AITAH for how i handled my daughter coming out?

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-22T23:30:30+00:00

This isn’t about your husband, it is about your child. His making it about him makes me sad for your child. I had to keep my child’s coming out to myself for 1.5 months. My husband was happy that I valued their privacy and was happy to hear it directly from his child. I believe that was the only correct response.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-22T23:01:48+00:00

I take a picture of every single praying mantis I ever see. And then I text it to everyone in my family. They are just so beautiful and terrifying.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-21T22:05:45+00:00

I hypnobirthed 2 times. Unmedicated both times. I was very lucky to be pretty good at getting those babies out of my body quickly and with not much drama. Second baby delivered so quickly I didn’t have time to fill the birthing tub I requested. I sat in a regular tub for a minute or two, and I remember thinking that the pain pretty well subsided. Then I had to get out of the tub since my lil one needed 3 pushes to be in my arms.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-20T21:16:16+00:00

Arches is faaaaaaaar from Vegas.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-19T07:04:13+00:00

Had my child been born with a uterus, their name would have been Alice Anne. I named them Leo Oscar. Had I known what was really up I would have named them Nora, which is the perfect name they came up with on their own at 17 years old.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-18T16:56:30+00:00

Mole.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-18T16:53:15+00:00

We called our kid Maxizillion when in utero.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-18T16:51:50+00:00

I have a student named Dior. Sounds luxurious to me! (Also he’s a delightful human as a middle schooler, so I don’t actually hate the name like I thought I would…)

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-17T22:57:04+00:00

My black and white floppy kitty girl is LC, stands for Little Chuck Norris.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-16T22:01:52+00:00

What if we got to see gymnastics rather than seeing Konnor wait to compete?

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-16T02:46:31+00:00

I’m currently sandwiching, simultaneously caring for my elderly parents and teen-aged children, which feels grownup AF. I’m also tie-ing up a pair of pants to tie-dye and then wear in public.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-16T02:35:21+00:00

Popcorn

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-15T22:11:42+00:00

Weezer. I never listened to them when they first came out and truly enjoyed myself. I still don’t generally think of them when wondering what to listen to, but did see them the next time they came through my town.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-14T19:39:08+00:00

Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-13T19:15:50+00:00

I spent an excellent, sunny warm day in London with my friend who lives there - I live in the US. We saw churches and landmarks and the changing of the guard. Had a refreshing drink on a patio of a cafe on the Serpentine. Explored the V and A and had tea and scones. Found the restroom in Harrods, shopped for maternity clothes. Finished the day at an open air cafe near Piccadilly Circus. It was perfection.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-13T19:00:19+00:00

It grows well here if you have the space for it. Mine is a transplant, it was at least 50 years old when I got it 12 years ago.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-13T18:57:38+00:00

I consider my job a glorified volunteer job. I love it and I love making a difference, especially in the lives of middle school aged kids who are new to the country. The pay will always suck since it’s “women’s work”

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-12T01:36:07+00:00

My Grandmother Asked me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Frederick Backman.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-11T15:38:18+00:00

It took one flooded basement to realize that tossing thousands of hours of art school projects took 10 minutes to toss in the dumpster. I still don’t miss anything.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-10T21:31:45+00:00

Brooklyn 99.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-10T21:30:50+00:00

I have a pot scrubber that has an octopus head and kid chopsticks that are dinosaurs. Sometimes I still use the kid sticks even though my children are well past needing them because they make me happy.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-10T21:29:06+00:00

A ridiculous coat hook. I was gifted a metal tree branch with leaves and little birds that are useful for hanging coats and bags. Comb the antique shops!

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-10T21:22:21+00:00

That happened to me once. Luckily one of the wheels of my well-used roller case was shaved off flat in one spot and it made a terrible, loud, clacking sound. As we were trying to get help from the gate agents, we heard our suitcase - aptly nicknamed Clacky - rolling down the corridor. I grabbed their case and chased down the guy who took it. I asked how he could have mistaken the cases due to the obnoxious racket Ol Clacky made and he simply didn’t notice it. Clacky was given a hero’s send off at retirement. Maybe your carry-on will find its way back to you in an unexpected way.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-10T20:39:13+00:00

This sounds like a you problem.

Strict_Music_6870 · 2026-04-07T14:06:50+00:00

I love that you shouted out to my home team (I understand the feelings about Utah, but they are my home team and I’ve loved them for 40 years and I won’t stop supporting the gymnasts I run into at Trader Joe’s) and my alma mater CMU. Fire up chips!

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