UO Thursday!

ErikaLynn75

I have a friend named Richard. He always went by Ricky, and then when he went to college he decided to go by Rick. Graduated, came back to town and everyone still calls him Ricky. He tried so hard for the first year or so to get us to call him Rick, but it's just so hard to do. He eventually gave up. So now when I see him in a large group it's very clear who are his "work friends" and who are his friends he's known forever, based on what they call him. I feel bad, and I want to respect his wishes on what to be called, but it's a tough habit to break especially when 99% of the time when we see him there is alcohol being consumed.

andoll8

Mamazon2014 said:

My UO, skinny jeans on guys are gross, especially when they are worn with the ass and boxers hanging halfway out. Just ewww! chicken legs are not sexy. Blame it on the country girl in me, but a nice fitting pair of Wranglers are 100,000Xs hotter and make a guy's butt look sexy as hell.

farm girl here: DH knows how to get my juices going with his manly rugged Wranglers and work boots. there's something about a man who can pull off the Marlboro look (minus the cigarette)...

oscarwao

spacepotatoes said:

Kaylee524 said:

sisterjanet said:

I think all the introvert stuff (articles everywhere online like "Are you an introvert? Read our list to find out!" and "How to care for your introvert" and on and on) is a weird fad and wish it would go away. 

(Possibly I'm just spoiled because we took the Myers Briggs test in elementary school and again in high school and I've known I'm an introvert for as long as I can remember.)

Meh. I've known I'm an introvert for pretty much my whole life, but I remember most of the time growing up being told that there was something wrong with me because of that. My teachers said I didn't participate enough, my parents told me I wasn't socializing enough, etc. Maybe it was just my hometown that treated it as some kind of disorder, but I'm just glad that it seems like now people are actually acting like being an introvert is just a different (and completely normal) way of finding energy and fulfillment, and not a handicap.

Yes, all of this! I love the attention introversion has been getting in the last few years because I finally feel like people have a better grasp of what it actually means, or at least are trying to understand. I think it's in the book The Introvert Advantage that the author discusses how introverts have to use energy in social interactions and it can be draining, whereas extroverted people tend to get energy from social interactions. That was something I could never articulate before, just something that's always frustrated me.

It is nice that it is getting some attention, but I do think that if you are posting stuff on FB along the lines of "Look! I'm an introvert!" then you are obviously NOT that introverted.

My DH, a total extrovert, still struggles with the introvert thing. He THRIVES on big groups whereas I find them utterly exhausting. 

CamrynnsMommy

I do think (and admit that I am guilty also) us BTDT moms scoff or get bent out of shape too quickly when FTMs post things like "I'm getting uncomfortable...!" I forget that this is their first rodeo and I'm quick to roll my eyes or whatever.

RedInLove

MrsKTen said:

I think it's weird when adults still call or refer to their parents as Mommy and Daddy.  I have a coworker that does this ALL THE TIME.  It makes me cringe.

When I lived in the south, it seemed common. One of my almost-senior-aged co-workers used Mama and Daddy. I now live back home in northeast and adults don't tend to use Mamma/Mommy and Daddy. I use Ma and Mum, and Dad for my parents.

IBackBevo

Mamazon2014 said:

My UO, skinny jeans on guys are gross, especially when they are worn with the ass and boxers hanging halfway out. Just ewww! chicken legs are not sexy. Blame it on the country girl in me, but a nice fitting pair of Wranglers are 100,000Xs hotter and make a guy's butt look sexy as hell.

Yes!  Skinny jeans on dudes are GROSS.

JessElam

kitchencolors said:

hhegyesi said:

i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

sorrynotsorry

edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.

Me too.  If I have a son, he will not have a name that has a common diminutive... no Dicky around these parts, TYVM.  And no, I'm not just going to call him Dick either.

In fact I don't like any boy names that have a common nickname at all, ending in "y" or just shortened.  I want my son to have a name that he can use as it is without having people changing it all the time.

