A lot of people hate the idea of a gender reveal party, and I understand why. It is wild how much emotional energy we put into finding out the gender of a baby. Sure, it might be one of the few things we can know about someone before they are born, but is it really …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old baker makes his sister a gray gender-reveal cake for her baby because he never got the information on the babies gender: ‘Why would you make it gray? That’s so passive-aggressive.’
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Expecting dad asks his 38-year-old stepmom if he and his girlfriend can move into her unfinished basement for the first 3 years of their baby’s life so they don’t have to pay rent and she can babysit: ‘I laughed’
There are so many people who are totally comfortable mooching off their families for the whole of their days. I’m not even talking about rich kids who move to NYC, live a lavish lifestyle, and get their rent paid by their parents. At least those people don’t bring their financial ineptitude and drama into their …
Seguir leyendo Expecting dad asks his 38-year-old stepmom if he and his girlfriend can move into her unfinished basement for the first 3 years of their baby’s life so they don’t have to pay rent and she can babysit: ‘I laughed’
Mom of a 6-year-old with 1 on the way begs her husband not to invite her mother-in-law on their vacation after mother-in-law moved into their 2 bedroom home with her 4 dogs: ‘I really just wanted a trip away from her before this baby comes’
There are some circumstances where intergenerational homes are both necessary and beneficial. If a young couple or an elderly person does not have enough income to really support themselves in their own place, living with family can become either a temporary solution to a housing problem or a permanent one. While a young person might …
Seguir leyendo Mom of a 6-year-old with 1 on the way begs her husband not to invite her mother-in-law on their vacation after mother-in-law moved into their 2 bedroom home with her 4 dogs: ‘I really just wanted a trip away from her before this baby comes’
Dad scolds his 16-year-old daughter for being more excited about her mom’s pregnancy than her stepmoms, grounds her when she calls her stepmom a homewrecker: ‘I have little respect for them and their blended family they force down my throat’
I dislike adults who expect teenagers to accommodate their adult feelings. I’m not saying that teens should not show respect to the adults in their lives. I’m more annoyed when adults expect teenagers to act and behave like adults and get offended when they don’t. When I was in middle school, my theater teacher got …
Seguir leyendo Dad scolds his 16-year-old daughter for being more excited about her mom’s pregnancy than her stepmoms, grounds her when she calls her stepmom a homewrecker: ‘I have little respect for them and their blended family they force down my throat’
‘She says I am denying her «her baby»‘: 21-year-old pregnant woman tells mother-in-law who insists on being in the delivery room that she can’t see the baby for at least 3 weeks after she is born, adding a week every time she asks about the babies name
I never understood why some paternal grandparents insist on being in the delivery room with their daughters-in-law. If you have a close relationship and she has explicitly stated that she wants your support, by all means, hold her hand and help her through it. But if it’s clear that she is either ambivalent to or …
Seguir leyendo ‘She says I am denying her «her baby»‘: 21-year-old pregnant woman tells mother-in-law who insists on being in the delivery room that she can’t see the baby for at least 3 weeks after she is born, adding a week every time she asks about the babies name
New mom wants pregnant sister-in-law to change her baby’s middle name in case she wants to use it for a second child: ‘The in laws googled our names and found the registry’
Names are curious things. They carry a lot of weight to them, even when we don’t want them to. We might hate our names and spend our whole lives shaking them off. But our parents had a different idea. They probably spent a lot of time and energy picking out our names, making them meaningful, …
Seguir leyendo New mom wants pregnant sister-in-law to change her baby’s middle name in case she wants to use it for a second child: ‘The in laws googled our names and found the registry’
‘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
Husband refuses to let his 6-month pregnant wife eat a burger because she served their kids first, against his wishes: ‘Now there’s no burgers for you because you wouldn’t listen.’
Some families take the order in which members are served at dinner very seriously. I never really gave much thought to the idea that children should eat first, the cook should eat second, and everyone else should eat last. In my family, we were so well-adjusted and normal that everyone got their food simultaneously and …
Seguir leyendo Husband refuses to let his 6-month pregnant wife eat a burger because she served their kids first, against his wishes: ‘Now there’s no burgers for you because you wouldn’t listen.’
Pregnant wife eats steak and potatoes in front of husband every night while serving him catfish, husband calls her out: ‘A selfish woman using pregnancy as an excuse to be selfish’
Steak is a special occasion food, at least in my house. We were definitely celebrating something if we were bellying up to a steak. It was somebody’s birthday, graduation, anniversary, or Christmas. It wasn’t just a weeknight dinner to gnaw on while we watched Wheel of Fortune. Of course, not every family operates this way. …
Seguir leyendo Pregnant wife eats steak and potatoes in front of husband every night while serving him catfish, husband calls her out: ‘A selfish woman using pregnancy as an excuse to be selfish’
‘YOUR KIDS WILL NEVER EVER EVER FORGIVE YOU EVER’: Shakespeare-obsessed pregnant woman wants to name her twins Romeo and Juliet, much to the horror of her husband and best friend
There are so many ways that naming your kids can go wrong. Obviously, there are names that you wouldn’t want to give a kid individually (Iago, Adolph, Ebenezer, etc), but naming all of your kids related things can be a whole different can of worms. If done well, your kids could be like the three …
Seguir leyendo ‘YOUR KIDS WILL NEVER EVER EVER FORGIVE YOU EVER’: Shakespeare-obsessed pregnant woman wants to name her twins Romeo and Juliet, much to the horror of her husband and best friend