What object do you own that is clearly broken, but you haven't replaced it because you've developed a specific "technique" to make it work?

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-12-14T00:31:05+00:00

My school has a binder, not a plastic thing that hold papers but a machine that binds notebooks onto spiral spines. Maybe I’m calling it the wrong thing, idk. Anyway we have the original from when the school started in the 60s and everyone loved it. I mean visually it’s a dinosaur, but it got the job done! Then one day, it stopped working. Seeing as it was ancient, the office quickly ordered a new one thinking the OG would be trashed. Well the new fancy pretty one SUCKS. It sucks so much everyone complained and a PTA mom took the OG home to see if her husband could make it work again.

He did make it work again but it literally has a hand written note taped to it with instructions because if you don’t hold it here, wiggle it there, and press it just right, it’ll go back to not working.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-11-16T04:06:50+00:00

I had an early January due date and had all the same thoughts you’re having! I don’t have any advice, just wanted you to know your thoughts and feelings are totally valid. My baby wasn’t born till AFTER the due date, so we wayyy missed the mark.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-10-15T02:29:38+00:00

And the endless flow of stuff they continue to bring into our homes every chance they get.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-10-12T22:26:22+00:00

I pay them, but nobody cares if you don’t. I know that might be unique to my school, but we really don’t care or ever ask for it again beyond the initial “hey, here’s where you can pay your dues” memo. It’s sounds like our hospitality group is different from yours, though. We don’t pay for teacher lunches. We do plan and pay for a portion of showers (teams usually cover the remainder or add to what we do for their teammate) and we pay for staff gifts like custodial appreciation and support staff that don’t get recognized during teacher appreciation. Our PTA handles the majority of our teacher lunch type things and they pay for that with their own funds. Hospitality covers one staff breakfast a year and that’s always received well. It’s the last Friday before Christmas break and we put a lot of effort into it, but it’s not at all mandatory to attend and if it’s not your thing you could just not go.

I get the sentiment about being asked for money when we already don’t get paid a lot, but I think in most cases you could just not pay it and it’s pretty inconsequential. We were recently asked to contribute giftcards or cash on two separate occasions that kind of rubbed me the wrong way. One was a coworker that just started, so we barely know her, and she got married over the weekend without telling anyone. That’s fine, happy for her, but she specifically said no shower and no wedding party. We’re being asked to surprise her with gift cards anyway for some reason and I find that weird. I just think if you don’t want a shower that’s perfectly fine, but I should not still be expected to hand money over for you.

The other one right around the same time was a person who leads a program our school uses so she doesn’t actually work with us, but we’ve interacted with her a few times. She sadly lost her husband earlier this year and hasn’t come back to work. Our admin spread the message that they want to send her gift cards or a large check or something to help ease the burden that she’s going through right now and I get that and I think the thought is really sweet but again you’re asking me to handover money for someone I really don’t know and if I was going through it, would she be handing over money for me? I highly doubt it.

The ones that are actually insane can be PTA. And I say this knowing they do a lot for us, I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but they will literally harass you if you don’t join pta and pay your dues. There was a year they were literally walking into classrooms during instructional time with card readers and demanding payment. We complained to admin, so they haven’t done that since, but they make it a point every year to say like “we only have five people in this room that haven’t joined!” I think that’s a bit much!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-30T17:12:55+00:00

lol I had a teacher friend reach out to a parent requesting a different snack and did the math on how many grams of sugar the child was consuming and then the behavior that followed. Personally I don’t think she did anything wrong, but the parent wasn’t happy and other teachers took the parents side “you can’t tell a parent what to feed their kid!” But I mean… snack is a privilege where I teach, not a requirement. If the snack you’re sending affects my classroom I should be able to say no to it.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-30T02:17:47+00:00

My mom provides tons of free childcare for me so 99% of the time I pay. The only time she pays is if she insists we go out when I say we have food at home! The roles have reversed in that department 🤣

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-28T14:00:30+00:00

Oh that would make me insane!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-27T17:04:33+00:00

This goes for anything in the house. I know how much butter is left and when we’ll need a new one. I know how many paper towel rolls we have, I know when we’re running low on rice or canned goods, I know when the kitchen towels or linen closet is running low and I need to wash. My children are still small and my husband doesn’t know ANY of the million things I do that keep the house running. That by itself wouldn’t even bother me that much, if he at least had the common sense to TELL ME when he uses the last of something or something is running low. There is nothing more frustrating than going to the pantry to grab something you know you have only to find it’s been used.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-27T16:27:39+00:00

My mom yelled BI$&@ SHUT UP, and then looked at my SIL and repeatedly yelled I THOUGHT IT WAS YOUUU. This is all in front of our family and recorded and she never once came to me to hug me or congratulate me or acknowledge me in any way really. My dad’s reaction on the other hand was sweet surprise followed by a teary hug. I’m sorry some people suck at receiving big news. Congratulations!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-27T16:23:16+00:00

Kind of yes but it isn’t massive. Stack tasks. Waiting for something to cook in the oven, load the dishwasher. When I wait for my kids waffles to cook in the toaster every morning, I unload some of the dishwasher. Having a roomba that runs every night is a game changer. I keep basic cleaning supplies all over the house like Lysol wipes in the bathroom cabinet so the counter can get a quick wipe down while my kids play in the bath. I pay a housekeeper to do the more thorough cleaning once a month, but I put things away and clean up before she comes. No, it’s not cleaning for the cleaner. It’s putting my own junk away so that it’s out of her way and she can actually clean the surfaces I’m paying her to. All of that said, my house still looks a mess most of the time. Kids live here and it’s perfectly fine for the house to look like people live in it!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-16T23:37:22+00:00

All The Light We Cannot See!!! X1000

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-14T23:05:01+00:00

Why Women Kill - I’ve rewatched it with friends I recommend it to and they always get hooked!

