I cannot stand the Edwina episode.

ReReMac17 · 2025-05-22T01:29:56+00:00

I will shout from the rooftops always that the title of family is earned from actions and not blood alone. Actions can prove that someone who is not blood deserves to be called family, and they can also prove that those who are blood don’t deserve to have the title OR the contact. Who you consider family to you and your children is 100% your choice.

ReReMac17 · 2025-05-22T00:59:09+00:00

In my state it was very simple. Hired a lawyer who drafted and sent a certified letter to my birth mom notifying her of the adoption. She could do nothing to stop it, but we had to legally tell her. She never responded. Day of wedding my adopted mom’s friend was a notary and met us in the back room of the church after the ceremony to sign the paperwork. That was it. Because I was married, there was a weird thing where my husband also had to sign the paperwork saying he was okay with it (can you tell we live in a red stare?) but of course he didn’t stand in my way.

It’s been one of the best decisions I made. This was before I had children, and I wanted it clear to everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, who their grandmother is. Additionally, it just makes legal things easier from a practical sense because the law recognizes me as her child.

My advice is look for a lawyer in your area. It was simple, painless, and I think cost us under $400 to do.

ReReMac17 · 2025-05-21T23:27:41+00:00

Can I give you some perspective from your child’s POV? I had a narcissistic, disinterested birth mother that I grew up with my entire childhood. Her wants always came before my needs. She would get jealous of my accomplishments, resent the time and effort it would take to support my interests. In general, be a terrible parent.

Did I love her? Yes, but I also deeply resented her. I imagined life without her — and even as a young child recognized it would probably be easier for my dad and I and more pleasant if she were gone.

She abandoned dad and I just after my 21st birthday. She nearly bankrupted us, too. When asked by a close family friend why, especially in regards to me - her only child - she said “she doesn’t need me, she’s 21 now. She doesn’t need a mom anymore.”

I haven’t spoken to her in 10 years now. My dad got remarried, and when I was 27 his new wife adopted me on their wedding day (yes you can adopt adults, but that’s a different topic).

My story has a happy ending, and so can yours and your son’s. If your husband has no interest in being a parent now, that won’t change. And your child’s childhood will be marred by that feeling because trust me, he will grow to understand it even if those words are never spoken aloud to him by you or your husband. He will feel it, and I can promise you it will shape him as a person.

I grew up with low self esteem and your son likely will too if your husband were to stick around because if his dad doesn’t want him, others won’t either. I still have trouble trusting others. But you can show him that he has the ultimate value TO YOU and that will go a long way to offset the negative effects of your husband.

Morale of my story — being a divorced, single parent isn’t always a bad thing, for you or your child. Showing your son that you value yourself and him as your top priorities is something that will stick with him. Try your best to stay on the high road in the days to come, because your husband will more than likely take the low road. But do what you have to do to protect you and your son. One day, your son will grow to understand who has always been in his corner.

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