UO

5speckledfrogs

Brandontricia said:

My UO is stemming off of last weeks FFFC.

I do not think you should have close friends of the opposite sex (unless they are gay and have no interest in buying what you are selling). I honestly think it will eventually lead to something more for one of the parties involved and is a bad idea.

I am not talking about your husbands best friend is your friend. I am talking about the guy you call, text, and email. It's weird and I would be pissed if my DH had a "girl" friend calling /texting him all the time. In my experience whenever I see or hear of someone doing this I eventually hear about the shit storm that follows.

Call me insecure, but I have seen it go bad too many times. Luckily, DH and I have never put the other in that situation, but we have dealt with it within our close family and it was so horrible.

Agree! I don't have any male friends of my own, just DH's friends, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I get enough male perspective from them, so there's no need to add other males to the mix who would end up just sitting the pot in my marriage.

TXswissmiss

psychdoc12 said:

I'm always scared to post my actual UOs. 

So... umm... I'll post a possibly slightly less controversial one.....

@psychdoc12 Now I'm curious....!

trackgirlparis

carawasa said:

Brandontricia said:

My UO is stemming off of last weeks FFFC.

I do not think you should have close friends of the opposite sex (unless they are gay and have no interest in buying what you are selling). I honestly think it will eventually lead to something more for one of the parties involved and is a bad idea.

I am not talking about your husbands best friend is your friend. I am talking about the guy you call, text, and email. It's weird and I would be pissed if my DH had a "girl" friend calling /texting him all the time. In my experience whenever I see or hear of someone doing this I eventually hear about the shit storm that follows.

Call me insecure, but I have seen it go bad too many times. Luckily, DH and I have never put the other in that situation, but we have dealt with it within our close family and it was so horrible.

My FI always has had friends that are women.  I don't have a problem with it as long as I meet them.  I guess I feel better about it knowing the way they interact with eachother, if that makes any sense?  Either way, it took me a while to get used to.. but now I don't mind. 

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I agree with this. I think it's ridiculous to say there can be no friends of the opposite sex. Just because I have a male friend who is heterosexual, doesn't mean he is going to disrespect me and my marriage. If that's the case, then sure, there needs to be a conversation.

One of my best friends is a guy and although we were horny high schoolers and messed around a bit then, we have been best friends since we were 8. I told DH about him in the beginning of our relationship and made it clear I wasn't going to cut my friendship with him. DH was apprehensive at first (doesn't help that my friend is hot lol) but once he met him, he was fine. He knows my friend respects me and our relationship and my marriage. There aRe no issues

blondolphn

Dang, I had it, was going to post, and then i went to put the baby down, and I forgot it.....

Damn....

Oh in most cases I think it is annoying when couples share a facebook page. The reason some of them do it is because they don't trust their spouse and want to know what is going on.

Funny story, my dh was going to delete his fb acccount. So when I was cleaning up my friends it showed as his account deleted, so I unfriended him because it drove me nuts to have those random empty accounts. He reactivated his account and had to refriend me. We still aren't married according to facebook. Happy early fffc.

jennlin

My husband has plenty of female friends that he had met after our relationship started (some beautiful, single, leggy blondes....I don't care). We started dating young, and to cut him off from new friends is just cruel and insecure. If your spouse knows boundaries, there's nothing to worry about-they help set the tone of the friendship, and if they give off a just friends vibe and are not getting the same in return, he can adjust the relationship accordingly. I trust his judgement....and vice versa for my side.

spldyollie

I don't usually post on UO because I think most of mine should go on FFFC, but here we go. I don't think that credentialing programs should admit all of the people that they do. I see so many teachers in the profession that are terrible. Either weed them out before they credential or get rid of them before they get tenure. Once they have tenure there should be an easier way to stop them from ruining students. 

bkeane619

We both have friends of the opposite sex. Doesn't bother either of us one bit.

sleepy33

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

bkeane619

sleepy33 said:

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

It's too hard. I've gotten my real UOs out months ago. I'm so boring.

Wino0920

Bridesmaids dresses: totally disagree. You are asked to be in a wedding. If you cannot afford to be in it, just say so. If the bride gets mad, she isn't your friend and it's a good thing your not in the wedding. I do not like the just buy a dress, especially black, for the wedding. The wedding party should be different and not look like another guest at the wedding. They are special! You can get bridesmaid dresses cheap.

