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Post by starbuck on Aug 14, 2017 8:16:38 GMT -6
Must be something in the N'16 water because I now have leaky boobs. Well that settles it. No more water for me. Dr. Pepper only.
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Post by waitwhat on Aug 14, 2017 8:16:39 GMT -6
aggiebug sorry it's been so rough. I hope once your out of the hotel you will feel more at home!
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Post by goldenlove on Aug 14, 2017 8:18:25 GMT -6
aggiebug I'm sorry. I'm sure hotel living is not fun. Hopefully you guys can keep busy and you have us if you need to talk! flamingo Ugh that really sucks when other people ruin plans. We also used to do a big camping trip with these same people but the group slowly morphed towards people that we do not like so we stopped going. This was the perfect getaway with 6 people who all get along and have fun. I don't know what is going to happen next year if couple B can come. We can't not invite couple C suddenly.
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Post by dashook on Aug 14, 2017 8:19:32 GMT -6
goldenlove, that is a weird and awkward situation. I'm sure you will still have fun but annoying to have that nagging at you in the meantime. Are you definitely still going to leave C home? aggiebug, hugs, I feel for you in your current set up. I know it's only temporary but it just sounds really hard.
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 14, 2017 8:21:31 GMT -6
flamingo, I get it. When I take time off from work but don't actually go anywhere, it doesn't really feel like a vacation. A vacation is something you take without kids, IMO, otherwise you're just parenting in a different state. MH took the last 2 weeks off from work, (I was off for 1 week of that) and yesterday he said he was looking forward to going back to work. He said he enjoyed his time off with the boys, but that it was a lot harder than his paying job. I don't SAH, but I still felt some kind of satisfaction when he admitted that.
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Post by flamingo on Aug 14, 2017 8:21:46 GMT -6
I came into the bathroom and B followed me in, pulled the pocket door shut and asked if he could lock it 😳
Will I ever have privacy in the bathroom again? 🙏🏼
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 14, 2017 8:23:56 GMT -6
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Post by flamingo on Aug 14, 2017 8:25:18 GMT -6
Lol @ 'parenting in a different state' jubilantsquirrel. That is exactly how I feel. Obviously I want my kids to have experiences and travel, and I'm sure it will be better when they're older and able to do a bit more, but right now it's just a change of scenery. My friend's baby shower is in September in NC and I really want to go down. The thought of driving or flying somewhere by myself and spending the night solo in a hotel is basically heaven right now.
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 14, 2017 8:25:53 GMT -6
I'm cringing goldenlove. Ugh, people. starbuck I reeeeally hope the separate rooms does the trick. kleigh I'm so glad that your boss is being great about this still! I'm sorry you still have to make a decision though.
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 14, 2017 8:29:10 GMT -6
A few weeks ago the leaky boob situation was at its peak. I was doing wash and grabbed a washcloth. Shoved it down my shirt. An entire washcloth. About a half hour later M and I went to the office. Think any of those bitches said anything to me? NO. My H finally saw me and asked me WTF was shoved in my shirt. I died.
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Post by goldenlove on Aug 14, 2017 8:33:44 GMT -6
jubilantsquirrel H has the same type of thing as your old job and I have what you currently have. It really sucks when he has like 25 vacation days and I have 10. We have the option of buying up to 5 days, but I figured I would save the money since I was off for 12 weeks already. But now I'm down to my last few days and it sucks. I usually try to save some to pin to the Christmas week off.
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Post by dashook on Aug 14, 2017 8:41:02 GMT -6
Okay so I am annoyed.
Tl;dr sexism pisses me off.
Several weeks ago we went to visit one of H's college friends. The friend is originally from Mass and his mom still lives here. The friend and his wife and 3yo (who also happens to be DH's god son) were visiting so we drove out to the mom's house (over an hour away from us) to see them.
