Relationships
To say that all of your relationships change after having kids is an understatement. They’re not necessarily better or worse, just...different. Nevertheless, navigating relationships post-baby can be tricky.
Luckily, seasoned NPN parents have plenty of advice for adjusting to the new normal with friends (new and old), in-laws, your parents, co-workers and, most of all, your partner. Have a question about a particularly thorny situation you’re dealing with? The discussion forum is here for you 24/7.
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No one has created a 2022 thread yet?? Ok, might as well be me who starts it. There is a special place in hell for whoever invented those clay dinosaur "eggs" that kids (including mine) love so much. WTAF is the point of this thing? So you get a box full of these large hard clay eggs an...
My husband, unbeknownst to me, invested. chunk of money into XRP. This is totally outside of my wheelhouse but XRP is a sort of cryptocurrency and Ripple is the company behind XRP. Sounds ike XRP is faster than Bitcoin-again, outside my wheelhouse. It sounds like there is a lawsuit bw Ripple and S...
My god-daughter is getting married and I am unable to attend. She is an amazing person who lost both parents and a sibling by the time she completed HS and has gone on to absolutely shine personally and professionally. I can’t be there because of health issues with my own child but I contacted the w...
Would anyone here know of any good marriage (relationship) therapists; someone who understands and works with Asian families dynamics? (this is just due to the cultural differences). I am trying to help a friend who have become parents last year and feels like everything has taken a tos...
My husband for his 50 th bday wants the 2 of us to do molly ( ecstasy) and go to a club. This is so NOT me ( or him in past 25 years although he was fairly expert in college). Do I indulge this request one time? I’m annoyed and not looking forward to any part of this. Anonymous poster hash: bfd45...
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