UO + FFFC

TheTamedShrew

We forgot UO Thursday so I thought we could just combine the two in one thread today.

mom2adoodle

Sometimes, people post some weird stuff.....

AnnaS930

haha, and with that @mom2adoodle I will leave here without posting my FFFC.
Except that maybe my FFFC should be that I always worry people are talking about me when something negative is said

RedMar

I can't believe fake nails are still around. I thought that "fad" would disappear years ago. Or maybe I'm just jealous that I don't have money to piss away. 

Thscary

FFFC I told my husband I don't want anything for my birthday but I'm still hoping he gets me a present  

jhems776

H and I were out yesterday and after coming home he says "I like that dress", I say thank you and think I've had this for a couple years but I guess I don't wear it too often,


and then he continues with "You look really pregnant in it."    


I do not have a real bump yet, more like 70/30 blump/bump.  The dress is really flowy and I didn't think my bump/gut showed in it.  I've been looking at myself now and there is a round belly area that is a bit bigger than I thought I guess.....

steminist

Kind of a throwback to another UO/Randoms/somewhere...

TheTamedShrew

mom2adoodle said:

Sometimes, people post some weird stuff.....

What, like casually and inappropriately mentioning that their husband wants them to have an abortion, and then starting a whole new thread asking where everybody lives?

steminist

That was the same person?! I totally didn't notice...people are very strange sometimes. (Said with the complete understanding that people probably  absolutely think the same about me)

Steephers123

mom2adoodle said:

Sometimes, people post some weird stuff.....

This is why I post a lot more in my head than in real life.  I went back and looked at what I wrote this week and, it's not much.  I am overly concerned that something I say will get taken the wrong way.  
 <---Me

PSUBecky23

I get irrationally annoyed when people turn FFFC into UO so it's fitting they're combined today. Examples to help the uninformed

UO - Oreos are gross
FFFC - I ate five Oreos for breakfast 

seitzy3

I just ate my daughters cupcake for tomorrow (her birthday) now I gotta run out and get more. I just couldn't help it. I suck. I knew I should have just bought a few at the store  

LakeR2014

RedMar said:

I can't believe fake nails are still around. I thought that "fad" would disappear years ago. Or maybe I'm just jealous that I don't have money to piss away. 

@RedMar - Agreed.  However mine is more for the women who wear the really long ones where it's hard for them to function at their jobs while wearing them.  I can't tell you how many times I've been in line somewhere where we're moving at the speed of sound because she has to punch each key individually with the nail because she can't use home row because the nails get caught in the keys (actual explanation given to me once before).   Why do you do that to yourself when it's not really attractive or useful?

kosmo86

Ok here is my confession; although not really about me. I HATE the type of mother my coworker is. I enjoy working with her but I cringe at some of the things she says. For instance her kids had some behavioral problems last year (ages 5 and 7) so she told them Santa wasn't coming. She gave them each 1 present and put it under the tree a month before Christmas (in a bag not even wrapped) and got mad when her 7 year old peeked. It wouldn't be so bad if I thought she did it because she is broke. Guess what she got her self for Christmas?!? A $1200 louis bag! 

hey_clever_girl

AnnaS930 said:

haha, and with that @mom2adoodle I will leave here without posting my FFFC.
Except that maybe my FFFC should be that I always worry people are talking about me when something negative is said

ME TOO.

hey_clever_girl

Jabreen said:

Kind of a throwback to another UO/Randoms/somewhere...

Noooooooooo #Peeps4Life

hey_clever_girl

TheTamedShrew said:

mom2adoodle said:

Sometimes, people post some weird stuff.....

What, like casually and inappropriately mentioning that their husband wants them to have an abortion, and then starting a whole new thread asking where everybody lives?

AnnaS930

FFFC: I asked a coworker/friend if she used a pregnancy pillow and if it helped. She got really excited to bring hers in for me. I tried to decline and say I wasn't sure if I really needed one. I came in today and it was on my desk chair.  It's all pilly and has some dog hairs on it (doesn't help the cover is beige, so it just looks dirty).  I have zero interest in curling up with someone else's pregnancy pillow even if it means significantly better sleep.. I've also been sneezing all day, not sure if it's a reaction to the animal hairs on it or what.

I feel super ungrateful but don't see any way in hell I'm going to actually use that thing. I am semi-considering sewing a new pillowcase for it.. wondering if that would be enough for me to get over the ickiness I'm feeling about it right now.

hey_clever_girl

@AnnaS930 Dude I would NEVER loan someone an old pillow. Pillows get NASTY. That's weird that she thinks you'll want her old pillow.

steminist

I wouldn't use someone else's either, and actually, I'm probably going to return mine.  It's not helping me as much as I'd thought and makes it harder to stay asleep all night.  Every time I try to turn, it gets in the way!  I guess that's the point, to stop you from sleeping on your back, but at this point I'd rather get a full night.

