Unpopular Opinion Thursday!

middleschoolmommy

I'm start this because I'm bored at work... which only happens during our geometry unit. There isn't much to teach when they just have to plug numbers into a formula... blah.

Anyways, my unpopular opinion is that olives suck. I can't stand them. Coworker brings a jar of olives for lunch almost daily and snacks on them. SO gross. 

tessiesmom26

@middleschoolmommy What kind of olives? I only like black olives, but agree with you that all other olives are nasty! 

pink_polkadots

Oh I love green olives but HATE black olives. And I’m not gonna lie... I am now eating some green olives out of the jar because of your post @middleschoolmommy

middleschoolmommy

@tessiesmom26 ALL olives. They are all gross.

tessiesmom26

I think Chinese food is nasty and I'm not totally convinced that it is what they say it is half the time. 

goldfishcraker

I agree @middleschoolmommy! Olives are horrendous!!!

I wasn't going to post a new opinion since most of mine are too controversial lol. But I came up with one that might be ok haha

My unpopular opinion is that most "reality" tv is fake/scripted/boring/overly edited to skew it/annoying/not worth watching.

My sister in law would probably slap me for saying that haha

pink_polkadots

@babybrain2018 oh but the controversial ones are what make the conversation interesting!!

cm716

Oooohhh! I've been saving mine all week!!

Here it is:Minivans are THE.SHIZ.
Sure, you may look cooler in your SUV; until your three year old opens your door into someone's 50k Tahoe. 
Minivans for the win!!!!

goldfishcraker

@pink_polkadots haha yeah... But a lot of mine come from my job. And would probably make me sound like a terrible person and make you all hate me. And I like you ladies so I don't want to do that haha. 

oaklandava

@babybrain2018 This. Me. You would think I am the worst person ever and judge me hardcore. 

I love all olives I am half Cuban though, so there's that! LOL

sarcaztic1016

@cm716 I used to hate minivans but we had to rent a nice one to go on a trip a year ago and the idea has grown on me. 

I love olives, all of them.

My UO is that I side eye people when they say they can't cook anything because following a recipe in a cookbook is really not that hard. I have a FB friend who constantly posts failures of her cooking and she gets recipes and instructions from those food delivery boxes and somehow she messes those up as well as recipes from cookbooks.  

phoenix870509

Olives are disgusting. Reality TV is dumb. Chinese food is the shizzz (as I munch on my sesame chicken and egg roll).

And I'll add mine, going with the food trend. Oreos are gross.

lurvleybunchococonuts

YASSS! Olives are gross. Reality TV is dumb (unless it's a cooking show), Chinese food is AHHHHMAZING.  Oreos = life (except for the weird flavored ones).
Raw mushrooms are disgusting, but delicious when cooked.

tessiesmom26

@phoenix870509 MH won't buy Oreos any more because I eat the entire bag in a few days time. Oreos are the bomb!

pelorunningmama

Olives are life. I drink olive juice (and pickle juice too). It is definitely a pregnancy craving for me.

Mine is a super UO and will likely leave some of you not liking me. I'm sorry. I really dislike most types of wall murals people put in their nursery (trees, butterflies flying, random woodland creatures). It's just nms and I always feel guilty when people ask me what I think of their nursery when they have one. For the record, I always say I like it. 

mama1824

UO: I get annoyed when I see people post how they can’t wait until their daughter grows so up to be their best friend..... I mean I’m not having kids so they will be my BFF later on. Just seems creepy to me.  I have a good relationship with my mom but she’s still my mom 

cm716

@wannaflickone we're not really into themes either and when I jokingly told my husband we needed to pick one for my son, his suggestion was 'jungle predators'.

lurvleybunchococonuts

LMAO our "theme" will be functional, within budget, and what we arbitrarily like.  Sure theme'd nursery's are cute but nothing else in my home has a theme so why start now  

CopperBoom86

@phoenix870509 I was with you.... until Oreos. WHO DOESN'T LIKE OREOS?!

My food UO is seasonal. I love Peeps.

lifesabeach85

This has got to be the most polite bump board of all time. @wannaflickone I'm laughing so hard over here that nursery decor is what passes for a controversial UO for Nov '18. I don't know that I've ever had a strong opinion on wall murals, and I still like you. FWIW we dont have any wall murals.

