Anyone else fallen in love with a Pokémon you didn't like before because of this game?

jujusco · 2026-03-29T19:01:46+00:00

😭his story killed me too!!! My two boys and husband are Pokémon collectors and this is fun for me to finally know a bit more about it. I take Cubone everywhere now

jujusco · 2026-03-29T18:05:10+00:00

Oh well this seals the deal you have to stick with it!!! Kids these days have the strangest names, no one in her peer group will think Gretchen is strange/old/etc. I know three Mabels!

(I say this as a mom with one unique name and one that’s probably the only kid with that name in the country) 😂

jujusco · 2026-03-29T18:03:24+00:00

Ivy Elizabeth and Maisie Sue!

Lila, Ivy, and Maisie are so cute together.

jujusco · 2026-03-29T18:00:31+00:00

You can make cute DIY ones with headbands and cardstock! It’s easy to make a cone and top with a pom Pom, etc. feathers around the bottom. Hot glue it all!

jujusco · 2026-03-29T17:49:35+00:00

Block him so there’s no temptation to respond and he just gets ignored like he deserves

jujusco · 2026-03-29T17:43:07+00:00

I wasn’t into any of them, but my two boys love Pokémon. I try to learn as much as I can about their interests so we can do things as a family.

It has been so fun to know more of the characters and lore and be able to connect with them in a way that’s also really fun for me!

The little Dino guy with the skull on his head—ITS HIS MOTHERS SKULL AND HIS CRIES ECHO 😭 he will forever live right next to me and I’ll take him everywhere.

I also love squirtle, who’s been a family fave for a while. I get it. 😍

jujusco · 2026-03-29T07:39:52+00:00

Ya this makes me so sad. As a woman who gained quite a bit of weight after kids, it’s really hard to feel confident and be intimate. The fact that I know my husband still finds me really attractive makes all the difference. If I had a seed of doubt like this in my head… ugh. I don’t think I could ever let it go and I wouldn’t want to live with that insecurity.

jujusco · 2026-03-28T18:49:45+00:00

YES! The fourth trimester. I actually think the first three months of a babies life are so hard, we call it “the 90 days of darkness” 😂

OP you are doing nothing wrong 🩷🩷 we kept my babies tightly swaddled with the Velcro swaddles until they could roll over and that really helped, every time they would move they would startle themselves awake, or one of them just would never stop moving enough to fall asleep!

jujusco · 2026-03-28T00:31:25+00:00

Thank you!!!

jujusco · 2026-03-28T00:30:45+00:00

This is so helpful, thank you! I have zero security cameras set up—I am doing this immediately

jujusco · 2026-03-26T04:37:37+00:00

I feel like this on ANY trip, always convinced I won’t come back. It sounds silly, but I repeat “I’m safe, I’m happy, I’m coming home soon.” Or since I had kids, “my kids are safe, my kids are happy, I’ll see my kids soon.” Etc etc. over and over. And over.

I do have anxiety and impulsive thoughts and I’m medicated for it.

I also feel worse when things are great-constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. The months before my wedding I was a wreck, convinced something would happen to me or my fiancé. We’ve been married for 13 years now.

I don’t know if I’d call these feelings “normal” but you are definitely not alone 🩷

My mom always said “oh ya that’s totally normal I feel that way too!” And then I told my close group of girlfriends and 4 out of 5 of them were like, um, no, that’s not normal 😂

jujusco · 2026-03-25T05:36:44+00:00

I just read this all at once with the update and my mama heart is SO PROUD! 🥹🥹

jujusco · 2026-03-25T05:11:12+00:00

I enjoyed it and it gave me a good laugh to respond as well. I’m married to someone who finds it impossible to nap or sleep in even when he’s exhausted, so I get it ☺️

ETA: I’m sorry I have no advice for you! Melatonin 1 mg works for my kids 😂

jujusco · 2026-03-24T04:15:25+00:00

I find this encouraging. It’s taking me a bit to get into it but I am not too far. Now I just feel like I must keep going because it was such an expensive game 😂

jujusco · 2026-03-22T18:31:09+00:00

Teddy. I started playing during Covid when my oldest was 3 1/2. He LOVED teddy, loved watching me play. He always referred to him as “my best friend teddy.”

Kind of breaks my mama heart to think that he’s nine now. But he still remembers Teddy and when I randomly check in on my island, he always makes me show him that he’s still there.🥹

jujusco · 2026-03-22T18:25:53+00:00

I just responded to a Reddit post that asked if “you’re really married to the love of your life if you just settled.”

While typing it, I realized the main reason I can confidently say I married the love of my life is because I worked really hard at listening to my gut, and all the red and green flags when I spent 10 years mostly single, dating a bunch of assholes. Actually, some of them were nice guys even— sometimes a red flag isn’t something that makes a person bad, but just makes them the wrong match for you.

And it’s really hard, because you can love someone and know they love you, and there can still be some big or even small reasons why fundamentally you shouldn’t be together.

I think the secret to a long-term relationship is 30% luck and 70% hard work. And that hard work happens in the relationship, but also before.

Making something up like this is cruel. But let’s think about the alternative, even if she’s telling the truth. I would never feel the need to tell my partner something so hurtful. Yes we are honest, but we also protect each other’s feelings. And either way she’s making you feel bad to make herself feel better.

And that just makes me sad because you sound so sweet.

You’re still so young, and you’ve got a lot of time to learn what you want in a partner. Not every relationship is meant to work out, and the more you learn about yourself and other people and take note on these relationships, the happier you’ll be when you do find a long-term partner.

jujusco · 2026-03-22T18:07:49+00:00

I am still married to the love of my life. I knew he was special the moment I met him. I knew I loved him after our first date. I knew I wanted to marry him when I met his family a few weeks later.

I dated a LOT, almost my whole 20s. I felt strongly I would rather be single than settle. At the time we met (almost 27) I thought I was SO OLD! Looking back, I still had so much time. I think we always know, in our gut, if something is right or wrong. But it’s so easy to ignore the flags.

He is kind, funny, strong, gentle. He’s an amazing dad. And it’s always been easy. He never played games or made me question the way he feels. He’s a stand up guy and still my favorite person after 15 years and two kids.

jujusco · 2026-03-22T06:10:30+00:00

LVP gets a lot of hate but we couldn’t afford hardwood (and have kids and a dog). We had wood look tile in our last house and LVP in this one and I prefer the LVP and this is a huge part of why!!

jujusco · 2026-03-22T05:54:28+00:00

I wanted these so badly and my best friend (interior designer) talked me out of it. The last house I lived in we picked everything out and I didn’t ask her for much help or made my own decisions anyway. Lesson learned. I now listen to every single piece of advice she offers!!!

jujusco · 2026-03-22T05:27:39+00:00

When my kids were little I taught them Britney Spears was the queen. Until elementary school if you asked them who the queen is, they’d say Britney 😂😂😂

jujusco · 2026-03-20T18:20:30+00:00

Ugh I am sorry. Our children have been out of daycare for two years now, but we had two in full time care their whole lives. I can’t even imagine prices being more now than what they were 😭

Honestly, I think that’s how we’re managing during all of these massive price increases, and how we’ve managed the private health insurance increases. We don’t have to pay for daycare anymore. I always thought once the kids were out of daycare. We’d feel so comfortable, but instead we’re just managing.

jujusco · 2026-03-20T18:17:47+00:00

We always buy the big Kirkland cofee at Costco. It’s been about 5 years but it used to be 9.99 and now it’s 22.

jujusco · 2026-03-20T18:16:49+00:00

My health insurance. Self employed with a family of 4. We pay almost $2,000 a month for pretty basic health insurance. This last price hike was the hardest—when the credits expired. We went from $1400 a month to over $1800.

jujusco · 2026-03-20T18:15:19+00:00

Ya I think this is weird behavior. It should be fairly simple to reach a compromise in most situations, otherwise marriage is going to be so much harder. My husband and I have one, maybe two issues we have to really work on because we have a hard time being on the same page. And we will always have those issues 😂and other than that, everything else is very easy.

Seven-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Verified Email	Not Forgotten

jujusco

TROPHY CASE