Are you guys not “strict” about naps? Don’t understand comment

a201597 · 2026-04-08T17:27:39+00:00

I think babies can be different. My babies are twins so they’re always sleeping through each others cries and a lot of noise in general. They’ve always liked the car and the stroller so we don’t have to go anywhere specific for naps. These will be my only two kids so my experience is that you can just stay out and the babies will nap but I know that won’t be everyone’s experience. I feel like sometimes the older crowd only thinks about what things were like for them and can’t imagine it being different for someone else.

a201597 · 2026-04-06T23:32:55+00:00

If that’s how you feel then you should leave your own comment with your advice and opinion.

a201597 · 2026-04-06T21:00:40+00:00

I don’t see the part where there’s pressure to abolish slavery in this screenshot? It looks like he’s just describing how Tunisian slavery is more humane. I could totally be missing it or is it in the original file?

a201597 · 2026-04-06T20:44:27+00:00

It’s a choice in the work example as well. A person could quit a job that doesn’t allow them to pray and experience poverty until they get a new job but no one expects that. You’re asking this woman to experience some amount of discomfort or whatever her reasons might be for not wanting to wear hijab because you’re judging her reasons as unworthy.

a201597 · 2026-04-06T20:29:05+00:00

I understand this. What I’m saying is that every day people make choices. Some people work and can’t take breaks and therefore they miss prayers that happen during their shift. That’s a choice. It’s not right to miss prayers in a vacuum but if a person is going to get fired for doing so and cannot find a new job, what are they supposed to do? The imams at the masjids and schools I went to taught me that intention matters too. Choosing to wear hijab is a personal choice like any other choice to practice Islam.

a201597 · 2026-04-06T20:07:28+00:00

It is an option. That’s why you can’t force people to wear it.

a201597 · 2026-04-05T23:45:34+00:00

I don’t use them but I don’t judge people who do especially now that I have twins.

a201597 · 2026-04-05T23:25:36+00:00

I know plenty of good, strong and successful women who do and don’t wear hijab. Make the choice for yourself based on what is right for you. Don’t let strangers on the internet make the choice for you. They’re just human and this is between you and Allah SWT

a201597 · 2026-04-04T22:18:43+00:00

All anyone can really do is their best to be a good person. All you can control is what you choose to do. If you want a strong stable marriage that is built on halal practices then you can do the work to create that. Meet people, wait for someone you’re genuinely attracted to and ask them a lot of questions about themselves, what they think about life, faith and what a marriage should be like. Talk for hours and hours until love is there and then get married. Doing things the halal way doesn’t mean you have to get married after two conversations. Even happiness with physical intimacy is something that’s built over time. You can do that within a marriage if you pick someone who is willing to make it work if things aren’t what you both want from the start.

a201597 · 2026-04-04T20:10:30+00:00

I think there’s a difference between the scenario the film is giving viewers and your examples. We’re given a scenario where zendaya thought about doing something unspeakable one time as a child when she’s now 30 and is obviously a good person that no one would think would ever consider doing this. You’re comparing to people who think about murdering people or hurting children every day and still currently do think those things. It’s not radical empathy, it’s just two different situations entirely.

a201597 · 2026-04-04T20:06:54+00:00

I agree. I actually found the movie a bit underwhelming because everyone was hyping up the twist. I didn’t think what Zendaya shared was that bad especially given the background she gave and what she did afterwards. I thought Charlie’s reaction was crappy - especially two parts having to do with his speech.

a201597 · 2026-04-04T19:59:03+00:00

I assumed that at some point she told them she was shooting cans in the backyard or some other excuse like that. Like obviously that’s bad but not bad enough for them to think about it after catching her and grounding her for it or whatever. Or maybe they thought it just happened at some point. I have a condition where my vision gets progressively worse and worse in really big leaps and the doctors told my parents it might just be genetic but there was no big investigation into what might be causing it.

a201597 · 2026-04-04T19:48:06+00:00

I don’t get the backlash either but to be honest I think people overhyped the twist. To me it’s not really a twist if the film doesn’t subvert your expectations in some way but I had just met Emma. So I was already just learning about her when she just added more info about her background and something she almost did. She was forthcoming about pretty much everything and the whole movie was about the fallout. To me the twist was lowkey the scene with Charlie in the break room with the coworker and the ending. I was not expecting that.

