"Where are they now?": Follow up to your 2010 posts!

[Anonymous]

I'm this poster with the Mac vs. PC decision a few weeks ago:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/141331.page

-Coming to you from my new MacBook Pro, which I am loving so far...thanks to everyone who helped talk me out of another PC - even if it was much to my husband's disappointment.

[Anonymous]

I posted "just quit my job to sah... so why am i all of the sudden regretful?"
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/101148.page#826007
I'm sure this post wasn't memorable for many, but I did get a lot of honest and helpful answers.

At the time I posted, I had just returned from work after losing my mother to cancer, I was in shock and totally stressed out with a new baby and no mom.

After working PT for months 'on the way out,' I was given the choice to return to FT or leave. I realized that the routine of working was good for me during a the difficult time, and I have been working FT since the summer.
I do feel life is better under control now, so I continue to think about quitting. I have been looking for PT work since the summer, so I am hopeful I can find that and work PT.

Thanks for the support throughout the years, DCUM.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious about this one:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/45/78454.page
"My Husband Makes Money Disappear"

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised nobody inquired about my asshole falling out. All is well.

[Anonymous]

sorry, forgot the link: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/121158.page

It never fell out again, thank sweet baby Jesus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious about this one:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/45/78454.page
"My Husband Makes Money Disappear"

I've actually posted inquiring about this! I wonder, too...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sorry, forgot the link: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/121158.page

It never fell out again, thank sweet baby Jesus.

I had blocked that post from my mind. Thanks so much for bringing it back (along with the accompanying nightmares). Glad to hear all is well.

[Anonymous]

12:50 - thanks for the update on your prolapsed rectum. I'm not being snarky. I remember your post and just read through the thread again and am laughing out loud here. You must be a very relaxed person because if part of my rectum had come out, I would have called the OB and woken his ass up immediately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised nobody inquired about my asshole falling out. All is well.

LOL! I'm actually glad you posted that - because the same thing happened to me, and, as a result of your post, I didn't freak out.

[Anonymous]

I'm the OP of the thread that spiraled so deliciously out of control, about dressing a little girl in a silk chinese dress for Halloween: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/130670.page#1124694

My daughter saw Peter Pan a week before halloween, and nothing would do but that I make her a Peter Pan costume. She was adorable.

[Anonymous]

Why is the thread about the ass falling out so damn funny? It is so hideously unfunny a subject, and yet I read it, and it cracked me up then and it cracks me up now. I'm glad you and your ass are doing well, OP!

[Anonymous]

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/53477.page#380080

Speaking of assholes, I was the OP from "Gross and Anatomically Explicit Question," having experienced a bout of rectal misfortune during pregnancy. It was, indeed, an anal fissure, but my poop chute has recovered completely as well. Here's to our collective integrity of the derriere!

[Anonymous]

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/123657.page#1049300

I'm the OP from the above post -- asking if it was normal for life/marriage to implode after having a baby. I got lots of EXCELLENT advice, and I am happy to report that things are so much better now. I decided to outsource laundry (best thing I've ever done) as well as hire a housekeeper to come on a weekly basis. I bought a crock pot and became more organized about meal planning, and I stopped making lunches for DH. I also found several babysitters, and DH and I go out once a week, even if it's just for a quick dinner. I also saw a psychologist for a few sessions -- she did not think I had postpartum depression, but that I was just dealing with a difficult situation and a husband who was unhelpful. She helped me come up with constructive ways to get him to help out more, and how to voice my needs and how to ask for help. Things are so, so much better now -- I almost feel like my old self again.

[Anonymous]

This was in 2009, but I posted about 5 YO DS receiving goldfish as a party favor:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/66331.page#484265

We still have 3 fish and after a few months bought an aquarium with a filter, etc. It was interesting to reread the thread, after some initial bitchy comments I hadn't revisited it, but now see there were some nicer ones, including a couple of free aquarium offers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/29088.page#183525

This was me (2009) I think. I am happy to report that my agressive, spirited, angry little boy is much more socially acceptable as a 5 year old. He is now among a cohort of boys his age that want to play star wars all the time (I wish for a kinder gentler side) but he obeys rules and limits and has much better impulse control. He will always be an intense little guy. But I can see already that his intensity has some pros. He sticks to challenging activities for a long time and is very athletic. I think sports and good coaching is going to be essential to his development as a person. He needs the physical outlet. He's never in trouble at school and as long as he gets enough sleep he doesn't lash out at home.

But. . . the remnants of his former self. At 3 if I accidently stepped on his foot he would kick me. Now, he asks for a chance to step on my foot back and he's deadly serious "give me your foot." So, still quirky--but he shows this side only to Mom and his sister))

I LOVE this. Reminds me so much of my now 14 year old son.