@vvilla3 oh my gosh yes to this. It isn't hard to just wait until the couple announces their engagement/baby news. Ugh. I have an in law that took a bunch of pretty unappealing cell phone pics of a family member immediately after she delivered(bad angles, double chin when she doesn't actually have one, close up of baby with flash on), and immediately posted them on FB without letting her know, and the new mom was of course pretty upset. I will be having a talk with this in law before we deliver because she will more than likely try this with us. She likes to be the first one to break any news, and consequently, this is why she was the last person from both sides of the family to find out.
Me: 31 DH:35 TTC #1: March 2011 Fur-children: 3 dogs + 2 cats (all rescued) dx: Endometriosis and Fibroids 2 Laps and 1 Abdominal Myomectomy 6 rounds of clomid 5 rounds of iui IVF #1 Gonal F, Menopur and Cetrotide ER 12/1/2016:Retrieved 22 eggs 12 fertilized, developed moderate OHSS 4/4 day 5 embryos were normal for PGS!!! 2 boys/2 girls FET 1/10/2017 Gallbladder surgery 1/10/2017 FET 2/2 BFP 2/7/17 Beta#1: 594!!! Beta#2 1630!!! Having a girl! EDD 10/21/17
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@jessafishy i am impressed with your skillz. i wouldn't even know where to begin on how to do that haha. GIVE ME WHITE OR GIVE ME NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-P
@carries2018 The world would be boring if we all agreed.
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All the pineapple on pizza! Love this is us but don't get why people weep through entire episodes.. I mean it's heartfelt and sweet but get it together (says the crazy hormonal chick who will cry if we're having something boring for dinner)
100% agree on couples who gush all over fb about each other. The only time they might escape judgement is if they're 16 because that's what 16 year olds do (then we all laugh in private that they'll likely not remember eachothers' names in 5 years). Adults that do this make me want to vomit. You don't need to convince us all you're in love.
And 150% agree on people who announce stuff before others. FIL had told his side of the family when DD was born and apparently some random ass cousin posted something on my FB. DH knew i was going to FREAK so he called them and told them to delete it. It wasn't even like we were trying to do some grand announcement. It was only like an hour after she was born. GIVE ME A MINUTE PEOPLE!
My UO: i hate barebelly pregnancy pics (unless youre legit at a beach, in a bathing suit, or have a reasonable explanation for baring your belly). Sorry! I feel like a traitor to pregnant ladies every where.
Laughing so hard at all the pineapple-does-go-on-pizza crowd because the GroupChat for our college friends brings it up literally every two weeks. And it's always heated bahahaha
OMG my sister and BIL do the FB gushing thing. It drives me nuts because in reality they have a pretty volatile relationship and he really needs to go. He can barely hold down a job, he rages at the smallest things, he yells at my nephew over stupid things... so much so that my nephew doesn't even respond to yelling any more. Pretty sure he does drugs.. though to what extent, I don't know. Yet, if you were to meet him, he's very funny, charismatic and enjoyable to be around. My mom is the one who gets the crazy phone calls though. And yet all that's on FB is about how "amazing my beautiful wife/wonderful hubby is". Girl, grow a pair.
I HAVE to have straight sheets before I can go to bed. I'll get out of bed to make it if they don't feel right lol. That said... I don't usually make the bed every day.
Totally agree on those announcing events on FB. We announced to a few friends earlier this week and one is more of an acquaintance who lives her live entirely on FB. I was so worried about her posting on my wall with congratulations. Thankfully it didn't happen (yet) but I would've deleted that so fast.
UO, on theme with the wall-color discussion: I don't like when people paint their walls super dark colors...dark reds, burgundy, chocolate brown. Not that they're bad colors, but it's so, so dark. One of our friends painted their entire living room/hallway a darker brown color and their kitchen is a merlot color. Without good lighting, it's a dungeon in there. We're looking at buying and all I see with the dark walls is lots and lots of primer/paint to get that wall back to the boring gray/blue I always choose! I'll take the white walls over a red wall any day.
@laeberge3 I will agree with you on that. White is better than a bad/dark color. We just painted over the wine/dark grey the previous owners had painted the kitchen.
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oh i dont like glass tile like this. i don't mind so much if it is neutral colors. but i think it is super trendy, and in 10 years everyone on house hunters is going to say "ZOMG that needs to be changed that is soooooooo 2010s!"
