Emily Fehr

just here for the tigers content

[Grant Mulligan @gtmulligan]

I flew to WI today for a date night with my 97 yo grandma at our favorite supper club. When I commented how lovely she looked, she said “I wore my nicest outfit to go out with my best boyfriend.” Heading back home tomorrow, but worth the trip just for this smile and the hugs.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I’ve let my kids stay up late the last two nights so we could play board games. On Saturday we played Scrabble until it was an hour past their bedtime and then I decided that we’d have ice cream and watch TV for a while. They were thrilled. This time I spent with my kids wasn’t a “sacrifice” or a burden I heroically shouldered for their sake. I like hanging out with them. They’re smart and funny and fun to be around. Sure they can be annoying sometimes, but anyone can be annoying. I’ve annoyed countless people in my day. Including my kids.

If you hate being a parent and actively resent your children, it’s either because you categorically refuse to get out of your own head and put in the minimal effort it requires to develop a real relationship with them, or it’s because you’ve done a really crappy job raising them so now they’re hard to be around. Either way, it’s a you problem. It’s your fault. Not theirs. It’s your responsibility, then, to pretend you don’t hate it.

Yes, pretend. Yes, suppress your true feelings. Yes, put on an act. Maintain the facade for your kids, because it’s deeply scarring and unfair to saddle them with your personal issues. And maintain the facade for the public, because frankly we don’t want to have to deal with your narcissistic nonsense either. Your “true self” is unsightly and off putting, and you shouldn’t force anyone to bear witness to it.

So fake it til you make it. Act like the kind of parent you should be, until you actually become that parent. Shoulder the burden of your own narcissism silently and with dignity. If you do that, after a while, and by definition, you will no longer be a narcissist. One day you’ll look up and realize that you’re actually not faking it anymore. You really do enjoy giving your time and yourself to those you love.

At least that’s how it often works. I don’t know if it will for you or not. But either way, whatever you do, don’t take your failures out on your children.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Probably worth saying, amid all of this rather dark conversation about parenting, that actually being a parent is really awesome and often fun and it brings a kind of beauty and fulfillment into your life that you could not have any other way. Most of the hard stuff — with the exception of really tragic or extreme situations, like serious medical problems and that sort of thing — is not really that hard, all things considered. The daily challenges generally just amount to minor annoyances, which only compound if you let them. So I would definitely recommend the experience.

[Nursekate @Nursekatejohn]

Nothing compares to this. It’s just the best.

Maybe some moms are throwing ice at their bathtub, but most of us are basking in the beauty and joy of motherhood.

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

Absolutely no one:

Me: “righty tighty, lefty loosey”

#iykyk

[Brookens Institution @DetroitTankCity]

Hey Fox crew, say something nice about any Detroit Tigers player.

You know, the relevant team here? That's fighting for a playoff spot?

[Joe M @jFudgy_]

I chalk up most of this behavior to Scott Boras coaching him, but even for a guy who loves Tarik, I’m starting to get a bit tired of it.

Look man, go focus on your time with the Dodgers and if you truly love here, sign in the offseason. Until then just let it rest

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

@VandyonTigers Scott Harris made it abundantly clear that there were goals he wanted to reach before the deadline and that did not happen, hence why we were selling. We have literally gotten every answer we need. Everyone needs to chill out.

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

@VandyonTigers Tarik was going to leave the tigers at the end of the season anyway. It was either trade him and get something out of it, or let him walk away at the end of the season, for nothing. Obvious choice was to trade him.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Four step solution to the pit bull problem:

1) Ban the breeding, sale, or adoption of pit bulls

2) Kill all pit bulls currently in shelters

3) Mandate immediate euthanizing of any privately owned pit bull who attacks or attempts to attack a person

4) Charge the owners of pit bulls who attack humans with assault with a deadly weapon

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔦𝔱 𝔗𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 📰 @the_det_times]

Scott Harris

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

Not to be dramatic but FIVE MINUTES LEFT, DO SOMETHING @tigers

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

Whelp, this hurts worse than I expected,. Why does it have to be the dodgers?

[MLB @MLB]

Dodgers reportedly acquire LHP Tarik Skubal from the Tigers, per multiple reports including MLB's @Feinsand.

(MLB x @CohnReznick)

[Detroit Tigers @tigers]

Time for a spark…⚡️

Welcome to The Show, @maxxclarkk13!

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

@Orioles No 🥲 #DNMW

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

No one warned me (as a newbie to baseball) about the stress that comes with the trade deadline approaching… we are not okay. #DNMW

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Taylor Farms’ CEO eating the lettuce to prove it’s safe

[Emily Fehr @Fehrlyemily]

Say less. -love, every parent ever

[Preethi Kasireddy @iam_preethi]

Kids don't need vegetables to be healthy.

The nutrients we push vegetables for (eg. fiber, vitamin C, folate, potassium, and antioxidants) are also in fruit. Meat, dairy, and eggs cover the iron, zinc, calcium, protein, and vitamin A. If your kid refuses vegetables but eats beef/chicken/fish, whole milk, eggs, butter and plenty of fruit, they're getting most of what they need.

Stop stressing about the broccoli.