Friends of opposite sex. If you can't trust your spouse there are serious problems with your marriage. I have a group of male and female friends that I have been friends with for 20+ years. I shouldn't have to stop hanging out with them just because I got married!! My husband became friends with all the guys and now he is better friends with them than I am! Same with him, I hang out with his friends that are girls. I go to their showers and birthdays.

babyLOLO13

tyrannosaurusbeck : I totes got you and the tyrannosauruslex from the AmyG blow out fight on F14 confused and was truly baffled by "your" name comment.  I had to go back and forth a few times to our board (I was dead asleep feeding) to confirm that you are the sweet trex  

SweetCFly

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

I was also thinking this today. 

I suck at UOs, I'm pretty sure this one has been said before: I think "baby legs" are weird. Maybe because I have a boy though... Would probably never put them on him. (Got a random promo email for 5 free pairs of baby legs which made me think of this)

Jenball717

SweetCFly said:

sleepy33 said:

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

I was also thinking this today. 

I suck at UOs, I'm pretty sure this one has been said before: I think "baby legs" are weird. Maybe because I have a boy though... Would probably never put them on him. (Got a random promo email for 5 free pairs of baby legs which made me think of this)

I got that email too, not falling for it

sleepy33

SweetCFly said:

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

I was also thinking this today. 

I suck at UOs, I'm pretty sure this one has been said before: I think "baby legs" are weird. Maybe because I have a boy though... Would probably never put them on him. (Got a random promo email for 5 free pairs of baby legs which made me think of this)

LOLZ, my baby boy is wearing BL today! I just like them b/c I don't have to take pants on and off to change diapers.

SweetCFly

Jenball717 said:

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

I was also thinking this today. 

I suck at UOs, I'm pretty sure this one has been said before: I think "baby legs" are weird. Maybe because I have a boy though... Would probably never put them on him. (Got a random promo email for 5 free pairs of baby legs which made me think of this)

I got that email too, not falling for it

Yeah I think it was spam.

ksimo6

pandaglitter said:

I don't like bacon. It smells delicious though...I just can't eat it. (Or basically any meat).

How do you survive!?!?!

ksimo6

Jmakhomenka said:

Brandontricia said:

My UO is stemming off of last weeks FFFC.

I do not think you should have close friends of the opposite sex (unless they are gay and have no interest in buying what you are selling). I honestly think it will eventually lead to something more for one of the parties involved and is a bad idea.

I am not talking about your husbands best friend is your friend. I am talking about the guy you call, text, and email. It's weird and I would be pissed if my DH had a "girl" friend calling /texting him all the time. In my experience whenever I see or hear of someone doing this I eventually hear about the shit storm that follows.

Call me insecure, but I have seen it go bad too many times. Luckily, DH and I have never put the other in that situation, but we have dealt with it within our close family and it was so horrible.

Agree! I don't have any male friends of my own, just DH's friends, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I get enough male perspective from them, so there's no need to add other males to the mix who would end up just sitting the pot in my marriage.

Have to disagree. I have a very close guy friend whom I've known for 17 years. It has always been platonic and always will be. Larry (my friend) and I had many a vacation, night out, movie together in that time. My husband knows him and we dine with him and his girlfriend often. There is no issue. My husband and I were both mid-thirties when we married so we both have friends of the opposite sex. I figure, if he wanted to marry or screw any of his friends that are girls, he would have done it already.... Same goes for me and my guy friends. I do her why it makes people uncomfortable, it's just not an issue for us right now.

huntjul

brit1983 said:

I am super jealous of everyone with your cheap phone plans! We pay $140/month for 2 iPhones and that's with my employee discount. I would love to switch but Verizon has us at their mercy for another year and a half.

My UO: I don't really like Nutella. I will eat it on a rare occasion on toast if DH is having it, but other than that I'm not a huge fan. I do not understand how people eat it with a spoon or dip things in it. 

My UO: I like Nutella pizza.  Regular pizza crust with massive amount of Nutella smeared on it instead of sauce and topped with copious mozzarella cheese.  Try it if you dare.

SweetCFly

sleepy33 said:

SweetCFly said:

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

I was also thinking this today. 

I suck at UOs, I'm pretty sure this one has been said before: I think "baby legs" are weird. Maybe because I have a boy though... Would probably never put them on him. (Got a random promo email for 5 free pairs of baby legs which made me think of this)

LOLZ, my baby boy is wearing BL today! I just like them b/c I don't have to take pants on and off to change diapers.

