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Boo0512

Let's hear it!

Boo0512

I can't stand 'Mom' jewelry.

The origami owl necklaces aren't bad but everything else makes me gag. Little people charms and birthstones, no thanks.

bhjones1980

I am not opposed to some birth stone jewelery...  of course he was born April 30th, so I snuck that Diamond birthstone right in there under the wire!

smg2302

I hate all of the pop up holiday kiosks at the mall.  I don't understand why you would send someone a sausage and cheese platter.  Or, why you wouldn't buy candy from someplace that has been in business all year.  Paper lanterns are not a gift.  Novelty slippers take up too much room in the path of the mall where people already walk like idiots.  And no, I don't want to smell Paris Hilton perfume.

bhjones1980

beaubecca said:

bhjones1980 said:

I am not opposed to some birth stone jewelery...  of course he was born April 30th, so I snuck that Diamond birthstone right in there under the wire!

Wouldn't matter too much - good emeralds are more rare and often more expensive than diamonds! My birthday is April and I was so happy to have a May baby - if our next is a girl I don't want her birthday to be April because it is no fun only getting fake jewelry with your birthstone. But I'm afraid emerald won't be much different.

edited for clarity.

"good" emeralds may be more expensive but 99.9% of the time you are going to get a lab created one for those types of jewelry.

KLJ3

smg2302 said:

I hate all of the pop up holiday kiosks at the mall.  I don't understand why you would send someone a sausage and cheese platter.  Or, why you wouldn't buy candy from someplace that has been in business all year.  Paper lanterns are not a gift.  Novelty slippers take up too much room in the path of the mall where people already walk like idiots.  And no, I don't want to smell Paris Hilton perfume.

I'm not a fan of the pushy-people kiosks ANY time of year...but I do love me some free Hickory Farms samples!!!  (In fact, I'm going to the mall specifically for the Hickory Farms kiosk this weekend...my dad always wants the maple & brown sugar summer sausage for Christmas.)

Shoegal36

I don't like when people put little ponytails on top of the baby's head that stick straight up. 

I like headbands and barrettes...but I don't want LO's head to look like a water fountain.  

blush64

beaubecca said:

bhjones1980 said:

I am not opposed to some birth stone jewelery...  of course he was born April 30th, so I snuck that Diamond birthstone right in there under the wire!

Wouldn't matter too much - good emeralds are more rare and often more expensive than diamonds! My birthday is April and I was so happy to have a May baby - if our next is a girl I don't want her birthday to be April because it is no fun only getting fake jewelry with your birthstone. But I'm afraid emerald won't be much different.

edited for clarity.


I also prefer emeralds to diamonds. I actually prefer rubies to diamonds as well. I won't ever say I hate diamonds but there are many other more beautiful options.

As far as jewelry, I would prefer something with the birthstones included but not something marketed to be mom jewelry. I have no desire for a diamond, real or not.

sundaesprinkles

Alright, prepare yourselves..... I don't like wine.

sundaesprinkles

beaubecca said:

makeupgeek said:

Alright, prepare yourselves..... I don't like wine.

Ahhhhhhhhh - we can not be friends anymore. OK yes we can. I just get to drink all your wine plus all my wine.

Deal!

raw1299

makeupgeek said:

Alright, prepare yourselves..... I don't like wine.

Really? Maybe you haven't had a good glass of wine then! What types have you tried? 

sundaesprinkles

2010Bride2be said:

makeupgeek said:

Alright, prepare yourselves..... I don't like wine.

You're not alone. Wine is ok for me...but give me a cold beer any day over a glass of wine.

Yeah but I don't like beer either. I guess I'm more of a cocktail person. I only drink occasionally. I like drinks with rum. And I like Jaegermeister.

PumpkinAndThePeanut

Noooo - wine is SO much better than beer. I'm not much of a beer drinker but I hate "lite" beer - Miller Lite, Bud Light, Coors, etc. It's just beer flavored water. I do like ales and some lagers but wine is way better.

Also, I despise all soda. Anything carbonated, really. It burns my throat.

Eta: on the jewelry front, my birthstone is emerald so I'm glad E and V were born in April and have a different one than I do. That said, although I love diamonds, they don't feel very birthstoney to me.

