UO Thursday

soberkfell

Doesn't look like this one's been started for today, and I need some reading material to keep me awake at work!!

MotherOfDucks

I don't like the new curvy Barbie...

https://tinyurl.com/hvlbcyo

summerfunxo

This will probably be pretty unpopular, but I believe smart phones/ other similar devices definitely give off radiation and shouldn't be given to kids to play with. Especially since we don't know the long term side effects of them.
Also, I hate IKEA  

MrsRo731

I'm not sure if this is technically unpopular, but I despise toys/books/etc that are 'girl versions'; for example, buying pink legos for girls vs just the regular legos. Don't buy the pink ones for your girl because she's a girl and the regular colored ones for your boy because he's a boy; they can be interchanged and that's fine. I get heated about this..grrr. 

Also, I hate when people restrict their boys from a toy because it's too girly; my SIL has made comments about how my nephew wanted a pet store toy where you style the animals' hair/fur and how she wouldn't get it for him. It made me sad.

quartz02

@MrsRo731 pink blocks make me stabby. DH is a comic/superhero nerd and we got DD this book which I make an exception for because it's an empowerment thing.

MrsRo731

@quartz02 - My husband would love that book for DD! Also, I don't consider that a 'girl version' of something since it's about female empowerment.   

thebigoaktree

When people don't drink their damn glucose testing drink. 

suprsuz

I hate spaghetti. 

ButterMyBiscuit

This pregnancy has caused me to abandon bacon. GASP! I can't smell it or eat it without wanting to hurl. It's so shameful.

quartz02

suprsuz said:

I hate spaghetti. 

MrsRo731

ButterMyBiscuit said:

This pregnancy has caused me to abandon bacon. GASP! I can't smell it or eat it without wanting to hurl. It's so shameful.

No bacon???????? My condolences. 

TattoosandLace

suprsuz said:

I hate spaghetti. 

I used to hate spaghetti with a passion. Then my husband made me spaghetti sauce from scratch and it was delicious.

shanparadise

@TattoosandLace I had a similar experience with steak. Grew up thinking I hated it. Had a filet cooked properly at my boyfriends house in high school, realized I just hated how my mom cooked steak, not all steak.

TattoosandLace

@shanparadise @suprsuz I will say that I prefer chicken spaghetti to beef spaghetti.

jlgriff11

This thread is so full of wtf today and there's only like ten posts. NO BACON? NO SPAGHETTI? WTF.

xc1148

MrsRo731 stuff like that has never bothered me. I grew up super girly and played with barbie and now I work in finance and make more than 99% of men so I guess I don't feel like it matters at all.

I get more annoyed with clothes because we were team green last year and people were like BUT WHAT WILL YOUR CHILD WEAR as if a grey onesie for the first 2 weeks would leave my child wandering in some desolate gender-neutral wasteland for all eternity ;-)

ButterMyBiscuit

shanparadise said:

@TattoosandLace I had a similar experience with steak. Grew up thinking I hated it. Had a filet cooked properly at my boyfriends house in high school, realized I just hated how my mom cooked steak, not all steak.

Yes, this. My parents cooked their steaks until way past well done. Now, I have medium or medium well and it is the most delicious of all meats. Mmmmmm.

pourmeanothermocktail

My UO: I feel like diet soda is worse for me than soda. (Not that soda is good for me exactly...)

So shut up, I'm drinking the real deal for those 2 cans of soda I have a month!

MrsRo731

xc1148 said:

MrsRo731 stuff like that has never bothered me. I grew up super girly and played with barbie and now I work in finance and make more than 99% of men so I guess I don't feel like it matters at all.

I get more annoyed with clothes because we were team green last year and people were like BUT WHAT WILL YOUR CHILD WEAR as if a grey onesie for the first 2 weeks would leave my child wandering in some desolate gender-neutral wasteland for all eternity ;-)

@xc1148 - I think you may have misunderstood my point; I think it's perfectly fine for little girls to like and play with girly things. It's when it's their only option that I find it bothersome. 

ButterMyBiscuit

@jlgriff11 YGPM

thebigoaktree

RideNRunMomma said:

My UO: I feel like diet soda is worse for me than soda. (Not that soda is good for me exactly...)

So shut up, I'm drinking the real deal for those 2 cans of soda I have a month!

I believe that diet soda is actually worse for you than normal soda. 

soberkfell

My UO - don't ask someone for their opinion if you're going to do whatever you want regardless of his or her response. It's rude and a waste of that person's time.

Croscrew

thebigoaktree said:

When people don't drink their damn glucose testing drink. 

Not ready for all those posts. PSA- drink it. It tastes like orange soda. You'll be fine.

TattoosandLace

ButterMyBiscuit said:

shanparadise said:

@TattoosandLace I had a similar experience with steak. Grew up thinking I hated it. Had a filet cooked properly at my boyfriends house in high school, realized I just hated how my mom cooked steak, not all steak.

Yes, this. My parents cooked their steaks until way past well done. Now, I have medium or medium well and it is the most delicious of all meats. Mmmmmm.
----qbf---
I had never had steak until I married my husband and he took me to a restaurant in Texas for my birthday. We had just found out I was pregnant, so I got it well done and it was THE MOST DELICIOUS THING. GIVE ME ALL THE STEAK. WTF was I thinking my whole life?

candypantsls

Any form of pigtails after college is inappropriate.  Two braids, two ponytails, two buns... two anything.  Please. 

givemepenguinss

thebigoaktree said:

RideNRunMomma said:

My UO: I feel like diet soda is worse for me than soda. (Not that soda is good for me exactly...)

