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Got a parts organizer kit to organize all the drip line fittings. Cleaned out the junk drawer for random bolts and string for the kids summer camp up cycling activities. Spachcocked a chicken to put on the grill. Drinking a ~premium~ light lager while the charcoal chimney lights.

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I am interested in kids activities in north of morocco like digital summer camps similar to what we offer at https://safari.institute ? do you have any suggestions ?

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You can get €25 off signing up to newsletter, so works out £371 for 4 people, 3 nights 4 days during summer holidays. I appreciate that's no October but that's an unbelievable deal. The kids also get wristbands with 3 activities for free each. Obviously depending on where you're driving from, and Tesco clubcard points accrued it still works out around 70% cheaper than Centre Parcs in the UK.

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I have a 1y old and 4y old, there wasn't much available to sign up my 4 year-old for for the summer in my area, so I'm kinda already losing my sanity and its only the start of summer 🫠 Every night after they're asleep, I'm finding myself stressing, trying to plan for the next day, otherwise we're home bored and they drive me nuts. We have a Zoo pass but I cant do zoo more than couple times a month, too exhausting. We don't have much friends or neighborhood kids around, I've tried posting in local mom groups in hopes to meet up for playdates but havent had much success so far. We also do library like once a week. PLEASE share what you're doing, I'll take any/all advice. submitted by /u/lemonflowers1 to r/sahm [link] [comments]

Because I work at a school, my boys (8 & 10) have a pretty 90s summer...lots of time at the local park with friends, we do the library reading program, once a week we do a Scouts activity, plenty of TV, time at the pool, and we go to Six Flags at least once a week. Is there an age where they'll need to do more focused activities based on whatever they're interested in (sports, or some kind of STEM class, arts, or volunteer thing, etc) in order to dress up a college transcript? I love our chill, aimless sunmers, but I don't want to get to 9th grade and panic because we should have started earlier. submitted by /u/BaconPancakes_77 to r/Parenting [link] [comments]

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For context this happened quite a few years ago, but I still hold a bit of resentment towards my family for this. I, then a 29F, was working full-time alongside my husband, who was 30M at the time and also employed full-time. We both worked full-time jobs and still struggled financially, something my entire family was well aware of. We had two young children, ages 4 and 5, and finding reliable childcare had been a constant struggle throughout their early years. I seemed to run into every childcare issue imaginable. Whenever I thought I had finally found a dependable babysitter, something would happen—they'd get a new job, experience family issues, or have complications involving their own children that prevented them from continuing. I was always understanding because I knew they had lives and responsibilities of their own. I just needed to find a more sustainable solution. Cost was another major challenge. Some sitters charged rates that would have made working financially pointless after paying for childcare. We did have one excellent babysitter for a while, but she had a son with special needs whose care requirements eventually became too demanding for her to continue watching my children as well. By that point, I felt completely out of options until my mother suggested my brother. He, then 25M, unemployed, and still living with her. I asked whether he'd be interested in watching his nieces for a certain number of hours each day in exchange for a set amount of money. Looking back, I realize I probably should have explicitly stated that the pay was based on the number of hours worked, but I assumed that was understood. A few weeks passed. There were some minor issues, mainly that he would smoke marijuana while the children were sleeping. I overlooked it because he has Crohn's disease (the reason he was unemployed) and uses marijuana medicinally, although I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me. Otherwise, things were going reasonably well. The kids weren't particularly enthusiastic about having him as a sitter. He wasn't very engaging with them and mostly just supervised them and made sure they were fed. He didn't take them outside to play, plan activities, or make outings to places like the zoo the way previous sitters had. Still, the children were safe, and at that point, that was the best solution I had until school started in the fall. Then one day, my husband was sent home early from work. He worked at a manufacturing plant where shifts lasted until the day's work was completed. Most days, that meant working until 6:00 or 7:00 p.m., but on rare occasions, production would finish early and employees would be sent home around noon. Since we no longer needed childcare, we let my brother leave early as well. Because he only worked part of the day, we paid him for the hours he had actually worked, roughly half a day's pay. I didn't think much of it until my mother started repeatedly calling me. Apparently, my brother was furious and threatening to stop watching the kids altogether. I went to my mother's house to discuss the situation. During the conversation, I agreed to pay him for the full day that one time because he apparently hadn't realized the arrangement was hourly. However, I made it clear that moving forward, if my husband came home early, he would only be paid for the hours he actually worked. My brother's response was, "I don't get up at 7 a.m. for half a day's pay." I replied, "I'm not paying you to wake up. I'm paying you to watch my kids." The discussion quickly turned into an argument, with my mother siding with my brother. I tried explaining that if my husband got sent home early, he wasn't paid for the hours he didn't work either. Financially, we simply couldn't afford to pay my brother for hours he wasn't providing childcare. My brother then said he would no longer watch the kids under those conditions. I told him I would find another solution. Ultimately, I ended up quitting my job to stay home with the children. Money was extremely tight, and we struggled to make ends meet throughout the summer, but we managed. What surprised me most was my family's reaction. I started receiving calls and text messages from my grandmother and aunt telling me I was wrong for only paying my brother for half a day when he had shown up expecting a full day's work. I tried explaining my perspective, but nobody seemed to see it the way I did. I discussed the situation with my best friend, and she agreed with me, but she's my best friend, so I realize she may not be the most impartial judge. Was I out of line for only wanting to pay my brother for the hours he actually worked? submitted by /u/Livinlearn to r/AITAH [link] [comments]

