UO/FFFC 11/22-11/24

sandbar517

Since most of us won't be on here tomorrow (and maybe Friday, too) we're going to do this early.  So, let's hear it.  

JNCPro3130

I don't get the appeal of Black Friday. I went one year. It was early, cold, we waited in crazy long lines, and people were rude/pushy. None of that out weighs the savings to me!

sandbar517

FFFC- I've done maaaaaybe a half an hour worth of work at work today.  This day will not end. 

thunderberry

Oh noooo is the board really going to be that dead, I didn't even think of that! What am I supposed to do to distract me from work??

My FFFC is I just follow the baby name post in the hopes that someone will share a good boy's name that I can steal.

sandbar517

@thunderberry I follow it for the drama and to side-eye all the names I hate LOL 

suchaglencoco

FFFC- I haven't worked out all week. I've felt sick or had a bad headache whenever I tried to go the last 3 days.
I should go this afternoon, but my arm hurts from the flu shot. Thats a valid excuse right???

mileswithmyles

@JNCPro3130 agreed.  I don't want ANYTHING that badly.  I like to shop from the comfort of my couch.

glitzandglitter

@suchaglencoco - seems like a perfectly legitimate excuse to me. 

UO: I hate eggnog. 
FFFC: I haven't gotten anything accomplished today. I got dressed 15 minutes before DH got home so I look like I've been productive but really I've lounged in my pjs and watched Harry Potter. 

doraleigh35

@thunderberry I'll be here! I'm an American living in Canada. So while I'd love to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow, I have to work.

FFFC: I have to stay a little late at work today so I am using it as an excuse to not cook dinner and pickup take-out on my way home.
UO: I'll try to think of a better one, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving......I hate pumpkin pie.

mileswithmyles

Yeah, Eggnog is super gross. 

UO- Cranberry sauce is disgusting.

FFFC- I am working from home today so that I can get my side dished done that I am taking to Thanksgiving.  I've been working on reports, but also watching a lot of RHONY. 

glitzandglitter

@mileswithmyles - I'm not a fan of cranberry sauce either. 

@doraleigh35

I love pumpkin pie!

cups4

FFFC I got up with the toddler at 530 am and took him to daycare to  let H sleep in later so I could use this to my advantage when I wanted something later...I was already awake but I look like an amazing wife and mom because of it...

UO While I like the time off, I think Thanksgiving is stupid and forcing me to spend time with others when I would rather eat a huge meal at my own house by myself.

suchaglencoco

Send all the unwanted pie here! Especially pumpkin!!!!!!!

ivyvines6

Homemade eggnog is way different that the store bought bullshit most people associate as eggnog. It’s amazing.

UO: Milk is disgusting. (Ironic given how much I love eggnog)

charlestonchew

I don't like most stereotypical Thanksgiving staples including turkey and pumpkin pie. I usually eat little meat and fill up on sides I do like. I do enjoy pecan pie though so I make sure if no one else brings that then I do.

lincbeesmom

This is the lamest FFFC/UO I’ve ever read!!! Where’s the drama?! The intrigue?! 

I can’t stand other people’s children. Don’t ask me to babysit. Your child will just annoy me the whole time. 

ivyvines6

lincbeesmom said:

This is the lamest FFFC/UO I’ve ever read!!! Where’s the drama?! The intrigue?! 

I can’t stand other people’s children. Don’t ask me to babysit. Your child will just annoy me the whole time. 

This is me, and I work with kids. The second they are out of the classroom they go right back to being annoying.

charlestonchew

lincbeesmom said:

This is the lamest FFFC/UO I’ve ever read!!! Where’s the drama?! The intrigue?! 

I can’t stand other people’s children. Don’t ask me to babysit. Your child will just annoy me the whole time. 

Same for me. I also don't think ALL babies are cute.

tincupchalice

I want to like eggnog but I can't, even homemade.

