What rules are you breaking that work for you?

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Anonymous wrote:My life doesn't revolve around my kids. I take care of them, but in some ways their lives revolve around me.

I'm the same, but didn't realize that was a rule to break.

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Haven't had a professional cut my hair or even entered a salon in probably 25 years. And I look good.

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Anonymous wrote:I only brush my teeth once a day (at night). I don’t have bad breath and I drink mint tea first thing in the am but I’ve never brushed my teeth twice a day.

Same - and I dont have perfect teeth, but my problems aren’t the result of not brushing.

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I don’t wash my pillows. Of course I wash bed pillow cases. But not the pillows themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t wash my pillows. Of course I wash bed pillow cases. But not the pillows themselves.

No one washes pillows. You throw them away when they get too flat.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I sleep in the same bed but under twin comforters. I haven't had anything other than black coffee for breakfast or lunch in years. The only makeup I wear is lip gloss that costs less than 2 euros. I am going into teaching after years at home not because I have a calling, but because it is the only work I can do competently enough to regain my dignity.

Breaking the rule would be wearing a full face of makeup. Most people don’t wear any makeup anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:I only wear sports bras.

If I need to be presentable at Teams meeting, I turn my shirt sign pattern/writing inside out

I thought you just wrote that you only wear sports bras? Why would you also be wearing a shirt?

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Anonymous wrote:I have an imaginary kid at work. It's been great! I use my niece's photos. My sister knows and thinks it's hilarious.

I got sick of being the childfree employee at my last job and getting crap from coworkers who were parents when I wanted to take time off. And also getting extra work dumped on me when they needed to be off for concerts, award days, mommy & me breakfast, etc.

Trust me, if you're childfree and starting a new job, toss a photo of a kid in your life on your desk. Someone will assume it's your kid so you roll with it.

I'm the coworker who would Google you and get far enough down the rabbit hole to see that something is not quite right...

Not PP, but when you Google me, you get…nothing.

[Anonymous]

Also I snuck into the movies with my kids (to avoid a bad situation at home.)

No way to get arrested for it, I don't think

But did set a bad example

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:-Never floss, brush teeth only in the morning, see the dentist once a year. I've never had a cavity (and I eat a ton of sugar)
-Babywise. It's amazing. Sorry DCUM!
-Everything cleanliness-wise - I shower every other day, the house cleaners come monthly and besides the kitchen I don't do any other cleaning, towels and sheets get washed monthly. Good enough!
-I don't even own makeup.
-I have a full time salaried job that pays well and since having kids, I work prob an average of 10-20 hrs a week. Got a promotion in there, too. Shrug.

Yes to Babywise!

I did a Babywise-Ferber combo that worked wonderfully. I regret nothing and think people suffer needlessly because they are so rigid.

+1 on the sleep training! So much needless suffering in other parents!

We never sleep trained. I slept with my kid in her room until he was 7. Then she told me she was old enough to sleep on her own. No one cried; no one suffered.

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Anonymous wrote:I buy stuff I can't quite afford, and pay it off in installments.

Isn’t this the rule???

[Anonymous]

I don’t own a car; I carjack when I need one.

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I regularly rehome pets because I like variety.

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I don’t make my bed.

When off, I wear my pj’s all day.

I shower every other day.

I never answer my door unless it’s one of my grown kids.

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I breastfed my kids for years. I coslept with them for years.