Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 20, 2021 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 10,126 |
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mr. neptune
If the church they are going to and their religion is Catholic, it was probably one of those pedophile priests there seem to be so many of. Why do people even devout Catholic take a chance, keep little kids AWAY from a priest!
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 20, 2021 | Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 202 |
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They dump the food onto the floor and demand different food. I have tried every method of discipline- time outs, natural consequences, making them clean up their messes. I have yelled, and I am not proud of it. My husband spanks, and made me try it. They respond to it when he does it but not to me. Maybe because they know I don’t want to do it.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 20, 2021 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,765 |
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toraneko
Man, the posts are so repetitive, it's almost not even fun anymore. Another spineless moo whining about getting steamrolled by her brats. Nothing new in her drivel, but this part stood out:Quote
They dump the food onto the floor and demand different food. I have tried every method of discipline- time outs, natural consequences, making them clean up their messes. I have yelled, and I am not proud of it. My husband spanks, and made me try it. They respond to it when he does it but not to me. Maybe because they know I don’t want to do it.
I doubt it will penetrate her thick skull even though it came out of it.
https://old.reddit.com/r/breakingmom/comments/muvo2d/at_my_breaking_point/
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 20, 2021 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 10,126 |
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Idk where to begin or what to really say. My kid is 3. Nearly every night before bed she has a 15-20 minute meltdown. We moved states and the new place is very echo-y, we’re waiting on our furniture. The other night was our first night in and very late. She understandably had a meltdown. There is no coming back once she starts, we’ve tried. Everything. I’ve done the googling, the bribing, the threatening (leaving the room, etc. and followed through because obviously if you don’t it doesn’t work) our lovely neighbors called the cops so now it feels like I can’t even parent properly or my neighbors will have the cops on our doorstep. We explained the situation and thankfully they were kind and understanding but in my experience it doesn’t always go that way. When a tantrum is coming on we record now so we have some proof she’s not being abused, just doesn’t want to lay down to sleep. We’ve started using melatonin for babies and it worked last night, she immediately fell asleep after story time.
Tonight was another meltdown even with the fucking melatonin. And I heard our neighbor loudly groan, however it’s early. I’m waiting for the knock from the cops currently.
We offer her her music. “No I don’t want music!” Okay fine, what do you want? “My music!” “Ok I’ll put it on” “NO MY DONT WANT IT” repeat X 30 for any given situation it’s back and forth all. The. Damn. Time.
And she’s smart. We could do a trick but she figures it out after the second or third time and starts another nuclear level meltdown. I don’t know what to fucking do. Parents aren’t helpful, the internet is not helpful and our neighbors are sure as FUCK not helpful.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 21, 2021 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 9,258 |
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 21, 2021 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 10,126 |
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bell_flower
I cannot understand any of this. I knew my parents meant business and I would face consequences if I didn't do what they were telling me to do. It seems to me the only sane way for a parent to live is to be in charge and not to negotiate, but too many of them want to be their brats' "friends" and they don't have the spine to do it.
So glad I don't have to live like that.
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Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 22, 2021 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 10,126 |
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Look you little chaos-monkeys, I understand we’ve all been stuck together in this house since March Twenty motherfucking twenty, and we are all HEARTILY SICK OF EACH OTHER. I also know that you are bored A LOT.
BUT STOP TOUCHING MY SHIT.
Stop touching my jewelry and my work laptop and the drawer where I hide my candy and my nice work clothes and my empty teacup and my Gatorade zeros and my nail polish and my makeup and and and.
STOP IT. It’s not your shit. It’s MY shit. You own ALL THE OTHER SHIT IN THIS HOUSE, THATS THE SHIT YOU CAN TOUCH.
IM AT THE END OF MY FUCKING ROPE, AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO BE AROUND YOU LESS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE NO SPACE IN MY OWN HOME WHERE I CAN JUST BE FUCKING LEFT ALONE.
in summary, stop touching my shit.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 22, 2021 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 9,258 |
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Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 22, 2021 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,765 |
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bell_flower
Okay, so we've had 30 pages of commentary. It's not too hard to summarize, right? Because these dim bulbs are all doing the same thing.
1. Most of them have kidS (multiple kids, including baking kids) with someone who not only isn't into being a partner or a father; he's often abusive.
2. If he's abusive, the woman is always completely depending on said man, usually gave up her job or has zero education, zero money of her own, no support system, geographically away from family. (Note: I'm not saying this is all the female's doing, because this is what abusers do--I'm saying they usually saw the signs but didn't get away from the dude while they still could.)
3. If he's not abusive, he's a complete man-baby who plays video games all day long, doesn't do shit around the house and is not interested in any interaction with his partner but of course there is no talk of leaving his worthless ass, in fact there is usually talk of #4
4. MULTIPLE KIDS -- this one is worth mentioning again, because doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity
5. Kids that are complete brats, but it's never because Moomy and Dud (if he's around) are incompetent parents that are incapable of providing boundaries, limitations, follow-through or discipline.
6. Corollary to #4: Lots of faux Moo support, It's JUST FINE that you have a non-potty trained six year old. And bring on the alphabet soup of faux diagnosis for the kids such as "oppositional defiance disorder," because what kid is not defiant on occasion? It would be easier if they got TF off the web and did the job they signed up for---to mold these hellions into civilized humans.
7. I HATE BEING A MOOTHER, but I LUUUUVE my kidS. Keep drinking that Kool-Aid and harassing CF and CL people in real life, Moo. We aren't buying it.
