We watched it when it was available for streaming, so my dc would have been around 11 and 13. We all thought it was a great movie. It’s definitely intense but I don’t remember anything that would have bothered me about my kids those ages watching. ETA: I just now read the parents guide and it did seem off from what I remember. I really don’t think the nudity was like it’s described there. Maybe, but any of it was definitely about the disaster. I also don’t remember any swearing but I’m sure there was some due to what was happening. Nudity and swearing definitely weren’t what was memorable in this particular movie.

Yes, Ds (22) and his fiancé are living together. They are engaged and have been living together for about six months but aren’t planning to actually get married for another year. I think it’s good and I do hope it works out. Dh and I married after knowing each other for only four months and I was 21 (he was 24). That was good too and obviously has worked out well so far. I think it just all depends on the people involved and there isn’t actually any right way to do it.

I think the family is doing the right thing in blocking any more information being released. I imagine it’s quite difficult to have so many strangers speculating and coming up with crazy stories even though the police and medical examiner ruled it nothing but an accident. No one other than his family needs to know anything else.

Head injuries can be so weird. My grandfather hit his head once and thought nothing of it. A few days later we thought he had a stroke and called an ambulance because he couldn’t walk. It was a brain bleed from the injury and fortunately he was ok after surgery, but so scary. I couldn’t believe it took days to cause issues. My own Dh knocked his head good once and I insisted on the ER. They took it very seriously and ran tests. Thankfully Dh was fine.

The free Covid tests shipping is weird. I placed our order the first day. Later that same day, I placed an order for my son to his apartment. I received confirmation emails for both. This week we received the shipping information only for Ds’ and he received his tests yesterday. We only live five minutes from each other but we still have not received our tests or shipping information.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I had the worst moment of my life happen only three months after the best moment of my life and it broke me. It took me a long time to even seek therapy and the first thing I told him was I didn’t know who I was anymore. I eventually became okay with being someone completely different but I definitely miss the person I was the moment before it all changed. It’s been almost 22 years since it all happened to me and I’m much better now but I still struggle with it all sometimes. I think it’s great you emailed your therapist. I had to write lots of notes to mine to get through some of the stuff and I still write a lot of notes to myself now to work through things. You’ve been given lots of good advice already but just know you’re not at all alone in those feelings.

None of us have had it unless we had no symptoms. Most of the five of us have home tested a couple of times and both dc have had PCR tests a time or two, but never any positives. My doctor ordered an antibody test for me in June of 2020 because I had been sick in March, when it all started, and had a lingering cough but it was negative. We haven’t been as careful since our second shot (and now we’re all boosted). We do wear masks out, but we visit with friends and family indoors and no masks and we eat inside restaurants. Still no Covid though. We had made peace with getting it but we’ve been lucky.

We lived there for ten years and moved because of the summers. They were pretty awful. When I homeschooled, we always started our new year the beginning of June because there was nothing else we wanted to do.

Dh and I both have had these feelings the past few years. We thought we had a plan but quickly realized our aspie kiddo is nowhere near ready to launch. It’s been tough but we’re reorganizing and have a plan. The plan looks different than we thought but we’re figuring it out. Right now we do feel like we’re in a holding pattern because we’re waiting to move until oldest graduates from college. We move this summer so it’ll be here before we know it and the planning has been good for us. At this point though, I don’t think my life will ever be “my own” and I don’t think I want it to be. I would like it to look differently in a few years but not entirely mine.

I grew up Baptist, became a Catholic as an adult, and now attend an Episcopal church. I think we’ll be staying with the Episcopal church no matter where life takes us now.

This! It’s always been a thing. The only place I don’t like it is where I board my dog. I’m already paying so much and I honestly have no idea who is getting that tip. When we add grooming services, I tip the groomer but I don’t like it to ask about a tip there otherwise.

I’m not doing any complaining to businesses right now, especially those in the food industry, because people have lost their minds during this pandemic. Today, dh and I were running errands and tried to hit a drive thru but they all had lines around the business. Not an exaggeration! We watched an almost fight happen between a jerk driver and an employee taking food outside to a car. I’ve heard people, mostly young people, talked to in ways I never would have imagined. Most are overworked, underpaid, and just done. I find myself giving big tips even for crappy food and service because I wouldn’t do their jobs for any amount of money right now. ETA: When we eat out, dh goes overboard. He keeps stickers in his wallet and puts one on the receipt along with a little encouraging note. He can’t stand how we’ve seen food service employees treated the past two years.

