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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.
Just me?
Ok so MH asked me to keep in touch with his mom while he's away..and I agreed and have been keeping on top of things since he left....up until this last week...my hubby was training in TX for a little over a month and was given an off post pass for a few days before shipping out which was ya know awsome! So I let everyone know made sure I sent my mass texts to all parents before take off during my lay over the whole nine...even checked in mid trip...but when I got home I had jet lag and was obviously upset and had to work so I really didn't feel like calling my MIL to gush about the details of my trip but I did tell her I was back....now I've only been back 5 days and MH has already shipped out...and I have made it a priority to keep MIL updated whenever I hear anything all the way down to a pic of him during one of the layovers that was sent to me by one of the other wives....and since I got home the most I've gotten in response was "Great." after letting her know I got an email check in because his phone was out of range...everything else even trying to change the topic of conversation has been ignored...which never happens....Did I do something wrong...or could this just be her shutting off the world because her oldest son is deployed?
Re: Just me?
I think that you are doing a TON to keep her in the loop. She's lucky that you are so willing to do so.
I'd assume that she's having a hard time dealing with it. You didn't do anything wrong.
This! You're going above and beyond and I think that's awesome that your doing so much to keep her up to date. She is just probably having a rough time right now so don't expect too much from her right now. I know its just as hard on you but sometimes Mothers make it seem like its harder for them. Just be there for each other and you'll be set.
I definitely agree with this. As the others have said you are going above and beyond what you need to be telling her. I don't tell my MIL anything because I know H emails her once in a while from the ship when he's gone. When he went on his last deployment he had to fly to the Middle East to meet the ship and called me at each flight layover on the way, and I would text her that he had landed. But after that I figure she follows the ships FB page, and she gets emails from H so I don't need to update her. If I updated her how you did, I'm sure I would get the same response.
Ditto everyone else.
It could be worse. When MH was deployed last time around, MIL was calling me 3-4 times a day to ask if I had heard from him.