Interesting. I could maybe consider them if they were footied. I can't get socks to stay on my kid to save his life!

bkeane619

Oooh I thought of one! I hate when people put their kids in organized sports when they are toddlers. I feel like they are living vicariously through their children by prepping them for organized sports in school. Let the damn kids play. I have a friend who is posting their 3 year old running track races and posting the kids time. Not shockingly they are coaches and phys ed teachers.

sleepy33

SweetCFly said:

sleepy33 said:

SweetCFly said:

I think UO should be renamed to 'a few people state some mostly neutral opinions and everyone else chimes in with a list of their opinions on opinions'.

I was also thinking this today. 

I suck at UOs, I'm pretty sure this one has been said before: I think "baby legs" are weird. Maybe because I have a boy though... Would probably never put them on him. (Got a random promo email for 5 free pairs of baby legs which made me think of this)

LOLZ, my baby boy is wearing BL today! I just like them b/c I don't have to take pants on and off to change diapers.

Interesting. I could maybe consider them if they were footied. I can't get socks to stay on my kid to save his life!

I used to have a hard time with them staying on, but for some reason I haven't lately. IDK if it's a different kind of sock or if his foot/ankle shape has changed or what. He is deft sporting some major cankles these days, maybe that keeps them on.

blathnat

So if you shouldn't have friends of the opposite sex, does the fact that I'm bisexual mean I shouldn't have friends at  all?

DETrent

huntjul said:

My UO: I like Nutella pizza.  Regular pizza crust with massive amount of Nutella smeared on it instead of sauce and topped with copious mozzarella cheese.  Try it if you dare.

bkeane619

carriet2018 said:

bkeane619 said:

Oooh I thought of one! I hate when people put their kids in organized sports when they are toddlers. I feel like they are living vicariously through their children by prepping them for organized sports in school. Let the damn kids play. I have a friend who is posting their 3 year old running track races and posting the kids time. Not shockingly they are coaches and phys ed teachers.

I don't have a problem with this. In some ways I wish my mom did this bc I would have made new friends or found a sport I liked that I didn't know I would. I could have been really good at softball for all I know. I plan on putting DD in a bunch of different activities. However only keep her in the ones she likes/shows interest.

BIL posts on FB daily about his 7 yo sons baseball stats. That's just annoying and puts so much pressure on my nephew what if he decides he doesn't like it anymore.

I was made to do different things as a kid from ballet, gymnastics, softball, field hockey, basketball etc. I do not look back on it fondly. I don't want my kids to HAVE to do what I had to. If they are interested that is one thing. I hated the experiences I had. All I wanted to do was ride horses

jennlin

@crunchymama11 no idea who they are either. Let's be uncool together?

sleepy33

btimes3 said:

I can't stand David Tennant.

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH

vvg28

bkeane619 said:

Oooh I thought of one! I hate when people put their kids in organized sports when they are toddlers. I feel like they are living vicariously through their children by prepping them for organized sports in school. Let the damn kids play. I have a friend who is posting their 3 year old running track races and posting the kids time. Not shockingly they are coaches and phys ed teachers.

Honestly, I am bad anti-sports and I grew up playing them! But times are different now...at least where I live. It now has to be your life! Pick a sport, play it year round, blow tons of money on traveling teams, take lessons....blah blah! DH and I have family members that are sucked into the sports vortex. Most nights they don't get home until ten and are gone on the weekends. The bad thing is if your kid does not partake and just wants to play seasonally then they get to sit on the bench bc they have not been part of "the club". And in the end, how many kids go pro as many of their parents dream about. I wish they could just play seasonally and not have to live, breathe, eat it.

Herefishy87

crunchymama11 said:

I thought of an UO- I love those STM Luvs commercials! I laugh every time because they are sooo true!

Agreed!!!

Welshgirl12

I. Love. MUSHROOMS!

When I was pregnant I was repelled by them and was so sad, now I eat them a LOT to make up for lost time.

bkeane619

Oh and not to mention the damage these sports are doing to kids bodies when they are going through puberty. Especially girls getting injured. It's an epidemic.

Eta some stats.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140074/

huntjul

@detrent @dh13 and other nutella pizza skeptics--

I was a big skeptic too.  With a bunch of friends, we ordered a XS nutella pizza at a restaurant to see what was up with it.  It disappeared quickly.  The next time we went to the same restaurant, we ordered the XL nutella pizza to share.  That good, I kid you not.

