I'd add when someone *always* answers with, "That doesn't work for me" or "I need to do what's right for me", but then they pitch a fit when you say no to them. I have family members like this, and they don't understand why everyone "suddenly" refuses to help them. As if they haven't…Â
Honestly, these lists are always hard for me to read. They set up this expectation that there is some formula that "should" work, and if it doesn't, you're failing. My first child defied every parenting hack, advice, etc, and it wasn't until I had my second that I realized it wasn't…Â
At least 50% of a kid's personality is just innate. I read all the books, because my oldest wouldn't sleep, eat, stop screaming, behave, etc. Then I had my second who immediately slept, ate, and was literally always happy. Each kid is different, and you don't need to beat yourself…Â
In high school (2007), I worked at Old Navy. One school night, a soccer mom came in right before closing wanting to do a return. No big deal, except she wanted to return clothes she purchased in 1999. AT THE GAP. I was 16 and dumbfounded, so I told her that unfortunately I couldn't…Â
My best friend and I thought oral sex involved talking, like phone sex, because an oral presentation meant making a speech. She read a Cosmo at her cousin's house in 7th grade and RAN to my house as soon as she got back to tell me, "Oral sex is NOT what we thought!" We still laugh…Â
Epic Movie. We saw it in high school just because we were bored, and even though we had spent our own money on it, we walked out. I cannot explain how bad that movie is or how it ever got made. It makes Twilight look like high art.
I was maid of honor for my best friend's first wedding. It was a tumultuous engagement to say the least, including me finding out the best man was catfishing teenage girls using the groom's pictures about 3 weeks before. Not only did I have to walk down the aisle with a predator,…Â
In high school, my friend set me up on a date with a guy WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, because she was so sure he was *the one* for me. We were supposed to be in a group, but it was me and him away from everyone else while he talked about how great he was at baseball, school, dating, etc.…Â
I was an extremely underpaid pre-k teacher, and I was 8 months pregnant in the winter. I told one student that he had to zip his coat if he wanted to go out with us. He pointed out that my coat wasn't zipped, and I said, "Well, the baby in my tummy is too big for me to zip it." Without…Â
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