UO anyone here to play?

credcat7

let em rip

credcat7

I have been wondering if the cat will be alive when its time to move when taking into consideration that we may  need to find a cat friendly place to live.... and I have hoped that maybe he decides he is done being old before we have to move

ssmb_clarinet

I think bailing on a BMB because its "boring" is silly. So what we have moved on from our worries and are mostly pros now? Can't we still have some camaraderie and fun? I think some people are bailing because they thrive on drama...and if that's the case then good riddance. Flame away. Oh wait, you won't cause you left us boring mamas behind. Ha.

CCM82909

ssmb_clarinet said:

I think bailing on a BMB because its "boring" is silly. So what we have moved on from our worries and are mostly pros now? Can't we still have some camaraderie and fun? I think some people are bailing because they thrive on drama...and if that's the case then good riddance. Flame away. Oh wait, you won't cause you left us boring mamas behind. Ha.

I second that.  I've been on the bump since I was pregnant with my first one, and to see people leave because it's "boring" is ridiculous. Babies grow and they change and we don't need to ask 500 questions a day. 

CCM82909

My UO: I have nothing against the backpack leashes. My oldest sports one quite a bit, actually, if DH isn't around and I can't take a stroller. I was completely against them before I had kids since they were leashes and my child wouldn't be a dog. That was, until he decided to dart into a parking lot once day. Whatever, people can stare all they want. I'm keeping my child safe, with whichever method I feel I need.

maven212

I too have nothing against leashes.

UO: just because you get a job offer doesn't mean you should take it. I'm in the middle of negotiating an offer now where the boss just pulled a kind of dirty tactic  "I'll give you everything else you want if you will move on your one non-negotiable". My one non-negotiable is something that will protect my job and the investment my boss will make in setting me up (it's a lot of money - not income. It's money for physical set up). There are a couple of dozen things that should be more important to my prospective boss that he could ask me to back off on, but he wants me to cough up this one thing which could really put a stranglehold on my early career. I have to ask myself, do I really want to work in a place where my boss doesn't understand the needs of my job?


There are maybe 10 job openings worldwide for which I can compete every year. Most people would say I'm nuts for saying this. I've been unemployed. There is part of me that thinks I'm nuts too. Then there is the part of me that thinks what the extra hours I will have to work will do to LO, and I think f$#%^ it. If this doesn't work out, and I don't get another offer, I'll do something else for a living.

maven212

so that wasn't super unpopular. My other UO: I really hate spaghetti and meatballs. I like spaghetti. I like spaghetti with ground up meat in the sauce, but I just can't get into meatballs. It's strange because I like swedish meatballs and I have nothing against meatballs in general. I just feel like they really need be integrated into the sauce. Why be separate when you can be together?

maven212

It's also possible I've never had good spaghetti and meatballs. Maybe the right plate will come along someday and turn me around.

I just can't take a strong stand today.

credcat7

@uconnhuskie007 I don't think it was specifically to you, more of a comment in general about the huge wave of people who moved out. 

 My 2 cents... I have lurked parenting to see what the hype is about... while I agree its much more active I feel like if our BMB people wanted to they could have put in more of an effort to post here instead of posting on another board... that being said I think that people are on TB for their own reasons.... and for some the BMB is enough and others it isn't. 

 

ssmb_clarinet

Yea, not towards anyone specific, just that post the other day in general.