I was deep in the closet during high school. Sucks to be a gay Asian kid in a small rural town. I never actively sought out any girl, somehow she was attracted to me, and we started dating shortly before senior prom. Seeing the “real” couples at prom made me feel extra lonely, I was selfish and ignored her most of the night. When she wanted to kiss, I freaked out and ran. She found me crying at the football field and became the person I came out to. Not even a harsh word and comforted me the whole time. We did a road trip together that summer before college, last word she spoke to me was telling me to live for myself. A few texts after and life got ahead of us. Never saw her again. I’m still tremendously sad despite all those years, compounded by my partner being away on a business trip. Ah, it’s the beginning of Pride month, here’s to a real ally. Dominican pulled pork and lettuce over rice. Rockaway beach NYC, part of our road trip 15 years ago. submitted by /u/Al_787 to r/BoyDinnerDiaries [link] [comments]

Hi! I am probably going to get hate based on the title alone but read the whole post please. I am 21F and have a childhood friend 22F. We live near a big amusement park in our state and every summer since we were kids we have gone to it together pretty often. Ever since we were teens she’s been curvy/ plus size, and that’s fine by me. But recently she’s put on a lot more weight, again I don’t care about this at all, means nothing to me. However it’s created an issue with going on the rides and attractions at the amusement park. We haven’t been to the park in around a year. Our first time back was last week. When we were there I discovered that most of the rides we used to love going on, she can no longer can fit on them. Others she can technically fit, but doesn’t want to ride them because the seatbelts feel too uncomfortable. There are very few rides left that she can go on without an issue. Also, we went on a ride recently where two people share a bench type of seat, it was extremely uncomfortable because there wasn’t much room for me and felt like i was being crushed most of the ride, it honestly felt unsafe. There’s also been an issue with her eating my food while we are there. Like for example I will buy some popcorn or something at the amusement park, she will buy her own stuff, then she asks to try mine. Usually she will eat it all if i don’t stop her. I may get hate for this part but she sometimes gets dirty looks or pointed at when we are there together, because people are judgemental. This makes me sad for her and just uncomfortable overall. She’s been asking if i wanna go to the amusement park this weekend and I really don’t see the point because we won’t be able to go on most of the rides. I feel terrible tho and don’t know how to say i don’t want to go. Should I suggest some other activity? I feel like she will get suspicious because i love amusement parks and usually always wanted to go during past summers. I’m not entirely sure why she wants to go there so badly if most of the attractions do not work for her anymore. AITAH? Edit: Hi. I appreciate all the comments. I have been asked a few questions repeatedly so want to clarify. I was asked if she can wait for me while i ride certain rides, i brought this up once and she said she doesn’t really want to because that would be boring for her since the lines are so long and i totally understand where she is coming from. Also people are taking what i said about stealing food and me shaming her for her weight and eating habits. I want to say that ever since we were children she has had a habit of taking other people’s food, and she was not overweight at the time, i mentioned it because it is something she typically does at amusement parks. I’ve been told that it’s not fair to say i am uncomfortable when people stare at her or say mean things (this has happened a couple times mostly by groups of kids/teens) Do people want me to be happy when my friend is getting this treatment? Yes it’s more important how she feels not me, but i am not her and can’t speak for her. It seemed to bother her too though, and i once yelled at one of the people who made comments to her and she said she appreciated that as she’s much more reserved than i am so may not have been comfortable telling them off herself. For those asking about why she still wants to go to this park, there’s 2-3 rides she still goes on without much issue. She usually wants to just repeat those ones when we go. I would be ok to do this sometimes since i like those rides, but if we go every week (which is normal for us in past summers) this begins to feel like a waste of money and no longer as fun. Thanks I’ve given an update on my page if anyone is interested submitted by /u/CuriousCarob154 to r/AITAH [link] [comments]

Day 1. I appreciate the bald community accepting me before I accepted me. Got the wife and kids involved on the glow up. Bald summer activated. submitted by /u/nomadgunner74 to r/bald [link] [comments]

I'll try to make a long story short. We're a couple in our early 30s and our daughter is 4. She's a great kid but we've also tried really hard to parent her a specific way which means no screen time (on most days), normalizing spending tons of time outside, and reading, and on hobbies. She has gone on hikes and camping trips with us and that took a lot of effort, we hyped up hiking as a household and she actually does really well on trips. She's a kid, so we go through tears and meltdowns but she's genuinely able to participate. We decided that this summer we want to go on an international trip to a destination that's known for outdoors activities. I was telling about this vacation to my friend who has a 6 year old and my friend immediately got excited about how great the plans were. Then she immediately started talking about how great it were if she came along with her family! I told her it's just a family thing for us and we already have most of our planning done so we can't accommodate her. She told me that we could still cancel our lodging and go together, then when I said no she said it won't be a problem and they can book their own. I firmly don't want to go with her and her family. Her 6 year old is not used to hikes and spending time outdoors, it'll be a really hard trip for him. My friend tends to ask our group to adjust activities to something kid-centric if she can't find a babysitter. Which is fine when it's something local but it doesn't align with how I want to travel because I already know her kid won't do well with the activities we have chosen. Selfishly, her kid also gets a lot more screen time and a lot more leeway/gets what he wants after tantrums, which makes our lives harder after a prolonged period of our kids hanging out. I gently told her we want to do things that probably wouldn't be very fun for her kid and she said she's sure he will do great but we can adjust if needed. At that point I told her I'm not adjusting anything, it's our trip, it's a big expense and my husband and I want to do what we have already planned. If she chooses to go at the same time she can do whatever she wants but we will not be seeing her there unless it's exactly what we had already planned or otherwise aligns with our family needs. She's mad that I don't want to make this into a great experience for the kids and that I am saying no to creating great memories together because she remembers very fondly a trip her family took with some family friends when she was a child and wants to give the same thing to her own. AITA? Edited to add: I am so overwhelmed by all of the responses. Thank you - I have such a hard time saying no and genuinely felt like shit about the whole interaction. This is a woman who has been part of my life for the better part of 2 decades and she's a kind person and her son is a sweet kid so it was making me feel awful to say no again and again. But indeed I would never have asked someone a second time much less a third and that thought was helpful for me to reframe. I texted her a little peace offering that we can try to go on a weekend getaway to a hotel with a water park in our area sometime if she would like and I think that is a decent enough compromise, it'll be much more suitable for both kids together with ample room to separate the kids or do other activities if needed. submitted by /u/Specific_Fox_66 to r/AmItheAsshole [link] [comments]

