u/dani-cat

My daughter is 6 years old and loves Pokémon. We decided she’s old enough to play Pokémon go and me and my husband have been playing with her all year. She also loves horses and unicorns so naturally Ponyta is one of her favorites. Some how the universe aligned for my baby and she found a shiny Ponyta. She’s been collecting all the candies so she can evolve it. My sister in law is also very into Pokémon. She has tons of cards and games and plushes etc. She’s a friend on the Pokémon go app with our daughter.

Last night she and my inlaws came over for a bbq and she was playing with our daughter on the app. She was going through my daughter’s Pokémon and saw the shiny Ponyta. She’s asked her to trade and my daughter said no. So they decided on a different trade and we went on with our night. At some point in the evening she grabbed my daughter’s tablet and said she was going to charge it. Later my husband, father in law, and brother in law decided to go fishing. My daughter wanted to go and catch Pokémon down by the lake with them. Well of course she noticed her buddy was different and saw it was gone. She cried and immediately said it was her aunt. Her grandma told her to calm down and it’s just a game. Thankfully my husband stepped in and explained to her that it was important to our daughter and it was a big deal. Sister in law hadn’t said anything up until that point. She told us to chill out and that she would trade her an evolved Ponyta. My daughter was really upset and she told her to go away and ran to her room crying. Husband and sister in law are arguing. Brother in law is explaining to mother and father in law that you can’t just trade back. I eventually ask which Rapidash my daughter can have and my sister in law tells me to ask her to choose. Well when I took her phone to show my daughter I transferred the shiny Ponyta and still traded the Rapidash. When I gave her the phone back she was mad and more arguing happened. Obviously the night was l
ruined. Eventually everyone left.

This morning my mother in law came over and asked our daughter if she could teach her to play the game too and apologized for minimizing her feelings. After they played a while we spoke about what happened. She thinks I made the situation worse. She didn’t ask me to apologize or anything and she’s not upset at any of us. She just thought we all could have handled it better. I’ll be honest when it was all happening I was seeing red. I couldn’t believe she would do that to her niece. She knows how much she loves horses and Pokémon. It’s not like she didn’t know. My daughter literally told her no! It was her buddy and she traded it for a bidoof! There were so many steps she took to do this and not once did she stop and think she shouldn’t do it. She knew it was wrong other wise she wouldn’t have hid to do it. She’s a 29 year old woman not some little kid who didn’t know better. Did I over react by transferring the shiny Ponyta and giving my daughter the Rapidash.

Wow didn’t think so many would reply. For anyone offering to trade a shiny Ponyta for my daughter i appreciate it so much. I’m not incredibly familiar with how it all works but if anyone wants to take the time to explain it or tell me how then my answer is yes thank you! Also just for some clarification once you trade a Pokémon in Pokémon go you can no longer trade that Pokémon to anyone. It’s a forever trade so no trade backs.

My sister in law has always been great with my daughter. Our daughter is the first grandchild and niece and my in laws have always been great to her. I’m shocked my sister in law did this. She was my child’s favorite aunt. She’s there for games for school events ridiculous amounts of gifts for birthdays and holidays. Also my child has never been left alone with her. Not because I didn’t trust her specifically but because I thought my daughter was too young still for overnights. All of this really shifted things which sucks because my daughter was really hurt by all of this. She’s asked why she did this to her multiple times. She’s also said she doesn’t want her at her recital that’s coming up. Her aunt literally bought the tutu and sewed on rhinestones. I’m truly perplexed by what has happened and why she’s done it.

As for my mother in law she made it right by my daughter and that’s all I care about. She said sorry to her and specifically apologized for minimizing her feelings. She also let my daughter download the app on her phone and explain to her how it works and they played together. I’m hoping with her playing more she’ll come to fully understand. My mother in law is great normally so I’m not worried about it. We have an awesome relationship she’s great with me and my daughter. She definitely plays favorites with my husband and sister in law tho.

Hey! I'm a dog groomer who uses Laubes, and it got me thinking, what's the prevalent clipper brands/how often do you guys do it? I got thinking it's a whole nother part of grooming I really know nothing about, but it got me curious 🙂

I have posted here before about downsizing my gear as my volume of dogs has reduced over the years, but if this isn't allowed I understand. If anyone is interested for clippers and shears at a discount, I have the following I am 'charging a rehoming fee' for ;)

I have:

1 Laube iClip

1 Laube 851 iVac (clipper, not vacuum unit)

1 Laube Cowgirl

1 Laube Mini Lightning

They are all have 18ft cord packs. $75 each except for the iVac which I'm hoping for 100$.

I also have some Sensei shears I'm downsizing.

6.5 inch 46 tooth thinner (45)

6 inch curved shear (45)

7 inch 20 tooth chunker (50)

All right handed shears :) DM or message here for more info.

We have had a student in my self contained room who has refused to enter the classroom for two years. Without divulging too many details, he says he doesn't like the classroom, so he won't go, and therefore is outside most of the day. This is because he likes to watch behaviors across campus. As as a para this has been a struggle because while we have tried to adapt the daily curriculum to be done outside, there are inevitable issues.. Chromebooks only have wifi range so far and in certain places, when we have art/math/speech/OT he just misses out and we have nothing to do. The speech teacher gets mad when we ask for packet work to do outside because "he doesn't have pull out services" so she says she technically doesn't have to have work to present him. I understand his IEP states he has the right to an alternate learning environment, as one of our behavorialists likes to throw in our face anytime we present the struggle of addressing his needs. I just feel like we're getting/going nowhere. Has anyone else had a student with accommodations like this, and how did you handle it?