I was surprised at who would do things like this for me, it was almost always the people I never thought I was all that close to. So grateful to them for it, and now that I have a little more time, I do my best to make it up to them because I really am thankful, and these friends are now my close friends, both to me…

I'm like this too, and I get shamed a lot for it. People like to jump to the conclusion that I'm selfish because I still like to maintain the things that make me, me (within reason, I have a very spirited 2yo who takes a lot of my attention, but I do what I can when I can). Especially my mother. If I dare go out once…

BELIEVE IT!! (it totally blew my mind too lol)

I think it's Sandra Bullock?

As another atheist parent (although my kid is still too small) who has thought about this a TON, I think the best thing to do is inform, inform, inform. When my girl gets a bit older (or whenever she starts bringing these things up, whichever happens first), I plan on taking her to different churches, mosques,…

I'm debating whether or not I should make this my FB cover photo lol

Hahaha, I make comments like this every time they're on the news now! Like.... my how they've grown since they closed that pool! :3

This is why I've never went to see it. It's a permanent fixture in my city and I originally had wanted to see it, but after hearing about the controversy I decided not to support something like that at all. It makes me so upset to think about :/

I hear ya! I love that mine is getting more toys than I ever did growing up, but she still needs to have some actual room to be able play with this stuff! lol

Good luck! I tried that after my girl's second birthday, she was definitely too young to get it and totally freaked out. Hope it goes better for you guys at 3!

I don't want to do that, it's frustrating, but I still really care about these people very much. I guess that's why it's upsetting because I really *don't* want to hurt their feelings, but they give me no choice in this matter.

I always do what I feel is right in spite of what anyone says to me, but I was still surprised when family members took it as such a personal offense. Both mine and my husband's families are very close knit, it's not so much a me vs. them thing as it is an 'I don't want to hurt their feelings' thing, which is…

Yup, she's the first grandkid for both sides! I'm not too worried about spoiling, I think it's more like I get flashbacks of an old friend's house; there were a total of 5 kids and their mother never threw away anything. You literally walked on a carpet of broken and old toys. The only time I ever saw their floor was…

I try to do this too, but this kid remembers EVERYTHING and asks incessantly for the toys she remembers she opened but are now mysteriously gone. She has her father's ridiculously strong memory :(

Thank you so much for this encouraging reply! Your daughter sounds awesome!

I've actually tried that, and it ended in disaster! It's very hard for a 2 year old to think this way, because every toy you dig up and show them gets renewed interest, and they will freak if you tell them you are thinking of giving away some of their toys. They are natural tiny hoarders lol

Sorry, I meant to put ADD in this instance in quotations. It was something I was discussing with my daughter's physical therapist the other day, how he sees many children he has to treat that are over-stimulated and then misdiagnosed and medicated, when really all they need is some help on how to focus and for some…

WE bought my daughter a total of 4 awesome gifts of stuff we knew she'd really like and play with. Where it went insane was both my family and my husband's family. She's not even 3 yet... and we're swimming in toys! My in-laws came by this morning and dropped off MORE toys that the rest of my husband's family got her,…

I will love this comment forever.

She's not your friend. Drop her.