Edited again. I also don't like my beer cold. It should be served at room temperature, the European way.

jayro10

I absolutely HATE inflatable holiday decorations in front yards. They look so tacky.

bumpuser8130818

jayro10 said:

I absolutely HATE inflatable holiday decorations in front yards. They look so tacky.

I hate those and also icicle lights.

sundaesprinkles

beaubecca said:

jayro10 said:

I absolutely HATE inflatable holiday decorations in front yards. They look so tacky.

Oh me too. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. I detest them.

Especially when people buy the huge ones that are as tall as their one story house. And they always look dead to me during the day when they're not blown up and collapsed on the ground.

PumpkinAndThePeanut

raw1299 said:

makeupgeek said:

Alright, prepare yourselves..... I don't like wine.

Really? Maybe you haven't had a good glass of wine then! What types have you tried? 

----------------

I think this is awfully presumptuous! Wine is definitely an acquired taste. It's not for everyone.
Eta: For example, I'm sure if I offered @makeupgeek a sip of a Barolo or Chateauneuf de Pape, she wouldn't be impressed. And those are very good bottles of wine.

illogicaltuvok

jayro10 said:

I absolutely HATE inflatable holiday decorations in front yards. They look so tacky.

Me too but I still want one for DD1. However I have still yet to buy one bc they are too expensive. Maybe my inner self is refusing to buy one... Just have to wait and see.

amcongdon

linegirl313 said:

Here we go. . .

I don't really believe in soul mates.  The closest I've felt to having a soul mate has been with some of my girlfriends.  I love my husband with all my heart and we are a great match.  But I think that if I had moved to a different part of the country ten years ago, I might have fallen in love sooner or later.  I would love someone in a different way and they might be a different person, but I'd still be happy.  I think God has a plan for me (as well as others), and I was meant to be with my H.  But there are a lot of people in the world, and if I had been somewhere else, I might have found someone else and eventually make babies that I love as much as the ones I have now.  (I'd also be fine alone.)

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my life for anything!

I will actually agree with you 100% on this one. I was engaged before I met DH, madly in love, and unfortunately he died. I love DH with all my heart and I'm so grateful for our life together, but I know I would have been equally happy in another set of circumstances. I believe each person comes into our lives for a specific purpose and a specific time and we may not ever know what that purpose was but we can't make too much out of forever - it just doesn't always happen.

PumpkinAndThePeanut

I despise the inflatable outdoor holiday decorations too, but I bet E and V beg me to put them up in our yard in a few years.....and if so, I'm going to do it.

coffeeandbooks

jayro10 said:

I absolutely HATE inflatable holiday decorations in front yards. They look so tacky.

I agree wholeheartedly that they are really freaking tacky....but I got to say they make me happy.  My neighborhood is a little uppity and everyone just does tasteful wreaths and those candles in the windows and I have been thinking about getting a giant inflatable just to shake things up. 

PumpkinAndThePeanut

Wow, @amcongdon, I'm so sorry you lost your former fiancé.

strawny0807

@makeupgeek - I'm with you, I also don't like wine or beer.  I do however love bubbles, but cheap $6/bottle Verdi Champagne.  I also love Jaeger and Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka.  All other alcohol is not my thing.  

delino

beaubecca said:

bhjones1980 said:

I am not opposed to some birth stone jewelery...  of course he was born April 30th, so I snuck that Diamond birthstone right in there under the wire!

Wouldn't matter too much - good emeralds are more rare and often more expensive than diamonds! My birthday is April and I was so happy to have a May baby - if our next is a girl I don't want her birthday to be April because it is no fun only getting fake jewelry with your birthstone. But I'm afraid emerald won't be much different.

edited for clarity.


DH got me an emerald and diamond necklace. He had to search high and low for a real emerald. I never realized that emeralds were so rare and expensive!

drhibbard

makeupgeek said:

beaubecca said:

jayro10 said:

I absolutely HATE inflatable holiday decorations in front yards. They look so tacky.

Oh me too. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. I detest them.

Especially when people buy the huge ones that are as tall as their one story house. And they always look dead to me during the day when they're not blown up and collapsed on the ground.

Like blobs of dead christmas.

Ridgebackmom

OR....buy those crappy pocketbooks that are coach knock offs--or whatever! Oh and those fake cigarettes...really?

smg2302

strawny0807 said:

@makeupgeek - I'm with you, I also don't like wine or beer.  I do however love bubbles, but cheap $6/bottle Verdi Champagne.  I also love Jaeger and Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka.  All other alcohol is not my thing.  