Dh makes me feel cherished a lot of the time. I often thinks he knows me better than I know myself because he’ll do/give things I wouldn’t have guessed I wanted. It’s also all the little things he does. He’s been working from home for about seven years and whenever he hears me wake up, he comes give me a hug and kiss. He’s often in a meeting already but mutes his phone and finds me. He writes me poems (and they’re never for special days or anything but just because). He always has my back and I’m always surprised to hear from others how he talks about me. I’ve definitely felt love from many different people in my life but I think dh is the only one I would say makes me feel “cherished”. It doesn’t make me feel weak. I actually think it does the opposite for me.

I’ve never owned a robe.

I would be very upset with the comment. I don’t know what I would actually do though. We all bring our own issues into these situations. For me, I never worried about cousins because it was a grandparent that sexually abused me. So, my kids were never alone with any grandparents/great grandparents when they were young. I didn’t actually think any of our parents were abusers but neither did my parents.

Never. I also rarely wear one at all during the winter (bundled up, hoodies, coats, etc). There have even been a few times I didn’t wear one out in just one layer of clothing. I hate bras and hope to one day honestly not care if others are bothered by me not wearing one.

Yes, our downstairs half bath is viewable from the dining room. I can’t imagine leaving it open all the time. The others are upstairs and it doesn’t matter because guests don’t use them, but they do stay closed.

I’ve never really thought of it but I don’t think it was routine for us to close them until we got a cat. She likes to drink out of the toilets so now it’s definitely all doors closed (because not everyone puts the lid down all the time). ETA: In thinking about homes we visit, it seems most people we see keep the doors closed. Not all of them, but it’s not an unusual thing.

We’re actually choosing this year and we’re moving to Chicago this summer. We love big cities! We also hope it helps our youngest(ASD and POTS). Youngest really enjoys Chicago, so hopefully with public transportation and being so walkable they can become fully independent. We’ve lived on both coasts, in the South, and the Midwest and we enjoy our time in big cities the most. We don’t live that far from Chicago now so the weather will pretty much be what we’ve had the past seven years. Even Ds and his fiancé are making the move with us so I’m really excited!

I’ve taken two at home tests (sick week of Christmas and was going to see family) but never any tests outside the home. My doctor did test me for antibodies in 2020 because I was sick in early March when it all started and had symptoms that lingered for several months. All of my tests were negative. Both dc had to do several saliva tests for college as well.

She resonated with me because that is how my mom was raised, so it’s how she made me feel. One small thing my Dh has always done is not let me serve him around my mom. My mom always served people food and such and she would always talk to me in a way that I was supposed to serve Dh when she was around. Like, we’re all eating lunch but Dh is done and would like dessert so I’m supposed to stop eating and get it for him (even when I was tending to babies). Dh would always make sure I didn’t get him anything around my mom and he got what he needed himself. Part of my family rift right now is me not just letting stuff go because “family” and “how that looks”. It’s difficult. I’m really proud of myself that I somehow still raised two dc who don’t care what others think. I still care way too much but am getting better. I’m probably not explaining myself well because this hits close to home, but I get it. Dh tries so hard to help me see it’s ok not to put everyone else first and be that person and I’m slowly getting it.

My little brother and I were super close but he was killed in a car accident when we were both young adults (not long after my oldest was born). I was never that close with my older brother and sister and I actually haven’t spoken with either of them in almost a year. My poor mom. 😔 I know it bothers her but I don’t see it changing anytime soon. My dc are actually why I finally stood up for myself with my older siblings and we no longer talk. I feel very fortunate that my two dc are really close and hope it doesn’t change.

The above is what stuck out to me. It makes me wonder if how things were handled made her feel like a bad person instead of a silly 13 year old who made a mistake. My dc didn’t use tech a whole lot but one of them did use their phone to read an awful explicit book they knew they weren’t allowed to read. I didn’t really punish them for that first offense (there weren’t others as far as I know) because I told them it was my fault as well by not paying closer attention to everything. The “punishment” was just more supervision and attention to things. Also, lots more discussions. It seems in a previous post you realize part of your dd doing what she did was also a lack of supervision and attention so the punishment does seem harsh to me. I would be spending extra time with her at the moment making sure she knows she’s a good kid and well loved, even if she does make mistakes.

I had it done in office when I was only about 8 years old. I think it was new to do it in the office (80s and this was my third time with tubes) and my parents talked me into it because it was so much cheaper than going into the hospital. It wasn’t fun but not too horrible and I was a huge wimp with stuff like this at the time. Good luck!

We’re in Indiana but they may get married in CA or IL. So, guess we’d need something okay for any of those states. I haven’t seen where any of those have restrictions to an online ordination.