I'll go. I'm sad about all the celebrities that have died but I seem to be the only person who doesn't think "2016 sucks." 2016 was good to us and while I really am excited for all the things 2017 will bring, I just hate that the whole world has written off an entire year.
Edit: It would have been more accurate to say that I'm sympathetic with those that are sad/disappointed when a celebrity dies. It doesn't really affect me that much realistically.
I guess my UO is the opposite of @ShadeofGreen816 (no offense, you're one of my faves)- I don't really care all that much when celebrities die. I'm not completely heartless, it is unfortunate when anyone dies, but I don't understand people who getting super emotional about it. If I don't know you personally, I'm not that invested.
Also, I think 2016 was a crap pile of a year.
ETA: Amazing John Oliver GIF.
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@kayemjay2 just out of curiosity besides the election which is I think what many people are referring to, do you feel like 2016 was globally a bad year or was it bad for you specifically? I'm only asking because I can't seem to get anyone to answer why other than celebrity deaths (we're kinda on the same page - I should have maybe said "sympathetic" rather than "sad") and election. Which the election was huge (pun intended) but ultimately is it enough to write off a whole year?
@ShadeofGreen816 You stole mine :P. This morning I was like I have the perfect UO! I have had a really good 2016 with an awesome new job, a trip back home to Alaska, a vacation in Bali, finding out I am pregnant...
I think it's sad when celebs die, but I don't feel the need to post on FB about how awful it is. I didn't know them, I didn't have a connection to them. Now, that may not be the case with everyone. I know for some people some of these celebs were a big part of their life. I think there just hasn't been anyone like that for me (though I'm still sad about Brittany Murphy and Heath Ledger). Now if Ryan Gosling, Taylor Swift, or Wes Anderson dies...
I think 2016 has been a complete shitshow. The election sucked, it stole some of my favorite celebs (Prince, Alan Rickman), I lost a close friend, I had a MC and my marriage has been a bit strained. I'll be happy to put this year in the rearview, I just hope it's not a forewarning that 2017 is an actual apocalypse.
@ShadeofGreen816 - I'd say it was globally a bad year, not specifically for me. I feel like the world just went downhill quickly in 2016 (not to be super dramatic...haha), and it seemed like the hits just kept on coming. Without even factoring in the outcome, I think the presidential election really brought out the worst elements of our country. Also, the outcome was (in my opinion) horrific for both parties and I think it will take our country decades to recover from Trump's reign (or longer, depending on how much control he'll get over the Supreme Court). Globally, Brexit is a hot mess, the Nazi party (er...sorry, "rightwing populism") was reignited in Germany (fingers crossed for Merkel), the atrocities in Syria, numerous ISIS attacks, the Pulse shooting, Zika exploding and the US losing interest in helping, the rise in racist police shootings, shootings in general (Chicago in particular, where I am), and so very many more. This is quickly becoming the most depressing post of all time. I'll stop now.
I really am an optimistic person, but this year was rough and has really hurt my faith in humanity as a whole.
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My UO is that I think 3D ultrasounds are super creepy. At our AS yesterday, the tech switched over to 3D without much warning. My kid looked scary. I'd rather see the traditional view.
I don't know alot about 3D. Do they serve any medial purpose or allow the dr to get a better view of something? If so, that's cool. I would never elect to have one for no reason though.
@NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot - I completely agree. I'm not sure if they serve any medical purpose, but I would not get an elective 3D. No offense, but no babies look cute in utero.
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I don't like babies that have a lot of hair. I think it's weird and creepy. My whole family jokes if we have a baby with a bunch of hair I'll cut it off right there in the hospital. It's primarily the really sticky uppy hair I hate.
@nda_roxybabe totally lol'ing at your levels of hair acceptance. I've never paid too much attention but seeing these visuals, your terrifying level is strikingly odd.
@nda_roxybabe - Many Muslim families shave their babies' heads right after delivery. Just something to consider if you end up with a baby Ron Burgundy.
