[-]I need shopping advice...what are some mid to high end name brands for boys toddler to tween?
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[-]What moment are you most proud of other than having a family
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[-]milk just came in... totally engorged and it HURTS... forget what i supposed to do.. help!
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[-]my 5 yo has been playing dress up etc - and often she and another girl will continue to play only in their underwear. should i insist on clothes on. room door is always open.
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[-]Does anyone know the name of the organization that you donate $ to and it goes toward providing an animal to a village for example?
3 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]www.heifer.org
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[-]I want to make a donation in my sister & her partners name for the holiday. I want to give to an organization they believe in. They are liberal lesbian therapists with a child. What would be a good organization?
11 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I think it's presumptuous to think we would know what they want because of those things...is there a way to ask them ?
[ Reply | Options ]that's what people often do when they buy and wrap gifts...presume what someone might like...otherwise, its not a surprise gift...
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how is a donation personal? it is someone else's money going to someone else. the receiver doesn't get anything, but satisfaction that someone she thinks is deserving got help. it is natural to assume that any person would feel good about giving to their own community/demographic... duh.
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try www.donorschoose.org. Teachers can submit program proposals and then people can choose to fund various projects. You can give them a gift certificate for a specific amount, and they can choose the project they want to fund.
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[-]O.K. here goes...I just got in a really big argument with my husband and I got so upset that I was screaming and I threw a couple of things. I have never felt anger like this before, I am completely sick to my stomach. It is completely out of my character to loose control. I know that I had a lot of pinned up frustration and it all came out. I am just wondering if my marrige is starting to be bad for my health. Any advice on how to deal with this, we have gone through counseling but dh will not participate. I am really not sure what else I can do I really dont have any family or friends that I can talk to.
4 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Sounds like me last week. I ended up throwing a chair down the hall and stormed out of my apartment. Only to find myself face to face with my neighbor who was waiting for the elevator. I don't normally explode like that, but boy was I mortified. I'm not sure how to deal with my flash anger. I just try to exercise like crazy and recognize when I'm on edge (which is usually related to my cycle). So no advice, just letting you know I empathize.
[ Reply | Options ]first - this happens sometimes - even in long-lasting marriages (like my parents'); second (this is going to sound flip, but it's not): take up yoga. I found that it gave me amazing coping skills as I learned to be in the moment but appreciate that the moment does not last forever. Thus, you can push yourself gently in a posture because you don't need to hold it forever, but not too much because that would have bad consequences that would go beyond the moment even if you felt a temporary triumph. This is over-simplified of course, but there are real lessons to be learned that can make you happier. You don't even need a really new-agey, chanty instructor to reap the benefits. And the breathing is good too. A happier you will radiate in...
[ Reply | Options ]I am so sorry. I am in a marriage that has taken many years of unhappiness, crazy fights, and almost 5 yrs of therapy just to reach some semblance of "normalcy" (whatever that means). So I have BTDT, and I feel for you. I also felt there was no one to turn to about it. It's very lonely. I would suggest another try at therapy. Also you might want therapy for yourself so you have a space where you can process your own feelings about staying in the marriage.
[ Reply | Options ]DH here (probably older than anyone else on the site)...my wife and I went to therapy a lot in our first several years, always separately (rather than marriage counseling). I don't think we would have survived otherwise. After talking with therapist, we would eventually feel calm and rational enough to talk to each other. If your husband doesn't want to go, you go anyway. Try it at least.
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[-]Repost: Fancy hair salon. Stylist cuts hair but assistant blowdries. Tip hairwasher separately. Do I give the assistant something additional to the 20% I tip the stylist? If so, how much?
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[-]I have to buy a special holiday gift for 2 year old boy - Any suggestions?
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[-]I am trying to conceive and used an ovulation test and it said that I was ovulating on 15th. Had sex on 14th 15th 16th and 18th.The chances of being pregnant?And when can I take a pregnancy test?
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May move to San Francisco & DD is 3. If we lived in an apt/condo in the city would it be REALLY loud? We're thinking Noe Valley area, but I worry about noise we might hear and noise we might make. Or are the walls thick enough & it's okay? Would we be better off living further out in a single family home? I've never lived outside of southeast 'burbs.
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[-]I need advice/idea on a bday gift for my 5yo niece. All i know is that she is very into princess.
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[-]Sometimes I think that I should have stopped with 1 dc. Having 2 often feels like too much for me. I often am not enjoying myself or relaxing. I love both my kids. But it's not easy for me, and I often don't find it "fun."
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My dc is 2 and I find myself staying up longer - late into the night just to have some 'me' time. I do get bleary eyed in the morning though, but that time to unwind does help.
[ Reply | Options ]OP: I am one of those people who really needs 8 hrs (not that I ever get that!), so I like going to bed as early as I can. But it ends up feeling like such a constricted existence: get up, feed kids, go to work, come home, try to enjoy kids, but you're really doing chores the whole time, weekends I'm exhausted but also feeding/taking care of kids.
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I wonder if I should stop with one. I love him more than I can say, but I find raising him as much as I can handle. Also, I'm 38 and wonder if I'm depriving my kid of a sibling who could be a lifelong friend.
[ Reply | Options ]OP: That's pretty much how I feel, though I'm on the other side of the decision. I find the infant-baby years completely draining to begin with. Then add on another kid, and it's just a lot for me. I believe that having a kid by choice (whether it's your first, 2nd or beyond) is to some degree an irrational decision -- it's often more of an emotional decision than anything else.
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Potty training advice? We started potty training today (no diapers, no pants), and thus far, it has been fairly successful. DD pooped and pee'ed in the potty, one accident. However, she also seems to have caught a stomach virus, nothing too awful, but she has now thrown up a few times. Quite potty training? Keep going? Not sure what my game time decision should be! DH says keep going, I feel the opposite. Thoughts?
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[-]We have not taken a vacation in 4 yrs. Due to child care issues, we have some weeks in Feb when we could. We have the savings. Both of our jobs are pretty stable (for now that is). The only thing holding me back is the overall economic environment, and this sense that no one is safe from this. WWYD?
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[-]Help! Need suggestions for baby girl names that start with an S? tia
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