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shellbell3845

It's Thursday! Unpopular opinions go here!

shellbell3845

Mamosey said:

I don't know if this UO here, but it came up twice in my fb newsfeed today.  I like to wear comfortable clothes while flying.  I'm not going to dress up for a flight if I don't have to.  I won't be wearing plaid flannel pajama bottoms, but most likely I will be wearing yoga pants or jeans.

I see nothing wrong with flying in yoga pants or jeans.

Codypup

Mamosey said:

I don't know if this UO here, but it came up twice in my fb newsfeed today.  I like to wear comfortable clothes while flying.  I'm not going to dress up for a flight if I don't have to.  I won't be wearing plaid flannel pajama bottoms, but most likely I will be wearing yoga pants or jeans.

Not unpopular in this house! Comfortable is the way to go. 

On that note, my UO:

I really don't care if the person in front of me puts their seat back. Maybe it's because I'm ridiculously short, or because I never use a laptop on the tray table, but I really don't see what the fuss is about. If the seats weren't supposed to recline, the airlines wouldn't have made it possible. 

Flying sucks all around - someone putting their seat 2 inches into "my space" isn't going to affect the suck factor.

TessyMessy

I am catching a lot of flack for this today but I don't really care. I explained what happened on September 11th to my 7 year old. He began asking questions and I did not want to sugar coat what really happened that day. My family and friends lost people that day and I believe it is important to be honest with him. Also, he now understands why we named our dog Liberty as today is her birthday.

TessyMessy

Sakura0019 said:

I am catching a lot of flack for this today but I don't really care. I explained what happened on September 11th to my 7 year old. He began asking questions and I did not want to sugar coat what really happened that day. My family and friends lost people that day and I believe it is important to be honest with him. Also, he now understands why we named our dog Liberty as today is her birthday.

I don't know why this would be unpopular? Maybe being completely open about 9/11 wouldn't work for another child, but you know your kid and what he can handle. This is how I would handle it if I had an older kiddo. Also my best friends dog is named Liberty, too

My mother and MiL think he is too young and I am "ruining his innocence". FFS I didn't tell him Santa isn't real.

boogerbearoriginal

Sakura0019 said:

Sakura0019 said:

I am catching a lot of flack for this today but I don't really care. I explained what happened on September 11th to my 7 year old. He began asking questions and I did not want to sugar coat what really happened that day. My family and friends lost people that day and I believe it is important to be honest with him. Also, he now understands why we named our dog Liberty as today is her birthday.

I don't know why this would be unpopular? Maybe being completely open about 9/11 wouldn't work for another child, but you know your kid and what he can handle. This is how I would handle it if I had an older kiddo. Also my best friends dog is named Liberty, too

My mother and MiL think he is too young and I am "ruining his innocence". FFS I didn't tell him Santa isn't real.

Oh, geez!! What are you supposed to do, especially if he's asking questions? And what did their parents tell them about Pearl Harbor?? - I bet it wasn't sugar coated

People need to buttout with how/when/what you chose to explain to your child about, well, anything.

shellbell3845

UO? Love the bumbo! Did LO spend hours in there? No. But when I needed him contained for 15 minutes? Bam! He seemed to like. Suction cup some toys to the play tray, and mama gets a shower/dinner/laundry time.

shellbell3845

njb750 said:

This may be totally unpopular, but I guess that's the point?

I think we should stay our of Syria.  I'm freaking terrified with ISIS on our Southern boarder.  When I found out Obama gave the OK for airstrikes, I was really upset. 

I do realize there is a TON of violence going on related to ISIS.  I know innocent people are being murdered and being enslaved.  I feel for them, I feel for the parents of the children lost and for families suffering from the loss of their loved ones.  I just feel like the US is under estimating this terrorist group and there are going to be repercussions for what we are about to do. They are well funded.  They have American's, Britians, and lord only knows what other groups involved.  It's just something that is really, really scary. 

Can we start a thread on Isis? I am uneducated in this and want to hear what others know. Is that okay with everyone?

keags5496

@bookshelves My dad is in the same boat.  He is amazing with people and super smart but never went to college.  He has worked in trades his whole life and is now a small business owner.  I'm always so proud to tell the story of how his hard work helped him to make something of himself.

