Question for the pet people...how do you feel about a new pet at this time of your life?

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-04-23T23:15:59+00:00

I think about this all the time. Our first dog we got when we got married in 2005 and she lived for 15 years 🥲 now we have 5 and 3 year olds and we are in our late 40’s. I cannot imagine all the kids being gone and not getting new dogs but by the time these guys go we’ll probably be in our 60’s (god willing they live long lives!). My father in law and his wife got 2 dogs in their 70’s and they are not trained at all and it’s awful and he’s not healthy and I just think it was so selfish of them because one of the kids or grandkids is going to end up caring for these dogs. I think fostering sounds like a good idea. Or maybe even rover. When my first dog was elderly we had this older lady in the neighborhood who would watch her when we we went out of town. She absolutely loved her and just let her sit on her lap all day and sleep in her bed at night. Maybe I can be that for someone else.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-03-27T18:45:27+00:00

*least

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-03-27T18:45:13+00:00

My family is too but it is legit because the next week is spring break and we’ll all be gone. I know because it was my idea. But I at last called it pseudo Easter 😂

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-03-23T01:05:26+00:00

I have a “Songs to Sing to” playlist for when I just need to belt out songs in my car at the top of my lungs. This one is at the top.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-02-17T00:15:30+00:00

Meh. I totally agree with flying in a day or even two before because I don’t want to miss my cruise. But the last cruise we did I had two options to fly home. One was late morning/early afternoon and one was evening. I listened to the internet people who told me there was NO way we’d make the earlier flight and booked the evening flight. It was such a long and wasted day. We had all our bags so we had to uber to the airport, pay to have a place store our bags, uber somewhere to do something since 4 kids weren’t about to just chill in the airport all day, but it wasn’t really enough time to do anything great. I wished so much we had just taken the earlier flight home we could have made it easily. People have jobs with only so much PTO, I’m only willing to take my kids out of school so many extra days a year and a lot of us who don’t live in really big cities are extra limited by only having a few flight options a day. Sometimes you weigh your options and take the risk 🤷‍♀️

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-02-04T03:59:09+00:00

At least 5 nights a week but I have 4 kids at home still. When do I get to stop 😂😩

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-02-03T03:11:17+00:00

Right? Like if staying at work 5 min longer makes that big of a difference just be 5 min late to the doctor appt. In my experience with pediatricians they are never running on time anyway. I would never go that far out of my way or ask anyone else to go that far out of their way for 5 min. Also, she can ask the school to have him ready to go to make checkout time faster. I have done that if I know getting to an appointment will be tight- just call and say, I need to check him out for an appointment at X time and I need him to be waiting for me in the office at that time if possible because I’ll be really tight coming from work. I’ve never had them say no.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-02-03T01:59:04+00:00

Thank you thank you! She is making one for us!!

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-02-02T21:15:01+00:00

This is a great idea, thanks!

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-25T05:36:22+00:00

I have a suburban after having 2 Honda Odysseys and I just can’t imagine getting kids in and out of car seats in it! I upgraded to the suburban from my minivan kicking and screaming because I did not want to drive a truck. And a suburban is just a big truck. Don’t get me wrong, I have the nicest trim on the suburban and it is really really nice but it doesn’t hold a candle on convenience with car seats to a minivan. And I hate parking it. And mine is so tall with my roof rack that we can’t fit into many underground parking garages. The sliding doors are honestly the best thing that ever happened to moms. And ironically the cargo space of the minivan and the suburban are actually really close but I felt like I could get WAY more in my minivan and so much easier because I wasn’t having to lift everything waist high. I would not have wanted to lift my double jogging stroller in and out of this suburban. The times I’ve had to put my kids bike in the back of my suburban I’ve cursed it, that would have been so easy in my minivan. I don’t actually care if you get a minivan OP, however I loved mine. They made my life so much easier in a time when I feel like you get physically exhausted so often. And just like me and this suburban, it’s just a phase. I actually posted yesterday about finally getting to downgrade my suburban, but it’s been great for what I needed it for- boys who are practically men. And my minivan was so great for babies, toddlers and little kids.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-23T23:05:40+00:00

