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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Hello? Hello??
Re: Hello? Hello??
I slept like crap last night, partially thanks to my cat being annoying and smelly. (I dread giving him a bath.)
I am tired of solo parenting. I am tired of putting my designs on hold indefinitely. I am tired of being tired.
I have been feeling like Dory lately: "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." But I don't know what has to happen for me to stop feeling this way!
We are going to MIL's this weekend. Tomorrow would have been FIL's birthday, in addition to Father's Day on Sunday. I totally respect her right to be sad that her husband is gone, but she can be such a pessimist that I really dread how much complaining there could be while we visit.
And, holidays after losing a loved one are rough too. And at the risk of sounding selfish, I hate being around my husband on holidays since both of his parents passed. I mean, I do it and I try to give him what he needs, but to be honest, sometimes he just wants to be miserable and there is nothing I can do but let him be (and try to avoid him).
Related: Is anyone looking for a technical writing job?
My college BFF lost her husband two years ago and my parents have both lost both of their parents, and yet I don't dread being around them on holidays and birthdays. We talk about their sadness, but it isn't the same kind if wallowing and complaining.
May and June are very hard for my BFF - her son's birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day and the anniversary of her husband's death. Not only is she in therapy, but she fills these months with activities so that she CAN'T wallow in her sadness. I would give anything to get my MIL to see a therapist. To take CONTROL of the things that make her unhappy instead of just complaining.
Work has been insane, and I am losing my mind!!!
DH is out of town again as well. I'm in the minority though, I kind of enjoy my evenings to myself! (Of course it's much easier now that the boys are older!)
I need it to be Friday!
Does your MIL try to engage you in conversations when she's complaining? Or can you sit quietly in the corner and knit while you let the kids distract her?
(This time is worse because I didn't prepare well. I didn't go to the store this weekend, didn't get gas and didn't go to bed early on Sunday. Totally dumb on my part.)
My three sons!