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It’s time for another edition of Tuesday Troubles. I’ve said it before (like every week), but this should be named “things i’m annoyed / confused / want to complain about”, however I couldn’t figure out how to make any of those into a snappy title, so Tuesday Troubles it is. And yes, I do realize that these aren’t true “troubles”. I know that many of these for sure could be defined as first world problems!
~I am not exactly troubled by this, but totally curious. Why do Managers of baseball teams were uniforms? Now I don’t mind seeing the Tigers Manager in a baseball uniform because he is a complete hottie, but they are the only managers in professional sports (or really any sport) I can think of that wear full uniforms. Is it because they run on the field and need to be wearing cleats? Or because of all the dirt? Or is that just the way it has been and that’s the way it’s going to be?
~Ugh. I complain about this all the time, but seriously it’s so annoying. I cannot when foods don’t say the flavor on the outside of the package. For example, the kids love these Bear Paw things. But I will be darned if I can figure out what flavor it is before we open it. Sometimes L wants the Chocolate Chip one instead of say, the Banana one. Too bad. You’ll be getting whatever is inside! Is it that hard to just label them with the flavor? Geez.
~How far in advance do you start planning your vacations? I alternate between planning super far in advance (I think I booked our Disney cruise about 18 months out) and then sometimes I book total last minute. I am thinking ahead to next year’s Spring Break and want to start planning (we are thinking San Diego / Disneyland). Crazy? Normal?
~I wonder this just about every time the situation comes up, but when do you start to let your children go into the bathroom in a public place by themselves? L is almost 6, but I still always take him into the Ladies Room when he has to go. Obviously the big family restrooms are the way to go, but that’s not always an option. I think it’s less of a big deal for L to go in the Ladies Room because there are doors so really what’s the difference if he goes in the ladies room? But what on earth do Dad’s of little girls do?
~And finally, I know I am going to get tricked by someone’s April Fool’s Day prank today, which is both troubling because I am so gullible and funny, because, well, I am so gullible. So tell me, what April Fool’s Day tricks have you fallen for? Anything really crazy? Are you playing any tricks today?
That’s it from here for now! What’s troubling you today?
I always plan crazy early. To me that’s half the fun of going away. My oldest is 4 and my husband now feels weird taking her into the men’s room. They know where every family bathroom is wherever we are 🙂
I bet!!! It’s easy to take L in the ladies room – no one cares. But I would feel weird too if I were him.
The baseball managers wearing uniforms thing comes from a time when managers/coaches (or “captains”, who were the managers/coaches at the time) were also players. It’s a tradition thing. They aren’t required to wear uniforms, but they all do!
Well I am glad the Tiger’s manager is keeping with the tradition.
First, holy cow! You may have just converted me to a Tigers fan……I didn’t know they made baseball managers that cute!
Second, great question on dads bringing little girls to the bathroom – can’t wait to hear the answers! Since my SIL is a paramedic and works 24-hour shifts, my brother has his daughters a lot on his own…..wonder what he does with the 5 year old….knowing him, he hides her eyes and brings her into the stall (granted 90% of the time, they are out in the country and she most likely just squats behind a tree – TMI, I know…..)
Isn’t he the most delicious manager ever? My goodness.
I am so curious what Dad’s do. That’s a tough spot!
my little boy is six, I get a lot of looks from woman in there 50 and 60 when he comes in the bathroom with me but it may be because he is tall. At this point I decide if I feel okay with him using the specific men’s room (does it have a lot of traffic, is it going to confuse him ect.) if I think its okay then Ill let him choose. If its a new restroom he has not been to he usually wants to go with me but if he has been with his dad he chooses mens.
Maybe I just ignore the looks if I am getting them! If no one else is in the restroom, I let him go in the men’s by himself.
You know I plan early too. Well I talk about it forever and then I finally book not always so early. I am my own worse client. LOL I think that sounds like an awesome trip to me. I’d love to go to Disneyland sometime.
I’ve wondered the same thing about the bathroom. I only have the boys so again not a huge deal but with girls it would be so awkward. I know I’ve seen dads standing right outside a ladies restroom waiting for the little girl about L and Ns age. I know its bad to say but I think they feel more comfortable with ladies then we would sending our boy into the mens room. N also doesn’t like using a urinal so that makes it really hard for M to even take him when we are all together.