Anyway I guess the mom had borrowed some Noah's ark toy from a friend of hers for the 3yo to play with while they were staying. Apparently at some point DH put two of the animals from the Noah's ark thing in his pocket (??) to get them out of D's reach, even though a) they weren't even actually a choking hazard, and b) he could have just put them up on the mantle like I was doing with things I didn't want her playing with. But no. We get home and the idiot finds the stupid pieces in his pocket. He texted his buddy about it and they laughed, whatever.
ANYWAY today I get a FB message from the mom informing me that DH had taken the pieces (like I didn't know?) and asking me if I could please mail them back to her because she needs to return the set to her friend intact. Like...why didn't she message DH? She's known him 15+ years, he's the one that took them, and if I'm not mistaken, 35 year old men are capable of using the U.S. Postal Service. It's cuz I'm the mom, isn't it? Dafuq.
I didn't say any of this to her of course and I know it's stupid but I am very salty over this. Like I don't have anything fucking better to do than fit extra errands into my day.
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Post by kleigh on Aug 14, 2017 8:44:07 GMT -6
hangry Still undecided although the longer I've gone without having to make the decision (using my mom by default) I'm gettled "spoiled" into not wanting to do either a nanny OR daycare. I'm scared of the perpetual colds etc from daycare x 2 and passing back and forth. And on the other hand don't want a nanny in my house bc I'm private like that and also I want the kids to have some involvement with other kids (such as in daycare).
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Post by flamingo on Aug 14, 2017 8:57:27 GMT -6
Yes! We are on a trip, not a vacation. DH is technically on a work 'trip', but he's staying in a pretty nice 2-bedroom oceanfront condo--alone--and is going charter fishing 2 weekends in a row. Sounds like vacation to me, yes?
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 14, 2017 8:57:35 GMT -6
dashook, that is annoying. I probably would have said something like "DH will be taking care of this" or something along those lines to let her know that it's not your responsibility to get those pieces back to her.
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Post by aggiebug on Aug 14, 2017 8:59:48 GMT -6
aggiebug, how long are you guys into the hotel for? I'm sorry you're feeling out of sorts. Hopefully once you get into your own place you'll start feeling more settled and can start exploring your new area and maybe make some new friends. We move into our house on the 31st. Thanks t will get there just hard at the moment.
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Post by flamingo on Aug 14, 2017 9:09:01 GMT -6
dashook it's probably a generational thing, too, but yes, a bit eye roll-inducing. My MIL would do the same and she's definitely more of a feminist than a lot of women of that age. Of course, I SAH so it's a bit different, and even if she reached out to DH I'd be the one to end up doing it bc that's just how our household works. So it wouldn't really bother me personally. I'd have your H do it since he's the one that pocketed them 😂
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 14, 2017 9:18:53 GMT -6
aggiebug, how long are you guys into the hotel for? I'm sorry you're feeling out of sorts. Hopefully once you get into your own place you'll start feeling more settled and can start exploring your new area and maybe make some new friends. We move into our house on the 31st. Thanks t will get there just hard at the moment. You've got this. Come here to unleash when necessary. Your situation right now is...not fun.
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 14, 2017 9:20:04 GMT -6
Yes! We are on a trip, not a vacation. DH is technically on a work 'trip', but he's staying in a pretty nice 2-bedroom oceanfront condo--alone--and is going charter fishing 2 weekends in a row. Sounds like vacation to me, yes? Yes, vacation Jealous. I don't even like to fish and I'd still go for that.
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 14, 2017 9:26:34 GMT -6
dashook that whole situation sounds annoying
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 14, 2017 9:28:21 GMT -6
aggiebug , how long are you guys into the hotel for? I'm sorry you're feeling out of sorts. Hopefully once you get into your own place you'll start feeling more settled and can start exploring your new area and maybe make some new friends. We move into our house on the 31st. Thanks t will get there just hard at the moment. Huge hugs, lady. I hope these next couple weeks fly by for you.
