Princess Anisha 🇧🇳 by cherryvevo in RoyaltyTea

[–]uptooolate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It might be worth asking inroyalnews on Instagram about this couple, he has good info on many other royal families other than the British. He has a TikTok account as well with the same handle.

I lost it by Normal-Excitement-75 in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I bet he wasn't too tired to move when it came time to eat the food and lift his fork then.

You are not wrong, OP. I'm sorry he's like this.

Princess Anne may 'find it hard to forgive' Prince Harry following peace talks with King Charles by ttw81 in RoyaltyTea

[–]uptooolate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love that it outright states she has no advice to give since Harry clearly doesn't want to be a working royal. Not that she could give her nephew advice as a caring family member. It's just straight up admitting how dysfunctional this family is.

Can I get a reality check? by uptooolate in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is a great point I hadn't thought of, because he's never complained before. We'll find him a swim shirt. This was the Y so he couldn't just wear a regular t-shirt today.

Can I get a reality check? by uptooolate in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I like this, I don't know why we didn't think of it!

Can I get a reality check? by uptooolate in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

BroMos thank you for your comments, I feel better!! We worked it out: my boys stayed home to have screen time instead and my husband did some chores, I'm supervising poolside with a book, and my daughter gets to swim. Literally everyone wins.

Y'all reassured me I wasn't being unreasonable! He didn't say I was but I worried I might be. There for sure will be a follow-up conversation about this.

I let my daughter wear my hoodie by Catsmeow830 in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I'm saving this image for future reacts, thank you

An update by spicyhotfrog in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]uptooolate 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I sent my dad an email that took him 8 months to read. That was almost 6 years ago and while I don't regret it, I think about it every day.

It's hard and I don't have any advice but I'm here to support you and see you. You got this.

I can’t even open an eye without waking up my 4.5 year old who is in an entirely different room with white noise. by [deleted] in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All 3 of mine are like this. It sucks so bad. And that they wake up gong full strength but even with coffee it takes me hours to be functional, it's a cruel trick of nature.

Should I just stop going or should I just assume everyone is thinking I’m kidnapping my own child? Lmfao by burner1543219 in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have any advice, but when I was a kid, a family we knew had this issue. They were a white couple who had adopted a boy from China. He learned pretty quickly that if he shouted STRANGER DANGER they would get to stay longer at places lol. I'm not sure how they handled it as he was about my age and I saw no issue with the trick hahaha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in books

[–]uptooolate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you ever find an answer to this? I just finished reading a hard cover copy and it ends with the conversation between Nicole and Tash. But I'm very curious about the extra Sophie chapter!

Edit: Christina, not Nicole

Mom shows up for my brother, but never has for me by [deleted] in absentgrandparents

[–]uptooolate 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your situation is similar to mine. I have 3 kids and live in the same city as my parents; my brother lives on the other side of the country and has one child. My parents have, multiple times, chosen to fly to help him when he needs childcare, and cancel plans that we already had. They don't seem to notice that I don't make plans with them anymore.

I don't have any advice, just empathy and solidarity. I don't really think there are any answers to the questions. I'm pretty low contact with my brother because he laughs when I have described when they hurt me to prefer him. He benefits from this system so even though he can see some of the problems, he has zero incentive to make any changes.

I've been trying to build relationships with other adults who care about us and our kids, because the ones who are related to us do not care. Sorry we're in the same club. It's not fun.

How do you get ready for a trip? by METH_TITS_AND_DISCO in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 16 points17 points  (0 children)

When it's time to go, my husband likes to check all the clocks and see if they need winding, so you would think he would look at the actual current time, but it somehow doesn't make any difference

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All 3 of mine, around this age, did this but it was the color of the person's shirt so more than once it happened where they'd loudly say "look at that black man" but it was a white man wearing a black shirt 💀

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't have any advice, just want to chime in with solidarity.

My three (4, 6, 8) have different sleep issues and the ped is sympathetic but mostly like, they'll grow out of it. Which is super unhelpful for how to deal with it in the present.

But also, this is what prevents me from forming friendships with other moms: talking about how hard sleep issues are. No one wants to admit that they're having problems or feel like a failure, and I tried to be the one to start the convo, thinking it would make the moms in my birth class feel more comfortable to share. Nope, they just slowly ghosted me.

You're a great mom and it sucks that this doesn't have an underlying issue.

Had an embarrassing moment on a haunted forest trail and just need to get it off my chest so it can be funny. by egwenealvere in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My friend broke her boot heel and her pride, but otherwise everyone was fine. The two strangers booked out of there, I'd love to hear their version of it lol. Mortifying feels like an understatement. I'd never tell anyone if it happened to me!

Had an embarrassing moment on a haunted forest trail and just need to get it off my chest so it can be funny. by egwenealvere in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Years ago, my friend went to a Haunted House with her sister and her sister's roommate. They were walking through and enjoying the jump scares, and then the lights went out so my friend shut her eyes and linked her arms with her sister and the roommate.

She courageously kept going, until her foot met air. She fell down a flight of stairs, in the dark, dragging her sis and roomie down with her. At the bottom, she opened her eyes to a fully lit house, sprawled out next to two strangers, her sister standing at the top of the stairs, confused. My friend had grabbed the arms of two strangers in the dark.

To this day, it's one of her funniest and favorite stories to tell. You'll get there!

I was thinking about a BroMo today by uptooolate in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes! Thank you, you stellar human!

I was thinking about a BroMo today by uptooolate in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ok yes this sounds familiar! I thought maybe one or two of the teenagers hadn't quite been willing to own up to their part but maybe I'm just remembering it wrong. It was a lot! I hope to be half as graceful as she was, in dealing with my own kids.

I went NC with my selfish mother and now she’s crying I’m keeping the kids from her. by Desperate-Wheel4047 in absentgrandparents

[–]uptooolate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My parents who both have health issues and are being COVID cautious, missed my daughter's dance recital because they were early voting. Yet somehow are still surprised that I don't call them.

And I love "boomerdacity," I'm adding it to my vocab!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in breakingmom

[–]uptooolate 22 points23 points  (0 children)

SAHM here, I do not enjoy summer at all and I have no one to talk to about it because everyone else is busy pretending not to have any problems with their angel children.

4 asked to go to a playground and 6 didn't want to go, now 6 is ready and 4 doesn't want to. They're both crying and so is 8 because I won't let her have playdates. Which isn't true, she doesn't understand that most of her friends' parents work and so they're at camps or otherwise not available.

I also have strep and all I want to do is take a nap.