HFrizzle

I have one this week....maybe two.

1. I think floral shops are a complete rip off. Why do people want to spend $50 or more on an arrangement that will last a week if they're luck? Just send them that money instead.

2. I think PBS is subpar television and I don't like any of their channels or programs. Especially since my daughter loves their stupid cartoons and sings all their songs.

LC122

The Nutella Pizza: change pizza crust to cookie dough/crust and the cheese to fruit and you may have something there.

I don't think all toddler sports are issues of parents living vicariously. Most are non-competitive, Brownian Motion sports anyway. Most sports have competitive and non-competitive leagues. Pick your poison.
We have a niece who does the Olympic Development Program and has a full scholarship to college for playing soccer. So, while it doesn't work for everybody, it does work for some.

5speckledfrogs

ksimo6 said:

Jmakhomenka said:

Brandontricia said:

My UO is stemming off of last weeks FFFC.

I do not think you should have close friends of the opposite sex (unless they are gay and have no interest in buying what you are selling). I honestly think it will eventually lead to something more for one of the parties involved and is a bad idea.

I am not talking about your husbands best friend is your friend. I am talking about the guy you call, text, and email. It's weird and I would be pissed if my DH had a "girl" friend calling /texting him all the time. In my experience whenever I see or hear of someone doing this I eventually hear about the shit storm that follows.

Call me insecure, but I have seen it go bad too many times. Luckily, DH and I have never put the other in that situation, but we have dealt with it within our close family and it was so horrible.

Agree! I don't have any male friends of my own, just DH's friends, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I get enough male perspective from them, so there's no need to add other males to the mix who would end up just sitting the pot in my marriage.

Have to disagree. I have a very close guy friend whom I've known for 17 years. It has always been platonic and always will be. Larry (my friend) and I had many a vacation, night out, movie together in that time. My husband knows him and we dine with him and his girlfriend often. There is no issue. My husband and I were both mid-thirties when we married so we both have friends of the opposite sex. I figure, if he wanted to marry or screw any of his friends that are girls, he would have done it already.... Same goes for me and my guy friends. I do her why it makes people uncomfortable, it's just not an issue for us right now.

MH and I started dating in high school so I didn't have any close guy friends and the same for him with girls. Plus, since we've been dating, we have the same circle of friends. So the guys I know, he knows, and same with girls. By our own choice, we don't talk to anyone of the opposite sex outside of group gatherings b/c there's just no interest to. If he had a solid friendship with a girl before we began dating, that'd be a different story.

So I guess to specify my agreement, I agree that it's not really healthy to start relationship with someone of the opposite sex after marriage. I have no experience with opp sex friends before marriage.

MrsShankly1012

HFrizzle said:

2. I think PBS is subpar television and I don't like any of their channels or programs. Especially since my daughter loves their stupid cartoons and sings all their songs.

I prefer PBS kids programming to Nick Jr or Disney Jr - love me some Peg + Cat.

Plus Downton Abbey and Sherlock.  

I also love mushrooms.  Olives make me vom.

carawasa

quartermisses said:

HFrizzle said:

I have one this week....maybe two. 1. I think floral shops are a complete rip off. Why do people want to spend $50 or more on an arrangement that will last a week if they're luck? Just send them that money instead. 2. I think PBS is subpar television and I don't like any of their channels or programs. Especially since my daughter loves their stupid cartoons and sings all their songs.

I tell my husband not to buy me flowers all the time because they are just going to die. 

I bet @Nryan55 doesn't have this problem. She makes all the flower arrangements she wants. 

my dad is a florist....my has NEVER bought me flowers. haha i don't want them anyways! 

sleepy33

btimes3 said:

sleepy33 said:

btimes3 said:

I can't stand David Tennant.

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH

TWITCHY AND WEIRD. 

THAT IS WHY I LIKE HIM. I AM TWITCHY AND WEIRD. LOUD NOISES. j/k you know I love you btimez.

Ajoyd

Welshgirl12 said:

I. Love. MUSHROOMS! When I was pregnant I was repelled by them and was so sad, now I eat them a LOT to make up for lost time.

This happened to me too. It was so sad and DH kept forgetting and cooking with them anyway and I was all

bkeane619

I love PBS kids ESP Sprout

TXswissmiss

carriet2018 said:

mushrooms - amazing. i want them all over my body.

This made me LOLOLOLOLO!