It's not exactly the same, but after a year my sister straight up swapped her room for mine because she liked it better. I was so into college and never wanted to move back so I didn't care.

This summer I spent two weekday nights at a nice hotel, within walking distance to restaurants and a movie theater. The weekdays made it cheaper, plus I didn't 'waste' a weekend with my husband and kids. It was so amazing, I'm going to do it twice a year now. I had my puzzles and my kindle and a nice big bed all to myself. Nothing I could ever have bought myself would have brought me so much joy.

In 9th grade my (F) teacher (also F) kissed me during an awards assembly in front of the entire high school because she was excited I had won an award. She was very eccentric, and not 'cool'. I feel bad for her now but at the time I couldn't imagine anything worse.

I'll just say, give yourself permission to pick the one that is either a) the most convenient location, b) the best hours for your schedule, or c) the most budget friendly (obviously within parameters of safety). We have demanding inflexible work schedules so our two main criteria were location and hours. We did end up loving it there, no regrets, but being a working mom is REALLY hard and it's ok to pick a place for your child based on which one is easiest on your sanity.

This is such a frustrating stance, that underlying conditions even matter regarding human sympathy. A 40 year old family friend of mine died last year, and the FIRST thing people ask is if he had underlying conditions. 'you know, come to think of it, I bet his 4 year old son isn't that upset about it since Daddy was 40 pounds overweight.'

Jennifer Borget and Preethi Harbuck.

Same. Used the same birth center as Danny twice. They're the ones who convinced me to get me first ever flu shot back in 2015. I'm extremely pro Vax, and extremely pro birth centers (when appropriate).

I sent this to my grandmother, who was born in Oak Cliff in 1936, and she couldn't believe it. She said she had many fond memories here, but unfortunately could not identify the boy near the bottom of the screen, ha.

This is the only correct answer.

White Rock UMC.

Sigh... Kick my shoes off and immediately start dinner. I'm good at prepping but with two small kids, and a husband that works long weird hours, the time is tight. I usually don't sit down until we eat, and then not again for a few hours.

Oh I posted mine before reading this. This happened to my friend too!

Our friend had a high risk pregnancy, and got vaxxed in her second trimester. They recently had to run a ton of panels on 6 week baby boy, and he has covid antibodies! No idea how anecdotal this is, maybe super rare, who knows. But I can't help but think how LUCKY hey high risk baby is now! To me it's like a back door way to get your kid inoculated who otherwise wouldn't be able to. Good luck!

Yup! Same! I'm not wearing underwire all the time, just something. Same exact reason I do not get how men can wear boxers. It's just flopping all around in there?? How awful!

I agree! It's hard to find the balance of, is this expensive because the quality is unreal, or because of the label? I find that hard with sunglasses. I'm willing to spend $100-$200 if they stay on my face really sturdy, protect my light eyes from the sun, and generally travel well in my purse. But I do not care about the brand at all. It's ridiculously hard to decipher exactly what I'm paying for.

Me too! I hate feeling free! I need everything secure and tucked in.

...Are you my coworker?

Congrats to you btw!

I'm definitely nowhere near big 4, and am on what I'd call an extended partner track, self imposed while my kids are little. I'll ramp up later. Or maybe not. I'm extremely happy now, and have a ton of autonomy. I reassess every year and regularly interview elsewhere but tbh I couldn't find the same flexibility and freedom I enjoy now.

Honestly, not really. I'm in a mid size local firm with an actual work - life balance, and competitive pay and benefits. After having my second kid I scaled back my book of business, and I max at 55 hours a week during my most hectic time, just a few times a year. 4 weeks vacation, banked overtime, summer Fridays off. It's a pretty good gig, I'm going on 11 years.

Yup. Public for me.

I feel you! We also decided to stop at 2, after both thinking we would want 3. It really does make me sad sometimes, and I guess that's ok. But I do think how much easier it will be to travel and give our kids these amazing experiences that are, frankly, harder with one extra body. We can just rent a small sedan on trips, just get a bed with two queen beds (my kids are the same sex, so that does make that whole thing easier).

Just like I had to sacrifice climbing the ladder in my career to have kids (which is fine, my job still totally rocks, just a little stagnant right now), I would sacrifice even more to have that third kid. It doesn't mean we couldn't have made it work, it just means there really are pros and cons to every decision, and it can be really sad, there can be some happy moments about it too.

Good luck, I still struggle a lot, but I do feel like I have found peace. It helps that my youngest is about to turn three and I think to myself, we're almost out of diapers - yay! They can almost both swim independently - yay! They can put their own shoes on and we can roll out of the house with just a few pull ups and wipes - yay!

You sound a lot like us a few years ago. And we wanted two just enough to basically close our eyes and jump in, and got pregnant the first month. I was terrified when it happened, but our oldest grew up a lot in those 9 months, and we felt 'ready' by the time #2 came. They're now 2.5 years apart, 5 and 2, and they're just learning to play together, and exercising some real independence. We're so happy, and so glad we had them close together.

Fun fact : these are used mostly in film when an actor needs to be barefoot. I don't know why anyone would use them recreationally.

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I... I think I love you.

Thank you.

I one time asked a seasoned mom if it's harder to go from 0 to 1, 1 to 2 or 2 to 3, and she said it 100% depends on the baby, not the birth order. I thought 1 to 2 was way harder, but #2 was a little more challenging than #1. My sister's #1 was harder, so she thought 0 to 1 was harder.

FWIW, ours are exactly 2.5 years apart, and I do feel it's perfect. I got a 'break' from the baby stage (mentally and physically), but they're still close enough that they play together really well. I think whatever you have, is what you end up thinking is great.