Benne Wafer

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The absurdities of this story aside I am totally baffled by how ridiculous these college freshman moms have gotten, they act as if they are sending their kids to the first day of 6th grade not fricking college, though idk why I'm surprised

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I had to leave a few dorm/college parents FB groups because I couldn't get over the questions they were asking. If it wasn't the basic of basics that their kid should already know it was them wanting to go scorched earth over the most minor roommate disagreements once school started. My middle schooler has more common sense and better conflict resolution than most of those college kids and their moms.

My parents never came to help me move in or out of any dorm or apartment when I was in college. Aside from a computer and plastic shelving unit, I don't even remember going with them to buy stuff beforehand. Either packed stuff from home or bought things over the first few weeks as needed. These people are rolling up to dorms with multiple cars filled with stuff that these groups say they HAVE TO HAVE and chances are their kid probably is never going to use them. Such as condoms. :lol:

Once grandkids enter the picture, the mothers actively mothering day to day takes precedence on Mother's Day. MIL had her years, time to pass the baton and celebrate another day.

I have two girls and if they bless me with grandkids, I'm going to step back and let them shine on their day.

We have a mobile dentist clinic that rolls up to the schools to do dental care during the school day. Any student can be seen with parental consent but the bulk of their patients are on Medicaid. It seems to have a decent reputation among my educator friends.

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Staying home is fine but after the kids get a certain age, it’s still for her to stay home.

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I have been home for 10 years. Have two kids in double digits and they are running me the f--- ragged. Two schools with different events, multiple and different sports teams, games, meets, practices, music lessons, medical appointments, early dismissals, school breaks, summers, friends. I usually end up room and team parent too. I'm consistently in my car 2-3 hours a day with a swiss cheese schedule because nothing coordinates or is near one another.

I am actually going back to work shortly so husband and I are talking about how to redistribute all the kid/house stuff. I can tell he's not thrilled at the idea of having a "second shift" when he gets off work because he keeps telling me I don't have to work. :lol:

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In my experience in the Jefferson Pairsh area, show up shortly after they open

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In a completely different state and that is my experience too. It's generally fine up until 4 or 5 when the older kids start showing up.

Ours cracked down on drop offs requiring chaperones to be on site and that has helped but there are still parents who do it. My friend was telling me about a "birthday party" she took her 13 year old to and the mom dropped four other kids off (including the birthday girl) with a cake. Not only did she not arrange/pay for a party, she didn't even give the kids she was dropping off money for admission! My friend ended up paying for them and staying. Heard a couple of weeks later the birthday girl was dropped off again and got kicked out for fighting.

Nothing wrong with having a spouse there but deferring to spouse to answer questions they should know? That is something my teen does.

I don't go with my husband but he will never go to the doctor. In the twenty years we've been together he's been dismissed from practices at least three times for not going enough. He's a perpetual "new patient" when things come up which is frustrating because it means waiting months to get in most places.

Not a thing in my area. Even at regional and state games/competitions you rarely see kids wearing them. We offered to buy our sophomore a jacket and she's not interested. Just keeps her letters and bars on a bulletin board with her medals. Same with class rings, most of her friends don't have one and she doesn't want one.

More than 20 years but...

- Watching Buckskin Bill
- Keeping the quarter from the cart when we went to Superstore
- Getting ice cream from K&B for church fellowship lunch regularly
- The Flea Market on Florida next to the $1 movie (with the tokens)
- My dad taking us to New Generation and the Book Warehouse for hours
- My mom taking us to Hancocks fabrics off of Airline for hours
- My mom taking us to a discount clothing place near the old Belmont Hotel

As a teen a night on the town was regularly going to college and having dinner at On the Border or Macaroni Grill, seeing a movie, and then browsing books and music at Barnes and Noble until we had to leave to make curfew. Or Celebration Station. Tinseltown. We ate at the Hammond Aire DeAngelo's a lot.

Early 20s was the circuit of Ivar's, Zee Zee's, Southdowns, The Station, Cadillac Cafe, Superior, Thirsty Tiger, Red Star, Grapevine, Chimes, Serranos. I'm sure other places I am forgetting.

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I've been using the Scan & Go option in the app recently. Today they told me the register with the giant "Scan & Go" sign was for Spark drivers only. So which line am I actually supposed to use to check out then? The normal self checkout ones? Kind of defeats the purpose....

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I had the opposite problem a couple of weeks ago. Tried the scan and go for the first time and went to a normal self checkout (because it was Sunday after church and slammed). Some message came up that required an associate and the guy was a straight dick telling us we were supposed to go to that one specific checkout.

I would be gone pecan. Would not keep our kids away and coparent with their best interests in mind. Further I would do my best to accept the baby as a sibling to my kids and include them when I can.

But my marriage would most likely be no more. Cordial but complete disengagement outside of anything to do with our kids.

Oh we've totally branded one party two ways. :lol: In our old neighborhood we used to have a holiday party where the friends and family invite had no end time but invites to neighbors were for a "drop in" with a start and end time. :lol:

The registry thing is just really weird and of course I want to know where it is and price points. Hope the OP goes to this blessed event and reports back. :lol: