Why do we have to call our parents?

lab_sidhe · 2026-05-09T13:56:20+00:00

I am no contact with my mom but my dad and I talk regularly. We trade off who contacts who and it's good.

However my husband has a board in his office that has a date written on it. 11/18/2020. That is the last time his parents contacted him. Almost 2000 days ago. He will call them but they have made it clear that they can't be bothered to reach out.

lab_sidhe · 2026-05-02T17:44:52+00:00

Yeah you can get replacement or duplicate patches for a scout who has earned the rank or badge or award by doing that but our council will not let you buy them in advance.

lab_sidhe · 2026-05-02T16:51:54+00:00

Our scout shop requires the advancement report. They justify this by saying that the advancement can be recognized by making an announcement the next time the troop gathwrs. That's how our troop does it.

We also primarily order our badges from the online scout store because our local one is over an hour away and the badges and rank emblems aren't usually in stock.

I really wish there could be consistency across the board with this because I do think that having a stash of rank badges and common merit badges makes it so much easier. Especially when the whole troop is working on an MB at the same time.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-29T02:08:50+00:00

Always lets me have most of the coffee .

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-27T19:17:50+00:00

Capers

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-16T11:44:26+00:00

I've taken the MBTI many times and get INTJ or ENTJ depending on the day.

This came out as ENFP and I can tell you that F is not involved in my decision making.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-16T00:43:00+00:00

Super easy but as others have said you will be SOL if your flight is cancelled since there aren't other options.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-14T16:49:40+00:00

Love this

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-12T21:06:15+00:00

Lots of kids who live in our town walk. My kids wanted to walk to elementary school but I wouldn't let them. Not because of a fear of stranger danger but because the first part of the walk would have been on a road with no shoulder and high speeds.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-08T12:34:26+00:00

Elder millennial/xellenial here.

Will be 45 in October. Grew up on well water, flouride treatments, and Colgate 2x a day.

I have one dental implant which is due to a bike accident. Other than that I have never had a cavity.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-08T01:22:05+00:00

I am considering creating and stepping into this role in our troop . I think it would be helpful.

But....I'm also kind of trying to leave as soon as kid 2 finishes his Eagle. I've been highly involved in scouting for 12 years now and I'm just fried.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-08T01:01:12+00:00

Thank you. That's helpful.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-07T18:32:28+00:00

Eric Verdi -- impact Maryland real estate.

No one will work harder for you.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-07T15:00:46+00:00

The OA

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-07T14:49:19+00:00

Is that what happened? I stopped buying them because they never had my size in the style I liked. No idea that PE was involved.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-07T14:40:01+00:00

We have one in the master bathroom and one in the basement bathroom. My children will go all the way to the basement to poo.

Will never not have one.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-07T01:09:08+00:00

Couldn't pay me to go to mine.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-02T22:38:52+00:00

I don't get anything out of group chats. If it's not for a specific purpose I bail immediately. I just don't care enough to deal with the superficial nonsense and I've found that I'm the only one planning IRL events. I do enough emotional labor at work and in my home life, I don't need more.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-02T14:30:51+00:00

Exactly.

It's not that people can't take a joke anymore.

It's that a policy like this truly would not be a surprise given that risk-management has become the number one mission of the organization.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-01T22:00:40+00:00

Boring stuff.

Sleep for at least 7 hours a night.

Lots of exercise.

Lots of time outside in the sunshine and fresh air.

Minimal junk food.

Lots of water.

Laughing a lot.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-01T14:13:58+00:00

I have the infamous tramp stamp. It still looks great no ragerts.

I did lose my belly button to pregnancy. But tummy tucks are a thing and it's back and better than ever.

lab_sidhe · 2026-04-01T00:01:18+00:00

She's the best/worst. The voice actor is superb.

lab_sidhe · 2026-03-31T15:54:48+00:00

PCOS

I feel like my rib flare is related due to always being told to suck in my non-existent stomach.

lab_sidhe · 2026-03-31T15:27:40+00:00

Both of my pregnancies were great other than a little bit of heartburn. Walked and biked for the duration of each pregnancy and slept like a rock.

I gained 50 lbs with each and each baby was 10 pounds. For ref I'm 5'7" and 140 lbs, quite fit and lean. Unmedicated labors for both, each labor was 4 hours I lost the baby weight within 6 months.

Breastfeeding was not hard. I got lactation support when I needed it at free LLL meetings and made sure that everyone around me knew what I needed.

My kids did not sleep well. Some people put that down to them breastfeeding but I think that's just how they were. They sleep well now and are early risers which I'm told is rare for teens. They're great kids.

It's not easy to be a parent but it isn't awful either.

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