FFFC for October 16

skruhmin

What are you feeling guilty (but not) about?

skruhmin

I'm going to be completely honest here.  I haven't bought new underwear since right around when I got married over 7 years ago.  So they're holy and not pretty.  I finally bought new underwear the other day and I'm totally kicking myself for not taking care of me.  Like what was I thinking???

SarahFoley725

I like y'all more than 97% of people I know in real life. I was telling my husband a story last night and he was like Sarah omg get off of the bump. I said "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME LIKE THEY DO".

Is that a throwback to my teen years or a flash forward to my babies?

oceanchild

Husband is working from home today. I just totally hid in the bathroom while daughter went and told him that the baby was stinky.

smount2011

@skruhmin I feel the same way!  I am getting new undies tonight, and I broke down and bought 2 more maternity tops- I'm sick of my tummy hanging out of everything!  I even bought a plus size top last night- it still doesn't cut it My tummy sticks out ~X(

llybeck

SarahFoley725 said:

I like y'all more than 97% of people I know in real life. I was telling my husband a story last night and he was like Sarah omg get off of the bump. I said "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME LIKE THEY DO". Is that a throwback to my teen years or a flash forward to my babies?

I love this so much. I was on bed rest with DD and would seriously wait at the top of the stairs for DH to get home so I could tell him what was happening on TB and get some sort of human interaction and not go totally stir crazy. He made fun of me all the time but now that my first BMB's kids are 2 and are now on FB and we've met a few moms/families in real life, he is 100% on board. If we are ever questioning something he will now ask, "well what do your mom friends think?" But when I first joined TB he'd be all, "are you being mean to ladies on the internet again?" hahahahaha

MrsLeanMeanClean

Sometimes I ride the train and don't buy a ticket...

1) It is too overpriced for the short rides I take ($5 for a couple of stops)

2) I play stupid american when I get caught and pretend I dont understand... 

kynbar5

@skruhmin that cracked me up because I'm the same way. I actually bought some a few months ago and yes, I was feeling the same as you haha. My husband is always shocked when I buy myself anything because I'm completely one of those people that goes to the store with intentions of only getting myself some much needed clothing items and come home with all kid clothes lol. My excuse is always "I didn't like anything for me but they were having a sale on kid stuff!" Lol I'm not sure he quite buys that excuse anymore.

skruhmin

MrsLeanMeanClean said:

Sometimes I ride the train and don't buy a ticket...

1) It is too overpriced for the short rides I take ($5 for a couple of stops)

2) I play stupid american when I get caught and pretend I dont understand... 

I'm actually almost guilty of this when I went to San Francisco last week.  I probably shouldn't have bought the multi-day pass because the cable car operators don't even check when they do minor stops, only the major end of the line stops.

Swillah

llybeck said:

SarahFoley725 said:

I like y'all more than 97% of people I know in real life. I was telling my husband a story last night and he was like Sarah omg get off of the bump. I said "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME LIKE THEY DO". Is that a throwback to my teen years or a flash forward to my babies?

I love this so much. I was on bed rest with DD and would seriously wait at the top of the stairs for DH to get home so I could tell him what was happening on TB and get some sort of human interaction and not go totally stir crazy. He made fun of me all the time but now that my first BMB's kids are 2 and are now on FB and we've met a few moms/families in real life, he is 100% on board. If we are ever questioning something he will now ask, "well what do your mom friends think?" But when I first joined TB he'd be all, "are you being mean to ladies on the internet again?" hahahahaha

This is my husband right now!!

skruhmin

Sometimes I "bump" from the car and my husband will ask what I'm doing.  I blush and say "I'm bumping"

blueeyedrose86

We have lived in our new construction home since June, and I've only used my brand new dishwasher twice... the only times I have ever used one. I feel like I do a better job! I want to love it, but I don't.

skruhmin

blueeyedrose86 said:

We have lived in our new construction home since June, and I've only used my brand new dishwasher twice... the only times I have ever used one. I feel like I do a better job! I want to love it, but I don't.

Seriously?!? A dishwasher is a requirement. I HATE handwashing dishes.

oceanchild

We have a dishwasher in the house we have lived in for 4.5y now (my first since I moved out of my parents' house like 15y ago), and I think I've used it less than 10 times. I used to use it if we had a party and used a lot of dishes, but then I got smart and started buying paper plates for parties LOL

smount2011

SCORE! I got lots of coupons for baby diapers, dreft laundry detergent, and even $1 off a pack of Gerber onesies!  Guess who is going shopping after work!? 

ClaireBear90

blueeyedrose86 said:

We have lived in our new construction home since June, and I've only used my brand new dishwasher twice... the only times I have ever used one. I feel like I do a better job! I want to love it, but I don't.

