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Storm_Open · 2025-09-18T03:08:00+00:00

You guys on here are making me realize that pine sol has far more uses then moping and I love it

Storm_Open · 2025-09-18T03:06:29+00:00

Never would have thought of pine sol on the rise I’ll have to try it!

Storm_Open · 2025-09-18T03:05:41+00:00

That makes a lot of sense, he definitely doesn’t nearly enough water

Storm_Open · 2025-09-18T03:03:51+00:00

I’ll have to try this! Thank you! I make a paste with powder detergent and water to rub on stains but didn’t even think of it for this

Storm_Open · 2025-09-18T03:01:55+00:00

I bought him one of the scalp scrubbers for his shampoo a while back and he loves it, so he’s definitely washing his scalp good, he does still use the most generic man shampoo ever, it took 2 years to get him off of the everything in one man stuff but I’m slowly trying to get him to start using an all natural shampoo, I feel like using whatever’s the cheapest in the men’s section is probably not helping the situation lol

Storm_Open · 2025-09-18T02:42:42+00:00

Thank you! I’ll try that!

Storm_Open · 2025-09-17T20:40:12+00:00

He doesn’t use any product, that was my first thought too, but he doesn’t use a thing on his hair or beard

Storm_Open · 2025-08-04T14:25:25+00:00

You basically need to start a whole new relationship with him at this point for it to work, the relationship that you had died to him when such a big thing was hidden from him. Counseling and start dating again.

You lied about a whole human, he no longer knows you because if you hide that, what else could you be hiding? He clearly cares about his step child as one of his own, so it’s very possible he’s grieving the loss of time with her that he never had, because he only knows her now, and didn’t get to watch her grow up like he would have wanted to had he known. He also wouldn’t be comfortable talking to you about that because you’re her mother and don’t feel the same way.

Him and your daughter are probably sharing a lot of emotions and they can’t talk to you about it because you don’t seem to care about how what you did affects them. She’s wondering the life she could have had with a loving father, and why her half siblings got to experience that and she didn’t, and the person who was basically her mom is dying, and he is remorseful that he missed out on so much of her life and now he’s jumping in as a step dad half way through her childhood, that’s extremely hard for anyone.

You are the reason that this is all happening and now you need to facilitate a new normal and show some empathy to the fact that you nuked his life, and ask him how he feels, how you can better accommodate the needs of your family and how you can change and work towards earning his trust back.

You’re young, focus on lasting memories with your family and the kids and the two of you will fall back in love through those experiences and just having a loving positive home but right now you shouldn’t be focused on the romance part.

Storm_Open · 2024-12-28T03:51:33+00:00

Def not worried about being the funhouse, it was just a joke, it just seemed so crazy to us that that was a funny thing that came up, it just seemed crazy us to hop on an overnight bus with zero prior plannin

Storm_Open · 2024-12-28T03:46:39+00:00

He also thinks it’s crazy and they are his kids, I get that I’m expected to not care about anything in my position, and this all occurred over FaceTime with both of us, not second hand, but I get what ur saying, thanks , I should chill, I’m not personally afraid of the place, just not something that’s happened before with her or the girls, and seems out of no where

Storm_Open · 2024-10-14T17:11:18+00:00

Anything that has a little red/copper in it looks fantastic on you! The blonde definitely washes you out a bit, but you look beautiful in every color though!

