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BabyCarryingVessel

What, noon and no UO? Are we running out of unpopular opinions? Feel free to post anything about life's turmoils, trials and annoyances.

Here's mine today. ::Addressed to my sister and facebook friends:: Thank you for letting me and the rest of the facebook world know that you have checked in at the gym, again. I do not care that you ran 4 miles on an incline today. Really, that's great for you, but I don't care.

navyandviolet

It is really cold outside today. Ds2 is napping and dd is playing in her room. The last thing I want to do right now is disturb them to go get ds1 from preschool. I wish I could just let them stay here while I ran out to get him. But I wont. That would be bad. Still it will suck dragging them all out in 0 degree weather.

BabyCarryingVessel

@navy&violet, when I was new to TB, I remember a woman confessed to leaving her sleeping baby at home while she ran out to pick her older daughter up from school. She said it was only five minutes away and the baby was just fine, but I'll never forget the sh!t storm that followed! I don't remember which board it was on, though.

navyandviolet

Yeah I think i remember that too. The daycare is only 10 minutes from our house. But that would mean 20 minutes in just travel time plus the 10 minutes actually fetching ds1. Not to mention if I got in an accident or speeding ticket. Because you know that would happen. I worry too much to be an irresponsible mom.
Anyway I am off to wake up ds2 now.

navyandviolet

Well I hear him now so at least I don't have to be the bad guy.

StefanieM522

I love onsies and am sad that I can't really find any in the 18 month 24 month range for wesley.  It is still to cold for him to not have his belly covered and I can't stand when his shirt rides up when I pick him up

chricast

StefanieM522 said:

I love onsies and am sad that I can't really find any in the 18 month 24 month range for wesley.  It is still to cold for him to not have his belly covered and I can't stand when his shirt rides up when I pick him up

My nephew wears a 3t and he still wears onesies under his sweaters. They have to be out there somewhere!

chricast

I am sad I won't get to register and get all new things for this baby. I'm so jealous of all my friends who are pregnant for the first time and getting to pick out new stuff.

Rachelilly23

If we are friends and I see you posting stuff on FB but not wishing me a happy birthday, I will judge you, especially when I always wish you one and we are more than acquaintances. I know you have the time since you're posting nonsense, and you can see in your feed that our other friends are posting on my wall.

Not referring to anyone here, just saying in general.

Happy birthday to meeeee!

chricast

@mbm1983 I know but I really don't NEED anything. I do want a baby jogger city select double stroller but I can't afford that new and I doubt anyone would buy it. I've been looking for one used. I will have to look and see if diapers count I can put them on it. I want a carrier this time but bru doesn't carry the beco gemini and for some reason I'm stuck on wanting that one.

chricast

Happy birthday @rachelilly23!

chricast

@mbm1983 now I'm thinking. ..I will need a crib mattress and sheets I'm sure I can think of more things to put on one lol

chricast

@mbm1983 I was checking out everyone's stroller in Disney! LoL. I have been checking craigslist daily for a good deal on one they are often listed for 400 with all the accessories but I still can't bring myself to pay that much. Maybe if I found a good one under 300.

StefanieM522

Thanks ladies off to go shopping at carters, as if I needed a reason!

BabyCarryingVessel

So, speaking of strollers... how often do you all use yours?

I have two umbrella strollers, a double jogging stroller and double graco stroller. While they have definately come in handy a few times, I'm disgusted at how much they just sit in my basement! We live on a busy highway, so if I want to go for a walk I have to load the kids and the stroller and go somewhere else. Then if I take them grocery shopping I just wear one and put the other in a cart. Seriously, I think we've used all of our strollers a combined total of 10 times. Just curious how often the rest of you are using your strollers? 

stephcarter

@rachelilly23 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!

i signed SD up for extended day care today thinking I had to be in the office. But I'm home. And i plan on leaving her at school until her dad picks her up. I mean, I signed her up for this morning and let her stay home until 11, that was nice enough right?? i just cant deal with her right now, theres too much going on and i may cry at any time.

i ate about 5 "servings" of peppermint M&M's today.

