October 2017 Moms

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  • i think the great grandparent debate (how involved they are) will always have a "grass is greener" mentality. bc there are pluses and minuses to all the sides. how i thought it was going to be before kids is a lot different than how it is.
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  • @lemonlyman do we have the same inlaws?? So frustrating! Good job for your DH speaking up too! FIL said last week (out of DH's earshot, of course) "you're going to be so glad when we take DD after this baby comes!" I stayed silent. I wasn't going to start something right after her recital. But if it happens again I will speak up - she will be in preschool 4 days a week, you live 2 hours away, you can't get her to school or help her adjust to a new baby that far away. NOT HAPPENING! 
  • JessDG said:
    @shan24  I hate honeydew but love cantaloupe.  I feel like I should either love both or hate both...
    Same! I don't understand myself either.

    Similarly my dad will eat peanuts but not peanut butter. I'm like...doesn't it just turn to peanut butter in your mouth when you're chewing?

    i am totally guilty of saying oh my god almost instinctively in a moment of shock (notable last week when I walked into our hotel
    bathroom to find a GIANT cockroach in the bathtub where I was about to give DD a bath). I'm not religious and try not to say it on the daily (though I type omg all the time). I guess there's always room for improvement. 

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  • @soprano19 I recommend getting your husband on board for all grandparent-related conversations early!!

    Those comments didn't bother mine as much at first, but as soon as he understood how much it upset, he was totally game to put a stop to it—ditto for the times he's been bothered by something my parents have said. Being a united front is SO important, especially with boundary pushers :)
  • i am guilty of using omg, gd, etc. and i admit i didn't realize how offensive it can be.  i am not religious, nor are my friends and family but that is not an excuse. i will be more cognizant of what comes out of my mouth in the future.

    i agree with @migdala though, hearing gay, retard, etc. is fucking nails on a chalkboard for me.

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    On the whole OMG and all those words. I feel bad and I hope y'all don't flame me. But I have the mouth of a sailor as does my husband. It's a horrible habit that we've been trying to break but it wouldn't shock me if this child's first word was shit. Like not in the slightest. 

    On in the process thing. My mother had already started that and I want to punch her in the throat. "Princess Bridget" STOP. No. 
  • @riverrainez I got them from JC Penney. I actually looked to see if they still had them and was disappointed in their current selection. My current pair is a little too big because I was heavier when I got pregnant with DS. I still wear them but they don't fit as well.
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  • i have a mouth of a sailor too. more so in text than actually speaking. which is flameful.
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  • i don't like when people say "my DD is the most beautiful girl in the world!" "my husband is the best father/husband in the world" i think i get a little more stabby when it is in regards to children bc i think that sets them up on this pedestal. your DD is beautiful, your H i am sure is a lovely awesome guy. but they are not the best in the world. just say "DD is beautiful!" lots of people are beautiful you dont need to exclude everyone else in that statement. 
    @carries2018 Totally guilty of the "best husband in the world" bit...lol He's the best to me  ;)
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  • migdalamigdala member
    I hate the Princess thing, I think it's so toxic.  My parents know better than to use that word for her but DH's parents will need some training.  We picked her name because it means "warrior" -- don't call her a princess!
  • i have never called DDs princess and it annoys me when ppl refer to their daughters as that. but at the same time she says she wants to be a princess when she grows up so i dunno is that toxic? bc i really dgaf. go be a princess gurl.
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  • @carries2018 I think that is imagination which is healthy.  We watch princess movies and if she wants to play and dress up, I'm A-Ok with that. 

    Someone being called princess on a regular basis is just setting them up to be a spoiled brat.  IMO.  And it's just annoying.

  • beezeeebeezeee member
    Finally caught up. Re: princesses, we definitely had a whole thread on this at some point. Before I had DD I was so anti princesses, pink, all the traditional girl stereotype stuff. Now, while I don't promote those things, I'm definitely not going to prevent DD from watching certain shows or playing with certain toys because they're princess related. She likes what she likes, and I'll support her on that. 

    I dont remember who said it, but I don't like melon either. Except watermelon.

    I'm indifferent on the omg thing. I am not religious, but I try not to say it because I know it offends others. Of course, it's somewhat habitual for a lot of people in our generation. But I'm trying!

    and that's all I can remember for now.
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  • Whoa.

    @TallMomma29 getting all deep on us up in here.
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    BFP#2: 4/19/13 EDD 12/28/13. Team Green for pregnancy and Baby Girl arrived 12/21/13.
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    @beezeemarie yes. Watermelon is an exception and it's offensive to me that it's in the same fruit category as the gross other melons. 

    @TallMomma29 there was a couple in Toronto that I read about a few years back who refused to identify their child as make or female. The child was given a gender neutral name and didn't tell anyone what anatomical parts the child had. The child was allowed to choose their own clothes and toys. It's was an interesting read. I should look to see if anyone has done an update on that family. 
  • The real basis of my opinion isn't that deep... I'm just still bitter years later about how much women got flamed on TB back in the day if they dared refer to their baby's gender, even though that is a correct use of the term regardless of social constructs.  

    So that extra part is the ragey argument that I have in my head and keep to myself like "first of all, it's correct and second of all that doesn't make sense anyways so THERE.   :p"   Hopefully expressed here a little more eloquently.   :D
        



  • I'm one of those annoying people who spell out "OMG" when I say it and I can't help it. Dildo about Prince/Princess for nicknames.
    This was amazing. I'm cracking up at all the dildo jokes. Also, I almost searched for a dildo gif and then decided my work IT people would come hunt me down if I did. So just imagine the gif in your head :) 
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