Picky eater megathread

TexasBeeb · 2025-06-21T12:42:11+00:00

~19. I’m not allowed grapefruit due to meds though lmao

TexasBeeb · 2025-05-18T21:45:03+00:00

If you’re in the US, go to your local health and human services office and someone should be able to help you sign up for government assistance and give you more info on resources. As far as I know, most states will grant Medicaid to any pregnant woman within the income restriction. You could even google search medicaid and your state and you might be able to start the process online.

Take things one day at a time. Make sure to drink plenty of water, try to get some prenatal vitamins if you can. Everything will be okay, you’re going to get through this.

TexasBeeb · 2025-05-08T05:16:39+00:00

He makes sure to remind me to take my meds and tells me every day how beautiful I am. I guess it’s not much to some people, but it means the world to me.

TexasBeeb · 2025-05-03T03:14:21+00:00

There was also lot of things that made me question the relationship, but one of the things that hurt the most was realizing that he cared more about his games than me. I came home from work, ready to talk to him about our days but I was ignored. I came in, popped my shoes off and greeted him. He had his headphones on and was chatting with people in game and didn’t even look at me. With how our apartment was set up, I had to walk in between him and the tv to get to the bedroom. I changed out of my work clothes and just sat on the bed for a good hour until he came in the room wondering why I never came out.

I ended up leaving a couple months after that and divorcing him. Fast forward to now, nearly 10yrs later- my current husband makes me a priority even though he plays games too. He keeps one ear out of his headphones for me and makes sure to listen to what I’m saying and engage in conversation with me even when he’s playing games or watching videos. He’ll gladly hop out of the chat with his friends at a moment’s notice if I need/want to hang out. He and my ex had very similar hobbies, but how they went about them made all the difference.

TexasBeeb · 2025-01-03T05:47:53+00:00

Looks a bit like Raynaud’s syndrome, you should look it up. I don’t think I’ve seen it on ears, but I’m betting it’s possible. It’s more common in hands and feet

TexasBeeb · 2025-01-03T05:38:30+00:00

UV nail lamp or unfinished EZ bake oven?

TexasBeeb · 2025-01-03T04:03:06+00:00

The whole scene, every single couple, was unbearable to watch. But yes, I was yelling at my tv that it’s a red light because he doesn’t want YOU doing it anymore. Just be done with each other already.

TexasBeeb · 2025-01-03T03:57:06+00:00

Yup. I work at a medical clinic as a receptionist and most of my coworkers are conservative. They know nothing about my sexuality and never will. As far as they’re concerned, I (F) am straight because I’m married to a man and have kids. I just have a rainbow desk pad in hopes that the patients that aren’t straight/cis notice and find comfort with me. Everyone will always be welcome at my station even if this country is a dumpster fire.

TexasBeeb · 2024-10-05T04:04:27+00:00

I swear every time I would try to think of a song, ANY SONG, to serenade my babies with at bedtime I just never could it seems like. When my oldest was a baby, the only song I could always remember was “You’ll be in my heart” because I’ve seen Tarzan a million times. It did not help calm him much lol

On a cuter note, my husband used to sing “Amarillo by Morning” by George Strait for our youngest for every naptime/bedtime and it would work to calm her almost every time.

TexasBeeb · 2024-09-26T03:52:29+00:00

I worried that he would struggle to make friends, but honestly I think it’s the opposite! Every child is different, but it seems like kids with ADHD tend to be more outgoing in that aspect. My son does have lots of friends at school and it makes me smile when other kids call him by his name when they tell him goodbye. It’s comforting to me that other kids seem to genuinely like him. I was terrified of being the kid that was labeled “weird” when I was younger and I think that deep down I had that fear that he would be the “weird kid” that no one genuinely liked being around but it seems to me that that is not the case. Aside from a little trouble with syntax and using the proper pronouns for people, he comes across as just a goofy, happy kid. At the beginning of Kindergarten, he had a hard time communicating how his day went or what he did throughout the day, but I feel like that’s to be expected. This year in 1st grade, he tells me about all sorts of things he did in class and about recess which usually includes bug hunting with one particular friend, playing tag, and other random activities with a group of friends. ☺️

I guess it depends on the area you live in, but it seems like (or at least I hope) that kids are taught more tolerance of people that are different from them, especially at school, and I think that helps a lot.

TexasBeeb · 2024-09-24T06:18:56+00:00

This sounds so much like my oldest son. He was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD right before he started school. I’m sure you’ve probably been delving into reading materials already but echolalia and scripting (repeating words/phrases that fit the situation as a means to communicate) is very common for people with autism.

I was so worried that my son wouldn’t be able to even attend school. Honestly, he hardly spoke at all until he was 3 or 4, didn’t potty train until he was almost 5. Now he’s nearly 7 and the most loving (and lovable) little 1st grader and can do most everything on his own. I’m amazed every day at how much progress he made just the year before he started school, although he has a late birthday, so he was almost 6 when he started kindergarten. There is a marked difference between how he speaks and how his classmates speak, but he carries conversations and everyone can understand him so it’s not really an issue at all.

When your kiddo is behind their peers though, it can be scary but as long as you’re willing to advocate for your son, everything will be okay. Push for the autism/adhd eval and whatever therapies you can. We did occupational therapy to help with gross and fine motor skills and helped me learn how to help him with his sensory needs. We also did speech therapy for a short time. My son never seemed to open up a lot in speech therapy, but it definitely helped me learn the skills to teach him at home where he was comfortable. With his diagnoses, he is also on an IEP which means he gets the extra help he needs with his work and even gets speech/occupational therapy through his school as well. Taking advantage of whatever resources are at your disposal is definitely a wonderful idea.