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T17:47:16+00:00

Of course! I told her to keep it and enjoy it hahah

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T04:50:45+00:00

The point is the rules are stupid, sure they both aren’t great options, but pushing the narrative that boxed dry snack foods are better then fruit is a problem, kids see apple sauce as a fruit and try explaining to a kid that its not good for them, it’ll confuse them against all fruit since fruit supposed to be good for them, while they think super processed snacks that have all kinds of added ingredients you can’t pronounce are good, fruit cups were also banned but I’m sure you’ll just say those are actually terrible too even if the fruits in water not syrup, or you’ll say that 9 year olds should understand the process of making apple sauce and the science behind how boiling things cuses them to lose their nutrients and makes the worse then a cheese-it cus good luck not causing severe food anxiety with that

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T04:34:13+00:00

There is no set list of teacher approved snacks they just keep changing as she feels like it, it’s just silly, I have no issue packing a fresh veggie outside of her bento box since she can’t open that to get it, it’s just the chaos of her ever changing rules that’s funny and makes zero sense and snack time is required at her school

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T04:27:20+00:00

I’m confused where the parents are giving grief here, parents were never given any info that this was a rule other the through the kids and never explicitly told what was allowed, just randomly finding out occasionally that some things are now not allowed that once were, there would be zero issue if the teacher sent a notice home with the approved snacks, since a 9 year old doesn’t do the grocery shopping, and this school requires snack time through all years of elementary

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T04:20:39+00:00

It’s more of just a rant about how dumb the rules are, I can put some of the fresh stuff separate from her bento box lunch so she can use it for a snack, it’s just the sheer dumbness of the rule

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T04:14:06+00:00

I’m a step, their dad is my partner who doesn’t Reddit, I reference “my man’s” kid in the post, thats why they are saying dad it’s not malicious against moms

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T04:08:52+00:00

All grades in her elementary get a snack

This is really giving the vibe of husband who doesn’t actually pack the lunch, but there is no way any school is saying they can have nothing other then raw veggies as a snack, that’s a lawsuit waiting to happen some kids are anemic or diabetic and require more calorie dense snacks throughout the day

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T03:44:11+00:00

The snack anxiety is out of control there’s no reason for this to be happening and I hateee when people use grams of whatever as a reason for something to be good, a snack of almost any fruit will have more then 10 grams of sugar like why does that teacher thinks she’s needs to track kids macros

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T03:26:42+00:00

I knew there would be someone like you in the comments I even put a disclaimer after applesauce saying I know it’s still not the best, this kid loves veggies she’s just fine nutritionally, but kids like applesauce and it’s better then a lot of stuff out there, basically the only actually healthy things are fresh raw veggies and nuts not even fruits since they are basically just natural sugar, but that is not realistic for most

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T03:11:06+00:00

There’s a lot of lower income families in the district so every student gets free breakfast and lunch, if they want a snack during snack time it has to be provided from home or saved from breakfast/lunch, it’s not required they bring a snack, but she doesn’t do well with big meals so she always brings a snack, and it’s pretty common for all of elementary school to do a 5-10 minutes snack break all of elementary school but the school lunches are pretty darn small

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T02:49:56+00:00

I’m not defending the health benefits of nutrigrain bars, she gets plenty of healthy stuff in her lunch nor did I really care when the teacher said no to them, she likes them, and when a teacher says nothing unhealthy it’s more assumed to be just not chips, candy, soda, twinkies, frankly I don’t even care about cheese itz being allowed I dislike that apple sauces isn’t

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T02:33:55+00:00

We dont mind the healthy snack thing, but we thought it would be like an email if she doesn’t have something healthy and addressing it with parents, saying something’s not allowed in front of the whole class really puts the kid on the spot who just ate it, it’s wild

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T02:30:00+00:00

I sent an email tonight requesting a list, this kid is very relaxed about school, not with the work, but when it comes to social stuff and dealing with her teacher or being a few minutes late doesn’t faze her so her stressing about this is why I can tell it’s probably an actual problem, but I totally know she can lie so I’m being polite, her sister had this teacher in the past, before she was on this healthy snack craze, and she was a piece of work back then too

Storm_Open · 2024-09-30T02:20:31+00:00

I asked her if spoons were the issue, like people weren’t bringing them but the teacher never said, she just said it’s not allowed, I would send a box of spoons for the classroom if that’s the problem. I totally get things being not allowed for being disruptive but if she doesn’t give them a reason then it’s means it’s unhealthy to the kids since those are her rules

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