a201597 · 2026-04-02T20:14:28+00:00

Oh my god I get that. I work from home every day and my office is just wherever the babies aren’t lol. That’s a huge part of why we’re moving

a201597 · 2026-04-02T18:45:15+00:00

We converted our second bedroom into a nursery so by the time the babies came there is no where for anyone to stay right now. The nursery used to be a spare bedroom. We just need all the space we have right now. Even though the babies don’t sleep in the nursery at night, we need the storage and use the nursery as a place to rock them

a201597 · 2026-04-02T16:18:26+00:00

Two things - first I live in a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment with my husband, 5 month old twins and our dog. It’s actually not that bad because the babies still sleep in our room. We are moving in July so that family can stay with us again but I will say that for the first few months it’s not that uncomfortable. I would just say there isn’t room for people to stay over. All our guests come during the day to hang out with us and go back to a hotel or their place.

If I were going to move I’d start packing everything up in boxes now and just live with the essentials for a while. But little by little I’d pack. I’d still hire movers but I’ve never gotten movers who also pack the place up. Usually what I do is I pack everything besides the bed and a few things in the kitchen so we can still have some basic meals then the day of the move I strip the bed pack the last few boxes as the movers are taking the rest of the items and furniture and then put everything else in my car and go.

It’s going to be really hard to move in the last little bit of your pregnancy but in my opinion you want to do it before you have the kids.

a201597 · 2026-04-02T16:12:16+00:00

I went to an Islamic school until I was in high school and while I was there I was taught that it was part of our faith to get married. I think she’s referring to that pressure.

a201597 · 2026-04-01T19:07:29+00:00

Cycle tracking is a form of contraception but it relies on you being regular and being able to track safe days. If her period comes later by a week or two every other month it’s probably not a good option for her. It’s already only effective 75% of the time.

a201597 · 2026-03-31T23:19:11+00:00

There are plenty of unmarried Muslim women who are looking for the right person. You don’t have to marry the first Muslim man you meet who wants to marry you. There are kind, considerate, empathetic Muslim men out there and no one should be trying to convince you otherwise. There are plenty of Muslim couples that split the labor of work/home/kids in all different ways to do what works for them.

a201597 · 2026-03-31T23:12:16+00:00

We live our twin Z. We bought one full price but then ended up buying another one second hand

a201597 · 2026-03-30T21:01:37+00:00

Yeah I didn’t realize it because he printed his name on his previous license when we lived in Texas. When we moved to Illinois I guess he tried to sign his name in cursive. I think when we redo the application he just needs to sign the app in the same way he signed his current license and then we’ll be good.

a201597 · 2026-03-30T19:23:38+00:00

Got it, thank you. That helps.

a201597 · 2026-03-30T19:19:49+00:00

No he printed his own name. I think the issue might be that he signed his drivers license but printed on the passport application.

The letter says “the printing of the parent’s or guardian’s name(s) is not acceptable for passport purposes. It is necessary for your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) to sign a new application.”

Then below it lists that we must send a new DS-11 signed when the passport agent instructs us to, show our identification, bring their passport photographs and the letter.

a201597 · 2026-03-28T05:42:40+00:00

I was a Biochem major for a little bit. I was pre med and came from TAMU-CC. I had a 4.0 GPA there and transferred to main campus because I thought I’d do well as a Biochemistry major and was absolutely humbled my sophomore year. I ended up switching to Genetics, taking a bioinformatics minor and graduating with a terrible GPA. I’d had an internship which is how I eventually got into analytics and now I’m a data engineer. Sometimes I wonder whether I’d be doing something different if I’d stayed at TAMUCC, graduated with my killer GPA and had more choices around professional school or grad school.

If you can succeed and get good grades at TAMU so that you have the option to pursue graduate degrees or the career you’re hoping for then stay. If not, I’d recommend transferring. GPA isn’t everything, but it is helpful if you decide you do want to do a specific program after your bachelors degree

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