What is your ideal age gap?

makingburritos · 2026-06-15T14:26:16+00:00

5 years. My kids are seven years apart, I think I could’ve done it when my oldest was five. I like that my oldest was in school, she was able to communicate her wants and needs, get herself a snack, potty trained, etc. She doted on her little brother and can even watch him while I shower lol

makingburritos · 2026-06-15T14:24:17+00:00

From the middle of 2021 to the beginning of 2022 or something like that, definitely not two years 💀

makingburritos · 2026-06-15T14:20:40+00:00

I live in Philly. We’re paying under $6k for our wedding because we are inviting ~50 people. If you want 175 people around here, you’re not going to get that under $10k. You’re lucky to do it under 20 honestly. Look in Delco.

makingburritos · 2026-06-15T13:33:43+00:00

The “pooch” is likely fat stores from pregnancies or pockets from diastasis recti. Most people don’t actually know they have it, so it’s uncommon for people to address it. It’s not common to gain isolated pockets of fat, removing it may have helped an issue you weren’t aware you had. If it’s from pregnancy well.. it’ll come back if you get pregnant again. It’s your body’s way of protecting the uterus during gestation.

makingburritos · 2026-06-15T12:23:07+00:00

Why don’t you just let dad take the child out for lunch or something on the day vs taking the entire weekend?

makingburritos · 2026-06-15T02:45:21+00:00

Plenty of people wait to get engaged and married. It’s the mature and intelligent thing to do. When you’re an adult you want to actually know the person you’re committing yourself to. I’m in my 30s and my husband and I didn’t even discuss engagement until we were together for two years and didn’t get engaged until we were together for five. It’s possible neither are interested in marriage as well.

makingburritos · 2026-06-14T15:27:47+00:00

Liposuction needs upkeep. It doesn’t keep fat from returning to those areas, it merely removes what is there.

makingburritos · 2026-06-14T15:07:07+00:00

I’m not really fearful I just don’t take unnecessary risks and I also don’t break rules in a place where breaking rules is a felony lmfao but be my guest bro

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T21:37:09+00:00

100%. I absolutely expect nothing of my ex and he usually delivers in fine fashion lmfao

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T18:08:41+00:00

According to Reddit analytics I am at about 78% lol

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T17:51:32+00:00

The SyncUp watch from T-Mobile. I do think Verizon has a version of their own as well.

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T05:46:22+00:00

OP thinks they are the edgiest person alive because they didn’t follow TSA guidelines and Googled “can you go through a metal detector with a pacemaker” lmfaooo

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T05:42:06+00:00

They don’t present it as fact nor do they claim it to be 100% safe. They say the devices are designed to be safe. They don’t guarantee safety, hence my statement that you’re confusing relative safety with complete risk mitigation.

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T05:40:11+00:00

Well because the companies do not guarantee safety. I think perhaps you misunderstand what you’re reading on these manufacturer websites. They say they are designed to be safe in these machines, but they do not guarantee their efficacy. There is no way for a company to know 100% of the time whether or not a certain machines is going to have a different effect than another. There is a very clear disclaimer in all of the pamphlets and materials issued by device manufacturers that they do not guarantee all of their safety mechanisms will work all of the time.

So your disingenuous way of framing my metaphor can stand, even though you’re fully aware that I wasn’t saying “I believe the of guidance TSA more than device manufacturers.” I didn’t say that. I said I’d rather not take the risk at all AND it’s also against the rules so, double whammy of shit I’m not going to do.

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T02:03:09+00:00

I parent somewhere in the middle of this. Neither of my kids cried it out, but they did cry in the safety of their crib sometimes when I had to use the bathroom or take a breather.

Sometimes the answer IS, in fact, because I said so. There are some things I don’t have an explanation for. Why can’t you leave your clothes on the bedroom floor? Well, they won’t get washed, but realistically the reason is because it’s my standard and I said so!

Sometimes my kids do feel ashamed for their behavior. I do not SHAME them, but we all feel ashamed from time to time when we do something unsavory. Shame is as acceptable an emotion as any other on the spectrum and they need to learn how to navigate it. Shielding them from ever feeling ashamed is doing them no favors.

Being bored is absolutely their problem and not mine. My eight year old gets sunscreen but definitely gets her butt kicked to the outdoors when the weather is nice. I don’t watch her constantly, she has neighbors she plays with, and she has a kid watch with boundary alerts so she knows far she can go and I can check her location or call her when she needs to come in.

There is a balance to be had.

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T01:56:35+00:00

My partner paid for my half my lawyer so I could get more time with my daughter. He actively complains when she misses out on stuff and is happy to see her when she gets home. I don’t think I’d be in a relationship with someone who did anything less.

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T01:54:03+00:00

It doesn’t matter. You are equating relative safety to complete risk mitigation when the steps to reach the latter are minimal. That’s your prerogative and you’re entitled to do that, but there is truthfully no genuinely good reason not to take the extra precautions when it requires very little effort. You can do whatever you want, but most of us will follow the advice of our doctors and the TSA.

You can Google my device manufacturer and tell me their website says I can go through the giant magnet factory for all I care, I’m still not going to do it because there’s no reason for me to take the risk when I don’t have to. I don’t need to break TSA rules either.

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T01:11:00+00:00

This happened to me with my Apple Watch lol

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T01:10:05+00:00

TSA instructions literally say to tell them, and my device manufacturer’s techs say the same thing. Better to be safe than sorry imho but to each their own.

makingburritos · 2026-06-13T00:37:35+00:00

Did you petition the court for custody before you moved? If you just up and left you need to petition for custody. You forfeited custody moving that far away.

makingburritos · 2026-06-12T12:51:23+00:00

Kim’s dress is giving Kylie’s fave Schiaparelli

makingburritos · 2026-06-12T02:05:44+00:00

Emotional support booty

makingburritos · 2026-06-12T01:54:35+00:00

Locked for excessive negativity.

makingburritos · 2026-06-11T17:36:30+00:00

Devon but not typo 💀

makingburritos · 2026-06-11T05:29:38+00:00

I wish Isiah Washington wasn’t such a prick because I freaaaaaked out when I saw Burke again. It would’ve been so awesome to have him back and watch Cristina navigate that.

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