This exactly.  I'm a big fan of short and concise names for boys.  (i.e. Cole and Ryan)  No real abbreviation, shortening, or adding to them.

RachelCA29

Miles2Go said:

Jennyinheaven said:

I don't care for the super exercise posters, Im almost 8 months pregnant I am happy with a walk or a prenatal yoga video, I don't need to hear about how you just can't keep up in spinning, kickboxing etc, like you used to.

I don't care for the people who seem to have a problem with the fact that some people have different pregnancy experiences than others. I'm totally about to be that person, but... it's pretty obvious which posts are which, so don't read the exercise posts? I'm sorry if it bugs you that I still work out almost every day and am just now, at this point in my pregnancy, starting to get uncomfortable. I wouldn't start a conversation just to establish those facts, but I'll remember moving forward that I'm not allowed to comment on anything having to do with pains or questions about exercise or anything else having to do with bothers of pregnancy, since I didn't start experiencing them soon enough.

My first pregnancy I was able to exercise consistently. This time, I had to stop back in November for medical reasons. I've noted an enormous difference in my comfort level. I remarked just yesterday that last time around, I didn't feel this much pain and discomfort until 40ish weeks. Now, that could just be because every pregnancy is different, but I do attribute some of it to my comparative lack of activity, and I lament that loss. Thinking if hitting up a crossfit gym tomorrow....

I think you might be right about general comfort level relating to *some* general activity @Miles2Go

I've been trying to keep up with my regular yoga schedule as best I can, but sometimes getting into yoga gear and going to the studio is awful when it's -15 outside. On weeks where I have skipped both my yoga classes I feel gross and definitely feel more 'uncomfortable pregnant'. But if I force myself to go to classes, I notice by the end of the week I feel overall better than the weeks I skip.

sisterjanet

kimberlykl2009 said:

spacepotatoes said:

Kaylee524 said:

sisterjanet said:

I think all the introvert stuff (articles everywhere online like "Are you an introvert? Read our list to find out!" and "How to care for your introvert" and on and on) is a weird fad and wish it would go away. 

(Possibly I'm just spoiled because we took the Myers Briggs test in elementary school and again in high school and I've known I'm an introvert for as long as I can remember.)

Meh. I've known I'm an introvert for pretty much my whole life, but I remember most of the time growing up being told that there was something wrong with me because of that. My teachers said I didn't participate enough, my parents told me I wasn't socializing enough, etc. Maybe it was just my hometown that treated it as some kind of disorder, but I'm just glad that it seems like now people are actually acting like being an introvert is just a different (and completely normal) way of finding energy and fulfillment, and not a handicap.

Yes, all of this! I love the attention introversion has been getting in the last few years because I finally feel like people have a better grasp of what it actually means, or at least are trying to understand. I think it's in the book The Introvert Advantage that the author discusses how introverts have to use energy in social interactions and it can be draining, whereas extroverted people tend to get energy from social interactions. That was something I could never articulate before, just something that's always frustrated me.

It is nice that it is getting some attention, but I do think that if you are posting stuff on FB along the lines of "Look! I'm an introvert!" then you are obviously NOT that introverted.

My DH, a total extrovert, still struggles with the introvert thing. He THRIVES on big groups whereas I find them utterly exhausting. 

DH and I are both pretty introverted, so we live a very quiet life.  One of the ways I knew he was for me was that I don't feel tired around him.  (Even my best friend makes me feel tired after I've been with her a whole day.)

Junebug060609

CamrynnsMommy said:

I do think (and admit that I am guilty also) us BTDT moms scoff or get bent out of shape too quickly when FTMs post things like "I'm getting uncomfortable...!" I forget that this is their first rodeo and I'm quick to roll my eyes or whatever.

Me, too. I read it and think, "This is nothing, wait until you hit full term"

andoll8

JessElam said:

kitchencolors said:

hhegyesi said:

i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

sorrynotsorry

edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.

