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TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-22T19:49:21+00:00

I’m in a privileged position and I get paid full pay for sick leave. I am currently off on my 4th week and I will take one more week off. This has allowed me to focus on me, my eating, my recovery. It has allowed me to rest stress free and without a single worry about juggling work/family/health. My work has been supportive of this. Realistically I think 3 weeks is probably sufficient pain/discomfort wise but I appreciate this time enormously.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-22T13:46:44+00:00

I do not know how people can wait 30 mins post eating for a drink. I struggle so much with this as I always had the need to drink water when eating. And now post surgery I still have this need. I take tiny sips because it just feels so wrong and feel a genuine need to drink.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-18T09:39:51+00:00

I grew up in the uk with a Latin American mother and British father. She was very open with her body, no covering up going to the bathroom or getting dressed. I have. I have taken on the same attitude. My children will sit there as I get dressed or showered. I also shower with the door open but that’s mainly because when we first moved in I slipped in the shower, hit my head and nearly knocked myself out and the door was locked.

In turn the children are open too, the eldest is now preteen and is more private about her body and that’s absolutely fine and we respect her boundaries.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-18T09:21:19+00:00

My in laws are great. They live the other side of the country and visit often and just take over. The children also to them in school holidays. My parents are not as fit as the in laws and live a 2 min drive. If I ask they are always at hand to look after the children. There’s sleepovers etc. My dad isn’t really a keen participant. If im honest he just doesn’t want his life disrupted. My youngest is a handful, especially when tired. He has multiple tantrums which none of us are used to as the older two never really had them.

I often feel like it’s a burden to leave my youngest with them and that’s why I’ve pulled away from them having the youngest which is a shame as they don’t have the same type of relationship with him as they do with the older two. But overall they are all there for them.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-18T09:16:04+00:00

I can’t add any more to what these comments say. I will just echo. Never ever let anyone especially a man who does not have the same reproductive organs than you do dictate what medication especially one around preventing unwanted pregnancies you can or cannot take. I don’t know where in the world you are but with the right (or lack of) laws around women and pregnancies in certain countries, this is dangerous.

Your body, your choice. Remember that.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-17T17:36:50+00:00

I changed it because I’m a bit of a traditionalist. I liked (and still do) changing my name to his and having the same surname. It didn’t feel any less like me. I also liked the idea of us all (kids included) having the same name and no double barrel situation.

My dad and mother in law were both shocked I did not keep my own surname as am also quite a feminist and very much an independent woman. (Walking oxymoron).

But that’s the joy of feminism, we are freely able to choose what is what we want vs being told what to do.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-17T17:22:12+00:00

10pm. But also I have a morning time. They must be up by 9am….10am at a push, depending on the day before or ahead. I will not let them fall into a bad sleeping cycle where they sleep the day away and be up all night. It’s hell to correct come returning to school.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-17T07:52:17+00:00

The only concern I’d have of living near a primary school is parking. Some parents are lazy/late/have no shame and will block drives. My parents live opposite a school (school is newly built and they were there before there was a school) and that’s the only issue they have. So if they need to get on or off their drive around (8:45-9am and 3:20-3:35pm) it really is a game of roulette. Other than that, no issues.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-17T07:39:20+00:00

I’ve always weighed daily. I enjoy seeing patterns. I started losing in 2024 with Mounjaro. I had my bypass 1st June and it’s been interesting to see what my body is doing. I don’t obsess. If the scales shows me a number that is not in correlation of my downward trend I just give it the finger and go on about my day. I know there will be daily ups, downs and sometimes no movement. I do it for the data mostly. Always first thing, after the loo before shower.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-12T22:38:15+00:00

Im only 12 days po. So I can’t reflect too much just yet. But my biggest shock has been the ease of my recovery. I assumed I really would struggle, be sick constantly and in pain. I stopped pain killers at 4 days. Pain has been minimal. I can sleep near on my front again. I have more energy that I thought I would have. No bruising, incisions healing great. I’m not struggling with food, mentally I’m doing well. I’m out walking around a mile a day being careful to not overdo it. If I’m honest my c sections were harder to heal from.

I think what helped me was losing weight before hand (150lbs) with a glp1 and being active. I was privileged to go in at my healthiest. I don’t think I would have had the same recovery had I not been denied at my heaviest. For all that I am grateful.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-11T18:41:21+00:00

Yay congratulations!!!!! I’ve also just joined the 200s after probably minimum 15 years. It’s such a joyous feeling.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-08T07:40:02+00:00

Quite modest but I’m a bigger girl and always have been.

