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Post by ponyhairs on Apr 24, 2024 16:12:40 GMT -6
Dd has had her first real dress code talk at school and she is mad. Her school does uniforms but they are allowed to pay $2 for dress down Fridays and they just all got told no leggings anymore (they really weren’t supposed to anyway) and that they will be enforcing it. She had a rant the whole way home today about how it was because they were to tight and were a distraction and how that isn’t their fault maybe the people looking when not asked to look should be in trouble I mean, she's not wrong. I just heard (against my will) a country song called "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and it is just a whole ass song about women's butts and it's enraging that we can't even exist without somehow being turned into sexual objects just here to satisfy the male gaze. Maybe instead of dress coding girls for leggings and tank tops, we teach boys to keep their fucking eyes and hands to themselves and just let us live. (I will also add that I've got some pretty hard-core PMS so I'm a :smidge: more sensitive than normal) |
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Post by angelashly on Apr 24, 2024 16:18:17 GMT -6
Dd has had her first real dress code talk at school and she is mad. Her school does uniforms but they are allowed to pay $2 for dress down Fridays and they just all got told no leggings anymore (they really weren’t supposed to anyway) and that they will be enforcing it. She had a rant the whole way home today about how it was because they were to tight and were a distraction and how that isn’t their fault maybe the people looking when not asked to look should be in trouble I mean, she's not wrong. I just heard (against my will) a country song called "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and it is just a whole ass song about women's butts and it's enraging that we can't even exist without somehow being turned into sexual objects just here to satisfy the male gaze. Maybe instead of dress coding girls for leggings and tank tops, we teach boys to keep their fucking eyes and hands to themselves and just let us live. (I will also add that I've got some pretty hard-core PMS so I'm a :smidge: more sensitive than normal) Yep! It’s the same rant I had 20+ years ago so I agreed with her and talked about it. She also wasn’t happy because her gym teacher wears them and she said you can see everything 😂 |
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Post by ponyhairs on Apr 24, 2024 16:27:42 GMT -6
I mean, she's not wrong. I just heard (against my will) a country song called "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and it is just a whole ass song about women's butts and it's enraging that we can't even exist without somehow being turned into sexual objects just here to satisfy the male gaze. Maybe instead of dress coding girls for leggings and tank tops, we teach boys to keep their fucking eyes and hands to themselves and just let us live. (I will also add that I've got some pretty hard-core PMS so I'm a :smidge: more sensitive than normal) Yep! It’s the same rant I had 20+ years ago so I agreed with her and talked about it. She also wasn’t happy because her gym teacher wears them and she said you can see everything 😂 My sweet girl is already 5'6" and is so much more developed than her classmates and is essentially a 12-year-old in a 17-year-old body and we are already running into MEN looking at her in public. We've discussed many times how the clothing rules for girls vs boys is unfair. |
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Post by angelashly on Apr 24, 2024 16:33:18 GMT -6
Yep! It’s the same rant I had 20+ years ago so I agreed with her and talked about it. She also wasn’t happy because her gym teacher wears them and she said you can see everything 😂 My sweet girl is already 5'6" and is so much more developed than her classmates and is essentially a 12-year-old in a 17-year-old body and we are already running into MEN looking at her in public. We've discussed many times how the clothing rules for girls vs boys is unfair. Yep here too |
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Post by wasabi on Apr 24, 2024 17:09:10 GMT -6
Dd has had her first real dress code talk at school and she is mad. Her school does uniforms but they are allowed to pay $2 for dress down Fridays and they just all got told no leggings anymore (they really weren’t supposed to anyway) and that they will be enforcing it. She had a rant the whole way home today about how it was because they were to tight and were a distraction and how that isn’t their fault maybe the people looking when not asked to look should be in trouble My kid goes on dress code rants often. Usually not her own but friends of hers who get in trouble. The other day she was wearing a tank top with a sweatshirt over it I guess assuming that she wouldn’t have to take the sweatshirt off. But they ended up doing some walking outside in pe (which she should have thought of before!), so she took off her sweatshirt because she got hot and a teacher got on to her. I do, again, feel like she shouldn’t wear a sweatshirt in Texas without understanding it may need to come off so she should dress appropriately underneath as well. But I mean, could she not wear a tank top for a few minutes outside? I don’t know. At the end of the day I told her thems the rules. But yeah. |
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Post by ponyhairs on Apr 24, 2024 17:18:05 GMT -6
