Events: First Response

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Spending Time with Your Family

I'm just trying to get an idea of what is realistic. My husband says that I spend too much time with "my" family. He won't come with me to events with my parents or siblings, so I go to these events without him (but take our 2 kids with me). Here's the scenario: The kids and I spent Thanksgiving with my family. All of my brothers and sisters were in town for the event (with all their kids) and I hadn't seen any of them since the year before. My husband was invited too, but (as usual) did not come. The kids and I spent an evening with my...

Birthdays

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I Am a Lose for This Birthday

I'm sure a lot of you moms have gone through this so I need some help. We normally do our sons birthday parties at home because I have 12 nieces and nephews and I am very close to all of my brothers and sisters. (there are 10 of us) So this year we decide since it is his 5th birthday we wanted to do something special so we are taking him to Gatti Town in Frisco. But here is the problem he wants to invite his friends from school and with us having to pay for 9 of the 12 cousins I told him he could invite 3 friends. However all the three...

Marriage

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Teen Daughter Not Willing to Have Contact

My daughter was 11 when she moved in with her dad, and over two years later she still will not talk to me and/or see me. I have sent her some emails trying to make contact with her and she sends back hateful letters. Anything that i have bought her she has thrown away, and she has told me she doesnt want anything from me. I know she's upset with me having her move in with her dad and has it stuck in her head that I dont want her. I have tried explaining things to her but she says I am lying (dad's gf and her aunt and uncle(sorry to say...

Milestones

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My Three Year Old Is Driving Me Nuts.............

My three year old has recently started whinning all th time and mostly over stupid stuff. She is always whinning about something, we try to tell her we can understand whinning and that big girls have to talk not whine, but nothing works.Im going crazy shes got my one year old doing it now, what do i do to stop this. Also my three year old wont use the potty anymore, she just wont tell me anymore. She was completly potty trained at two and now she wont even try. There hasnt been any upsets she just quit. any ideas. We have tried rewards,...