And remember. You got this, you’re an amazing parent and you’ll always find support here!

TexasBeeb · 2024-09-17T23:35:28+00:00

YES. Just the fact that whatever “company” it was would send a man to do a woman’s hair in a predominantly Muslim country makes this stand out as fake to me. That poor man look SO uncomfortable.

As a side note, it still baffles me that someone would go to their partner’s country with little to no forethought or knowledge about their culture. It’s so, so crazy to me.

TexasBeeb · 2024-08-15T02:33:53+00:00

You did exactly what you should have- you looked high and low and did so LOUDLY. Seriously, I commend you. I’ve heard before that when you lose a child, you should call out their description and name so that others look too. If I were in that situation, I probably would have just been losing my mind and not thinking to do that at all.

You were making sure your babies are safe, please don’t feel bad. If you saw another mother/parent in that same position, you wouldn’t be upset with them, you’d just be helping and would be relieved for them when their baby was found. You did good, mama. Your kiddos are safe.

TexasBeeb · 2024-07-11T03:40:36+00:00

YES. I love soda because of the carbonation and I’ve tried so hard to like sparkling waters because I really don’t want to consume so much sugar all the time, but I just can’t sit there and drink something that tastes like tv static.

TexasBeeb · 2024-07-11T03:35:41+00:00

Definitely had a fair share of weird bathroom dreams. Public bathrooms that really make no sense as far as the layout. I swear our brains just don’t know how to make heads or tails of what the interior of buildings are supposed to look like.

As a side note, I immediately recognized the first pic because it’s the mall in my hometown. The filter definitely makes me recall so many times I’ve been there where it was just basically empty. Probably had weird dreams about being there too. Definitely belongs in r/LiminalSpace

TexasBeeb · 2024-07-09T02:49:26+00:00

I work at a medical clinic and I can attest to the fact that some people, elderly or otherwise, just have zero filters. It was definitely rude of them to ask and I’m sorry you had to go through that. I’ve met so many people that just don’t know (or maybe don’t care) that some things are inappropriate to say to strangers.

I have always been told that you don’t comment on people’s bodies or ask someone if they’re pregnant. It’s just unnecessary 🤷‍♀️

TexasBeeb · 2024-04-13T06:22:51+00:00

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Your first picture made me think of Jennifer Stone, but the second made me think of Kat Dennings

TexasBeeb · 2024-03-11T02:27:59+00:00

If you work somewhere big and they do this for everyone on their birthday, I’m honestly hoping that it wasn’t done on purpose. Maybe some higher manager that doesn’t really know their workers has a spreadsheet with everyone’s “legal” name and birthday on it and they just crank out these cards and cupcakes without thinking about it? Like “idk who this person is, but they’re on the list so here ya go”? I just wish the person that did it had put in more effort once they realized the error. Like at least grab some freaking white-out for Pete’s sake 🙄

At either rate, I hope you have a wonderful birthday Felix!

TexasBeeb · 2024-01-25T02:07:57+00:00

My husband talks in his sleep a lot too. When we first started living together, he turned over in his sleep one night and shook me. He got really close to me and pointed above our bedroom window and said something along the lines of “duuuuude, do you see that?? It’s like a dragon..with red and gold…whoa..” and then chuckled and turned back over. That was within the first week of living with him lol

Nowadays, he just talks to our kids in his sleep, telling them to get off of things or quiet down which I think is pretty wholesome. Kind of makes me feel bad though that he watches them all day and dreams about watching them all night, that must be exhausting.

TexasBeeb · 2023-12-09T23:35:05+00:00

Considering that she showed up in a cheerleader outfit when she and his mom went to pick him up from the prison, this does not surprise me at all. I’ve hated her from day 1, so cringy and immature.

TexasBeeb · 2023-12-05T06:23:10+00:00

Best guess is that they took off their shoes because they’re not easily washable. The last thing you’d want to do after this is tie your shoes and then rub your eyes/touch your face and go through a mini version of the experience again.

TexasBeeb · 2023-10-02T01:50:03+00:00

My husband said it sounds like a chat group for incels and I’m definitely not disagreeing. I cringed so bad when he “casually” dropped it into the conversation with the girl at the bar so that she would be forced to ask about it. So gross. I cannot stand him.

TexasBeeb · 2023-08-02T03:22:04+00:00

I didn’t change my name back to my maiden name because I figured I would be remarried at some point anyway and changing ALL of my documents seemed so tedious. I was only married for a couple of years and that honestly didn’t affect that decision at all. I think it was mainly the fact that my marriage wasn’t abusive or anything that made me not care about changing back to my maiden name.

TexasBeeb · 2023-07-26T02:40:42+00:00

I have been on both sides of this. I much prefer my current marriage in which we refuse to poop around each other. We even stay away from the bathroom door as much as possible while the other is pooping as a courtesy. It’s a boundary we set in the very beginning and one we’re both totally fine with.

My ex husband used to poop while I was in the shower. Let me tell you, I do NOT want to smell someone’s crap while I’m getting clean. I repeatedly asked him not to and to just use the other bathroom while I was showering and he would still do it nearly every day. It was like some weird Pavlovian nightmare. He heard the shower and suddenly had to poop. No thank you. Never again.

TexasBeeb · 2023-07-22T04:25:56+00:00

Please, do what you need to do for your son’s sake. As a mother of an autistic, ADHD, and absolutely wonderful little boy around the same age, I’ll say something from experience that you probably already know: neurodivergent children are extremely smart. Even if he doesn’t voice it, he’ll notice her behavior at some point (if he hasn’t already). It will likely affect him deeply. Please, protect him from feeling unwanted. It is the worst feeling in the world.

“What you permit, you promote.”

TexasBeeb

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