This reminded me of an article I read not long ago: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/why-i-stopped-using-a-dishwasher/

Personally I use a dishwasher, but I've thought about just hand-washing instead. The dishwasher definitely doesn't get some things as clean as I can. I don't like using it for pots/pans/utensils so I wash those by hand.

blueeyedrose86

skruhmin said:

blueeyedrose86 said:

We have lived in our new construction home since June, and I've only used my brand new dishwasher twice... the only times I have ever used one. I feel like I do a better job! I want to love it, but I don't.

Seriously?!? A dishwasher is a requirement. I HATE handwashing dishes.

I do too! It makes no sense

smount2011

charley15 said:

SCORE! I got lots of coupons for baby diapers, dreft laundry detergent, and even $1 off a pack of Gerber onesies!  Guess who is going shopping after work!? 

Wow and I just totally posted this in the wrong thread- way to go me!

kynbar5

skruhmin said:

blueeyedrose86 said:

We have lived in our new construction home since June, and I've only used my brand new dishwasher twice... the only times I have ever used one. I feel like I do a better job! I want to love it, but I don't.

Seriously?!? A dishwasher is a requirement. I HATE handwashing dishes.

I honestly can't function without a dishwasher. Even after I handwash pots and pans mine still gets run twice a day lol. Yay big family and homecooking 3 meals a day!

smushi

My husband loves to hand wash but I'm all over just tossing it straight in the dishwasher.

My fffc: I yell at my dogs a lot more now. The things that were normal to me before now make me grumpy - like poop booties on everything (so they are now separated to their side of the house) and fur on the sheets or my pillow, and licking loudly in the middle of the night... I love my dogs, but man they gross me out much more now (probably be DS is a floor roller and Hoover).

SarahFoley725

Swillah said:

llybeck said:

SarahFoley725 said:

I like y'all more than 97% of people I know in real life. I was telling my husband a story last night and he was like Sarah omg get off of the bump. I said "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME LIKE THEY DO".

Is that a throwback to my teen years or a flash forward to my babies?

I love this so much. I was on bed rest with DD and would seriously wait at the top of the stairs for DH to get home so I could tell him what was happening on TB and get some sort of human interaction and not go totally stir crazy. He made fun of me all the time but now that my first BMB's kids are 2 and are now on FB and we've met a few moms/families in real life, he is 100% on board. If we are ever questioning something he will now ask, "well what do your mom friends think?" But when I first joined TB he'd be all, "are you being mean to ladies on the internet again?" hahahahaha

This is my husband right now!!

Oh man this is too funny! I'm a nanny (my kid has severe special needs and can't communicate) and my husband is out of town 3 weeks out of the month for work. Basically, this is the highlight of my life. He never enjoys my stories very much...oh except the double pregnant thread. He references getting double pregnant at least every other day.

flowerpower5838

The double pregnant thread was a goodie. We are all very good at* high brow sarcastic snark lol.

My FFFC: I have been eating fast food lately. A lot of fast food. Way more than is socially acceptable. All I crave are greasy burgers and fries. Does the lettuce on my burger count as getting my veggies in?

ETA: I meant at not are. Friday brain.

skruhmin

smushi said:

My husband loves to hand wash but I'm all over just tossing it straight in the dishwasher. My fffc: I yell at my dogs a lot more now. The things that were normal to me before now make me grumpy - like poop booties on everything (so they are now separated to their side of the house) and fur on the sheets or my pillow, and licking loudly in the middle of the night... I love my dogs, but man they gross me out much more now (probably be DS is a floor roller and Hoover).

Yeah the dog we had to get rid of for mental instability, he used to go out in the middle of winter and eat frozen poop.  And he would bring the "poopsicles" in.  And he used to leave bullseyes everywhere.  He was the sweetest dog but there were times I wanted to kill him.  He grossed me out so much during pregnancies.

skruhmin

flowerpower5838 said:

The double pregnant thread was a goodie. We are all very good are high brow sarcastic snark lol.

My FFFC: I have been eating fast food lately. A lot of fast food. Way more than is socially acceptable. All I crave are greasy burgers and fries. Does the lettuce on my burger count as getting my veggies in?

Do you know if you're having a boy?  DS1 and DS2 that was my GIANT craving.

MLS6212

We threw an Oktoberfest party at our house on September 19th. Instead of trying to make our own beer cheese for pretzels we just bought a 6 pound 10 ounce can of nacho cheese from GFS. We only used about 1/3 of the can and the leftovers have been living in our fridge ever since. So our diet has mainly consisted of things that can be dipped in or smothered with nacho cheese.

flowerpower5838

skruhmin said:

flowerpower5838 said:

The double pregnant thread was a goodie. We are all very good are high brow sarcastic snark lol.

