About me...about You? Updated

Updated on June 15, 2012
M.H. asks from Los Angeles, CA
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I usually don't do this because i like the anonymity, but I can share a little.
I am an older mother, I do have twins, I am not working now, but I am a retired bartender of many many years. I guess thats why i can give advice. I think I have heard and seen it all. I worked Happy Hours mainly so I got the parents that didnt want to go home just yet....lol.

I am married now. I was married for 10 yrs previously, divorced for 4 then remarried and married now for 3plus some. My husband has an ex wife as well. I dont like her with good reason. Their kids were not his and not until the divorce did he find out. Neither one was his...how horrible, right?

I am on here mainly because I am bored at home. I have friends that are parents but they drive me nuts sometimes too, and so I can come here, vent a little, debate a little, and get my fill of interaction for the day. plus, if I answer some really good questions, and say my answers honestly it can be very healing...know what i mean?

I dont like negativity, but i do love a good debate. I can answer a poster, and not hold it against them for the next question. Thats just silly to do in my opinion.

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good gracious, what is wrong with you all? seriously? you see the "about you?" that little question mark means, I was trying to get to know YOU all as well. It happens regularly on other sites.....but now I know.

Yesterday, another poster I wont name because I'd hate for the hatred to go to her.... mentioned..."I admit I am here cuz I am bored." egads....It was good to see I am not alone, and now I know the people who use this site and take it so serious. And a post that disagrees with you does not make you a whipping post.

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E.B.

answers from Los Angeles on

I am a working mom of 2.5 (due in September). My oldest is 4, young one 18mos. I feel bad at times because I am not available for every little thing my babies do, but I find that "for me" I am a better mom because I can get away and appreciate the time we have together. I have been married for 7 years, same partner for 12. He is uncomfortable with the baby stage, but has opened up and become a much more interactive dad these last two years.

I like to be able to vent, get information or insight I may not have thought about. But, be careful, this site can be judgemental. You can post "ideas for a birthday party" and some poster will have something negitive to say about having birthday parties in the first place. I asked about daycare and gave a lot of detail without writing too much and had so many people hastle me about considering another... then within a month, the provider said, "I am phasing out" which made me realize I was on track to begin with. Just watch out for the judgement. Otherwise, I find it interesting to read other people's stories and sometimes the blogs are quite entertaining.

I agree with the healing when answering questions at times too!

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J.M.

answers from Philadelphia on

i dont hold grudges and can not hold a poster answer against them...i want differing opinions thats why I come here
HOWEVER
I will forever associate your name with the person that said that karma left one twin alive so the mom could forever be reminded of her negect for letting her child drown for a beer....oh and the fact you cut them out of your life because of it too! A little righteous and coldhearted if you ask M....sorry....you are offically the first person I associate something negative with on here

per your swh..I understood the question but chose to ignore it=) I'd rather not introduce myself

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B.M.

answers from Dallas on

Did you have a question we could help with? I would suggest putting the information about yourself in your profile.

Have a good day.

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J.W.

answers from St. Louis on

How exactly is using your knowledge of a person silly? Perhaps that is what is at issue here, you cannot see the big picture so you pick at the minutia. How can you debate without a full understanding of the opposite view?

I ask this not to be spiteful but to gain understanding. Nothing you have said here explains the temper tantrum you had yesterday, ya know?

After reading your what happened: That is a title, not a question. You need to put the question in the body of the form. Pretty sure everyone that posts, Am I crazy?, doesn't actually want us to answer that. They want us to answer the question after they explain why they are doubting their sanity. To put it another way, a question in the title is considered rhetorical.

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S.H.

answers from St. Louis on

post a question or you'll be pulled.

again, please follow the format set forth by MP.

& while it's nice to see a polite posting from you, .........

paragraph #3 explains it all. You're using us as your whipping post.

& paragraph #4 finishes the conversation for me.

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J.G.

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Hi! I am a mother of 6 - no twins... 5 at home & 1 away from home. I married my high school sweetheart when I was 17 yrs old in Oct 1994 (so over 17 yrs ago).

I started working when I was 16 in a grocery store and was laid at 20. Then I started working in a factory at 20 and worked my way up the ladder till they closed in 2009 just 1 day shy of my 12 yr anniversery... I wore many hats there - machine operator, final inspection, shipping assistant, plant super assistant, maintenance assistant (enter work data in computer, set-up preventative maintenance schedules and helped keep supplies ordered), tool crib assistant, time keeper and accounts payable.

I have associate degrees in accounting and healthcare admin. I also am a Ceritifed Medical Biller & Coder - although I have never really worked in the medical feild - I became ceritified just before I had my baby & had the mini-strokes & head injury. So, I have not been able to use my cerification.

I don't have many freinds - don't trust very easily... but that's ok - my family is all that really matters & they keep me hopping and have help me through everything.

I try not to be mean to anyone - although sometimes what I say can be mistook & may seem mean... I do hope I get better at saying what I'm thinking in a nice way.

I hope you have a nice day & meet lots of nice people!

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L.M.

answers from Cleveland on

hi Michele, nice to meet you. That is pretty cool, I like knowing where the advice I'm getting is coming from.
Like you said, being a mom of twins and a bartender, you've seen aLOT.

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B.C.

answers from Norfolk on

Sounds like you are a people person.
Perhaps you retired too soon.
Some employment where you get to talk to people might help you out a lot with your boredom.
Volunteer work, would be good too.

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