Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

katieharpiceland

Here you go

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12279229/gender-reveals/p1

mrscrcalli

So much regular Poops these days [-O<

rockstarlaw

oh waffles.  I want waffles!  ::sigh:: back to the GD thread for me I guess...  =((

fourthnlast

kseccomb17 said:

One of DH's really good friends was killed in a car accident this morning. He is also losing his co-worker to cancer and is in his final days under hospice care. Poor DH  (

OMG. So sorry to your DH

fourthnlast

Lindsay808 said:

DH is getting me a shamrock shake  :x

That's true love.  8->

fourthnlast

Mamamonzo said:

Ya know what will really test a marriage? Installing a car seat.

It took my DH an abnormally long amount of time for #1- he's a pro at it now. You can borrow him if you want  

snmetz7

Mm home made fries. So good!

fourthnlast

janice9821 said:

So I've discovered that the maximum number of boxes I can pack without causing myself stabby pain is 2.  So my day has pretty much been... binge-watch The Bachelor, eat, bump, pack 2 boxes, bump, facebook, pack 2 boxes, eat, bump, facebook, pack 2 boxes, sit on the floor in despair about how long it will take to finish packing at this rate, bump, facebook, 2 more boxes...  *sigh*

This is pretty much me all day long. Do a little cleaning or laundry or dishes, sit on my ass, repeat the process all day.

fourthnlast

cgoldian said:

Having a cold in third tri sucks and makes me wonder what would it be like to go into labor feeling this way? It has to happen to some people, right? That would be the worst.

Agreed. I have had this for about a week and a half, the worst of it is over, but still sucks. I had a really bad cough with my last one and let me just tell you how fun coughing is when you're abdomen is cut open.

sking72

BiggerinRealLife said:

I read through the gender reveal thread. Hey, I'm bored! I have to say the OP really held her own well. Too bad a ton of naysayers threw her thread all out of whack. Not that I love gender reveals, but good for her for holding her own and staying classy.

And I HATE that every time I see that wench Berry's avatar I simultaneously get angry and a craving for frozen yogurt.

I only got through the first two pages. Did we have this much angst against sex reveal on this board? Was I just not as active and missed this hot button topic? Holy smokes I didn't realize people got so mad about genitals and cake!

fourthnlast

MrsStanton87 said:

Today is the first day that I no longer feel cute and pregnant. I just feel huge and like I'm living in someone else's body. I have really embraced my body and changes all in the name of my sweet baby, but good lord, I'm ready for this to be over. 5. More. Weeks.

This shit stopped being cute around 20 weeks.

katieharpiceland

sking72 said:

I read through the gender reveal thread. Hey, I'm bored! I have to say the OP really held her own well. Too bad a ton of naysayers threw her thread all out of whack. Not that I love gender reveals, but good for her for holding her own and staying classy. And I HATE that every time I see that wench Berry's avatar I simultaneously get angry and a craving for frozen yogurt.

I only got through the first two pages. Did we have this much angst against sex reveal on this board? Was I just not as active and missed this hot button topic? Holy smokes I didn't realize people got so mad about genitals and cake!

I don't think so. I don't remember it? I also don't think calling us all "twats" over here on A14 is remotely becoming. But hey, they are etiquette experts!! (see last page)

Lindsay808

3crazykitties said:

Lindsay808 said:

@3crazykitties you're in the nova area right? Is it weird to ask what school? I go to Mason. But yeah, I'm also taking lower levels because I transferred and some of my gen eds didn't apply. I have the credits to graduate, just not the right classes. :-<

He is at GMU too, he has the same story. He transferred from Nova but never made an appointment to see a counselor I guess and assumed everything transferred.  So he is taking classes like lit, computer science and there is one or two other ones. Either way its annoying because he could have graduated after this semester and got a "real job" just after baby arrives. Now he is stuck splitting his last semester between summer and fall so he can be student, full time worker and start his new role of daddy.

I used to love NVCC (nova) but I hate it now. They guarantee credit transfer but when push came to shove it didn't work like that. So we have to waste more money on classes he already took. Luckily he got a nice Pell grant this year.

Is he taking computer science online by any chance?! I am too! Lol. That sucks that he has to drag out his last semester. Hopefully his classes won't be too tough on him. DH is in a similar position, he's in a masters program at GMU and works full time so he is only taking 2 classes instead of the usual 3 because of the baby. Things will definitely be interesting.
I've heard crappy things about transferring from NVCC, which I find so weird. You would think they would all have the same requirements and automatic transferring of all the credits. I transferred from an out of state university, and they really get you. I don't think I would have done it if I had known but oh well.

fourthnlast

Tferr02 said:

I'm so annoyed with my DH. He has a cold, so of course he is dying. He is complaining about things he thinks I'm going to complain about, like he said he should take a shower first because I'll die on the couch for a hour after mine. While he has this massive pity party for himself, I'm sitting here in massive pain and trying to decide if I need to call the dr. I have no sympathy for him and his cold today, especially since he got 12 hours of sleep last night and refuses to take cold medicines. He's so annoying when sick!

snmetz7

ok just got around to watching last night Grimm. Thanks for the heads up ladies because otherwise I would have freaked the fuck out!

