My Supervisor Won’t Let Me Take Off Work for a Pregnancy Check-up: Advice?
“So my supervisor rejected my 16-week follow-up appointment twice already stating that I have to have 24 hours of PTO in order for it to be approved.”
“So my supervisor rejected my 16-week follow-up appointment twice already stating that I have to have 24 hours of PTO in order for it to be approved.”
“My significant other got a partner at his work that he speaks very highly of. She is young and beautiful, and they have a really good work bond. I didn’t think anything of it at first…”
“My 12-year-old daughter wants to do something with the hair above her upper lip, and she wants to tame her eyebrows.”
“Tell me I’m not the ‘silly’ one here as what I was referred to for letting my daughter’s gay guy friend sleepover.”
“I feel like this should be something I buy for him. They didn’t even ask before they got it. I don’t know what to do because it bothers me.”
“My 10-year-old daughter just blurted out to me that she’s bi. She says she has a crush on a girl. I told her I didn’t think she was old enough to make a decision that big yet…”
“My on-again and off-again boyfriend of five years got mad at me last year for buying and getting more presents for my daughter…”
Should this mom pay grandma to babysit?
“I don’t want to under or overpay her. She said whatever I can give, but I don’t want to rip her off either.”
“So I’m the oldest member of my family without a child. Like everyone at my age had at least one by now. Only being 20, I really don’t want a child right now. My mom is passionate about me have one before I’m 21.”
“I have two daughters that are somewhat estranged from me. I wasn’t the best mother when they were growing up, but I have tried to make up for it for years.”
“Now we aren’t speaking. All because she wants a gift? I don’t get it. Thanks in advance for any advice.”
“Daycare is not an option. Neither is quitting my job as I make the majority of the money. I just feel sad and lost. I love my husband, but my daughter comes first…”
“I already went to the county building to get cash aid, and they automatically will put her on child support. I talked to my husband, he doesn’t mind but I’m so conflicted.”
“How would you all feel if your husband’s baby mama basically lived with your mother-in-law?”
“My partner and I have been together for six months, but she has been more to me than anyone ever has in my entire life.”
“I don’t like my child’s teacher. I’m worried about the things she says in class and [I] want to listen in.”
I always believed they couldn’t let the baby stay inside you after 48 hours of [the water breaking] due to infections that may occur. Anyways, they sent me home last night…”
“I have a massive issue with my stepson. He lies and steals. He is 8. Well, over the weekend, he stole $450 from my hubby.”
“He constantly walks up behind me, grabs my hips in a ‘playful’ way, and says ‘hey’ or whatever. It’s just weird!!!”
“My daughter just turned one in September. The guy who raised her for the first year and was there all through the pregnancy might not be the father as we took a little break right before I got pregnant.”
“Has anyone else not had a shower and regretted it?”
“She loves my son (her nephew) more than anything. And she’s very happy about our baby on the way, but I can tell she’s also sad.”
“He deactivated his FB and Instagram account because of an argument we had (he commented and liked a picture of his ex while I was eight months pregnant), so I can’t imagine what would be on his phone that he doesn’t want me to see.”
“Last week, I gave birth via a c-section. [My husband] still expects me to do everything in the house. He does not have time for us, he is always on his phone.”