Here's my real UO about MLM's (can you tell I have a lot of rage there?):
Stop calling yourselves small business owners.* You are not a small business owner. Running a 21 Day Fix Facebook group for 5 of your friends does not make you a small business owner. Enough with the "I love owning my own business!" updates with the accompanying picture of you holding a laptop by your pool. It's insulting to us who actually DO own a small business.
* I acknowledge that those at the top of the MLM food chain had to work hard to get there. A very small percentage of people actually succeed to get to that level, and thus post is not aimed at them, it's aimed at the 99% of people who espouse the virtues of any given fad program for a few months, and then disappear.
Ok I've been waiting all week for this.
Disclaimer: this is a word I don't like. I still like the people that use it.
What is with the use of "prolly". As in I prolly will test on this day.... etc. This made up word literally makes my blood boil. Probably is a great word and it's real! It erks me so much I went so far as to make a note of it in my phone so I wouldn't forget for this post.
I have never heard or seen the use of "prolly" but when I was young my mom would say "pry" instead of probably. (Though I'm not sure if that is how she would have spelled it - she never wrote it out.) I thought it was a legitimate way of shortening the word until I was in about 5th grade.
On the MLM front, I am facebook friends with someone who sells those wraps that supposedly help you lose weight. (They don't work and it makes absolutely no sense.) She kept messaging me about it and I don't remember if I blocked her or maybe she just stopped, but I saw her at a wedding recently and was irrationally worried she would get mad at me for never responding to her.
Not sure if this is really a UO or more of a guilty confession....
But I enjoy reading the posts in the Glow community. It really makes me feel more put together, better informed, and basically less like an idiot when I think I have crazy thoughts. For example.... I just read a post where someone had "veiny breasts" and thought it was a sign of pregnancy....
Sadly, "veiny breasts" do come with pregnancy, but at 4-5 weeks, come on. It reminds me of the time I saw someone post a picture of their happy trail at a few days DPO and ask if it was their "linea negra". Nope. Just belly hair.
I'm excited about the snow. Work has been extra awful lately, and I could use an extra day off to try to get my mind off things. I know everyone is already over it, but I love watching the dog run and play in the snow. I just want to have a day where I can be silly with her and have a good time without having to worry about ridiculous job things. I've caught myself being more grumpy at home, and I am not the kind of person that takes work home. I'm very good at leaving the job at the door, but lately things have been making me concerned, and I'm ready for something new if I can find it.
Edited because I still can't GIF properly, and it was causing a scene.
Not sure if this is really a UO or more of a guilty confession....
But I enjoy reading the posts in the Glow community. It really makes me feel more put together, better informed, and basically less like an idiot when I think I have crazy thoughts. For example.... I just read a post where someone had "veiny breasts" and thought it was a sign of pregnancy....
Sadly, "veiny breasts" do come with pregnancy, but at 4-5 weeks, come on. It reminds me of the time I saw someone post a picture of their happy trail at a few days DPO and ask if it was their "linea negra". Nope. Just belly hair.
Ewwwww!!!!
***TW: previous pregnancy mentioned****
I remember I was SO EXCITED to get that line with my first pregnancy. I had my baby in Nov. '14 and that sucker is still there. Now, not so fun.
I hate most contouring make up. Very few people look 'good'..most are so fact looking or don't even look like themselves.
Make up should enhanced your natural self, and make you feel pretty. Not completely change your face, chin, nose, eye shape.... that's not you, like is like an over photo shopped thing that mocks you.
I remember I was SO EXCITED to get that line with my first pregnancy. I had my baby in Nov. '14 and that sucker is still there. Now, not so fun.
Quote @JamieK1882 That up there ^^ is supposed to be in a box. I think there in acronym for that. I broke something. Sorry.
TW** Yep. Mine finally faded out about a year ago. DS is almost 6. Now I just have that sweet, ewwww belly hair. Thank god for wax. Wax everywhere? Yes, please!
I have another one. A different thread reminded me of it. I hate when people anthropomorphize their period - i.e., referring to it as "she" or saying "she was light" or "she was heavy" or referring to it as "the witch". IT'S NOT A PERSON!
I hate most contouring make up. Very few people look 'good'..most are so fact looking or don't even look like themselves.
Make up should enhanced your natural self, and make you feel pretty. Not completely change your face, chin, nose, eye shape.... that's not you, like is like an over photo shopped thing that mocks you.