Ashleypixie

I couldn't get past page two. People get so ass-holish about sex/gender. Using the two words interchangeably should not be that offensive and if you wanna be an attention whore? Well, I don't even have a response to that because it has nothing at all to do with me. Kudos to OP for keeping it classy at least

avidkeo

@twirple i hope you little man gets better soon, poor thing!!

All this talk about waffles... We dont really do waffles here so can you make them without a waffle iron??

DH is making me a cooked breakfast, bacon, eggs, baked beans, hash brown, and sausage... I love lazy Sunday mornings!

Edit:spelling, mobile typing sux!

avidkeo

Oh and have to shar,e sesame woke me in the middle of the night with hiccups! First time she has woken me! Very annoying!

BiggerinRealLife

@Jennypenny1014 I'm mobile hon! It's on the second tri board. Called Gender Reveal. Jelly mentioned it earlier.

BiggerinRealLife

sking72 said:

BiggerinRealLife said:

I read through the gender reveal thread. Hey, I'm bored! I have to say the OP really held her own well. Too bad a ton of naysayers threw her thread all out of whack. Not that I love gender reveals, but good for her for holding her own and staying classy.

And I HATE that every time I see that wench Berry's avatar I simultaneously get angry and a craving for frozen yogurt.

I only got through the first two pages. Did we have this much angst against sex reveal on this board? Was I just not as active and missed this hot button topic? Holy smokes I didn't realize people got so mad about genitals and cake!

We had a lot of questions about it early second tri. I remember a lot of people calling them tacky and encouraging people not to do them. There was a small contingent who lived them, but I don't remember it getting ugly. Definitely not devolving into the bitterness of that thread. That one mod calling Bliss out and telling her to shut up is my hero though.

mrscrcalli

Duuuuude DH just got me this sweet game!!!

I can be a Jedi for reals :-B

avidkeo

I have to brag...

Mamamonzo

I just read that whole gender party thread. I don't know if it's just lack of maturity in these people or sheer boredom, but seriously why does any of it warrant 6 pages of going back and fourth!?
Calling OP a brat (come on!!)

It's boring,counter productive, and dumb. You live your life, I'll live mine! I'm sure we all have things we do that others wouldn't, but to sit around and argue about it is so stupid!

As this pregnancy goes on I have so little patients for idiots, and people who waste my time!
Obviously this is not directed at RTT just in general because reading all that was annoying!

Love you ladies!!

sking72

Mamamonzo said:

I just read that whole gender party thread. I don't know if it's just lack of maturity in these people or sheer boredom, but seriously why does any of it warrant 6 pages of going back and fourth!?
Calling OP a brat (come on!!)

It's boring,counter productive, and dumb. You live your life, I'll live mine! I'm sure we all have things we do that others wouldn't, but to sit around and argue about it is so stupid!

As this pregnancy goes on I have so little patients for idiots, and people who waste my time!
Obviously this is not directed at RTT just in general because reading all that was annoying!

Love you ladies!!

I just can't believe that was 6 pages... Holy shit. Im so grateful for this RTT and its sanity.
And we got called crazy cakes, they've learned our favorite dessert! They love us.

mrscrcalli

dani+california said:

Is anyone else seriously re-evaluating some of their friendships as the result of their pregnancy?

People you thought were your close friends who have mysteriously vanished since your BFP? A girlfriend of mine has literally not called, texted or invited me out to anything since I got pregnant. I get that I can't get shit-faced and party hardy anymore, but seriously? Not even a 'how are things?' I'm in her wedding in July and she's making all these demands of us that I would have not even batted an eye at before this...because that's what friends do. Now?....not really feeling a weekend roadie to Montreal for your bachelorette and dropping $500+ when you can't even pick up the phone.

Ugh. How do you break up with a friend? I think I'll just let it run its course until the wedding and then stop initiating contact. Brutal.

Some of them are naturally just falling off as people really tend to show their true colors when you can't give them what they "need" to take from you.
I'm realizing who is making deposits in our friendships in a time were I can't necessarily do things that I used to. And who was in my life solely for the purpose of making withdrawals when they needed to. At the en of the day I'm not putting much effort into trying to save the ones who seem to be straying, I feel like it will all work itself out .

avidkeo

@birl I love how the Op called out bliss+berry, very awesome!

Twirple

avidkeo said:

I have to brag...

This looks delicious!  I love baked beans, but they're not really a breakfast food here.

