UO Thursday 8/24

peachy13

Kirss

I hate when DH asks me to pick up beer when I go grocery shopping. Most people prob think its NBD, but I would love to drink my fav summer beers, but cannot. So a weak confession, I always buy him the warm beers, so he cant drink them right away. 

anewadventure

now that the TSwift deluge is about to begin again, I'm groaning. I just don't care for her, to put it mildly. Blech. 

mdcd44127

@anewadventure I've found that the more I dislike a TSwift song, the more stubbornly it gets stuck in my head. There was a time when "Bad Blood" was on repeat in my head for DAYS... I seriously considered digging my brain out through my ear with a spoon.

ameliabedelia-2

I am such a hater. I had a friend announce her pregnancy on fbook with a picture of shoes labeled with the year of birth.  I am like, how unoriginal can you be? Same goes for people who post "eviction notices" on cribs or say something about "guard dog duty starting on.....".   I think that's why we never officially announced online, because I think most of the ideas are so overplayed and cheesy.  It makes me sound like such a grump but I hate them all! 

ChelK3

Similar to @ameliabedelia-2, i have not, and will not post anything on social media about being pregnant. I agree that most the announcements are cheesy, but that's not my only reason. I feel like if someone hasnt seen me in the last 20ish weeks, then they really don't need to know about my pregnancy. I hate the idea of getting a bunch of comments, texts, whatever from people who aren't in my daily life just because I'm pregnant. When I had my son I mostly kept it off social media, but maybe a picture or something prompted all these girls who I haven't spoken to since high school to start reaching out to me. It was so weird, like I know you just wanna get your hands on my baby, get outta here! 

TigerCakes

My UO I absolutely love football, but hate fantasy football.  Since I love football people assume I like fantasy and want to talk to me about their teams. No thank you, I do not care.  I actually feel like it takes away from cheering for my team, when people care more about points then who actually wins.

elcd458

@ameliabedelia-2 SAAAAAAME. I am not anti-announcement, but I hate seeing the same unoriginal crap over and over. I'm always like "Yeah, I have Pinterest too."
I seem to remember on the announcement thread there were many like that, so I am prepared for some UO backlash.  I worked really hard to try and be creative and original and a friend of a friend STILL posted an announcement with the same "slogan" as ours on the same day we did, and I was way bummed. (Ours was way better though, obviously.) 

Along that same vein, I feel like ever since the advent of Pinterest, I have attended the same wedding about 938482984 times.  It's like wedding Groundhog Day.  It makes me want to scream.  Like, if you are tattooed hipsters from inner city New England, WTF are you doing getting married in a barn full of burlap and mason jars? 

ameliabedelia-2

@elcd458, yesssssss.  Add some chalkboard signs and fancy paper straws too, just for extra boringness. And has anyone ever actually drank from a mason jar? It sucks.

elev2017

@elcd458 @ameliabedelia-2 I feel this way about announcements too. At first I wasn't really planning to do a public announcement in part because I couldn't come up with anything original. After finding out we were having twins though, I wanted to shout it from the rooftops haha. I did borrow a couple of ideas from places, but our announcement is definitely original since I made an animated video about Hanukkah twins. You just don't see many of those lol!

And @elcd458 Since I live in Southeastern CT, I have no idea how I've managed to avoid the barn and burlap weddings so far! I definitely saw TONS of those pins on Pinterest when I was planning my own wedding though!

flowerpower5838

elcd458 omg yes the pinterest thing! I, too have the ability to search "cute baby announcements" on pinterest and have seen a better executed version of your announcement like, 10 times. My girlfriend made DS an announcement shirt (S/O to @sarahfoley725 ) he'll wear to the baseball game we're going to on Sunday and I'll presumably get a decent picture to post on the interwebs to announce. I ripped the idea straight from pinterest, so totes hypocritical but not an overdone situation lol. 

AFM - my UO is #TeamSwiftie

SoxGirl982

@ChelK3 YES!!!! Totally agree with you! If I haven't seen someone in the past 25 weeks, then why should I need to share my pregnancy with them via Facebook??

 We did the whole social media announcement last time because DH was so excited about his idea for a picture. This time around I got my way and we are keeping this pregnancy off social media. DD1 was 12 days late and for the last 3 weeks that I was pregnant, I had millions of Facebook wall posts and messages "Any baby yet?" Drove me absolutely insane. I would also get random messages from people I hadn't talked to in years asking me why I hadn't posted any "bump pics" yet. All set, thanks. 

FWIW, I am also #TeamSwiftie =P  

SoxGirl982

My UO - I don't like Game of Thrones. Or the Office. Or Seinfeld. 

MJDsquared

@ameliabedelia-2 We were looking all over Pinterest for cute announcements and stuff and DH would point out some and I'd just be like, "But that's not clever anymore!" Our announcement ended up just being a picture of us, me in a preggers shirt and him in a baby daddy shirt. Good enough for us! My guess is for any future children (if we have any/announce), it would just be something like the firstborn in a big sister shirt, which isn't clever either, but it's easy and not trying too hard! Haha.