AnnaS930

Hahaha, Guys - what do I do with it then?! I guess just hide it in my house somewhere (luckily a good sized house with lots of closets) and ask her if she wants it back in September? Her children are grown up, and she has just delivered her 4th child as a surrogate in August and won't be pregnant again.. so I'm guessing she'll say to get rid of it.  I hate the thought of holding onto it for 6 months just to bring it to the dump. UGH! Why couldn't I have more strongly said no?!

JennM205

@AnnaS930 Can't you just take it for a day or two and then tell her you appreciate it but it's not helping at all?  Use @Jabreen 's reasoning that it made it too hard to change positions and just was more of a pain than a benefit?  Then you can either give it back (or trash it, if that's what she says) in a day or two...instead of in six months! 

AnnaS930

JennM205 said:

@AnnaS930 Can't you just take it for a day or two and then tell her you appreciate it but it's not helping at all?  Use @Jabreen 's reasoning that it made it too hard to change positions and just was more of a pain than a benefit?  Then you can either give it back (or trash it, if that's what she says) in a day or two...instead of in six months! 

Absolute genius!! I will tell her middle of next week that I tried a few nights with/without it and seem to be sleeping better without but absolutely appreciate her lending it to me. Thank you!!! Maybe this won't be a 6 month commitment.

Also.. I seriously can't stop sneezing/nose running. This thing is cursed and just staring at me from my desk.

AnnaS930

Here's another one - maybe it will ruffle a few feathers, maybe not.

I'm really sick of non-pregnant/non-parent facebook friends say that they feel like being a pet parent is the same as being a human baby parent.
I have pets and have had pets with medical conditions that caused me to lose some sleep worrying, but absolutely nothing about my love of animals/pets or my concern for their well-being even comes close to how I feel for my son.. and suggesting so just irritates me.

PSUBecky23

Until you have a child, there's absolutely no way to know that being a pet parent and child parent is the same. Also had pets pre-child. Pets were way easier to potty train. (Currently in the midst of PT Reese.) And I can't put my child in a crate when I want to leave the house. 

UnwritteN12

Consider this a UO (maybe it isn't, I don't know) or an FFFC I guess. I can't stand it when people refer to their kids as "tax credits". DH just went to get our taxes done this morning (side note - H&R Block is stupidly expensive and I've learned my lesson about going there). When he called to let me know whether we would owe or get a refund, he said "Next year will be different with the extra tax credits". I just sat there. You mean our children?! Yes, he meant it as a joke. No, I did not find it funny. 

AnnaS930

@UnwritteN12 - There was quite a bit of "Tax break" onesies on the December 14 board since you get the break for the whole year even if baby is born in December.. lots were excited.  I find it pretty tacky to think that way.

Also, the tax break we did get for having a kiddo.. didn't come close to added expenses (read: daycare) of having a child.

steminist

@UnwritteN12 I probably wouldn't mind if DH said that, since I know his sense of humor and that he doesn't actually think of our LO in those terms.  I would certainly object to someone else saying it to me, though, and would find it weird if someone described their own to me like that (again, with certain exceptions for super close friends who I understand really well)

kosmo86

@AnnaS930  you could also say you liked it so you ordered your own and thanks for letting me borrow yours to try out.

Regarding pet parents, I can see both sides of it. as a FTM with 2 dogs, these are my babies right now. I realize that a baby is much different but having a dog does have some similarities or at least gives you a little bit of practice. I have a friend who wants to have a kid but has had to give up 2 dogs recently because they couldn't handle the responsibility.  I have an 8 month old puppy who is a trip, while I can put him in his room and leave, when I am home he can't be left alone for 2 minutes without doing something or breaking (eating) anything. 


I guess my UO is a don't like cats lol and believe dogs are far more superiors (and much more difficult to take of) 

hey_clever_girl

AnnaS930 said:

Here's another one - maybe it will ruffle a few feathers, maybe not.

I'm really sick of non-pregnant/non-parent facebook friends say that they feel like being a pet parent is the same as being a human baby parent.
I have pets and have had pets with medical conditions that caused me to lose some sleep worrying, but absolutely nothing about my love of animals/pets or my concern for their well-being even comes close to how I feel for my son.. and suggesting so just irritates me.