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@nda_roxybabe I agree!! A friend of mine had a daughter who is similar to the last pic! So weird! I do feel bad for moms whose daughters (or sons but somehow it's cuter to have a little bald son) don't have ANY hair by 10-12 months. I'm talking straight bald babies.
@nda_roxybabe - Many Muslim families shave their babies' heads right after delivery. Just something to consider if you end up with a baby Ron Burgundy.
I did not know this! I could really see myself giving baby a trim. However, I am guessing I will think my baby is perfect and even if they come out with a Trump comb over I'll probably just live with it.
@nda_roxybabe - Many Muslim families shave their babies' heads right after delivery. Just something to consider if you end up with a baby Ron Burgundy.
I did not know this! I could really see myself giving baby a trim. However, I am guessing I will think my baby is perfect and even if they come out with a Trump comb over I'll probably just live with it.
Whether your kid has little or a ton of a hair, it will be better than a TinyHands combover. So you've got that going for you...
@ShadeofGreen816 Yea, I like when they're bald under a year, but when they're nearing 2 and still bald it's like nooo, you need some hair! Plus, looking forward to doing a baby girls hair (just not at birth!)
My UO is that I totally side-eye adults who wear cartoon/movie merchandise - this includes everything from Disney princesses to SpongeBob to superheroes. I think some things have a definite age limit.
ETA: @nda_roxybabe - We see a baby at our library that is BEYOND terrifying level. My friend and I call it Hair Baby, and report to each other like it's a celebrity sighting when we see it.
I'll go. I'm sad about all the celebrities that have died but I seem to be the only person who doesn't think "2016 sucks." 2016 was good to us and while I really am excited for all the things 2017 will bring, I just hate that the whole world has written off an entire year.
I really don't care about celebrities dying that much, at least to call an entire year crap because they died, but 2016 has been terrible for me and my family personally. My FIL died, I sprained my back and have pain ever since, we cut ties with some poorly behaving family members on my and DH's side, AND the remaining ones and I do not share certain political beliefs and it makes me stressed every time I hear election-related news. So.
DIAF, 2016.
My UO: I hate almost all of the children's t-shirts that are in circulation now. No, I'm not buying my daughter a shirt that say, "I'm a princess! Worship me!" Or any of the other stupid, narcissistic phrases we're supposed to plaster on our children's chests. No. Just no.
So it made Black Friday sale shopping stressful. Limits my choices a lot.
DIAF, 2016!!
Me: 35 | DH: 46 MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks) DD: Born 8/22/14 Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17 And my other love: writing
@sls H recently told me "no clothes that say anything for baby". While I agree with what you're referring to, there's some super cute stuff that I am okay with.
@sls I said the same thing. DD now has every princess and peppa pig shirt/dress known to man kind but we don't do the words like "heart breaker" etc... I can handle the character shirts for her, but the sayings I don't like
@emilyalso I don't wear those types of shirts by my fiancé does. It took me a long time to not be embarrassed to go out in public with him!
My ou... I don't really get why people go on "mission trips" to far away countries. There are so many people , probably in the area that you live in that are struggling and could use help. I recently found out about several nurse aides at my work that are living without heat and someone without electricity. I talk to these ladies everyday and they always have a smile on their face, many of us had no idea about their struggles at home. It was really eye opening.
@emilyalso you and my mom would get along well. I got my husband two Batman t-shirts for Christmas and my brother's fiancee bought him all Ninja Turtles stuff. My mother was in disbelief as to why two men in their mid thirties would want anything like that.
@BeachMommy2B avocado has no flavour and feels icky in my mouth. I've tried. I can't do it.
@MoshiMoshi7 I used to have such high expectations every NYE and every year something bad happened or it was totally boring. I love watching movies on the couch and going to bed early now.
I'm team avocado! I originally didn't like it by itself at all until I start buying it often when I started BLW with DD at 6 months. DH hated it completely, but now he will eat it because it's healthy fat and filling enough for a snack lol. But he still won't touch guacamole, which is okay because more for me.
