UO

chichi589

@AprilMay9‌ when the bus isn't picking up kids they pull over so the giant line of cars behind them can go by. We live in the suburbs..

UnofficiallyLO

I don't like beer or wine.

J&NL

Rrrrrachel said:

I hate when a couple shares one Facebook account.

Yes! I was just thinking this yesterday when some friends of ours added me with their new shared FB account. It's like screaming "we are having marital problems!"

Ashleypixie

AprilMay9 said:

@AprilMay9‌ when the bus isn't picking up kids they pull over so the giant line of cars behind them can go by. We live in the suburbs..

Its a law here you can't pass. Weird I assumed it was everywhere.

It's a law everywhere but just to be nice a bus driver will pull in the stop sign and wave cars past. Maybe they are not legally allowed to do this but it helps with the traffic flow and its nice not to have to be stuck behind a bus that stops at every.single.block.

zazu13

AprilMay9 said:

chichi589 said:

UO: fall is awful it means winter is coming and now have to start my drive to work earlier because of kids getting on the bus. So irritating.

Also bus drivers that don't pull over for cars to pass.

Huh? Where I live you can't pass a bus.


My parents never took me out to eat ever. I still knew to behave in a restaurant the couple times a year we went. I think people use that as an excuse sometimes just because they want to get out. Which is fine but own it.

This and this.

Isn't dinner table behavior the same regardless if in a home or a restaurant?

edoliesmom

AprilMay9 said:

@AprilMay9‌ when the bus isn't picking up kids they pull over so the giant line of cars behind them can go by. We live in the suburbs..

Its a law here you can't pass. Weird I assumed it was everywhere.

You can't pass when they're picking up or dropping off kids (their lights will be flashing and the stop sign will be out), but if they're not doing either of these things, you can pass them. But I've never heard of a pass pulling over so others can pass. That's weird. :-?

Rrrrrachel

I've never even heard if a school bus doing that.

edoliesmom

dani+california said:

Oh and also....

Pandora bracelets? Save your money and go to a quarter machine in a Walmart. You'll find the same looking garbage in there. I don't understand how those are so popular and expensive.

I don't even know what you're talking about. B-)

Ashleypixie

dani+california said:

Oh and also.... Pandora bracelets? Save your money and go to a quarter machine in a Walmart. You'll find the same looking garbage in there. I don't understand how those are so popular and expensive.

Yes, oh my god. And nobody cares about what your charms represent. I've never asked someone to tell me their life story through their ugly bracelet.

chichi589

Hm I guess I shouldn't be frustrated when the bus doesn't pull over anymore? It's common here I didn't know it wasn't a thing. I rode the bus k-11 too and it was always a practice. What do you do just follow the bus? Ours goes driveway to driveway it could take forever to get down a busy kid road if they don't pull over. Different states with different rules that's so weird.

RedDawnsRevenge

chichi589 said:

Hm I guess I shouldn't be frustrated when the bus doesn't pull over anymore? It's common here I didn't know it wasn't a thing. I rode the bus k-11 too and it was always a practice. What do you do just follow the bus? Ours goes driveway to driveway it could take forever to get down a busy kid road if they don't pull over. Different states with different rules that's so weird.

All kids are picked up at a designated spot such as front of a shopping center, or in front of another school.

Rrrrrachel

Here you're just stuck behind it.

edoliesmom

Ah, Pandora must be the same thing as Origami.

mrscrcalli

edoliesmom said:

Ah, Pandora must be the same thing as Origami.

Paper swans?

zazu13

macgrs said:

Olives are delicious!

Only black ones

mrscrcalli

macgrs said:

Olives are delicious!

Especially soaked in vodka..

UnofficiallyLO

I'm team I don't care what your kid does with electronics but I wish my friend would teach her kid to stay off mine. Every time I put my phone down she's looking thru my camera roll, it was only cute the first 2 times.

Rrrrrachel

Uh yeah that's not ok.

janellemj928

edoliesmom said:

AprilMay9 said:

chichi589 said:

@AprilMay9‌ when the bus isn't picking up kids they pull over so the giant line of cars behind them can go by. We live in the suburbs..

Its a law here you can't pass. Weird I assumed it was everywhere.

You can't pass when they're picking up or dropping off kids (their lights will be flashing and the stop sign will be out), but if they're not doing either of these things, you can pass them. But I've never heard of a pass pulling over so others can pass. That's weird. :-?

If the lights aren't on, you can pass here. I didn't notice buses pulling over until a couple years ago, mine never did when I rode it.

edoliesmom

mrscrcalli said:

edoliesmom said:

Ah, Pandora must be the same thing as Origami.

Paper swans?

Holljade

dani+california said:

Oh and also....

Pandora bracelets? Save your money and go to a quarter machine in a Walmart. You'll find the same looking garbage in there. I don't understand how those are so popular and expensive.

@dani+california‌ I legit got into a fight with my ILs bc they wanted to by one for Lils and I said no.

JWest07

juniper75 said:

I can live with camo on adults (if I have to) - but I can't get behind all these camo outfits for babies and kids. No thanks my daughter doesn't need any pink camo pants, we aren't taking her hunting this year.

My boys are dressed in camo about 1/2 the time. My husband and I hunt and think it's cute. I hate that when buying little boys clothes a majority of it is sports themed, or says some dumb comment like, "mommy's rock star"

nicole mackenzie

Busses here will pull over and let cars pass, which is nice.

But I agree what's with stopping at EVERY driveway!? It doesn't make sense. The bus driver puts on lights stops picks up kid, turns off lights, drives uh a few feet and puts the lights on again to stop. It's ridiculous.