I am one of those people who loves playing with makeup, I think it's fun and relaxing and I do a lot of bright lipstick and playful eyeshadow, but the fully contoured, baked, drag-esque makeup was never intended to see the light of day. That style was developed for photoshoots and dark nightclubs. I think that + the "instagram eyebrows" are going to be one of those tell tale signs of this decade that people look back on and cringe.
I have another one. A different thread reminded me of it. I hate when people anthropomorphize their period - i.e., referring to it as "she" or saying "she was light" or "she was heavy" or referring to it as "the witch". IT'S NOT A PERSON!
But it's that b that is all cray, cray. I ain't taken no blame for her.
Disclaimer: this is a word I don't like. I still like the people that use it.
What is with the use of "prolly". As in I prolly will test on this day.... etc. This made up word literally makes my blood boil. Probably is a great word and it's real! It erks me so much I went so far as to make a note of it in my phone so I wouldn't forget for this post.
I have never heard or seen the use of "prolly" but when I was young my mom would say "pry" instead of probably. (Though I'm not sure if that is how she would have spelled it - she never wrote it out.) I thought it was a legitimate way of shortening the word until I was in about 5th grade.
I've only ever seen it on this board. I was assuming it's U.S slang?
Here's my real UO about MLM's (can you tell I have a lot of rage there?):
Stop calling yourselves small business owners.* You are not a small business owner. Running a 21 Day Fix Facebook group for 5 of your friends does not make you a small business owner. Enough with the "I love owning my own business!" updates with the accompanying picture of you holding a laptop by your pool. It's insulting to us who actually DO own a small business.
* I acknowledge that those at the top of the MLM food chain had to work hard to get there. A very small percentage of people actually succeed to get to that level, and thus post is not aimed at them, it's aimed at the 99% of people who espouse the virtues of any given fad program for a few months, and then disappear.
I have a close friend like this! Drives me nuts cause she's always telling me she's "working". UM. No. Ordering office supplies for your "business" is not "working". Granted I'm a SAHM now but, before I had kids I always worked or went to school or both.
Ok I've been waiting all week for this.
Disclaimer: this is a word I don't like. I still like the people that use it.
What is with the use of "prolly". As in I prolly will test on this day.... etc. This made up word literally makes my blood boil. Probably is a great word and it's real! It erks me so much I went so far as to make a note of it in my phone so I wouldn't forget for this post.
I have never heard or seen the use of "prolly" but when I was young my mom would say "pry" instead of probably. (Though I'm not sure if that is how she would have spelled it - she never wrote it out.) I thought it was a legitimate way of shortening the word until I was in about 5th grade.
I've only ever seen it on this board. I was assuming it's U.S slang?
I actually have heard people say prolly out in the real world. Ugh. It's usually people who fell off the proper grammar train.
Me: 28 DH: 29 Married: August 2014 TTC #1 Since March 2015 Diagnosed with PCOS March 2016 SA results normal April 2016 3 rounds clomid + trigger + TI = BFN 3 rounds clomid + trigger + IUI = BFN Uterine polyp removed July 2017 Round 1 IVF January 2018
@jmr1515 Ughhhhhh Mary Kay. My SIL sells it, and I'm on her mailing list. I get e-mails about once a week, and I don't want to unsubscribe lest it alert her. But I think she knows that I don't want to buy her makeup.
@housewifehobbyist YES the Instagram eyebrows. I have one IG friend in particular. They just look so off with the rest of her face.
And yes, I too hate DH, but I use it because it's accepted around here. Maybe we should all start a revolution and change it. I'd rather just call him Hubs online. Because I'm silly like that.
I'm sorry if this UO rubs anyone the wrong way (I guess that's why it's a UO) but there are two things that have recently been irking me. First is the moms who have hashtags for their kids (first name + middle). I get that it's like, a way to sort photos or whatever, but it's mildly creepy to me. I guess this is because DH (ha, yes) is in the military and we're warned all the time about what we post on social media about what they're doing, etc.
The other thing is, please do not show me photographic evidence that your little one just went poopy in the potty for the first time. Yes, you're a proud mom, but yikes! No poop photos on my feed, please!
Me: 31 | DH: 31
Together since 2003 | Married 2010 TTC #1 January 2016 BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016 Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018 BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
Here's my real UO about MLM's (can you tell I have a lot of rage there?):
Stop calling yourselves small business owners.* You are not a small business owner. Running a 21 Day Fix Facebook group for 5 of your friends does not make you a small business owner. Enough with the "I love owning my own business!" updates with the accompanying picture of you holding a laptop by your pool. It's insulting to us who actually DO own a small business.
