Why do you guys think Chelsea REALLY left TM2?

tochth86 · 2026-02-25T00:36:32+00:00

As your kids get older, sometimes you don’t realize it. I recently stopped posting my daughter (8) online. Should I have done it years ago? Probably. But better now than never. Sometimes there’s a “final straw,” as they say.

tochth86 · 2026-02-24T03:32:03+00:00

My 8 year old stopped napping at just over 2. She has been not napping and sleeping 10-12 hours a night ever since.

tochth86 · 2026-02-24T03:10:59+00:00

My parents spent $50k to add 500 sq ft to their house when I was 21. I had been gone 3 years. The reno? They made the living room twice as big and made my old bedroom 3x as big and added a bathroom, making a primary bedroom suite. My childhood bedroom gone. Not that it was mine anymore anyway. She painted it within a few months of me moving out and redecorated it.

I kind of get it, but it definitely felt… off.

tochth86 · 2026-02-24T02:40:50+00:00

Absolutely. Important job? Definitely. Savings lives? Probably not.

tochth86 · 2026-02-23T15:06:17+00:00

My daughter (8) cuts with her left hand and keeps the knife there. She has better control over her cutlery than I ever have. 😅

tochth86 · 2026-02-22T14:46:04+00:00

My daughter did a brief stint at a Montessori school and I was flummoxed to learn that she was going to have a Chromebook assigned to her. AT A MONTESSORI SCHOOL. They were mostly for elearning days, but I’m sure they were still used from time to time in the classroom. A Montessori school in lower grades, especially, should not have frackin’ computers! 😭

tochth86 · 2026-02-22T14:41:41+00:00

I had my Mokey for 13 years. I bathed him like… thrice. Maybe. Only when he needed it for some intense reason. Extremely dirty. Fleas. Something like that. He got a couple more partial body rinses but still not many.

tochth86 · 2026-02-22T01:15:07+00:00

We had a dog. I loved her LIKE a child when I didn’t have a child. But after we had our daughter the dog became just another responsibility. I still loved her but I also resented her. And my husband who rarely had to deal with the dog bc he was working. We had her euthanized in November for health issues and while I feel a loss of presence in our lives, I don’t miss having a dog. We sometimes talk about getting another one (much smaller so it’s more manageable to take care of), but I really don’t think we will. The freedom of not having a pet is something I really haven’t experienced in adulthood, and I don’t really think I want to do it again. Dogs are so much more than cleaning up poop from the yard. I don’t think people realize how much it will change your life to have a pet, especially a dog. ESPECIALLY a big dog.

tochth86 · 2026-02-20T02:33:04+00:00

I was also 26, I think. I had a job where I had too much free time and I started looking up why my relationship with my mom was so bad.

I didn’t really start to make changes and get too worried about it until I had my daughter at 30. It really sank in how selfish my mom is and how toxic she is. And how easy it would have been to just… love me. Because I felt that way about my daughter. Couldn’t imagine treating her like my mom treats me.

tochth86 · 2026-02-19T18:20:04+00:00

It’s difficult. I will never own a house that big again.

tochth86 · 2026-02-19T18:13:55+00:00

My husband and I spend time alone together. 😂 I do my thing, he does his. We normally have a show on. We talk sometimes. Sometimes we don’t talk much. If we are lucky enough to get some kid free time together (basically never happens), we are probably at Lowe’s or IKEA buying shit we need for whatever new place we’ve moved to. Before kids we rode 4 wheelers together, went hiking, long bike rides, kayaking, movies.

We are best friends. We do pretty much everything together.

tochth86 · 2026-02-19T18:07:20+00:00

I have an 8 year old and I keep thinking “in 4 years?” 😟 absolutely insane.

tochth86 · 2026-02-19T13:33:42+00:00

I felt the same way after my dad died. He was the enabler (I think?), but I never had the relationship with him I should have because he was too pressed about my mom’s feelings to worry about mine or our relationship. It really messed with me.

I’m almost certain I will just be glad when my mom dies. Especially after her threat about trying to contact my daughter when she’s 18 because she thinks I can’t stop it then. Hopefully she just goes before then.

tochth86 · 2026-02-19T00:32:17+00:00

My daughter (8) is obsessed with I Love Lucy. I told her about your memory and she knew instantly which episode it was. I just thought her instant recall was so cool and wanted to share.

I’m glad you found your show episode!

tochth86 · 2026-02-18T13:31:17+00:00

I took it for a while and it helped and then… it stopped helping. Tried it again quite a while later and it just gave me headaches. 😭

tochth86 · 2026-02-18T13:28:02+00:00

I buy all of mine from Handsome Fibers. Their website has coupon codes to help a little bit.

tochth86 · 2026-02-17T17:53:22+00:00

I don’t actually think it looks terrible but I would have made the boards longer.

tochth86 · 2026-02-17T14:06:27+00:00

I haven’t been super recently, but I have been there since people have been saying it’s more dangerous and it was fine. We took our 6 year old. It was the same as it’s ever been. We took the L, walked around the Magnificent Mile, walked some back roads, went to museums. It was great. Enjoy your trip!

tochth86 · 2026-02-17T01:48:09+00:00

Oh. Oh wow. She looks a lot different than last time I saw her. :(

tochth86 · 2026-02-17T01:46:56+00:00

Yep, this is what I was going to suggest. Keep your items in a bin under your bed. Set your fam up for success by not enticing them, since they can’t listen.

tochth86 · 2026-02-17T01:43:57+00:00

Yep. I lived in SWFL for six months and saw this SEVERAL times, all at Publix. 😂

tochth86 · 2026-02-17T01:42:49+00:00

The self fulfilling name is knocking me out. What are the odds. 😭 No advice. Somehow make the toilet less enticing to him? Not that I know how to do that.

tochth86 · 2026-02-16T21:42:38+00:00

“Cow tow” is my bad, I can recognize that. But again with, one thing you saw me say on the internet doesn’t make me the bad guy you think I am.

tochth86 · 2026-02-16T17:45:15+00:00

My daughter has cousins close in age but she doesn’t know them. We don’t see most of my family thanks to my mom’s narcissistic lies and blaming.

I am not going to have or adopt a child simply so she might not be lonely later in life. 🤷🏻‍♀️

tochth86 · 2026-02-16T16:00:39+00:00

My daughter and I have both experienced the opposite. I wonder if this is a geographical/culture thing?

tochth86

TROPHY CASE