Me too.  If I have a son, he will not have a name that has a common diminutive... no Dicky around these parts, TYVM.  And no, I'm not just going to call him Dick either.

In fact I don't like any boy names that have a common nickname at all, ending in "y" or just shortened.  I want my son to have a name that he can use as it is without having people changing it all the time.

This exactly.  I'm a big fan of short and concise names for boys.  (i.e. Cole and Ryan)  No real abbreviation, shortening, or adding to them.

agreed. also - not a huge fan of nicknames in general. DH keeps trying to figure out a nickname for every name we consider, but i'm of the mind that we call Peanut by his/her given name. what's so bad about that?

whimsy515

IBackBevo said:

Mamazon2014 said:

My UO, skinny jeans on guys are gross, especially when they are worn with the ass and boxers hanging halfway out. Just ewww! chicken legs are not sexy. Blame it on the country girl in me, but a nice fitting pair of Wranglers are 100,000Xs hotter and make a guy's butt look sexy as hell.

Yes!  Skinny jeans on dudes are GROSS.

Not gonna lie. I broke up with a guy because we went to J. Crew, and he bought women's skinny jeans AND wore a size that was much smaller than my size. I'm not heavy at all, but that made me feel terrible. I guess he was hipster before that became a thing, so breaking up was inevitable!

TheBeeCharmer

Piggy backing off of adding "ness" to words... I also hate that words that aren't real words have been woven into the lexicon. 

Worst offender: Functionality. Not a word. Adding "ality" to a word does not make you sound smarter. 

Also, I know a fairly well-educated person who says "conversate" 

awc1986

My UO is that I hate when STM+s are derogatory to FTMs for no reason.

I was lurking on another part of these boards and there was a woman asking a legit question about something most FTMs wouldn't know about. She was clearly asking for help and trying her best and someone referred to her as "just a clueless FTM". Thing is, the person who said it is one of these people who others are scared of and just spreads their "know it all" opinions on every possible thread. They're not pregnant and I think they have 1 child, yet they act like they've nannied the Von Trapps.

I'm not saying it needs to be all sweetness and light, but referring to someone as "clueless" because they've not done this before is just harsh.

This wasn't a M14 mama by the way!!!

sisterjanet

awc1986 said:

My UO is that I hate when STM+s are derogatory to FTMs for no reason. I was lurking on another part of these boards and there was a woman asking a legit question about something most FTMs wouldn't know about. She was clearly asking for help and trying her best and someone referred to her as "just a clueless FTM". Thing is, the person who said it is one of these people who others are scared of and just spreads their "know it all" opinions on every possible thread. They're not pregnant and I think they have 1 child, yet they act like they've nannied the Von Trapps. I'm not saying it needs to be all sweetness and light, but referring to someone as "clueless" because they've not done this before is just harsh. This wasn't a M14 mama by the way!!!

And now I've got "How do you solve a problem like Maria" stuck in my head.  (Also, more pertinently, I agree with you.)

Mamazon2014

IBackBevo said:

Mamazon2014 said:

My UO, skinny jeans on guys are gross, especially when they are worn with the ass and boxers hanging halfway out. Just ewww! chicken legs are not sexy.

Blame it on the country girl in me, but a nice fitting pair of Wranglers are 100,000Xs hotter and make a guy's butt look sexy as hell.

Yes!  Skinny jeans on dudes are GROSS.


We currently live in a city with a very large community of hipsters, and the skiny jeans, too tight shirts, and lace up old fashioned boots look is rampant.

And it never fails, there's always at least one guy walking around with his bulge WAY too defined. I wonder if they realize that all that constriction reduces sperm count? In their case, that might be a good thing...

All I know, is that until I moved here, I never knew guys could get camel toes haha.

busterbeagle

My son will wear his sister's hand me down skinny jeans at least until he's out of diapers. I hate that all baby boy pants are basically mini adult men pants. Why hide the cute chubby baby legs?