So shut up, I'm drinking the real deal for those 2 cans of soda I have a month!

I believe that diet soda is actually worse for you than normal soda. 

Yes. Diet soda is horrible for you. Grab some soda made with cane sugar and drink guilt-free, lady.

ButterMyBiscuit

givemepenguinss said:

thebigoaktree said:

RideNRunMomma said:

My UO: I feel like diet soda is worse for me than soda. (Not that soda is good for me exactly...)

So shut up, I'm drinking the real deal for those 2 cans of soda I have a month!

I believe that diet soda is actually worse for you than normal soda. 

Yes. Diet soda is horrible for you. Grab some soda made with cane sugar and drink guilt-free, lady.

Not to mention it tastes shitty, too.

jlgriff11

1. I didn't really mind my glucose drink either time. It was fruit punch. Tasted like really sugary fruit punch that was flat but supposed to be carbonated. You're strong enough to have a baby but not strong enough to drink a damn mini bottle of fruit drink. Give me a break. Put your big girl panties on.

2. I like milkmaid braids which are technically braided pigtails that are pinned to your head. So there.

3. I ask for opinions all the time. I do what I want anyway.

MrsRo731

Now I really want a big bowl of spaghetti with a side of bacon

mamafox14

I have so many today. I'm feeling fiesty, or maybe I'm just hungry.

I don't like the movie Mean Girls. I honestly just didn't think it was that good. Don't kill me.

The word panties makes me cringe. I don't know why.

I still wear my hair in braids all the time, hate away.


Now I'm going to eat spaghetti because you guys made me more hungry. Yummmm.

jlgriff11

I also think I'm going to have spaghetti tonight.

ButterMyBiscuit

stellaluna14 said:

I have so many today. I'm feeling fiesty, or maybe I'm just hungry. I don't like the movie Mean Girls. I honestly just didn't think it was that good. Don't kill me. The word panties makes me cringe. I don't know why. I still wear my hair in braids all the time, hate away. Now I'm going to eat spaghetti because you guys made me more hungry. Yummmm.

noelietrex

@candypantsls I am 27 and wear pigtails to my corporate job on a weekly basis. I know it's super inappropriate and I just... I have no excuses. I'm a pregnant adult woman in pigtails and I look silly and I know it and dutch braided pigtails are still my favorite!

My UO is I'm going to eat my placenta. And I don't care if there is no proven medical benefit. Also I don't think it's okay to try to convince a pregnant woman who just said she was going to eat her placenta that there's no medical benefit (*ahem* co-workers at the lunchroom table). Maybe just let people do things their way. I'm not trying to feed you my placenta! Have your own kids and you can be the decision maker K? Alright then!

Also when I said people who cloth diaper often buy a second washer for their garage or basement to keep the poop separate from the laundry, it was just hypothetical and to make everyone feel more comfortable. I'm not buying a second washer. I'm washing poop along with the regular laundry and I think that's prefectly fine! I toss dirty doggie peepee poopoo bedding in there all the time. If it doesn't smell totally clean I'll run the thing a second time, but I'm pretty sure hot water, detergent, and bleach are enough to keep us all safe from the super scary poopoo germs!

*side note- may also be feeling extra feisty today. Flame if you must. No Ragrets!

PugsandKisses

My DD likes the Pink Legos because they have faeries and such.
She could give a rats ass about star wars and HP. Which makes me sad. Sigh, we tried.

stephweinstein

UO: I don't like this month's siggy challenge.  It's cringeworthy and I don't find them funny.

chanfa

@noelietrex serious question. How do you eat the placenta? do you cook it? I am seriously curious

stephweinstein

noelietrex said:

My UO is I'm going to eat my placenta. And I don't care if there is no proven medical benefit. Also I don't think it's okay to try to convince a pregnant woman who just said she was going to eat her placenta that there's no medical benefit (*ahem* co-workers at the lunchroom table). Maybe just let people do things their way. I'm not trying to feed you my placenta! Have your own kids and you can be the decision maker K? Alright then!

Like with a fork? Or by placenta encapsulation? They're, somehow, very different to me.

pourmeanothermocktail

@noelietrex You eat that damn placenta & wear those damn pigtails. Wait, can I say damn? I mean, I don't want to eat mine, but I can't see any literature that says you doing it will hurt you or your LO, so, whatever you want!

I wear pigtails too. I'm 28, but I still get carded for cigarettes (NOT FOR ME, but I'll buy them for my mom if she asks) frequently, and I bartend, so looking young and cute and innocent (plus dumb) works for me, lol.

More UO: I think people who buy the second washer are a little...paranoid. I'm with you on the detergent/water/bleach business.

chanfa

RideNRunMomma said:

@noelietrex You eat that damn placenta & wear those damn pigtails. Wait, can I say damn? I mean, I don't want to eat mine, but I can't see any literature that says you doing it will hurt you or your LO, so, whatever you want!

I wear pigtails too. I'm 28, but I still get carded for cigarettes (NOT FOR ME, but I'll buy them for my mom if she asks) frequently, and I bartend, so looking young and cute and innocent (plus dumb) works for me, lol.

More UO: I think people who buy the second washer are a little...paranoid. I'm with you on the detergent/water/bleach business.

I guess people don't realize that we only wipe our butts with tissue paper so there is poop particles all over it anyway. Psh people act like you don't have skid marks sometimes

DominiqueU

suprsuz said:

I hate spaghetti. 

How dare you...

elenabrent

@noelietrex I'm with you on the placenta eating. Doing it. Don't care about what anyone else has to say about it (which is basically my pregnancy motto).