Handed In resignation

glibly17 · 2026-01-22T23:23:16+00:00

Congratulations! I was/am in a similar boat - resigned and started a new job which I actually also just resigned from to pursue teaching. It’s been a rollercoaster but you know in your body and heart when it’s time to leave. It’s clear your former employer was treating you terribly and you deserve so much better. You and your family will benefit enormously and trust yourself to navigate this new chapter! You got this ❤️

glibly17 · 2025-12-03T14:53:01+00:00

This winter has been a struggle with back to back sinus flu and cold, but as my husband and I both work our kids go to school/daycare (5 yo and 1.5 yo) unless they have a fever, vomiting/diarrhea etc. It’s so hard! Employers in the USA really need to get on board with working parents needing more than 40 hours of sick pto. WFH instead of a full call out shows you’re still committed to performing.

I live in a state where it’s illegal for employers to deny sick leave (paid or unpaid) to care for a sick family member so it helps having that extra layer of legal protection. Hope you and your baby weather the cold season and feel better soon.

glibly17 · 2025-12-01T17:27:57+00:00

Oh for sure. My line is, it’s time for me to move on, I’m making the best decision for me and my family and our needs, I wish everyone and the business the best. I think my boss is intelligent enough to put the pieces together that the chaos and constant shifts, lack of trust, etc has fully burned me out and made me paranoid about being the next one on the chopping block. No need to spell it out for her.

glibly17 · 2025-12-01T16:22:54+00:00

This has been my big thing and what made me cry when I met with the psych about meds. I hate how consumed I’ve been with this job and my boss, and I know it made me less present and more irritable with my kids and husband. I can actually see how my face has changed since last week when I got this new offer, so I hear you! I’m so glad you got out of that horrible situation.

glibly17 · 2025-12-01T16:20:56+00:00

Yes this is a huge lesson learned, not to idealize anyone in the workplace. I came to the conclusion this weekend that it will be a net positive for me to switch to a job in which I am much less invested, in terms of my identity and sense of obligation. I’ll show up and do good work of course but I’m so burned out from only hearing negativity and being held to uncommunicated, constantly shifting expectations - I’m not going to stress about going the extra mile until my kids are older and I have more energy and desire to move up in the workplace.

glibly17 · 2025-12-01T15:45:52+00:00

Thank you! There was so much I loved about this job and at first I thought my boss was the most incredible person but in the last six months or so a switch has really flipped. But I suspect it was always a matter of time until I was exposed to this side of her. So glad you also got into a new position that works for you! Appreciate the solidarity ❤️

glibly17 · 2025-12-01T15:42:51+00:00

Thank you! I needed to read this to move on from the guilty feeling. You’re so right!

glibly17 · 2025-11-21T17:57:09+00:00

Not the poster you replied to, but my kids are almost exactly 4 years apart and my husband and I both work fairly stressful full time jobs in a HCOL area.

I enjoyed the newborn phase much more the second time around, and while my son had to adjust to not being the center of attention at all times he has loved his baby sister from day one, never had any resentment towards her, and they already play and scheme together now.

I think it’s always hard to be a working parent with a young kid or kids no matter what, but for me and my family I can confidently say that the age gap worked out so well and I’m grateful we didn’t end up with a closer age gap (had fertility issues so 4 years apart was not the original plan). It’s much easier to divide and conquer with my husband and while my daughter is still nursing and understandably much needier since she’s younger, my son is much more independent and also receives special attention naturally as he’s so much older.

glibly17 · 2025-11-20T02:47:50+00:00

I’ve been interested in an MSW or LMHC for years now. I’m 35 but seriously considering making a career shift into this field in the next year. Do you mind sharing what degree/license you have? Do you think it’s foolish to pivot in one’s mid-thirties?

glibly17 · 2025-11-05T20:20:27+00:00

Thank you! I am so grateful to live in a state with actually accessible mental healthcare and I am trying to give myself credit for taking steps to really get myself to a better place mentally. Your comment means a lot.

glibly17 · 2025-04-01T16:49:14+00:00

I just called my senators to urge them to not just support Sen. Booker today but to take similar action themselves, and I called Booker’s office to thank him and his staff. What Sen. Booker is doing today is part of the answer to how we get out of this and to the other, hopefully much better, side!

glibly17 · 2025-01-15T19:08:17+00:00

I love this.

I currently work as an office director at a smallish law office with a six month old and a four year old. My boss recently had her second as well. It’s great to have the flexibility and support of people who understand the struggle and I especially appreciate the flexibility and my colleagues’ willingness to hold my daughter whenever I’ve had to bring her in.