Tnpeach

1) I hate yoga pants. I hate how they feel, I hate how they look, and I hate them.

2) I also hate skinny jeans. It's like suffocating your privates, male or female.

whimsy515

ErBear1010 said:

hhegyesi said:

JessElam said:

kitchencolors said:

hhegyesi said:

i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

sorrynotsorry

edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.

Me too.  If I have a son, he will not have a name that has a common diminutive... no Dicky around these parts, TYVM.  And no, I'm not just going to call him Dick either.

In fact I don't like any boy names that have a common nickname at all, ending in "y" or just shortened.  I want my son to have a name that he can use as it is without having people changing it all the time.

This exactly.  I'm a big fan of short and concise names for boys.  (i.e. Cole and Ryan)  No real abbreviation, shortening, or adding to them.

agreed. also - not a huge fan of nicknames in general. DH keeps trying to figure out a nickname for every name we consider, but i'm of the mind that we call Peanut by his/her given name. what's so bad about that?

I've never gotten the whole naming a kid one thing just so you can call him another name. I call DD Kait or Kaitlyn. But I introduce her as Kaitlyn and at school she goes by Kaitlyn. My dad planned on calling her Bug from the beginning (Kaitlyn=Kait=Katie=Katydid=Bug....his logic) and it has stuck. He and I will both call her Bug. I also call her Twitter because, as she put it "I have a lot of thoughts and they just keep coming out of my mouth." She answers to all of them. We have friend who said they named their kid Elijah but they're just going to call him Eli. Then why not just name him Eli? 

YES! My DS will be Jack. And I get people asking "So his name is John?" No it's Jack. I like Jack, therefore I will name him Jack. I also don't understand how people get Jack out of John, Bill out of William, or Dick out of Richard. The Richard I know goes by Rich, which seems right. Why I get mad at this? I don't know!

motoLyn

Mamazon2014 said:

Mamazon2014 said:

My UO, skinny jeans on guys are gross, especially when they are worn with the ass and boxers hanging halfway out. Just ewww! chicken legs are not sexy. Blame it on the country girl in me, but a nice fitting pair of Wranglers are 100,000Xs hotter and make a guy's butt look sexy as hell.

Yes!  Skinny jeans on dudes are GROSS.

We currently live in a city with a very large community of hipsters, and the skiny jeans, too tight shirts, and lace up old fashioned boots look is rampant. And it never fails, there's always at least one guy walking around with his bulge WAY too defined. I wonder if they realize that all that constriction reduces sperm count? In their case, that might be a good thing... All I know, is that until I moved here, I never knew guys could get camel toes haha.

I thought of this when I read your UO.  And I have to say I agree.  I live in Southern CA and there is a city in Los Angeles area that is like hipster capital.  I can't handle seeing guys in the tight jeans. 

Kaylee524

ErBear1010 said:

hhegyesi said:

JessElam said:

kitchencolors said:

hhegyesi said:

i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

sorrynotsorry

edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.

Me too.  If I have a son, he will not have a name that has a common diminutive... no Dicky around these parts, TYVM.  And no, I'm not just going to call him Dick either.

In fact I don't like any boy names that have a common nickname at all, ending in "y" or just shortened.  I want my son to have a name that he can use as it is without having people changing it all the time.

This exactly.  I'm a big fan of short and concise names for boys.  (i.e. Cole and Ryan)  No real abbreviation, shortening, or adding to them.

agreed. also - not a huge fan of nicknames in general. DH keeps trying to figure out a nickname for every name we consider, but i'm of the mind that we call Peanut by his/her given name. what's so bad about that?

