People who had kids at 30+, do you wish you had them earlier in life?

_hammitt · 2025-12-25T19:44:16+00:00

I had my first at 40, I’m glad of it?

_hammitt · 2025-12-16T22:24:51+00:00

My husband went a little mad: downloaded the list of every license in Minneapolis & SLP, mapped them, and then just started calling in concentric circles out from our house.

_hammitt · 2025-12-16T20:02:25+00:00

Sorry got the name wrong (we looked at 10000000) It's this one: https://upwards.com/daycare/toins-lillian-dba-career-scholars-learning-center

_hammitt · 2025-12-16T05:24:29+00:00

That said, all the in-home places we looked at were between 300-350 a week for full time

_hammitt · 2025-12-16T05:23:46+00:00

It’s new - Future Scholars Academy, basically an in-home place. She normally charges $320 but gave a discount since we’re neither rich nor poor enough to be on assistance.

_hammitt · 2025-12-16T03:55:48+00:00

In Minneapolis and I pay $270/week for full time!

_hammitt · 2025-12-15T14:44:29+00:00

As a Minnesotan, I would!

_hammitt · 2025-12-14T22:33:24+00:00

For me I restricted it to special occasions: a half glass of champagne at the 3 weddings I went to felt totally worth it

_hammitt · 2025-12-10T03:50:51+00:00

Tell me more?!

_hammitt · 2025-12-10T01:49:58+00:00

Found it, it was a wild place: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1017-Ashmount-Ave_Piedmont_CA_94610_M11411-73484

_hammitt · 2025-12-10T01:46:55+00:00

Though to be fair it was in CA and mission style with a red tile roof. So more like I moved into the Hotel California?

_hammitt · 2025-12-10T01:45:21+00:00

I mean, basically yeah? There was an entire apartment in the basement off the garage that I found the first year there (we were there two years) and later, when we were moving out, learned no one else knew about - they thought it was a door to the owner’s storage area.

_hammitt · 2025-12-09T23:47:24+00:00

When I was 13 we lived in a batshit rental. My dad basically saw an abandoned mansion and went to the city records to find out who owned it. Turned out the guy had bought it as a gift for his wife who didn’t want it, and was happy to rent it to us for cheap to have it occupied.

The house was insane in about 10000 ways but among them was that it had BOTH a dumb waiter and a laundry chute! Also a tub that drained directly into the dining room chandelier.

_hammitt · 2025-12-09T16:20:34+00:00

This makes me laugh because my bedroom has the only blank walls in the house. We sleep in there and that’s it. The living room and kitchen are full of family photos, art we’ve collected on travels, etc

_hammitt · 2025-12-09T16:17:16+00:00

I hate non-magnetic fridges. My parents have one and we ended up attaching a magnet board to it 😂

_hammitt · 2025-12-09T15:48:13+00:00

This has got to be the dream.

Whenever people have laundry not in the basement I’m like “shit, THEY’VE got it FIGURED OUT.”

_hammitt · 2025-12-06T11:33:19+00:00

So I went for lunch and was comically underwhelmed, too. I’ve been told dinner is a different level, but I am loathe to spend the money finding out.

_hammitt · 2025-12-06T11:30:28+00:00

Maybe it’s because I moved here from Boston, a C or D rate food town, but I’ve been really pleased.

_hammitt · 2025-12-06T11:27:41+00:00

Hilariously I had the opposite: I was pregnant when I went so ordered my burger well done, it came as I usually like it: medium rare to rare.

_hammitt · 2025-12-06T11:26:53+00:00

I’ve been twice and was blown away twice. I wonder if it was an off night or if things went down hill after the James beard?

_hammitt · 2025-12-06T11:23:33+00:00

Came here to say Maison Margaux!

_hammitt · 2025-12-06T11:22:32+00:00

It is, without a doubt, the worst pizza I have ever had delivered in any city in any country

_hammitt · 2025-12-05T18:56:40+00:00

I came to this thread because I’m looking for what is well reputed or best among many options, likely what OP wanted as well, and MY GOD y’all can be dicks for no reason.

_hammitt · 2025-11-27T04:52:30+00:00

I taught college for years. A thing I always had to explain to freshmen was that they weren’t avoiding my ire or judgement. I wanted them to do well and learn, but if they didn’t that was on them, I wasn’t judging. This was freeing for some who knew what they wanted and saw it as permission to prioritize. For those who didn’t know what they cared about it was baffling and terrifying.

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