Dd has had her first real dress code talk at school and she is mad. Her school does uniforms but they are allowed to pay $2 for dress down Fridays and they just all got told no leggings anymore (they really weren’t supposed to anyway) and that they will be enforcing it. She had a rant the whole way home today about how it was because they were to tight and were a distraction and how that isn’t their fault maybe the people looking when not asked to look should be in trouble My kid goes on dress code rants often. Usually not her own but friends of hers who get in trouble. The other day she was wearing a tank top with a sweatshirt over it I guess assuming that she wouldn’t have to take the sweatshirt off. But they ended up doing some walking outside in pe (which she should have thought of before!), so she took off her sweatshirt because she got hot and a teacher got on to her. I do, again, feel like she shouldn’t wear a sweatshirt in Texas without understanding it may need to come off so she should dress appropriately underneath as well. But I mean, could she not wear a tank top for a few minutes outside? I don’t know. At the end of the day I told her thems the rules. But yeah. I wonder if any of the boys in the class took their shirts off and if so, did the teacher get on them as well or is that allowed by the dress code. |
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Post by piratecat on Apr 24, 2024 17:47:17 GMT -6
My 6YO complimented me on my dishwasher loading technique. ✌🏻
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Post by wasabi on Apr 24, 2024 20:02:07 GMT -6
My kid goes on dress code rants often. Usually not her own but friends of hers who get in trouble. The other day she was wearing a tank top with a sweatshirt over it I guess assuming that she wouldn’t have to take the sweatshirt off. But they ended up doing some walking outside in pe (which she should have thought of before!), so she took off her sweatshirt because she got hot and a teacher got on to her. I do, again, feel like she shouldn’t wear a sweatshirt in Texas without understanding it may need to come off so she should dress appropriately underneath as well. But I mean, could she not wear a tank top for a few minutes outside? I don’t know. At the end of the day I told her thems the rules. But yeah. I wonder if any of the boys in the class took their shirts off and if so, did the teacher get on them as well or is that allowed by the dress code. Oh to be fair at her school those boys would have gotten in trouble too foorrr sure. |
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Post by angelashly on Apr 25, 2024 8:50:19 GMT -6
I wonder if any of the boys in the class took their shirts off and if so, did the teacher get on them as well or is that allowed by the dress code. Oh to be fair at her school those boys would have gotten in trouble too foorrr sure. For the boys here (and the girls) they got told no pajama pants. |
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Post by bobyn on Apr 25, 2024 10:09:53 GMT -6
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Post by sweptaway on Apr 26, 2024 8:55:55 GMT -6
I stopped for gas on my way in to work this morning and somehow all of my clothes smell like gas now. I didn't spill or get anything wet but it is awful.
I thankfully had a dress I just bought in my car. I hadn't tried it on yet and it's a little big, but it doesn't smell bad so I guess I'm keeping it.
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Post by goldenbird on Apr 27, 2024 14:36:10 GMT -6
Omg I am beat. I took DS to the park and to a couple stores today and whew. We must have walked 5 miles today
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Post by fancynewbeesly on Apr 28, 2024 7:19:11 GMT -6
We are probably one of the only families in our neighborhood now that don't have chickens. So of course the girls are asking. DH and I are constantly on the fence about it---our family LOVES fresh eggs but we don't want the work either. We do have the property for it though.
I think today the girls are going to visit their good friend's chickens that they just got yesterday.
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Post by piratecat on Apr 28, 2024 8:52:28 GMT -6
We spent most of the day yesterday building a play structure for our next door neighbors. I can see it from our kitchen window so I figured it’s a good investment for us. We made good progress yesterday and hopefully we can finish today and when the rain stops. For now, my H took the kids to run errands while I get some work done at home.
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Post by bobyn on Apr 28, 2024 8:54:04 GMT -6
It stormed all night, so today's soccer games have been cancelled. We're never going to get to play this damn end of season tournament...
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Post by sewf on Apr 28, 2024 10:30:57 GMT -6
I’m at the doctors to see if I have strep, covid, flu, or allergies.
I hate this game.
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Post by piratecat on Apr 28, 2024 12:06:23 GMT -6
Our house still needs a ton of work and I’ve wondered if we’d made a mistake more than once but we’re getting to know our neighbors and living in this neighborhood is everything we dreamed of. We ran into several neighbors on our way to the library yesterday and my 6YO has been outside playing with our next door neighbor kids all day yesterday and today and even my shy 3YO ventured over to their driveway on his balance bike. 🥰
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Post by piratecat on Apr 28, 2024 12:23:58 GMT -6
And I’m relatively introverted and not social so this is all new but I think this is what we wanted/needed as a family.
