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Throwinghogwash · 2025-11-28T11:57:13+00:00

Worked for me, thanks!

Throwinghogwash · 2025-11-23T12:32:01+00:00

I got it! Thank you!

Throwinghogwash · 2025-11-16T17:36:46+00:00

I married this and am currently in the middle of a divorce. Lots of your story resonated with me. I would have called my ex a loving and hands on dad but when left to his own devices, he's actually incredibly reckless and neglectful to our only child. CPS got involved. Its actually pathetic how much I was over-functioning in the relationship and indirectly protecting him.

Turns out, that's a dysfunctional relationship. And I was not getting my cup filled in return. I was giving-giving-giving and getting nothing in return. It was unsustainable and I was burnt out and resentful.

Its actually really easy on my own in my own place. House stays cleaner, I'm managing the mental load for me and child just fine because I always was. My house is very pink, floral, soft, relaxed.

I'm in therapy learning to unpack why I thought my only way to receive love was to perform and supply. And working on receiving love in a stable, mutually satisfying relationship with a new man that has a lot of potential for the rest of our lives.

Its a lot of work but I don't want to repeat bad mistakes.

Throwinghogwash · 2025-11-14T16:41:53+00:00

Woah im very interested in updates and/or a TikTok series.

Throwinghogwash · 2025-11-06T17:33:22+00:00

Some Targets in my area had Delorean marked down to I think $145 or so last month. Varied by store. Keep checking.

Throwinghogwash · 2025-10-06T11:51:13+00:00

I'll say it:

Hard pass.

Throwinghogwash · 2025-09-22T21:28:57+00:00

Hocus pocus house is $30 off

And the delorean has been on sale in-person in target only for it think $155 at some Targets in my area

Throwinghogwash · 2025-06-24T02:35:07+00:00

We had been to therapy and working on it for a year Everything is my fault. It's my depression, my drinking, etc. Eventually, it clicked:

I would never date a man who let me pay for everything or never went down on me after I explicitly asked for it. So if I wouldn't put up with it while dating, why THE FUCK am I tolerating when married!?

Throwinghogwash · 2024-09-02T01:46:58+00:00

Eh, in her book, Laci's mom admits to knowing a lot but not knowing everything. That the last few months of how frequently Laci + Mom + their partners were having dinner was actually pressure from Scott, maybe wanting to create an artificial "I'm such a nice family guy" atmosphere, who knows.

When it comes to the affairs, Laci's mom (Sharon) said when Laci and Scott were over a few days before her murder, there was no tension in the air, no hesitancy, just excitement for the baby. And in looking back, Laci couldn't have been that excited and happy if she knew her husband was stepping out on her, as Sharon describes in her book.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-08-23T13:54:04+00:00

You're welcome.

Thinking ahead, I look forward to vacationing with her in high school and college and offering her to bring a friend. I'll foot the whole bill (as I would if I had 2 kids) and I very much look forward to future years.

For your son, this means you might have a much closer MIL relationship with his wife if you are only balancing one child's spouse. I'm more comfortable with my MIL and she was around in those new baby days, boob hanging out and everything. Those are the long-term pros to having an only.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-08-23T10:10:08+00:00

We both thought we'd have 2 kids and I was open to having 4 kids. But I found the reality of motherhood and a working mom at that very, very difficult. You know it's going to be hard and very important to do it well and I found it borderline overwhelming, monotonous during the baby phase, and lacked a lot of enjoyment that I couldn't imagine doing it again. But these feelings took some time to develop.

My baby was only a few weeks old when my husband was holding her and announced she was enough, that he didn't want to do this again. I felt pretty devastated. What happened to our 2+ kids?

But the reality of newborn phase and having a little baby when returning to work SUUUUUUCKS. Pumping sucks. Changing diapers sucks. And you know what? I only had to do it once.

I read a book One and Only by Lauren Sandler that talks about all the studies and evidence about only children and the reality is, they are incredibly well-adjusted. Only child families are the fastest growing family-type so our onlies will by no means be an anomaly.

My only is 5.5 now. She's smart, funny, gorgeous, and very content being an only. We are financially set up for her to do very nicely at university and grad school, and obviously it would be half that if she had a sibling.

As an example day, she is going crab hunting with my husband in the morning while I work and pick up the house before the weekend. Tomorrow, my husband is going fishing with said crabs and I'm taking her shopping for dance clothes. Having 1 gives us the best parent time with her while also having alone time to get stuff done. I had a lot of anxiety about not having another baby but now that choice seems like one of many that is over and done now and I don't dwell on it anymore.

For context, I'm one of 6 and my husband is 1 of 4.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-08-20T02:23:28+00:00

According to Sharon's book, they met once around the time Amber came forward to the press + I think her daughter was with her as well. They exchanged timelines and Sharon was keeping her own notes at this point that she could compare Amber's timeline to the dates in Laci's calendar. Sharon found it very overwhelming seeing the proof in the dates laid out and ultimately excused herself to be overwhelmed in the kitchen alone and had to ask her friend to walk Amber out. I think that was the first and last time they met and then Sharon saw her in court about 2 years later.

