FFFC - 9/15

artlea2013

Not necessarily flame free

sparkymcgeee

I get super annoyed when I see super old tickers. "So and so is 300 weeks pregnant!" I also get super annoyed when someone has a bunch of tickers for the same thing. You don't need 3 tickers for your current pregnancy. I don't care if they are "all different with different information". Just pick one. 
And because of this annoyance I make a snap judgement that I then spend the rest of the pregnancy trying to overcome. 

sandbar517

I was just thinking the same thing @sparkymcgeee.  Also, I know this board is super new, but if I don't recognize your screen name and you make random comments on threads or start your own thread ETA without posting on the introduction board first, I want to gif you with this:

lady_mormont18

My house is untidy. Some would say messy, not DIRTY though. I realize other people work full time, have children and maintain a very neat house... but I don't. This is not an exaggeration, when we moved last year I gave away or threw away at least 10 full size garbage bags worth of clothing and there are still piles of laundry eating my soul alive.

If I ever win the lottery I am going to grab my photo albums and heirlooms and just get rid of everything else and start over. 

artlea2013

I have been at least 10-30 minutes late to work 95% of the days since coming back from my last maternity leave. That's been almost 13 months now. I usually have a crazy story about what my toddler did today or what my father said (parents watch DS while I work) to make me late, but also I'm lazy.

I also already told my boss I'm PG so that she would cut me some extra slack both on being late in the mornings, and not working in the evenings. Technically my schedule is 8-5 with a lunch hour, so if I work 8:30 - 5 with no lunch, that's still more than required.

ivyvines6

I don't like pets. I've had dogs, and cats, and fish, and ferrets, in the past and I'm so glad we don't have any animals anymore. 

charlestonchew

@lady_mormont18 I call myself messy but not dirty. Are there clothes on the floor and dishes in the sink? Yes. Is there old moldy food or spills not cleaned up or dirty toilets? No. I do know people who would freak out if they lived in my house though.

firefliesandfjords

I'm 26 and all of my college friends and the few I keep in touch with from high school have been complaining about "being old" since they were about 23, and it's like...No. Shut up. They aren't doing it jokingly. They legit mean it and it sends me into orbit. I hate it when my peers complain about "being old" like it's some terrible thing. Especially when you're extremely young and have so much life ahead of you. I always say you're not old till you're 80 and only then if you choose to be.

duck_duck_goose

I think breakfast food is gross 90% of the time. I usually only eat it for dinner, and I have to be seriously craving it. I usually skip breakfast all together. That being said, being pregnant is like a huge guilt trip because I feel guilty not feeding the unborn little, so I try to choke something down before 10. Ughhh the agony! 

JenniatONU

I prefer the old bump. 

CraftyG

@JenniatONU the old bump sounds insane but amazing, I had a search for old threads and the fisting to help with delivery had me crying with laughter!

sparkymcgeee

CraftyG said:

@JenniatONU the old bump sounds insane but amazing, I had a search for old threads and the fisting to help with delivery had me crying with laughter!

Oh that's a classic for sure.

ladystinson

I loved the old bump but took a leave apparently right when things got good.... I'm afraid to do it but I think I have to look up the fisting one 

thedawkterswife

I visit my husband when he is on call on a very slow service just so he can watch the toddler while I nap in his call room! He'll wake me up if his pager goes off. 

Cricket648

I hardcore judge people that say that their kid would never do something. "You're telling me my child hit someone/cussed/is bullying others? No...he/she would never do that." Um...they did and I saw it, and now I don't trust your judgment as a parent. 

sparkymcgeee

I judge people who aren't parents when they say, "I will never..." 

Everyone is a perfect parent until they are one. And it pisses me off when people blame the parents for some awful behavior as if children are automatons that have no thoughts, desires, personalities of their own. You really think you are the way you are because your parents stuck you in a little jello mold and made you that way? No. That's not how it works. 

ivyvines6

I've legitimately gone off on a parent before for that.

Me: Name did this this and this today.

Them: Oh I don't think they would do something like that. You must have misunderstood.

Me: Are you accusing me of lying to you about your child's behavior? I don't get anything out of making up scenarios about your child. I watched them do it.

Them: Well who provoked that behavior?

Me: Blink blink blink

Cricket648

@ivyvines6 That's so annoying! I totally understand saying something like "that seems really out of character" or "I don't think he/she would do that unprovoked", but that's over the top!

zaclina

sparkymcgeee said:

I judge people who aren't parents when they say, "I will never..." 

Everyone is a perfect parent until they are one. And it pisses me off when people blame the parents for some awful behavior as if children are automatons that have no thoughts, desires, personalities of their own. You really think you are the way you are because your parents stuck you in a little jello mold and made you that way? No. That's not how it works. 

My confession?  I was THAT person who thought, "oh, I'd never let that happen!"  And then I had a child.  And realized what a Jerk face I had been.  I remember watching DD begin to meltdown at the zoo, seeing people side-eye us, and thinking to myself, "this is karma."

Pearlvirus

The same thing can be said for those with only one child! Many assume their one experience is just the way kids are. And worse - they think all the good things about the one are their doing - bahaha, that was my biggest lesson when I had #2. These are small people not blobs of clay. Sure you have an impact on how they develop, but they have personalities and preferences from day 1. 

justsuzie

@charlestonchew I am "messy" not dirty too.  My husband follows me around the house putting coasters under my drinks and moving various articles of clothing I have shed on our bed.  My night table is covered with books and empty glasses that once had