* I acknowledge that those at the top of the MLM food chain had to work hard to get there. A very small percentage of people actually succeed to get to that level, and thus post is not aimed at them, it's aimed at the 99% of people who espouse the virtues of any given fad program for a few months, and then disappear.
I have a close friend like this! Drives me nuts cause she's always telling me she's "working". UM. No. Ordering office supplies for your "business" is not "working". Granted I'm a SAHM now but, before I had kids I always worked or went to school or both.
Girrrrl you're still working! SAHMing is no joke. I built up my business to the point that employees can run everything day-to-day, enabling me to stay at home. The days I do work outside the house are way less stressful and taxing than being with DS 24/7! (cc: @iceandsnowflakes29)
@iceandsnowflakes29 I just won't use "DH". Or "AF". Or "HIO". I don't really mind when others use them but I just can't do it. I am all for abbreviating (HPT, OPK, BBT, etc. are all good) but not abbreviating made-up alternate words.
I hate cheese. I think it's disgusting and even more disgusting when it's melted. Yellow, melted cheese makes me want to gag just looking at it (dramatic much).
I hate cheese. I think it's disgusting and even more disgusting when it's melted. Yellow, melted cheese makes me want to gag just looking at it (dramatic much).
I even order my pizza without cheese.
Oh this is just WRONG.
This is crazy talk! A pizza without cheese??? That's a tomato pie!
I hate cheese. I think it's disgusting and even more disgusting when it's melted. Yellow, melted cheese makes me want to gag just looking at it (dramatic much).
I even order my pizza without cheese.
Oh this is just WRONG.
This is crazy talk! A pizza without cheese??? That's a tomato pie!
I could murder a pizza now...
Cheese-less pizza is actually a local thing in RI. They call it bakery pizza and it's pretty good! It's probably a lot closer to what the rest of the world calls bruschetta than actual pizza.
I don't have one of my own but chiming in with feeling weird using DH, DD and DS. I also want to say cheese is one of my favorite foods and cannot imagine cheese less pizza!
Married 12/17/2011 K born 8/31/12 C born 1/11/14 BFP #3 Nov 2014: D&C January 2015 BFP #4 Sept 2016: Due May 31 2017
@iceandsnowflakes29 I just won't use "DH". Or "AF". Or "HIO". I don't really mind when others use them but I just can't do it. I am all for abbreviating (HPT, OPK, BBT, etc. are all good) but not abbreviating made-up alternate words.
I actively avoided using DH and AF for quite a few months on these boards and now recently I have found myself typing them in without even realizing it. It has seeped into my unconscious mind!
Apparently I live under a rock because there are so many things being discussed in this thread that I have zero exposure to. MLM (WTF does that mean?), essential oils, people who are not on TV selling Beachbody, instagram eyebrows??? However it sounds like I should consider myself lucky, as I don't want to have anything to do with that nonsense.
I guess my UO is that I don't like cats, and struggle relating to cat-people. I was bitten and scratched too many times when I was little, and I'm still afraid they all want to bite me.
This isn't an UO, more like a rant...I was really excited to cook dinner tonight (pork chops and squash), but now I'm all like pizza, give me all the pizza! Curse you @MrsKratt!
I'm going to agree with the MLM UOs. I feel like it's tarnished a few friendships because I don't say yes. Years ago, before I knew what Mary Kay was, my SIL invited me to a makeover for her new business (she worded it as a wedding gift), and I said sure. I ended up being sent to a cold and small room with a bunch of strangers to watch a video about women becoming millionaires from selling Mary Kay and all I need to do is buy a several hundred dollar starter kit...such a waste of time. And it was uncomfortable telling them no over and over. She ended up being offended and felt that I wasn't rooting for her to succeed, but honestly I just wasn't interested...weddings are expensive. I think one of the MLM strategies is to make people feel shitty about their current jobs. I've seen so many women humble brag about their pyramid scheme while subtly putting down others for having a J.O.B as they call it (journey of the broke). Also, Those same people are polluting my Facebook feed with inspirational memes...
