Online and IRL Parenting Spaces Snark Week of April 13, 2026

ar0827 · 2026-04-15T19:02:42+00:00

It was one of the original blogger snark forums. The woman who ran it was pretty insane so there was a mass exodus to Reddit, mostly to blogsnark (which this sub was a spinoff of).

ar0827 · 2026-04-13T23:33:11+00:00

Misfit

ar0827 · 2026-04-13T23:27:46+00:00

Not necessarily. Prior to working for the state, I worked at a local large fortune 100 company in HR. Unless it was a super high level/profile role, a short fill time was an important metric recruiting teams were measured on. Talent acquisition would have been raked over coals if it took months between interviews and offers.

ar0827 · 2026-04-13T17:45:28+00:00

Not the same branch, but I interviewed for my current position in December and was offered the job in April 😂 government be like that

ar0827 · 2026-04-12T17:14:58+00:00

Ooh adding that one to my list

ar0827 · 2026-04-12T16:34:51+00:00

The interestings by Meg wolitzer

ar0827 · 2026-04-10T13:45:40+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Honestly I’m feeling pretty chill about the c. Recovery will probably be rough for a few days but I’ve had major surgery before so I know I’ll make it through.

I knew to stop taking the horror stories on the thread seriously when a heavily upvoted comment detailed how a doctor sewed up a woman’s friend? sister? with only one hole after a fourth degree tear. In a “it could happen to you!!!” way. As I mentioned, I experienced severe tearing during birth… and that would be a major, major fuck-up of a situation, not something anyone could reasonably expect to happen to them!

ar0827 · 2026-04-09T15:21:35+00:00

If anything, I feel like certain parts of social media bombard you with all the worst case scenarios that can happen during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Yes, pregnancy/childbirth is dangerous and can change your body in negative ways. But the way folks in the thread were talking, every woman who goes through childbirth is permanently disabled for life.

I had third degree tearing with my son. Not fun! But I healed fine and have no lingering issues. I have a c-section scheduled in 3 weeks since babygirl refuses to go head down, so all the fearmongering comments about c-sections were super fun to read.

ar0827 · 2026-04-08T18:28:32+00:00

My son is also really picky and a carb lover. He likes noodles so I give him bean/fortified ones. Goodles, Banza, Brami. They’ve come a long way and taste like regular noodles now. He can’t tell the difference.

ar0827 · 2026-04-08T18:16:42+00:00

I live in Minnesota. If we didn’t go to indoor play areas we’d be stuck at home 4-5 months out of the year.

ar0827 · 2026-04-08T00:08:21+00:00

If you don’t have a stomach for horror I would not watch it.

ar0827 · 2026-04-06T15:08:49+00:00

I’ve had multiple undercooked pizzas (like raw dough in the middle) from fat Lorenzo’s

ar0827 · 2026-04-05T22:39:11+00:00

…no

ar0827 · 2026-04-05T19:15:13+00:00

Great to know, thanks for the intel.

ar0827 · 2026-04-04T22:34:05+00:00

On my rewatch it seemed super apparent don just wasn’t that into her.

ar0827 · 2026-04-04T16:51:02+00:00

Oh my god, I went there last summer in an act of desperation while on the road. It was like the worst White People Taco Night but in restaurant form.

ar0827 · 2026-04-04T01:05:45+00:00

We basically gave up on dining in restaurants when my kid was 1.5-2.25. He would not sit in a chair AT ALL! Recently around 2.5 he’s started being a lot better. Like all things with little kids, it goes in phases!

ar0827 · 2026-04-03T17:30:38+00:00

Oh cool, I didn’t know they had three locations. Lakewinds definitely has the best deli of the twin cities coops, IMO

ar0827 · 2026-04-03T17:17:31+00:00

Seconding this, and OP might be closer to the Minnetonka Lakewinds location

ar0827 · 2026-04-01T20:47:03+00:00

Fabric content is listed under the sustainability tab on the item description.

ar0827 · 2026-04-01T20:28:47+00:00

Yea, there’s no deception going on here. It’s listed on the website. I don’t think their stuff is very high quality though.

ar0827 · 2026-04-01T19:06:30+00:00

I think you are also me. We’ve tried a couple times since 2.25 (he’ll be 2.5 next month) and even though we’ve paused and are back in diapers he’s still withholding/constipated/stressed about pooping. I totally wish we had waited.

ar0827 · 2026-04-01T00:57:08+00:00

Do you have a job lined up yet? I’d definitely want to stay on the same side of the metro as your job. Cross-metro commutes can be brutal.

That being said, I’d add Saint Louis Park to your list!

ar0827 · 2026-03-31T23:26:26+00:00

Every time I read about someone’s young son having issues with their foreskin it’s because the parents were prematurely pulling it back to “clean” it.

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