UO Thursday

ChicagoBroad26

I'm not sure if we can top last week....but go!

smiles21866

I don't like "boxed" chocolates (I.e. Russell stover) from Walgreens/CVS/grocery stores/wherever because I think they taste super awful--almost like plastic.

ChicagoBroad26

smiles21866 said:

I don't like "boxed" chocolates (I.e. Russell stover) from Walgreens/CVS/grocery stores/wherever because I think they taste super awful--almost like plastic.

Yes! And I think Hershey's chocolate tastes awful, too. And Cadbury Creme eggs. And Reese's peanut butter cups. 

Meggs2559

Oh god I could eat 1,000 Cadbury cream eggs. It's my disgusting guilty pleasure.

smiles21866

ChicagoBroad26 said:

smiles21866 said:

I don't like "boxed" chocolates (I.e. Russell stover) from Walgreens/CVS/grocery stores/wherever because I think they taste super awful--almost like plastic.

Yes! And I think Hershey's chocolate tastes awful, too. And Cadbury Creme eggs. And Reese's peanut butter cups. 

They do! Like they have been sitting in the store for years because they haven't sold--icky

OhSewCrafty

ChicagoBroad26 said:

smiles21866 said:

I don't like "boxed" chocolates (I.e. Russell stover) from Walgreens/CVS/grocery stores/wherever because I think they taste super awful--almost like plastic.

Yes! And I think Hershey's chocolate tastes awful, too. And Cadbury Creme eggs. And Reese's peanut butter cups. 

:-O  These are THE BEST. 

pinottoparenthood

OhSewCrafty said:

ChicagoBroad26 said:

smiles21866 said:

I don't like "boxed" chocolates (I.e. Russell stover) from Walgreens/CVS/grocery stores/wherever because I think they taste super awful--almost like plastic.

Yes! And I think Hershey's chocolate tastes awful, too. And Cadbury Creme eggs. And Reese's peanut butter cups. 

:-O  These are THE BEST. 

YESSSS... I could bathe in a tub filled with Cadbury cream eggs. MmMmmmmM!

pinottoparenthood

On a related vein, here is an UO: Not only do I think marshmallow peeps are yummy, but they taste better stale.

hatroopes

I don't understand why people get excited about getting a tax refund - it's not free money, silly! 

24ladybug

I like going to the dentist. I love the way my teeth feel after a cleaning.

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pinottoparenthood

hatroopes said:

I don't understand why people get excited about getting a tax refund - it's not free money, silly! 

Yeah, but it's kind of like finding $20 in your coat pocket that you forgot was there. Yes, it was your money all along... but you haven't had access to it, and it suddenly arrives in a lump sum like a happy surprise!

JSS1002

pinottoparenthood said:

hatroopes said:

I don't understand why people get excited about getting a tax refund - it's not free money, silly! 

Yeah, but it's kind of like finding $20 in your coat pocket that you forgot was there. Yes, it was your money all along... but you haven't had access to it, and it suddenly arrives in a lump sum like a happy surprise!

Exactly.  It is like an accidental / forced savings account.  Especially when it is a mortgage interest refund... because hello, it isn't like you get other debt interest refunded (Cars, credit ,etc).  

melissad23

I know this is relatively unpopular on this board, but...

I just can't fathom having a separate checking account from H.

ETA: it just seems more roommate-y to me, then husband and wife-y, to say : I'll pay for this, you pay for that, etc...

ceamac0127

pinottoparenthood said:

On a related vein, here is an UO: Not only do I think marshmallow peeps are yummy, but they taste better stale.

110%. I will purposefully leave the package open so they get stale

ceamac0127

CoffeeMonster19 said:

I could take or leave Reese's PB cups in any shape, really. Not what I would have in my cart if I were chocolate-shopping.

This probably isn't unpopular but Chuck E Cheese is the absolutely worst. I successfully avoided it for 3 1/2 years with James until last weekend when he was invited to a birthday party. It wasn't that fun, the kids didn't really play together and the moms didn't get to visit much because we had to help our kids, and despite my desperate attempts at hand washing and sanitizing James still got sick.

