UO Thursday

beachhippiemama

This message is brought to you by Texas heat and mosquitoes.

My UO is that I despise the heat/hot weather. If I could, I would live somewhere with temperatures barely getting above 70. Bring on the "cold" weather!

SassyPants150

What?! No other UO? Everyone must be feeling pretty blissful today

tinalovescauliflower

My kids are going to have my last name. And, shocker, my fiancé is taking my name too.

We got into a HUGE fight with his mom last night about it. She was drunk, and belligerent, and thought he was "throwing away his past". ...a past and a family name that she divorced herself away from...

ALSO I saw my future brother in law feed his one year old KoolAid the other day. My opinion was apparently written on my face and everyone jumped down my throat accusing me of judgment.

tinalovescauliflower

beachhippiemama said:

This message is brought to you by Texas heat and mosquitoes.

My UO is that I despise the heat/hot weather. If I could, I would live somewhere with temperatures barely getting above 70. Bring on the "cold" weather!

I've lived in Texas since I was five and I HATE THE HEAT. I can't believe I moved back here after college. 104 heat index today in Austin. WTF.

SassyPants150

I think DH should have to drive me around for a solid 9 months that starts and finishes when I decide after the mileage he's already putting on me as a DD.

beachhippiemama

@katnhiding if that ever happened to me, I too would be afraid.
>:D<

SassyPants150

I hate potlucks...nothing makes me more BSC than a disorganized assortment of food. 

Nita2603

I also don't care what others give their kids. I feed mine myself and everyone else takes care of theirs. And then we'd all be fine.

Nita2603

katnhiding said:

I think all ultrasounds look like creepy aliens.

Yep. The 3D ones are the creepiest of all.

beachhippiemama

@robotpcr I don't really like ice cream. I will eat it occasionally, but I never really *want* it. I don't really like sweets, I eat the really dark bitter chocolate when I do and I put salt on my dark chocolate brownies.

SassyPants150

I think early 2D ultrasounds look like gummy bears on a keychain

beachhippiemama

@sassypants150 I also dislike potlucks. It is always the worst idea.

beachhippiemama

I never said I didn't have strange tastes! Also, don't knock it 'til you try it. You may be surprised!

amco25

Unless it's pumpkin pie I absolutely hate anything pumpkin flavored. Especially pumpkin spiced lattes, they are the worst. 

samanthaloyd

My mother in law and I have an awesome relationship but only when I'm pregnant does her yawns bug me!!! She'll yawn and afterwards say "ho ho ho hum" EVERY TIME it never bothered me while not pregnant! Lol these hormones

HeatherC21

I like salt on watermelon

shirleymaeby

I love reading troll posts but I never participate because I feel like I'm not witty enough.

I was bored on my lunch break and thought a nice troll post would be fun to read so I went on BabyCenter and googled "The Bump Bitchy" and found some real cool links to past troll posts.  And then I completely stopped being productive.

tinalovescauliflower

Starbuck128 said:

tinawinks said:

My kids are going to have my last name. And, shocker, my fiancé is taking my name too.

We got into a HUGE fight with his mom last night about it. She was drunk, and belligerent, and thought he was "throwing away his past". ...a past and a family name that she divorced herself away from...

Does she have any daughters and does she tell them the same thing?

She only has sons. I think that has something to do with it. I gave a pretty impassioned speech about matrilineal kinship.

evakatharina

@tinawinks‌ Yes!! I love that opinion! I am so cheering you on! I didn't change my last name (because I just can't... I refuse to take part in any remnant of the tradition of passing a woman on as property from one man to another. Not that I judge anyone who does take their husbands last name, I just don't personally care to participate in the tradition).

My personal vote was for us to both take a new combined last name, but that was a UO in my house... H thought it was too weird. So we are informally hyphenating our last names (but not changing them legally) when baby comes, and baby will have a hyphenated name.

cboydston1

katnhiding said:

I tried it, still weird. I don't like sweet and salty or sweet and savory together though.

I concur! Keep your salty away from my sweets! Yuck!

Dayn070104

katnhiding said:

Salt on chocolate is WEIRD.

Omg I soooooo disagree. Salt on anything sweet is too good.