Add me to the T-Swift fan club! I can't wait for her new single. Yesterday one of the songs from her last album that I hadn't heard in forever came on the radio (Style, I think) and I was way too happy about it. Hahaha.

blueskies17

My UO: When I attend a wedding, I don't care how it's decorated. I only want to be fed in a timely manner with decent food. (I've been at one wedding where every event ran behind by 1-2 hours and the reception dinner wasn't served until 2+ hours after it started, and another wedding where there wasn't enough food and it was almost inedible!) Big bonus if there's good music and dance floor, with enough time to dance! 

Edited wording, bc manner does not equal matter

ameliabedelia-2

Oh oh, I have another one! This is a hot button. I think that ESPN removing *asian* sports announcer Robert Lee from the UVA game is possibly the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. I saw this pic and nearly died. 

txmomma16

Personally I am on the fence about announcements. I've seen the "our family is growing by two feet" or "eviction notices" all over Facebook and I kind of agree that those are getting old and overdone. For me though, after being so open about our infertility struggles, when it came time to announce, I wanted to shout it from the rooftops. I kept all the syringes from our IVF cycle in a big zip lock bag, and put that on the table next to a onesie that just says "Worth the wait." I'm sure it's been done before, but it just meant so much to me to show the effort we went through. 

I am not a fan of Tswift, but her music is crazy catchy. Same thing with Justin Bieber. I think he's a waste of space as a human, but his songs get me to sing along, and that irritates me. 

My UO is that I don't like pumpkin spice anything. Never have, never will. But I try not to judge those who do. 

mdcd44127

@txmomma16 Uuuugh, I'm giving you a lovetit for your "worth the wait" announcement and the TSwift/Biebs catchiness, but I'm having a hard time with your pumpkin spice hate.  I wait for pumpkin spice all year long and then I live, breathe, and die by it from late August to November. Tbh, though, I do think in the last couple years they've gone way overboard with putting pumpkin flavor where it doesn't belong. And fwiw, my DH agrees with you, he thinks it's all weird and disgusting. More for me!!!

elev2017

@txmomma16 I'm with you on not liking pumpkin spice and saying that in CT is basically blasphemous lol. I mighhht have a slice of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, but even then I'd definitely prefer pecan!

txmomma16

@djd0404 I don't judge you for your pumpkin spice love, I just don't understand it. 

@leilagphillips I'm with you! I went to school in Boston about ten years ago when pumpkin spice FIRST started becoming a big thing, and everyone there thought I was insane. 

NME44

My UO is I don't see the point in prepping in advance for your Gestational diabetes test. You either have it or you don't, and if you do have it, it's better to know and be treated appropriately than to have somehow tricked the test and possibly be doing more damage. Just follow the doctor's recommendations of what to eat or not to eat that morning. Don't change your diet for days.

splsmama2016

As far as announcements go, we announced at DD1's birthday, at the end. She was wearing a 'Thing 1' shirt. 

I also hate pumpkin spice anything, unless it's actual pumpkin pie. 

My UO: I know I should be thankful and grateful, but I CANNOT stand how my mil continually sends DD1 gifts! We told her no more toys or clothes, but if she wants to buy a toy, she should ask us first to make sure we don't have one or that it's really necessary. Books are best, as we want to grow her library. Yesterday, she ordered her a stupid dancing and talking hamster through a Facebook ad. What part of ASK FIRST don't you understand?! 

Also, I can understand the one time slip of MIL calling herself mommy, but at what point is it actually becoming intentional and do I say something? Ugh. 

Edited to add picture.

MJDsquared

I loooooooooove pumpkin spice. Even the 'weird' things like M&Ms and Kisses and Cheerios. I'm not ashamed at all and don't care that people hate on it. I know it is kind of getting out of hand, buuuut I can't really say anything about that because I'll try most pumpkin spice things at least once hahaha.

I hated pumpkin spice lattes for a long time though, but then last year I tried a sip of DH's made with coconut milk, and now I'll order them with coconut milk gladly.

Also, once September 1st hits (just over a week away!) I will be decking out my house with all the fall decor. YAY!

Kirss

@leilagphillips I don't hate pumpkin pie, but I'm totally in it for the Reddi Whip #noshame. 
Also I love some pumpkin spice in my iced coffee. 

elev2017

@Kirss I LIVE for whipped cream (and so do my sister and cousins)! In fact, immediately after we cut our cake at our wedding, my husband actually said "Wait here!" and ran out of the room and came back with a can of whipped cream which he had secretly stashed away for me. And then he just put the whipped cream directly into my mouth, because that's how we roll.

rainbowdashh

I don't like whipped cream. Keep it off my pie!

Agreed with not changing up your diet for the GD test. Trying to "trick" it is only hurting you and baby. 

