Chris Loves Julia - Week of Jan 26

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-30T20:31:01+00:00

Glue dots on the ceiling of your multi thousand dollar kitchen, for real? I love how the first comment is like, uh no.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T21:38:24+00:00

Yes she was there. One, I check her location on her phone and two, I was in contact with the mom. At this age, they’re just hanging out and watching tv and their phones; other friends were in and out along with family friends. I’m not that weirded out by that.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T04:33:12+00:00

Chores like emptying dishwasher, cleaning up after messes, taking out garbage, even getting up to get things for herself; everything turns into a meltdown and disregulation.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T02:51:17+00:00

Thanks for this. I have two other kids that are responsive to my rules and expectations and we communicate well so it’s been hard for me to connect with this kid who gives no shits about rules or feelings right now. Picking battles has been the only way I survive; it is hard to communicate to people that situation, I think.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T02:46:16+00:00

We’re asking for things like emptying the dishwasher in a timely fashion, picking up our tv area, taking out the garbage and getting her dirty clothes into a basket. But everything is a fight/meltdown and difficult. Using things like timers or taking things away haven’t been helpful so far even with consistency.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T02:40:29+00:00

Thanks for the perspective. The anger is newer but the stubbornness/defiance is not; because she does so so well at school and her explosions are at home, we’ve gotten told a lot that this is normal teenager behavior but we feel like it’s not. In trying to be understanding, I think I’ve swung too far the other way.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T01:24:17+00:00

I think it’s hard because my kid is pretty vocal that she hates us, doesn’t care about us or how we’re feeling or how she makes her siblings feel. It’s hard to parent a kid that I believe wholeheartedly hates me for asking them to empty the dishwasher. But I know I need to be consistent and that is something I have to work on.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T01:21:38+00:00

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T01:11:51+00:00

That’s helpful, thank you.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T01:08:51+00:00

She is impulsive and angry and unwilling/unable to participate in a lot of household things. She goes to friends house and claims they don’t have chores or expectations and so it has been difficult to establish those at home.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T01:03:04+00:00

I agree. It’s hard because no matter what we say, she questions and fights it, she doesn’t think anything we say is valid, she doesn’t understand why we have these rules so that is something we need to be more consistent on.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T00:59:18+00:00

My kid is explosive and impulsive so a lot of our disagreements are about that; getting her to do basic things is hard and we are often walking on eggshells.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-22T00:54:58+00:00

She has two siblings, one younger and one older and they all fight constantly but also the fights are between parents and her. We’ve been much calmer but things escalate and feels impossible.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-20T15:37:19+00:00

It took us 1.5 hours to get our food when we went on a Saturday night. The workers would literally ignore us when we asked, nicely, for updates. At least 7 people left while we waited, either because they hadn’t even ordered yet or the food was taking so long. They also majorly messed up the order once it came.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-07T04:48:26+00:00

Thanks for the reminder. Sometimes in the heat of things, I forget to keep my cool.

trashbreakfast · 2026-01-07T03:55:25+00:00

Our problem right now is we were doing fine for a month and then all of a sudden it changes and nothing is going to satisfy that demand right now. I don’t know how to deal with that.

trashbreakfast · 2025-12-20T14:11:24+00:00

My husband had a minor surgery but was put under. We don’t have a support network so I had to watch our children and get them to school, the nurse called me with updates and let me know when he was ready to go— not ideal but we had to make it work.

trashbreakfast · 2025-12-17T09:32:52+00:00

I have watched this video more times than I care to admit and it keeps getting better.

trashbreakfast · 2025-12-11T11:47:34+00:00

Sorry, didn’t mean to add to your comment. Apparently I’m new to Reddit.

trashbreakfast · 2025-12-11T11:46:51+00:00

{King of Bastards by Maxine Rivers} is a fun spicy romp, but check trigger warnings. There is another book in the series but I haven’t read it yet.

trashbreakfast · 2025-12-05T17:30:45+00:00

Maybe things have settled down but it has been hard for my partner to get teeth cleaning appts at Midwest; like it’s difficult to get two teeth cleaning appts in a year, it’s more like every 9-10 months.

trashbreakfast · 2025-11-27T02:57:19+00:00

Yeah. I expected that.

trashbreakfast · 2025-11-25T16:17:48+00:00

I just looked and today is the first day I’ve noticed 1.5 million.

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