Weekly Randoms- 4/17

vflux33

@Pinky917 @JJMNO1616 @MJDsquared @50Wife @breezybee I started using exclamation points more because I was worried I didn't sound excited enough and that I was coming off as deadpan and cold and now I think I have gone overboard with it. 

MH does science things and he sometimes has a week at work where he has to use dangerous chemicals, which freaks us out both with his health and with TTC. Yesterday was one of those days and so when he came home I asked, "Did you remember to wear a mask?" And he goes, "Oh yeah I wore a huge face mask with a smaller mask on the inside and special shoes which I left at work and also I wore something over my lab coat. There is NO WAY I got those chemicals pregnant."

RVAmom315

breezybee said:

@Pinky917 @JJMNO1616 @MJDsquared @50Wife
OMG SAME. I feel like a 12 year old sometimes with the exclamation points. 

This x100000 I use so many exclamation points it's embarrassing - it's just so hard to read text sometimes

Avrilmai

RVAmom315 said:

breezybee said:

@Pinky917 @JJMNO1616 @MJDsquared @50Wife
OMG SAME. I feel like a 12 year old sometimes with the exclamation points. 

This x100000 I use so many exclamation points it's embarrassing - it's just so hard to read text sometimes

I can't remember who it was but someone edited their post and put the reason as excessive use of exclamation points. It made me laugh and think about my own ! Usage. 

Also, who in their right mind thinks it's a good idea to light up a cigarette while pumping gas. Seriously I just witnessed this happen and I was shocked. 

sunniegrly

This is pretty random but worth sharing: On Tuesday I was at the DMV for 3 hours, and someone was playing "If You're Happy and You Know It" really loudly on their phone for heir kid. Oh the irony. Needless to say, no one in the DMV clapped their hands or stomped their feet. 

lulu1180

@sunniegrly My last trip to the DMV, there was a guy a couple people in front of me dressed as Mario.  As in Mario Bros the video game.  A bit later, I heard him mention that he does parades and such dressed like that.  Definitely made me giggle and here's a pic to give you all a little giggle!

Also, not sure why the pic is sideways but that happens with pics taken on my phone that are sent to my computer sometimes on here and I can't figure out how to change them

sunniegrly

@lulu1180 - That's amazing. Although the nerd in me is questioning why he's wearing the red Mario hat with a green Luigi outfit. 

lulu1180

I think this gif explains it all @sunniegrly lol

AlohaKumu

@lulu1180 - that reminds me of the "People of Walmart" website. I love "Mario's" old-school headphones! Is that a cassette tape player?!

pebbledam

I found someone to buy my elliptical and he showed up in a small SUV. Uhm, yeah, that's not going to fit. He wanted to try anyway and guess what... It didn't fit. You asked me to wake up early for this (originally planned to pick it up at 1700 CST) and you didn't even bring a vehicle big enough? So here I am awake in the middle of my night. 

jsnakehole

AlohaKumu said:

@lulu1180 - that reminds me of the "People of Walmart" website. I love "Mario's" old-school headphones! Is that a cassette tape player?!

There's an instagram called Subway Creatures that reminds me of People of Walmart. It's amazing.

petethecat

@mschanandlerbong1214 I am sorry about your friend's relapse. I will just reiterate what some of the other ladies said about guilt- don't feel bad about not checking in with her or like anything that you could have done might have prevented her situation. Wether or not an addict uses or not has everything to do with them and their disease and nothing to do with their support system or anything like that. My dad (sober) and my brother (not) are both addicts. It took me a long time to realize that trying to take on their burdens was fruitless and damaging to my own life. Be there for your friend, but not at the expense of your own well being. I agree with another pp in that, if you need to distance yourself from her for a minute, you are not a bad person. Again, I know this is a hard thing for you and for her and I'm sorry. 

Exclaimation points--- I totally overuse them. Texting, social media, everywhere. All the exclaimation points. I worry sometimes that it makes me seem like I'm trying too hard or that I'm not genuine or trying to be too sweet or whatever. But then I'm like, IDGAF because I'm usually pretty excited to conversate so, !!!

