littleetain
littleetain
littleetain

My 3 year old just screams when he’s thwarted and I once fake screeched (like, a screeching sound but not at full volume because I’m not totally insane) back at him and he just looked at me like I lost my mind and said: no, mom. No screaming. And I said, exactly! But it didn’t actually advance the discourse any so we

This is the sad truth about abusive relationships that no one seems to talk about or acknowledge: you don’t get out of them. You get distance. But you’re never free. I’ve been divorced for 12 years and I guarantee you my ex just screenshot this reply. He has screenshots of private twitter accounts made with new email

I’ve been really working hard at complete transparency and honesty, which I think is allied to this, for several years now. I was publicly accused of being deceptive and manipulative and I found that the only defense was to live my life with my cards on the table. Everything in my life is true, even the hard,

I’ve been laughing for a long time at the extreme accuracy of this comment. Everyone else is probably very confused. 

I was a single mom for a while and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I feel you. It sounds like you need more support in your life, from your partner, perhaps? or maybe you can outsource some things to buy back time with your baby. My sister is in a similar situation as yours and all her discretionary income

That looks AMAZING. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!

Talk to me about your cranberry cake. 

I had a thing like that with my c-section. We knew we’d hit the out of pocket max at the delivery (and we did) and we knew to the dollar how much we owed towards that amount. When hospital billing came around we paid exactly that much and called it a day.

My brother in law does this for everything, and it’s super effective. It’s also very annoying when you’re trying to have a conversation but it’s also a good reminder that just because I want to talk about x doesn’t mean he has to. 

Houston is the worst for this, I think. Austin mostly just has Mopac for loop 1, with an honorable mention for capital of Texas for 360. But both of those might actually show up on the signage anyway. The bigger issue in Texas, for me, is the fact that nothing is pronounced the way it’s spelled. Bissonet in Houston is

I had an overdose as a teenager and my heart rate was crazy high when I woke up. That was 20 years ago and my heart rate has consistently been high ever since, like a resting heart rate in the 100 bmp range. I’ve had no heart related issues since then but this freaks me out a little. I’m using up all my heartbeats too

I hate these stories. Because if your ex is a reasonable human it’s easy to work these details out. But if, like me, your ex is an abuser who wants to control you via access to the children and their information, none of this will work. And when you say, we can’t coparent, we run two different households, everyone

This is pretty bitchy. I said (and think) she looks great. But I also think that size 4 thing is a total lie. I’m not a fan of lying. And given her history of exploiting her children, I’m not inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt. She (or the show, either one) chose to sell her as a certain size, mendaciously.

She does look great, but I’m skeptical of that size 4 thing. She looks like I did at a size 8.

My favorite comment on this (and I can’t remember which person posted it) was that perhaps Biden plastered over the switches on his way out and the memes are real.

I did a bad thing. I haven’t done much drinking since the baby was born and didn’t realize how low my tolerance was. I also hadn’t had to interact with my crazy ass mother. Today at my niece’s birthday party it all came together in a massive clusterfuck of unpleasantness. I swear, I only had 4 glasses of wine.

I’m currently off sugar and refined carbs by order of the endocrinologist and can’t have cheese bread but *may* have eaten queso with a spoon this week. It’s a tough week. We just need to get through it.

Do what I do and medicate with cheese bread.

If I didn’t have to care for an infant I would so totally be day drinking right now.

Solid plan.