I'm thinking hot dogs and baked beans for lunch or dinner today.  Yumm.

hlm184

Grimm-watchers, is there any way to watch season 4 if you don't have TV?  I got 1-3 on Amazon and I'm hooked!

kseccomb17

Parenting really tests and puts strain on friendships. I still have friends that are bitter that I can't go out and do whatever they want at all hours and it's been three years. I just had to quit putting in effort in those relationships that were stressful. Sometimes I still have to remind myself that they're in different places in life and that's okay.

kseccomb17

A girl on my Facebook just had her baby and she named him Rhydr...

sking72

kseccomb17 said:

A girl on my Facebook just had her baby and she named him Rhydr...

Noooooo that was going to be my girls name! (Kidding of course)

katieharpiceland

KendraColeslaw said:

A girl on my Facebook just had her baby and she named him Rhydr...

But where are the vowels??

Vowels...we don't need to stinkin' vowels! 

kseccomb17

KendraColeslaw said:

kseccomb17 said:

A girl on my Facebook just had her baby and she named him Rhydr...

But where are the vowels??

That's what I asked! It's horrible!

katieharpiceland

I might just name my boy Lt instead of Eliot. The vowels are IMPLIED!

jennypenny1014

hlm184 said:

Grimm-watchers, is there any way to watch season 4 if you don't have TV?  I got 1-3 on Amazon and I'm hooked!

www.solarmovie.so

It has everything. Movies, TV Shows, awesome.

It is an ad-heavy site, so keep your anti-virus software up. And don't install anything at all ever.

ETA: tagging @hlm184

jennypenny1014

dani+california said:

kseccomb17 said:

Parenting really tests and puts strain on friendships. I still have friends that are bitter that I can't go out and do whatever they want at all hours and it's been three years. I just had to quit putting in effort in those relationships that were stressful. Sometimes I still have to remind myself that they're in different places in life and that's okay.

That's where I'm struggling. Yes, it's perfectly acceptable to be in different places in life and maybe not get invited to the crazy club nights because they know I'm pregnant.

But on the other hand, I don't think it's okay to neglect a friend altogether because they can no longer do those specific things. We can still do dinners out, movies, girls nights, game nights with the SO's, whatever. I'm pregnant, not in jail for murder. So while I can certainly understand not seeing them as often, I can't forgive being ignored. Especially when the same friend expects me to be there for her over the upcoming months, spending money and finding sitters for a newborn baby that she won't allow at her wedding, etc.

Obviously not a black and white situation, just frustrating. You want to think that one of your best friends would be a little more invested in this very important time of your life! Le sigh.

I ended up cutting off a 17 year friendship with one of my best friends since HS, because she had the nerve to get upset with me, saying that I probably would've never bothered to ask her about her wedding planning if I wasn't trying to announce to her that I was pregnant again. Mind you, it's her 2nd marriage, I was the MOH in her first wedding, and she never once asked me or talked to me about her planning this time around. So yea, I asked her how it was coming along and what the actual date was, in the same email announcing my pregnancy to her. She made it seem like I was slighting her, and I cut that shit off... How selfish can you be to be all "That's great you're having another kid but WHAT ABOUT MEEEEE AND MY WEDDING!! YOU DONT CARR ABOUT ANYONE BUT YOURSELF! " FUCK YOU.

danamarie421

dani+california said:

Is anyone else seriously re-evaluating some of their friendships as the result of their pregnancy?

People you thought were your close friends who have mysteriously vanished since your BFP? A girlfriend of mine has literally not called, texted or invited me out to anything since I got pregnant. I get that I can't get shit-faced and party hardy anymore, but seriously? Not even a 'how are things?' I'm in her wedding in July and she's making all these demands of us that I would have not even batted an eye at before this...because that's what friends do. Now?....not really feeling a weekend roadie to Montreal for your bachelorette and dropping $500+ when you can't even pick up the phone.

Ugh. How do you break up with a friend? I think I'll just let it run its course until the wedding and then stop initiating contact. Brutal.

I've been dealing with this with a couple of my best friends. One of them was the maid of honor in my wedding and she has been MIA since I told her I was pregnant. She didn't show up for my baby shower and just sent me a text message the following day saying that she had marked the wrong day on her calendar. That was a month ago and I haven't heard from her since.... It makes me sad....

Mamamonzo

I hate taking a shower and feeling fresh and clean and immediately having to pee as soon as I get out.

katieharpiceland

Aaaaaaaaaand we have another contractions thread. 

Bluebird2318

KendraColeslaw said:

That blissful chick who likes baby showers is a real C. Makes me want to vomit.

I can't even make sense out of that woman. For someone who is so passionate about shower etiquette she seems to be severely lacking in basic social decency. I totally understand snarky/GIFtastic responses to certain threads, but she jumps straight into attacking people in a harsh, offensive way. It's gross.