That’s so sweet, I imagine she feels very supported by your words! It’s for sure a full time job, but to me personally it doesn’t feel like a job most of the time even though I’m super busy. I think it’s the “find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” thing?😊

That’s so cool, thank you very much!! 😁

People generally assume stay at home parents only choose that if their spouses make a lot of money, that they are bored or unsatisfied with their life, and that it’s a job that is very hard and not much fun.

Obviously I don’t speak for SAHPs and maybe these things do apply to some, but my life is freakin awesome! We choose to live very simply and frugally on a single below average income and it is completely worth it every single day for us.

I have so much control over my own schedule, I can’t get enough of spending time with my kid and have so much fun with them, I have more time for my own interests, self care or friendships when my spouse can take over at times after work, we get fun family time all together almost every day because we don’t have to spend all evening cooking and cleaning (plus our schedule is more flexible), and this is the only job where everything I do all day long directly benefits myself and my loved ones (beyond financial support).

There is genuinely nothing in the world I would trade for this. But man do I get tired of the negative comments from nearly everyone who finds out what I do.

I know several people who feel this way!!

You got it!

Oh no just me!! 😂 My siblings just didn’t want kids for over a decade and suddenly changed their minds 🤪 It does leave me with mixed feelings as the person replying said, they’re a little hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been through it

No matter what your problems are I assure you they aren’t insignificant or stupid ❤️

Sometimes it can help to talk about it even if solutions aren’t found! But that’s your choice either way obviously 💕

Mostly okay! I’ve been through a decade of infertility in the past and both of my (historically) happily childfree siblings announced they want kids now. I’ve experienced every emotion I can name about that but I’ve also had some good chats with other loved ones about it!

Seems a bit trivial compared to what some other people are going through but it took me by surprise.

I saw that joke coming when I wrote it but was too lazy to rephrase 🤣

Find my way places (even nearby places) without GPS!

Oat milk and nutritional yeast. And he barely shows interest in any other food we eat; not meat, not even wet cat food.

We’re flabbergasted!

We’ve been making salads lately out of canned fish and canned beans to use them up! Usually just add some onion and dried parsley 😊

Yeah I don’t even know what that means 🤣 I’m really slow to understand something new technologically speaking, but once I’ve got it I feel confident. I’m totally comfortable with Lemmy and Bookwyrm now for example!

Have several panic attacks probably

First off, love this question!

Active listening and validating someone’s emotions. Relationship skills in general honestly! Like how to adress the core attachment need in a disagreement instead of just the surface issue.

Most of them! I’m struggling to understand peertube but maybe I’ll get it eventually. In the meantime I’m still on YouTube but I’ve fediversed all the others 🎉

Edna, Kitboga, is that you??

Eye Buy Direct was half the cost of even the cheapest store bought glasses in our case, and I really like their order status tracking! Don’t sign up for their emails though, you’ll get like five a day 😳

Depending on how picky you are about how glasses frames might look or feel, you may want to consider finding frames separately and mailing them in to get lenses added. It will still save you money! But if you’re less picky they do have both virtual try one and measure your pupil distance so your chances of liking them seem good!

There’s a book about talking to people on different sides of the isle by Justin Lee, I recommend it! But otherwise I prefer to just show love in whatever ways they can receive. I’m fine with respectful discussions but will happily excuse myself from arguments I didn’t sign up for.