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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
I’ve slipped a bit since my last post and for a bunch of reasons, most of which are out of my control. Probably sitting at a 6.5 these days.
The teething stage for children has been an absolute slog. Crying, fussing, throwing tantrums and toys, waking up 3+ times a night. It’s definitely testing my patience but at least this will pass (can’t be soon enough).
Work slowed down a bunch this year so while we’re still good financially, it won’t be the big money year that last year was. Couple that with inflation and it’s a nuisance.
The relationship with my mother is basically over now since she used our son to create tension between me/my wife and my mother. Pretty unforgivable stuff dragging a toddler into family issues and using your grandson as leverage to hurt your son and his wife. Shes alienated herself from 99% of the family now and it’s clear to everyone but her that therapy, medication or a combo is needed. She is also in a position where she can afford to get those supports, but chooses not to because it’s everyone else that’s wrong.
Luckily my wife is the most amazing woman in the world, I’d be toast without her.
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I don’t know if it’s helpful with the now, but a friend of mine is a dad to two and says his biggest regret with his first was how much he wished away the hard parts and how much time he wasted wanting those phases to pass, because when they disappear they take a lot of the good little things you forget to appreciate in the moment. He said with his second he even appreciated the 2 am wake ups because he realized eventually, for the good and the bad, they just stop needing you the same way.
Can’t speak to it myself, but that stuck with me.