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I have a wonderful 3 y.o i love him dearly and latley i feel like weve been bonding more then usual. Our time together is amazing. No matter what we do and i just cant help but feel fulfilled and happy when he says papa i love you. So its been really hard on me latley having picked up more...

So I fractured my ankle and am told I have to keep weight off my ankle for 4-6 weeks and am on crutches and a boot. I live on the second floor I’m alone, super f-ing alone and can’t stop crying. I have a 5 year old I have a job I essentially have no family. My parents are dead. I have...

My little one is 5 weeks old and I can’t imagine putting her in anything but a onesie/sleeper at the moment. Bonus points if the onesie has built in mittens & a 2-way zipper. I got gifted so many cute outfits for her in this newborn stage but I feel like I couldn’t be bothered with them. The...

I guess I just thought it would happen by now. My fiancé and I are both 24. I haven’t spoken to a specialist because when I brought it up with my family doctor in December when we were 8 months TTC (I was having irregular periods and late ovulations) he said “no one would even look at you until...

This might be a long one i apologize in advance.. Not sure what this post is about. I guess just to share my crazy story idk. All I can say is I'm living one of the most difficult chapters of my life right now. Few years back me and my ex BM was staying temporarily at my parents place they had a...

Hi everyone. I guess I just need to vent here. I am a you g single mother, 24 years old with a 10 month old son. I work 40 hours a week, I make $15.40 an hour. Sometimes I even work 50-60 hours to get some overtime in to help.. But I am physically exhausted when I do this, and it also takes even...

Hi everyone, Looking for words of wisdom, encouragement, life stories, etc. Been feeling overwhelmed recently...I started at 37 years old my education and received my bachelor's in December 2021 and just started graduate school this January and I'm feeling overwhelmed. I'm a mom to 11 year...

I mean more so in a social aspect. The virus that shall not be named (why can't we talk about it here??) is unfortunately still alive and thriving and I find I'm trying to balance this invisible line of "Do I take baby out to see the world? Or play it safe and keep him within these four walls...

I'll be 12 weeks tomorrow and have been facing some weird emotions this week. Maybe it's the raging hormones idk. We lost our first at 8 weeks with a missed miscarriage. I had no clue anything was wrong which I think made it really hard to accept at first. I'm at peace with the loss, as much as...

Edit/update: wow, thanks everyone for this delightfully overwhelming response. I have needed this encouragement so desperately, and it is appreciated. I made this post last night after a really long week, and I needed this. Sorry I can’t respond to everyone, though I am reading all the comments...

The background of it: My mom and her sisters own/owned a corporation. An inheritance from their father. My mom was the CEO and was the only owner actually working there. By way of the most tragic car accident last month, I now own my mother’s 1/3 of company and I control legally in perpetuity my...

I'll start with the backstory. My (37F) sons dad (40M) and I were together a long time. 7 years ago, he had been having an affair and left me to marry someone 14 years younger. He had also cheated on me with lots of other women prior to that. Our son was almost 2 at the time that his dad left...

Hi all. I’m posting here because I am just going through it right now. Last weekend saw a faint bruise on my 9 month old’s abdomen. I have anxiety and realize I tend to catastrophize everything related to health. I immediately thought this was going to be something bad but instead of panicking...

These columns (despite the brilliant art) always piss me off. “They can ask all they want, and you are welcome to decline”? Really? She comes from academia and has no grasp of the real corporate world. (Edited) Hope you can read her latest column in this gifted link...

I’ve had mild cramping all day, at 6-7DPO, I think. I’m 8 days past my positive OPK. AF is due in 8-9 days, so this is a little early for PMS to start but I’m sure that’s all this is. I’m just really frustrated and feel like I’m out this month for some reason. I’ve never had cramping this early...

UPDATE: it’s Friday and a coworker asked me why I was going into the janitor’s closet and I flatly said “Apparently we discriminate against lactating mothers here. Interim director name said this was an acceptable place to pump food for my baby, she said my needs weren’t real and I was just...

I'm exhausted 😩! I've recently was granted full time custody of my children and my life was flipped upside down. I have two young boys full of energy(my oldest🧩 ),balancing work, childcare, cleaning, cooking, sleep, has been a marathon. Im surviving off of triple espresso TID or Q4hrs PRN(for...

I'm a 33 year old single mom working in corporate America. I've always been a hard worker & recognized as such. At my last job, my director told me "I've never seen someone come in and make such a financial impact as you did in such a short time (around 9 months after I started)." He directly...

I just felt the need to vent about housing. As the kids grow our small house feels smaller and smaller. The thing that is particularly rough is the noise factor. Smaller house means less space to spread out and everyone can hear everyone. My kids are so loud. I’m constantly asking everyone to...