Mine are kind of negative? I guess. I always heard “You have no idea how much you’ll love them!” so I had a pretty lovely idea of parenting. But in reality here are my “I wish I knew!”

I honestly thought I’d have a better gut feeling on what to do. Like there would be this motherhood instinct that would kick in and…

Martin Short feels too big for this show. Or too something. He’s friends with Steve Martin so unless he’s doing this on a dare from Steve, this seems a little too low brow for Martin Short? It’s more the Dane Cook type of show. 

I agree 100% with what you’d written. I was bored. Just so bored. I also enjoyed season 1 of Scream Queens and a few of the previous AHS seasons (nothing comes close to the fun of Murder House). But this just wasn’t interesting enough to make me want to keep coming back for more weeks. 

I feel like everyone’s life would improve if that happened. I know he’s had a rough childhood but also he’s had more than enough time to work through that on his own through therapy and self-awareness. But instead he took that time to grow into being one of the biggest jerks I’ve ever seen on TV.

Was it Ladies Home Journal that used to have an ongoing column called “Should this friendship be saved?” - I think so. But I loved it. Friends would write in about problems. You’d get both sides and then a therapist would chime in with “This friendship can be saved if both women make an effort to honor each other’s…

I watched episode 1 last night and instantly disliked Mau. I don’t know what his wife is doing with him. I also initially really disliked the woman who calls her husband at work too many times but when she talked about abuse in her first marriage, I understood her a little bit better and felt some sympathy for her. 

Yes, the consent thing is so true. I do it with others to them (for example, they give grandma and grandpa fist bumps rather than hugs because they don’t want to do hugs) but them to others “You need to ask me before you start touching my hair, please.” and “You can’t just grab your friend’s arm, you need to find…

They do quick wipe-ups with Clorox wipes. But I also don’t stand in the bathroom and watch them pee. And they are with me 50% of the time. So sometimes we’re out the door quickly for school in the morning, I come home from work and there’s pee on the floor so rather than wait 3 nights for them to come home from their…

Now you’ve got me wondering if clumpable cat litter would be a better solution?

They do a quick wipe up with Clorox wipes. If I catch it. Sometimes I’ll just walk into the bathroom and step in a bit of pee and they both deny it and I take turns on who has to do the clorox wipes clean-up. But even with that, every other week I just like to scrub the hell out of the grout and floor. 

I give them Clorox wipes and have them do a daily upkeep - I’ll do a major scrubbing when they’re not around but they have to wipe up the pee. I don’t touch the pee puddles that I don’t make myself. 

Yeah, with the pee thing obvious but even as far as soap all over the sink, toothpaste mess, etc. 

I wish they peed sitting down! That would be ideal. 

Like I can kind of get it if you’re a kid because sometimes the toilet is too tall but a grown man? Nope!

Yes, and honestly with babies and diapers, boys are messier pee-ers but from what I’ve heard cleaning a poopy diaper with a girl can be way more complicated. So it’s kind of gross both ways. 

Yes, thank God for Clorox wipes because I can hand those off when I notice the grossness and say “Take care of it!” 

Exactly. A friend with two girls and one boy called me a few years ago and she was like “Why are boys completely unable to pee in the toilet?! I never had this big of a mess with the girls!” I have no idea. I find urine in places that I had no idea they could reach. Any time they go to the bathroom I scream “Pay…

I am a mom of two boys too - they’re 11 and 7. I feel like the main issues I’ve dealt with are how they’re treated by others, especially once they start school. I feel like there are different ways that they are treated - teachers sometimes seem to be a bit more patient with the girls than the boys. I have a few…

I also get cringey when I see a fellow #boymom (gross) taking her 5 year old son out for dinner and is like “Date night with Aiden!” Um, it’s not a date night. It’s you and your son out to dinner. WTF.