AGREED. I'll take t a step further; people who ARE parents and STILL claim they love their pets as much as their kids. REALLY? Seriously. Your dog and your child are on equal playing ground as far as your love? REALLY.

hey_clever_girl

My UO (this also double as a FFFC) is that I don't like dogs. Flat-out don't like them. We have a dog at work and she's fine, but I don't want her licking me or jumping on me and all that jazz. When friends think their little pooch licking on me is just so cute! I just kind of glare at them. I am just not a dog person. I do not wish harm on dogs, and I enjoy looking at them. But please don't touch me, dog. Go away. 

AnnaS930

@runningisrad - I have a small dog, 12 pounds. I hate when my FIL comes over and encourages her to lick his entire face.. we purposefully work on her not doing that because it's just too much for me. I enjoy walking her, playing with her and cuddling her, but no licking.

Steephers123

kosmo86 said:

I guess my UO is a don't like cats lol and believe dogs are far more superiors (and much more difficult to take of) 

I'll agree with you on dogs being more difficult to take care of, and I guess I get why people don't love cats but...I love cats!  (You can tell when I've gone off mobile because everything gets a picture added- Yay for use of a keyboard)

RedMar

I don't like cats because they're really selfish. Also all I can think about is their poopy, litter-infested paws stepping all over everything in the house. My aunt had one that she'd allow on the kitchen counters *gag*. 

mom2adoodle

HAHA @AnnaS930 and @runningisrad I doubt anything you post is under the category of the "weird" that I mentioned. I actually forgot about the abortion comment but I was alluding to a new discussion with currently 0 replies. I guess I wasn't alone in my thoughts?

hey_clever_girl

mom2adoodle said:

HAHA @AnnaS930 and @runningisrad I doubt anything you post is under the category of the "weird" that I mentioned. I actually forgot about the abortion comment but I was alluding to a new discussion with currently 0 replies. I guess I wasn't alone in my thoughts?

I think I know exactly which disussion you're referring to.

Ssoccerball

AnnaS930 said:

@runningisrad - I have a small dog, 12 pounds. I hate when my FIL comes over and encourages her to lick his entire face.. we purposefully work on her not doing that because it's just too much for me. I enjoy walking her, playing with her and cuddling her, but no licking.

My children will eat a peanut butter sandwich and let the dog lick their face and mouths!   . No matter how many times I yell at them to stop, they still do it!!!  In that vein, I also hate the sound of a dog licking itself.  My dog is probably less clean because every time she licks herself and I can hear it, I make her stop.  

UnwritteN12

Jabreen said:

@UnwritteN12 I probably wouldn't mind if DH said that, since I know his sense of humor and that he doesn't actually think of our LO in those terms.  I would certainly object to someone else saying it to me, though, and would find it weird if someone described their own to me like that (again, with certain exceptions for super close friends who I understand really well)

As far as DH, I might not normally with him since I know he's kidding. I'm extra touchy though lately. Especially with him unfortunately. Poor guy.

hey_clever_girl

Ssoccerball said:

AnnaS930 said:

@runningisrad - I have a small dog, 12 pounds. I hate when my FIL comes over and encourages her to lick his entire face.. we purposefully work on her not doing that because it's just too much for me. I enjoy walking her, playing with her and cuddling her, but no licking.

My children will eat a peanut butter sandwich and let the dog lick their face and mouths!   . No matter how many times I yell at them to stop, they still do it!!!  In that vein, I also hate the sound of a dog licking itself.  My dog is probably less clean because every time she licks herself and I can hear it, I make her stop.  

eliza+gleave

FFC: My husband has the day off. I haven't gotten out of bed. It's noon...and I have no intention of getting up for another few hours. 

SaraJuul

Oh the Peeps, that was me the other week. I hate Peeps..and Jelly Beans. Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs--that's the Easter Candy that's for me, YUMM!!

@runningisrad you don't like dogs , that makes me a little sad. We have three, 2 labs and a golden retriever. We love them to death, so do our kids. **FYI because I don't want something to be misunderstood I'm not actually bothered, to each their own**

I do agree that having kids puts your fur-baby love into perspective. Before having kids I always knew that having a dog wasn't the same as having children, and once we had kids of our own it would change. But I will say that before you have kids, your pets are your children.

Has anyone seen this...it always makes me laugh.

Dogs vs. Cats DOG DIARY

8:00 AM - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 AM - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 AM - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 AM - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 PM - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 PM - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 PM - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 PM - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 PM - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 PM - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 PM - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

CAT DIARY

Day 983 of my captivity!
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.

In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a 'good little hunter' I am. The sick bastards!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies'. I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow - but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He obviously has issues.