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[ - ] My soon to be 40 dh wants to quit his job before finding another. He is committed to finding another but doesn't have time to look while he's working current job - too many hours, too stressful. I'm not working right now but we have savings. He promises he needs a month or two. WWYD? 5 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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Field? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:36 PM Flag
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Internet - creative. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:37 PM Flag
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it typically takes 5-6 months to find a job, looking full time. I would make him do it while he was working. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:36 PM Flag
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Unless he is getting tons of job offers currently in a growing industry it will take more than a month [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:36 PM Flag
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MUCh easier to get hired while working [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:37 PM Flag
[ - ] 32 weeks pregnant here and getting really uncomfortable, not to mention I feel totally unprepared. I dread going to work mostly because I hate waking in the am and getting dressed is a nightmare, any words or wisdom of how to get by the next 8 weeks? 18 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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Expecting 06.23.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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Eye on the prize. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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work from home. this saved me. also, sleep in a recliner and go in the pool as foten as you possibly can. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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You are not going to like this. Enjoy this time. Seriously. For the next few years showering will become optional (some days teeth brushing will be an achievement) and waking in the am (as opposed to 3x during the pm) will be a delight. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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don't let her scare you - I got MUCH more sleep when the baby came than before. Trust your natural parenting instincts will kick in, read What to Expect, take a Prep for Childbirth class (the one that tells you about all the options, not just natural), and talk to other moms - you will be fine! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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^^swimming is great, and Julia dresses from Calypso over pants are wonderful when you feel ugly (there are a bunch on ebay now for cheap) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:39 PM Flag
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I feel so ugly, someone gave me a wonderful compliment today and I almost cried because i thought it was so nice of them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:44 PM Flag
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you probably look better than you think [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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I remember going out to dinner with my DH for the first time when db was 3 mos old. My breasts were leaking, hair unwashed, belly flabby and awful clothes since nothing fit...sorry, I looked great fat 'n pregnant in comparison. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:50 PM Flag
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op: i can see how that can be, but still very anxious to get the baby out, it's a tough road back, huh? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:52 PM Flag
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30 lbs is a tough nut to swallow, but i guess i still have a few more to go...got to keep my eyes on the prize, my little boy will be here soon. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:51 PM Flag
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Much more sleep with a newborn? Huh? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:40 PM Flag
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Yeah, I read that and almost choked on my crappy on the fly dinner that I made since I got no sleep and couldn't get to the grocery store [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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I got up every hour on the hour - at least with dd I got a two hour stretch, and me and DH traded out so we could get 4-5 hours each [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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I slept better once db was born. After 35 weeks, I was up every hour to pee. After db was born, dh and I traded feedings so I got to sleep for a few hours a time, [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:24 PM Flag
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OP: funny, bet you are right!nothing is enjoyable now, I've even lost my pleasure in food! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:39 PM Flag
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ITTA. I remember feeling like this and wish someone had given me this advice. I have 3 kids and wouldn't mind at all 'trading places' for a day to be 39 weeks pregnant with #1. I thought waking in the middle of the night to pee was disruptive to my sleep....that is nothing compared to having to clean up dc's vomit at 2 am [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:42 PM Flag
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I TOTALLY agree with this. When I look back I just laugh at how spoiled and indulged I was... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:44 PM Flag
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I had the same problems last year. just get through it any way you can. I wore pretty much the same thing every day: tank top, skirt, cardigan and flip flops (in a conservative office). watch a good birthing dvd (we got one from amazon that was not scary: maybe the "live love laugh" series?). pregnancy was hard for me, but motherhood is very, very different (also hard, but awesome). you'll get through it fine. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:21 PM Flag
[ - ] hippies - net effect positive or negative? 2 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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too stoned to erally think about it seriously. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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LOL! Love you [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:35 PM Flag
[ - ] I'm really getting sick of ds' friends (6 yo). I sound like an old fogey saying it, but they're utterly disrespectful. I'm starting to think this is a yuppie cultural thing... upper-middle-class parents today value intelligence/achievement over respecting elders and other people, and even see backtalk/disrespect as "funny" or a sign of independent thinking. 8 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:31 PM Flag
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Interesting, can you give some examples? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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You may be lucky enough to have a well-behaved, respectful 6yo, but all the 6yo boys I know go through this irritating, back-talk, smart-ass stage. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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I don't think it's totally luck. I think it partly is--but I see so many parents whose reaction to this behavior is to throw up their hands, as if to say, "What can I do?" [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:36 PM Flag
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mine just heard the word "dickweed" somewhere and it's a bitch purging it from the vocab [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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i am SO GLAD I am not alone. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:43 PM Flag
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not at all. My husband - dickweeed I like to call him - and I are totally freaked by trying to be calm and steady, but neither of us grew up where this was OK. It's just that boys are a diff species. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:44 PM Flag
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np: So what do you do? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:46 PM Flag
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It's time out and conversation about it... basic stuff... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:50 PM Flag
[ - ] Weird. I just tried to reply and got directed to the login page. When trying to login (although I was logged in) it said my password was incorrect but it isn't. 8 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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New York City 06.23.08, 06:27 PM Flag
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You got banned! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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For what? I've said nothing mean, rude or controversial! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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np: not a ban. sometimes it just does some wacky stuff. you may be able to respond to other posts. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:29 PM Flag
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It wasn't about responding. I couldn't log back in after it logged me out. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:31 PM Flag
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^Maybe I offended the powers that be by saying I hated all the characters in "The Emporer's Children?" Or perhaps it was my post about good zoned schools? Oooooh eeeevil. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:29 PM Flag
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typical problem here, I had it happen to me, some posts I just couldn't reply to, then the one right below it would be fine, went crazy trying to figure it out. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:29 PM Flag
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No - it wasn't that I couldn't respond. It logged me out and I couldn't log back in. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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Every time I sign onto UB I have to create a new password - email it to myself and start that way. This site is shockingly bad from a technical perspective [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:32 PM Flag