Dayn070104

Is a UO kind of like a confession? cuz my confession is that I can't figure out what UO stands for... :P

sarahchrismck

katnhiding said:

I think Taylor Swift is growing on me and I'm afraid. That's more of a confession than an opinion. Someone hold me.

@katnhiding I feel the same way.
>:D<

Pink724

Dayn070104 said:

Is a UO kind of like a confession? cuz my confession is that I can't figure out what UO stands for... :P

@Dayn070104 - it stands for Unpopular Opinion.  Tomorrow will be FFFC - flame free Friday confessions!

Pink724

@katnhiding - too funny. I took too long typing out her screen name and making sure I got the numbers right!

Dayn070104

Thanks ladies

SnowFlake84

I love Taylor Swift and always have.

maybebride

This generally seems to be an unpopular opinion on TB. 

I don't do it personally (mostly because I have been TTC, pregnant, or nursing) juice, but I am a full juicer supporter. DH has been on a full or partial juice diet for the better part of 3 years now. He has lost an amazing amount of weight and kept it off even when eating food again. He gained some weight back when DS was born because we were just not equipped to cook the types of meals he needed to keep the weight off, but he's back to it again and it makes me so proud.

OnceInLoveWithAmy

Nicoleashlee26 said:

katnhiding said:

Salt on chocolate is WEIRD.

I agree

::points to the door::

  LEAVE.  Both of you.  Pack up your shit and get out.  How could you say something so blasphemous!!!!  Salty and sweet???  OMG.  I love dipping french fries into chocolate milk shakes-- and that was BEFORE I was pregnant.  

OnceInLoveWithAmy

katnhiding said:

@OnceinlovewithAmy You can have all of my salty chocolates if I get the caramel ones with no salt. See keeping us salty chocolate haters around is good for you because more for you.

damn.  You have a point.

Alright.  I guess you can stay

evakatharina

When I make chocolate chip cookies, I always use sea salt and like double what the recipe calls for and people just RAVE about them! I tell them the secret ingredient is extra salt (they don't taste "salty" really, just incredible) and the reaction goes something like "ew? Yet AMAZING nomnomnom"

So, yes. Salty + sweet FOREVER!

maybebride

evakatharina said:

When I make chocolate chip cookies, I always use sea salt and like double what the recipe calls for and people just RAVE about them! I tell them the secret ingredient is extra salt (they don't taste "salty" really, just incredible) and the reaction goes something like "ew? Yet AMAZING nomnomnom" So, yes. Salty + sweet FOREVER!

This sounds similar to my chocolate chip cookies, which have been nicknamed crack cookies. My "secret" is using salted butter in addition to the salt the recipe calls for. It doesn't taste overly salted, just adds an amazing flavor. Now, I want chocolate chip cookies.

tinalovescauliflower

The only sweet thing I don't like salt with is watermelon. Otherwise bring the salt. Blueberries with soy yogurt and sea salt? Bliss.

PlayboyMommy

I hate watermelon. All melon. And I won't eat fruit salad with melon in it because it all tastes like melon. I can't wait for summer to be over so my ILs quit buying melon and feeding it to my son.

Sorry that got passionate.

HeatherC21

tinawinks said:

The only sweet thing I don't like salt with is watermelon. Otherwise bring the salt. Blueberries with soy yogurt and sea salt? Bliss.

Booo. That's the only sweet thing I eat with salt

:P

CTri17

Probably not a huge UO, but, I'm not down with the whole youneek naming trend. I'm sure there will be some on our board too...

shirleymaeby

CTri17 said:

Probably not a huge UO, but, I'm not down with the whole youneek naming trend. I'm sure there will be some on our board too...

Me either!

maybebride

ramy3695 said:

Probably not a huge UO, but, I'm not down with the whole youneek naming trend. I'm sure there will be some on our board too...

You should check out the Baby Names Board. We have very strong opinions about youneek names.

That's the only reason I ever wander over to Baby Names. Youneek names is one of my biggest annoyances. I just wish people would think about their children in school, as adults in the business world. Every name doesn't have to be classic or average, but some are just too far out there for words.

xcjump

smile55k said:

I love me some T-swift too. But her new song kinda annoys me. Sweet and salty are amazing- salted caramel mocha at Starbucks is a prime example!

I love salted caramel it is amazing.  I didn't realize I loved sweet and salty until salted caramel became popular.