I am NOT Original OP — OOP is u/ssophiiee posting in r/Parenting ——————————————— [Original | May 22nd, 2024] How to help tell my son he’s going to repeat second grade This wasn’t an easy decision. And he’s super sensitive. But he’s a year behind and end of year testing puts his ELA level at 1st grade 4th month. He’s very aware of his struggles, has expressed embarrassment that he’s always behind in class, is aware other kids are taking level 3-4 AR level tests, and that he’s often unsure on how to do class work while others breeze through. He’s also on the younger end of his class - just turned 8 a few weeks ago. He’s in speech, reading intervention, resource, has an IEP (Editor's note: Individualized Education Program), and we are working on ADHD diagnosis and potential medication options. But he really just needs a year to catch up. I’m not looking for reasons we shouldn’t retain him. Yes, I’m aware of the research. We’ve thought of things like he will be the biggest kid in the class, he will be older than most kids, he will be the best in sports, and the work will be a bit easier because he’s already familiar. But I know it’s going to break his heart when we tell him. Looking for any suggestions. ETA - again, I’m not looking for reasons we should not retain him or opinions on retention. His confidence is already super low, sending him to third grade with a current ELA level of grade 1.4 is not going to help. Relevant & Top Comments Commenter 1: Is it possible for you to switch schools? I’ve seen a lot of kids repeat over the last couple of years and the ones who go to different schools seems to fare best. OOP: We considered that, and it’s still an option. But we are leaning more towards keeping at his current school. His current school is the highest rated (by quite a bit) in the area. His teacher is amazing. Literally the best teacher I’ve ever met. She was a special education teacher for 10 years before moving to general ed three years ago. She texts me regularly and even came to his birthday party a few weeks ago. She def has a special relationship with him and she’s the first person he told that he feels sad when he sees that he’s so far behind. She took it upon herself to modify his work before we got his IEP officially switched over to Nevada. She’s just an amazing person. The school also has an amazing speech therapist and resource teacher. We’d risk losing that by switching schools. When we tell him, I think we will give him the option of switching schools. But I suspect he will want to stay because of his teacher and because he has a lot of friends currently in first grade. Commenter 2: We held a child back and it helped him immensely. We also changed schools at the same time. We made him part of the decision. He couldn’t veto being held back, but he helped pick the new school. If a new school is an option, I would at least check it out. If it’s not, I wouldn’t worry too much about it, but prepare him for being teased by old classmates and help him come up with some comebacks for when it happens. ——————————————— [Update | October 2nd, 2024 | ~4 Months Later] Update on my son repeating second grade I posted a few months ago looking for advice on how to tell my son he was going to repeat 2nd grade. I got so many supportive comments and DM’s. So I’d like to give an update.. I didn’t have to “tell him”, because he asked to stay with his 2nd grade teacher!! My husband and I decided we’d let him finish the school year, then tell him a few days after the last day of school. Well, on the last day of school, during breakfast, I said, “dude! Last day of 2nd grade! How are you feeling about being a 3rd grader?” He responded with, “I don’t know. I’m kind of nervous about 3rd grade because I know they read much harder books. I wish I could stay with Mrs. S next year. But I know I can’t.” I replied with, “well, that might actually might be possible! Staying with Mrs. S is something daddy and I were talking about. But we wanted to talk to you first.” We talked about it every night for the next three nights and he remained adamant he wanted to stay in 2nd. We even tried to talk him out of it. We talked about the possible cons of it - that kids might be mean about it or just ask questions about why he’s in 2nd again. We’ve used the summer to prepare and practice responses. He’s now a month into the school year and is just radiating confidence. Every day he comes home with positive recaps of the day - finishing his work before other kids, completing AR tests, his teacher asking him to help other students, and all sorts of new friends. It was the best decision we’ve ever made. I tried to post this about a month ago with the link to my initial post, but the post was denied and I got a 30 day ban for the link. So if you’d like to reference my initial post, just search my un in the group. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed with advice and support. Relevant & Top Comments Commenter 1: This is so wonderful! As someone who has worked with struggling students, it makes me so happy to read this positive outcome. I hope this experience helps your child to love school and keep his confidence. Commenter 2: This is so precious. When my oldest moved out of kindergarten, a kid in her class was held back. The lore that continues in her peer group to this day (2nd grade) — because they still see him in mixed grade activities — is that he was SO good at kindergarten that he got to choose if he wanted to go to first grade and he decided not to. ——————————————— THIS IS A REPOST SUB—I AM NOT OOP. DO NOT COMMENT ON THEIR POSTS submitted by /u/PureAdorableness to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