I’m gullible too. I hate April Fools Day. Its just a horrible day. LOL
I have never been to disneyland. I really want to see the different. I would agree with you on that. The ladies room is full of moms. I’d totally watch out for a little girl in there on her own!
I’ve been asking about the baseball managers for years and no one seems to know! I guess it’s just the way things have always been, but I think it’s a little silly. Can you imagine basketball coaches wearing uniforms? Yikes!
I don’t like April Fools pranks as so many of them seem to be mean-spirited. Worse one was when an engaged friend called me that she couldn’t go through with the wedding and wanted to run away. I totally bought into it and she let it go on waaaaay too long. Took awhile for me to forgive her too, but I was SO glad I didn’t badmouth her fiance as I couldn’t stand him! 🙁
I was thinking the same thing. Or a football coach in a uniform?? That wouldn’t look good at all!
I played two tricks on my class today (4th graders). I hot glued pencils to their desks. they thought it was hysterical. I will also be giving them a pop quiz, but when they flip it over it says April Fools. I can’t wait to see the look on their faces. They are going to love it.
Ahh, that’s so cute! They will get a kick out of that for sure.
My Tuesday trouble is my Fancy Mystery Box. I ordered the day they went on sale and I still have not received mine. I Live in Phoenix, but really FedEx? It’s a major city! Anyone else on the West Coast seeing the same thing?
Did they send tracking yet? I know a few people in Texas haven’t received yet.
I’m still waiting for mine too and I’m in California. Says it’s supposed to be delivered today.
Where is yours shipping from? I ordered on the first day and received both boxes (1 men, 1 women) yesterday! Mine shipped from NY and I live in CA.
I have not even started to think about how to handle public restrooms, but my friend’s son is 18 months, and the other day she had him in a women’s public restroom when he snuck away and ducked into an occupied stall with a stranger!! Anyway, no April’s Fools jokes today if I can help it! I always fall for them, too. (Like the Tieks foot bra ad I just saw in my FB news feed.. I honestly thought it was real until I read the comments.)
OMG! LOL!!!!
LOL THE TIEKS FOOT BRA. I got the email for that this morning and I could not stop laughing!
My brother lucked out that like 95% of the time when his daughter was younger me or my mom was there and could just take her to the ladies room. Knowing him if they were alone he was probably just standing outside the ladies room while she went. She’s almost 9 and she’s been going by herself since around the time she was 7.
That is a good deal!
My daughter is almost 3 and just potty trained (whoo-hoo!) But she is a 100% Daddy’s girl (well, a Bubba’s girl since that’s what she calls him, haha) and if we’re all out in public together she will only go to the bathroom with him. He just takes her into a stall and it’s no big deal. Now I’ve only been in a men’s bathroom once and that was many years ago and I was a few sheets to the wind if you know what I mean, but I don’t think there’s really much showing at the urinals, hahaha.
Ha. I have also used the men’s room. Not my fault the line for the ladies room is always super long and the men’s room never has a line.
Yes, San Diego! I highly recommend, I used to live there and I miss it all the time! There’s the San Diego Zoo, the Wild Animal Park, Balboa Park, Seaworld, delicious delicious Mexican food, it’s all good!
I LOVE San Diego. I think if I had to pick a place in the US to live I would pick there. Such a gorgeous city. I have been to the Zoo, Balboa Park, etc. but never made it to the animal park. That is on my list!
If you decide to go to San Diego and are feeling like something unhealthy sounds delicious, go to the Lucha Libre Taco Shop and order a surfin’ california burrito. My fiance and I made a Disneyland/San Diego/Universal studio trip and we purposefully found restaurants from the shows diners, drive ins, and dives and man vs food. Also, you can buy Southern California City Passes (I believe that’s what they are called) and you get a 3 day park hopper pass to Disneyland/California Adventure, Universal Studios, and SeaWorld 🙂
That does sound delicious!!
Those park hopper passes sound great. I for sure want to do California Adventure.
Seriously, with some events/reservations, you have to plan a year ahead just to get in (or get a number to even try to get in) so planning vacations in advance is not that uncommon. We do a little of both depending on the place.
I can’t even plan my day tomorrow, so it’s hard!