@jsnakehole Holy jeeze I just looked up that IG and THANK YOU!! It's been a rough week and that was just what I needed. Re: the guy licking his shoe-- WTF?!! And I like how the guy sitting next to him is all whatevs and chill like he sees dudes furiously licking their shoes on the daily. NBD. 

LoveInDC

@kbamomma33 I saw you on the benched thread, but I just want to send you hugs and love this week for coming back to us I hope your time is short and we're celebrating your graduation soon

@lulu1180 @AlohaKumu @jsnakehole @kbamomma33 I LOVE POW and all similar concepts. It's like the human version of a zoo for me. It's why I follow "texts from your ex" "tindr nightmares" and similar IGs. It's hilarious and fascinating 

@pebbledam WTF dude? Who thinks an elipical and fit into an SUV? Side note, I saw a guy with a basketball hoop in his trunk bed today. Fully assembled, extended, and upright with a million bungee cords. Why are people so stupid? Lol

petethecat

Thank you so so much for the mood boosting, sweet words @LoveInDC  

Another IG hilarity is byefelipe. I can't with these crazy rando psychos that these poor single ladies have to deal with these days! DH and I have been together for like 14 years, so, I never had to deal with online dating apps. *Jesus hands emoji* Like, who are these guys?? Nope. It's rough out there for a single girl right now, it seems! Give me my sweatpants, my couch, and my boring married life all day long please. 

LoveInDC

@kbamomma33 I love Bye Filpe! Neighbors from hell is a funny one too.

I am so glad I missed the dating app trend too. It's becoming all too easy and too common for guys to send pictures of their genitalia to unsuspecting people. I'm all for meeting people over the internet (talking about you lovely ladies ) But with free "dating" apps, there is just too much blur between "could be the love of your life" and "could be a murderous predator" lol It's just a non-starter for me.

jsnakehole

I met my husband on OkCupid, but tried pretty much every dating app there was before meeting him (we're also fairly certain we matched on JDate too). Miraculously only received one dick pic, and never found myself in a situation where I thought my date was a threat. But I did have a lot of crazy experiences/adventures. I could probably write a book on it.

msmeeseeks

I also met my H on OkCupid! Oddly enough, he was the first and only person that I went on a date with from there, and I was very concerned that he would be an axe murderer. Five plus years later, some days I look at him and think "It's really amazing that you aren't an axe murderer."

snowhite91

*Delete/edit- I apologize I posted an obnoxiously long PCOS question and then reread the comments and saw where @LoveInDC directed to the board for more on that! Thank you! 

snowhite91

@AlohaKumu that is so funny you mention People of Walmart.. talking about a small world, I went to high school with two of the guys who created that website! The one was one of my best friends brothers. They totally made out on that financially and moved to the beach. I always thought that was so cool! Haha

snowhite91

Apologizing in advance for this totally random stupid question, but does anyone know what the little border is around my thumbnail pic? It doesn't look like that when I go into my account settings where you upload the picture? 

AlohaKumu

@snowhite12 - it's your phone details from a screenshot, like your battery charge and the image thumbnails

snowhite91

@AlohaKumu wow!  I feel really special. 

Augusta108

My husband and I are another OKCupid couple! I'd been on there for a couple of years and had had a few relationships (and a few good stories) come from it, but I was his first date from there. He's actually lucky I'd been on there for a while because I knew a good thing when I saw it and messaged him first! 

I definitely got some memorably awful first messages from guys, but none of my coffee dates ended in murder, I'm happy to say. 

lulu1180

Another OKCupid couple here!!!  I actually didn't even delete my account until a few months ago, I only had it disabled but never went back in for the full delete.  I definitely met some gems on there and had some interesting dates!  Also like @jsnakehole I tried multiple sites before I finally went there and eventually met him.  

Would anyone be interested in a "how did you meet your SO?" poll?  

zwink1

I am so happy I didn't have to online date. I would've been terrible at it! Actually, H and I have recently added a new hobby...checking out some of the more, focused, (e.g FO) online dating sites and guessing which profiles are real.

kmalls

@lulu1180  do it! I love hearing the stories of how people met their SO!