My UO is that I think parenting culture has become way too paranoid and fear-based. I'm not afraid of sickos on the internet, or kidnappers at the park, and I'm going to let my kid take reasonable risks without my 100% supervision at all times, so spare me the child safety sanctimommy lecture.
Pineapple most certainly belongs on pizza. And now I want Hawaiian pizza.
I get so stabby at the fb announcement stuff. My aunt posted about my cousin and his wife's pregnancy before they announced on fb. My mom also posted about my youngest's birth before I did. So what if I waited until we got home from the hospital, she had no place to do that
I hate all white walls. I also hate that every room in our house was beige when we moved in. After two years, we finally painted out bedroom grey. But the rest are still beige because I'm lazy and HATE painting
I hate gushy fb posts. My SIL does this shit but literally everyone who knows her and her husband knows he's and asshole and their relationship sucks.
My UO is that I think parenting culture has become way too paranoid and fear-based. I'm not afraid of sickos on the internet, or kidnappers at the park, and I'm going to let my kid take reasonable risks without my 100% supervision at all times, so spare me the child safety sanctimommy lecture.
+1. You let your kid play with knives one time and everyone gets their panties in a bunch.
Re: OU Thursday 3.16.17
TTC #1: March 2011
Fur-children: 3 dogs + 2 cats (all rescued)
dx: Endometriosis and Fibroids
2 Laps and 1 Abdominal Myomectomy
6 rounds of clomid
5 rounds of iui
IVF #1 Gonal F, Menopur and Cetrotide
ER 12/1/2016:Retrieved 22 eggs 12 fertilized, developed moderate OHSS
4/4 day 5 embryos were normal for PGS!!! 2 boys/2 girls
FET 1/10/2017
Gallbladder surgery 1/10/2017
FET 2/2
BFP 2/7/17
Having a girl! EDD 10/21/17
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Super bad edit job but this is much more appealing to me.
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
@carries2018 The world would be boring if we all agreed.
I heart YNAB
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
100% agree on couples who gush all over fb about each other. The only time they might escape judgement is if they're 16 because that's what 16 year olds do (then we all laugh in private that they'll likely not remember eachothers' names in 5 years). Adults that do this make me want to vomit. You don't need to convince us all you're in love.
And 150% agree on people who announce stuff before others. FIL had told his side of the family when DD was born and apparently some random ass cousin posted something on my FB. DH knew i was going to FREAK so he called them and told them to delete it. It wasn't even like we were trying to do some grand announcement. It was only like an hour after she was born. GIVE ME A MINUTE PEOPLE!
My UO: i hate barebelly pregnancy pics (unless youre legit at a beach, in a bathing suit, or have a reasonable explanation for baring your belly). Sorry! I feel like a traitor to pregnant ladies every where.
I HAVE to have straight sheets before I can go to bed. I'll get out of bed to make it if they don't feel right lol. That said... I don't usually make the bed every day.
BFP #2 3/18/19 * EDD 11/25/19* DS born 11/30/19
UO, on theme with the wall-color discussion: I don't like when people paint their walls super dark colors...dark reds, burgundy, chocolate brown. Not that they're bad colors, but it's so, so dark. One of our friends painted their entire living room/hallway a darker brown color and their kitchen is a merlot color. Without good lighting, it's a dungeon in there. We're looking at buying and all I see with the dark walls is lots and lots of primer/paint to get that wall back to the boring gray/blue I always choose!
BFP: 10.3.16 | CP: 10.11.16
BFP: 12.14.16 | CP: 12.14.16
BFP: 1.23.17 | EDD 10.6.17 -- DS born 10.7.17
BFP: 9.9.18 | EDD 5.23.19 -- DD born 5.24.19
BFP: 9.1.21 | MC 10.1.21
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
I get so stabby at the fb announcement stuff. My aunt posted about my cousin and his wife's pregnancy before they announced on fb. My mom also posted about my youngest's birth before I did. So what if I waited until we got home from the hospital, she had no place to do that
I hate all white walls. I also hate that every room in our house was beige when we moved in. After two years, we finally painted out bedroom grey. But the rest are still beige because I'm lazy and HATE painting
I hate gushy fb posts. My SIL does this shit but literally everyone who knows her and her husband knows he's and asshole and their relationship sucks.
(I'm kidding obviously)
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails