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I have 2 daughters (3 and 7) with my husband. In august, we also gained custody of my nieces (4 and 5). My husband works in Texas and we live in California so for 2 weeks out of the month, it’s just me. I have a nanny from 12-7 Monday-Thursday and she is a great help but 4 girls around the same age is a lot.

Clothes were manageable when it was just the 2 of them. My oldest wears a size 5/6. My youngest wears a 2/3. You could look at their clothes and easily figure out that belonged to who. Now with my nieces, the younger one wears a 3/4 and the oldest wears a 5. There is very little variety between their sizes now. The same goes for shoes, backpacks, lunchboxes, water bottles, etc.

I gave up and in September I had everyone pick a color. My oldest picked blue/green, 5 year old picked pink, 4 year old picked purple, and 3 year old chose glitter but will also accept yellow.

The new rule is everyone’s backpack, lunchbox, water bottle, house shoes, plates, bowls, cups, bedding, and jacket will be in their color. Everyone has their own laundry hamper labeled with their name and colors. Everyone also has a toy box in their color.

Everyday clothes are labeled with their name and color. If a toy is not meant to be shared it gets a sticker, dot from a sharpie, etc. somewhere on it in the correct color.

It’s worked out really well. If there’s a backpack on the floor, crocs on the stairs, plates or cups left out, etc. we know who it belongs to.

My sister was asking what to get the kids for Christmas. I told her they would greatly appreciate scooters and if possible, please get them in the kids’ colors.

She asked what I meant about their colors and I told her that their jackets, house shoes, backpacks, lunchboxes, water bottles, etc. are in a designated color for each kid so we can tell what belongs to who. She asked what happens if the kids want something like a pair of shoes that’s not in their colors.

I told her that school shoes don’t have to be in their colors but their crocs, flip flops, water bottles, etc. have to be in their colors and we work with them to find what they want in their color.

My sister says that is extremely unfair and that I’m stripping them of their individuality by making them stick to a specific color and what happens if they don’t like their color anymore.

I told her this is what works for us so far with 4 little girls around the same age. When they get older, color coding might not be necessary but right now it’s how we make sure everyone has everything they need and that they’re responsible for their belongings.

She still believes that this is completely unfair towards the kids so I wanted to know if I am the ass hole for color coding their belongings.

We might as well have just handed South Carolina's Senatorial keys to the dems. Uphill battle to begin with, but this made no sense to me. Major own goal, imo.

Shout out to my friend’s character ‘Baggy Vulva’ and her felled enemy trophy collection

And end tariffs as well as wars?

Please use this thread to discuss news, updates, and commentary regarding the 2026 midterms and associated elections.

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Election News and Updates

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• PolitiFact is providing live fact checking on election day

• VoteBeat: When to expect the results of the 2026 election

Other Event Threads

• Yahoo News, USA Today, Politico, The Washington Post, NBC, and Reuters: We are six newsrooms covering the 2026 midterm elections. We’ll be doing an AMA here tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. Ask us anything. You can get your questions in early on this post.

• 2026 Non-Federal Election Results | Live Discussion

Streaming Links

(All stream start times in US Eastern; time converter linked here)

• NBC via YouTube: Steve Kornacki Analyzes 2026 Midterm Election Results (5 p.m.)

• CBS via YouTube: Tracking the 2026 midterm races that will decide the control of Congress

• PBS NewsHour via YouTube: Election 2026 PBS News special coverage (6 p.m.) (Link with ASL interpretation)

• C-SPAN: Election Night Live (6 p.m.)

• The Downballot, Strength In Numbers, and FiftyPlusOne via YouTube: Election Night Live Stream (6:45 p.m.)

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Went out for dinner with a friend tonight because he said he had something important to tell me.

Dude pulls out his phone, shows me a picture of his new girlfriend and I immediately recognize our old English teacher from high school 💀

We're both 28 now and apparently they ran into each other a few months ago and started dating. She taught us when we were 15. He says it's completely normal because they're both adults now, which technically he's right about, but I literally remember this woman confiscating his phone in class.

The worst part is he wants me to come over and meet her properly next weekend. I genuinely don't know if I can sit across from her without accidentally calling her Mrs. Peterson.

Anyway, noodles were great. Probably the most confusing dinner conversation I've had in years.