I like olives, but they were definitely an acquired taste. Same with mushrooms. I like oreos, but I like the cookie part better than the creme part. DD only eats the creme so I guess it works for us. I like Chinese food but get sick of the flavor quickly, so like once a month or less is plenty.

I'm still resisting the idea of ever owning a minivan, but I definitely see their appeal, especially if you have a big family. One of my sisters has one, and I'm like yeah this is expansive. But I like my acura.

I agree with you @babybrain2018 on reality tv.

C'mon someone - throw out a bomb and start some drama!

pelorunningmama

@cm716 yes, jungle predators would be amazing. 

middleschoolmommy

@phoenix870509 Oreos are my crack. I can't buy them. I'd eat every single one. 

@CopperBoom86 I bought SO MANY peeps last year, but we used them for a science experiment... because that's all they are good for.

middleschoolmommy

@lifesabeach85 How about this one... not all babies are cute. It actually annoys me to read comments on how cute/adorable a baby is when it clearly is NOT. 

cm716

@wannaflickone lol he thought so too. He would have fully supported it if I picked that theme.

Also adding to my minivan argument:
Those things can HAUL. 
They fit my giant husband who does not fit in most cars. 
.....come to the dark side

tessiesmom26

Okay I'll go for it...

Not a fan of gender reveal parties. I don't have a specific reason for why, I just don't get the appeal. It's just another reason to have a party.

lurvleybunchococonuts

Re: ugly babies, so true.  Some look like wrinkly old men and not cute at all.  They are still lovable and squish-able but the phrase "a face only a mother could love" has to come from somewhere.
Re: gender reveals, +1 for not a fan.  I get the appeal, the whole color inside the cake thing is cute and all, but realistically it's just an excuse to eat cake (which I don't think you need an excuse to do, just eat some damn cake).  So if that's your thing go for it, but especially seeing as I'm team green I ain't having one nor would I likely attend one if invited.

mockingjay1

+1 to not being a fan of gender reveals (which aren't named correctly anyway, it's SEX people!) 
+1 to thinking it's ridiculous people call their daughter/child their best friend. I feel like those kids are going to be spoiled rotten brats because their mom just wants to be their friend and does whatever to appease them. 

I can never think of any UOs or FFFCs when the day actually comes up. I need to make a list when I think of things! 

phoenix870509

@tessiesmom26 YES!! I did NOT want a gender reveal party for DS, but DH wanted one. We compromised and had one of our regular parties, and then we announced on a chalkboard who the baby was. We already had names picked out, so the sign read "Squishy is officially..." and on the back was DS's name. For this baby he wants an exploding box. How to explode the box is still in the planning, but I just want to announce on FB and call it a day.

@middleschoolmommy I can definitely agree with that. SIL's friend had a baby and they're posting all these pics of her saying how cute she is, and she's not. She's 2 now and still not cute. She got her father's looks, and he is not a handsome man.

lifesabeach85

All babies are definitely not cute. One of my nieces was definitely not a pretty infant - she was too long and thin and red and wrinkly. She turned into a beautiful toddler though. A lot of even beautiful babies go through an "ugly phase" around a month old or so, when hair starts falling out and baby acne kicks in.

As for gender reveals, I think having a whole party is a bit much, especially in addition to a baby shower. BUT - as an idea I think they're kinda cute. We didn't have one with DD. But this time around I am planning to do one for just the family. I think I'm going to get a cupcake each made for me, DH and DD, and let DD bite into it first and reveal it to us. Cheesy I know but this may be my last pregnancy!

CopperBoom86

@tessiesmom26 I think that's the popular opinion around here, actually. My UO is that I think gender reveals are fun. Like, not a party, but just a fun little reveal. We're planning on having my FIL shoot a balloon with colored dust in it.

tessiesmom26

@mockingjay1 The Sociology major in me is:


Every baby shower I have been to in the past few years has been mostly clothes because when people know what you're having they tend to go that way. I hate the whole "girl has to be pink and frilly and boy has to be blue and tough." This is one of a few reasons we are team green. 

Unrelated to that, I hate balloons. I have an irrational fear of them, have since I was a child, so popping a balloon to see a color to determine the sex of the baby is terrifying to me! 

pink_polkadots

I have a controversial one. Let me preface this by saying this is MY opinion and I do not judge others who may think differently than me. You raise your kid the way you want.

