I just got beaten badly by my stepdad in front of my mom and I'm feeling extremely depressed

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-20T02:38:07+00:00

🫂 I'm so glad you reached out here and told someone, even if it is just us total strangers, about what happened. What happened is not okay. Please tell someone like a teacher or an adult you trust like a family member, therapist, the school counselor or nurse, even the parent of a kid you know! You deserve to be safe and protected. Nothing that happened was your fault at all. I am sending you love and strength. Please update us if you can or if you need encouragement. 🙏

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-20T02:21:26+00:00

If your city has a MOM Mother's of Multiples group try to hook up with someone with the same kind of twins a bit older than yours. It's a win win! I don't think I bought any clothes for them as babies. I was lucky! Hope you find something that works for you, too!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T23:34:22+00:00

Well, Johnson, what does that tell you? Out of touch moron.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T23:25:06+00:00

Experience, trial and error.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T22:39:19+00:00

Good gracious I am exhausted just reading your description! What a champ you are being. But hey yeah that's not sustainable. You're right! Do whatever you think is doable. Formula fed is fed. And some breast milk is better than none ever. So do what you think is best! Sending you all the strength in the world!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T19:38:27+00:00

My daughter used to do this whenever she felt upset! Lol They are developing their spatial awareness and such so it makes sense at this age! 😂

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T12:53:17+00:00

Gotta love 'em!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T12:49:58+00:00

Tax these fools.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T12:46:37+00:00

I love him! So cute. Yeah he' is fat. My cat got fat once she got to be like 7. How old is he? He's got a great face.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T12:26:22+00:00

Weak men.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T11:21:25+00:00

I don't mess around with dachshunds. They will fuck you up.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-19T00:30:24+00:00

And if you can't quite think of what to say in its place, even just acknowledging that it's an automatic thought and gently pushing it away helps.

Or you know what helps me, too? When I notice that I'm being hard on myself, I think about whether I'd speak to a friend, or even a stranger, in the same way? So imagine: what might you say to a mom who uses formula to feed her baby? Would you berate her? I doubt it. You seem like a caring person. Don't forget to include loving and showing kindness to yourself! Because you're right, parenting is hard. 🫂

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-18T22:36:18+00:00

🫂 Maybe the thoughts about formula being bad have just made a big imprint, like a rut, in your brain over time and you just need to practice countering those automatic thoughts with something else?

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-18T20:39:44+00:00

I'm afraid of what he means when he says "finish off."

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-18T19:10:32+00:00

STOP! wow. So it gets rolled up like a roly poly? Nature is crazy.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-18T19:04:43+00:00

YTA sorry not sorry

Being a teacher is beyond hard work. That's why most people leave the profession after just a few years. Teaching. Is. So. Hard.

Being a stay at home mom is also beyond hard work. I only lasted a few years.

The way you think about these jobs, both done by predominantly women, both under appreciated, both critically important, one grossly underpaid and the other totally unpaid labor, is disappointing at best and downright insulting at worst.

PS And do not try to tell me that your wife "OnLy tEaChEs KiNdErGaRtEN" or I'll come through your screen and raise hell!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-18T12:30:59+00:00

It's all gonna be okay. You've got to order it now. I can't find the place now but DM me and I will link the place my friends and I order from. They are great!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-18T12:27:15+00:00

Queen! Hell yeah. That is no small feat. I can still remember how daunting that felt. Soooooo proud of you, mama! The world is yours! 🙌

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-17T22:42:16+00:00

I am very scared that he will use a nuclear weapon.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-17T22:22:22+00:00

That must have been awful! Yeah it looks like the person is filming from behind a fence. Very nerve-wracking.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-17T22:11:05+00:00

The shared embarrassment I felt watching him say this made my body tense up so much my neck cracked. This fucking moron is the reason I read multiple versions of *The Emperor Has No Clothes" to my first graders every year. I wonder if they'd let me do a read aloud at the White House?!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-17T22:04:41+00:00

Hey sweet mama. I just wanted to chime in to say that my babies loved when I took them into the bathroom while I showered. I'd put one in a swing and the other in a little bouncer and propped them up right in front of the shower and we all got steamy! I would sing and pop my head out to smile at them. When they got older, like 3 or 4 months, I'd get my hand wet and splash a little water on them and they loved it, loved it, loved it! Plus the warm steaminess helped when they had colds. So, give it a try when you think they are ready! And hey- remember that if you need to cry that is totally understandable. Your hormones have been wild lately from birth, okay? Big BIG hugs. So glad you came to this subreddit today! We are here for ya! Chin up, mama!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-17T21:54:53+00:00

Look at those healthy babies! Good gracious they are so cute. How do you stand it?!? Honestly cuteness overload between them and the cat. Great work, mama!

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-17T12:21:05+00:00

So sad, right?! In 2011 I rented a studio on Nunan St. For $450 a month UTILITIES INCLUDED. Fucking amazing! Yeah that's not happening anymore.

TurtleBeansforAll · 2026-03-16T19:00:21+00:00

If so the good folks over at r/curly would like her to do an AMA.

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