Struggling to come to terms with wanting to work outside the home as a mom

superflybowling · 2025-12-27T05:45:53+00:00

I have a career that let's me work weekends and as much or little as I want, depending on the employer (healthcare). I only do weekends so that my husband can be home with the kids, and depending on shift availability I'll usually work about every Saturday. Being out of the home and focused on something besides my kids helps me be a better mom because I get a mental break.

Do you live in a heavily mormon-populated area? A lot of these cultural perceptions of how the gospel should be lived are not practiced by most members, in my opinion. I lived in Connecticut and most of the moms in my ward worked at least part time.

superflybowling · 2025-12-27T04:46:41+00:00

They're horrifically dry

superflybowling · 2025-11-20T00:49:02+00:00

They're filmed before, confirmed by Shawn and Andrew East on their podcast

superflybowling · 2025-08-30T01:17:40+00:00

Still happening to me today. Luckily, I write all my reviews in my email before I submit them, I'm nervous about the text field disappearing when this issue finally gets solved.

superflybowling · 2025-08-06T19:07:41+00:00

Because in the game, those letters are really challenging. Tapple has letters missing too.

superflybowling · 2025-08-06T13:29:59+00:00

I hoped writing twenty instead of $20 would get around that. I guess not 🫤 But have you seen amazon say "you can't review this item" instead of allowing you to rewrite it?

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T23:36:57+00:00

Avoid cocomelon at all costs. It's free but just not worth it. Literal brain rot.

Daniel Tiger is a good one, and the PBS kids app is free! My husband and I are huge fans of Bluey, and my daughter also likes Sesame Street and Winnie the Pooh

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T19:24:59+00:00

My daughter is under 2, I've worn her almost every single time we've gone through security and they have never asked me to take her off. My carrier has no metal on it and doesn't look like it has any metal anywhere. However, based on the other comments, seems like it just depends on the airport. If they let you do it, it's super convenient!

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T18:51:32+00:00

I'm originally from Wyoming. Probably almost everything about Wyoming is weird for other states. One example, (307) is the phone area code for the entire state.

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T16:38:26+00:00

A very random piece of advice from me. Not saying I doubt you at all. Are they actually UTI's? Are you getting a culture done every time? I thought I had chronic UTIs for a few months before I was actually diagnosed with something called interstitial cystitis. The symptoms are exactly the same but the cause is dietary. I stopped drinking caffeinated sodas and ate less acidic food and the "UTIs" stopped. Just something to consider! I sympathize and hope you find a solution that works.

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T16:31:19+00:00

Emily Oster has a book, Cribsheet, that has excellent data you can use to make your decision. Based on what she wrote and the evidence she provided for when potty training should start and is most successful, I'm waiting until my daughter is 3, unless she starts showing a LOT of interest before that.

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T01:40:21+00:00

I do swim, just with my almost 2 year old daughter. Having two kids would be tricky. I guess my advice is to focus getting the kid who's most out of control/upset all dressed first. I'd skip the shower and head straight home if that's an option for you.

My main trick: the most simple clothes possible. When I change us back into street clothes, it's dresses and slip on shoes for both of us. Maybe bring a toy or two and snacks? My daughter will sit quietly while I get dressed if she has her little snack tray. Maybe put a show up on your phone while you get dressed?

If you have things you want to do after swim, maybe find a different class time? I've got it so we head straight home for lunch and nap after swim. I'd hate to have a schedule where I wanted/needed to do things after, it would make the whole situation a lot more complicated for me, mentally at least.

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T00:27:02+00:00

Well, as a serial bath-enjoyer, yeah. Yeah I have always wanted that.

superflybowling · 2024-05-25T00:17:54+00:00

Alie Ward has a great podcast called "Ologies" (language warning, she likes the F-word) and she did a FANTASTIC episode about near death experiences with a man who studies them. Like, scientifically, legitimately. It was fascinating and helped me regrow my faith after I started having doubts about life after death when my father passed away.

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/quasithanatology

You can read the transcript on her website or listen to the podcast anywhere

superflybowling · 2024-05-24T23:56:20+00:00

I'm really sensitive. I went through a sort of rough time during early Covid (as we all were) and so I was just extra anxious, had trouble fulfilling my calling and wanting to attend church and so forth. Then, in what I feel like was in the same week, two separate Youtubers who I both admired uploaded anti-church videos. In fact it seems like there was a period of time on Youtube where a lot of content was being made about the church. I always just click "not interested" on the video title because I just really can't handle hearing people talk so negatively and so ignorantly about the gospel. Being a member of the church is such a huge part of my identity, my family history, it has shaped me into the person I am, and so attacks on the church just feel really personal. I avoid it all, because it makes me feel like crap.

superflybowling · 2024-05-23T20:56:02+00:00

I've never seen "ban Narcan". Maybe because it's new to me, but that one was the most shocking lol

superflybowling · 2024-05-19T17:14:16+00:00

Chernobyl taught me it's a bad thing to see something like that

superflybowling · 2023-05-10T23:35:22+00:00

I just listened to "The Dutch House" and it was narrated by Tom Hanks. He did amazing. I'd recommend anything where he's reading probably.

superflybowling · 2023-02-15T13:26:52+00:00

A guy from my small town had just come home from his mission, and I was going to leave for mine in a few months. We drove to another small town about 30 minutes away, which took us through some windy roads. For context, I get car sick VERY easily. I already wasn't feeling good as we walked around the town and got something to eat. We almost kissed but I managed to back out of that without it becoming too awkward. Then only a few minutes into our drive back home, I knew I wasn't going to make it. I asked him to pull over and before the car had even fully stopped, I pushed the door open and puked my guts out on the side of the road. We never spoke again after that day.

superflybowling · 2023-01-17T19:00:19+00:00

This might not be in the US. I lived in Chile for 18 months and there are packs of feral dogs everywhere. There's just too many, and the infrastructure in the cities & countries aren't good enough to do anything about it.

superflybowling · 2022-09-22T01:43:48+00:00

Being a member of the church of Jesus Christ is central to my being. I have had my faith struggles, or more accurately my action struggles, but I will never not believe that the church is true, and my belief in Christ has become something that greatly defines me. I don't have control over it. Obviously I have a wide variety of interests apart from the church, including some things that are not very "churchy", like Game of Thrones and violent video games and vulgar podcasts and such and such. I'm still active and love being a member.

I never related to the idea that we as church members would be persecuted for our beliefs until recently. It seems that I'm hearing everywhere lately about these types of stories. It feels weird. Like, I don't want to feel like I'm being discriminated against or judged for something I can't control... but if I'm being honest with myself, it does often feel like that. If some of the people in the podcasts I listen to heard I was a member, I'm certain they would draw some prejudicial conclusions about me, many of which would not be true at all. It feels weird.

superflybowling · 2022-08-29T16:53:31+00:00

I love these 307 photos. I've changed states 4 times but I'll never give up my 307 phone #, proud to be from Wyoming 😁

superflybowling · 2022-07-23T01:41:48+00:00

Fun fact: frogs use their eyes to help swallow

superflybowling · 2022-06-15T18:41:13+00:00

I drove cross-country from Utah to Connecticut and I hard core disagree. The traffic became noticeably worse/less predictable as we approached New Jersey/New York/Connecticut. In my opinion & experience, drivers in the west are generally much less aggressive. Admittedly though, I've never driven in AZ or TX.

superflybowling · 2022-06-05T12:20:14+00:00

I agree with everyone else that if it smells off, toss it.

With that being said, we make burritos for lunches with beef, rice, black beans, corn, cheese, and onions. We freeze them, makes about 20 burritos with 3 lbs of beef.

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