chricast

@babycarryingvessel I think I've gotten good use out of our britax b agile. In the warmer weather we go for walks a lot but now I think she would prefer to be in her push car I use it at malls and stores like kohls. When we go on vacation she can live in her stroller and she doesn't mind.

cnbv815

On the subject of strollers, we have a jjcolecollections broadway stroller. It was great for the first year. We loved the bassinet mode. But she grew out of it pretty quick. We also loved how it could face us or face out. And out car seat could clip into it. We now have a nicer umbrella stroller that we use quite often. We also have a cheap umbrella stroller we purchased while traveling so we didn't care if something happened to it.

cnbv815

I guess we also have a "jogger". It is a bike trailer that converts into a jogger but I haven't used it much in the jogger mode.

CnAnA

First and foremost: @rachelilly23 happy birthday!!!!!

I never wish anyone happy birthday on FB.  If I know them well enough to wish them happy birthday, I will do it in a text or in person. LOL

I use my stroller about once or twice a week.  I have an umbrella stroller that I keep in the truck, and a Baby Trend Expedition that stays in the house.  I use the umbrella stroller more, obviously.  Since she loves to walk, we only really use it when we go to the museum, or somewhere quick that it'd be dangerous for her to be down running around.  (museum is downtown and it's a very busy street.)  Like when we take her across the street to the park, we'll use the stroller to get her there, then let her out once we get there.  Now this summer when we go do more walking around, we'll probably use the big stroller more.  It's more comfortable to her since it's wider across, and reclines for when she falls asleep and such. 

I leave Alice in her bed or PnP ballpit when I go unload groceries or check the mail.  But it's never farther than out to the car (we live in an apartment, so it's in a small parking lot) or the mailbox, and I carry the video monitor the whole way.  

Now as far as an actual UO...um.  I got nothing, really.  Oooh wait.  Here we go.  I'm gonna start some crap, ready?  I am a big supporter of getting whatever help you need for depression or anxiety.  There is no shame whatsoever in seeing a counselor, being on meds, SAD lights, whatever.  I've done all three on more than one occasion in my life.  Depression and anxiety are real, and one should be able to take steps to take care of it.  That said, if you are just going to sit there and complain about it and not DO anything about it, then I don't want to hear it.  I have very little sympathy.  You KNOW you have anxiety, you KNOW you are depressed.  You have admitted it.  You KNOW how to get started on feeling better.  But you just won't do it?  I'm done.  Quit complaining to me.  I'm not going to pat you on the head anymore.  Deal.  With.  It.  (This is an IRL complaint, not aimed at any TB people. LOL)

LorMor

I'd say we use the stroller daily or nearly daily. Use it for walks or if we're going somewhere with lots of walking. Not to the mall. I'll carry her or let her walk. Husband takes her for runs in the stroller. We don't have a jogger, but the Bugaboo seems to be fine for the kind of running he does.

BabyCarryingVessel

Love it, @CnAnA! I agree with everything you said about depression, and it made me think of something potentially flameful (which maybe I should save for tomorrow but I won't). My brother's depression has lasted about five years now and it just keeps getting worse. When I think he can't sink any lower he does! He blames others for his miserable state and he stews over the smallest things for the longest time. I'm to the point where I'm exhausted after I talk to him so I've been taking breaks. I believe that depression is somewhat contagious because I have a sense of gloom and doom after I speak with him. I'm tired of worrying for him, so I've been distancing myself and ignoring some (not all) of his calls. I feel like a selfish, terrible person, but I have to focus on my family and attempt to stay positive for them. It's really hard to stay positive when I have a bitter, angry person spewing hate every time I talk to him! I need a break.

CnAnA

@BabyCarryingVessel You are doing what's right for you.  You have to take care of yourself, too!  You can't let yourself get dragged down.  That wont' do you, your brother, or your family any good at all!

Also, I'm on a computer for the first time in ages. Those eyes in your siggy!!  

stephcarter

@BabyCarryingVessel, @CnAnA is right. You have to do what's best for you an your gorgeous little girls.

@chricast, BRU is having their trade in event. Go get that stroller you want for 25% off!!!

morrkim

@rachelilly23 happy birthday We are thinking of trading in our car seat and getting a toddler bed, because that's Is the only thing we are interested in that we saw in the ad. The problem is we will probably move before she moves into the toddler bed.

