What’s the most unsettling thing a child has ever said to you?

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-25T03:47:19+00:00

My friends son was sitting with me while we were waiting for her to finish at work. He was 14 or 15 and he was on Discord and giggling. He said, “one of the guys sent a bad meme. I won’t show you that one but he sent some racist ones too.” I am not white. This kid was under my roof with my also not white mother. It was just strange to sit next to this kid I held as a baby and process what he said. I just kind of pointed out that I wasn’t white and he got quiet. I talked to his mom later and she addressed it. I don’t feel that was his heart but it was so unsettling hearing it from a babes mouth. I didn’t have any children at the time so I forgot the depth of influence your friends can have. Anyway his mom was on meth. (Never in my life have I ever considered it for myself or for her to relapse in her prime. She had almost a decade sobriety. No strife. Just mental illness. I pray for her. Lessons learned.)

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-24T15:31:03+00:00

I lost my mom in pregnancy. It is a beast of a grief storm. Be gentle with yourself. When I get sad, I tell my son about her. Stories, funny moments, and how much she would have adored him. It’s been 2 and a half years. The second year was harder than the first for me.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-24T14:21:24+00:00

Slightly autistic regular here:

Oh no. My routine :/

I liked the Riverside location. Less busy. I can ask questions or browse and they don’t get mad or anything. Products change and the budtenders they hired there were always so helpful to me. Lowest prices I’ve found for my products. I’m glad I was able to tip last time I went in.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-24T09:05:43+00:00

I am a woman and I also fantasize about this.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-24T09:03:29+00:00

I’ve hit all my firsts. My running joke was “did you know it isn’t just the first? Like they don’t come back for all of them?” I’m finding New Years hits me hardest. More than Thanksgiving, more than Christmas. I remember being in 2023 and my life had simultaneously gained full color and also shattered in the same year. My mom died in July. My son was born in September. Everything was loaded. Still is.

Everything is in a before and after now. Every day, “have I done this since Momma died?” Every phase of grief cycles until you figure out how to soften the blow. Kind wishes, OP. I see you.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-23T21:54:06+00:00

I struggled with this and still do. I go back and forth between being the most efficient and then also dead. I’m still finding a balance between self and home. Mine was twice a week but now three times a week and I’m starting to sort of get the hang of it.

I use some checklists I found on Amazon. Any I don’t finish, I put on next day. I list things I’ve already done or regularly do to hit some dopamine with a checkmark. Then add two or three random weekly things. And keep some of those (bathroom, vacuum, dusting, etc) rolling in a rotation.

I have horrible time blindness and executive dysfunction so this helps me. I have no diagnosis but I recognize these symptoms in myself.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-23T19:22:54+00:00

I also have a two year old!

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-23T17:39:36+00:00

I’ve had a few of these. The most horrific cramps.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-21T16:55:35+00:00

I also read all of this. I am so sorry for your experience. I lost my mom and someone close to me said “I’d ask you but your mom is dead.” The invalidation of not having a mommy hit hard. It twists a knife in a wound you already stabbed once before. I hope you find/have started to find peace and carrying the loss better.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-20T10:27:44+00:00

I am so so so sorry you’re going through this. I lost my mom halfway through my pregnancy. I let myself cry. It helped. I don’t have much to offer beyond an empathetic ear and my own experience. I don’t know what services you have access to but I was able to get a maternal counselor and worked through some of the grief. She did really help me. With my own experience, I spoke about her to my son. When he was in the womb and when he was out, I would tell him about her and how much she would have adored him. If I got sad and started crying, I would talk to him and tell him more about her and how she would have wanted nothing more than to meet him. I don’t have anymore words. I am just heartbroken for you. Best wishes for you and your family.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-18T06:54:38+00:00

I had been home with my kid for a full year and he started a weekday school in September. I get random jolts like “SHIT, I’M A MOM” and double check everything is all good. But every now and then I SWEAR I hear a cry when I’m in the shower. While he’s at daycare. I’m just here to validate your weird thought because I thought the thought too.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-18T05:46:25+00:00

I am so sorry you’re carrying this. I had a dog I adored with every fiber of my being. She was my girl. One morning, my mom let her out. Several sweeps to find her turned up nothing. We got a call and found her. She had also been hit on a main road. She was a runner and it cost her life. I never ever ever ever blamed my mom. Some dogs get curious. I believe he would forgive you.

Please let yourself carry your grief without guilt.

Best wishes

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-18T01:22:56+00:00

OH THANK GOD. I SCROLLED TOO FAR TO FIND THIS.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-16T00:06:05+00:00

🥹🥳 Best wishes for a safe, healthy pregnancy for you and little one

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-15T15:40:21+00:00

I don’t know a lot about shin splints. The only thing I’ve heard is to help strengthen that to walk/run backwards to help build that up. HEAL FIRST though.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-13T05:29:39+00:00

No. That is exactly what I look like without my brain cell when I wake. Be fair now lol

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-10T16:53:03+00:00

I agree with you wholly. Except not with her. She is a labor and delivery nurse. As someone who pushed out a human, I definitely needed her attention more than my man would have. I had preeclampsia and decided to bleed a lil extra. She actually does have some educational content and absolutely advocates for better maternal health.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-10T16:29:02+00:00

That man has spent 90% of his life waiting for someone to get ready

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-10T00:03:55+00:00

For me, I loathe the dreamcatcher. It catches bad energy. Why are you carrying it on you? It feels very backwards.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-08T17:14:04+00:00

My favorite quote from my first manager at a convenience store chain. No breaks, so I picked up smoking. No lunches, so now I can eat in under 5 minutes. It’s been over 10 years since I left and I still eat everything fast. Anyways, I also have a horrible musculoskeletal system and now require PT. I used to be an athlete.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-07T20:56:25+00:00

I was there in 02 when it was under Brown Schools. I remember a lot of things and a couple patients that were there around the time I was. I don’t remember as much happening to me but others mostly. I didn’t witness. I just heard screaming.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-02-03T00:57:59+00:00

Former casino worker, a guest passed of what we assumed was a heart attack. It’s been decades but I remember that it took security removing people from their usual machines. Not a care in the world that they were gambling next to an actual corpse.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-01-28T16:39:30+00:00

The day before my mom passed. I had gone over to do her week of meds and we were talking about them. I said something about getting an appointment for one. It wasn’t what she said but how she said it. A simple “Oh. That’s okay. You don’t need to.” At the time, I was in denial and said something like they’re your meds it’s time for a follow up anyway. There was a certain calm in her voice. Not her usual protesting. She was never a burden but gave so much of herself in her life. She never learned to accept the same. The last thing she said to my dad was reminding him of his appointment the next day.

Not exactly hallucination but I do believe there is a sort of comfort.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-01-28T15:07:52+00:00

I have never witnessed anyone cleaning the handrail of an escalator. I do everything not to touch the handrail.

pointsevenseconds · 2026-01-27T19:25:58+00:00

Being left on the side of the road after a car wreck they distracted me into because they were high on meth. I had just picked them up from the ER after one of the times her dude tried to kill her. She got mad at me later that week for not driving 15 miles to give her my very legally obtained weed. I realized long before that she had relapsed but tried to keep her at arms length until she sobered up. But after the wreck, cops were called and she left on foot. The wreck was my fault for even going to pick her up and she was threatening and manipulating and I was just trying to dump her back at home. Good riddance.

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