My goal in life is to stay as far away from Chuck E Cheese. Luckily they aren't super popular here, I think we only have 1 in the entire city.

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Lhyacinth888

I hate when people write #firstworldproblems on their facebook. It annoys me... like a lot.

OhSewCrafty

The winter olympics are lame. 

ChicagoBroad26

This seems to be unpopular, but I love Valentine's Day.  :x

I can't wait to make heart shaped pizzas with Ava, pass out our Valentine's to neighborhood kids and go to dinner with H and drink some vino. 

JSS1002

I think women should be able to elect to have a c section if they want.  

MsAmeera25

I think vow renewals aka full blown weddings because u never had a wedding is silly. You get married one time make it count or wait until you can get what you want.

JSS1002

melissad23 said:

I know this is relatively unpopular on this board, but... I just can't fathom having a separate checking account from H. ETA: it just seems more roommate-y to me, then husband and wife-y, to say : I'll pay for this, you pay for that, etc...

Honestly we just haven't gotten around to it yet, we have the whole thing planned out to merge, and it just feels like such a hassle. I think that is part of meeting older, marrying older, each being home-owners separately and having to keep paying on my house for a year after marriage,etc... We share everything though, we don't consider it "his and hers" money or anything like that, we just pay all the bills out of his account (Except for daycare, because I Have the daycare FSA all set up at work), and I pay for all the fun stuff, LO stuff, daycare, etc... 

But the plan is to merge it all into one household account, but then have small separate checking accounts for our individual "fun" stuff (ie, manicures and fantasyfootball). I absolutely refuse to not have SOMETHING (credit card and bank account) that is only in my name, because it is bad for your credit to not maintain something of your very own.

MKC12/22/2006

The archaic setup of our parent/teacher conferences boggles my mind. I have to sit in my room for 16 hours a year (4 nights, 4 hours each, after I have taught a full day, and have to teach the next day). In four hours I have no more than 5 parents (of 70 possible) come to see me. Of those, they almost always have students earning As and Bs. About 2 parents a year come to conferences for students who aren't doing well in class. Parents have access to their students' grades online 24/7, as well as what we are currently doing in class, and can email or call anytime. Why can't we move into the 21st century with our conference setup? (Maybe this isn't an UO with other teachers...)

JSS1002

MKC12/22/2006 said:

The archaic setup of our parent/teacher conferences boggles my mind. I have to sit in my room for 16 hours a year (4 nights, 4 hours each, after I have taught a full day, and have to teach the next day). In four hours I have no more than 5 parents (of 70 possible) come to see me. Of those, they almost always have students earning As and Bs. About 2 parents a year come to conferences for students who aren't doing well in class. Parents have access to their students' grades online 24/7, as well as what we are currently doing in class, and can email or call anytime. Why can't we move into the 21st century with our conference setup? (Maybe this isn't an UO with other teachers...)

That IS crazy.  I think it is important to still have conference night that parents can plan on, but they should have to request an appt so that if you don't need to sit there for four hours, you don't have to.  What a waste of time.

KrisM86

JSS1002 said:

I think women should be able to elect to have a c section if they want.  

Yikes, I really disagree unless there is at least some small medical reason to do so. Statistically speaking, vaginal births are definitely better for mom and baby than a c section "just because."

pinottoparenthood

KrisM86 said:

I think women should be able to elect to have a c section if they want.  

Yikes, I really disagree unless there is at least some small medical reason to do so. Statistically speaking, vaginal births are definitely better for mom and baby than a c section "just because."

Yes! Not to mention that a C-section is WAY more expensive, and the insurance companies have to pay the brunt of that bill. My insurance comes out of taxpayers' pockets since I work for the state. I don't think that the taxpayers should have to pay for me to have major surgery because... why? It was more convenient then pushing the baby out? If it's medically necessary, absolutely, 100%. But I think if you want to get an elective c-section, you should have to pay the difference out of pocket.

keado

I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Valentine's Day!!  With an intense passion.  

Erin10408

JSS1002 said:

I think women should be able to elect to have a c section if they want.  

