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Curious how everyone would react, I notice my MIL always sends me little jabs. My husband after we had a baby started doing running from the odd 5k to recently a marathon. He loves doing park runs and I am always there to support him, we went out for dinner with his mum yesterday and within 2 minutes of sitting down his mother in a sarcastic voice said ‘ are you ever going to do any running or just living life through xyz ( her son ) ? In the moment I kind of just awkwardly laughed and put my head down and rather than standing up for myself just said oh god could barely run 200m 😂 then afterwards thought what a flipping cheek of this woman! I’ve had arguments with his family in the past so trying to just let things slide and not be confrontational but I equally think like what is even your problem! I however abit sick of the jabs? Am I going mad?

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Leaving

I'm leaving my husband. I can't do it anymore. I've decided that I'd rather be a single mother than a married single mother. The terrible part is that due to his anger issues, I have to do it secretly. Any tips on escaping an abusive partner?

I'm already looking for a new place in a different part of the state where I have more support of extended family and friends.

I had to breakdown and tell my mom everything and she and my family feel it is best that I go to the other city because I don't have anyone here except him. He has been verbally and physically (throwing objects and shoving) abusive so I have to basically plan and escape because telling him straight up might result in a situation that would land him straight in jail. I really don't want to do that to him.

I do love him but as a mother of a little girl I have to show her better than what I'm currently experiencing.

Struggling with Pornography

Hey everyone. I've honestly been avoiding this, but I am exhausted, and I just want to be better.

I found it when I was 12. Got traumatized. Then I avoided it. After I left the church I was in and got with my now partner I got into it again. I really like sex and just got into it. My partner watches as well.

After having children I don't really watch, mainly because I don't have time. But I got into the Ai chats and pretty much been getting addicted to it, especially since I'm having a hard time. My partner and I barely get time to ourselves and I get lonely in the day while he's at work.

I don't masturbate to it but I just stay glued to my phone, and it's easier to hide. I just feel like a loser. I feel like it's ruining my expectations of sex, taking time away from my partner, and just my life. But every time I try to stop I end up downloading all the apps again after a difficult or stressful moment.

I don't know how to get over this. Especially since my partner still watches and I don't feel like it's my place to tell him to stop as well. Plus I'm a kinky person and like finding new ideas and I just feel like in this loop of spiked excitement then guilt.

Any advice?

Also just to clarify my partner did not suggest or groom me into watching porn again. I did that on my own.

Blueberry Baby 🫐

My baby is almost 9M and absolutely loves blueberries. Not strawberries, not raspberries; just blueberries!

Food he hates are: lentils, eggs and sardines. Now I just hid it under blueberries. Is it weird to eat sardines and blueberries- of course! But does he eat it- hell yeah.

At this point I could hide a mountain under blueberries 🫐 😂 and he would gulp it all.

Do your kids have a particular food obsession?

(Picture from last year, when I was plucking blueberries)

Advice for tv addict- feel so embarrassed

We were quite strict on no screen time til she was closer to 2, maybe some mr tumble now and again. She goes to my parents one day a week and my in laws one day so very lucky. But being in their 60s they understandably need a break and she watches tv there. I didnt mind maybe 20 mins per day, I would let her watch after daycare here to unwind and honestly it helped me a lot with my pregnancy. But now she is asking to watch tv all day every day, its the first thing she says when we get downstairs and I want to cry tbh! Today we did a no tv day at all and it was ROUGH! You would think she usually watches it for hours by how many times she cried over me saying no. We go out in nature every day and do crafts etc but I just cant stand the whining ‘watch tv now’ from dawn til dusk!!! But now she will be at my in laws tomorrow. I dont know what to do xx

Parent Self-regulation

Hello,

Any advice on how to self-regulate when you’re overwhelmed with your child? Or if you’re dealing with a tantrum how do you not lose your cool?

I only have an infant but I want to make sure I break my family’s history of abuse by being gentle with my own kid.

TIA

Nursery's or childminder

What's the pros and cons of nursery and childminder

I'm not sure sure which one to send my child to and want to hear some options from other moms

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