No wonder kids are obese these days.

One morning bus stopped for a kid to come from the front door.... Then waited several minutes until the kids sister came out of the house and slowly Walkes to the bus...

J&NL

I have a pandora and an origami necklace. I love both. 

Emily041285

I cannot stand Alex and Ani. My mom has a billion. Nms.

olenkapdx

zazu13 said:

Olives are delicious!

Only black ones

Nnnooooo....all but black ones!  Black ones are evil evil evil. 

The fancy green ones at the fancy pants grocery store's olive bar, though...give me all of those.

ladygali

I had to look up Alex and ani. Pretty, but not my style. I'm not a bracelet wearer but they look good on others.

Rrrrrachel

There's another one. Stella and dot? Stella dot? Someone in my news feed sells it.

LizChad09

J&NL said:

I have a pandora and an origami necklace. I love both. 

Me too! Need to get a charm for LO for my Origami. It's been great bc MIL has gotten me Pandora charms for bday and Christmas instead of crap I don't want.

Emily041285

Rrrrrachel said:

There's another one. Stella and dot? Stella dot? Someone in my news feed sells it.

Stella and Dot is jewelry and purses. Similar.

Talltrees82

hvmom2b said:

AprilMay9 said:

Oh and re busses. When I was a kid I did not walk to school up hill both ways but I did have to walk to the bus stop. On my half mile street there were probably four stops total. The street was full of kids.

These days they stop on front of each house and the kid isn't even at the end of the driveway! They are taking their sweet ass time walking from the front door. Dafuq is that?!?

OMG, yes! I'm always stuck behind the bus as it stops at every kids house and then waits for them to come outside! It also annoys me when parents drive their kids down their driveway and wait in the car for the bus. No one just waits outside at the end of the driveway by me. Well, except my DSS. Guess we're mean!

I've figured out what time I have to leave the house in the morning to get ahead of the bus traffic. If I don't get out on time, I might as well wait 10 minutes in the comfort of my own home.

And olives are gross.

steph1977

LalaMama81 said:

AprilMay9 said:

Why and when did this become a thing? If you weren't at the stop the driver was like see ya. I remember chasing the bus and having the doors slammed in my face as I ate their exhaust.

It's not a thing everywhere. We walk about a quarter mile each way, there's 15+ kids at the stop and the driver does not wait.

Yup, us too. Except there are 41 kids at our bus stop. 41!!! Our driver is MEAN and never waits, even as kids are literally running towards the bus.

AcaAwkward

LalaMama81 said:

AprilMay9 said:

Why and when did this become a thing? If you weren't at the stop the driver was like see ya. I remember chasing the bus and having the doors slammed in my face as I ate their exhaust.

It's not a thing everywhere. We walk about a quarter mile each way, there's 15+ kids at the stop and the driver does not wait.

This gives me faith in humanity. I had no clue buses now stop at every driveway in some neighborhoods. That's insane.

I lived on a loop growing up. One bus stop at the top of the loop (mine) and one at the bottom. If you missed the bus at the top, you'd better haul major ass to the bottom because hell would freeze over before our driver would stop a second time at the top as he passed it again.

csmily51

I just read all 6 pages. .. I'm over here eating frozen lactation cookies. ..there was 12 in the bag...it was like a car accident in slow motion...I guess m I can't feel too bad they're to help my supply right?!

Also...I HATE Pandora...and mothers rings with the different colored gemstones...tacky.

knotty-girl

AprilMay9 said:

I have a pandora and I love it. I have a happy memory or milestone associated with each charm. I hate Alex and ani though.

I'm the opposite.  I have 3 Alex and Ani bracelets (an Armenian cross, and LO's initials: J and M) and I love them. 

mammasuzelov

I hate the new generation of "musicians" justin bieber, Ariana grande, Nikki minaj, Miley Cyrus. Probably more but ugh.

UnofficiallyLO

Vinny424 said:

UnofficiallyLO said:

I'm team I don't care what your kid does with electronics but I wish my friend would teach her kid to stay off mine. Every time I put my phone down she's looking thru my camera roll, it was only cute the first 2 times.

Well there is one way to get her to stop.

Dick pics?

Ashleypixie

3crazykitties said:

Buses have to stop at people's driveways if there is no side walk. If there is a sidewalk then there is a group bus stop. I hate when parents drop off or pick their kids up from the bus stop and sit and wait for the bus. The schools wouldn't give you a bus stop that's to far away for your child to walk.

Buses stop at the entrance of the neighborhoods where I live, regardless of size of the neighborhood. Most of the kids live at the very back. And the policy is if there is no parent at the stop the kid can't get off, they'll take them back to school. We are the very first house in the hood so I don't have to worry about any of this though.

steph1977

3crazykitties said:

Buses have to stop at people's driveways if there is no side walk. If there is a sidewalk then there is a group bus stop.

I hate when parents drop off or pick their kids up from the bus stop and sit and wait for the bus. The schools wouldn't give you a bus stop that's to far away for your child to walk.

I used to think that was weird, too, until my kid started riding the bus. It's a good 4 blocks from our house, and she's 5. There's no way she's walking to and from the bus stop by herself. Yes, there are sidewalks, but there are also 2 streets to cross and plenty of weirdos out there. I'd much rather keep her safe by walking her there and back.

chichi589

We don't have sidewalks where I live. We don't have street lights either it would be dangerous for kids to meet somewhere plus the houses aren't that close together. Man I didn't realize this was a thing. It makes sense though