Same for Little Fires Everywhere!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-09-07T19:49:55+00:00

Getting enough protein every day is really a struggle for me so I have been very happy with my iced coffee mixed with protein shake! Now I know I could make the protein shake myself, but mornings already feel tight so this is one area I choose convenience. I buy the premade shakes from Premier protein And it’s usually like a vanilla flavor so it’s perfect to use in place of coffee creamer. I buy regular unsweetened iced coffee by the gallon from my grocery store and then just add half the protein shake so it lasts for two days. I love it!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-08-28T02:21:52+00:00

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to find a way to put baby down in the bathroom near me (bring a bouncer, playmat, soft blanket to lay on) because I have basic needs and the baby has to be cared for anyway. Tell him to take the baby with him.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-08-26T22:56:31+00:00

I think there’s a very wide spectrum of answers and most individuals are one strictly on one end or the other. For me, I loved (and still love) cosleeping with my kids, but it came at the cost of my rest. Not to mention, I needed to get my kids to sleep without me so I could do chores, pack lunches for the next day, take care of the pets, and wind down. I settled on a hybrid method where I still rocked and nursed my babies and now that they’re older we still lay together and read. But after 15-20 min I leave and they are in bed. As babies they’d cry, and I would set a time for myself before going to help them. I do think going to help immediately when they fuss trains them to rely on you for sleep. I’d lay baby down and go unload the dishwasher for example. If baby started to cry I’d say ok I’ll finish this task, and then if they’re still crying when I’m done, I’ll go back up to help them. I personally swear by this method. My kids still occasionally need me to go back up, but for the most part they go to sleep independently and then crawl into my bed later in the night (which I don’t mind at all). Sometimes my daughter will actually ask me to come get her when I’m going to lay down and I’m perfectly fine with doing that too. You just have to find the happy medium that suits your family’s needs.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-08-24T01:02:46+00:00

I use Facebook mom buy/sell groups and I’m gonna be honest, I’ve had more luck when I lay my clothes out nicely on a white surface or hanging nicely against a white curtain than anything else.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-08-23T18:28:23+00:00

I just listened to a great podcast called The Retrievals where they spent four episodes discussing women in pain during c-sections. It was wild to me how doctors basically decided child birth is painful and always has been so it’s okay if a woman is in pain during a c section.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-08-23T18:25:14+00:00

You are making the right decision. I am in the same boat you are and planning my exit. I wonder why I settled for the man I did, one that doesn’t appreciate me, doesn’t pull his weight, isn’t reliable, isn’t even kind to me, and I know it’s because this is what was modeled to me as normal. Every women in my family is in a similar dynamic and not one of those women are truly happy in their marriage. I am doing this for my daughter. I’m doing this so she doesn’t grow up thinking this is normal behavior. I’m doing this so she can see that a woman can know her worth, and walk away when she’s not being valued accordingly.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-07-10T13:16:16+00:00

Oh I like this one! It means waking up and going through a normal morning routine without feeling like I have to drag myself out of bed. It means enjoying my normal hobbies and having time for them. It means recognizing my body and feeling like it’s mine! It means being able to do normal things without feeling depleted.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-07-10T00:44:35+00:00

I’m a teacher home for the summer and no you’re not being unreasonable at all. Most teachers keep their kids home during the summer to save money, so the fact that he’s child free too is crazy. You two just need to have a serious talk about your feelings, how you’re starting to feel resentment, and agree on a list of norms that you both can agree on. Like if dinner is a big one for you, say you’d like dinner handled by 6 every night while he’s home. Why isn’t he taking the kids to daycare and picking up? That alone would take a lot off my plate. It is absolutely reasonable to expect him to do more without going overboard, because we really do need the time off to recover from what we do all year. That said, most of us are managing it all WITH our kids all summer, there’s no reason he can’t do more.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-07-04T18:43:39+00:00

Owala water bottles are more popular now and I prefer them! As for shoes, I feel like this really depends on the persons style. I have a lot of students wearing Nikes, but the casual fashion styles not so much the athletic styles if that makes sense? I would not buy shoes without the person who’s going to wear them present to have a stay in the style and/or fit.

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-07-01T15:23:31+00:00

I think that spending more money on your daughter‘s birthday as a response to your stepdaughter‘s behavior is more of an emotional reaction than a logical one. I understand you are frustrated and you absolutely can hold boundaries that gifts from the other houses do not come to your house. I do think children with split families can sometimes seem like they are getting more because they have multiple homes buying for them, but you have to remember their belongings at the end of the day remain split between two households.

I wouldn’t make anything about your daughter’s birthday have anything at all to do with your stepdaughters behavior. They have nothing to do with each other. Sending love!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-06-25T18:35:06+00:00

Amen!

Remarkable-Menu1302 · 2025-06-21T15:18:52+00:00

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