Cricket648

@lulu1180 I also vote yes, that sounds like fun! 

kiwi2628

See, this is proof I can show my friend! She refuses to online date and I keep telling her that is how most people our age meet now! (notice all the exclamation points...I do the same thing, guys)

Also I vote yes to a poll

lulu1180

@kiwi2628 For me it was really the only option because
1. I didn't want to meet a guy in a bar
2. Pretty much all of my friends were either married or in serious relationships and didn't know a whole lot of single people.

Also, I was a little scared at first because OKCupid is free and I thought I would find a lot of skeevy, shady characters but it was probably the best site I was on!  I met a few really nice guys on there (and a couple crazies), but just like any other site, you just need to learn to weed through the idiots

lulu1180

Also, I put up the poll.  Sorry if I forgot any obvious options!

pebbledam

I've been thinking a lot about a selfie thread that was mentioned a couple of weeks ago. I was really put off by it at first because no one IRL knows we are TTC, but I've given it some more thought and I've changed my mind. If someone I know IRL is here, then I think they would understand what I'm going through. I think what's given me the most reassurance is the wave of randos we had this week because it was obvious that they didn't lurk and were only here for self-serving purposes. So, anyone else interested?

lulu1180

@pebbledam I'm interested.  I think it was maybe @tamalahoops that mentioned it...?

tamalahoops

It was me! I'll make a selfie thread if no one else wants to

leekat14

I've never heard of OkCupid until now...I'm also glad I didn't have to deal with things like tinder.  Some of my girlfriends have similar stories, at least they can look back and laugh about all of them! @zwink1 that's hilarious...Next time H and I are bored I might suggest that!

jsnakehole

The person in charge of hiring for the new position I want just asked for a copy of my teaching license. The posting for the position hasn't even gone up. I think I might get hired before it does!

lulu1180

That's awesome @jsnakehole!!  Also, did you decide to go out for that community theater production??

msmeeseeks

@jsnakehole - YASSS! And I second PP, what's going on with that audition?

jsnakehole

Auditions are Monday and Tuesday. I'm still on the fence about if I'm going to do it. My schedule is so packed every weekend in May. I might email to ask what the rehearsal requirements are before I decide and stress about head shots and sheet music. 

vflux33

@jsnakehole Great news about the job!

*TW So I mentioned earlier this week my sister, who has 2 beautiful kids and is on the fence about wanting a 3rd (she just got remarried and her new husband wants one of his own but she is kind of mentally done), thinks she might be KU because BIL fucked up and forgot to pull out once. I didn't text her back the other day and now today she has texted me AGAIN like 30 times. I keep telling her to just take a test and she said she doesn't have time (?) but she does somehow have time to text me again and again to bitch about not being able to afford a 3rd. She knows we're supposed to start IF treatments and that we're benched for further genetic testing so ignorance is not an excuse. Finally I just texted her back and told her I'm sorry but I can't panic with you on the accidental KU train today and trying for over a year has taken that out of me. And I went on to say I hope she's not KU since she doesn't want to be now but that if she is I will be happy for her and try not to be jealous. I *thought* that would put an end to her texts and she apologized and then immediately after her apology texted me AGAIN about how being KU right now would be a financial nightmare for her. Like, I get it, you're not trying right now and babies are expensive but you need to find someone else to complain to about that--I am not your fucking therapist! UGH I'm so annoyed right now. Sorry for the DD... *End TW

AliW220

@vflux33 ugh. you are NOT the appropriate audience. Sorry she's not understanding that.
I just don't get how people can be all "I don't have time!", just like a couple random posters this past week... like for real, quit yer bitchin and just do it and get your answer. Quit the pity party. BLEH.

vflux33

@AliW220 I know! She lives a 5 minute walk from a bodega that I'm sure has HPTs and she just spent like 30 minutes texting me. She has time she would just rather have a little attention-seeking panic about it.