Exactly what i said in the caption. How do parents manage going to school or work over the summer with kids out of school? Specifically talking about a single parent submitted by /u/Least-Good2212 to r/NoStupidQuestions [link] [comments]

I am still NOT the Original Poster. That is still Visible_Yesterday_62. She posted in r/AmItheAsshole, r/AITAH and her own page. Thanks to u/Lynavi and u/Choice_Evidence1983 and r/Direct-Caterpillar77 Previous BORU here. New Update marked with ****\* Do NOT comment on Original Posts. This is a long post. Trigger Warning: medical neglect; infidelity; homophobia; child neglect; emotional abuse Mood Spoiler: OOP is ok but things got worse Original Post: June 14, 2024 Throwaway Account I (56f) have been married to my wife "Angela" (56f) for a year and we're planning our first anniversary celebration with a trip overseas. I was very excited to spend this time with my wife but unfortunately my ex-husband "Dan" (58m) recent hospitalization is putting a damper on my plans. Backstory: I met Dan in college and we got married shortly after graduating when we found out that I was pregnant. At the time it felt like the right thing to do but looking back it was a bad idea. I resented having to put my career aspirations on hold in order to be the full time caregiver and Dan resented having to be the main financial provider. However, this did not stop him from constantly bringing it up whenever I asked him to help with the kids or the home. He also never defended me when his mother would stop by (unannounced) and the household wasn't up to "the Queen's standard." I felt so exhausted and trapped and if it weren't for my kids Junior (34), Sarah (32f), Michelle (29f) and Mike (29m) I would've left years ago. Unfortunately, Dan did not have the same values as me and blindsided me with divorce papers. It was a rough process but after the first year of our divorce being finalized I got my groove back and within the next four years I was able to get a nice apartment and good career. Present Day: A couple of weeks ago Dan was rushed to the hospital and while the doctors were able to save him, his health took a turn for the worse. His wife is now essentially working to provide for their kids, while her parents watch them to save on daycare. I learned all of this through my children as I do not care to have any direct contact with Dan, but almost every time I talk to them they always bring up how stressed and tired they are over having to look after their father. I thought I was just being a sympathetic ear but a couple of days ago my children came together to confront me about my lack of willingness to offer assistance to their father and as their mother I should want to care for him to make their own lives easier. My children know that while I have a full time job I can make up my own hours and they want me to come into his house at least twice a week to make sure he's clean and fed or pay for a nurse to come do it. I refused stating that Dan and I have been divorced for years and that their stepmom can handle that. That's when they told me that she didn't care about their dad like they do and is most likely hoping for him to pass so she can collect on his insurance policy as the legal wife. My daughter Sarah then began to cry and asked me if I cared whether or not she had a dad anymore while Junior and Mike thought that I was being bitter. Michelle asked me to put them first and that I can reschedule my anniversary trip with Angela. My former In Laws are also calling me to say that I need to do this and that I'd be a horrible mom. AITA? Relevant Comments: Cocoasneeze: Turn this completely around and ask your children how long are you supposed to put your life on hold and are you never allowed to be happy and live your life. Tell your children, that between the 4 of them and ex in-laws, they can split costs of a hired nurse/health care professional/domestic aid to go to your fathers house twice in a week. Why should YOU pay for his care? You don't have the bandwidth and mental strength to be their father's carer. And it's really manipulative and cruel of them to emotionally coerse you to become your ex's carer. OOP: Dan's parents are retired and rely on him to pay their bills. I'm told that Dan's wife freaked out at the mention of having his parents move in to help save money and his mom's mobility isn't great so it's not like she can do ALL the cooking and cleaning. Deleted Commenter: Absolutely not your job to pay for that either. If he’s that bad off I was thinking hospice or some equivalent which usually isn’t a cost to the family. Such a crappy situation everyone is putting you in. OOP: We're Americans and our healthcare system is terrible, worse if you don't have money. I was told that since my ex made too much money in the past four years he doesn't qualify for assistance. Ex-in-laws: My In Laws think I baby trapped their precious baby boy because I didn't want to work so they were happy when he left me. Felt as if he deserved better and accused one of my children of not being his because they didn't "look enough" like him. No_Apartment7927: NTA - a whole lot of adults thinking they get to decide how you spend your time & money. Sounds like you have a very entitled family. OOP: To be fair I used to have a people pleasing type of mentality because that's how I was raised and it's taken a lot of time and therapy to be assertive and be consistently firm when setting my boundaries. Calm_Initial: Why are they expecting more from you than his actual wife! OOP: My children have told me in the past that they've talked to her about this and she just lashes out at them saying she's too busy with her new job and being the only parent to her kids. It got to the point where she temporarily banned my children from entering the home for a few days until they apologized to her. Deleted Commenter: NTA. If I were to guess, I'd say your in laws are pressuring your kids, saying that their father's wife doesn't care for him and whatnot. What actual evidence your children have that his wife isn't caring for him properly? Maybe her care isn't up to "the Queen's standards". OOP: From what I am told, she moved him from out of their shared bed, doesn't help him with his medication, takes the food to his room but won't cut it up into small pieces so it's easier for him to eat and leaves it on the other side of the room to "motivate" him to move, she doesn't take him to his appointments, and unless my children (usually my daughters) come by he's not kept very clean. My children say that Dan has limited mobility and can't verbally communicate like he once did at the moment but the doctors are hope that he'll be able to regain most of his functions if they stick to the plan. The only thing I have to go on is what my children are telling me that they've personally witnessed. OOP is voted NTA Update Post: September 1, 2024 (2.5 months later) Throwaway Account I forgot about the password to this account and my step-daughter showed me what to do and once I accessed this I saw that I got a few messages from people asking for an update so I thought I'd share. First, a few people seemed to be confused so let me be clear, I am a woman who is married to another woman. My own parents passed away years ago so their opinion is irrelevant. My wife and I both have children from previous relationships but we didn't meet until after our children were adults so my wife and I are the only ones who have lived together. Now on to what almost everyone else cares about the most. I went on cruise! It was great and my wife and I had a really great time. My children were predictably unhappy and I'm sure that my temporary blocking of them didn't make it better. Most of my children kept calling and telling me that I was a selfish and awful woman for choosing to go on the vacation instead of being there for the family, but (like many have you have stated) I reminded them that their father divorced me and therefore my obligations to him ended. If it were any of them that had a medical need I would cancel without question but I would not for their father. I thought I could leave it at that but because they kept calling and texting the first three days of the trip and that's when I decided to block. Unfortunately, my ex's health took a turn for the worse and he had to go back to the hospital and his lack of proper care triggered an investigation. I didn't know any of this until I unblocked my kids the day I got back and some of them blamed me. I've come to the conclusion that they're all just mad at the situation and I'm a convenient villain. I've accepted this because I can understand the fear and anger of facing the idea of losing a parent that you love. I just hope that one day we can all sit down with a family therapist and mediate the situation. However, this did start to trigger my past tendencies of sacrificing my own happiness and well being for my children, but my wife, therapist, and even a small piece of my inner self had to remind me that my