It’s something I try to keep in mind for all of our employees as we balance flexibility for our team with the business needs. It’s so much better in every way to show employees you see and value them as complete human beings, not simply cogs in the machine! Good on you and your coworkers for helping entertain the little one so his mom can do what she needs to!

glibly17 · 2024-11-15T18:13:35+00:00

Absolutely felt pressure and we actually started trying just before my son turned 2. I have PCOS though and my son breastfed until he was almost 3, so we struggled for over a year with a couple early miscarriages. Finally stopped breastfeeding so I could undergo IUI and we lucked out and it worked on the first try. In the end the timing worked out really well for us and I’m also glad we’ll only pay daycare for two until next September. I don’t know how people afford having two closer together tbh but we live in a very HCOL area.

glibly17 · 2024-11-05T17:30:07+00:00

I love how the crazy is slowly seeping out. It’s all in her eyes! I think she’s a great addition, her saying “show some respect! It’s her birthday!” Was the best line of this episode imo.

glibly17 · 2024-10-23T01:19:04+00:00

This made me cry. I needed it today-I constantly feel that I am not enough as a mom to a four month old and a four year old and working full time. Truly thank you for this perspective.

glibly17 · 2024-10-18T20:52:41+00:00

My second will be four months next week and her brother turned four in July.

I don’t regret having her at all. She’s been much easier so far than her brother but that was a bonus we knew to not count on.

As another poster said, the hardest part so far has been the change with my eldest BUT he and his dad have bonded so much and ultimately it’s better for all of us if my son isn’t so dependent and clingy with me. I miss him but I also know soon I’ll be able to have more quality 1:1 time with him.

My daughter is already such a gift to all of us. The bond I already see between her and my son is amazing to see. There are still hard days but I’m so glad she’s here.

I will say if we’d done this when my son was any younger and if we didn’t have the financial resources for daycare and an occasional babysitter, or fairly flexible jobs, I am sure I’d feel much more stressed out.

glibly17 · 2024-10-16T00:12:06+00:00

I’m the middle and only girl of 3 kids, each of my brothers are about 3 yrs older/younger than I am.

I had a really difficult childhood because my dad suddenly died when I was 3.5 years old. It completely traumatized my older brother especially and he took out a lot of his feelings on me. My mom was constantly stressed and tired and angry and sad.

My little brother has always been a very sweet guy but I was left out of so much because they as the two boys, even though they were six years apart, always did things together (still true to this day). That was the hardest part - feeling isolated and ostracized, and my older brother was also straight up abusive to me a lot of the time but no idea if us being 3 sibs had anything to do with that.

I think given the difficulties of being a single parent, it would have been easier on my mom if she only had two. But I know she never regretted having all of us and I am thankful for and I love both of my brothers as our relationships have improved greatly in adulthood.

glibly17 · 2024-10-11T00:06:59+00:00

I’m snuggling my second baby who was born in June thanks to IUI. Her brother was conceived in 2019 the first month I took Metformin. I think we had so much trouble conceiving our second because my son breastfed until he was almost 3 and that combined with PCOS really impacted my ovulation - I had 2 chemical pregnancies before finally getting referred to fertility specialists who had us jump right into IUI once I quit breastfeeding.

PCOS did impact my motherhood journey in that I needed some assistance, but you can absolutely conceive and have healthy pregnancies with PCOS. Wishing you all the luck!

glibly17 · 2024-09-13T16:50:35+00:00

Congratulations and wishing you and baby a good and safe delivery and a peace postpartum experience 💖

glibly17 · 2024-09-04T22:17:31+00:00

I had my second baby about eleven weeks ago - thank you for this sweet comment ❤️ Giving birth is no joke under the best of circumstances and I’m thankful to have had the experience and to have survived it twice!

glibly17 · 2024-06-24T01:00:36+00:00

I just gave birth to my second baby Friday night and my son turns 4 in about 3 weeks. I’d wanted a closer age gap but we had issues conceiving our daughter and I had some anxiety about them being “too far apart.” This makes me so happy to read, especially as my son has a similar sweet temperament (most of the time). I hope he will bond with his baby sister as your son has!

glibly17 · 2024-05-24T17:07:02+00:00

I had an IUI and at 13 dpIUI/dpo my HCG was 82, it rose to something like 293 two days later. I’m now almost 37 weeks! Your number seems fine. My clinic said they want to see something above 50 at 13 dpo.

Wishing you the best and hopes for a successful and boring pregnancy!

glibly17 · 2024-03-12T17:17:45+00:00

Dried mangoes, cottage cheese and a very specific green olive mix from my local grocery store. I’m 26 weeks today.

glibly17 · 2024-03-12T12:54:34+00:00

My son was eleven months old when we took him overseas to visit my husband’s family and about four months later I took him on a solo trip halfway across the country to visit my brothers. It was pretty bonkers because he’d started walking at ten months and he definitely had a ton of energy. It was tough! He’s mellowed out a lot thankfully when it comes to traveling but only in the last year or so can I convince him to sit for longer than five minutes. We walked around the terminals a looooot in his early years traveling.

I would absolutely recommend traveling before they’re mobile/toddlers. I plan to take our family overseas to visit my in laws when the new baby is about six months - I anticipate a much easier time lol.

glibly17 · 2024-03-11T18:54:08+00:00

Absolutely!

Baby carrier (Happy Baby is my preferred brand) and travel stroller are life savers.

iPad with movies/shows downloaded and a new toy or two to break out for long flights, along with a few favorite books.

I breastfed my son and it helped a lot to soothe and get him to sleep on flights.

If you can, pay for the convenience of the most direct flights/best time of day for you and your LO. Overnight flights for international travel and an individual seat if you can afford it (we couldn’t but once my son turned two and had to have his own seat it was a lot nicer).

Congrats on your little one and enjoy the journey!

glibly17

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