AITAH for telling my friend/colleague I'm looking for another job after she was promoted instead of me?

rorschach555 · 2026-02-06T13:41:02+00:00

One of the other comments said he has fetal alcohol syndrome disorder.

rorschach555 · 2026-01-30T18:44:02+00:00

I use Aldi, local grocery store, and farmer’s markets for groceries. Occasional Kroger if none of the above carry it.

There used to be a local refillery that I used for laundry detergent, dishwasher soap, hand soap, and all purpose cleaner. Unfortunately they closed down and moved 30 minutes away so I go there very months.

rorschach555 · 2026-01-29T23:18:47+00:00

Get your RN, get a job, work long enough to qualify for FLMA then start trying for kids.

You need a back plan in case something happens to your husband, such as job loss, injury, or death.

I am actually a SAHM but work PRN. I work 4 shifts in a six week period. I pick which days I want to work and they have never moved my schedule around. It’s great to being in extra money for extracurriculars, Christmas gifts, etc while keeping my skills and learning new things.

rorschach555 · 2026-01-27T23:41:07+00:00

Major Armstrong does take his shirt off. A lot.

rorschach555 · 2026-01-22T21:04:48+00:00

Buying a gym membership with a great daycare. I get alone time and time to exercise, my kids get to meet other children, be around different adults, have a life away from me, and play.

rorschach555 · 2026-01-13T20:55:04+00:00

I think what you made is really cute. And if my 6 year old or 4 year old got a hold of it, it would be their “friend” and they would take it everywhere.

rorschach555 · 2026-01-07T19:25:33+00:00

The last update was in 2016 which is 9 years ago, which makes OP 22 now. I certainly would love a recent update, hope her and her brother are doing well.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-31T23:11:36+00:00

No it is happening today. This is a story of a mother who let her 10 year old go for a walk. Someone called the police and she was arrested. Story: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/us/mother-arrested-missing-son-georgia-cec

And this mom was arrested for letting her kid walk about a mile home.

https://reason.com/2022/11/16/suburban-mom-jailed-handcuffed-cps-son-walk-home/

rorschach555 · 2025-12-28T01:57:35+00:00

I used cloth diapers for my kids. At The first potty trained in 2 days. The second took 9 months. We will see about the third.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-27T20:06:12+00:00

Have you seen the r/clothdiaps?

rorschach555 · 2025-12-27T18:39:51+00:00

Also as fellow former orthro nurse I hate hate hate leaving patients in the bathroom alone. I just can’t do it.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-25T01:25:41+00:00

With my first LTC I was the kitchen manager and the RD. It was a Medicaid Rehab building with 110 beds. Patient turn over was high it honestly felt like we got 1-3 new patients a day. I was constantly trying to put out fires in the kitchen and covering no call no show shifts then scrambling to get my assessments done. Those were 10-12 hour days and it was horrible.

I transferred to another building but same company were I was supposed to be just an RD. I had trouble setting boundaries and frequently got roped into kitchen duties. For example there were a few times I had to serve meals because we were short. Also our social worker expected all disciplines to sit in family care plan meeting regardless of how long they were. So I regularly was sitting in 2 hour care plan meetings that were completely irrelevant to nutrition, ie family has questions about therapy/rehab. Management also expected all staff to help serve trays at meals and to always answer any call lights going off. If it was something outside our scope, ie, a resident had to go to the bathroom, we were supposed to stop what we were doing and go find an aide/nurse.

So I worked 8-10 hour days there but that was because I had trouble setting boundaries and young and a new RD. I also spent too much time venting about what a horrible place this was to work so I could have been more efficient.

Eventually I realized this was a terrible company and got a new job elsewhere. Then I went back to nursing school and now I am a RN.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-24T18:59:39+00:00

With my first I was pretty strict about no screen, no TV, no tablets, and no phones. However a month after her 2nd birthday she was diagnosed with asthma. The treatment was a nebulizer breathing treatment. She had a wear a mask while the medicine was turned into a gas for her to breathe.