I've never gotten the whole naming a kid one thing just so you can call him another name. I call DD Kait or Kaitlyn. But I introduce her as Kaitlyn and at school she goes by Kaitlyn. My dad planned on calling her Bug from the beginning (Kaitlyn=Kait=Katie=Katydid=Bug....his logic) and it has stuck. He and I will both call her Bug. I also call her Twitter because, as she put it "I have a lot of thoughts and they just keep coming out of my mouth." She answers to all of them. We have friend who said they named their kid Elijah but they're just going to call him Eli. Then why not just name him Eli? 

I can say what our reasoning is - if LO was going to be a girl, we had the name Virginia picked out because it is DH's grandmother's name. She is an amazing woman and we both really want to name our kid after her. However, the name itself is just so old fashioned ... we would use the nickname Ginny instead. Her legal name would still be DH's grandmother's name, but she wouldn't have to use it.

carissa32581

Re: nicknames,
This baby will be named James. We will not call him Jim or Jimmy. I hate them both.

That being said I'm not so against nicknames in general. I Hess around here that seems to be an ou!

IBackBevo

ykristos said:

2. This was big in my family, so perhaps it's just deeply ingrained in me, but I find it cringe-worthy to talk about someone else's finances/financial situation. Money is such a deeply personal thing, and quite frankly, I don't really care how other people spend their money.

Generally speaking, I would agree with this.  But when someone complains about being broke and not being able to even afford the basics (i.e. like health insurance for their child or their own place), but can spend money on luxuries, I judge the hell out of this.

ThereBeDragons

ErBear1010 said:

hhegyesi said:

JessElam said:

kitchencolors said:

hhegyesi said:

i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

sorrynotsorry

edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.

Me too.  If I have a son, he will not have a name that has a common diminutive... no Dicky around these parts, TYVM.  And no, I'm not just going to call him Dick either.

In fact I don't like any boy names that have a common nickname at all, ending in "y" or just shortened.  I want my son to have a name that he can use as it is without having people changing it all the time.

This exactly.  I'm a big fan of short and concise names for boys.  (i.e. Cole and Ryan)  No real abbreviation, shortening, or adding to them.

agreed. also - not a huge fan of nicknames in general. DH keeps trying to figure out a nickname for every name we consider, but i'm of the mind that we call Peanut by his/her given name. what's so bad about that?

I've never gotten the whole naming a kid one thing just so you can call him another name. I call DD Kait or Kaitlyn. But I introduce her as Kaitlyn and at school she goes by Kaitlyn. My dad planned on calling her Bug from the beginning (Kaitlyn=Kait=Katie=Katydid=Bug....his logic) and it has stuck. He and I will both call her Bug. I also call her Twitter because, as she put it "I have a lot of thoughts and they just keep coming out of my mouth." She answers to all of them. We have friend who said they named their kid Elijah but they're just going to call him Eli. Then why not just name him Eli? 

This actually goes back to an earlier post on this thread- about how adults going by nicknames/diminutives are harder to take seriously.

My father strongly believed in naming baby what you call baby. As a result I was almost named Becky. Just Becky. Because that's what they were going to call me, and why complicate things?

My mom argued (and, thankfully, won) that a child should have the option to leave behind their childhood nickname if they wish- or at the very least have a formal name available for work situations. Dr Rebecca LastName sounded better to her ears than Dr Becky LastName.

Arguments between my parents aside- I have never really been a fan of Becky. I don't feel like I'm a Becky. My senior year of high school, my then boyfriend (now husband) pointed out that he had three cousins nicknamed Becky and could he call me Rebecca to make it feel a little less like he was kissing a cousin. Rebecca shortened within a week to Becca and I loved it. I changed the spelling to Bekah (personal preference and to make the name "mine") and I have been Bekah ever since.

And I thank god that my mom won that argument 33 years ago. And I promised myself that any child of mine will have a formal name so they can also have the option of picking a form of thier own name which feels right when they're old enough.

So my Elisabeth will probably be called Ella. But she will have a wide choice of alternatives down the line if she wants them. And we will still call her Elisabeth too- just like Ella as a fun diminutive.