2 Laps and 1 Abdominal Myomectomy 6 rounds of clomid 5 rounds of iui Several HSG's sprinkled throughout the years to up my chances of a BFP Several dilation of cervix because they suspect the scar tissue is hindering it from fully opening (partially adds to the severe cramps all month) IVF #1 Gonal F, Menopur and Cetrotide ER 12/1/2016
ER-Retrieved 22 eggs 10 fertilized 4/4 day 5 embryos were normal for PGS!!! 2 boys/2 girls FET 1/10/2017 Gallbladder surgery 1/10/2017 FET estimated end of Feb, beginning of March
Not sure if this is really a UO or more of a guilty confession....
But I enjoy reading the posts in the Glow community. It really makes me feel more put together, better informed, and basically less like an idiot when I think I have crazy thoughts. For example.... I just read a post where someone had "veiny breasts" and thought it was a sign of pregnancy....
Oh I do this too. I used to wonder if anyone ever gets flamed there and what would happen, then I finally saw it. It was amazing.
DD born PPROM preemie at 36 weeks on 10/1/17 after over a year TI, then 3 failed IUIs, and finally a successful IVF FET.
Due with #2 5/2/19 after HIO once in my FW, because apparently that's how life works now. Team Blue!
@MissAmeliaPond I am sooo with you on the cat thing. I love dogs to pieces, but cats are (mostly) evil. It all goes back to when I used to babysit back in the day at this one house and as soon as I put the kids to bed the cat would chase me down like a psychotic beast. I would escape to the bathroom and literally sit in there for what felt like eternity with the cat constantly putting it's paws under the door until the parents got home and then I would pretend I had just been in there to actually use the bathroom. I was in there so long one time that I started counting the stripes on the wallpaper in the bathroom to occupy myself. Clearly this was before cell phones existed and before I had the balls to just tell the parents. Pure torture.
Oh I hate the term DH. I love him with all my heart and soul but we do not call each other DEAR. Lol.
I hate this, too! I use it because it's the accepted norm around here, but I LOATHEEEEE it.
I use them all, but I also detest DH, AF, HIO. Why can't we just use husband, period and sex? Does someone out there actually get offended by adult words? I feel like the real words are somehow taboo, but this group is a pretty mature and educated one. Why do we use the same terms as the Glow forum? Thank goodness everyone doesn't start every response with "Hun". Yuck.
Also, the same acronyms are used in my job and in my head I always read the military meaning and that can make for some interesting visions in my head...such as AF means "assumed friend", the identification you might give a commercial airliner. So, when someone talks about AF, I picture a jumbo jet.
I agree with the sales crap, too. I have a cousin who sells everything and her Facebook and Instagram are almost exclusively marketing. I mean, at least start a business profile that I can hide!
@MissAmeliaPond MLM = multilevel marketing. A nice word for pyramid scheme. (Yeah, I know--they're not actually pyramid schemes. But close enough.) You're lucky you don't have to put up with this stuff!
Me: 31 | DH: 31
Together since 2003 | Married 2010 TTC #1 January 2016 BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016 Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018 BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
On the acronyms: I hate hate what DH literally stands for, but in my head it really just means husband. I use the TTC acronyms with my DH all the time and he makes up new meanings for them. Currently DH stands for Dong Hat (which we're obviously not using right now lol!). And btw I love HIO because "when in doubt, hump it out" is the best TTC phrase ever.
I guess my UO is that I don't like cats, and struggle relating to cat-people. I was bitten and scratched too many times when I was little, and I'm still afraid they all want to bite me.
Re: UO Thursday
Stop calling yourselves small business owners.* You are not a small business owner. Running a 21 Day Fix Facebook group for 5 of your friends does not make you a small business owner. Enough with the "I love owning my own business!" updates with the accompanying picture of you holding a laptop by your pool. It's insulting to us who actually DO own a small business.
* I acknowledge that those at the top of the MLM food chain had to work hard to get there. A very small percentage of people actually succeed to get to that level, and thus post is not aimed at them, it's aimed at the 99% of people who espouse the virtues of any given fad program for a few months, and then disappear.
On the MLM front, I am facebook friends with someone who sells those wraps that supposedly help you lose weight. (They don't work and it makes absolutely no sense.) She kept messaging me about it and I don't remember if I blocked her or maybe she just stopped, but I saw her at a wedding recently and was irrationally worried she would get mad at me for never responding to her.
Edited because I still can't GIF properly, and it was causing a scene.
Ewwwww!!!!
***TW: previous pregnancy mentioned****
I remember I was SO EXCITED to get that line with my first pregnancy. I had my baby in Nov. '14 and that sucker is still there. Now, not so fun.