I don't like alcohol at all, with the exception of firefly sweet tea vodka, mostly because I can get tricked into drinking it if I think it's an arnold palmer.

pnutg

linegirl313 said:

Here we go. . .

I don't really believe in soul mates.  The closest I've felt to having a soul mate has been with some of my girlfriends.  I love my husband with all my heart and we are a great match.  But I think that if I had moved to a different part of the country ten years ago, I might have fallen in love sooner or later.  I would love someone in a different way and they might be a different person, but I'd still be happy.  I think God has a plan for me (as well as others), and I was meant to be with my H.  But there are a lot of people in the world, and if I had been somewhere else, I might have found someone else and eventually make babies that I love as much as the ones I have now.  (I'd also be fine alone.)

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my life for anything!

I agree. I also believe God has a plan for me but a soul mate? Not so much. I think I fell in love with someone and if it had been someone else it would still require a lot of hard work and commitment to make it last forever.

flyliceandcoffee

well, it would seem that the way this UO is going, I'm definitely going to be in the minority.

I hate jewelry, all of it. The only jewelry I'll wear (unless a rubberband counts as bracelet) is my wedding ring and I still think DH spent too much on it. He's actually kind of sad because he can't buy me jewelry because he knows I won't wear it.

Also, I'm kind of on the fence about soul mates. I think DH is actually my perfect other half, but I don't know if that would make him my soul mate. We complement each other better than I could have ever imagined and within hours of us meeting, I knew he was the right person for me. Our dogs also were instrumental in our meeting so maybe that sways my believing that he probably is my soul mate...

flyliceandcoffee

I think people take their sports way too seriously. I live in CO and while I think the Broncos are a great team (even though I'm a Seahawks fan all they way), it's ridiculous how 3 losses over the entire season is oh so devastating and everyone is getting on Manning's case, etc etc. Get over it people, it's a GAME!

Shoegal36

nech0606 said:

I don't like when people put little ponytails on top of the baby's head that stick straight up. 

I like headbands and barrettes...but I don't want LO's head to look like a water fountain.  

Like this? Headbands won't stay on her head and she pulls barettes out of her hair. Edit: posted before I was finished.

It's hard to tell because the pony is a bit cut off in your pic but it looks like it's off to the side which is totally fine. Plus she has quite a bit of hair so that makes it better. Most people love them either way, that's why it's my UO. Also, she is totally adorable.

I mean more like this (random photo taken from Google images):

1and1is3

My UO: I think solids poop is much easier to clean up than breast milk or formula poop. That shit goes everywhere! At least solids poop stays mostly in one area...

MrsM1111

NailQueen said:

I dont celebrate Christmas but i LOVE looking at Christmas lights -so pretty. I especially love the "blinking ones" -the ones that flash vs the ones that stay the same and the more color the better

Mine is that I hate the blinky lights. And icicle lights too. And blow up stuff. Give me some traditional fat white bulbs or the fat muti colored bulbs any day and I'm a happy girl.

I also think most mom jewlery is lame. Pandora is stupid.

I believe my soul mate is a very dear friend, not H. I do think H and I are unmistakeably right for each other though. I also think that everyone is brought into our lives for a reason and timing plays a huge role in it.

1and1is3

pnutg said:

linegirl313 said:

Here we go. . .

I don't really believe in soul mates.  The closest I've felt to having a soul mate has been with some of my girlfriends.  I love my husband with all my heart and we are a great match.  But I think that if I had moved to a different part of the country ten years ago, I might have fallen in love sooner or later.  I would love someone in a different way and they might be a different person, but I'd still be happy.  I think God has a plan for me (as well as others), and I was meant to be with my H.  But there are a lot of people in the world, and if I had been somewhere else, I might have found someone else and eventually make babies that I love as much as the ones I have now.  (I'd also be fine alone.)

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my life for anything!

I agree. I also believe God has a plan for me but a soul mate? Not so much. I think I fell in love with someone and if it had been someone else it would still require a lot of hard work and commitment to make it last forever.

I agree with all y'all about soul mates.

emmy236

I love wine! I'll admit that was the hardest thing I had to give up while pregnant. I come from an very European family and wine is something served with most meals.