I remember my dad just sending me into big public bathrooms all alone at like Syracuse basketball games or baseball games. And I felt so grown up and all the woman in there would be so nice to me… even lift me up to wash my hands. Thinking about that now is terrifying to me! What if someone kidnapped me or something.
It’s probably better than the mens restroom at a Sports arena!
I plan early for Disney/or Cruises because it has the option to pay so far in advance so its not all at once. My son is 8 I stand outside the mens restroom or if its close to where were eating I will let him go. I just get paranoid if he takes to long becuase I always worry about whats going on. My son is 2 going on 3 this week and hubby refuses to take him to the mens because he says its alot more dirty than the womans so I do all the restroom taking.
Yeah cruises need to be booked far in advance!
What’s troubling/puzzling me is the fact that my second women’s fancy mystery box only weighs 0.1lbs??? Hahaha, I have no idea if Fedex is playing tricks on me or what, but the box itself already weighs 0.1lbs so I’m really interested to see what I’ll get… (interestingly enough, this box shipped out from MA instead of NY).
The “good” ones seem to have shipped from New York. I think that first batch before they sold out all came from New York.
Uh oh… XD Well I did buy my women’s box (the first one) after they sold out the first time, so who knows? But I’ll prepare myself for the worst, hahaha.
Hmm, that is interesting!
Tigers manager is yum! Justin Verlander is yum! How can anybody not be a Tiger fan?
I know right???
My best friend is studying abroad in London, and she has been getting SO MANY amazing opportunities over there. She told me that she made the decision to stay there permanently. I started to ball my eyes out then I realized what the date was. LOL!
Ha!!!!!!
I really don’t remember when I started letting me son use the men’s room, but I do remember standing just outside the door and yelling to make sure he was okay if he was taking too long. Embarrassed the heck out of him. My sister was super paranoid with her boys, and the problem is that her boys are giants. She came to visit when we were both pregnant, and her older son was 8, but he looked like a big 10 year old. Now I don’t think 10 year old boys belong in a women’s room, and I’m sure I’m not the only woman who feels this way. What really bothered me is that we were at the Mall of America where there are lots of family restrooms which I pointed out to here, but she refused to bother going to those. Aargh.
I haven’t fallen for any pranks so far today, but my son’s not home from school yet so there’s time. I sent my vegetarian son to school with a hamburger in his lunch box (a gummy burger), a candy carrot, and a monster sandwich (from Family Fun just using a sharpy to draw a monster face on the sandwich bag).
If there is a family restroom that is for sure the way to go!
I’ve noticed a lot of popsicle brands do that too – fail to include the name of the flavor on the outside of each individual wrapper. A lot of times you can see the color through the wrapper anyway, but other times I’m looking for a red and it turns out to be orange. 🙁
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Yes! That drives me crazy! You think you can tell my peeking in the package, but often I get it wrong.
We don’t do April fools day pranks because six years ago today my husband was hit by a car when he was on a motorcycle. It was awful. I was in a car in front of him and heard it but thankfully didn’t see it.
Oh my goodness! I am glad he is okay!
Played a simple april fools on my mom and husband today. Our daughter is 9 months and still has no teeth so I text them today that she had a tooth. My mom called all excited but my husbands response was best. He actually went around and told a few of the people he works with the news before talking to me!
I plan super far in advance. Getting ready for a vacation south that we have been planning for about 18 months. We usually plan about a year in advance.
I need to be a better planner!
I am an Atlanta Braves girl but the Tigers manager is hot!! They can be my favorite AL team. I think my boys were about 8 or 9 when they would go into the men’s room by themselves if it seemed “safe”. I was also one of those Mother’s who would stand outside the door & yell at them if they took too long!
SO hot. Yes, make us your AL team for sure. Then you will have reasons to watch games and see him in his uniform!
S is 4 — and I think yesterday was the first time I had my husband take her to the bathroom while I sat at the table with our son {he doesn’t like me leaving the scene … and I really just needed him to sit still and finish eating}. Granted, we were at a smaller McDonalds — so the restroom wasn’t huge and only has a couple stalls so I wasn’t too paranoid. If it had been a much bigger or busier place, I probably wouldn’t have done it, though. And with my husband standing outside the door, I’m not too concerned — I don’t know too many people who want to go toe to toe with him! 😉
LOL!!!!!