Kirss

@leilagphillips That's pretty adorable!
Thanksgiving last year my Dad bought 3 cans of Reddi-Whip, and we couldn't find them when it came time for zerts. My ILs can be a little different, my Dad kept asking me "did your MIL take the whipped cream?!" Come to find out he forgot them at his house. Womp womp. 

breezybee

I never see those cheesy announcements on my Facebook/Instagram feed!  I do see them all over Pinterest and they get a big eyeroll from me. ESPECIALLY the ones with the empty baby shoes.
Mason jars are the absolute worst. I hate them more than anything. And paper straws need to just die already. 
#teamswifty all day errday.
ohh have you guys seen the clips for the new Lady Gaga documentary that coming to Netflix in September???  It looks pretty good!  Love her. 

mdcd44127

@MJDsquared Ooh, I've never thought to try a PSL with coconut milk! WHELP, that's now on my to-do list...

peachy13

Sorry -- feeding off others today.

1 - Add me to the list of people who don't like social media pregnancy announcements. Some are okay but most are cheesy. We haven't posted anything really except for a picture DH took on my birthday last week where he said a little thing and casually threw in "mama-to-be" in the caption. All of our close friends and family know at this point, so it was really just the random people who we don't even see in real life who were like what omg congrats guys, and funny enough those same people are the ones who cannot get off FB and who are constantly posting baby pics and such.

2 - Pinterest weddings make my eyes roll to the back of my head. I’m talking the bridesmaid proposals, the cutesy signs, naked cakes, mason jars/burlap/cowboy boots, unplugged ceremonies, trash the dress, unique favors (sorry, but if it’s not edible I’m leaving it at the table), the posed but “candid” photos of the bridal party in awe of the bride, etc. I’m not saying there is a right or wrong way to have a wedding, but these little pinterest trends bother me because they’re so unoriginal and overdone. My favorite part of planning my wedding with DH was thinking of things ourselves and incorporating our personalities into everything.

kyrwyn

I just finished my 3hr glucose test and I agree with the not changing of diets, etc. The only real "prep" I did was to drink as much water as possible yesterday so I would not be dehydrated when I had to get through 4 draws.  And to say no to the break room brownie (which isn't as much changing my diet as actually doing what I normally do when I pay attention to what I eat).

I don't know if it's an UO, but the 3 hr was waaaaaay less horrible than the 1 hr for me.  If I had to do it again, I'd rather just do the 3hr.  I even got a nap.  Minimal nausea, less shakiness, better flavor gross-drink.

Edited to add: I love mason jars! For canning. And storage.  I have a zillion of them because... we can; and pickle; and put up food.  I do not understand using them for arts & crafts. That ruins their functional ability to be food storage!

cait5413

I am anti-whipped cream and pro-Taylor Swift (though my Dh is a bigger fan than I am!). 

This seems to be a Southern UO: I like putting bows in my DD's hair, but not if they are bigger than her head! Some of the bows around here are really ridiculous. 

katiegeminimoon

@cait413 anti whipped cream?! I'm not sure we can be friends!

I will admit we did use some mason jars and burlap at our wedding BUT we got married in an old farm house, so it was only fitting (or I tell myself that at least).

txmomma16

@cait413 anti-whip cream!?! I cannot fathom. 

And giant bows and the south are just like PB&J! But you're right, giant bows bigger than a toddler's head are a little ridiculous. 

casace

@SoxGirl982 you're one brave soul putting that out there! Lol. I agree with the Seinfield part at least. Have never beeen able to get into it.

brittyclem

Agree to all about baby announcements. If I didn't call/text/tell you in person I don't really care to get a congratulations. After the election season last year I got really tired of social media, and realized the people that are the most active/always on my feed are not people I particularly have anything in common with or wish to keep in contact with any regularity. 

Speaking of Pinterest weddings, I loathe the synchronized dancing everyone seems to be doing these days. It's so over the top. Just get married and have a good time with the people you care about. My best memories from our wedding day was dancing on the dance floor with everyone to "Shout", karaoke-ing at the after party with my DH, and getting ready all day with my best girlfriends. I feel like people are so obsessed with making a memory that they forget to have the memory. 

txmomma16

brittyclem said:

... I feel like people are so obsessed with making a memory that they forget to have the memory. 

THIS! I completely agree. 

anewadventure

@brittyclem  it always remind me of doing the electric slide 1000 times in elementary school gym class for no reason i can fathom to this day. that song is SO CORNY!   it's electric!

let's bring back the macarena just for people to look really goofy. 

Amber_Waves

splsmama2016 said:

Also, I can understand the one time slip of MIL calling herself mommy, but at what point is it actually becoming intentional and do I say something? Ugh. 

Oh. Hell. No.
Sonetimes other people's MIL horror stories give me flash-forwards. 

txmomma16

@Amber_Waves OMG @splsmama2016 I somehow missed that the first time I read your post. OH. NO. 

I think you are incredibly patient if you haven't said something already, I would have definitely NOT been ok with anything like that. 

elev2017

@Amber_Waves I also meant to comment on your MIL issue and then forgot. I'm with the others in thinking that's totally not ok and I would say something if it happened more than once, because that's not normal.