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Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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quiksylver296 wrote: »
You never know. My grandma was 46 when she had my mum. Can you even imagine?! :0
This is a nightmare to me2 -
melissafeagins wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »melissafeagins wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »melissafeagins wrote: »Confession: if you hear a loud thud from my direction tomorrow or possibly one day next week, it will be because we are opening a new hospital on a rural community about 45 miles from here and I am banging my head on my desk.
For my department, this means credentialing a new set of hospitalists and choosing specialists to cover it. Oh, and new MRI and CT machines and all that sort of thing.... In other words, new budget meetings and more overtime
If I can hear that thud, you're gonna crack your skull!
I hope it goes smoothly for you.
I've done that before, you know...
Oh, yeah! Then you especially shouldn’t do it again!
Fine. I won't bang my head against a real brick wall. But I am NOT promising that I won't whine.
Fair enough! Whine away (or wine away ). 1 -
Italian_Buju wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »
You never know. My grandma was 46 when she had my mum. Can you even imagine?! :0
This is a nightmare to me
My mum was baby number 13, so grandma knew what she was doing, but there is a five year age gap between my mum and number 12 so I suspect she was a bit of a surprise!1 -
melissafeagins wrote: »Confession: if you hear a loud thud from my direction tomorrow or possibly one day next week, it will be because we are opening a new hospital on a rural community about 45 miles from here and I am banging my head on my desk.
For my department, this means credentialing a new set of hospitalists and choosing specialists to cover it. Oh, and new MRI and CT machines and all that sort of thing.... In other words, new budget meetings and more overtime
Hoping for a smooth transition!0 -
Italian_Buju wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »
You never know. My grandma was 46 when she had my mum. Can you even imagine?! :0
This is a nightmare to me
My mum was baby number 13, so grandma knew what she was doing, but there is a five year age gap between my mum and number 12 so I suspect she was a bit of a surprise!
My dad was one of 12... My oldest aunt has children older than her youngest brother.1 -
Over two weeks late due to illness, but we finally made the boy some cake for his third birthday. Good thing he doesn't care about presentation!!
Hubby decorated the monstrosities on the right, I did the just plain inept others. Hubby baked the fairy cakes, which he is thankfully good at!
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Sweet!2
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Italian_Buju wrote: »Sweet!
Literally and figuratively. 😊2 -
Over two weeks late due to illness, but we finally made the boy some cake for his third birthday. Good thing he doesn't care about presentation!!
Hubby decorated the monstrosities on the right, I did the just plain inept others. Hubby baked the fairy cakes, which he is thankfully good at!
Better late than never.
Any day that you can eat cake/cupcakes is a good day.2 -
Had a four day weekend (Friday-Monday) & go back to work tomorrow. Have ate all the foods, but will get back on track tomorrow.3
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Slept in instead of going to the gym. To avoid making that a habit, I will look forward to better performance at the gym tomorrow instead. I do plan to do some yoga tonight as a trade off for skipping my run though.3
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Fine then. I confess I have never tried chocolate covered grasshoppers.
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Crafty_camper123 wrote: »Fine then. I confess I have never tried chocolate covered grasshoppers.
Me, either. But I have had freeze-dried crickets.
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I was exactly at competition weight this morning! Ten days out, so another pound or so for wiggle room would be good, but feeling much better about this!9
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Crafty_camper123 wrote: »Fine then. I confess I have never tried chocolate covered grasshoppers.
I have never eaten any insect on purpose.
I think I would try one if dipped in chocolate1 -
Crafty_camper123 wrote: »Fine then. I confess I have never tried chocolate covered grasshoppers.
I have never eaten any insect on purpose.
I think I would try one if dipped in chocolate
I'd have to have a lot of chocolate, wine to wash it down and be REALLY hungry...1 -
Confession: my job is stressing me out. And now Tyler had the flu. Mom guilt at staying at work and making Dad take him to the doctor is real...3
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melissafeagins wrote: »Confession: my job is stressing me out. And now Tyler had the flu. Mom guilt at staying at work and making Dad take him to the doctor is real...
Man, the flu is really getting people. We have had two school districts shut down school this week.
I hope he feels better quickly, and your job chills out!1 -
melissafeagins wrote: »Crafty_camper123 wrote: »Fine then. I confess I have never tried chocolate covered grasshoppers.
I have never eaten any insect on purpose.
I think I would try one if dipped in chocolate
I'd have to have a lot of chocolate, wine to wash it down and be REALLY hungry...
Yes chocolote would be a nessecity. I would be willing to try bugs however, if they were cooked and prepared some way. Like the stuff I see on Bizzarre Foods. They're sauteed in spices, or deep fried or something else. They look really appetizing (aside from the fact they're bugs!)
Hope your little one gets feeling better soon!1 -
Crafty_camper123 wrote: »Fine then. I confess I have never tried chocolate covered grasshoppers.
I have never eaten any insect on purpose.
