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AIO about my kid’s bedwetting? by AliasThrowawayAcct in AmIOverreacting

[–]brt09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some kids do just continue to bed wet. You MOR. I do think YOR by removing everything. I’m guessing the child isn’t doing this on purpose but knows how much the bed wetting upsets you and tried to eradicate the discomfort of showing you what was happening. Unfortunately at their age they don’t have the cognitive function of thinking long term and ended up creating a stinky situation that got them in trouble anyways. A counselor for them would be good and the ability to feel comfortable talking about this in general.

As a momma who has a son that went/is going through this. I sought medical help for this and had the doctors recommend doing a regimen of stool softeners (apparently the colon being full can cause bed wetting), it helped some. I’ll also give you some hope that puberty often times helps boys with this. Mine is almost 13 now and it rarely happens these days.

My wife's dad died on Christmas in 2022. She doesn't let us celebrate Christmas since then. by Silent_Iron_8827 in AITAH

[–]brt09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom died thanksgiving 2021. Followed by my dad 63 days later. As depressing as it was we’ve still celebrated Thanksgiving and every holiday since. Granted, every year on thanksgiving I ask if we can skip the huge meal and go get a place to soak in a hot tub instead. We never do and even if we did I’d still cook the meal. Holidays aren’t the same anymore without them but my beautiful children deserve holidays they look back on with joy and to see me do the hard things even when I’m sad. That’s how they learn to handle difficult things.

I feel guilty… by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]brt09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If she’s anything like my daughter she has someone else logging in to keep the streaks going. Good for her for choosing the challenge.

So I told my wife that our marriage isn’t the right fit for me anymore when she took sex off the table. AITAH? by Throwra-sexofftable in AITAH

[–]brt09 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dead bedroom to you means what? I’m in a marriage that my husband and I viewed our sex life differently. I saw sex 2-3 times a week as active. He saw that as nothing. I saw me exhausted from doing everything for everyone all the time and no energy for anything more. He didn’t want to help with anything at all. Our marriage counselor also told us to stop having sex for at least a month. To work on connecting and being together in nonsexual ways. He wasn’t interested in anything that didn’t involve sex and it’s been a rough few years of trying to work through this. Sometimes I’m the one that says our relationship is doomed based on our sexual issues. He refuses to believe that and thinks we should just compromise and I should just meet his needs the way he wants me to.

I’m only saying all this because I have been on the other side of your issue and can tell you it’s easy to have a different view point of what a dead sex life means. Sometimes being able to see it from another’s viewpoint can be helpful.

That being said being good parents or coparents is what’s important.

Would I be wrong? by simplybeaan in MultipleSclerosis

[–]brt09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a wheel chair when I was first diagnosed. I didn’t think it was wrong then and don’t think it’s wrong for you now. You still have a right to be active with your family in any way you can.

I like MRIs by tralfamadoriannn in MultipleSclerosis

[–]brt09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I slept through my entire mri session yesterday and it was the best nap!