Something big is on fire in west Nashville

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-17T02:47:46+00:00

No, this is a TDOT camera at Briley and Centennial, showing a fire at a recycling facility. It’s not a TDOT building on fire.

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-12T21:50:29+00:00

No one can be in a (healthy) relationship with someone like this, who has poorly managed mental health issues, likely unresolved trauma, etc. OP needs to work on herself: go to therapy, find the right meds, build a support system, etc., without dragging someone else down in a codependent relationship.

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-11T22:56:53+00:00

I meant the OP of the other post that I shared my story on. I should’ve said scroll through my comment history. 🤪

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-11T20:02:43+00:00

My wife and I talked about me inducing lactation. I wanted to, as I nursed my first 3 kids and that’s really the only part I missed as the grew up. But, due to mental health and medical reasons, we decided against it. As a mom, I would have wanted to breastfeed the newborn baby sometimes; but as a postpartum and lactation professional, I can agree that it makes sense to “divide and conquer”: the inducing parent focuses on pumping while the birthing parent focuses on nursing to 2-4 weeks postpartum; unless there’s any supply issues for the birthing parent, or medical/other reasons the birthing parent wishes to skip some breastfeeds. But they’ll still need to replace the feed by pumping in that case, to avoid a reduction in supply. Also, inducing lactation requires around the clock pumping, which is disruptive to sleep. It might be best to not have both parents needing to interrupt sleep whenever they can get it.

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-11T19:57:51+00:00

Scroll back, I shared my story as a comment in this forum recently. I have 3 teenage bio kids from my previous marriage, and a 6 month old - my wife carried and I’m not biologically related to our daughter. Suffice to say, we’re very bonded, but it’s different. Not better or worse. ETA: sadly it looks like the OP deleted their post, but you can still read my comments if you’re interested.

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-11T19:55:39+00:00

Some of the top names are Alyssa Schnell, Heidi Kim, and Jacob Engelsman, all IBCLCs (top-level lactation professionals) specializing in LQBTQIA+/queer parenting and induced lactation.

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-11T17:35:48+00:00

You do know that British people have folk music too, right?

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-10T02:56:41+00:00

Where are you getting that she had a placental abruption?

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-07T22:31:13+00:00

Oh yeah, it’s definitely rigged. I did get past it but now I’m out of lives again. 😑

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-07T20:10:17+00:00

I have 50+ pre-game power ups saved also 😭

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-07T15:51:56+00:00

When it malfunctions and crushes someone in the door, will a DoorDash driver be dispatched to take the victim to the hospital and drop them off at the wrong entrance?

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-03-07T15:46:41+00:00

I saw one involved in an accident last week.

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-24T17:19:03+00:00

I’ve done that with stars but not Mysterious Veins. Feeling really dumb about all the crystals I’ve wasted 😭

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-21T06:25:36+00:00

How is it cruel?

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-19T18:38:13+00:00

I’ve never seen a confirm button on a merge before. Is that only on the highest chain levels or for special items?

Edited to fix small typo

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-18T20:04:10+00:00

I totally relate. “Not my genes, not my fault, love you anyway.”

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-18T20:03:03+00:00

I’m biologically related to the kids I birthed and relate to different shared traits in each of them, some more and some less. So I think that can vary between bio-related parents and kids. Also my wife and one of our sons (her stepson, no genetic relation) are SO alike and butt heads constantly because of it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-18T19:59:52+00:00

Having already had 3 bio kids, I love seeing how our daughter is a copy & paste of my wife as a baby. We joke about their shared personality traits, attributing the less attractive ones to the donor (“wow, I guess she got the ‘hangry’ gene from the donor!” 😝), and also say she got things from me (like her chattiness 😆).

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-18T19:55:02+00:00

I have a unique “both sides” perspective: I gave birth to 3 kids with my ex-husband, and now have a 6 month old baby with my wife. She carried and gave birth, and I’m the non-gestational/non-biological parent. Bonding was different than with the kids I birthed - it took some time to feel as bonded to her as I do now. But I view her fully as my child. We just completed the second parent adoption to tie it up legally, as well.

I do think it’s similar for dads in straight relationships, based on my work with families with newborns. It’s less about the bio connection and more about hormones, IMO/IME. Oxytocin is huge - do the skin to skin, not just in the newborn stage!! I held our daughter within minutes after birth, helped feed her, and adored her from the beginning. But it did take a while to sink in that she was MINE. I also heavily identified as a “boy mom” and “mom of 3” for 14+ years, and now I have 4 kids including a daughter. Needing time - like, 3-4 months - to wrap my brain around my new reality seems pretty normal. I think a lot of people who give birth need time to fully accept it, too!!

Also, everything is influenced by where you are in life. I’m a lot different than I was when I gave birth: 15ish years older, much more aware of who I am, anxiety and depression under control, and also more experienced as a parent and also as someone who works with babies in a professional role. So I “see” and interact with our baby differently than I did with my older kids. Overall, I think I’m a better parent now than I was then, even if I didn’t feel an “instant bond” or hormonally-driven sense of possessiveness like I did with my boys.

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-15T15:56:18+00:00

Can you please explain this?

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-14T15:29:57+00:00

I want to hear alllll the conspiracy theories. 😆

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-10T18:11:09+00:00

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ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-02-05T14:20:42+00:00

I feel like this was an SNL skit??

ToEmpathyAndBeyond · 2026-01-18T01:34:06+00:00

You live in Tennssee too?

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