BabyCarryingVessel

My coworker just messaged me to ask "Are the girls talking yet?".... No. Then she tells me about aaaalllll the words her one year old is saying and how she's soooo smarrttttt. Good for you, go away.

Rachelilly23

mbm1983 said:

i also hate long nails. this is probably the biggest reason i'm a nail biter. i hate it when i'm typing and my fingernails touch first. aaaacckkkk!

also, i pretty much write off people as crazy if they continue to call me back to back and DON'T leave a message. ESPECIALLY if this is not an emergency. leave a fuckin' message!

I'm with you on the nail thing. I used the press on nails for my interview on Tuesday and could barely operate my smartphone with those things. Clearly I have the same problem with typing... and the ones I got were actually pretty short!

My boss at my first job out of college had the longest nails I've ever seen on a man. He played the guitar, so that was his reason for keeping them that way. But I totally shudder at the thought of them.

Rachelilly23

Thanks all for the birthday wishes!

Wally3

LauraT25 said:

I feel pressure to wish people Happy Birthday on Facebook and in person/text.  It is really dumb, but I somehow feel like I am conspicuously absent if I don't do it.  Like, for the past few years I have NOT wanted to wish my husband a happy birthday on FB, but then his whole family does it and I feel like it makes me look bad, which us weird and crazy of me, I know.

If it's not someone I would normally say it to I don't do it on FB.

I never write to my husband on Facebook. He is my husband I talk to him or text him. I think "I have the bestest hubby ever he is super cute and awesome and wonderful aren't I a lucky girl thanks for unloading the dishwasher @hubby". Is so aw I can't stand it. I can barely read Facebook on valentines day.

Sillygirl85

@rachelilly23 Happy Birthday.

I also never write to my husband on facebook. It seems pointless. If he's not in the same place I am and I absolutely need him to know something I either call him or text him.

My unpopular opinion is that I think there is only one reason why you should ever have to idle your car:  To heat it up to get the ice and snow off in the winter.

Mrs_Lady

I'm not on Facebook and happy birthday Rachelilly23 my birthday is next week

CnAnA

Valentine's Day is the stupidest excuse for a holiday I have ever heard of.

CnAnA

Oh I buy presents for Girl Child. But the whole ooshy gooshy "if I don't get a present that means he doesn't love me OH NOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" makes me roll my eyes. A lot.

Rachelilly23

Aw shucks, thanks again ladies! 1 more year until the big 3-0!

StefanieM522

Rachelilly23 said:

Aw shucks, thanks again ladies! 1 more year until the big 3-0!

Happy Belated Birthday and 30 is not bad! I turned 30 last year!

navyandviolet

mbm1983 said:

30's have been the best so far! i turned 31 on tuesday.

Ha I am on the down hill side of my 30 and they still rock. Although I awake woth more aches and pains now than I did in my 20 s

wesleycrusher

CnAnA said:

Valentine's Day is the stupidest excuse for a holiday I have ever heard of.

Totally agree.  It's my birthday and it majorly suckkkkks.   Was cool when I was a kid, but as an adult it's always busy so you can never go out and it's just blahhh,

CnAnA

BandEddie said:

CnAnA said:

Valentine's Day is the stupidest excuse for a holiday I have ever heard of.

Sorry dear but the "U" in UO means "UNpopular" so this doesn't count. 

judging by some of the posts I have seen on my FB in recent years, it is quite an unpopular opinion. I have one girl who wrote 3 paragraphs on how horrible she felt because she didn't have anyone to share valentines day with and poor her and why is she so unlovable and blah blah blah. Seriously.

Ziegeficker

Valentines Day is just an excuse to eat, so I can get down with that. I can do without the cards and flowers. And the pictures of other people's cards and flowers (yuck). I ordered myself some chocolate-covered strawberries yesterday, because, fuck it.

I actually took my birthday off of my Facebook profile because I was tired of people wishing me a happy birthday when they would not otherwise give two shits if Facebook hadn't reminded them. I think it's insincere.

Lol, this post makes me look incredibly cynical.