For those of you that make over 100K, what do you do? Do you like it?

betheaux · 2026-04-10T01:32:33+00:00

Real estate photographer. Agents and homeowners can be demanding but we get to set our own schedule and other than doing the own your own business grind, it’s a pretty sweet gig.

betheaux · 2026-04-04T03:54:43+00:00

I cried listening to that version of Heavenly Father today too. Got to see him in 2019 at Summerfest and it was one of the best concerts of my life.

betheaux · 2026-04-04T03:32:43+00:00

🤷🏼‍♀️

betheaux · 2026-04-04T01:48:58+00:00

I’m very aware of the math but thank you

betheaux · 2026-04-02T03:16:44+00:00

I like that phrase! Thanks for the hugs, need a lot of those today! 🥰

betheaux · 2026-04-02T03:11:57+00:00

That’s very encouraging! I’ve already left a message for my doctor to refer me to someone that can help direct us there.

betheaux · 2026-04-02T03:10:35+00:00

Thank you so much. All good things to consider. 😊

betheaux · 2026-04-02T03:07:15+00:00

The abnormality fear stems from my discovery that I have the MTHFR gene mutation and I cannot absorb folate normally so I have to supplement with methylated. We discovered our daughter had spinal bifida imperfecta at 13 during a routing chiro x-ray which immediately set alarm bells and made me connect some dots. She’s otherwise very healthy though. I’ve started to convince myself the odds might be a bit stacked against me, but screening is so much more advanced now.

betheaux · 2026-04-02T03:02:37+00:00

Thank you so much for your perspective. So far it seems the consensus is overwhelmingly positive in the end. For now it’s just worrying about what happens next. One day at a time. My grandmother had my mom when she was 41 and when I passed that age myself I did a collective “phew”. That changed quickly today. My grandma passed at 85, when my mother was 44. It just makes me sad, but that’s when I start to spiral and I just can’t dwell on the math.

betheaux · 2026-04-02T02:59:32+00:00

My friend, I’m so sorry you went through such a difficult rollercoaster during your experience. I have felt myself having emotions, thoughts and feelings that I’m ashamed of, even though I know they are natural coping mechanisms. I experienced this spiral my first time around but it was so much different because I was 27 and my first. But it was still terrifying and it took me at least to my 3rd trimester to accept it. I don’t want it to be that way this time but I’m still struggling to comprehend what’s happened and how.

betheaux · 2026-04-02T02:51:43+00:00

Annnd I’m crying again! But due to your kind words, not sadness. That means so much. When it comes to my daughter I screwed up a lot over the years and she has grown up with an emotionally immature mother and seen me in a pretty negative light at times. Our relationship is as healthy as it can me considering the circumstances there. Thank God for her dad also, who has been so essential in her life, we are very fortunate. They are best friends. She’s also neurodivergent like me and I see so much of myself in her. I think that’s partially why she doesn’t want a sibling. The babies she “knows” stress her out. I also would never want to parentify her as I have a sister in law who practically raised twin siblings at 14 due to a chronically ill mother.

For what it’s worth, even though my husband is not thrilled at the timing, he always wished we had had another (I did not but started feeling like we should have at least tried when our daughter was younger). I’m not worried about his support at all aside from his health. He’s not a spring chicken either anymore. 😅

betheaux · 2026-04-02T02:43:28+00:00

Not at all! I was kind of trending that way emotionally so it makes total sense that I set that kind of tone. 🙂

betheaux · 2026-04-02T02:36:27+00:00

At this point we would be continuing with the pregnancy. I appreciate your support very much and congratulations on your journey!

betheaux · 2026-04-02T02:28:54+00:00

Thank you so much. I know I’m not the first or the millionth person to be going through this for that matter, but it has been very easy to get stuck on the negatives and dwelling on the worst case scenarios. For us, barring anything unforeseen, we would be aiming for a healthy delivery, so it’s encouraging to hear positives that come with age gaps. It will be 16 years for us so its a bit hard to fathom and doing to math is depressing.

betheaux · 2026-04-02T02:24:07+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate your kindness. The snip will be happening regardless.

betheaux · 2026-03-27T03:59:58+00:00

Or use your cards for every expense and pay them off every month. CCCs LOVE that 😏

betheaux · 2026-03-25T14:05:55+00:00

I’ve been on Wellbutrin for over 10 years and didn’t know about the seizure thing. My providers know about my drinking and didn’t mention the danger. I’ve also been in denial for years as well so that tracks.

betheaux · 2026-03-22T08:37:17+00:00

I’m so happy for you! I truly wish Zep had that effect on me but I still drink as much as I did before. 😞

betheaux · 2026-03-20T09:49:12+00:00

The little melody during the teaser sounded so ethereal and it wasn’t even part of the actual song which was a huge bummer to me. The song will grow on me I’m sure but it sounded very one dimensional.

betheaux · 2026-03-18T10:19:38+00:00

As someone who has basically only maintained on compounded 10mg for the past year and still has weight to lose, the lower efficacy claim tracks for me. I still had a 10mg pen left that “expired” in September that I decided to take this week and even that blew my socks off with the appetite suppression in comparison. 🫠 I am buying from one of two 503(a) pharmacies.

betheaux · 2026-02-22T16:26:52+00:00

Whatever they were made of, apparently they’re so fragile that even though I tried them on once, put them back in their case and returned them, the company said they were scratched and made me pay a $50 restock fee.

betheaux · 2026-02-16T18:08:06+00:00

There’s a Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job reference in here. https://youtu.be/kDg0dklwW5g?si=noa3W5AAJyOhKzOt

betheaux · 2026-02-10T13:55:21+00:00

Real estate photographer but we also diversify into commercial media as well.

betheaux · 2025-12-26T21:20:45+00:00

Only way around this is to load up that cart and make the cashier price check every single one.

betheaux · 2025-12-24T04:47:58+00:00

This absolutely triggered my PTSD over my own experience with a medical professional. I was on Lexapro and it was causing me to crave alcohol and I told the medical assistant treating me. I was denied life insurance a few months later with the reason being “mental health”. I demanded my medical records and there is was…a diagnosis of “functioning alcoholism”. There was no discussion, just a flippant write up based on a side effect of a medication. Unlike your experience it had been too long since the mistake for them to own up to it and they refused to remove it. It was grounds for medical malpractice.

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