What am I missing?
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Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 26, 2021 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 10,126 |
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My almost 3 month old baby is a pretty chill baby. She hardly ever cries unless she is hungry, tired, or something else is wrong. She spends 70-80% of her day, most days, alone with me. When I am with baby, I breastfeed her, cuddle her, put her down for naps, play with her, talk to her, read to her, etc. She coos and I have conservations with her, I smile at her, she smiles back at me. The point is, I interact with her almost every one of her waking minutes when I am with her. She is so chill, but constant interaction is draining.
Husband, on the other hand, will usually just hold her and go about doing what he would do if he wasn’t with her. Playing video games on his phone, watching videos on YouTube, binge watching TV, doing chores, all while silently lugging baby around. He’s like addicted to his technology, and can hardly do anything without multitasking and watching a YouTube video in the background. He has legit washed dishes with one hand while carrying baby with the other. Like stop fucking half assing everything. Finish doing a good job of washing the dishes and then give your full attention to our daughter instead of half assing both, and claiming you are spending time with her. Don’t get me wrong, he is a wonderful dad to her. He also cuddles her, changes diapers, does baby exercises with her, and loves her unconditionally.
Baby doesn’t fuss when he’s doing these activities. But WHY is it so hard to interact with her more? Talk to her, sing to her, read to her! Do something that involves the use of language FFS. He says he’s not as talkative as I am with her. Like WTF? You think I want to be a peppy as fuck 24/7? How easy would it be for me to care for my chill ass baby all day if I could just go about my day and cuddle with her with minimal interaction otherwise? I want her to develop, I want her to meet and exceed her milestones. I don’t want her to grow up addicted to screens. Why is it so hard to talk to her or read to her for the portions he’s with her during the day? Why do I constantly need to remind him? Why?? Just why??
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 27, 2021 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 10,126 |
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I have two kids: E will be 4 in 5 weeks and K will be 2 in 4 weeks. I thought I was done after two but the pst few months my husband and I have passively talked about a third. In a kind of joking kind of not way.
One of my biggest reasons for no third kid was that I’m in school and I don’t want to be on mat leave as soon as I graduate. I don’t want to wait a whole year before I look for a job. HOWEVER, my husband said he would take the 12 month parental leave. He gets paid more than I do but I think he wants to experience getting to stay home with kids (LOL have fun with that).
Another reason against having a third kid is logistics. We live in a 3 bedroom house and my older two would have to share (I realize this isn’t a big deal and many many many families do this, I just don’t love it, but it would be temporary). I have a 5 seater car, can I fit another car seat?
And of course there’s the money issue. More diapers, formula, a new crib, clothes, etc. We are in debt and trying to get out of it.
But.. a new baby to love. Another sibling for my kiddos.
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Cambion
I love how one of the idiot's arguments in favor of a third loaf is "another sibling for my kids." That's a good one. I have NEVER met anyone who enjoyed having a sibling growing up because it meant sharing everything and constant fights/injuries, and there is almost always a favorite child and dog help you if you aren't it. You're also fucked if you're the eldest because then it's constantly "you have to set a good example for your little brother/sister!" while your younger siblings can get away with murder and the breeders will defend them by saying, "S/He's just a baby!" even if they're like 15 years old.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 28, 2021 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 10,126 |
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Personally I don't know why someone would want to go through the bratty asshole toddler stage more than once. ugh. My parents are saints for not killing any of their children before age five.
Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 28, 2021 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,765 |
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Cambion
@randomcfchick, you are legitimately the first person I've heard say they liked having siblings growing up. I understand that many people do become friends with their brothers and sisters as they get older and don't live together, but I mean specifically as kids, I've never known anyone who was happy to have a sibling... unless it meant they could blame something they did on that sibling, in which case they came in handy. Everyone else I knew fought like cats and dogs with their siblings and really truly seemed to not like being around one another.
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Re: Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices April 29, 2021 | Registered: 16 years ago Posts: 1,998 |
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Cambion
Moo rattles off all the reasons why it would not be a good idea to breed a third time, in spite of her and Duh passively discussing it. And she does make rational points against a third loaf, so she's clearly exercised the gray matter in this regard, which is far more than what most Moos do.
But as we all know, baby rabies will prevail and she'll get herself knocked up "accidentally" with the rhythm method, and then complain on that sub about how haaaaaaaaard it is with three kids. Just because you have the ability to do something does not mean you can handle it physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, and so on. She's got two kids already, why does she need a third? Given the progression of the ages of her current kids, my guess is she's one of the Moos that likes having a cute infant to coo over and then when they stop being cute at around two years old, she wants to have a helpless loaf to snuggle again and not a bratty asshole toadler. No amount of kids will be enough for someone like this because they don't want the experience of raising a whole other person - they want a baby to fuss over and that's it. Much like the people who buy baby animals like kittens and puppies because they're cute, but then lose interest when they grow up and instead of taking care of the grown animals, they take those animals to the shelter and take home a new kitten or puppy. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Duh says he wants to be the SAHP if they decide to go and have a third kid hysterical laughter, and I'm sure that'll last all of about 30 minutes when he realizes that being home with three kids sucks balls and he'll be sprinting back to work begging for overtime.
https://old.reddit.com/r/breakingmom/comments/mywa3h/do_you_have_3_kids_am_i_crazy_for_considering/
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