[ - ] Is district 3 really being rezoned? Where have I been? We're on the border and would hate to be squeezed out. What's happening? 7 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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NY Schools 06.23.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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They say it is. Never trust anything you hear rumored until it happens. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:26 PM Flag
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what are you talking about? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:26 PM Flag
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OP: I just heard that district 3 elementary is being rezoned, and that district 3 middle schools already were rezoned. As I said, we're at the very edge of the district, so I'm worried [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:27 PM Flag
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D3 middle schools are *all* unzoned. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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I know they are all unzoned within the zone, but can a kid outside the district apply to one? What I had heard is that the border of district 3 was altered for middle schools [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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They're zoned for d3 and the borders would have to change for all the schools, not just middle. Where did you hear this? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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I thought that referred to individual gen ed school zone, and not district zoning. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 07:03 PM Flag
[ - ] Feel awful - dh was on a business trip and I put dd in the middle of the bed so I could get dressed, and she winds up rolling off the bed - I caught her before she hit the floor (with a running leap across the room that caught her arm and got her down with a soft thump) but we were both freaked out (and I am still freaked out, she is fine). 5 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:23 PM Flag
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eh, happens pretty regularly around here [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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Nice save, though! :^) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:25 PM Flag
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Good catch. It happens to almost everyone though. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:27 PM Flag
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OP: thanks I needed to hear that. I just felt like I was getting this whole parenting/baby thing together and now she is a week away from crawling and our house is soooo not ready for this (but I did lower the crib on my own) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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everything seems giant until you get there. baby's are tough little things and you and bd will make it through. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:33 PM Flag
[ - ] RE: The Ny Times article yesterday. I found it astonishing that the article even referenced Youbemom...is it really a factor other than the couple of spammers who come here? 3 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:21 PM Flag
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it always looks slow and boring over there... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:23 PM Flag
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I only come here to read the schools posts. otherwise, the other site is much more active, plus all the old 'famous' posters are over there [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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and yet, here you are [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:36 PM Flag
[ - ] Who works at Revlon or has had recent business dealings with them? Any and all input appreciated. Upcoming interview. 11 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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New York City 06.23.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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love their lipstick [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:13 PM Flag
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Which one do you specifically buy? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:17 PM Flag
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Moon Drops - so old school but it really works. Not lewdly shiny. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:18 PM Flag
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I didn't know they still made Moon Drops [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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the most beautiful women in the world use Revlon [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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well thanks, I guess I'm kinda cute... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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I think Monica lewinsky was supposed to work their before... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:22 PM Flag
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Yes but the job offer was never consumated. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:23 PM Flag
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excellent! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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omg [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:26 PM Flag
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Spillover from her last job... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:48 PM Flag
[ - ] my 5 year old dd is totally unmanageable - very good hearted girl who does not listen to a god damned thing! lately she has been totally off the wall, won't take a bath, won't go to bed, and cries hysterically, I have lost control. not sure how to regain in, I am so exhausted from her, all I do is yell, and then feel sick that i did, i don't know what to do anymore. please help. 8 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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have a drink! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:13 PM Flag
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Supernanny has a book I think... This may be a good time for summer reading.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:18 PM Flag
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i have that kind of kid. my dd has somehow help to ruin my joy of motherhood. pls dont let that happen to you. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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i could be writing this, fi [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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just now fighting for a bathday. but very sweet overall. i think she really wants to be in control [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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this makes me so sad - have an 8 mo dd don't want to do this. If it's about control, can you give dd things she can have control over so that you can get to the bigger things (i.e. baths)? Did something change recently? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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nope, she is perfect overall, teachers love her, great friends, etc, but she is really hard to negotiate with. she knows what she wants, how she wants it and when. she was like that since 1mo, when she refused the formula and preferred the milk. she would starve but not eat what she does not like, and she likes very few types of food. It's a good personality to have as an adult I guess (nonconforming) but tough on parents [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:37 PM Flag
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or but i adore everything about her, and she totally did not ruin my "joy of motherhood" [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:38 PM Flag
[ - ] Can you tell me what you pack your 5-7 y.o. for camp lunch? I've got a big eater. 1 Reply [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:10 PM Flag
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1 tuna sandwich; 1 plum; 1 granola bar; 1 Spiderman fruit chew pack and 1 to share. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:12 PM Flag
[ - ] so, i like this new UB actually, but i thought the old site had more of a sense of community. (i would remember specific posters etc). anyone else feel this way? maybe its just because i'm on less... 3 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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Newborn 06.23.08, 06:10 PM Flag
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this is pretty much the same although it's slower. In some ways, it's better that it's slower since you tend to see the same people here. I liek it too. Give it time and it will pick back up [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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no, you're right. Something about the format does not inspire sharing confidences. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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too much school talk here. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:33 PM Flag
[ - ] Has aanyone already registered at NEST? How long does it take, and are the form available online? 5 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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NY Schools 06.23.08, 06:03 PM Flag
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I don't think the form is available online, but it'll be done in 15 mins. You don't have to bring your dc. Registration guy is very nice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:07 PM Flag
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Thanks! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:09 PM Flag
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Just registered at Anderson and there's a blizzard of different forms to fill out. Took about 45 min-hour [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:07 PM Flag
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I registered at 2 schools (local and then Anderson) and both times needed to dring dd and both times, with waiting around for my turn, etc. it took close to 1.5 hours. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:58 PM Flag
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Took dh about 1/2 hr to fill out all forms [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.23.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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