Whoo boy...totally, repectfully disagree. More dangerous to mother and baby, WAY more costly to insurance companies...nope, nope, nope.

 

And in regards to the seperate accounts...we have them. Love it. We never fight about money, which is awesome. I pay certain bills, DH pays certain bills, and we take turns with other stuff. I would never have a joint account.

My UO... I hate potlucks for events. If I host something...I'm welcoming you into my home and WANT to provide you with food and drink. I see BYOB, or "bring a dish to share!" and my mind goes..."tacky".

ChicagoBroad26

Erin10408 said:

My UO... I hate potlucks for events. If I host something...I'm welcoming you into my home and WANT to provide you with food and drink. I see BYOB, or "bring a dish to share!" and my mind goes..."tacky".

ACK! We have a dinner club each month and rotate who hosts it (group of 15 people). The host does the main dish and everyone else is assigned an appetizer, side item or dessert. I LOVE it and that way it never gets too overwhelming to host (which we do often, since we have more space). 

Sol1790

@ChicagoBroad26 what is a dinner club?? And how did you join. Is it basically your friends and you getting together to socialize? I has never heard of this,so I am curious.

Sol1790

So unpopular but I am so jealous of all the snow some states are getting!! Houston sucks! It's bright and sunny and not even that cold. Yea I know if I was actually there I would hate it but I have not seen snow in about 6 yrs!

Erin10408

ChicagoBroad26 said:

Erin10408 said:

My UO... I hate potlucks for events. If I host something...I'm welcoming you into my home and WANT to provide you with food and drink. I see BYOB, or "bring a dish to share!" and my mind goes..."tacky".

ACK! We have a dinner club each month and rotate who hosts it (group of 15 people). The host does the main dish and everyone else is assigned an appetizer, side item or dessert. I LOVE it and that way it never gets too overwhelming to host (which we do often, since we have more space). 

Haha...I do this with a group of girlfriends too.It still bothers me. Whenever it's my turn to host, I really just want to tell everyone that I'll take care of it, but I don't....thats not fair to the other people who really love the potluck aspect.

Jillibean68

JSS1002 said:

I think women should be able to elect to have a c section if they want.  

A few days before I was supposed to go in to be induced, the midwife asked me if I would prefer to elect for a C-section. I said no, but I asked her if that was a common thing they ask and she said they had to ask now. Idk if it's just out here or what, but it kind of surprised me because I thought C-sections were reserved for medical necessity.

Kate_C

mrandmrsk91011 said:

My U/O -nbsp;In the age of increased liability and frivolous lawsuits, companies wind losing too much money covering their own butts because users don't take care of the products they buy.  

*ducks for cover*

As someone who works on a contingency fee frequently (meaning I don't get paid unless I recover for my clients) I can tell you there aren't a lot of "frivolous" claims. Why would I invest 2 years of my time and thousands of dollars in expenses if I have little chance of getting paid? Juries of people like you are the ones who decide cases. You, the American juror, aren't going to award my client anything for a frivolous case.

And I think you are putting waaaay more faith in corporate America to pull bad products than is warranted. Ford, for example, made an economic decision not to redesign the Pinto fuel tank because it was cheaper to settle lawsuits where people were seriously injured or killed than to fix the damn product.

Aisak

rgrundon said:

I don't enjoy watching the Olympics. I do watch gymnastics or figure skating but only the more daring stuff and only if hubby wants to watch. I can't wait until they're over.

DH keeps asking me if I saw that Canada won gold in this or that...um...nope. I haven't watched any of it. I only watch Olympics when it involves gymnastics.

Aisak

MKC12/22/2006 said:

The archaic setup of our parent/teacher conferences boggles my mind. I have to sit in my room for 16 hours a year (4 nights, 4 hours each, after I have taught a full day, and have to teach the next day). In four hours I have no more than 5 parents (of 70 possible) come to see me. Of those, they almost always have students earning As and Bs. About 2 parents a year come to conferences for students who aren't doing well in class. Parents have access to their students' grades online 24/7, as well as what we are currently doing in class, and can email or call anytime. Why can't we move into the 21st century with our conference setup? (Maybe this isn't an UO with other teachers...)