I really want to booze my face off.

kpc914

@charlestonchew i actually think most newborns are creepy looking

mileswithmyles

@charlestonchew I agree. I have an acquaintance whose baby is not very cute at all.

@lincbeesmom I love teaching and I love my kid, but same. A mom from DS’s preschool class asked me to watch her son all last summer while I was on summer vacation. Umm, no. This is my vacation. 

Ceridwen77

I make homemade eggnog every year, and I hate it. I make it for the rest of my family, especially my husband who loves it. It’s freaking foul shit. 

I made cranberry sauce last night and it’s amazing. I can’t stop eating it. Glad I tripled the recipe because I may just eat a whole recipe’s worth myself. 

ivyvines6

Ceridwen77 said:

I make homemade eggnog every year, and I hate it. I make it for the rest of my family, especially my husband who loves it. It’s freaking foul shit. 

I made cranberry sauce last night and it’s amazing. I can’t stop eating it. Glad I tripled the recipe because I may just eat a whole recipe’s worth myself. 

You mean Satan’s Jizz?

Poppy0419

FFFC is the same as yalls. I’ve had friends ask me to nanny and to pay me good money and I’ve turned them down. Just because I stay home with my terror doesn’t mean I wanna watch yours. The thought makes me cringe. 

Second confession will send me to hell but I think my cousins toddler looks like Smegal. I mean, she for really does. Poor kid. 

Eggnog is nasty. Pecan pie gives me the heebie jeebies. Cranberry sauce out of a jar is like creepy jello. 

Ooooh I have a good FFFC. I’m sitting in a bath sipping on half a seasonal beer. It’s in a yeti so I can make it last as long as humanly possible. And it tastes so good, I don’t even care how hard I’m flamed. 

babydreams88

charlestonchew said:

lincbeesmom said:

This is the lamest FFFC/UO I’ve ever read!!! Where’s the drama?! The intrigue?! 

I can’t stand other people’s children. Don’t ask me to babysit. Your child will just annoy me the whole time. 

Same for me. I also don't think ALL babies are cute.

Some babies are SO ugly, but everyone's like, they're sooooo cute/ adorable This meme makes me laugh so hard! 

Ceridwen77

ivyvines6 said:

Ceridwen77 said:

I make homemade eggnog every year, and I hate it. I make it for the rest of my family, especially my husband who loves it. It’s freaking foul shit. 

I made cranberry sauce last night and it’s amazing. I can’t stop eating it. Glad I tripled the recipe because I may just eat a whole recipe’s worth myself. 

You mean Satan’s Jizz?

Is that what you call eggnog? 

Ceridwen77

babydreams88 said:

charlestonchew said:

lincbeesmom said:

This is the lamest FFFC/UO I’ve ever read!!! Where’s the drama?! The intrigue?! 

I can’t stand other people’s children. Don’t ask me to babysit. Your child will just annoy me the whole time. 

Same for me. I also don't think ALL babies are cute.

Some babies are SO ugly, but everyone's like, they're sooooo cute/ adorable This meme makes me laugh so hard! 

babydreams88

@Ceridwen77 that's what I thought too when I first saw that meme 

nanifrog

I love eggnog but I've only ever had store bought.

I used to like kids but once I had my own lost all patience for anyone else's. 

FFFC: I have no clue how going to make it through dinner at IL's without drinking. I know I can have sips, I'm talking serious drinking. I wish DH would decide we're not going. We both hate it, but it's the last thing we do with them. It's 1 meal, it just sucks. SIL has pulled crazy shit on us every time something good has happened in our lives and I don't expect today to be different. 

ivyvines6

Ceridwen77 said:

ivyvines6 said:

Ceridwen77 said:

I make homemade eggnog every year, and I hate it. I make it for the rest of my family, especially my husband who loves it. It’s freaking foul shit. 

I made cranberry sauce last night and it’s amazing. I can’t stop eating it. Glad I tripled the recipe because I may just eat a whole recipe’s worth myself. 