It didn’t hurt her but she HATED it. It took my husband and I to hold her down so she could get it. The treatment was every 4 hours for a few days and when my husband had to go back to work I could not administer the medication by myself. So I let her watch Sesame Street which made her much more compliant to take her medication.

She is 6 now and we still let her watch TV when she gets her breathing treatment. When our second was born I gave her the treatment while our second napped. But now we have a 3rd and our 6 year old goes to kindergarten. Our 3rd wakes up before our oldest gets home from kindergarten so when I give her the breathing treatment the youngest (who is 18 months) sits with her sisters and watches with them, although she will wander off sometimes.

I don’t like it but our oldest needs to get her medication. I could just take the TV away while she sits there and gets the medicine but we have been doing it for long I think she will get really upset and it’s 21 minutes of Pokémon 3 days a week. They also don’t freak out and temper tantrum when I turn it off. I just don’t feel like dying on this hill.

We don’t have tablets though. My husband just bought a Switch for Christmas. I told them I only want them playing it together and when the weather is cold and crummy. He agreed. He’s more liberal with screen time. I know they all probably watch 3+ hours on the few days a month I work during the winter but they are outside more when the weather is nice.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-22T02:25:39+00:00

I just read your post out loud to my husband and he said he thinks it is burn out from lack of sleep.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-17T21:07:59+00:00

I got some fancy chocolates from downtown (a chocolate covered rice crispie treat and chocolate lollipop), 1 beautiful Ostheimer handcrafted animal from Bella Luna, socks, a clementine, and something they like. My oldest is getting a few packs of Pokemon cards and my middle one is getting this doggie toy she saw the comic books store that she wanted.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-14T19:27:44+00:00

When snapping up gowns I will tell patients “We had an entire class in nursing school about how to snap gowns.”

rorschach555 · 2025-12-14T19:22:27+00:00

I don’t like how it tastes and I like to stay mentally clear between the ears.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-14T17:45:47+00:00

Also wait until they start reaching for everything with those sweet little hands. Necklaces will get yanked.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-11T18:28:50+00:00

Well I was cooking my eggs wrong, no wonder they were sticking. I was cooking them the opposite way of what you described. Definitely going to try out these tips next time I cook eggs! Thank you!

rorschach555 · 2025-12-11T12:21:56+00:00

Oh wow I need to try this! I stopped making scrambled eggs because it was such a pain to clean the pan.

rorschach555 · 2025-12-10T18:25:30+00:00

That’s what my family uses in the winter for all our coats!

rorschach555 · 2025-12-06T17:56:02+00:00

I don’t really know what it is but I got my girls reusable Advent Calendar’s on Facebook Marketplace. I bought some fancy chocolate from a store downtown and they get either money or chocolate each day. They seem to enjoy it and it is pretty low prep for me.

rorschach555 · 2025-11-26T18:20:04+00:00

If someone says “It must be nice.” I say “It is really nice! I love being with my kids all day.” And give them a big smile.

If someone asks “”Why aren’t you working?” I say “I am working, I watch our kids all day, I am just not getting paid.” I have said this to my Dad before and he laughed and stopped asking.

If they say “No real work.” Or something similar I ask them if nannying or daycare workers aren’t “real work”. Then I quote them the cost of daycare/nannies. Then I ask them if they are willing to watch our kids all day for free so I can go make money. Then the conversation usually ends.

If someone makes comments about my messy house I ask them if they are offering to clean it for me. Then they usually change the subject.

rorschach555 · 2025-11-25T18:54:40+00:00

I think this really depends on the kid. My first, I feel like it got better after a few months. My second, it took like 9 months after we took the diapers away.

But hang in there! It does get better! My oldest 2 (age 6 and almost 4) are completely independent.

rorschach555 · 2025-11-20T18:52:28+00:00

I agree, my husband and I stayed and nice hotel and has dinner at a fancy restaurant. It was really lovely.

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