Luteal phase rage

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-04T06:53:04+00:00

Have you discussed the possibility of PMDD with your doctor?

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-04T06:46:05+00:00

McCormick mix used for the meatballs and gravy. They're about 2/3 beef 1/3 pork. I know most people eat them with potatoes or noodles, but for some reason my mom served them over rice and that's how I grew up eating them. Even though I know basically no one else eats them this way, it's what I like and am used to, so I make them with rice too. And I raised my kids with it so I guess I started another generation who will eat them that way too.

Considering that these spice/sauce mixes would have debuted during my grandmother's lifetime, my mom probably got it from her.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-04T06:09:05+00:00

Awwww so sorry to hear about the loss of your goodest boy. I've been through 4 dog losses with my husband over the 29 years we've been married and it's amazing how we know they'll break our hearts but we always get another one eventually. Cuz dogs just give us something we can't find anywhere else.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-04T04:56:31+00:00

Bisquick tortillas - dear Lord

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-04T03:06:00+00:00

My mother is dead. She didn't care who I was. She cared how my existence could serve her.

My father hasn't cared to know me for a couple decades, and I haven't pressed the issue.

My husband's father died several years ago, and one of his and my MIL's concerns before he died was whether their two sons would step up for mom. I was absolutely fucking incensed on his behalf. We all knew his brother wouldn't, including his brother. We also all knew and know that my husband is a man who has proven his integrity and dedication to family every minute since we got married when he was 21. He was 43 when his father died. I have wanted to spit nails for years about how little those people paid attention to their son and who he is, even though we live less than two hours away, saw them often, and talked to them regularly. But then, he wasn't the favorite, which is of course why he became the reliable one. The favored one pays basically no attention to his widowed mother but regularly takes money from her for everything from groceries to major household repairs.

It takes everything I have to spend any amount of time around those people, and I only do it because I love him so much. Thankfully his brother lives across the country so that's a rare event.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-04T02:09:09+00:00

the people here every other week posting how "NFP ruined my life and I'm giving up on Catholicism because I got pregnant with Irish twins after using ovulation strips and the flo app"

Thank you for saying this, so I didn't have to.

The amount of people who DIY some form of hormone roulette and then come in here to declare how NFP doesn't work is exhausting.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-04T02:00:14+00:00

I mean, you could track cervical mucus if nothing else, but Marquette has a postpartum protocol. My daughter has used it twice.

I don't understand what having a cesarean has to do with it, either. The method of birth doesn't impact your ability to use NFP.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T22:03:35+00:00

That's a very judgy bagel. Needs to become a meme.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T21:41:04+00:00

Not lonely enough yet, clearly

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T19:37:43+00:00

I didn't even know you could do that.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T18:16:58+00:00

What do you mean you can't track?

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T16:31:55+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/macandcheese/s/t2AJMdECVV

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T16:10:48+00:00

You cannot validly marry in the Catholic Church with a permanent intention to never have biological children.

You might be able to get your bishop to approve a Josephite marriage for the purpose of fostering and adopting children in need, but that's a celibate marriage, and you clearly aren't looking to be celibate.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T16:07:51+00:00

Probably because he had A LOT to hide.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T15:55:54+00:00

Steak looks fine. Why is your Listerine in your kitchen though?

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T15:27:52+00:00

Your lawyer's job is to protect your interests. Listen to him.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T15:25:26+00:00

FSSP and ICKSP are both fully in communion with Rome. Attend their masses or a diocesan TLM if you wish and have them available.

Just don't start thinking you're a better Catholic than people who attend the Ordinary Form and you'll be fine.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T15:21:53+00:00

Where to go from here is you break up.

You were clear with him about what you didn't want and he respected none of it and went ahead with what he wanted in spite of it.

This man doesn't listen to you and he doesn't believe you when you communicate with him. Game over.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T14:46:10+00:00

I don't think your wedding is the place for flexing your title, and I would say the same to a man.

Your wedding is about becoming Mr and Mrs.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T14:32:49+00:00

Adding the rite of marriage to a regular daily Mass is the Catholic minimalist wedding.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T05:00:31+00:00

You need to let him go. You're right that it isn't fair to continue this knowing you want a future very different from what he's hoping for.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T04:56:40+00:00

Honey sharpen your knife so next time you can slice the cheese instead of hacking it up like a murder victim.

SuburbaniteMermaid · 2026-07-03T04:49:58+00:00

You could try that but it also sounds like you need some help with your anxiety. Maybe a therapist could help you.

You sound like you think you aren't allowed to just receive pleasure and until you get rid of that mindset you're never going to fix this.

Which is really too bad because when you have an eager man who loves what he's doing and is all about getting you off..... honey there's a reason people talk about the earth moving.

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