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Originally Posted by Doodlebugsmom
Vent away, Queenie! I totally hear you! I feel bad for venting to dh sometimes, because he works very, very hard. Lots and lots of hours. BUT, he gets to go to the bathroom by himself while he's there. He goes out for business lunches several times/week to very nice restaurants. He gets to travel to awesome places. For Christ's sake, he gets to spend 20 minutes alone in the car everyday driving to and from work! Fortunately, he's awesome about helping out around the house and with the kids when he's here.
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: With the exceptions of the business lunches and the travel; last time Mike travelled for work, he took us all with him. 
Mike hates business lunches, too; for him, those are work (he's very, very introverted and prefers to "shut down" entirely for lunch, or spend it playing at the park with the kids). Still, the idea of going to the bathroom by myself, or driving for a whole 30 minutes by myself-- bliss! Playing the music as loud as I want without worrying about damaging little ears or hearing strange things come out of little mouths (try explaining to your superconservative IL's what "I found you, Ms. New Booty!" is all about 
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Originally Posted by Queen of Cups
FIL was telling me about how when they took the kids to the park yesterday he had to go to the bathroom and MIL was left to watch BOTH KIDS! Like it was medal-worthy and nearly impossible, and I just said that yeah I'm sure it was a handful... What do they think I do every day?
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I tend to laugh at people when they say/imply things like that, or ask for my medal. I'm a smartass, though. 
We had a big day yesterday-- BooBah pooped in the toilet all by herself!!! :applause
When she finished, I wiped her and washed her hands, and then she vanished while I washed mine. I came out of the bathroom to find her wearing a pair of BeanBean's underpants. "I'm wearing underpants on my buns. I don't want a diaper!" She wore them the rest of the day-- through a loooong nap (2.5 hours!) and a three hour trip to the park! 
I'm so impressed with her, hooray for BooBah! She wanted a diaper to go to bed last night, but she's wearing underpants again this morning. I'm so happy for her! Hooray for BooBah! We called Daddy and Nanny to tell them all about it. I have to say, though, that if I didn't have a little one in my arms, I'd probably be the teensiest bit depressed about BooBah's imminent toilet training.
She just seems like such a big girl! 
: She's super cool, though, there's always something new and interesting to watch her do. Go, BooBah, Go! 
. I'll be thinking of your sister.
His deductible is ridiculous, and of course it's doing damage to our credit every day that it stays unpaid. Here's the kicker: the hospital and the doctors bill separately! We have to pay the deductible for both the facility and the doctor! 
Crazy people. I was watching the news a while back, and someone was talking about the sorry state of most Americans' credit. They gave you all the cute little "tips" that they do ("make more than minimum payments" and "transfer your balances to cards with lower interest" 
) and then in passing mentioned that most credit debt in this country is for things like car repair and medical bills. In other words, emergencies!! It's not like people are running around, frivolously spending; no, most Americans are like us-- carrying debt because their car broke down and they need it to get to work, or because their kid slammed his head and needed stitches. 
). My niece hated it, so it was hardly used at all, and my brother mailed it to me this week. It looks brand new, and Bella hasn't decided what to make of it yet. 
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