Also the comments about bald babies made me laugh. I wasn't surprised DD was bald since both DH and I were as babies. Fortunately she took after me and started to grow more hair by the time she turned one. Now she has the most gorgeous head of curls, everybody is always commenting on it and asking where it came from.
My ou... I don't really get why people go on "mission trips" to far away countries. There are so many people , probably in the area that you live in that are struggling and could use help. I recently found out about several nurse aides at my work that are living without heat and someone without electricity. I talk to these ladies everyday and they always have a smile on their face, many of us had no idea about their struggles at home. It was really eye opening.
As someone who went on short-term (2-4 week) mission trips in my late teens/early twenties, I agree. Choosing to go to foreign countries was for myself, not others. I wanted to see the world--travel--be exposed to other cultures, while doing something good. I could have just spent money backpacking across Europe or whatever but putting myself to work seemed better than sightseeing.
And I also have to say, those trips were life-changing for me (although not in any way the organizers intended, since I utterly walked away from Christianity and will never look back due to those trips), so I am so incredibly glad to have been able to do so.
From a merely secular perspective, seeing people who have less than others we would consider poor, living happily and proudly in the middle of the African bush, was tremendously shocking. I will never forget the moment a 7-year-old boy asked me (through a translator) how many water pumps I have in my village. He was proud because *his* village has two! How do you reconcile that with having two in one ROOM? I was flabbergasted. I couldn't explain it. It... continues to echo inside me, even though it happened 15 years ago.
OK, sorry, I feel like this turned into a soapbox, but no judgment for the OU. I totally understand where you're coming from, but I'm also grateful other people believed in me enough to sponsor those excursions. And we did do good there. We did make a difference. A drop in the ocean, but still.
Me: 35 | DH: 46 MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks) DD: Born 8/22/14 Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17 And my other love: writing
I guess my UO is the opposite of @ShadeofGreen816 (no offense, you're one of my faves)- I don't really care all that much when celebrities die. I'm not completely heartless, it is unfortunate when anyone dies, but I don't understand people who getting super emotional about it. If I don't know you personally, I'm not that invested.
Also, I think 2016 was a crap pile of a year.
ETA: Amazing John Oliver GIF.
This is more me. I think it's sad that all of those celebrities died and it's definitely a big year for that having happened to REALLY great talent and/or really great people -- way more so than average. But the real reason 2016 sucked was the election as well as a lot of other domestic and world events that were really horrendous (e.g. Syria, Brexit, mass shootings, erosion of women's rights, foreign interference into our election&politics/hacking, etc.)
But my take on it is that everyone is being really weird about saying 2016 sucked and they can't wait for 2017. In my opinion, 2017 looks like it is going to be a lot worse because I think the main reason 2016 sucked was for these political events/happenings that are only going to get WORSE next year, not better. The reason 2016 sucked was not celebrities dying. The number of celebs that died is less than the number of people who die in Aleppo in a day. So, yeah, I can only care so much about the celebrities even though I really respected/loved much of their work.
@ShadeofGreen816 - I'd say it was globally a bad year, not specifically for me. I feel like the world just went downhill quickly in 2016 (not to be super dramatic...haha), and it seemed like the hits just kept on coming. Without even factoring in the outcome, I think the presidential election really brought out the worst elements of our country. Also, the outcome was (in my opinion) horrific for both parties and I think it will take our country decades to recover from Trump's reign (or longer, depending on how much control he'll get over the Supreme Court). Globally, Brexit is a hot mess, the Nazi party (er...sorry, "rightwing populism") was reignited in Germany (fingers crossed for Merkel), the atrocities in Syria, numerous ISIS attacks, the Pulse shooting, Zika exploding and the US losing interest in helping, the rise in racist police shootings, shootings in general (Chicago in particular, where I am), and so very many more. This is quickly becoming the most depressing post of all time. I'll stop now.
I really am an optimistic person, but this year was rough and has really hurt my faith in humanity as a whole.