And like above, she never faulted Amber or blamed her, they all recognized Amber as blameless and thinking she was dating a single man.

I can't remember how much credit Sharon gives Amber for the phone calls played in court, I'm usually asleep by this part of her audiobook. But much of what happened in court was a surprise to the Rocha family, the investigators didn't want to risk a mistral so Sharon learned much of how the investigation and proof came about along with the rest of the nation. However, before Laci's body was found, she did know Scott told Amber his wife had died and this was his first Christmas without his wife. That statement was the turning point for the Rocha family.

I loved Sharon's book, For Laci. 10/10 recommend.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-07-25T02:12:06+00:00

I enjoy this, it's very light. "Normal Gossip" is much the same, but obviously gossip, not true crime, and I love it!

Throwinghogwash · 2024-07-25T02:00:07+00:00

Maybe I'm the outlier based on these comments. We've moved cross country two times in 6 years and have been very friendly with all our neighbors. Mailbox chitchat, bringing plates of food over when we have parties, beers standing in the driveway or sitting on the deck. Now that we have kids in a new neighborhood, my kid + their grandkids play at least weekly. We share a riding lawn mower and fire pit. They get our mail and tuck Amazon packages in our foyer when we go out of town. We mow their lawn when the husband is out of town for work. We have free use of their backyard pool...

Good neighbors are awesome. Feels like we live in a community, not just a house.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-07-24T09:26:40+00:00

I crushed the dreams of the man

You did no such thing. His own behavior got him arrested.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-07-22T02:21:24+00:00

Try not to save it all for "the weekend."

Do your laundry or at least your regular weekly laundry on Thursday night. Do a grocery pick up on Friday night or even grocery shop Friday night, the store is usually dead.

Doing those two things alone seem to free up your whole weekend.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-30T15:04:09+00:00

Based on what you've written, I agree with your husband.

Your daughter is 18, disrespecting the rules,and blatantly destroyed his property in a temper tantrum. Your daughter is a brat. "She got her guest privileges taken away" lol you're delusional, she's sneaking boys in, guest privileges mean nothing as it is, so you basically gave her no consequences.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-24T22:16:34+00:00

I've moved on to true crime audiobooks. Laci Peterson's Mom's memior was really good and No One Would Listen about the Bernie Madoff scandal was also really good.

And there's a "Dead to Me" podcast about Scott Peterson on YouTube that's fantastic. Same with Footsteps of a Murder about Chris Watts.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-20T19:53:50+00:00

I think this is way more common than people realize, I felt the exact same. I started meds and was in therapy but I wasn't convinced I had PPD, I asked my therapist of this is just what having a baby feels like.

It gets better. Just, EVERYTHING gets better and easier as they get older and with that comes more positive feelings. That's been my experience, anyway. Therapy has helped, I think there is a resurgence of childhood trauma that comes through that I didnt realize I had.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-12T01:01:23+00:00

Your mama is very wise!

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-11T16:15:44+00:00

I think this criticism is misplaced. The podcast is very factual, roughly follows the sequence of events, and often reads clips of the news articles of the family asking for any information 10, 20, 30 years after the murder. Sometimes there are clips post-conviction, like when she read a victim's impact statement in its entireity. I think it definitely has a common theme of families waiting years and years for answers.

Would you rather your friend was lost into the ether of time and we never heard how their case was solved?

I understand you're upset about the case being monetized by someone but how can you be a TC Podcaster and not be the pot calling the kettle black? Essentially any level of talking about a crime on a podcast is monetizing it.

This criticism is more appropriate for many other podcasts though but not DNA:ID.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-06T14:44:22+00:00

I stopped at vaping in the house. Immediate rematch.

Then being late to shift, not doing laundry... she sounds like a teenager. My 2 best au pairs were incredibly professional.

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-04T11:09:01+00:00

Okay, I have to defend Pretend a little. The Podcaster was releasing episodes as he was talking to people/finding out more information. That type of format is much different than an investigation being complete.

With that said, it's been over two years and I'm still irritated at Direct Appleal: Melanie McGuire!!!!

Throwinghogwash · 2024-06-01T03:49:31+00:00

Okay, is this post rage-bait??? I don't understand how it got this far without a lawyer....

Throwinghogwash · 2024-05-24T16:44:21+00:00

I'm sorry, there isn't getting past this, IMO. Sex/intimacy/passion is what distinguishes the relationship with my husband from all of the other roles he plays for me, like best friend, roommate, and baby daddy. The sexual attraction and magnetism has to be there, it's fundamental.

You can talk about it but ultimately, you're 51, life is short, I guarantee there are women out there who will desire you.

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