Jennyinheaven

Nicknames, I like them my daughter will be named Joshephine, but we well call her Josie, in this way she has a name to be be used in the professional world when she grows up but when she's a little girl she doesn't have to carry a giant mature name. I also go by an abbrevation of my name so...

Tnpeach

With DD1, I loved the name Amanda and hated the nickname Mandy. I REFUSED to have her nickname Mandy. So I invented Ada. Four years later, she answers to both Ada and Amanda, and does not answer to Mandy.

Not sure where I was going with this.

Kaylee524

sisterjanet said:

spacepotatoes said:

Kaylee524 said:

sisterjanet said:

I think all the introvert stuff (articles everywhere online like "Are you an introvert? Read our list to find out!" and "How to care for your introvert" and on and on) is a weird fad and wish it would go away. 

(Possibly I'm just spoiled because we took the Myers Briggs test in elementary school and again in high school and I've known I'm an introvert for as long as I can remember.)

Meh. I've known I'm an introvert for pretty much my whole life, but I remember most of the time growing up being told that there was something wrong with me because of that. My teachers said I didn't participate enough, my parents told me I wasn't socializing enough, etc. Maybe it was just my hometown that treated it as some kind of disorder, but I'm just glad that it seems like now people are actually acting like being an introvert is just a different (and completely normal) way of finding energy and fulfillment, and not a handicap.

Yes, all of this! I love the attention introversion has been getting in the last few years because I finally feel like people have a better grasp of what it actually means, or at least are trying to understand. I think it's in the book The Introvert Advantage that the author discusses how introverts have to use energy in social interactions and it can be draining, whereas extroverted people tend to get energy from social interactions. That was something I could never articulate before, just something that's always frustrated me.

I just feel like "oh I'm such an introvert, I just want to be lazy at home" is going to be the next "man, I'm sooooo OCD, look at me sorting my objects" and it's irritating.  If there really are people benefiting from all the attention introversion is getting that's cool, but it's like the overplayed song on the radio to me.

Yeah, I actually get that. I sometimes think it is becoming a bit of a "fad" to claim that you're an introvert. Several times recently I've had conversations with people about introversion/extroversion, and someone who is so obviously an extrovert says "well, I think I'm an introvert!" Umm, no. You're not. I do prefer that over people making us introverts feel like there's something wrong with us, though.

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ErBear1010 said:

hhegyesi said:

JessElam said:

kitchencolors said:

hhegyesi said:

i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

sorrynotsorry

edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.

Me too.  If I have a son, he will not have a name that has a common diminutive... no Dicky around these parts, TYVM.  And no, I'm not just going to call him Dick either.

In fact I don't like any boy names that have a common nickname at all, ending in "y" or just shortened.  I want my son to have a name that he can use as it is without having people changing it all the time.

This exactly.  I'm a big fan of short and concise names for boys.  (i.e. Cole and Ryan)  No real abbreviation, shortening, or adding to them.

agreed. also - not a huge fan of nicknames in general. DH keeps trying to figure out a nickname for every name we consider, but i'm of the mind that we call Peanut by his/her given name. what's so bad about that?


I've never gotten the whole naming a kid one thing just so you can call him another name. I call DD Kait or Kaitlyn. But I introduce her as Kaitlyn and at school she goes by Kaitlyn. My dad planned on calling her Bug from the beginning (Kaitlyn=Kait=Katie=Katydid=Bug....his logic) and it has stuck. He and I will both call her Bug. I also call her Twitter because, as she put it "I have a lot of thoughts and they just keep coming out of my mouth." She answers to all of them. We have friend who said they named their kid Elijah but they're just going to call him Eli. Then why not just name him Eli? 

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Eh our sons name will be Clayton. I'm not the biggest fan so I will call him Clay. I agreed to the name at one point and by then DH already told his grandma that our kids name is her family name (maiden name). And my mom also told my grandpa Clay's middle name was going to be after him. So I'm kind of stuck with it. And hence why I'll call him Clay because I like it better.

