You’ll totally forget how good or bad it is. While I’m pregnant, I remember how much I dislike it, but afterwards it seems much more neutral. But then I’ll get food poisoning or a stomach virus and remember what it’s like to feel that way for 12 to 20 weeks. Never again! (Two is more than enough at this point)

I’ve even heard people say three cars get to turn on the red.

I wish I had neighbors I could be friendly with. Instead, I’ve got awful people who move our trash cans into our driveway (or onto our lawn) the minute they are emptied so they can park in front of our house. They also work on those cars on the street and sit in our yard while they do it. They frequently park in front…

My high school had a life skills class through the home ec department, but only people who weren’t college prep had room in their schedule for it. I think it was an egg but it could’ve been flour. I used to tutor on the side and all the local high schools used bags of flour. They also had to do the fake marriage thing…

My current workplace is like this. Some people have made a big deal about and others just understand that I prefer to maintain my personal space. Luckily, they’ve gotten past making fun of me for it.

I don’t consider myself on the spectrum at all, but I am NOT a fan of hugging or kissing the cheeks of my co-workers. Whenever we get togther outside of work (Christmas party, happy hour), several of them will lean in for a kiss and hug and it makes me very uncomfortable. The former owner used to come over and squeeze…

there are some great apps out there (we use Our Groceries) that allow you to make a shopping list that is shared. You and he can add to it as needed; you can even make multiple lists for different stores or types of items. My husband is definitely learning, but he doesn’t do the cooking so he never adds an item that…

I saved up my vacation for years, so I could afford to take a significant maternity leave. Fortunately I live in California and our state maternity leave plus my saved vacation and sick leave turned into four months home with each of my babies. They just saved up the work they needed me to do.

Exactly. We only withhold honey, nothing else. None of this “only egg whites” or “only egg yolks” nonsense. When we’re eating, baby gets what we’re having. Other times he also gets rice rusks or puffs, but those are just for practice. We don’t give any food until baby masters three things: 1) sitting up unassisted; 2)…

I wish more people knew about the limitations of Plan B but they website also states that it’s not 100% effective in general. I think with some better sex education, women would understand how Plan B is closely related to daily hormonal contraception and would understand taht they carry similar limitations. (i.e. not…

School “choice” doesn’t really work outside a large district right? My rural district had a single elementary and so on up the grades. Maybe it’s for the Catholic school 30 minutes away but there would have been no way to get there. I guess that’s the idea though, only well off families can take advantage because they…

I had my kids at 35 and 37 (I’m 38 now) but it wasn’t just about waiting for career and money. It was mostly that my husband wasn’t ready and then we had to deal with some infertility issues. But I’m so glad we did it this way. I’m not “too tired” or any more tired than I was 5 to 10 years ago. And we have a nice…

those faces! We couldn’t stop staring at her, completely ruined the songs.

Thankfully, California has pregnancy leave and paid family leave. I got 12 weeks from the state and used my saved up vacation and sick to extend it to four weeks. And the day I came back my husband got laid off. But we still have to keep them in day care at $355/week (which is very inexpensive for two) because infant…

I had an awful time trying to sell a crib online in the late fall, maybe it would’ve been easier a couple months earlier.

You don’t. I hate to say it, but it’s just so much harder when trying to plan get togethers around nap times and bed times. Maybe it’ll be easier once we’re past the baby stage but it’s really hard right now. Plus, even the friends with kids can be super busy because they have family obligations plus now there are…

Sahara, also known as that movie where Matthew McConaughy takes his shirt off and Steve Zahn is funny. I also convinced another woman in line to see it by describing it that way to my date.

I actually enjoyed “The Girl on the Train” but I wasn’t a fan of three separate first person narrators. It was especially annoying in the audio book because one voice was much worse than the other two. I don’t know how I’d feel about nearly a dozen. I’d probably have trouble keeping them straight.

I know, the stupid GOP is totally trying to ruin Star Wars Day. So I just keep looking at my yoda baby.

I had no idea the UMC was still technically anti-gay. My cousin and his husband are very active in the church I grew up in. Their baby played baby Jesus. And when a couple complained about the baby’s baptism, that couple was invited to find another church.