Wedding Planning
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Sux to Be a Step Mom Sometimes!
Asked by S.G. from Oklahoma City
on September 16, 2010
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Ok so this is just a "get it off your chest" post. but sometimes i HATE being a step mom. I've shown my two step daughter's that i'm not afraid to make them hate me to...
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- I am a stepmom too and I love my stepsons dearly, but yeah, sometimes it really bites. They are now 16 and 17, and I've been a part of their lives the past 10 years. ...
- I have recently become a 'blended family' and found it unbearably hard. My step-child is now starting to punish his Dad by refusing to come over unless he gets 1 on 1 ...
- Let get one thing out of the way. It does not stop when they graduate High School. You have college, weddings, babies and the rest of your life you will be involved. I...
Son's Tough Question...
Asked by L.P. from Pittsburgh
on August 23, 2010
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Ok, so my 4 1/2 year old son, my fiance, and I were shopping at Walmart on Friday evening for some fishing supplies. My fiance had been promising to take my son for so...
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- Have you thought about asking his biological dad how he would feel about it, explaining the question was initiated from you son? Our feelings can be hurt, but ofte...
- That's a tough one and truth is I have no idea. My gut reaction is to talk to your ex about it. Not tha tit is entirely his choice, but you want to giv ehim a head's...
- My best friend growing up had 2 amaaaazing fathers, her adoptive father (from birth) and her stepfather. It was also an open adoption. Here's what she used: Adoptiv...
Hearing Your Teenage Son Talk About Marriage to His Girlfriend....
Asked by L.H. from Spokane
on November 13, 2008
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Hi moms,
I overheard my 17 yr old son talking to his girlfriend and he said "I cant wait till we get married" The girlfriend is very nice, she is a lil' on the dramat...
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- If and when he brings it up to you, talk him into marriage counseling. Show him statistics about the divorce rate and tell him that you want him to get the best starts...
- I really wouldn't worry about it. My husband and I talked about marriage when we were 18 and 17 (I'm 5 months older than he is). We were committed to waiting until mar...
- My advice is to let your son read your post and then read the responses. I was also raised in a god-fearing home, told I shouldn't have sex until I married, told I sho...
Provocative Preschooler
Asked by S.O. from Los Angeles
on December 30, 2009
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Hello, I'm sure this situation is going to bring up several different comments but here it goes. I have a soon to be 4 year old, She is extremely bright, very social ...
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- Not to worry, your daughter is just experimenting with different roles and play acting right now. Next week you may find her pretending to be a cat or maybe "Morgan",...
- Mom, from what you discribed your daughter wants what you have. A man like her Dad. He probably holds the remote. He is your own private man. You close the door when y...
- Completely normal. :) And pretty wonderful. As Kim said "Imaginative Play/Emotional Dev./Social Dev./Language Skils...very appropriate at her age. Congratulations ...
Thank You Notes
Asked by E.B. from Beaumont
on July 20, 2011
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After numerous bridal and graduation gifts have been sent out, it just occurred to me that no one has even acknowledged receiving anything. Does this happen to anyon...
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- I cut new moms major slack, especially for the first baby. I've even gone so far as to hand them the gift and say "Do not write me a thankyou note" and most seem grat...
- People should still send thank you notes for major occasions like weddings, baby showers, and graduations. I also make sure my kids send them for birthdays and xmas/h...
- Brides have a year to send thank you cards, (or 18mo if your gift arrived after the day of the wedding) traditionally speaking. It's in part due to the sheer amount of...
WoWedding Reception Invite
Asked by M.N. from Green Bay
on June 14, 2011
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One of my coworkers recently got married and is having a reception in a bar. She is having close friends earlier in the evening for a buffet style dinner and at 8:00pm...
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- I like the suggestion of calling the bar to find out who is paying, remember a tip also needs to be included in the price of the drink. We went to a wedding a few ...
- You are absolutely right. TACKY! I also get the feeling you are looking for permission to bug off and not go. I give you that permission. :) Ask yourself if not...
- Well, seeing that you are going to a bar reception and not the actual wedding event, I would not feel gifts are, for lack of a better word, "required." I would assume...
Fake Nails!!
Asked by M.K. from Dallas
on March 24, 2013
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What age if you allowed, would you let your girls get nails? I've already done that. Girl almost 17 . Just for fun!
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- My daughter (16 at the time) had them once because "everyone had them, it was homecoming time and they would be so pretty, blah blah". She was a cheerleader at the ...
- I'm 42 and I've never had fake nails. I don't understand the point of fake nails. I have my own nails, if I want them long I just let them grow! I don't have girls,...
- I started wearing press on nails when I was about 9 or 10 years old but I didn't get my first set of salon acrylics until I was 19 (I'm now 24). They can be expensive...
Who Throws Showers?
Asked by J.G. from Chicago
on April 1, 2013
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I was always taught that it was tacky for family members to throw showers. I'm 41, so I don't know if this is a generational thing or geographical location thing, or w...
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- My cousin and aunt (who are more like sister and mom to me) threw my showers (wedding and baby). With my second child (15 years after my first), my sister's were adul...
- Well, I was an avid reader of etiquette columns, and I always followed the rule of no immediate family members. And that is why I never had a baby shower or a bridal s...
- I was taught on the same lines as you were. There was a bridal shower, note I said A as in ONE, and there was A baby shower for a first time mom. That said, I STIL...
Income Tax Return
Asked by R.H. from Kansas City
on March 21, 2013
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Is anyone else's taking forever? We filed on Feb. 11th and still haven't received our return. H&R block said it would be between 8-21 days. We've talked to them and th...
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- I saw on the news that h&r block messed up the education form. This is the first year that something needs to actually be checked instead of left blank. It caused ov...
- We usually get ours within a couple of weeks, but one year we ran into something like this. We filed electronically, and we were given an estimated date. Well that d...
- We file else electronically and did direct deposit. We got it in about 8 days.
Girls Rites of Passage
Asked by M.S. from New York
on January 4, 2011
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I am looking for multucultural Rites of Passage practices and customs for a girl who is transitioning into womanhood.. ..Websites,Books, Rituals, Articles, Places(NYC ...
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- Maybe I'm being skeptical but I wouldn't be surprised if some cultural rites of passage in many countries, and even in our USA history, would be very gender negative. ...
- Like T.F. below, my daughter's transition was getting that California Driver's License!! I had purchased a new car for her and she is able to be more independent now:...
- here's an overview of lots of different cultures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_age I'd go ahead and skip the genital mutilation.