I would also love to see a thread on ISIS.  I went to cnn on my lunchbreak the other day and started to read but there was sooooooooo much I got overwhelmed and started knitting instead.

My UO:  I want my kiddo to be able to act like a kid for as long as possible.  Dont' get me wrong....education is important, but I can't tell you how many preschools we went to bragged about how much work the kids would produce.  I picked the preschool that allowed for the most free play time.

Karlamo

Bookshelves said:

Mine is a carryover from the re-reading thread. Gone Girl -- couldn't stand it, didn't finish. Also in this category: Eat, Pray, Love. (I realize this is a lame, like, 5-year-old UO. We've been here too long. Running out.)

 

 

Along this line...I won't read Gone Girl because of the story line.  I hate stories that involve women being raped and murdered.  I see enough of that IRL, I don't want to read a fictional story about it. 

ramfan05

@bookshelves @keags5496 My dad too. He was in the Army for 28 years and spent the last 10 or 11 of those years as a recruiter (specifically as a medical recruiter for the Army). Now that he has retired, he lost a job he was doing as a medical recruiter because they changed the requirements and he didn't have a degree. Since then, he has had such a difficult time finding work because he doesn't have a degree. It's so sad to watch him struggle with this, and to be so unhappy with his work (or lack-thereof at the moment). 

versed

I'm not really into "baby-proofing" or "baby-containing" - I like my kids to explore and have their surroundings open to them. They both have free-range of the entire house, aside from the furnace room. I guess things are baby-proofed in that we never have anything dangerous out, but we're not going out of our way either. They get a few bruises from falling here and there, but I feel it works well for us as a family.

ETA - there is a gate on the one stairway

flightview

@mamosey I LOVE wearing yoga pants, or jeans flying. 90% of the time I'm in uniform flight attending. Then, if I travel on benefits, I need to dress up. Even if I'm not traveling on company business, I'm representing the company. SO, do it! Do it for me!
@bepandnick I love that you said that! I've mentioned before my family's education history, but my dad only completed high school, and my mom 8th grade. Now, my dad is intelligent. My mom? I love her to pieces of course, but she could have used some extra education!
@versed the only baby proofing/containing we are doing is removing the cleaning supplies out of reach, and a baby gate on the stairs. So, the same.

My UO is that I'm content with Spike not crawling yet, I can still get things done while hes prefectly content hanging out (stationary). Oh and my nieces/nephews nicknamed M 'Spike' for his spiky hair when he was born. It's stuck now.

boogerbearoriginal

I think how much/what sort of baby proofing also depends on the baby. LO2 will put anything/everything into the mouth, whereas LO1 never did that so I feel like I have to be more mindful about her choking/chewing cords/etc when I never had to worry about that before.

We never did much besides put chemicals out of reach for LO1, I may have to rethink that strategy with Mouthy McChewingson

ramfan05

golfergirl08 said:

Bookshelves said:

Mine is a carryover from the re-reading thread. Gone Girl -- couldn't stand it, didn't finish. Also in this category: Eat, Pray, Love. (I realize this is a lame, like, 5-year-old UO. We've been here too long. Running out.)

@Bookshelves I couldn't finish Eat, Pray, Love, either. I did like Gone Girl, though!

+1

ramfan05

boogerbearoriginal said:

I think how much/what sort of baby proofing also depends on the baby. LO2 will put anything/everything into the mouth, whereas LO1 never did that so I feel like I have to be more mindful about her choking/chewing cords/etc when I never had to worry about that before.

We never did much besides put chemicals out of reach for LO1, I may have to rethink that strategy with Mouthy McChewingson

This sounds just like DS and DD. DS never cared about the outlets, cords, etc. I put outlet covers everywhere when he was a baby, but he just never paid attention to them. Now, most of the covers are gone because over time we've taken them out to use the outlet and just never put them back. DD is like a magnet the way she is attracted to those stupid outlets! And the cords, ugh!