u/KerrieJ131

Hi,

My husband, 1 year old, and I are going on a trip to Chicago (my husband is a huge Chicago Bears fan). We're planning to stay at the Congress Hotel, and then on Saturday we have tickets for the morning to go to Shedd Aquarium and then the Chicago Fire game that afternoon (My husband wanted a tour, but there weren't any offered for this coming weekend, and he's from Germany, so soccer is also a favorite). Anyway we were going to walk from the hotel to everything, but then I started to worry if it's dark when we are going back how safe that is. I'm not used to navigating in big cities and with a 1 year old. So, we are thinking we would just drive and park for the day. What is the best option to potentially park in the morning and stay until after the game and be within good walking distance to both the Shedd Aquarium and Soldier Field? Thank you!

Hi,

My husband, 1 year old, and I are going on a trip to Chicago (my husband is a huge Chicago Bears fan). We're planning to stay at the Congress Hotel, and then on Saturday we have tickets for the morning to go to Shedd Aquarium and then the Chicago Fire game that afternoon (My husband wanted a tour, but there weren't any offered for this coming weekend, and he's from Germany, so soccer is also a favorite). Anyway we were going to walk from the hotel to everything, but then I started to worry if it's dark when we are going back how safe that is. I'm not used to navigating in big cities and with a 1 year old. So, we are thinking we would just drive and park for the day. What is the best option to potentially park in the morning and stay until after the game and be within good walking distance to both the Shedd Aquarium and Soldier Field? Thank you!

So, as the title states, I (30F) kind of hate my SIL (33?) as well as her husband (33?). Some back story is that my husband (37M) and I have only been together for a couple of years, and we live about 3 hours from his family, so I don't see them often, but when I have they're just... odd... for lack of better words. My SIL basically speaks baby talk constantly and in GIFs if that's even possible. It makes my brain hurt. Her husband is fine most of the time, but I have to kind of walk around his feelings because if you say something that upsets him, he sulks and just won't talk to anyone. It's been fine because we don't really see them much, but fast forward, I had an oops pregnancy about 7 months into my relationship with my husband, and we kept the baby and have a beautiful 15 month old now and got married right before he was born. Once we found out we were pregnant, his sister ranted on about the state of the world and how irresponsible it was to get pregnant, but then gets pregnant 6 months later. So, they have an 8 month old daughter right now, and when we see them, she's always making subtle back-handed comments about how much of a better parent she is than us because we dont helicopter our child. My husband and I started trying for a baby about 4 months ago now, and it's been really stressful for me because I just constantly feel like there is something wrong with my reproductive organs despite having a child (I'm starting to see a therapist soon, and I am a therapist, so I'm working on it). Anyway, she just announced she's pregnant again... it just makes me so angry, and I just feel bad for these poor kids for having them as parents even though they aren't doing anything bad necessarily. I just hate them, and now, I don't want to have to see them, but we're seeing them over memorial day weekend... I'm trying to figure out how not to be a bitch because I 100% know I'm being irrational and emotional, but it's just all consuming. Rant over.

TLDR: I hate my SIL for little things, and I hate that she's pregnant.