It is easy to get scammed on GoFundMe if you are tender-hearted enough to give generously when possible. I’m not saying that every GoFundMe that someone starts under a viral tweet begging for survival funds is a lie, but scams like that rely on one of two things. You feel like a good person for …
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‘SIL looks like she’s ready to cry «Well…I feel selfish»‘: Mom of infant asks brother-in-law to change her baby’s diaper even though she is right there, brother refuses and gets iced out
It is okay to set boundaries with your family members. In fact, you should be setting boundaries with your family members because otherwise they will get crossed and you won’t have recourse to say that they wronged you. This is especially true when it comes to children. We’re all happy to pitch in every now …
Seguir leyendo ‘SIL looks like she’s ready to cry «Well…I feel selfish»‘: Mom of infant asks brother-in-law to change her baby’s diaper even though she is right there, brother refuses and gets iced out
‘I do more than most fathers’: 37-year-old husband fails to take care of 6-year-old and 4-year-old for a couple hours while wife is away, gets upset when wife calls him out
Any form of partnership is difficult. If you’re working together on a certain goal, odds are you’re going to have differences. You might have an imbalanced work ethic, where one of you is pulling way more of the weight than the other, who leaves everything until the last minute. You may have different world views …
Seguir leyendo ‘I do more than most fathers’: 37-year-old husband fails to take care of 6-year-old and 4-year-old for a couple hours while wife is away, gets upset when wife calls him out
Woman sends boyfriend’s 6-year-old to bed hungry because he won’t eat her cooking, boyfriend calls her ‘ignorant’: ‘I wouldn’t hold his children to different rules’
Children are notoriously picky about food. They like what they like, which is usually something along the lines of chicken fingers and buttered pasta. I was picky when I was a kid. There wasn’t a lot of non-beige food I would eat. But I grew out of it. Now, I eat everything. But it wasn’t …
Seguir leyendo Woman sends boyfriend’s 6-year-old to bed hungry because he won’t eat her cooking, boyfriend calls her ‘ignorant’: ‘I wouldn’t hold his children to different rules’
‘He is not ready for parenthood’: Pregnant woman’s in-laws plan wedding on her due date, lash out when she won’t let husband attend
Sometimes people are so short-sighted that they don’t see how their plans affect everything else around them. They fail to see two feet in front of them and think the world will bend to their needs and wants. This is classically known as being selfish. We’re taught in grade school not to be selfish. We …
Seguir leyendo ‘He is not ready for parenthood’: Pregnant woman’s in-laws plan wedding on her due date, lash out when she won’t let husband attend
24-year-old son storms out on 40-year-old mom who just had a baby when she calls herself a first-time mom: ‘You really went overboard huh?’
Life can contain many distinct chapters. You may even feel like you’ve lived multiple lives in the span of a couple of years, if you’ve moved a lot, changed jobs, changed relationships, or just changed perspectives. It’s rare, if not impossible, that everyone lives their lives in a straight line from birth til the end. …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old son storms out on 40-year-old mom who just had a baby when she calls herself a first-time mom: ‘You really went overboard huh?’
‘She pushed it too far’: Mother-in-law criticizes daughter-in-law for going to the gym while pregnant, pregnant daughter snaps at her
Some types of people are weirdly controlling over pregnant women’s bodies. It can seem like the minute you conceive, your body is up for discussion in the public forum. Strangers scrutinize what you eat, what you wear, how hard you’re working, and what you do with your free time. Forgetting that it has not ceased …
Seguir leyendo ‘She pushed it too far’: Mother-in-law criticizes daughter-in-law for going to the gym while pregnant, pregnant daughter snaps at her
Mom books Disney cruise 2 weeks in advance of pregnant daughter-in-law’s due date, daughter flips out since they were depending on her for childcare: ‘This is their problem’
Having a baby is a stressful, life-altering event. Even if everything goes smoothly, it still involves a lot of steps, a lot of planning, and a large amount of effort on the part of everyone involved. You need to plan around job obligations, need to have all the right stuff at your house, and perhaps …
Seguir leyendo Mom books Disney cruise 2 weeks in advance of pregnant daughter-in-law’s due date, daughter flips out since they were depending on her for childcare: ‘This is their problem’
‘You’re weak minded’: Couple drops off 8-month-old baby with sister at 3AM every week without asking permission, sister feels taken advantage of
Having a new baby around the house is a BFD (a big freaking deal). They take so much work to take care of and can’t be left alone. They might be fussy, they might be cranky, and they might generally be a pain sometimes, keeping you up at night and whatnot. If you’re a parent, …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re weak minded’: Couple drops off 8-month-old baby with sister at 3AM every week without asking permission, sister feels taken advantage of
Grandparents put pregnant daughter’s ultrasound on their Christmas card without her permission, don’t understand why she’s upset: ‘[They said] I should keep my mouth shut so as not to rain on their parade’
When a new baby comes along into the family, everyone gets understandably excited. Siblings become aunts and uncles, parents become grandmothers and grandfathers. It’s a big change in the family dynamic and it’s a wonderful feeling to watch the generations continue to unfold. But sometimes in all the excitement, it’s easy to lose focus of …
Seguir leyendo Grandparents put pregnant daughter’s ultrasound on their Christmas card without her permission, don’t understand why she’s upset: ‘[They said] I should keep my mouth shut so as not to rain on their parade’