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Post by blurnette989 on Apr 28, 2024 12:26:19 GMT -6
And I’m relatively introverted and not social so this is all new but I think this is what we wanted/needed as a family. I'm also pretty introverted but I feel so much more comfortable where I live now because I see people and say hi and have short interactions frequently. They aren't overwhelming, and make me feel connected without having to do tone of socializing. |
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Post by fancynewbeesly on Apr 28, 2024 13:21:23 GMT -6
Our house still needs a ton of work and I’ve wondered if we’d made a mistake more than once but we’re getting to know our neighbors and living in this neighborhood is everything we dreamed of. We ran into several neighbors on our way to the library yesterday and my 6YO has been outside playing with our next door neighbor kids all day yesterday and today and even my shy 3YO ventured over to their driveway on his balance bike. 🥰 This is our neighborhood. I love it for the kids. It is so easy to not have to arrange things. They could just go. |
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Post by goldenbird on Apr 28, 2024 14:00:35 GMT -6
It's finally done storming thank goodness. We went to Texas Roadhouse for lunch and then stopped at HEB for some fruit afterwards and it was pouring. I would have skipped it but we were completely out of fruit.
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Post by goldenbird on Apr 28, 2024 14:01:02 GMT -6
Our house still needs a ton of work and I’ve wondered if we’d made a mistake more than once but we’re getting to know our neighbors and living in this neighborhood is everything we dreamed of. We ran into several neighbors on our way to the library yesterday and my 6YO has been outside playing with our next door neighbor kids all day yesterday and today and even my shy 3YO ventured over to their driveway on his balance bike. 🥰 That's great! I'm happy for y'all |
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Post by goldenbird on Apr 28, 2024 14:01:35 GMT -6
I’m at the doctors to see if I have strep, covid, flu, or allergies. I hate this game. I'm sorry; I hope you're feeling better soon |
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Post by goldenbird on Apr 28, 2024 14:03:35 GMT -6
We are probably one of the only families in our neighborhood now that don't have chickens. So of course the girls are asking. DH and I are constantly on the fence about it---our family LOVES fresh eggs but we don't want the work either. We do have the property for it though. I think today the girls are going to visit their good friend's chickens that they just got yesterday. My friend is getting chickens and I think she's going to regret it lol. They have 3 rowdy dogs and who they don't ever take for walks and I don't think she's going to resent having to keep up with them. |
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Post by sweptaway on Apr 28, 2024 18:12:04 GMT -6
We had a great weekend but I'm so exhausted now. I need a third day to rest.
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Post by addymac on Apr 28, 2024 19:33:21 GMT -6
We had a great weekend but I'm so exhausted now. I need a third day to rest. 4 👏🏼 day 👏🏼 work 👏🏼 week 👏🏼 |
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Post by skategirl128 on Apr 28, 2024 20:38:08 GMT -6
We had a great weekend! The weather was beautiful all weekend and we enjoyed every minute. I took SS and DS1 to my SILs and we walked up to the local maple festival. The boys enjoyed maple treats and some rides.
Everyone else is sleeping and I’m not far behind. Love nice weekends!
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Post by wasabi on Apr 29, 2024 8:19:18 GMT -6
We are probably one of the only families in our neighborhood now that don't have chickens. So of course the girls are asking. DH and I are constantly on the fence about it---our family LOVES fresh eggs but we don't want the work either. We do have the property for it though. I think today the girls are going to visit their good friend's chickens that they just got yesterday. They aren’t too much work. They do poop a lot so the cleaning the coop is not fun. They make grassy pad things you can put in there and take out and just spray down with a hose, that helps a lot. I’ve heard sand is a lot easier to clean also, but I haven’t tried that yet. Get 3 or 4 and see if you like it and if not you have a bunch of neighbors who will probably take them off your hands! |
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Post by wasabi on Apr 29, 2024 8:19:45 GMT -6
I’m a chicken enabler, sorry.
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Post by blurnette989 on Apr 29, 2024 8:36:00 GMT -6
We had a great weekend but I'm so exhausted now. I need a third day to rest. 4 👏🏼 day 👏🏼 work 👏🏼 week 👏🏼 I just saw an article in a Portuguese newspaper that they were going to start this in some government entities and was all excited and then it said it was limited to the Açores. Só that's probably like 15 people 😂 |
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