I think we need a bad day sticky thread

[dachsundmom]

What is nutrament?

 

[readyformore]

Last week my boys drank an entire half gallon of eggnog with their breakfast.

All I can say is that I wasn't home, their grandmother did it!

I think it's decent. I just only want a small amount, not 3 glasses worth.

 

[Viking15]

OvenBun and others, I don't talk about this often because it is painful and hard on my self-image. However, my DH had a difficult time getting his twig to play ball with me. I don't know exactly why. He lost his job and health insurance back in June, so he hasn't been back to a doctor to have any testing done. He had been given Viagra years ago but hated it. He said the side effects were terrible. He also has some irrational hate of taking pills. I don't get how a guy can rationalize that it's okay to smoke pot and smoke tobacco, but pills (prescribed) are bad for you. For the last few years of our marriage it has been a bone of contention. We actually separated for a year. For some reason he always comes back to me. Our marriage counselor didn't really get into this topic too much. I'm not sure why as I would like it explored more. My DH doesn't like to talk about it as it is hard on him too. I'm not exactly sure what changed his mind. We tried the macca. It didn't work for him. I cried a lot. Each month the pressure to BD was immense and he just couldn't perform. I would cry out of frustration. I would try everything. It was humiliating. I don't know what changed his mind but I asked him if I bought him some Viagra on my trip to Bogota if he would try it again and he said yes. I guess he wants a baby too. So back in August, I was able to fly someplace that wouldn't require an RX and bought him some. Bloody expensive that stuff is. However, it works. After that first time using it again it really helped his self esteem. I don't know if his issue is me, his physical parts or his brain. I would really like to know, but that will have to wait until he's got medical coverage again. I just thought I would share my story as it isn't talked about much and it might help someone else.

 

[NorthStar]

I'd actually forgotten about eggnog you get it pre-mixed here (advocaat) or people's nannas make it I'll pass thanks

I don't mind Baileys, I have 2 bottles in the cupboard though, and no one else seems to like it.

 

[Viking15]

I adore Baileys. Eggnog not so much

 

[NorthStar]

Congrats to you Viking, I was away when you got your BFP.

No Baileys for you now for 9 months then.

 

[Viking15]

Thanks so much NS!!!!! I know! No Baileys! I had some girls over for knitting last night and one of them looked at me funny because I was the only one not drinking.

 

[Butterfly67]

I don´t think I´ve ever had eggnog, sounds revolting. Have any of you ever tried Guinness punch? A friend of mine from Jamaica used to get his mum to make it for us. It is like a pint of baileys, so yummy. I found this recipe for it on the net.
I know most of us avoid alcohol but if you leave out the rum at least the Guinness has a lot of iron in it. I don´t like straight Guinness, but this is wonderful!
Ingredients

1 large tin guiness
170 g evaporated milk
1 tin nutrament or nourishment
1 tsp vanilla essence
pinch nutmeg
pinch cinnamon
milk to taste
60 ml white rum (optional)

Natsby, good to see you back

Although I like all the components of that - together it sounds rather disgusting lol

Viking, thanks for sharing. I was also able to pick up the big V and another similar product over the counter in Dubai (almost £100 for 12 tabs!) - it was just useful for when we knew we would have to BD constantly for a few days if nothing else and we just treated it as a bit of fun

 

[NorthStar]

My brother (who has no concept of sibling appropriate boundaries) has offered me some Viagra for the OH, I haven't taken him up on it because D has a reasonable drive, but he's told me (in great detail) how awesome it is. I have no idea where he gets it from I did not ask LOL.

 

[Jax41]

Viking I can imagine it took a lot to write that, thank you It's nice to know that I'm not alone with TTC issues of the DH kind xXx

 

[SuperAwesome]

I love shortbread, it is just butter and sugar, what´s not to like? But I agree completely about Christmas cake!! Just too dry and too much fruit. I love Stollen though, it is from Germany and is more bread like but with marzipan running through the middle, and it is traditional for Xmas so I eat that instead.

Ooooh, normally I'd agree about the fruitcake, but there's a monastery of Trappist monks in Kentucky who make cake that will change your religion - it's that good. There's nothing dry about it, and the raisins are plump and juicy.

Gethsemani Farms, it's called. The cake is doused in Kentucky bourbon.

 

[Viking15]

I love shortbread, it is just butter and sugar, what´s not to like? But I agree completely about Christmas cake!! Just too dry and too much fruit. I love Stollen though, it is from Germany and is more bread like but with marzipan running through the middle, and it is traditional for Xmas so I eat that instead.

Ooooh, normally I'd agree about the fruitcake, but there's a monastery of Trappist monks in Kentucky who make cake that will change your religion - it's that good. There's nothing dry about it, and the raisins are plump and juicy.

Gethsemani Farms, it's called. The cake is doused in Kentucky bourbon.

Mmmmmm. Bourbon.....

 

[NorthStar]

Ack if there's one thing worse than squishy dried fruit, it's food with alcohol in it.

I like food and alcohol, but not together

 

[SuperAwesome]

Ack if there's one thing worse than squishy dried fruit, it's food with alcohol in it.

I like food and alcohol, but not together

Freak. Monk cake rocks!

 

[NorthStar]

No way, when you said "juicy raisins" I nearly had a mouth spew

The monks in Britain make a drink called "Buckfast" it's a tonic wine with 18x the caffeine content of RedBull and a goodly whack of alcohol in it, it's the drink of choice among young hooligans (or "neds" as we call them in Glasgow). It's a nice little earner for those monks

 

[SuperAwesome]

No way, when you said "juicy raisins" I nearly had a mouth spew

The monks in Britain make a drink called "Buckfast" it's a tonic wine with 18x the caffeine content of RedBull and a goodly whack of alcohol in it, it's the drink of choice among young hooligans (or "neds" as we call them in Glasgow). It's a nice little earner for those monks

Wow, those monks know how to make money. Perhaps they could run Congress over here!

 

[NorthStar]

Here's the "Buckie"....we're not really talking bad days anymore are we https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine

 

[Natsby]

Viking, yahoo for your BFP. and thanks for sharing about your situation. My OH is the same, he will smoke, take pot even his AD meds but balks at taking vitamins or anything to help ttc. Well hi is much better now but that is after two and half years trying. He finally gets that we need help. However he did whisk me off to bed at lunch time which is more proactive than he has been for a long time. (I didn´t tell him he was at least 3 days too early, I´ll let him think we´ve done the ttc bd and now it is just for fun, lots of fun about cd15!)
Nourishment must be condensed milk Dmom, I didn´t notice it until you said it but normally it is that.

 

[OvenBunWanted]

Ovebun, did you give that DH a roasting last night??!!

I most certainly did!! I kept as calm as possible and gave him all the cold hard TTC facts... I flat out let him know that no matter whether he's tired or in love with his phone, biology will always win. If he wants a family then he has to understand that point blank. I mean, I'm not always in the mood, but fertile cm/ovulation happens on its own time and if you don't follow the timing you've lost the game. Sigh.

After all was said and done I got a mumbled apology, but only time will tell if he actually absorbed anything I said. We did "do the deed" but It was a blatent case of him finding a way of getting me to shut up. Oh that boy! Ugh. Perhaps I'll just have to try the maca and cross my fingers that it gives a good ol' jolt to the twig and berries

 

[dachsundmom]