I hear ya! We call ours "student led conferences" now. So you have to set up a bunch of centres for them to show their parents. And then you're their to discuss they progress report and IPP. It mostly just ends up being an evening of your students (and their siblings) acting like wild animals and tearing your classroom apart. Ours goes from after classes to 730pm. The parents in the last appointment always, without fail, want to talk your face off about something completely unrelated to school. It's such a long day.

Kate_C

mrandmrsk91011 said:

Kate_C said:

mrandmrsk91011 said:

My U/O -nbsp;In the age of increased liability and frivolous lawsuits, companies wind losing too much money covering their own butts because users don't take care of the products they buy.  

*ducks for cover*

As someone who works on a contingency fee frequently (meaning I don't get paid unless I recover for my clients) I can tell you there aren't a lot of "frivolous" claims. Why would I invest 2 years of my time and thousands of dollars in expenses if I have little chance of getting paid? Juries of people like you are the ones who decide cases. You, the American juror, aren't going to award my client anything for a frivolous case.

And I think you are putting waaaay more faith in corporate America to pull bad products than is warranted. Ford, for example, made an economic decision not to redesign the Pinto fuel tank because it was cheaper to settle lawsuits where people were seriously injured or killed than to fix the damn product.

I do see your point. But in this specific case, its a user error issue that people have blown WAY out of proportion.

As far as frivolous lawsuits go, it may not happen as much in corporate America, but between my husband working with law enforcement and my friends who work in the medical field, I hear about juries giving awards to frivolous lawsuits more than I thought actually happened. And from a justice perspective, it bothers me.

"Hear about" juries giving frivolous awards. That's the part that annoys the bejesus out of me. That is plain old fashioned propaganda from the US Chamber of Commerce and insurance lobby. Do you know of specific cases where juries awarded damages that were unfair? The rumor milk =/= evidence of an actual problem with the US legal system. It costs tens of thousands of dollars to sue a doctor that effs up. No one is going to bring that claim unless there is some merit to it.

ChicagoBroad26

Sol1790 said:

@ChicagoBroad26 what is a dinner club?? And how did you join. Is it basically your friends and you getting together to socialize? I has never heard of this,so I am curious.

Ha! It's just us and a bunch of our good friends and an excuse to get together once a month and binge eat and have some drinks We do a different theme each month- for example I did a make-your-own-pizza night and I made homemade dough and prepared a bunch of fancy toppings and everyone brought coordinating dishes and we gorged ourselves. Last week we had a southern theme with pulled pork, cornbread, greens, etc. It's a delicious way to keep up with friends all over the city and in the suburbs. 

24ladybug

ChicagoBroad26 said:

Erin10408 said:

My UO... I hate potlucks for events. If I host something...I'm welcoming you into my home and WANT to provide you with food and drink. I see BYOB, or "bring a dish to share!" and my mind goes..."tacky".

ACK! We have a dinner club each month and rotate who hosts it (group of 15 people). The host does the main dish and everyone else is assigned an appetizer, side item or dessert. I LOVE it and that way it never gets too overwhelming to host (which we do often, since we have more space). 

I have been trying to start a supper club with our group of friends. There are only four couples. I really need to try harder. I think it would be so much fun.

Sol1790

ChicagoBroad26 said:

Sol1790 said:

@ChicagoBroad26 what is a dinner club?? And how did you join. Is it basically your friends and you getting together to socialize? I has never heard of this,so I am curious.

Ha! It's just us and a bunch of our good friends and an excuse to get together once a month and binge eat and have some drinks We do a different theme each month- for example I did a make-your-own-pizza night and I made homemade dough and prepared a bunch of fancy toppings and everyone brought coordinating dishes and we gorged ourselves. Last week we had a southern theme with pulled pork, cornbread, greens, etc. It's a delicious way to keep up with friends all over the city and in the suburbs. 

This sounds fun! It will be my mission to get my friends to agree to something like this!