I did get my husband to agree to do CD out of the whole name situation so that's cool.

colleen62157

Irregardless. Hate it.

colleen62157

As in I hate the word " irregardless".

awc1986

Re: nick names, shortened names etc,
My daughter will be called Bobbie. Not Roberta. It's our decision based on a few different things. Mainly that we like the name, secondly after Bob Dylan and thirdly after a song by the Black Lips that mentions a Bobbie.

My husband is a hipster and we have a hipster house with crazy antique crap on the walls. We're a cliche. I've told him he needs to get rid of some of the stuff because I don't want baby playing with a petrified alligator's head. His jeans are skinny, but not that skinny to the point where thigh is outlined. I'd divorce him if he cut his Eddie Vedder/jared Leto hair.

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colleen62157 said:

As in I hate the word " irregardless".

I am horrible with the English language. Grammar, spelling, you name it.

But it's not even a real word, right?

Just makes me think of Johnjay from The Johnjay and Rich show. Johnjay is kind of a douche and always says it.

Empireceo

Tnpeach said:

1) I hate yoga pants. I hate how they feel, I hate how they look, and I hate them. 

andoll8

colleen62157 said:

Irregardless. Hate it.

ditto. 

possibly even worse: irregardlessly

TheBeeCharmer

I like formal longer names and nicknames. Didn't realize that was unpopular. DS is William called Billy on occasion. We're retro fabulous. also, I like the idea of a more formal title. SIL is just Katie. I think it would've looked nice to name her Katherine. It ages better IMO.

sisterjanet

mz628 said:

Surprised this hasn't been said, but I hate when adults can't use the proper term for penis or vagina. Ding a ling? Cookie? FFS, use the correct terminology. I also cringe when I hear a woman talk about their "juices." I get your turned on, but I don't like it. Or the word "moist" to describe it... Blech.

Cookie?  Man, don't tell cookie monster.

lindseylu10

If we have a boy (team green) he will be Benjamin Theodore and DH is already calling him Benny Ted so you know where we stand.

Roufi

Tnpeach said:

With DD1, I loved the name Amanda and hated the nickname Mandy. I REFUSED to have her nickname Mandy. So I invented Ada. Four years later, she answers to both Ada and Amanda, and does not answer to Mandy.

Not sure where I was going with this.

I'm Amanda and I DESPISE being called Mandy. I have one friend who calls me that and she's the only person in the world who can get away with it, including my H. Everyone just calls me Manda since it rolls off the tongue better. I was Roufi as a kid thanks to my MN, and my H calls me generic or ridiculous NNs.

Also 100% in agreement w PPs about "irregardless" and "conversate". Picture steam coming out my ears.

Finally, I judge the heck out of ppl who spend on luxuries rather than seeing to basic necessities. My SIL got her power turned off at one point, FIl is now paying for it, yet she drives a new car, and her fiance quit his job because it was beneath him, only to have his amazing job op fall through after. Totally judging.

julesf817

OK i've got one. It drives me nuts that a lot of people seem to assume that if they name their kid something with an obvious nick name and they don't like that nick name and don't plan to use it that their kid won't ever go by that nickname.

you get to pick your kid's name, sure, but you don't get to tell them which nick name to go by when they get older. i think it's silly to assume that just because you don't like "billy, jackie, jim, johnny, dick etc" that they won't end up going by one of those names when they get older and people start calling them that.  

my sister is named Michelle, and i remember my mom saying "as long as nobody calls her Shelly!" guess what pretty much everyone, even in our family, calls her now? my name is Julie, my parents never once in my life have called me Jules. a lot of people call me Jules and i love the nickname Jules. it might be something you have some control over when they are little, but not forever.

lauralou3x3

mz628 said:

I also cringe when I hear a woman talk about their "juices." I get your turned on, but I don't like it. Or the word "moist" to describe it... Blech.

I hate the word moist in general! Sounds nasty.