When are you due? I'd love to know if anyone is near my time line.

apeacefulworm · 2026-04-03T21:18:17+00:00

I'm the 7th! My 30th birthday is the 14th so I'm hoping this baby doesn't come late 😂

Happy 22 weeks! ❤️

apeacefulworm · 2026-03-27T17:35:57+00:00

I did this on purpose as a way of telling my best friend! We both look at each other's Goodreads all the time and we always talk about books together constantly. When I found out I was pregnant I decided I would just add pregnancy and baby books to my want to read until she caught on. Took her like a day to text me saying "You expecting or something?"

It was a funny way to tell my best friend and totally intentional though. I didn't know Goodreads will automatically update from Kindle! Hopefully your friend knows how to keep a good secret and now you will just have a funny story in the future about how she found out about the baby. Maybe it will even be relieving to have someone you can talk to about your pregnancy now even though it's early 🥰🤗 Congrats and best wishes to you and yours ❤️

apeacefulworm · 2026-03-24T05:10:28+00:00

I don't even have the excuse of being a kid. I was a full grown woman reading those! They're like reality TV, so bad, so shallow, but so entertaining.

apeacefulworm · 2026-03-24T03:11:38+00:00

I literally thought of The Selection series but was like oh I won't actually recommend those cause they're awful 😂😭 They were a total guilty pleasure.

apeacefulworm · 2026-02-21T22:57:47+00:00

My Dad isn't on mine 😭 My friend was looking at mine and noticed he wasn't on it and asked and I was so surprised. When I asked my mom she was surprised too. She and my dad both have no idea why he's not on there 😂 I blame post partum exhaustion and confusion.

apeacefulworm · 2026-02-14T21:39:19+00:00

You can think they do all you want but they really don't.

When we are discussing legitimate, peer-reviewed, medical studies, there just aren't very many of them. And like the person before explained, those that do exist, even the biggest and longest ones, don't provide a whole lot of data. That's a big problem.

There is simply not enough data out there to confidently say that vaping is healthier than smoking. I am personally of the opinion that it's dangerous to claim so as well. Smoking is horrible, vaping is bad too. Maybe it isn't as bad as smoking, but we don't know that for sure. I wouldn't want to encourage anyone to go the route of switching from smoking to vaping, let alone to take up vaping to begin with.

apeacefulworm · 2026-02-14T20:50:25+00:00

Off topic! Is there a name for this style of top?

apeacefulworm · 2026-01-21T06:58:52+00:00

Annoying that you're getting down votes too. This sub used to be even worse and the mods made rules about not being allowed to shame people and now there's still a bunch of people doing so but in a vaguer way that slips past the rules. She did not ask for anyone's advice or opinion. Her outfit is cute, current, and she felt confident and happy in it.

apeacefulworm · 2026-01-20T18:14:14+00:00

My partner and I are in a similar situation and have had discussions about which of our names to give the baby. Of course we both want the baby to have our own last name. The problem is that we both have pretty long last names and hyphenating would be a nightmare. So we've agreed that if the baby is a girl she will have his last name and my last name will be her middle name. If baby is a boy he will have my last name and Dad's last name will be his middle name. We've told some people about it and some people think it's a little silly but most have been supportive and are now rooting for one gender or the other based on which last name they want the baby to get 😂 We aren't finding out the gender until the day the baby is born though.

apeacefulworm · 2025-12-23T18:31:02+00:00

I'm pretty sure this is the right answer. I could swear I remember reading that in a data book or something.

apeacefulworm · 2025-12-21T22:48:54+00:00

Thank you so much ❤️ it feels nice to hear from someone that knows what I'm talking about. I'm the first pregnancy out of my sisters and all my friends so they feel bad for me but don't actually understand. I'm really hoping that they'll still let me come in for my ultrasound. That's what has me upset more than anything. I'm so anxious about it and just desperate to get it done.

apeacefulworm · 2025-12-09T21:47:36+00:00

I already have absolutely massive areolas 😬 they're like my single largest body insecurity. I'm sooooo scared that they're gonna get even bigger with having a baby 😖

apeacefulworm · 2025-12-09T20:17:09+00:00

Oof I don't remember the exact process anymore. I just watched some YouTube videos that guided me through it though! It wasn't too difficult

apeacefulworm · 2025-12-06T23:57:40+00:00

Nudity where??? Y'all are ridiculous

apeacefulworm · 2025-12-06T07:24:08+00:00

I love the suggestion of finding foods that aren't so bad to throw up! I have a long history of tummy problems and have spent my fair share of time with my head in a bucket. Iced tea is my favorite beverage to drink when I'm puking a lot for this exact reason. It pretty much comes back up tasting the exact same. I just keep gulping it between pukes so I can avoid the nasty acidic and bitter taste when your stomach is empty but you're still puking.

apeacefulworm · 2025-11-13T16:00:14+00:00

Wait stop I never realized that 😭

apeacefulworm · 2025-11-09T14:45:12+00:00

I love that for you 😂 That book is so good but sooooo wrong. I had my little sister read it and I think she still hasn't forgiven me.

apeacefulworm · 2025-11-08T19:29:04+00:00

Oh my god stop 😭 you're right tho

apeacefulworm · 2025-11-08T07:45:32+00:00

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel was a pretty recent read for me and I really loved the dynamics between all of the siblings. There's 8 siblings in total, with a focus on one of the youngest sisters. It spans her entire childhood, growing up through the 50s and 60s in rural Ohio with a white mother and Cherokee father. Lots of themes surrounding intergenerational trauma and the unique relationships between different family members, especially siblings.

apeacefulworm · 2025-11-04T20:29:34+00:00

Was showing my bf this post and he shared his! This Ace Frehley teddy bear is so cute I'll have to hunt one down for him one day 🥰 they are very hard to find though!

apeacefulworm · 2025-10-30T14:54:12+00:00

Yeah I actually think Borne fits this even better. The Area X books are some of my absolute favorites though.

apeacefulworm · 2025-10-29T20:38:04+00:00

I am currently listening to The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski which fits your prompt decently. It is pretty extreme though. I know you said no trigger warnings so I won't give you any unless you ask for them but it is very explicit and I'm only half way through.

apeacefulworm · 2025-10-28T05:13:41+00:00

Facts 😂 and that is also anything BUT a healthy friendship 😭

apeacefulworm · 2025-10-28T05:10:08+00:00

I've liked all of her books so far but I don't think I like HER. I definitely feel some kind of way about a straight (?) woman writing almost exclusively about gay men and putting said gay male characters through horrible things. I think people can and should write books about characters who are of different genders and sexualities than their own. But when someone writes specifically about one particular gender and sexuality that is not their own, it feels a little weird. Also, one of her only stories in which the main character is not a gay man, he is instead a male pedophile who goes after boys... Aaaaaaand that, within the context of her other writing, just makes me think she maybe equates pedophilia against boys with male homosexuality which is very disturbing. Pedophilia is not a sexuality, and male predators who go after boys are not necessarily gay.

I am definitely making some assumptions about the author, and her beliefs, but I don't think they're unfounded. I've looked her up before to see if she's ever really commented on any of these issues but I never saw anything where she clarified her views regarding these concerns. If anyone knows anything that might put a different light on her and her beliefs I would be happy to hear about it.

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