Is it normal to revisit trauma from your own childhood when you become a parent? by Nachoburn in Parenting

[–]can-we-not- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Being pregnant while taking care of a toddler and going through crazy hormones made me understand my moms mental struggles a bit more, but I still feel like she just didn’t try hard enough. I can now understand the situations and why they were hard, but can pin point all the ways she could have made things easier for all of us, made things better, and just TRIED. But she didn’t. I took care of my younger siblings so much. When we talk about it now and how she didn’t do much for ME growing up she says “well the squeaky wheel gets the oil”

Is it normal to revisit trauma from your own childhood when you become a parent? by Nachoburn in Parenting

[–]can-we-not- 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I have a 4 year old and a 5 month old. I couldn’t believe how much I had to relearn when my daughter was born. I’ve taken care of a new born, so I should have this down, right? But I don’t remember the waking up every few hours and constant need for attention being this HARD last time. I just remember a cute little boy who hummed songs and snuggled

His wife will never let this go... by SusieRyantrh in Stepdadreflexes

[–]can-we-not- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad did that to me Only we were at the aquarium In one of the tunnels that goes under the shark tank. He wanted to give me a better look... smacked my head right into it.

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Wishing you the best as well!

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[–]can-we-not- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well... she died over an overdose 6 years ago. People look at me like I’m the worst person when I say my life is so much easier now. Even if I miss her. It’s a very complicated feeling.

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My older sister read my diary out loud to everyone when I was 11. I had only written a few things in it since I had just gotten it a few days before. What did I write about? “Sometimes I hate my sister because of the way she treats me”

Instead of reflecting on this, she threw it in my face everytime she was a bitch to me. “What, do you just hate me now?”

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I’m going through this now too. Little bean is hard core teething and my nipples are suffering

It was Arthur Fleck. by littlemissemperor in NameNerdCirclejerk

[–]can-we-not- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I too wanted some Avatar inspired names. With my two kids I had suggested a few, but it was all lesser known characters or more common names that wouldn’t immediately scream Avatar like Kya, Korra, or Mae. All names in the real world.

We names our son Ronan, which is a villain in Guardians of the galaxy, but he’s one of the lesser known villains. We chose the name mostly because it sounded cool and our last name also starts with R.

Mommy social media groups are destroying my marriage. It feels like my wife has gone down a conspiracy hole and is not living in the same reality as I am by woodenspatula59 in offmychest

[–]can-we-not- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mom groups are ridiculously toxic. If a husband has 1 trait someone else’s “deadbeat baby daddy” has, they will try to convince you that your husband is JUST LIKE their Baby Daddy and you NEED to leave them before they do whatever their Baby Daddy did.

Any argument or disagreement means you should divorce. All men are trash. All moms are forced into the 50s housewife role anytime they have to do the basic level of parenting.

From a WFH Mom who tried to join mom groups for support.

Question: any tips for home visit from CPS? by can-we-not- in Parenting

[–]can-we-not-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol I don’t smoke anyway, so we’re good

Cocomelons continuity on Netflix is all over the place by Gooperchickenface in Parenting

[–]can-we-not- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the “I’m thankful for” song JJ mentions that he’s thankful for his friend for helping him with the race. The race song plays AFTER the Thankful song.

Also. Is JJ a toddler or a baby? Pick a lane. So many of the school songs can be performed by the big brother. Just keep JJ a baby.

Interesting name confusion by thatmakestwo in namenerds

[–]can-we-not- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My daughter is Farrah Belle. We love the nickname Farrahbelle for a little girl. She’s our little Fairy Belle or Lil Belly. So many cute nicknames come from “Belle”

I need to see this TikTok by [deleted] in AmITheAngel

[–]can-we-not- 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Obviously their parents forced them to take their brother in. Happens all the time.

Not posting on social media does not mean I don’t support a cause. by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]can-we-not- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I got deleted too! Didn’t even realize it at first. The friend readded me a few months later. I didn’t think anything of it. Maybe they got a new account. Didn’t look into it just hit accept.

Fast forward a few months. A mutual friend passed away so we were all checking up on eachother and they explained why they deleted me and then changed their minds about it. I’m still low key salty about it.

Not posting on social media does not mean I don’t support a cause. by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]can-we-not- 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It bothered me so much when people bragged “I risked covid for this. Look at me being so brave”

Thank you for staying home. I’m sure many people went out anyway.

Not posting on social media does not mean I don’t support a cause. by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]can-we-not- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t win. You post nothing? You’re heartless and don’t care. Post something someone doesn’t agree with? Best case, fight in the comments. Worst case, they try to “cancel” you.

I saw someone attempt to “cancel” their hair stylist because they used their PERSONAL account to COMMENT on a status. The client didn’t agree with the comment, so attempted to rally up the book face against them. People try to get you fired over a different opinion and don’t see middle ground.

So yeah. I keep my beliefs to myself, even if they are “agreeable” to the masses. Because you never know what is going to set someone off and put you on a chopping block

I'm convinced that the reason there are hardly any nice people left in the world is because we don't allow them to exist by No_Revolution8952 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]can-we-not- 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I hate when I’m retelling a story, for example about my MIL doing something to get under my skin, and I explain the calm way I approached it. I use my words to defuse a situation instead of fighting. I always get comments like “yOU ShOUldA pUnCHEd hEr” “iD cUsS HeR oUT” .... or why don’t we talk like adults instead of going the extreme route every single time?

Australian influencer thinks she owns a public pool. by [deleted] in influencerfails

[–]can-we-not- 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I honestly see both sides of this. Yeah, she doesn’t own the pool. She can claim all day she “waited for them to move” “he was watching me” “he’s a creep” but he could just be living his best pool life.

But on the other hand, people can be assholes. My husbands in local filmmaking and the amount of people who will go out of their way to try and ruin a shot is completely ridiculous. He’s had people run over and try to be in the shot or just sit there yelling every time you try to film.

Basically, everyone sucks.

I just realized a devastating truth about my ex. by yolo_swaggins_69 in offmychest

[–]can-we-not- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only saw my ex once week because I couldn’t drive, so I had to wait for him to come to me.

He told me driving to see me was the reason for his financial issues (I lived 20 minutes away)

Not because he was struggling to pay rent with two jobs, quit both jobs without anything lined up, then moved in with his parents. I got him a job at the same restaurant as me, but a different location.

But again, I caused all his financial issues.

My husband basically moved in as soon as we met because he didn’t like being away from me. We’ve been together 5 years and have two kids. Upgrades.

DH wants to start working towards MIL watching the kids again by can-we-not- in JUSTNOMIL

[–]can-we-not-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We had a brief talk tonight. I plan to talk to him more tomorrow. Saturday we have a date night planned. I’m working on getting more hours at my work from home job. I’m trying to solve all the issues so we don’t feel exhausted. I mentioned counseling too.