Make up should enhanced your natural self, and make you feel pretty. Not completely change your face, chin, nose, eye shape.... that's not you, like is like an over photo shopped thing that mocks you.
Ewwwww!!!!
***TW: previous pregnancy mentioned****
I remember I was SO EXCITED to get that line with my first pregnancy. I had my baby in Nov. '14 and that sucker is still there. Now, not so fun.
Quote @JamieK1882 That up there ^^ is supposed to be in a box. I think there in acronym for that. I broke something. Sorry.TW**
Yep. Mine finally faded out about a year ago. DS is almost 6. Now I just have that sweet, ewwww belly hair. Thank god for wax. Wax everywhere? Yes, please!
Edited because of quotes or lack there of .
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I've only ever seen it on this board. I was assuming it's U.S slang?
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TEAM: PINK!!
Me: 28 DH: 29
Married: August 2014
TTC #1 Since March 2015
Diagnosed with PCOS March 2016
SA results normal April 2016
3 rounds clomid + trigger + TI = BFN
3 rounds clomid + trigger + IUI = BFN
Uterine polyp removed July 2017
Round 1 IVF January 2018
@housewifehobbyist YES the Instagram eyebrows. I have one IG friend in particular. They just look so off with the rest of her face.
And yes, I too hate DH, but I use it because it's accepted around here. Maybe we should all start a revolution and change it. I'd rather just call him Hubs online. Because I'm silly like that.
I'm sorry if this UO rubs anyone the wrong way (I guess that's why it's a UO) but there are two things that have recently been irking me. First is the moms who have hashtags for their kids (first name + middle). I get that it's like, a way to sort photos or whatever, but it's mildly creepy to me. I guess this is because DH (ha, yes) is in the military and we're warned all the time about what we post on social media about what they're doing, etc.
The other thing is, please do not show me photographic evidence that your little one just went poopy in the potty for the first time. Yes, you're a proud mom, but yikes! No poop photos on my feed, please!
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
LFAF Summer 2016 Awards:
You mean it doesn't stand for damn? Woops
I could murder a pizza now...
TEAM: PINK!!
I could murder a pizza now...
Cheese-less pizza is actually a local thing in RI. They call it bakery pizza and it's pretty good! It's probably a lot closer to what the rest of the world calls bruschetta than actual pizza.
K born 8/31/12
C born 1/11/14
BFP #3 Nov 2014: D&C January 2015
BFP #4 Sept 2016: Due May 31 2017
I actively avoided using DH and AF for quite a few months on these boards and now recently I have found myself typing them in without even realizing it. It has seeped into my unconscious mind!
I guess my UO is that I don't like cats, and struggle relating to cat-people. I was bitten and scratched too many times when I was little, and I'm still afraid they all want to bite me.
Fur-children: 3 dogs + 2 cats (all rescued)
6 rounds of clomid
5 rounds of iui
Several HSG's sprinkled throughout the years to up my chances of a BFP
Several dilation of cervix because they suspect the scar tissue is hindering it from fully opening (partially adds to the severe cramps all month)
IVF #1 Gonal F, Menopur and Cetrotide
ER 12/1/2016
4/4 day 5 embryos were normal for PGS!!! 2 boys/2 girls
FET 1/10/2017
Gallbladder surgery 1/10/2017
FET estimated end of Feb, beginning of March
then 3 failed IUIs, and finally a successful IVF FET.
Due with #2 5/2/19 after HIO once in my FW,
because apparently that's how life works now. Team Blue!
I use them all, but I also detest DH, AF, HIO. Why can't we just use husband, period and sex? Does someone out there actually get offended by adult words? I feel like the real words are somehow taboo, but this group is a pretty mature and educated one. Why do we use the same terms as the Glow forum? Thank goodness everyone doesn't start every response with "Hun". Yuck.
Also, the same acronyms are used in my job and in my head I always read the military meaning and that can make for some interesting visions in my head...such as AF means "assumed friend", the identification you might give a commercial airliner. So, when someone talks about AF, I picture a jumbo jet.
I agree with the sales crap, too. I have a cousin who sells everything and her Facebook and Instagram are almost exclusively marketing. I mean, at least start a business profile that I can hide!
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
@HeyBooHey omg baby dance is the worst. I guess I'm cautious too, because I never know what words are going to be TOU violations around here!
TEAM: PINK!!