children are adults and that my ex isn't my responsibility. I tried to reach out and so far most of my children aren't talking to me and have made it very clear that I will not be able to see my grandchildren as a punishment. It's sad, and I'm still wrestling with the guilt and doubt, but my wife and stepchildren are being very supportive, while my other family is a mix and most of my friends are neutral. Relevant Comments: Neutral friends: My friends are neutral in the sense that they don't think it's their business and won't bring it up unless I do. If they do think I should help they've never explicitly said anything to me directly. Ghostthroughdays: INFO: OP wrote the Lack of proper care for her EX Husband triggered an investigation. Was a lack of proper care suspected in the hospital or did the nurses and doctors say EX hadn’t properly care at home. OOP: I don't know all the details, my kids didn't say and I didn't ask, but apparently instead of getting better he's getting worse because all of the doctor's orders aren't being followed. ayymahi: Girl, them kids Assholes! OOP: I honestly think that it's partially my fault because I raised to believe that mothers should constantly sacrifice for their kids no matter what, so that's what I did and it's what they expect. Why aren't the kids helping him? I stated this in the comments of the original post but my kids all have families and full jobs of their own and they live about forty-five minutes to an hour away. They initially started to take turns but they said that they're all exhausted and are starting to feel the pressure from their spouses about not being home. My ex's wife is now working full time and says she has her hands full their own two kids, my ex had two kids with her, so she's not in a position to give him the care he needs and she won't allow money to be spent on a home care nurse. I live much closer, I didn't realize when my wife and I moved in because I didn't know my ex's address at the time, and I have a job where I can make up my own schedule so my kids wanted me to come around and help my ex. What 'caring' for him would have meant: Not just check on him, but actually take care of him. Feed him, wash him, give him his medicines at the appropriate times, help him with his exercises, etc. it would practically be a full-time job and they wanted me to do it nearly everyday as if I don't have a job of my own. Evening-Pumpkin31: What’s wild is, he’s not even THEIR responsibility. Sure, it’s a wonderful thing when kids take care of their aging parents but they don’t owe it to them. Their father might have faired better had he thought about someone else’s happiness for once. But instead, he divorced a woman who loved him and was willing to stick it out through the tough times and found a new wife who doesn’t care about him. He’s living the life he chose. Period. OOP: "But instead, he divorced a woman who loved him and was willing to stick it out through the tough times and found a new wife who doesn’t care about him." I think you're giving me too much credit. In the beginning of our relationship, I can say that I did love him, but at my place in life now and looking back I was never actually in love with him. I actually wanted to divorce him for a while but I was willing to wait until all the kids were adults, while he wasn't. If he had a major health problems while within our marriage, I would've done things differently then what his current wife is doing but I feel like I'd grow to resent him. Especially with his mom around to criticize everything that I was doing. New Updates *****Update Post 2: January 2, 2025 (4 months later, 6 from OG post)****\* Throwaway Account I hope everyone reading this had a wonderful holiday and will have a great New Year! For anyone who has been following my drama filled and emotionally taxing life I have another update for anyone who cares. UPDATE: This year it was my wife and I's turn to host and since this past November was rough for us and her side of the family we decided to go all out with a bigger tree, decorations, planned out activities and meals, etc.. Also, as the adults, we decide to do a secret gift giver where we pull names out of a hat. This year I got my stepdaughter Megan (24f), a sweater that I made by hand but it was terrible so I decided to make it a gag gift with a gift card to something she actually liked. On the actual day of, my wife and I woke up, had our breakfast, gave each other our spouse gift and then got ready for everyone else. It was Megan, Miranda (34f), Miranda's husband, Jack (34m), the grandkids (8f and 5f), and a couple others. None of the guests were my children with their families. It was sad but not unexpected and I think people could sense that because kids were extra affectionate with me. We played board games, ate, did crafts, talked, watched movies, and opened gifts. It was nice. When there was a moment Miranda pulled me off to the side and asked me to adopt her. I don't want to go into the details but Miranda's father was never active in her life and hasn't spoken to him in about three years. She said that with the coming year if something were to happen she wouldn't want a man she barely knows to have the power to make medical decisions for her if Jack or my wife are unable to, and she and Jack know that if anything were to happen I wouldn't let my wife raise the grandkids alone. This had taken me by complete surprise and I cried while graciously accepting and then we made the announcement. We're going to start the legal process in a week but the kids have already switched to calling me a "Grandma" type of name. We took and posted pictures and since I knew I was blocked I didn't expect my children to see, but apparently they did. They're all upset with me and unblocked me just to let them know. My children feel that it's weird to do an adult adoption, that it's disrespectful to announce it on social media, and how hurtful it is that I made Megan a sweater but never made a thing for them. I stopped crocheting when my grandma (the one who taught me) passed away when I was a teen and I just never had the spare time when my children were kids. I tried to call to explain but I was blocked again. However DIL (Junior's wife) sent me a message with some info. My children are mad that I got Miranda's kids presents but not my "real" grandkids, they think I'm replacing them all with my wife's family, that I'm selfish, and how they can't believe that I never once tried to reach out to them to see the grandkids. I wanted to reach out but I thought it would be less harmful for me and them if I didn't force contact. Some of OOP's Comments: Normal_Ad6576: I would be pissed, too, if I had to read about the adoption online instead of hearing it from directly from you. Not everything needs to be posted. Still, you’re not the asshole for holding firm in the refusal to care for the ex. OOP: My children blocked me. Do you think I should've driven to their homes to tell them in person? That's a genuine question because I do understand that adoption can be a big event. SmallEdge6846: I think you should reach out to your children like physically go see them . Given everything that's going on, I think they feel like they are being replaced. Can you get them a small gift too ? Maybe have a sit down? OOP: Yes to the idea of a sit down. No to getting them a gift. I'm not going to buy my adult children something just because I want to talk to them. That will just set another type of poor precedent. Mini Update in Comment: May 26, 2025 (5.5 months later, 11 months from OG post) Yes. The adoption was finalized. Since Miranda is over 18 the adoption went a lot quicker than had she been a minor despite her father's ironic objections to it. Update Post 2: May 26, 2025 (Same day as comment) Title: AITAH For Agreeing To Look After My Recently Estranged Son's Children While My Daughter in Law Divorces Him? Throwaway Account I (56f) have come across a new problem in my life and wife (56f) thinks that coming here will either help in getting another prospective or give me validation. I have four children that I birthed and raised (35m, 32f, 29m and 29f) by my ex-husband and they all recently decided to cut me out of their lives as I refused to care for their father. I refused on the basis that he and I divorced over a 10 years ago and they feel like I should help take care of him as a favor to them. I've stuck by my decision and chose to go on a cruise with my wife instead of caring for their dad and they haven't spoken to me directly since. Right now the only way I'd be able to see my children or grandchildren would be if I physically went to their house and forced my way in. But I don't want to be that person. I'll admit it hasn't been easy and I miss them but I, my wife, and therapist all agree that if I give in then I'm just showing that I'll cave to their demands every time as they've made it very clear it's either I care for their father nearly everyday or nothing and I don't want to do that. Especially