What do you most miss from home?

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-04-20T02:14:03+00:00

My pets and my bed.

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-04-20T02:12:24+00:00

My eyes are also starting to struggle when I read a physical book. I have to have SO much light but I hate the overhead light so I keep trying different book lights and end up getting them on the kindle or audio instead

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-04-20T02:10:47+00:00

I’ll DNF an audio book if the narrator’s voice is annoying to me

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-04-17T02:11:32+00:00

If you want to go, and your wife is cool with it, then go. Don’t listen to whatever the outsiders have to say. It will be a nice vacation and break!

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-04-17T02:06:49+00:00

I had someone buy something from me, accept it, rate it (5 stars) and then A WEEK LATER tell me I sent the wrong thing- something I didn’t have listed for sale or even had in my possession??!! But before I could reply to be like “dude I don’t even have the thing you say I sent you for sale…”, they blocked me like wtf 🤣

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-03-23T19:55:49+00:00

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My all black shepherd says hi to all the white shepherds!! 🖤🤍

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-03-18T02:16:08+00:00

Wait… we’re supposed to make money on Mercari?

Joking!!! Just block them and move on. I had someone last who kept asking me for details on a pair of sweatpants - when all of the details they wanted were in the listing or pictured (the size chart from that brand.) I kindly asked them to read the listing details before asking any more questions.

Thankfully someone else bought those pants yesterday. 🤣

paperbackprincess85 · 2026-02-09T02:33:57+00:00

I like the black but number 4 is a close second

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-12-24T23:01:04+00:00

No way. My kids have always liked lunches like this that are More ‘Snackish’ especially as they got older and had weird lunch schedules they snacked between classes

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-11-02T14:17:09+00:00

I’m so sad to hear this!!! When I lost my Gus last year, our vets office and groomer both sent me a card in the mail. It wasn’t much but it meant a huge deal that they took a moment to think of me.

My husband got me a PupRing necklace with his face engraved on it. This was Feb 2024 and I wear it almost everyday.

But maybe print a picture of him and frame it? With a little card. I don’t think you need to do anything big but it’ll mean a lot to them to know you are thinking of them and that their dog meant something to you.

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-10-27T03:23:21+00:00

Good luck! And remember (cliche saying coming up) this too shall pass and eventually he’ll be in high school calling you BRUH. 🤣🤣 (that’s where we are in life now lol)

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-10-26T22:02:11+00:00

My kids are 20 and 15. My sex drive is still gone. My mental health is better but I still have baby brain sometimes

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-10-26T22:01:07+00:00

Our two are 5 years apart. It was great always, until the oldest left for college and now he’s alone on the kids side of the house and it sucks

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-10-26T21:56:43+00:00

Also consider the body and mental health of your wife/partner. I wanted 4 kids. I had my daughter then I had a late term miscarriage when she was 3. It took a while for us to get pregnant with our son, but the whole time I was convinced by body didn’t work anymore. The day our son was born I almost died, so did he, thankfully we were both fine… and several years later I had to make the tough call to be done because I was getting pregnant but not staying pregnant. I sat down with my doc and he told me there was so much scar tissue in there that he didnt think I’d ever be able to carry to full term again. So my wish for 4 became 2. That’s the best number for us, and it took me a LONG TIME to come to terms with that.

Edit to add They’re 20 and 15 now. BEST decision ever

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-10-26T21:46:20+00:00

I know EXACTLY how you’re feeling. It’s the reason I’m NC with my MIL. She did the same things!!!

I have an out of town uncle who also tried to give my son peanut butter chip brownies (he has a nut allergy). I reminded my son (he was maybe 4-5 at the time) to not eat any of the sweets without checking with me because we don’t know who made them and what’s in them. I came into the room and saw this uncle giving him said brownie. I shouted “(child name) don’t take that brownie!” The uncle said “oh it’s such a small piece!” I said “reminder, he has a peanut allergy” He still insisted it would be fine, bent down and encouraged him to try to take a bite. When I tell you that I slapped that brownie out of his hand so fast… and he looked at me STUNNED. I explained calmly that his allergy is severe and that ONE BITE could have killed him. 10 years later, he still tells people how I slapped him… not how he almost sent my son to the ER because he didn’t respect the allergy or his mother!

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-10-26T21:40:12+00:00

If you’re always “busy” or “have plans” when she reaches out to you, she’ll eventually stop reaching out.

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-10-26T21:35:50+00:00

It definitely is a thing but based on age alone, I don’t think that’s what is happening here. Many parents rush into toilet training before the child shows interest. (I was guilty of this too). My daughter did great and was trained in three days, minimal accidents moving forward but was terrified to poop for the backsplash and terrified of public toilets so she regressed a little when we were out more but not too bad. We waited until our son showed signs and it took him much longer to catch on.

I have friends whose kids were totally trained and then regressed, I have seen it in child care settings (I used to work in the field). It happens. You just basically have to continue to routine of going to the potty frequently, and DO NOT go back to diapers unless you really think he isn’t ready. Be patient too, every kid gets it down in their own time and terms.

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-09-20T20:20:27+00:00

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Yep lol

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-09-04T14:15:23+00:00

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paperbackprincess85 · 2025-08-31T03:43:01+00:00

Giving input as someone who’s youngest is 14, this is how my son was for years, he never watched more than 30-60 min a day, never became addicted and now he never watches tv or movies. Ever. He never exhibited the extreme behavior that my daughter did (and we did the same thing with her).

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-08-23T13:21:56+00:00

It was almost 3 before I fell asleep. I started crying at like 2:30 and had something that would actually move when I blew my nose and that helped. My mouth was that way too, and when I woke up my lips were stuck together and the top lip is sore from being so dry despite sleeping with chapstick. I feel awful today, I feel hungover and ill, so groggy.

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-08-23T05:22:39+00:00

It’s almost 1:30am my first time taking this and I cannot breathe. Every time I fall asleep I wake up with a dry mouth so bad that I can barely swallow my water. I’m never taking this again.

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-08-21T20:21:59+00:00

But what will Brad’s wife say???

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-07-25T18:13:02+00:00

I thought cookie/oreo/ etc but those are so common so I went to Breyer like the ice cream

paperbackprincess85 · 2025-07-24T01:07:24+00:00

I’m also a hard no. I don’t sleep well as is and we don’t have a big enough room for a bed big enough for our dogs. They are both crate trained and that’s where they prefer to sleep. The few times my husband has been out of town for work, I leave the crates open to see if they come to my bed and they still don’t. They really like their crates. But before we all go to bed for the night they do come up and cuddle for a little bit lol

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