That being said my UO is I think the legal drinking age of 21 is ridiculous. Both DH and I were taught "how" to drink, Aka not just get smashed every time. We were allowed to drink at 18. We were very comfortable talking to our parents about it and always knew we could call them if we ever needed help or a ride. I knew how to respect that privilege. My family has a tradition that your elders decide when you're old enough. My aunt is the Matriarch of our family and at her house everyone has a wine glass with their name on it. Once they feel you're mature enough, you receive your glass. Most of my cousins and I got ours at 18. It's a big deal and I'd never wanted disappoint them so I was never that sloppy mess in college. I fully intend on continuing that with my kids and DH and I are comfortable letting him have wine or beer before 21 as long as he's home with us, not driving, etc.

sundaesprinkles

PumpkinAndThePeanut said:

makeupgeek said:

Alright, prepare yourselves..... I don't like wine.

Really? Maybe you haven't had a good glass of wine then! What types have you tried? 

---------------- I think this is awfully presumptuous! Wine is definitely an acquired taste. It's not for everyone. Eta: For example, I'm sure if I offered @makeupgeek a sip of a Barolo or Chateauneuf de Pape, she wouldn't be impressed. And those are very good bottles of wine.

Maybe it's presumptuous, but it could be true. I've only ever tried it a few times. Once when I went to a dinner with a friend and she ordered a wine sampler. There were 3 white and 3 red. Also I once tried strawberry wine. I didn't care for any of them. No idea what brands they were though.

Edited because my computer is stupid.

Lolalipsy

^^ I agree with this. I was allowed alcohol from a young age and I never felt the need to abuse alcohol.

You can fight for your country at the age of 18 so it doesn't make sense to me.

bumpuser8130818

nonniedee said:

Shantxtell said:

scormier123 said:

I don't like when people put little ponytails on top of the baby's head that stick straight up. 

I like headbands and barrettes...but I don't want LO's head to look like a water fountain.  

We rock a side pony.

I roll rough and tough with my afro puffs.

:: hoping someone else liked 90s west coast rap::

Rock on wit' cha bad self

PumpkinAndThePeanut

makeupgeek said:

PumpkinAndThePeanut said:

raw1299 said:

makeupgeek said:

Alright, prepare yourselves..... I don't like wine.

Really? Maybe you haven't had a good glass of wine then! What types have you tried? 

----------------

I think this is awfully presumptuous! Wine is definitely an acquired taste. It's not for everyone.
Eta: For example, I'm sure if I offered @makeupgeek a sip of a Barolo or Chateauneuf de Pape, she wouldn't be impressed. And those are very good bottles of wine.

Maybe it's presumptuous, but it could be true. I've only ever tried it a few times. Once when I went to a dinner with a friend and she ordered a wine sampler. There were 3 white and 3 red. Also I once tried strawberry wine. I didn't care for any of them. No idea what brands they were though.

Edited because my computer is stupid.

----------------
Ah, ok. Well, in that case I recommend you keep trying them. Kidding. My point was, good wine is an acquired taste, and is also in the eye (taste bud?) of the beholder. I like medium to full bodied dry wines and detest sweet wines. Pino Grigio is too sweet for me and I think Riesling is disgusting. But another person who claims to love wine may have the opposite taste.

Of course, they'd be wrong...

CNJ4EVA

This isn't PC, but I like when the people working in restaurants are of the specific nationality that corresponds.

Italians in Italian restaurants, Hispanics in Hispanic restaurants, same for Greek, Turkish, etc.

Feels more authentic to me that way.

smg2302

2010Bride2be said:

I have 2 that have to do with the same subject. Let's talk about this Duck Dynasty show dude.

1. Whatever happened to free speech? He should be able to say what he wants. It's his right. As stupid as I think his thoughts are, it's his right to think them and express them.

2. But....Why is anyone in their right mind surprised by what he said??? I've never watched the show, but come on man. Look at him. I think one of my FB friends said it best....'why are we surprised when these people act like self righteous morons...'.

I also want to know how and why he made it into GQ magazine. Again..I go back to #2. Look at him. How did this happen???

I'm feeling feisty today, so I'll dive in.

1. Free speech is not the issue here.  He wasn't arrested or fined for what he said.  The company who produced his show decided they didn't want the backlash from his controversial perspective. At least where I live, you can be fired for no reason, with no notice, just because.

2. LOL @ the GQ comment.  They're standards have definitely changed.

3.  Who is this guy and why is he famous?