My FFFC: I have been eating fast food lately. A lot of fast food. Way more than is socially acceptable. All I crave are greasy burgers and fries. Does the lettuce on my burger count as getting my veggies in?

Do you know if you're having a boy?  DS1 and DS2 that was my GIANT craving.

We won't know for a few weeks! My mom craved McD cheeseburgers with me and Entenmann's donuts with my brother so she thinks it's a girl lol. Although donuts sound good, too....

soxfan9968

My fffc I realized I needed to cut back on my "bumping" when I started having dreams about logging onto TB. Lol

ETA: which of course made me wake up to check TB. ">

oceanchild

Lmao @soxfan9968!!!
And @flowerpower5838 I could eat fast food every meal (and not feel guilty at all). The only thing stopping me is the budget.

JessKo08

I made an impulse buy and bought a Patagonia zip-up sweater and have no intention of telling DH how much it actually cost.

I also recently made pumpkin cheesecake bars and have been eating multiple a day, they are so good I don't even care. With a dollop of whipped cream on top...heaven.

skruhmin

JessKo08 said:

I made an impulse buy and bought a Patagonia zip-up sweater and have no intention of telling DH how much it actually cost. I also recently made pumpkin cheesecake bars and have been eating multiple a day, they are so good I don't even care. With a dollop of whipped cream on top...heaven.

Let's see, you are getting pumpkin - fruit, cream cheese - calcium/protein/dairy.  You need your calories as a pregnant woman.  Way to be!

JessKo08

@skruhmin I like how you think!

soxfan9968

New one:

I've also lost all ability to try to be nice when OP's don't approve to responses on their threads and begin with the "move along" "don't comment" "ignore it" commentary. If I'm going to be accused of being rude and blunt, I may as well make it worthwhile and be rude.

skruhmin

soxfan9968 said:

New one: I've also lost all ability to try to be nice when OP's don't approve to responses on their threads and begin with the "move along" "don't comment" "ignore it" commentary. If I'm going to be accused of being rude and blunt, I may as well make it worthwhile and be rude.

Latest example por favor???

flowerpower5838

skruhmin said:

soxfan9968 said:

New one: I've also lost all ability to try to be nice when OP's don't approve to responses on their threads and begin with the "move along" "don't comment" "ignore it" commentary. If I'm going to be accused of being rude and blunt, I may as well make it worthwhile and be rude.

Latest example por favor???

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12635946/great-community-here

Was a DD and now looks like she added a title to the post.

soxfan9968

YES!! That's it!!

ETA: it started as a nub theory post, then DD and now I'm assuming a sarcastic title. She's also moving on to the pee stick thread to post about how she's glad there are no trolls there. /:)

flowerpower5838

I have seen a couple of the gals from the tri boards direct ladies to their BMBs and, in theory, I understand why but in reality it makes me want to hulk smash something.

skruhmin

Oooooh trolls go over super well....might have to park there for the day

RosieMommy2016

I baked a huge batch of brownies, cut them up, put them in zip baggies, then hid them in the back of the freezer and have been snacking on them and not telling DH. My brownies!!!

Cherries2005

DD is in school fulltime now and SO is at work, and I've been taking naps all day for the past week, if not napping then just watching Netflix in bed. I feel guilty and lazy but I'm so tired and bored, I can't help it.

We just moved to a small town this summer and NOBODY is hiring. So I've been super bored while taking a year off university. Plus I don't know anyone here and to make matters worse my family lives about an hour away.

My house is overly clean (I almost look forward to the baby toys lol). I usually do everything when I get up out of my funk in the afternoon before they get home, so it's not like dishes are laying around or laundry isn't done. But It feels nice to just sometimes be lazy and not in a big in a rush to do everything

llybeck

I can't for the life of me understand how someone wouldn't think it was rude of them to throw their own baby shower for themselves. How is it not obvious that something like that would be seen as gift grabby and rude? My mind is blown with some of the things being said on that thread!

I am also probably overly annoyed about getting a warning from TB about a comment on someone's over the top gender disappointment. It may have been a little harsh but I don't see how anything I said was actually against the TOU.

skruhmin

llybeck said:

I can't for the life of me understand how someone wouldn't think it was rude of them to throw their own baby shower for themselves. How is it not obvious that something like that would be seen as gift grabby and rude? My mind is blown with some of the things being said on that thread!

I am also probably overly annoyed about getting a warning from TB about a comment on someone's over the top gender disappointment. It may have been a little harsh but I don't see how anything I said was actually against the TOU.

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