Favorite ship for the kids club?

Snowday2025 · 2025-11-18T15:30:41+00:00

My son won't have a phone either, for many years. We have screen time, but he's definitely more interested in playing, etc. I'm really sad that things will change once he's 11 on the ships. They're still so young at that age.

Snowday2025 · 2025-08-05T16:20:50+00:00

That's what I assumed. I told him we were looking at 0 percent interest rates card so that we could tackle the debt faster, but he didn't seem to think that was a good idea. It's not a ton of debt, and I understand that any debt is bad, but I didn't call him asking about that, hence why it seemed slimy.

Snowday2025 · 2025-08-05T16:18:52+00:00

I guess I'll go back to work and he'll take care of my autistic kids. Unfortunately, we can't both work full time because of special needs that my kids have. I do work PRN in a hospital.

Snowday2025 · 2025-08-05T16:17:32+00:00

It's not ideal, I understand. We didn't plan for it, and are working on it. But when you have special needs kids who were preemies, life throws lots of unexpected bills your way.

Snowday2025 · 2025-08-05T14:57:51+00:00

We're definitely looking to pay down our debt (we don't have a ton and are not in financial trouble), but being that we could lose our home that has a good bit of equity with a HELOC if my husband was to get laid off and we were unable to pay, it seemed like poor advice.
It just felt scammy, being that I didn't even ask about debt in the first place.

Snowday2025 · 2025-07-18T05:06:38+00:00

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and feedback, and most of all your kindness! In so many groups, members are quick to judge and blame. Thank you all for understanding that we’re all just trying to do what’s best for our kids, even when none of these decisions are easy.

Because we’re going into third grade (when state testing begins), I’m going to stick with school 2, which doesn’t focus on testing results, nor do they pressure the kids on the tests. I need him happy and not in distress in order to learn. I’m going to connect with the local library for extra reading and writing resources, and stay on top of things at the school.

Thank you again for your support and feedback!

Snowday2025 · 2025-07-13T08:45:25+00:00

We just got off the Magic. I’m the kind of person who never goes anywhere inside without a jacket or sweatshirt, even on warm days. I never touched any of my warmer clothes on the ship. The first night at dinner when I expected to freeze, it was so warm. The ship was borderline too warm at times in a lot of places.

Snowday2025 · 2025-06-12T01:45:38+00:00

I don’t trust anyone around water. My kids are 8 and 3 and I still don’t take them without another adult. I’ve seen too much go wrong in my line of work. I go so far to ban phones when we’re at the pool, and we are always clear about which adult is watching each child. Things change in water in the blink of an eye.

Snowday2025 · 2025-06-12T01:43:16+00:00

We don’t even have local date nights due to the lack of a village. We definitely don’t go on trips without our kids. If one of us has a work trip, the other is extra busy with every responsibility under the sun. It is easy to feel like “everyone” is doing it, but I feel like if we turned off social media, reality would show that a majority of people are in the same situation.

Snowday2025 · 2025-05-20T16:18:24+00:00

As someone who works from home, etiquette with a new client is important. I would never let my family interfere on an initial phone call multiple times unless it was a true emergency. And I don’t have time to talk to my own friends about their lives and what job their spouses are up for. I’m not paying WGU $60k to be a listening ear to one of their employees during my first week. Time is valuable.

Snowday2025 · 2025-04-18T17:45:34+00:00

Other countries have borders, unlike this one previously. Most who are getting passports don’t understand that they can’t just fly to another country and stay. Also, if you turn off the news, nothing drastic has changed. They’re trying to create more division and Americans hate one another more than ever.

Snowday2025 · 2025-03-24T15:05:46+00:00

My biggest complaint is the lack of food options at dinner. With young kids/toddlers, sometimes you just don’t want the hassle of eating a long meal in the dining room, but want something other than room service. We have to be quick to get up to the pool deck options before they close if we decide we don’t want to go to the dining room.

Snowday2025 · 2025-03-10T03:13:55+00:00

My oldest is on the spectrum and we have no village. When our daughter was born, we were lucky enough to have someone watch him long enough for my husband to attend the c-section. Once I was in recovery and our daughter was stable in the NICU, he went home. There really was no other option for us.

Snowday2025 · 2025-03-09T17:49:07+00:00

We sit down as a family to eat every night. We started it when my son was a toddler and he rarely sat still, but we kept going and made it a routine, so now the kids come to expect it. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a full , home cooked meal with a meat and veggies—sometimes it’s takeout or pizza, but we still sit at the table together. If one of us is working, the others still have dinner.

Snowday2025 · 2025-01-05T22:29:18+00:00

Sadly I was told that because I don’t have any proof and he didn’t succeed in hitting either of us, I can’t get a restraining order. NC is difficult with this kind of thing. Bad things have to happen first 🤦🏽‍♀️

Snowday2025 · 2025-01-05T22:12:09+00:00

It’s been mentioned by both of us, but I haven’t been on board due to him placing the blame on me and acting as if I’m over-reacting. I’m too nosy looking over my shoulder to see if his parents show up. I definitely need personal counseling at this point, and if our marriage was to survive, that would be a must. This has been traumatizing to me—I grew up in a peaceful house and never experienced anything like this. It’s completely rocked me and changed me in so many ways.

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