since my ex-husband and I didn't divorce on good terms. Recently my eldest son's wife Kate (34f) reached out to me and said that she had an emergency asked if I wanted to see my grandchildren Emma (9f) and Kyle (6m) and I obviously agreed. At the time I was under the impression that my son was aware and since I was still blocked I didn't think to reach out and check with him. Kate dropped the kids off and I had nice time the kids. Kate came back a few hours later and asked me if I could watch the kids again and when I asked about how my son felt she told me that while he was still angry he was fine and to just contact her if there were any problems. Unfortunately, Kate was lying and I found out about this when my son came to my house furious. Apparently Kate and him have been having problems since November and she started looking for lawyers after my son told her to quit her part-time job, stop going to school online, and be a SAHM, while also working on baby #3. Kate stated that my son has been doing things to sabotage her and I'm sad to say that some of the things she has said tracks with both my son (his father was the same). My son stopped payment for daycare, Kate's nearest relative lives about an hour away and any friend that she would trust to look after her kids and were willing are also friends with my son and refuse to get involved. I was not happy at being lied to but I can't find myself to be too angry because I got to see two of my grandkids. I admit that it's very selfish, but I agreed to keep taking the kids for her in exchange that she not lie to me and understand that if my son comes for the kids I can't/won't keep them from him. I've also agreed to pay for the Summer Daycare program for the kids so they have something fun to do and my son is predictably not happy with me. My kids have unblocked me but only to say that I'm a traitor and how terrible of a person I am. It hurts but my wife feels that providing a safe and fun place for the grandkids comes first so I have to ask AITAH?" Edit for clarity: Since more than one person brought up a good point I just wanted to be clear. When I found out that Kate was initially lying I didn't just take what she said as her reasonings as the whole truth. I did ask my son and he either admitted it or didn't deny the accusation. Kate also showed me text messages (both in the form of screenshots and just handing me her phone). My son is also tragically displaying a lot of the same behaviors as my ex. Also my ex does have a wife and from when I last spoke to my children about they said that she wasn't doing a good job, although I haven't spoken to her directly because I don't feel the need and I also think that that's being too nosy. For more details my ex and my kids wanting me to take care of him, I believe you can go to my profile and see the post I made about it months ago on another forum. Some of OOP's Comments: Crafty_Special_7052: Wow your son is the AH here. I mean him stopping to pay for daycare isn’t just hurting his wife it’s hurting his kids. He sounds like he doesn’t give a shit about his kids. This is an abusive relationship. I hope Kate gets out quickly. If your son is just like your ex then I can see why you divorce him. NTA OOP: I'm definitely not happy that my son chose to stop paying for daycare before discussing it with his wife and demanding/expecting her to be a SAHM, but I feel like I can't be too upset because of how I raised him. In my own childhood I was taught to believe that a mother must always sacrifice for her children and never prioritize your own happiness and desires before the kids. Some people in my and my ex-husband's family think that if a woman can stay home with her kids than she should, and that a mom can always get a job when the kids are an adult. My ex and I put this mentality in all of our children's minds through our words and actions over the years so it's another reason why I feel like I'm an AH. OOP reiterates: "Why on Earth would you believe anything else she says about your son?" Because when I asked him he either confirmed or didn't deny anything that Kate said. Not to mention she showed me texts and my son is tragically showing the same form of behavior his father did to me. I do love my son, but that doesn't mean I'm going to pretend he's perfect and can do no wrong. OOP's ex: They already know that their father divorced me in order to be with another woman. They also know about his beliefs on gender roles so I don't what else there is to say. To another commenter: Oh he's definitely against gay men and the trans community, but he will "allow" lesbianism so long as it's for the benefit of a man. He also thinks it's impossible to be bi or pan. Ex's health: No. My ex, from what I was told, was not dying. He was just needed extra care during his recovery period. I never said that he was dying. To another commenter who asked about ex's current health: I honestly don't know. I don't ask. However, I feel like if he did died someone would tell me. If only to just rage at me. Update Post 3: December 24, 2025 (7 months later, 1.5 years from OG post) Original Story: Click Here TL; DR: Son and my other children disown me for refusing to take care of their father and are angry at me for helping DIL take care of my grandchildren while she divorces my son. Happy Holidays. I made this post a while ago and because I still get update requests I decided to post an update. To get to the main points over the summer I paid for my son's children to go to summer camp during the day so Kate would have some free time to get her affairs in order and offered to look after them. My son, however, went to the camp and told the people there that he didn't consent to the kids being there so their spots were taken. My grandchildren really upset because it was a nice camp and it had a lot of fun activities for them to do. My son basically just didn't give a crap because his goal was to essentially use them to keep Kate at home. He also threatened to call the cops if they ever went to my place so Kate essentially just left the kids with my son and told him to figure out what to do with them and she made sure to let the kids know that my son was the reason why they couldn't go to the camp. When they met with the lawyers my son tried to claim abandonment on Kate's part but she showed proof that my son interfered with my grandchildren's activities while offering no alternative. While the divorce was going on Kate got my son to agree (in writing) that he would allow them to have summer activities and using my own wife's connections my grandchildren were able to get into another summer program for the last month of summer and they had a nice time. Kate has her own place and a new and better paying job and she has allowed me to FaceTime and see my grandchildren from time to time and it was nice. My children have now completely unblocked but I had to block them because they would only call to berate and harass me, and even started to cause trouble for my wife and I'd respective jobs. We ended up having to send an official legal notice to get them to stop. It's all so draining and upsetting but my wife and stepchildren are really getting me through all of this. It's not perfect but I'm happier now than I was while married to my ex husband. Also, I heard through Kate, that while the worst part of my ex's health issues are over he's now permanently in a less than ideal state. He was also secretly spending thousands of dollars on OF accounts which is one of the reasons why his current wife was so upset and that it was actually one of my daughters who called Adult Social Services to file a complaint. The investigation ended without any fault being found with my ex's wife and that my ex was just simply refusing to put in the work to get better. Some of OOP's Comments: cthulularoo: So sorry you have to deal with all that. Your son is a huge dbag. He screwed up his own kids summer just to fuck with his ex. Good on Kate for making him pay for it. Your children all suck. Just write them all of and spend time with your step kids and Kate and her family. Good luck! OOP: Thank you. I'm honestly really struggling with this issue between my children and I because I don't think they would really be as bad if I didn't raise them to believe that a "good mother" is always selfless and never puts anything before her (biological) children. I'm staying firm with my boundaries but I hope one day we're all able to sit down and talk. Preferably with a professional neutral party to help mediate. OOP's kids: They're aware of Kate's side of the story but they're choosing to believe their brother over her and feel like she's over exaggerating as well as being a bad mom for not putting the children first. To another commenter: I didn't mention this but Kate has informed me that my children were not as accepting of my wife as I thought. My son specially would outlaw my marriage if he could. submitted by /u/LucyAriaRose to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

