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    Anyone else want to go back to 1992 when every single grade didn’t have a “graduation” ceremony?

    @monkeym24 Was just having this same thought!! I know graduation “ceremonies” at different stages have been happening since I was a kid in the 90s. I remember going to my brother’s pre-k graduation. We definitely had 8th grade graduation when I was a teen…but we didn’t have caps and gowns. I...
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    Is OAD becoming more common in part because parenting is harder now?

    @cmurawski Intensive parenting sounds…intense lol. I’m scared to Google it.
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    Who here has a mediocre relationship with their sibling(s)?

    @ernesjohnson Yup, I have mediocre relationships with my siblings. I enjoy our time together and we have fun at family gatherings, but like you said, I wouldn’t be friends with them if they weren’t my siblings. All three of us are just super different. Same with my husband and his sister. This...
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    a question of entitlement

    @kezia Methinks this is a bigger issue of resentment. You must have discussed this somewhat since Parent A knows that Parent B has an easy day and vice versa. This isn’t the first time your kids have been off school on a workday…what do you usually do? Is Parent A always left with the kids? If...
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    Baby #2 Posts

    @leras Ding ding ding! This is what I truly believe as well. Most people think they have to have a second and literally never consider OAD as an option.
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    1 year mark

    @ericguitarman I have learned that “easier” is very subjective, lol. I actually found ~15-21 months to be a very difficult period. At that age they’re no longer babies, but they still don’t have the much better communication and comprehension skills of older toddlers. As others have said...
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    A big recommendation list for folks about to have a baby

    @abarone77 I also recommend wearing the nursing bra to the hospital. I ended up having a traumatic birth and was hooked up to a bunch of stuff. My husband ended up cutting off my regular bra because there was no other way to get it off for nursing.
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