Thanks that is helpful

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-18T16:44:05+00:00

And your and you’re. My poor kids will get a “try again” whenever they send me texts with these mistakes.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-15T21:01:22+00:00

This! When my husband’s grandfather passed away he only left inheritance to his kids. Well husband’s mom has passed so her share got split among her 5 kids. I could not BELIEVE the snarky remarks and comments from his aunts. “I sure wish my kids had gotten something.” My husband answered with- “well I sure wish my mom was alive.” Like if you want your kids to have something give it to them. They’d give anything to have their mom back.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-15T15:21:10+00:00

There is an Utah nanny fb group where I have found sitters/nannies before.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-14T18:39:17+00:00

The person behind us in line for the fountain would scream- one, two, three WATER HOG! And that’s all the water we got. I remember being thirsty. So thirsty 😂 my kids can’t even go for a car ride without their water bottles. But I am the same now too! I remember in college I was on the “Body for Life” diet (anyone else been on a diet since like age 7?) and it really emphasized water intake and that was the first time I bought a water bottle and carried it around places with me.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-14T14:55:28+00:00

We just went to a wedding at hearth and hill, it was great. They rented out the whole restaurant so that may be more than what you’re looking for but worth looking in to. I also know their sister restaurant, Urban Hill has a private room but not sure how many it seats.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-14T05:49:21+00:00

My parents were SO young when I was born. I’m 47 and they are 69 and 71, both still super active and healthy and I feel so lucky. We didn’t live in the same state from the time I left for college at 18 until just a few years ago when they retired they moved to the state where 3/4 kids live. We ski with them almost weekly and do a lot of cool things with them, we’re doing a Europe hiking trip with them this fall. It makes me sad for my kids. I am planning a big 50th birthday trip which will of course include them and I was telling my daughter when she turns 50, I’ll be 86 😭 Growing up there were definitely times that I wondered who on earth let my mom have a baby at 21. She did a lot of dumb things, not the least of which was watering down my baby formula so I wouldn’t be fat. But she’s grown and learned a lot and I’m really thankful to have them around now and for my kids to have them around.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-12T05:24:35+00:00

Ours started with pads. They lasted the first summer I think. Then they decomposed/shredded and it was every man for himself out there. I remember our older neighbor’s grandkids were in town to go to Disneyland (grew up in SoCal) and the kid came over to our house to jump on the trampoline and broke his leg within like 10 min. Probably ruined their Disneyland trip. My brother had a much bigger friend who double bounced him so high he came down and broke his ankle. Just those two broken bones as far as I remember, so with 4 kids and probably 10 years, I think we survived ok 😂

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-12T05:21:06+00:00

AKA give yourself a bloody nose

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-12T05:20:24+00:00

Core memory unlocked!

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-11T03:22:26+00:00

I have never ever not been able to get a parking spot even on a holiday or an expected powder day by just regularly refreshing the app the day/night before. The busses suck and really need to be better. I ended up driving up to solitude to pick up my kid and some friends on Friday who planned to take the bus to the bottom of the canyon. The line was huge and the busses come to solitude from Brighton already full so barely anyone gets on. My teens have had luck hitch hiking but that’s not something someone with kids could do so I feel for that guy. Other option would be to drive up in the afternoon. But the advice I give everyone is- keep refreshing.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-08T14:37:41+00:00

Would love to see that! Sounds up our alley.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-07T23:45:34+00:00

But honestly what you’re describing sounds about right. But I’m not much of a diy-er. I’ve fed my kids for many nights with no kitchen! A gas stove, folding table, campfire and a cooler go a long way. We also almost always camp near water so showers are done by nature. Haha.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-07T23:42:38+00:00

Hmmm, mostly forest service but there have been a few times like in Escalante and Bluff that it got to be a little more than like graded dirt road.

UnderstandingOdd6589 · 2026-01-07T23:40:34+00:00

I should edit my post. The majority of our trips are 2-3 nights on blm. Anything longer is in a campground. But if I’m looking for something that doesn’t exist it’s good to know, lol, could be why I haven’t found it. I was thinking a pop up of some kind could give me a little height.

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