I met my wife in college and she was soon pregnant after we graduated. We moved in together and it was decided that she will not look for a job until she after she gave birth. Our daughter was born and my wife was a SAHM for the first two years. We had a lot of fight about the chore splitting. I was very overwhelmed coming home and having to do a ton of chores after work and also spend time with our daughter . This has gotten worse as our daughter has gotten older and is a little tornado The biggest issue was she wouldn’t pick up at all especially in the kitchen. That ment I would come home clean the kitchen, cook and then clean the kitchen again. The have to go around and clean up the days activities. We argued about this a lot and her stance was she watches our kid all day long so I can clean up more when I get home. In the end I gave in and we made an official chore chart. Her- watch kid, do laundry and grocery shopping, appointments Me- dinner, everyday cleaning ( whipping down counter, picking up toys, sweeping, etc) , trash, meal prep and nighttime routine ( bath etc) In the summer, my company informed me that I would be let go around Thanksgiving. We talked in over and my wife found a job and would be the main breadwinner for the time being. I was to watch our daughter and I am in an online master program. At the moment I am watching our daughter and doing my master program. I personally have now been having any issues but my wife is. She hates having to come home and do chores and clean up after us. I actually leave it cleaner than what she has left me. ( I put dishes in the dishwasher throughout the day) We have been arguing about this constantly. She thinks it is unfair she has to do chores after working all day and me pointing out this this literally what I have done for the past two years and keep pointing at the chore chart She says she is the breadwinner now and I shouldn’t have to do this and I pointed out I was the breadwinner before to begin with and did this all. That I am watching our daughter and doing a program. She claims I am being unfair, since I refuse to change the chore chart becuase it is literally what I have done for two years. My friend have opinions on this so I need a outsider opinion submitted by /u/Odd_Serve1167 to r/AmItheAsshole [link] [comments]