You mean Satan’s Jizz?

Is that what you call eggnog? 

No that’s definitely what I call cranberry sauce

ivyvines6

babydreams88 said:

charlestonchew said:

lincbeesmom said:

This is the lamest FFFC/UO I’ve ever read!!! Where’s the drama?! The intrigue?! 

I can’t stand other people’s children. Don’t ask me to babysit. Your child will just annoy me the whole time. 

Same for me. I also don't think ALL babies are cute.

Some babies are SO ugly, but everyone's like, they're sooooo cute/ adorable This meme makes me laugh so hard! 

This reminds me... A friend of mine that I rarely hang out with anymore said something that really pissed me off recently. We were talking about another friend of our’s twins and she goes “omg they are so cute! I mean... Not that J isn’t cute, but have you SEEN A and H? They look just like their parents and they are so freaking cute!” Yeah I’ve seen them and literally everyone I’ve shown a picture to has said they look like aliens, but thanks so much for bringing MY son into this. Because that was ENTIRELY necessary.... /eyeroll (It's been like two weeks and I’m still pissed about it)

suchaglencoco

@nanifrog, are you coming down with something?  I thought I heard you cough with a raspy voice....

thunderberry

Well apparently it's my UO that I think delicious things are delicious. Eggnog, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie??!? What's wrong with you people!?

@lincbeesmom I feel you about other people's kids. Every damn morning this week a HOARD of children has come on my bus right after me heading for a field trip or whatever and I am like, begone devil spawn. I have no clue how to talk to or relate to children but hopefully that will be different with my own.

mileswithmyles

@Poppy0419 I had about 2oz of wine last night for the first time since getting a BFP.  It was glorious. 

charlestonchew

This is probably a random but we can count as a confession that I'm super excited to have a relaxing morning and then go eat out so I don't have to clean and then go shopping!

charlestonchew

Maybe that's my confession that I'm not part of the crowd that says boycott stores that open thanksgiving so the workers have time off. Maybe they want to work for extra money. Or lets think about the first responders that have to work all day.

nanifrog

@suchaglencoco I have this weird feeling I'm going to get unbearable nausea after 2 hours.

Maybe my worse confession is that I considered pretending to have cramps or something and going to the ER. 

I'm often "sick" at minor gatherings.

Poppy0419

Geez we are too nice around here. That was the best effort I had at ruffling feathers lol. @mileswithmyles I would have had wine if my husband drank it but I don’t want to waste a whole bottle. 

@charlestonchew when I worked retail I always worked the holiday shifts willingly. More money, time flies by because you’re slammed and it got me out of bsing with family I didn’t want to deal with. 

mileswithmyles

@Poppy0419 DH had a bottle open and so I had a little bit and he finished it off last night. 

@charlestonchew when DH was a paramedic he always had to work holidays. It sucked but the overtime was great. 

ivyvines6

@charlestonchew you’re entitled to your opinion, but I think it’s shitty to put a retail job on par with something as important as first responders in terms of importance. Consumerism warps priorities sometimes. (I also hated being forced to work retail and food service on holidays, and there was little or no choice in the matter with zero pay incentive.) 

charlestonchew

ivyvines6 said:

@charlestonchew you’re entitled to your opinion, but I think it’s shitty to put a retail job on par with something as important as first responders in terms of importance. Consumerism warps priorities sometimes. (I also hated being forced to work retail and food service on holidays, and there was little or no choice in the matter with zero pay incentive.) 

I've had to do it. Some people just have to work the holidays. I've been in food service, elderly care which required 24 hour care, and a first responder. Everyone's family is different as well but I always just asked my family to celebrate on a different day if possible because to me, it doesn't matter the day but whether I can see family that I love. Or, if possible take the time to find another job that does close on holidays because I drove by many businesses that were closed today.

I just came back from a restaurant that was crazy packed and I bet you those waitresses make bank today.