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 14, 2017 9:46:10 GMT -6
So, I've been kind of toying with the idea of relocating. I doubt I could ever get MH on board, he loves this area and all of our friends and family are here. But it's so, so expensive here. My dream is to SAH, but that will never happen as long as we live in the Seattle area. I want to stay near a large city, so staying in WA but moving to a different area isn't really an option. Plus, we're already as far outside of the city as I'm willing to go (we're not even in the same county as Seattle). I just feel like we'd have more options in a slightly lower cost of living area. But this is probably just me spending too much time on Redfin.
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Post by starbuck on Aug 14, 2017 10:00:00 GMT -6
So, I've been kind of toying with the idea of relocating. I doubt I could ever get MH on board, he loves this area and all of our friends and family are here. But it's so, so expensive here. My dream is to SAH, but that will never happen as long as we live in the Seattle area. I want to stay near a large city, so staying in WA but moving to a different area isn't really an option. Plus, we're already as far outside of the city as I'm willing to go (we're not even in the same county as Seattle). I just feel like we'd have more options in a slightly lower cost of living area. But this is probably just me spending too much time on Redfin. Atlanta, tho. You can come hang on the couch by my pool.
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Post by starbuck on Aug 14, 2017 10:01:29 GMT -6
But in all seriousness jubilantsquirrel have you broached it with him and let him know what you're thinking?
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Post by waitwhat on Aug 14, 2017 10:06:22 GMT -6
So, I've been kind of toying with the idea of relocating. I doubt I could ever get MH on board, he loves this area and all of our friends and family are here. But it's so, so expensive here. My dream is to SAH, but that will never happen as long as we live in the Seattle area. I want to stay near a large city, so staying in WA but moving to a different area isn't really an option. Plus, we're already as far outside of the city as I'm willing to go (we're not even in the same county as Seattle). I just feel like we'd have more options in a slightly lower cost of living area. But this is probably just me spending too much time on Redfin. You were just saying how a lot of us on this BMB live on the east coast... so...
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 14, 2017 10:06:39 GMT -6
So, I've been kind of toying with the idea of relocating. I doubt I could ever get MH on board, he loves this area and all of our friends and family are here. But it's so, so expensive here. My dream is to SAH, but that will never happen as long as we live in the Seattle area. I want to stay near a large city, so staying in WA but moving to a different area isn't really an option. Plus, we're already as far outside of the city as I'm willing to go (we're not even in the same county as Seattle). I just feel like we'd have more options in a slightly lower cost of living area. But this is probably just me spending too much time on Redfin. Atlanta, tho. You can come hang on the couch by my pool. I'm pretty sure I'd need a pool to survive summers in the ATL, so I'd probably never leave your backyard! I do enjoying looking at houses on Redfin in Atlanta though.
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 14, 2017 10:09:59 GMT -6
But in all seriousness jubilantsquirrel have you broached it with him and let him know what you're thinking? Not really, at least not seriously. I'm thinking about it though. We'd for sure have to leave the west coast. Portland isn't any better than Seattle and California is laughable.
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 14, 2017 10:13:01 GMT -6
So, I've been kind of toying with the idea of relocating. I doubt I could ever get MH on board, he loves this area and all of our friends and family are here. But it's so, so expensive here. My dream is to SAH, but that will never happen as long as we live in the Seattle area. I want to stay near a large city, so staying in WA but moving to a different area isn't really an option. Plus, we're already as far outside of the city as I'm willing to go (we're not even in the same county as Seattle). I just feel like we'd have more options in a slightly lower cost of living area. But this is probably just me spending too much time on Redfin. You were just saying how a lot of us on this BMB live on the east coast... so... MH has always said never the east coast because sports. I kind of get it because he's a huge sports fan and there's times when a game is still going and it's 10pm our time. But that's a dumb reason, IMO.
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Post by goldenlove on Aug 14, 2017 10:16:13 GMT -6
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Post by waitwhat on Aug 14, 2017 10:20:47 GMT -6
You were just saying how a lot of us on this BMB live on the east coast... so... MH has always said never the east coast because sports. I kind of get it because he's a huge sports fan and there's times when a game is still going and it's 10pm our time. But that's a dumb reason, IMO. Oh I get it. A lot of things in our life revolve around sports. Especially college football. Oy.
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