https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 22:39:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only/page/2#post-1230243 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:14:34 +0000 holdonforonemoreday 1230243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only I could get a great job<br /> Then I could get a vehicle<br /> If only my DH could get a better job,<br /> If only we had no money worries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230203 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:06:30 +0000 Smurfette 1230203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only DH got a promotion this year with a phat raise and one year closer to a new job and not traveling.</p> <p>If only we saved more money before buying our house </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230197 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:05:27 +0000 Periwinkle 1230197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only...</p> <p>- I could stay at my current job (which I really do love-- most days-- but earn about $20k more!<br /> - I had not taken on massive debt to get my master's degree which, most days, I don't feel like I am really utilizing<br /> - I didn't feel like the only one in the world (OK, gross overgeneralization!) who was always playing catch up and just not enjoying life because of these financial woes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230172 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:01:28 +0000 jedeve 1230172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: My husband's grandmother got in on Apple at $8 a share (she had a thing for gambling). She died, and his grandpa doesn't want to touch it. He's like, "nah, that's Paula's money!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230161 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:58:41 +0000 swurlygurl 1230161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babyjmama: Sis still lives at my parent's house/boyfriend's mom's house! I keep telling her they could afford a place out here!!! She's not buying it though... "It's too hot!" Psh </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230153 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:56:48 +0000 IRunForFun 1230153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- If only I could get a new job with better pay (I haven't, not for lack of trying!)<br /> - If only DH was working full time at his old salary, instead of in grad school for another year with a pitiful stipend<br /> - If only our geriatric dog would stop getting sick and racking up thousands of dollars in vet bills<br /> - If only DH's best friend hadn't just planned a destination wedding that's going to cost us a few thousand dollars...</p> <p>Did I have enough? :wink: All that being said, we're really not doing too badly, despite our obstacles. Just gotta keep chugging along! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230150 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:56:04 +0000 PurplePumps 1230150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only I hadn't sold my shares of apple I bought in 09 @ 77 for 125.... or google that I had @270 for 330.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230130 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:52:38 +0000 doodlepoodle 1230130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: KS is soooooo affordable ;) who needs a beach!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230125 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:51:33 +0000 doodlepoodle 1230125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only...<br /> I could work part time<br /> Our student loans were paid off<br /> I could get a new car...I'm tired of praying mine won't break down ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230115 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:48:33 +0000 Corduroy 1230115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only we had offered slightly more on one of the dozen houses we wrote offer on last year... we wouldn't have spent $110k more for less house this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1230112 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:47:37 +0000 mrswin 1230112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only we could have the LO we long for without having to give use up a good chunk of our down payment with no guarantee of a positive outcome :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1229693 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:18:44 +0000 hellocupcake 1229693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only I were as creative as the moms on Pinterest/HB (: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1229664 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:11:09 +0000 swurlygurl 1229664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only I could convince my sister to move to KS, then my parents would follow and I would have free daycare! (My mom would be thrilled to watch my kids, and I would be thrilled to let her!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1229625 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:02:52 +0000 ElbieKay 1229625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. There are things I would like, and if I won the lottery I would stop working and upgrade certain things, but I am pretty satisfied with our current lifestyle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1229583 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:53:30 +0000 pl0508 1229583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: You should call local churches to see if they offer a Mothers Day Out program!</p> <p>if only...<br /> we could pay off our credit card<br /> i could afford to just work part time (3x a week)<br /> we could put more money into savings each month and not have to dip into it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1229552 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:45:18 +0000 jedeve 1229552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WOOHOO got more hours at work. It won't really change our lifestyle at all. I was working 7/7/6 hrs M-W, and now I'll just do 3 8hr days. Now if I only could get into the new daycare that's cheaper and by our house, and didn't have to drive an hour a day getting to and from there... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227417 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:57:03 +0000 .twist. 1227417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only our cars would stop breaking and being money pits.<br /> I only we had more room in our house.<br /> If only I could afford to stay home.<br /> If only people would pay their bills to my husband on time... Or at all.<br /> If only I could stay at my company and make the 20,000 more a year I know I could somewhere else.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227410 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:53:39 +0000 sunny 1227410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only we had poured our life savings into the stock market in 2008 the day that Lehman Brothers went under... :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227400 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:51:05 +0000 deerylou 1227400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only teachers made what they deserved. That would solve about 99% of our financial woes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227369 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:41:47 +0000 HLK208 1227369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many. Mostly in the past but I guess we wouldn't be where we are today and we are so happy right now (even if we still have a few financial worries). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227299 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:27:54 +0000 septca 1227299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only a perfect house in our desired neighborhood would come on the market!</p> <p>If only I could get the job I just applied for.</p> <p>If only we could finally get off the daycare waitlist I signed up for as soon as I got a :bfp: (baby girl is 10 months old...). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227256 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:16:40 +0000 sorrycharlie 1227256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: you're not alone. we're still paying..will be for years, I am sure! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227201 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:03:20 +0000 MrsStar 1227201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a few! (think they're all money related)<br /> If only we had the money for a second car<br /> If only we had the money for an overseas holiday<br /> If only we had the funds to buy a house!<br /> Plus there are lots more but I'll stop there :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227193 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:00:58 +0000 LuLu Mom 1227193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if only....</p> <p>We would not have gotten into credit cards in college we would have way more in savings instead of paying those off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227191 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:00:29 +0000 Sapphiresun 1227191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>... We hadn't purchased our apartment right at before the bubble burst we could afford to sell it without losing everything we put into it</p> <p>... We didn't live in an outrageous cost of housing area</p> <p>And sometimes wish we'd chosen different fields of work too. Sometimes I think we should have chosen jobs for the money and done the "helping society" on the side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227179 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:57:32 +0000 pui 1227179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only we had decided not to buy and renovate our new office, we could have bought the perfect house we saw a few weeks ago...</p> <p>In the end our decisions are wise, but man my DH and I are still talking about how awesome that house was, just barely out of our reach. :\ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227157 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:52:34 +0000 MamaMoose 1227157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only I could convince my parents to move to Nashville. I would be the happiest lady around!! I would love to see them more (and for M to see them more). That way I wouldn't have to worry about them being far away from me as they age. And while I wouldn't impose full time child care on them... my dad is fully retired and it would be SO nice to have him around as back up when day care is closed or LO is sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227154 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:52:31 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1227154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: But you are sooo good at what you do :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227149 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:51:08 +0000 cascademom 1227149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If only I could sleep in occasionally, sell our condo right away and move to the burbs, had enough time to get decent meals on the table for my family. Yep, I've got a lot of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-an-if-only#post-1227140 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:49:07 +0000 Charm54 1227140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daycare would let me pay for only mornings, then I could go back to work halftime when my mat leave is up. </p>