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I remember a lot more hanging out at home and doing nothing than what my kid is up to. Or even just being all thrown at grandma’s house with my other school-aged cousins. But it feels like Summer break isn’t even a break anymore. It’s just another wave of structured activities that just happen to not be school. …are we actually doing the kids a favor with this? submitted by /u/ohanse to r/Parenting [link] [comments]

Any ideas what we could do in Brevard or close-to with a 14 y/o and a 7 y/o that’s good, memorable fun on a budget? submitted by /u/Impossible-Count-475 to r/321 [link] [comments]

howdy, sooo I have a 7 year old, I'm trying to come up with fun activities to do this summer outside, we have a trampoline, swing set, we have a basic sprinkler( he loves that and plays with our dog) and i think we will be getting like a small pool, he has an electric dirt bike and a power wheels thing, we do chalk , bubbles and we have a few lawn games but i feel like i could use some new ideas im super bored of what we have i guess? lately ive been wishing during the day that he had another kid to play with because its alot to keep him entertained by myself. submitted by /u/KindlyEggplant to r/oneanddone [link] [comments]

I have a 3 year old and 7 year old. We try to do things around town, like the park, and swimming over the summer, but what are some fun at home games/crafts, or things you do to keep your kids entertained over the summer? submitted by /u/aliciaeld to r/Parenting [link] [comments]

I'm new to UK and my boy just turned 12, just wondering what sort of summer activities for him during the summer time? do you have any plan and mind sharing? cheers submitted by /u/Responsible-Desk-223 to r/UKParenting [link] [comments]

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My husband and I are starting to talk about what this summer looks like if nothing is open where we can take our toddlers. No museums, no parks. We have a very small patio that they can play on, and we're fortunate that the sidewalk around our block is nice enough to push a stroller around, but as it gets hotter, I know that outside time is going to be limited. We have a small apartment, so there's not really room for them to run around indoors. (We've already made it as toddler safe as possible, including removing all the chairs in the house and getting rid of our coffee table after some injuries.) I guess what I'm wondering is...what's everyone's plan? I'm staring down months of this and I'm getting increasingly worried. submitted by /u/girlintheclouds to r/houston [link] [comments]

Of course with all Reddit posts, there’s a ton of background here and I will try to make this brief. I know family related posts can get intense so I created a throwaway. I have a good marriage with normal ups and downs. My desire in life is to be a stay at home parent, my kids are my passion and I get more joy out of being with them and watching them grow and learn than I could any job. I do however do bookkeeping from home so I have a decent income(think I make as much as a new school teacher). However my husband confessed to me early this year that he’s tired of feeling like we don’t have the material things his friends do. He said he talked with his mom and she would be happy to watch the kids for free as a test run this summer. I reluctantly agreed and asked my work for a full time position while I study for the CPA. I’ve had major issues with my MIL, when it comes to food (worst example: she allowed my kids to eat nothing but marshmallows for an entire weekend), politics+religion (won’t get into it but we don’t agree and she always says things like “xxxxx is evil but don’t tell your mom I said that”) and safety (she flaunts the kids not wearing bike helmets and again tells the kids not to tell me). I was also exceptionally taken aback because before I got my first full time check my husband had taken out a loan at line 9% APR for a wakeboarding boat. I know he’s wanted this for a long time but the unilateral decision really, really bothered me. We are a month in and it’s not gone well to up to Yesterday. The kids have been repeatedly sick so I’m pretty sure she’s not following my food rules, they have had almost zero active time and she parks them in front of phones to watch unsupervised YouTube literally all day long. I brought both up with her and told her that when I was home with them we cooked together, we did play groups, we went to the zoo and did art camps. She head-nodded me to death and then when I left she apparently called my husband because when I saw him next he told me I needed to go easier on her because she’s why we can afford so many nice things now. Poor choice of words dude. Then yesterday she had two separate trips to the ER for 2 of the 3 kids. One severe sprain and one burn because my 6 year old was hungry for something besides candy and tried to make a pizza. Both will be fine but in addition to kids being hurt, she took them to exact ER I told her NOT to take them to and now we are going to have months long battle to try to get insurance to cover the bills. Edit: an exceptionally ignorant and argumentative commenter below is taking exemption to the ER thing. To be clear, I would have handled the burns and bruises at home. My MIL in panicked and took both kids to the ER. And she drove past the one I told her to go to in order to take them to one she was “more familiar” with. So it’s out of network meaning we are at least in for a months long battle trying to get insurance to cover and there’s a good chance we may be out thousands of dollars for these Er trips. We couldn’t potentially afford the goddamned boat (that had already needed extensive work not in warranty) BECAUSE of these ER trips. Id had it and told my work in going back to part time. I told my husband the boat is being sold and that was that. He is furious with me so is MIL. Am I the asshole here? submitted by /u/Jelwaw to r/AmItheAsshole [link] [comments]