I think I would try one if dipped in chocolate
Same, and I plan on keeping it that way. All the chocolate in the world would not change my mind.....2 -
Confession: I’m starting to wonder if kids are really worth the effort.
The last 6 months all I’ve heard is how horrible I was as a child, how much my friend is struggling, how miserable my work colleagues daughter is having 2 sons and expecting twin girls in May, how expensive child care is, and I’m 99% sure DH won’t be as helpful as he says he will be if the time comes.
I’m convincing myself out of children. I don’t really like babies, I spent an entire evening successfully avoiding holding my friends baby. And children don’t like me. I actually had a 4-5 year old boy tell me that he didn’t like me. So I told him I don’t like him either. And I didn’t even care that he got upset.
Looks like Hubby’s family name is dying with him.5 -
Confession: I’m starting to wonder if kids are really worth the effort.
The last 6 months all I’ve heard is how horrible I was as a child, how much my friend is struggling, how miserable my work colleagues daughter is having 2 sons and expecting twin girls in May, how expensive child care is, and I’m 99% sure DH won’t be as helpful as he says he will be if the time comes.
I’m convincing myself out of children. I don’t really like babies, I spent an entire evening successfully avoiding holding my friends baby. And children don’t like me. I actually had a 4-5 year old boy tell me that he didn’t like me. So I told him I don’t like him either. And I didn’t even care that he got upset.
Looks like Hubby’s family name is dying with him.
Better to decide that before, rather than after! 2 -
Confession: I’m starting to wonder if kids are really worth the effort.
The last 6 months all I’ve heard is how horrible I was as a child, how much my friend is struggling, how miserable my work colleagues daughter is having 2 sons and expecting twin girls in May, how expensive child care is, and I’m 99% sure DH won’t be as helpful as he says he will be if the time comes.
I’m convincing myself out of children. I don’t really like babies, I spent an entire evening successfully avoiding holding my friends baby. And children don’t like me. I actually had a 4-5 year old boy tell me that he didn’t like me. So I told him I don’t like him either. And I didn’t even care that he got upset.
Looks like Hubby’s family name is dying with him.
There is nothing wrong with deciding you do not want children. Better to know that, then to just have them because you feel you should and end up resenting it.
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Confession: I’m starting to wonder if kids are really worth the effort.
The last 6 months all I’ve heard is how horrible I was as a child, how much my friend is struggling, how miserable my work colleagues daughter is having 2 sons and expecting twin girls in May, how expensive child care is, and I’m 99% sure DH won’t be as helpful as he says he will be if the time comes.
I’m convincing myself out of children. I don’t really like babies, I spent an entire evening successfully avoiding holding my friends baby. And children don’t like me. I actually had a 4-5 year old boy tell me that he didn’t like me. So I told him I don’t like him either. And I didn’t even care that he got upset.
Looks like Hubby’s family name is dying with him.
echo here -- It is OK not to want children.
I have two daughters - one born in my early 20s one in mid 20s. If I had waited till 30 - I would not have kids. I have NO patients now. My BF had her 3rd child at 41. I am still not sure what she was thinking. I like when pumpkin visits (will be 4 in april) but I LOVE when she goes home.
I am looking forward to grandkids - but happy that they will live in Florida.3 -
But seriously, what are the best bits about having kids? As far as I can tell, they cause you pain, stress and money. I just had a bath and as I’m lying there all I can hear are the 2 boys next door arguing and the mum shouting at them. I’ve been laying in bed before listening to the kid in the flat above have a full blown tantrum in the middle of the night. I listen to stories in the office about someone’s kid has done something, someone spent their whole weekend running her kids and grandkids around. My dad has endless stories (some that he told at my wedding) about how horrible I was as a child. I don’t get it. Why put yourself through it?2
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But seriously, what are the best bits about having kids? As far as I can tell, they cause you pain, stress and money. I just had a bath and as I’m lying there all I can hear are the 2 boys next door arguing and the mum shouting at them. I’ve been laying in bed before listening to the kid in the flat above have a full blown tantrum in the middle of the night. I listen to stories in the office about someone’s kid has done something, someone spent their whole weekend running her kids and grandkids around. My dad has endless stories (some that he told at my wedding) about how horrible I was as a child. I don’t get it. Why put yourself through it?
This is why I don't have any yet myself at 31. Everytime I think of it, reeeaaally think of it, my mind goes to stuff like this. And yet somehow, I have this inexplicible urge to still have kids someday. I want scraped knees, and baby kisses, and to pass on family traditions. Unfortunatly that comes with diaper blow outs, the terrible two's and the terrible teen's. Not to mention the current polarizing cultural and political climate we live in right now.
It makes no sense to me. And I can't decide if my urge to have kids is due to social expectations, biological urges to reproduce, or something else. It's a really strange feeling. I have no idea if it will ever happen for me as I sit here on the fence. I suppose I will welcome either outcome however life turns out.