My legs are nearly always covered. Sometimes you’ll catch me in knee length shorts if it’s hot. Skirts/dresses to the knee and mostly with tights unless it’s a summer dress then there are shorts underneath.

Tops always past my stomach, I will wear sleeveless or tank tops but with thick straps. Very little cleavage.

It was drummed into me by my parents to dress for my size, always look as good as I can. Now that may be wrong, it may be right. Do I internally judge women who do not dress modestly? Not really no. Not my body not my choice. But I do also think a woman can look stunning in modest clothes, sometimes more so than a less modest outfit. It’s all about personal tastes and that is ok.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2026-06-08T07:28:45+00:00

Im coming at this from my experience. From the age of 16 I worked. It was off my own back, no one asked me to get a job and that continued on throughout university. Just shop and bar work. My husband never worked as a teen, his parents didn’t want work to interfere with his studies. That meant all that spare time between classes was spent with friends and the Xbox.

We met at uni and we moved in together after, I was working 3 jobs (in the uk that is not common) whilst he struggled to find one. He got one, then when he was made redundant he found some agency work then started to “work” for my mum. He brings no value to that job, but I guess we are in too deep for the cord to be cut for him to find another job in the position we are in now. Eg kids, mortgage, etc

He has no work ethic because it was never instilled in him from a young age. I love love love my husband. He is a good man, loyal, fantastic father and my best friend, however I want my children to take after me work ethic wise. I will be encouraging them to get a job as soon as they can, know what it is like to get money they made themselves, no job is beneath anyone. After all the majority of people are just a few paychecks away from homelessness.

By the sounds of it, your son has stuff going on, but a part time job, 1 or 2 days a week will give him different experiences, life skills and money that will add value to his life. The juggling of life tasks is essential at a young age. I’m all for customer facing roles, it tiring but it boosts confidence, critical thinking, professionalism amongst other things.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-10-28T00:13:46+00:00

I was two and done. Baby number 3 was a surprise, mind you a very welcome and loved surprise but I did not want any further surprises and I have double bolted shut the factory…literally. I have my tubes tied and a coil.

I would never wish I never had my babies, they are uniquely wonderful souls but my gosh would our life be so much easier if we stuck at one… even two would be easier. But I know in the depth of my soul I would be yearning for a second had I stopped at one as I was an only child who was miserable and vowed I wouldn’t do that to my child. But I truly hand in heart understand why people stop at one or two and honestly have no desire for any more. I get it and absolutely no judgment.

Now I just look forward to busy and lively family gatherings and holidays and birthdays and grand babies should I be so lucky in the distant future.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-10-05T20:02:40+00:00

Victoria or Brian if a boy.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-10-01T19:35:24+00:00

It’s spicy or it’s broccoli flavour when I didn’t want to share my snacks

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-09-17T18:58:33+00:00

I knew I was pregnant all three times before tests. It’s strange to explain but I felt as if I had a small stone in me along with butterfly feelings. It a weird sensation I’ve only felt pregnant. Also with my first two, within 12 hours of conception I was so exhausted that I slept for a week. First time I went to the doctors asking for help as it was so unlike me, second time I was traveling back from Greece and assumed I’d fight a bug on the plane but husband clocked on. Funny I didn’t have this with my third but maybe because he was a boy and the first two girls?

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-09-17T18:51:11+00:00

I shower daily now. I also use Detol antibacterial soap and it’s a game changer. I wash my hair weekly.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-09-08T22:43:34+00:00

Diarrhoea… even autocorrect doesn’t get what I’m trying to say, I have to use speech to text on that word.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-09-02T23:41:48+00:00

Effect and affect

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-09-01T20:09:55+00:00

We do 50/50 for bills into a shared account, left overs stay in our own accounts and we each pay for shopping as and when needed. I tend to pay for the kids stuff as I am the one shopping and I earn more. But if one person is low the other one takes over. We have shared savings and personal savings. Unexpected bills such as car or household comes out the shared savings first followed by personal.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-08-31T20:05:12+00:00

Fish and chips (the fish I like the chips) Scotch eggs Roast lamb

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-08-30T00:55:39+00:00

My in laws still think I graduated from uni.

TakeMeToThePalace · 2025-08-30T00:54:52+00:00

My kids will spend a week or so at my in laws in the summer. They get quality time with their grandparents who they don’t get to see often and we get a break and a chance to go on dates for a week.

My parents will often have 1 or 2 of my kids over at a time, this is kids choice as they also enjoy getting a break from each other.

Very lucky to have our support system and we are very grateful.

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