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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 12:48:35 GMT -6
I'm currently hanging in my car while dd naps outside a family party. Mom life. I'm phoning and about to start a book
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 5, 2017 13:05:37 GMT -6
I went to a baby shower this morning. It was so fun. It's been a while since I've been to one and it is just so neat to see women support each other! This afternoon I'm hanging at home while dh goes out. Of course the girls will not nap.
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 5, 2017 13:06:32 GMT -6
@kelltothekell I secretly enjoy when that happens me time!!
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 5, 2017 13:20:24 GMT -6
So I told dh to go biking this afternoon bc he's been complaining about not having any time to himself (valid). Does he call a friend? No. Does he prep his bike in advance? No. Did he leave an hour before the rain is suppose to move in because of his personal lack of planning?? Yes. Wth? I gave you the time dude. You wasted it.
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 5, 2017 18:07:30 GMT -6
This afternoon I took the dds to hike up a dormant volcano that's about 10 minutes from our house. They did awesome, even though it was 90 degrees out. (It is a shady, forested trail.) I think dd2 is worn out now - she is already asking to be tucked in and it is only 5:00. Too early, kiddo! I don't think she's going to make it much longer no matter I what I do to keep her up, though...
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Post by scorpioscuba on Aug 5, 2017 19:05:03 GMT -6
I have a serious problem. She is going to be my escape artist. 😳All I did was try to go to the bathroom about 2 ft away.
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 5, 2017 19:44:47 GMT -6
Edited to remove photo. Sorry scorpioscuba !! Yep. Mine can open doors. She also scaled the bathroom vanity, out counter height kitchen table and the dresser in the big girls room this week without any help. And she's been climbing our rainbow playset since February. I cannot keep up. I'd post a pic of her on the vanity, but I need to edit first, she's naked...
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 5, 2017 19:49:50 GMT -6
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 5, 2017 19:51:56 GMT -6
So question... I poured dh and I a drink. He went to check in the girls who are "camping" in their bedroom. I'm pretty sure he's sleeping. I have to drink his drink don't I? I can't let it go bad right?
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 5, 2017 19:54:26 GMT -6
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Post by scorpioscuba on Aug 5, 2017 20:15:31 GMT -6
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Post by tinydancer on Aug 5, 2017 21:34:38 GMT -6
Mine isn't too much of a climber but he's figured out how to lock a door. I'm just waiting for the day he locks then closes himself in. MH is going out of town for two weeks on monday. But we decided to meet up with him for the weekend in Myrtle Beach. We won't be there long, but I can't wait. silverspoon what's the best thing to do with a toddler?
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Post by lollipop on Aug 5, 2017 22:55:06 GMT -6
M is more of a climber than S was, but that's still not saying much. She tries to climb over the baby gates, and up onto the couches and Ottoman, but that's about it.
I'm grumpy with H. We were supposed to go camping this week. He decided that we should stay home. So now we've got 10 days (starting this past thursday) with nothing planned. And that's not even taking into account his usual nights out, including tonight, which is his one Saturday per month that he does something. I might take a day or 2 to myself and just go wander around somewhere alone.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 6, 2017 0:32:42 GMT -6
dizzycooks, I am concerned about the drink and would like an update. I hope it didn't go bad. I took one of the Myer-Briggs personality tests in a moment of procrastination the other day and got INTJ, which is apparently the rarest type for women. It was like a giant lighthouse-sized lightbulb went on over my head. My E and T were somewhat weak preferences, so I looked at the other options and they fit pretty well, too, but INTJ hit the nail on the head. Pragmatic above all else? Check. Natural leader but happy to accept others' leadership as long as they're competent? Check. Expects relationships to be highly reasonable and direct? Um, yes. Tends to have little patience with social rituals? haaaahahahaha - This baffles DH to no end When we're leaving a party he wants to go and say an extended good-bye to everyone. I am happy to get up, walk over to the door, turn and announced loudly, "Thanks for the invitation! I had a great time! See everyone soon, bye!" and leave. Done. I feel like someone gets me! I make sense!
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 6, 2017 8:28:44 GMT -6
crimsonandclover - your post inspired me to do a MB test, too. It's been a long time since I've done one. I got ISTJ - which I feel is pretty accurate for me at this point in my life, but would have not described me well at all in the not-too-distant past. Then, because I am a total data nerd, I took another test on a different website and got INFP, which is almost opposite! Ha. I think it's hard for me to answer some of the questions decisively. Like "Do you plan your travel out in detail before you go?" Well, before kids - no, not at all. But now I completely do. It's difficult sometimes to distinguish what is an enduring personality trait and what is situational. Which test did you use?
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 6, 2017 8:36:47 GMT -6
I used this one: www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.aspBut I found the description on this site much better: www.16personalities.com/personality-typesWhen I did the test there, though, I came out as ISFJ. I read the description and felt it didn't fit me nearly as well as INTJ. Reading the ISFJ description was like "Oh, I can kind of identify with that. But that not. Or that. Yeah, that's kind of me." INTJ was like: "Yes. Yes! YES! THAT IS ME!" When DH read the description he was laughing because it fit me so perfectly. I do think this is something that can evolve over time, but there are elements to our personalities that are pretty fixed, I think. Edit: b/c I can English.