ETA: And actually, I love little kids. It's the pre-teens and teenagers that scare the hell out of me. I have seen so many turn 13 and turn into a whole different person! Just in my own family. One family member hit his teens and despite his parent's best efforts to raise him properly is now a convicted felon & sex offender. Another turned 13 and despite her parent's best efforts to reign her in on her bad behavior by setting rules and boundaries went straight into sex, drugs and alcohol and has become a narcissistic manipulator with an alcohol problem by her 20's. The other has her own set of mental problems despite being raised in a stable household has BPD (borderline personality disorder) and is struggling to decide if she's male or female. Not that I have a problem with that, but the prospect of having to have that conversation with my own future potential spawn stresses me out.2 -
THIS IS THE BEST PART OF PARENTHOOD
This could also be the best part of alcoholism.....5 -
Crafty_camper123 wrote: »But seriously, what are the best bits about having kids? As far as I can tell, they cause you pain, stress and money. I just had a bath and as I’m lying there all I can hear are the 2 boys next door arguing and the mum shouting at them. I’ve been laying in bed before listening to the kid in the flat above have a full blown tantrum in the middle of the night. I listen to stories in the office about someone’s kid has done something, someone spent their whole weekend running her kids and grandkids around. My dad has endless stories (some that he told at my wedding) about how horrible I was as a child. I don’t get it. Why put yourself through it?
This is why I don't have any yet myself at 31. Everytime I think of it, reeeaaally think of it, my mind goes to stuff like this. And yet somehow, I have this inexplicible urge to still have kids someday. I want scraped knees, and baby kisses, and to pass on family traditions. Unfortunatly that comes with diaper blow outs, the terrible two's and the terrible teen's. Not to mention the current polarizing cultural and political climate we live in right now.
It makes no sense to me. And I can't decide if my urge to have kids is due to social expectations, biological urges to reproduce, or something else. It's a really strange feeling. I have no idea if it will ever happen for me as I sit here on the fence. I suppose I will welcome either outcome however life turns out.
All of this, and I have the added situation that out of both of my husbands parents families, they were the only ones to have kids. They haven’t got any cousins. If we don’t have kids and his sister doesn’t, that’s the end of the family tree. And his sister is my age (turning 30 this year) and single, so. Yup.
FYI don’t google “perks of being a parent”. They are pretty crap perks, like ‘you have a reason to watch cartoons’. I already do, that’s not a perk. Or, “it’s an ego boost having someone depend on you”, nope, my husband depends on me and it’s not ego boosting, it’s annoying.0 -
Crafty_camper123 wrote: »But seriously, what are the best bits about having kids? As far as I can tell, they cause you pain, stress and money. I just had a bath and as I’m lying there all I can hear are the 2 boys next door arguing and the mum shouting at them. I’ve been laying in bed before listening to the kid in the flat above have a full blown tantrum in the middle of the night. I listen to stories in the office about someone’s kid has done something, someone spent their whole weekend running her kids and grandkids around. My dad has endless stories (some that he told at my wedding) about how horrible I was as a child. I don’t get it. Why put yourself through it?
This is why I don't have any yet myself at 31. Everytime I think of it, reeeaaally think of it, my mind goes to stuff like this. And yet somehow, I have this inexplicible urge to still have kids someday. I want scraped knees, and baby kisses, and to pass on family traditions. Unfortunatly that comes with diaper blow outs, the terrible two's and the terrible teen's. Not to mention the current polarizing cultural and political climate we live in right now.
It makes no sense to me. And I can't decide if my urge to have kids is due to social expectations, biological urges to reproduce, or something else. It's a really strange feeling. I have no idea if it will ever happen for me as I sit here on the fence. I suppose I will welcome either outcome however life turns out.
All of this, and I have the added situation that out of both of my husbands parents families, they were the only ones to have kids. They haven’t got any cousins. If we don’t have kids and his sister doesn’t, that’s the end of the family tree. And his sister is my age (turning 30 this year) and single, so. Yup.
FYI don’t google “perks of being a parent”. They are pretty crap perks, like ‘you have a reason to watch cartoons’. I already do, that’s not a perk. Or, “it’s an ego boost having someone depend on you”, nope, my husband depends on me and it’s not ego boosting, it’s annoying.
For real!! Also see my edit. Little kids don't scare me. I can handle sleepless nights and crazy messes and such. But teenagers? I have seen so many go from this sweet innocent little kid, to at the stroke of midnight on thier 13th year turn into something else entirely. And at any rate cartoons is both a pro AND a con depending on the cartoon, lol! I think the only pro is the ability to raise someone else into the world to pass on your core beliefs and values. and being able to create the "magic" of childhood for them. Still undecided though.
None of the siblings of either side has kids yet either... They are either single, not old enough, or not planning on it. I'm the last of lineage on my dad's side, and on my husband's side he is the last in line to pass on his last name..0
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