Comments on: Single Motherhood

By: Tracy @ My Minivan Rocks!

Tracy @ My Minivan Rocks! — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:18:32 +0000

This is a very positive thing about being married. I get to chuckle as Christian cusses while he puts stuff together. He and I have acually joked about renting a space right next to Babies R Us and opening a baby gear/ toy assembly service. I bet it would be a booming business.

By: Kelli K

Kelli K — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:40:29 +0000

I so feel your pain. It took me at least 4 hours to put together Aiden’s jumperoo.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:43:04 +0000

I can relate!! I once called a friend at midnight, crying, to help me finish this GD ikea bookshelf thing that weighs twice as much as I do!

Love reading your blog. I’m also adopting through IAN…. great to meet a single mom with a sense of humor! : )

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:10:28 +0000

I feel your pain, but you should be proud of yourself too at being able to do this~

By: Jennifer G

Jennifer G — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:55:27 +0000

I was thisclose to hiring someone to put together something for me — not because I couldn’t do it but because I knew it would be long and tedious. But then I didn’t want to be defeated by an inanimate (yet very large) object, so I just sucked it up.

But you could 1)Hire someone to put things together for you. Yes, you really can, esp. in this econonmy — and probably for a lot less than what you make per hour as an attny and then you can actually spend more time with the kid. 2) Negotiate to buy already assembled floor models of stuff. I do that often, including at Kmart once when I wanted a garden cart that was already put together. When they wouldn’t sell me the display, I walked out — only to find a manager following me in the parking lot with an offer to buy it after all.

By: Erica

Erica — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:27:09 +0000

Yeah, that sounds about right. I don’t buy anything with complex moving parts. If the menfolk in Duc’s life want to buy him something with “assembly required” they know that they are responsible for puttng it together. that’s why the tree swing that my neighbor gave me is still sitting on my porch while the tricycle has been in use since his b-day.

By: Lulu\'sMommy

Lulu\'sMommy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:49:22 +0000

No, guys have just as hard a time. It’s just easier to do it with a partner. I don;t feel your pain, but I fear it.

By: sko3

sko3 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:26:52 +0000

One of the best lines ever–oops how did that dossier get submitted?

I got a simple umbrella stroller for my shower. I mean seriously simple. I had to install the wheels. Took me an hour. And I still can’t figure out how to collapse the dang thing. I’m going to try really hard to do everything myself and not just wait for when my dad comes to visit.