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Has the Delta variant been around and spreading long enough for them to have current data?
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My daughter, almost definitely. My son, it totally depends on the day.
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Just to clarify, my DH is not squeamish and is incredibly supportive. He'd do anything I need. Anything. But I can't allow that kind of intimacy. Is that intimacy? I suppose if I was completely desperate. But otherwise...ugh. No.
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So, Scarlett said she didn't let her husband help her in the bathroom when she was sick after 2 weeks of marriage. I said I wouldn't let DH now, after 17 years of marriage. Where does everyone else stand on these things? How private are you about poop? I came from a family where bodily functions were pretty shameful, and while I have done better with my kids, I am still insanely private about myself. Is this normal?
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58 minutes ago, Carrie12345 said:
Just gonna park this here.
Is this good progress? I'm not sure what is supposed to be there!
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15 hours ago, Scarlett said:
I can't get over people using a bowl.....we use a small plastic trash can and line with a couple of plastic bags. But everyone prefers to make it to the toilet if possible.
And yes, I have had both ends before and created a terrible mess in the bathroom. I had been married about 2 weeks. It was horrible. Dh wanted to come in and help me. I hollered through the door, 'I don't know you well enough.'
I would still say this after 17 years of marriage!! lol
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6 hours ago, TrulySusan said:
Exactly why we need to fill that space with something ASAP 😂
Heh...with private rooms there's no need for another space!
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I this it's really pretty!
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Yes: birth certificates, social security cards, C19 vax cards, medical information, life insurance info, adoption paperwork, last physicals for kids, POAs, etc
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We have Ruggable rugs. We just throw them in the washer when they need to be freshened up!
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5 hours ago, Lady Florida. said:
Huh. Thanks for the links. We had to learn about pica in my major (exceptional ed) and pica then was only considered a craving for non-food items. I didn't know the definition was updated but it makes sense to have done so.
Ice is a non-food because there is no nutritional value.
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Hoping everything works out in the best way possible for that little guy!
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1 hour ago, Lady Florida. said:
While that's not actually pica, I'd definitely seek medical help.
It actually is considered pica. Here's an article from Mayo Clinic:
And one from National Library of Medicine:
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I have this issue too. It's bad. I now take an iron supplement and a daily vitamin with B12.
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4 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:
You could be barred from the sacrament, from teaching, from offering prayers, or you could be excommunicated. Often if you are disfellowshipped, no one knows. Excommunication severs your “sealings” to your family and in essence says that you will not be with your children or spouse or other family members or with god after you die. It’s essentially a damnation.
The problem with spiritual discipline is that it’s not applied uniformly. You could have a teen disfellowshipped for making out in one congregation and a sexual predator under no discipline in another.
Who decides this? God? Some dude?
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14 hours ago, MercyA said:
For Christians? Very important. It's a commandment.
For every one else? I'd say it's very beneficial. It prevents a lot of pain, hurt, and jealousy.
Which commandment?
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1 minute ago, SquirrellyMama said:
Re: Church discipline
I have only seen this once in a church that we attended. I was horrified by it.
A couple came up to the front of the church on a Sunday during the service. They admitted to having sex, how sorry they were, and how they intended to get married. And then the congregation clapped.
There was no reason to have that during the service. I cannot imagine what visitors that day thought.
I was horrified for them. If they wanted to get married, great. If not, they should NOT have been pressured into it. I honestly don't know if they ever got married or not.
Kelly
Wow. That's awful. Any "sins" are between an individual and God. This seems crazy to me.
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21 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:
Until last year, we were part of a church that taught no sex before marriage, and would use church discipline if they found out that you had had sex. Teens were interviewed regularly by the bishop and asked if they were keeping the law of chastity. My son graduated from high school last year and already several of his female church friends of the same age have married.
I am absolutely, almost unequivocally against early marriage. We have left that church, and have tried to thoroughly unteach purity culture to our children.
What on Earth is that?
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20 hours ago, Terabith said:
Maybe as a spin off to a spin off....what do you teach your kids about m*sturb*tion? I feel like it's an important way to get to know yourself, and I have offered to purchase aids for my kids. Neither has taken me up on it, though.
My son and I talk openly about it and my daughter read about it in one of her growing up books and asked if it was required. (lol) I told her no but that most people do like to try it. She hasn't asked anything more about it but we talk about everything else all the time.
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14 minutes ago, Jenny in Florida said:
Speaking as the crazy mom who sent her 12-year-old daughter 800 miles away to go to college . . . I would not be okay with this plan.
Given the coach's response and explanation that they will be on hand as water balloon targets and, presumably, chaperones at the high school, I would not necessarily say a firm no to my 14-year-old participating in that portion of the event. However, I would definitely not be okay with the surprise/kidnapping aspect. As others have mentioned, in an age in which we are encouraging the absolutely necessity of consent, I find the idea of this abhorrent. And both of my kids would have been very stressed at being subjected to this kind of thing, as well as furious with me if I had known about it/consented on their behalf and not warned them.
In your shoes, I would probably discuss it with my daughter, explain the plan as you understand it, and ask her to decide whether she would like to participate, on the condition that she accept whatever plan you feel comfortable with regarding transportation. I can see offering to deliver my kid to the school, to request that the coach be the one to pick her up or possibly to allow the student driver if you can verify that she is over 18. (Okay, to be truthful, what I would probably do is to volunteer to take the coach's place as one of the drivers.)
I would require my kiddo, as a condition of participating, to carry her cell phone and keep it turned on and to check in at designated times or perhaps a certain number of times, on pain of suffering the embarrassment of having her mother arrive at school to collect her.
I might also volunteer to assist with the event, which would give me an excuse to be present for at least some portion of the time. Don't they need a snack mom? Someone to pick up/serve the pizza?
This is probably how I would handle it. And my DD is a 12 year old sophomore.
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5 minutes ago, Scarlett said:
About the last two pages have been reasons to not marry early. I agree with so many of them. To me it justs reinforces the case for not becoming romantically linked or dating before you are in a position to marry.
Date a person from age 18-24 and break up because you decide you don't want kids and she does?
Date someone from 18-24 and then break up with them because you decide you can't deal with a mental illness that presented itself in the meantime?
Date someone from 18-24 and then break up because you decide he/she isn't mature/spiritual/ambitious/social/ etc for you?
It just seems better to me to wait until you know what you want and who you want to be, know how to spot what you want in another human and be in a position to execute both people's plan.
Shrug. Makes sense to me anyway.
All those things are things to think about. But you can be old enough and know what you want and STILL end up being abused or cheated on and get a divorce. Young love isn't really any less "safe" than any other relationship. JMO of course.
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My parents got married at 18 and just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Not from a religious family. I don't think it's a new thing or a new trend. Sometimes people do...and sometimes people don't.
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Floors, yes. Furniture, yes in each room.
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1 hour ago, Starr said:
Who knew all this existed? https://theteapotshoppe.com/product-category/tea-sets-for-children-2. I've seen lovely childrens china tea sets, little like for dolls and a child can have a small amount, for not much money at local thrift stores.
My DD had this one! https://theteapotshoppe.com/shop/green-bunny-toile-childrens-tea-set-by-sadek/
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Special Needs Adult and Playdates with Kids
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"I'm not comfortable with DD having playdates with an adult, so we are going to pass."