I do not personally agree with the whole gender neutral thing that’s sweeping the nation. I personally like my daughter wearing and playing with girly things. I like the pink and the princesses. I see a ton of articles on Facebook that almost aim to make mothers feel shamed for wanting those things for their daughters. I think it’s silly. I also hate how people assume just because my daughter likes pink and princesses that I’m raising her to be some kind of wimpy pushover. Which is entirely not true. Like... let me raise my kid the way I want to raise her, without shame. As long as I’m teaching her to be a decent human being, then who cares if she’s kicking the worlds ass in a princess dress?

batmama31

I was thinking the SAME thing when I came across an earlier post daring someone to post something "really" controversial.

but I also consent that I lean left of center and have some progressive views on gender expectations in general, so *shrug*

batmama31

@pink_polkadots, I'm a gender neutral mama. but I agree w/ you that I think we can all parent the way we want to, so long as our children don't grow up to be assholes. my 3yr old son has long hair and is often mistaken for a girl. my dad gives me grief for it, but I just tell him, "a) samson had long hair, what do you got to say about that? and b) as long as my son doesn't grow up to be a serial killer or rapist, or asshole in general, I don't care how he wears his hair, or what color sneakers he wears, or who he loves, etc..."

I'm raising my son gender neutral, and he is all boy to the core. but still has no concept of boy/girl. if you ask him if he's a boy or a girl, he just says, "I'm jonah." I know that won't last forever, but I'm cherishing the days that it is so.

mockingjay1

pink_polkadots said:

I have a controversial one. Let me preface this by saying this is MY opinion and I do not judge others who may think differently than me. You raise your kid the way you want.

I do not personally agree with the whole gender neutral thing that’s sweeping the nation. I personally like my daughter wearing and playing with girly things. I like the pink and the princesses. I see a ton of articles on Facebook that almost aim to make mothers feel shamed for wanting those things for their daughters. I think it’s silly. I also hate how people assume just because my daughter likes pink and princesses that I’m raising her to be some kind of wimpy pushover. Which is entirely not true. Like... let me raise my kid the way I want to raise her, without shame. As long as I’m teaching her to be a decent human being, then who cares if she’s kicking the worlds ass in a princess dress?

I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting your daughter to be girly, it sounds like that's her personality. I think the problem comes in where some parent's force their kids to be a certain way or play with gender specific toys when they aren't interested. We buy whatever my son likes whether it's girly or boyish. Majority of his toys are boyish (lots of automobiles, dinosaurs, etc) but he also loves to play with his babies, a few my little ponies he has, and play food/cooking stuff. DH took him to get a new potty (so we'd have one for school) and he REALLY wanted the minnie mouse potty so that's what we got for him. *shrugs*

I read a great article on how we want gentle, sweet, caring, helpful husbands, but we don't raise boys these days to be like that because we think cooking, helping around the house, and being sensitive is for girls, not boys. It was pretty interesting. 

middleschoolmommy

Re: Gender reveal. I felt that way with my first. Since this one will most likely be our last (took us 3 years to conceive) I told DH I want to do all the cutesy crap. HOWEVER, I really am just viewing this as a reason to have a party We are actually doing a "mad scientist" theme and letting DS do the actual reveal by dropping a color fizzy tab in a beaker.
There is no way I am patient enough to wait to find out. So I will find out the gender at 10/11 weeks... everyone else will find out after the anatomy scan. Cuter ultrasound pics from anatomy scan.

I have another UO. Maternity photos. The kind with the flowing dress with the belly sticking out, and a floral wreath on the head... I think they are awful. 

CopperBoom86

@middleschoolmommy I think those kind of maternity photos are beautiful. I can't pull them off, but I wish I could!

pelorunningmama

@middleschoolmommy I also am not a fan of those type of maternity photos. 

argyleagain

Gender reveals are fine (but awkward) when the parents are finding out the sex at the party, same time as the guests. When they already know, that's pure AW and not a good look.

argyleagain

@middleschoolmommy Your real UO is that geometry doesn't need to be taught well. I was a mechanical engineering professor and I am now in absolute despair.

middleschoolmommy

@argyleagain I teach 6th grade... their geometry unit literally only consists of area of 3 different shapes and volume of rectangular prisms. If they can't figure that I out, I don't know how to help them.