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post #121 of 1377
6/19/09 at 7:17am
woohoo, my mum & her husband decided to stay in a bed&breakfast instead of with us. that will make this a whole lot less stressful, as noone has to give up their bed, plus dh is not a fan of having to get dressed in the middle of the night just to go to the bathroom. (which i prefer. when we were staying with them her husband was wandering around in boxershorts,i found that slightly inappropriate.


edit to add: don't get me wrong,i love my mum & her husband, but, i like our home to ourselves

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post #122 of 1377
6/19/09 at 7:32am
grandpa threw out the spider we caught & we didn't see the other one, so yay, we can use the kitchen again!!

i so love my father in law.
post #123 of 1377
6/19/09 at 7:48am
He must love u a great deal too :-).
post #124 of 1377
6/19/09 at 7:50am
to entertain my craziness? yeah. well,hey,he got our bread for it, which is really nice if i do say so myself
post #125 of 1377
6/19/09 at 7:51am
just too angry right now to type it all out again, but, argh!
post #126 of 1377
6/19/09 at 7:54am
erna (i have an aunt erna ) , what's cl, in your signature?
post #127 of 1377
6/19/09 at 8:35am
Thread Starter 

Good Morning!

I see I have a lot of catching up to do!

But, it's french toast for breakfast this morning and
post #128 of 1377
6/19/09 at 8:42am
erna, you replied in the wrong thread if cl is what i think, i mena, remember, then, we are so trying that,too. as in, we have a family mneeting in bed every morning where everyone can put forward things he would like to do during the day, & we then work out a way to fit it all in or plan for a different day. we don't do that with food,though,because then we'd just eat avocado every day -.-
post #129 of 1377
6/19/09 at 8:45am
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HWAT< I only got to glance quickly at the thread you posted, yesterday and now I can't find it. I take it you're still having problems with..... I'll call him "WB"
post #130 of 1377
6/19/09 at 8:51am
yeah, he went away for a while, but now i get lots of blog hits from where he lives & his gf is pregnant, so, umm. yeah. i asked for the thread to be deleted so that he can't find it if he googles my blog name, will have my mdc name changed,too. taking name suggestions! (i loke mimi poppins, emi just called me that, haha)
post #131 of 1377
6/19/09 at 9:01am
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I like that name!!!

I wish you could just take a fly swatter to him. What a PITA!

If I had to change my username I'd change it to my new email (I stopped sharing with DH) and be Phyllis Stein
post #132 of 1377
6/19/09 at 9:03am
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...but can you change your username and keep all your old posts or do you have to start back at 0?
post #133 of 1377
6/19/09 at 9:06am
'cl' stands for Consensual Living. I'm trying to imply this way of life to our everyday life and especially in regard to my children. It's not easy when you come from a not so cl kind of upbringing, even though it was pretty ok, but I just want to do it differently in some ways. It's so ingrained in your being and hard to turn the wheel around or in another direction. Therefore 'trying' cl. I can't claim 'being' it but I'll hope to once be able to say so. Anyway, I do not wish to label myself either, it's just for my own sake and that of people around me, and the kind of parent I'd like to be most. There's a long discussion thread (under parenting) dedicated to it here on MDC, and a website and discussion group elsewhere, too.

right place now
post #134 of 1377
6/19/09 at 9:12am
yeah,i can keep my posts. they charge $2 for changing the name, but w/e.

dd is driving me nuts today.
post #135 of 1377
6/19/09 at 10:40am
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Breakfast dishes are all cleaned and put away.
Hung a load of laundry but now it looks like rain
Time for outdoor play. We have a date with some snakes. Later!
post #136 of 1377
6/19/09 at 11:31am
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Originally Posted by MittensKittens View Post
Morning mamas

REDVEG, where are you!?!

Geigerin, thanks for your support but sorry to hear you are facing some of the same issues. She actually tries her best to respect and support, but that always shows in the form of a "yeah right", "well, whatever you say" comment that is sarcastically made. This is probably because she knows she should leave it alone, and doesn't know how to respond. And this is never before a bunch of "but what I say is really just the factual truth" (because the TV/web says so??) type remarks. It is also interesting plus kind weird to me what choices she likes and which ones she disagrees with. She had no issues with UCing at all and was Very Interested in the gory details. We do a lot of the same stuff, and she is totally nature-oriented. In that context, it just amazes me how her views on parenting and discipline can be so mainstream, yk? I just don't understand it. She is a big fan of nanny 911. How about your mom? What are the issues you are having difficulty with?
It is funny that she's so in touch with a more gentle approach to life but not when it comes to discipline. It sounds like you have a pretty good handle on it, though. She probably just doesn't know how to respond when you don't follow advice she gives.

My mother is an herbalist and doula, so she's taught me a lot of what I know about natural living. She whole-heartedly supports my search for a midwife and understands decisions we make in that arena. We struggle with little things she doesn't understand or can't relate to (or she finds downright offensive- like my love of Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee). For example, I started running about a year ago to lose weight. This spring, my husband and I trained for a half-marathon, and the day of the race, I called to tell her how we did. Her response: "I guess it's a Hooda-Hooda-Hoosier thing and we just don't understand." It doesn't sound bad, but that's a song on a local radio station that makes fun of hillbilly Indiana people. Is there something wrong with running? I think she just doesn't know how to support it because she can't relate to it, and sarcasm is her best way to handle it.

I know our situations are different, but the response is kind of similar. They want to be supportive but don't know how to without sounding skeptical.
post #137 of 1377
6/19/09 at 11:41am
my mum smacked my baby.
post #138 of 1377
6/19/09 at 12:02pm
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Originally Posted by herewearetogether View Post
yeah, he went away for a while, but now i get lots of blog hits from where he lives & his gf is pregnant, so, umm. yeah. i asked for the thread to be deleted so that he can't find it if he googles my blog name, will have my mdc name changed,too. taking name suggestions! (i loke mimi poppins, emi just called me that, haha)
I like that suggestion. You could also try something the opposite of who you are. That could throw him off the trail.

"ThereI'mNotAway"
"HillbillyLiving"
"DriveThruQueen"

Just kidding, of course.
post #139 of 1377
6/19/09 at 12:04pm
haha, i like all of those!
post #140 of 1377
6/19/09 at 12:05pm
i don't use tampons, & i doubt a security guard would be fussed by a moon cup, he wouldn't know what it is.
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