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Post by lollipop on Aug 6, 2017 10:30:19 GMT -6
I got ISTJ. I agree with a lot of the description. Some of it doesn't sound like me at all though.
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Post by lollipop on Aug 6, 2017 12:50:29 GMT -6
I'm thinking very seriously about finding a babysitter for 2-3 days a week so I can find a full time job. Even if I have to pay them the same as I make, I'd still have the other days of pay free for paying bills and stuff. If I can get all of my crap sorted out, I'd like to go back to school either in the winter or next fall. The problem is, I can't get a job before we have childcare, unless, maybe, my sister would be willing to watch them until I could find someone else. Hmmm
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Post by copperboom on Aug 6, 2017 18:35:24 GMT -6
I've never done that before. I got INFJ and it is 100% me.
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Post by kcrkcs on Aug 6, 2017 19:23:08 GMT -6
I have done one of these before. I don't think I had the same result. But I think both are pretty accurate. This time I was ISFJ a defender. Introverted at least is accurate, the rest I don't know.
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 6, 2017 20:28:04 GMT -6
lollipop what do you want to go to school for? I think your plan to find a sitter is totally reasonable. When I work ft I pay about 3 days of my pay to the sitter, 1 to the government and get to keep the 5th. It's still $.
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 6, 2017 20:28:42 GMT -6
I've never taken the personality test. I'll need to do that tomorrow
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 6, 2017 20:30:58 GMT -6
crimsonandclover just sad I was going to rescue the drink dh woke up and snagged it. Go figure. At least it didn't go to waste.
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Post by lollipop on Aug 6, 2017 20:34:12 GMT -6
lollipop what do you want to go to school for? I think your plan to find a sitter is totally reasonable. When I work ft I pay about 3 days of my pay to the sitter, 1 to the government and get to keep the 5th. It's still $. Automotive service tech. I took a general mechanics course that was half automotive and half heavy duty about 8 years ago, but I slacked off and stopped going to class for some lame reasons that I felt were justified at the time. So now that I know that I'm not interested in heavy duty mechanics, I want to go back for automotive and do it right.
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Post by tinydancer on Aug 7, 2017 7:12:30 GMT -6
I got ENFJ with just a slight preference for the J over the P. I've taken the Myers-Briggs many times over the last 20 or so years, and the EN part of my personality has always been fixed. If I recall, I've been solidly ENF for quite some time now too. MH has a pretty different personality - for example, he's an introvert - and learning to respect his need for alone time has been something that's really improved both of our happiness.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 7, 2017 9:27:30 GMT -6
I got ENFJ with just a slight preference for the J over the P. I've taken the Myers-Briggs many times over the last 20 or so years, and the EN part of my personality has always been fixed. If I recall, I've been solidly ENF for quite some time now too. MH has a pretty different personality - for example, he's an introvert - and learning to respect his need for alone time has been something that's really improved both of our happiness. That's a lot of the reason I like to do them occasionally. If it's a good test, it can give you insights into yourself and others - connections you've never made before. If I am aware that there are very few people who share my view that social rituals as tedious and a waste of time, then I can adjust my behavior accordingly instead of expecting them to understand my rational argument that there is absolutely no point to the ritual. Going around having a 5 minute good-bye conversation with everyone before leaving a party still makes me scream internally, though. It feels like Chinese water torture - every person a new drop.
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Post by tinydancer on Aug 7, 2017 9:41:15 GMT -6
Ha. See, I would feel kinda bad if you ghosted without saying goodbye. But I would try to keep it under 1 minute if you were trying to leave.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 7, 2017 9:56:11 GMT -6
Ha. See, I would feel kinda bad if you ghosted without saying goodbye. But I would try to keep it under 1 minute if you were trying to leave. I don't mind saying a quick personal good-bye to people I know well and or those I had a conversation with at the party. But DH (and most Germans) go around to everyone (assuming the party is like 40 people or less) and say good-bye. Even to people they don't really know (brother of the person celebrating the b-day, for example) and didn't talk to at the party. Do. Not. Care. That's where I'm fine with a catch-all wave to an entire table.
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Post by kittenmittens on Aug 7, 2017 9:56:45 GMT -6
I got ESFJ. Completely accurate and my H guessed that would be my result 😂 I didn't realize I was so predictable haha.
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Post by kittenmittens on Aug 7, 2017 10:01:23 GMT -6
Ha. See, I would feel kinda bad if you ghosted without saying goodbye. But I would try to keep it under 1 minute if you were trying to leave. I don't mind saying a quick personal good-bye to people I know well and or those I had a conversation with at the party. But DH (and most Germans) go around to everyone (assuming the party is like 40 people or less) and say good-bye. Even to people they don't really know (brother of the person celebrating the b-day, for example) and didn't talk to at the party. Do. Not. Care. That's where I'm fine with a catch-all wave to an entire table. I'm your H in this scenario and it drives my husband insane. I just feel bad if I don't say goodbye, nice to meet you, we'll catch up next time, whatever. I'm sure no one would feel slighted if I didn't hug them but now it's a thing so...
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