I basically wrote this same post. And so this is why I guess my UO is that I completely disagree with the "2016 sucked, can't wait for 2017!" idea that's out there. No, the main reasons 2016 sucked are going to be there and worse in 2017. 2016 did suck, but I have no hope that 2017 will be better.
The deals thread reminded me of this one. I don't get nursing covers. They're a hassle and one more damn thing to carry plus it's all stuffy in there. I definitely bought one and tried it at first then quickly realized cover free is my jam and I'm hardly a crunchy lactivist.
Nobody wants to eat under a blanket! I get some people feel uncomfortable without one but with some practice I feel like you can overcome it and everyone will be more comfortable.
OMG the baby hair conversation! Lol. I have a feeling my baby will be doomed one way or the other. I personally had no hair for like 2 years and it's still super thin and fine whereas DH has the hair dreams are made of, but he was born with @nda_roxybabe 's "uncomfortable" level of hair. Hopefully LO will be nice and balanced in the hair department.
I understand that globally 2016 was a rough year, though as noted, not for celebrities' deaths (though David Bowie's did break my heart). But for me personally it was pretty fantastic year.
I love avocado and can eat a whole one in a sitting. But maybe my uo is that I hate olives. Black, green, Kalmata, stuffed, all of them. Blech.
The deals thread reminded me of this one. I don't get nursing covers. They're a hassle and one more damn thing to carry plus it's all stuffy in there. I definitely bought one and tried it at first then quickly realized cover free is my jam and I'm hardly a crunchy lactivist.
Nobody wants to eat under a blanket! I get some people feel uncomfortable without one but with some practice I feel like you can overcome it and everyone will be more comfortable.
Towards the end of my nursing journey I didn't need much of a cover. But for most of it, I did. DD liked to pop off my boob to look at me or be silly and I was left with entire boob & nipple chilling in the open. It was both cold and a little embarrassing. I will (and have) nursed anywhere, but I didn't like breezy nips. I also used a cover or swaddle blanket whenever I had to pump in my car.
I'm not a fan of nursing covers. My in laws were all about it because SIL used it for all three kids and was able to stay present and social. The problem is she's president of the itty bitty titty committee and I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I found it to be such a hassle trying to stay covered and then switching boobs was pretty much impossible. I tried it like twice before I was like fuck this I'll just feed DD in my room (we were living with our in laws at the time, which sucked!). I don't know what I'll do this time around. Probably just keep visits really short.
OMG the baby hair thread is making me laugh. I am Mexican and have a huge family with so many kids. I had never seen a bald baby until DS1 was born. It was so weird to see a bald baby, but he was so adorable. DS2 had a little more hair but still very little amount.
I don't expend much anguish or grief into the passing of celebrities. Like us common folk, they will eventually die. I might appreciate one more than another, like if I was more familiar with or a fan of their work, but it's part of life. I've seen more tributes to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds than I feel is healthy. I don't blame 2016 for their deaths, I blame the heart attack and the stroke and whatever other medical event that occurred to each of them.
Nursing covers are the same to me as breastmilk vs formula - it's a personal choice based on one's comfort level and I have zero opinion on the decision of others. I used them for as long as DD tolerated them. When she started swatting them away, I stopped using them.
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I don’t know you. Stranger Danger.
I don't expend much anguish or grief into the passing of celebrities. Like us common folk, they will eventually die. I might appreciate one more than another, like if I was more familiar with or a fan of their work, but it's part of life. I've seen more tributes to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds than I feel is healthy. I don't blame 2016 for their deaths, I blame the heart attack and the stroke and whatever other medical event that occurred to each of them.
Nursing covers are the same to me as breastmilk vs formula - it's a personal choice based on one's comfort level and I have zero opinion on the decision of others. I used them for as long as DD tolerated them. When she started swatting them away, I stopped using them.
But it would make things way more interesting if there was more internet drama on this issue. Covered is best! Let the baby breath!
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Edit: It would have been more accurate to say that I'm sympathetic with those that are sad/disappointed when a celebrity dies. It doesn't really affect me that much realistically.
