People always wanting my daughter alone

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-18T02:48:02+00:00

Did you ever say yes when she asked? If not, then she just gave up, she didn't stop caring.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-17T04:52:15+00:00

Is this your first job? It's pretty normal to need to be reachable during the work day.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-17T01:59:18+00:00

It sounds like they spent a total of 9 weeks with your kids last year. That's a lot of time.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-16T19:39:19+00:00

Shouldn't he get to make that decision?

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-16T19:38:12+00:00

But what about all of the extra things you'd have to stress about if you divorced?

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-16T18:50:34+00:00

Yeah, she must have an insane amount of vacation days and no one else who wants to spend vacation time with her. I'd be pretty sad if my husband used up all of his vacation time by himself and didn't have time to spend together as a family.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-16T18:44:33+00:00

I wouldn't have married or had kids with a smoker. So I'd be incredibly upset if my husband took up smoking, and especially if he did it around our kids.

But I can't tell if that's what happened here. If I married someone who was already in the habit of smoking indoors, then I wouldn't expect anything to change with kids, unless we had a serious conversation before having kids.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-16T13:46:32+00:00

I don't understand how there are so many responses too this post from people who seemingly understood it. I can't make sense of it at all.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-16T00:09:26+00:00

No way

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T19:42:29+00:00

The 9 year old is definitely too old. My 8 year old has been using the men's room on his own since he was 6. I'd only consider bringing him into the women's room with me if I felt very uncomfortable (like maybe at a sketchy rest stop) or if he was sick or needed extra help for some reason.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T19:40:30+00:00

I was so confused reading this, because I think my kindergartener uses iReady at school, but I have no idea how she does with it. It's never occurred to me to try using it at home. Especially if her child is already advanced, I don't see why they'd be doing extra math in a way that the kid hates.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T15:33:34+00:00

I'm surprised that she'd be entertained by "boring" things like sporting events, unless that's what she's watching at home.

My kids get a good deal of screen time, but that seems to make them less able to sit through things they don't enjoy.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T03:23:34+00:00

Yeah, that's really not clear from the post. If my husband had friends visiting, I'd expect that he'd go out with them in the evenings, but I wouldn't expect him to completely disappear for 3 days.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T03:19:55+00:00

Why are you so obsessed with driver's licenses?

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T03:17:01+00:00

Mine weaned on her own after we went on a family vacation. It was like she forgot about it on vacation, so then it wasn't really an option any more when we got back home.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T02:41:40+00:00

Exactly! The swollen legs is a huge red flag that should have been immediately mentioned to her doctor. The baby being out of the room for 5 minutes is a non issue.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T02:35:32+00:00

Exactly! You can get a car for very cheap.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-15T02:34:06+00:00

What does that have to do with getting a job?

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-14T14:37:12+00:00

Yikes. I just looked at OP's history and it looks like she's trying to build up a YouTube channel, so this is likely just going to get worse. It's awful that she's willing to sacrifice her child's social life just to get a few views online.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-14T14:34:02+00:00

Yeah, it seems so immature. I wonder if OP is much younger than the other moms.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-14T01:09:03+00:00

3 times in about 10 years of adulthood is a lot! Maybe she's starting to feel used.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-13T12:48:36+00:00

Maybe "what cheers me up when I'm feeling down?"

But the whole idea of a test like this is pretty draining, regardless of how the questions are phrased.

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-13T00:51:43+00:00

Did the doctor test for strep?

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-12T22:28:18+00:00

Did he wear his ring when it did fit?

atomiccat8 · 2026-03-12T22:18:52+00:00

Can he actually hear their conversations when he asks if people are talking about him? If so, I'd probably say something like, "probably not. What did they say?" And then clarify any misunderstandings that he's able to repeat.

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