Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 18:53     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
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Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


We have 4 girls, close in age, and have never been so thankful to have a large family. They play with each constantly and have not suffered from loneliness or boredom one bit. I feel sad for the little boy next door who sits alone in his backyard and watches them play together.

You sound insufferable. You have no idea what his parents might have gone through or the reasons that they have only one child, so don’t be a smug jerk. BTW, you are not special for pumping out four kids. Dogs do it all the time.


How vile thou art.

Go screw thyself.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 18:24     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


We have 4 girls, close in age, and have never been so thankful to have a large family. They play with each constantly and have not suffered from loneliness or boredom one bit. I feel sad for the little boy next door who sits alone in his backyard and watches them play together.

You sound insufferable. You have no idea what his parents might have gone through or the reasons that they have only one child, so don’t be a smug jerk. BTW, you are not special for pumping out four kids. Dogs do it all the time.


How vile thou art.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 18:24     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
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Anonymous wrote:My dh has finally been called back in to work and I am so excited about him being gone.


Oh I understand this. I am so sick of being "supervised".


OMG SAME SAME SAME SAME.

DH is holed up in our bedroom area "working" (with the TV on usually) and I have nowhere to go to escape the kids. Every once in awhile, he comes out and comments on what I am doing, what I COULD be doing, ideas for what I should be doing, etc. etc. etc.


- and yet those are the men you both chose to marry & mate with.

Very telling.


Whatever. I agreed to marry someone, not spend 24/7 with them!
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 18:22     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
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Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


We have 4 girls, close in age, and have never been so thankful to have a large family. They play with each constantly and have not suffered from loneliness or boredom one bit. I feel sad for the little boy next door who sits alone in his backyard and watches them play together.


Does he actually look sad and lonely, or are you projecting that onto him? A lot of only kids thrive with the peace and quiet of being an only. There are advantages and disadvantages to both family sizes. He might be miserable, but he also might not be.


But have you noticed how many single children always have at least two children?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 17:54     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


We have 4 girls, close in age, and have never been so thankful to have a large family. They play with each constantly and have not suffered from loneliness or boredom one bit. I feel sad for the little boy next door who sits alone in his backyard and watches them play together.


We also have four kids and I am really loving having us all around - DH and I used to both travel for work and kids went all different directions for activities. I am enjoying the temporary slower pace.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 17:51     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Today I have been day drinking and binge watching tiger king. That sh*t’s cray.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 17:45     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
There is a mean girl clique in the neighborhood that’s been very cruel to me and my children over the years. It was so weirdly aggressive and cruel and bullying that at one point we even talked about moving. Anyway, I know this quarantine is going to be the final straw that leads to divorce or foreclosure for at least one of them, and I can’t wait to see one of them list their house when this is over.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 17:03     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


We have 4 girls, close in age, and have never been so thankful to have a large family. They play with each constantly and have not suffered from loneliness or boredom one bit. I feel sad for the little boy next door who sits alone in his backyard and watches them play together.


Does he actually look sad and lonely, or are you projecting that onto him? A lot of only kids thrive with the peace and quiet of being an only. There are advantages and disadvantages to both family sizes. He might be miserable, but he also might not be.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 16:58     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


We have 4 girls, close in age, and have never been so thankful to have a large family. They play with each constantly and have not suffered from loneliness or boredom one bit. I feel sad for the little boy next door who sits alone in his backyard and watches them play together.


yeah that's heartbreaking. I'm thankful for my kids too and how well they get along. I think anyone who "gloats" about not having kids is strangely twisted and a little bit sad.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 16:17     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


We have 4 girls, close in age, and have never been so thankful to have a large family. They play with each constantly and have not suffered from loneliness or boredom one bit. I feel sad for the little boy next door who sits alone in his backyard and watches them play together.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 16:13     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My dh has finally been called back in to work and I am so excited about him being gone.


Oh I understand this. I am so sick of being "supervised".


OMG SAME SAME SAME SAME.

DH is holed up in our bedroom area "working" (with the TV on usually) and I have nowhere to go to escape the kids. Every once in awhile, he comes out and comments on what I am doing, what I COULD be doing, ideas for what I should be doing, etc. etc. etc.


- and yet those are the men you both chose to marry & mate with.

Very telling.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 16:08     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
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Anonymous wrote:I received chain mail from a guy I super “admire,” asking me to send uplifting wisdom—to get us through these trying times—to 20 people in my contacts or something, and I sent a note to the organizer declining to do so. I would do anything for love, but I won’t do that.


I’ve declined the opportunity to send recipes and poems. Problem 1 is I don’t know 20 people. Problem 2 is I just don’t....


I got the recipe one from a SAHM and her friend. They each have 1 kid under 3 and keep posting pics on social media about the games they are playing etc all day. Sorry I'm working. I didn't acknowledge that I'm not participating.


I got the recipe one from a busy working mom, who got it from a journalist.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 16:00     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
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Anonymous wrote:I finished work on Friday and told my husband I needed to go downstairs and work out, but instead I went down there and watched two episodes of Ozark.


when our twins were little, I used to tell my DH I was going to the gym, drive to the gym, and take a nap in the gym parking lot.


Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 15:57     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
Anonymous wrote:I'm gloating about families with 4+ kids who are stuck at home with them and can't escape and are forced to fully enjoy the consequences of the choices they made. That will teach them a lesson.


NP (with two kids) but genuinely baffled... if people have that many kids, isn't it because they like kids?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2020 15:57     Subject: Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)
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Anonymous wrote:1. I feel like a teenager waiting for the little symbol to turn green that shows that my coworker is online and not away or busy. I actually put makeup on yesterday because I knew he'd be in the same video meeting. He's a great guy but I'm pretty sure I'm just bored.

2. I have three Sam's Club cases of toilet paper in the basement that I bought in Dec before the holidays and forgot about.

3. My coffee thermos is filled with red wine today.


You might be my favorite person in this thread


Thanks for making me smile (while I wait for a client to call...)