Also, I think 2016 was a crap pile of a year.
ETA: Amazing John Oliver GIF.
Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017
*formerly kayemjay*
I have had a really good 2016 with an awesome new job, a trip back home to Alaska, a vacation in Bali, finding out I am pregnant...
I think it's sad when celebs die, but I don't feel the need to post on FB about how awful it is. I didn't know them, I didn't have a connection to them. Now, that may not be the case with everyone. I know for some people some of these celebs were a big part of their life. I think there just hasn't been anyone like that for me (though I'm still sad about Brittany Murphy and Heath Ledger). Now if Ryan Gosling, Taylor Swift, or Wes Anderson dies...
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I really am an optimistic person, but this year was rough and has really hurt my faith in humanity as a whole.
Human sons: 11/2015 & 05/2017
*formerly kayemjay*
I don't know alot about 3D. Do they serve any medial purpose or allow the dr to get a better view of something? If so, that's cool. I would never elect to have one for no reason though.
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ETA: @nda_roxybabe - We see a baby at our library that is BEYOND terrifying level. My friend and I call it Hair Baby, and report to each other like it's a celebrity sighting when we see it.
I really don't care about celebrities dying that much, at least to call an entire year crap because they died, but 2016 has been terrible for me and my family personally. My FIL died, I sprained my back and have pain ever since, we cut ties with some poorly behaving family members on my and DH's side, AND the remaining ones and I do not share certain political beliefs and it makes me stressed every time I hear election-related news. So.
DIAF, 2016.
My UO: I hate almost all of the children's t-shirts that are in circulation now. No, I'm not buying my daughter a shirt that say, "I'm a princess! Worship me!" Or any of the other stupid, narcissistic phrases we're supposed to plaster on our children's chests. No. Just no.
So it made Black Friday sale shopping stressful. Limits my choices a lot.
DIAF, 2016!!
MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks)
DD: Born 8/22/14
Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17
And my other love: writing
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
@emilyalso I don't wear those types of shirts by my fiancé does. It took me a long time to not be embarrassed to go out in public with him!
@ShadeofGreen816 omg I love the baby hair!
My UO: I HATE avocado like everything about it gags me smell, taste, texture... just gross!
AVOCADO IS LIFE. GUACAMOLE IS LIFE. Give me all of it.
@BeachMommy2B avocado has no flavour and feels icky in my mouth. I've tried. I can't do it.
@MoshiMoshi7 I used to have such high expectations every NYE and every year something bad happened or it was totally boring. I love watching movies on the couch and going to bed early now.
Also the comments about bald babies made me laugh. I wasn't surprised DD was bald since both DH and I were as babies. Fortunately she took after me and started to grow more hair by the time she turned one. Now she has the most gorgeous head of curls, everybody is always commenting on it and asking where it came from.
MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks)
DD: Born 8/22/14
Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17
And my other love: writing
But my take on it is that everyone is being really weird about saying 2016 sucked and they can't wait for 2017. In my opinion, 2017 looks like it is going to be a lot worse because I think the main reason 2016 sucked was for these political events/happenings that are only going to get WORSE next year, not better. The reason 2016 sucked was not celebrities dying. The number of celebs that died is less than the number of people who die in Aleppo in a day. So, yeah, I can only care so much about the celebrities even though I really respected/loved much of their work.
Nobody wants to eat under a blanket! I get some people feel uncomfortable without one but with some practice I feel like you can overcome it and everyone will be more comfortable.
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I understand that globally 2016 was a rough year, though as noted, not for celebrities' deaths (though David Bowie's did break my heart). But for me personally it was pretty fantastic year.
I love avocado and can eat a whole one in a sitting. But maybe my uo is that I hate olives. Black, green, Kalmata, stuffed, all of them. Blech.
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Nursing covers are the same to me as breastmilk vs formula - it's a personal choice based on one's comfort level and I have zero opinion on the decision of others. I used them for as long as DD tolerated them. When she started swatting them away, I stopped using them.
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I don’t know you. Stranger Danger.
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