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NatesLady1309

lancyjo:

Black Friday is ridiculous. It's like The Hunger Games: The Retail Version. Just call me Katniss. I refuse to fight to the death over low priced material items. I'd rather pay full price than ever go shopping on BF.

I totally did not see this before I started the topic that I did. Love it.

I have gone BF shopping for years and have definitely never fought to the death or even been so much a shoved. I like the thrill of the deal especially when you know there aren't very many of a particular item. 

runrinserepeat

I have another one, possibly flameworthy. I'm not sure if this is UO or not here, but it sure is on the boards I read on SP.

I think that weight and BMI are usually good indications of health (not the ONLY ones, but still useful). I know there are exceptions (pregnant women, body builders, etc), but there are also correlations between high BMI and higher rates of cancers, among other things. I do a mental side-eye when people start trying to dismiss BMI as out-dated. No. We're all just fatter, so our perceptions of normal have shifted.

NatnDyl

jesse1117:

Me either...and I saw a special on Food Network that said that the red dye used in Red Velvet comes from a certain beetle that is crushed up.  Now I really don't care for it.  Gross, gross, gross.

I'm so sad I read this. I love red velvet cake, and now I will never be able to eat it again. /cry/

Here's my UO, and I'm gonna get sooooo flamed, but... I think... the bishes on the Parenting board may be cooler than we are. 

 The Parenting ladies are Hi-larious.

 I don't like American Idol, The Voice, X-factor. I just don't.

jmccall79

On the issue of 'state aid', I think if you're getting it, you should absolutely be drug tested!!!  If you fail, you're kicked off.  If you pass, you're good to go.  If you're receiving aid and bitching about having to take a drug test...pretty sure you might be admitting your guilt, just saying. 

Jesse...why are the Parenting Board ladies cooler? Just curious, because I don't venture off our board too much...the others scare me!

runrinserepeat

I have another one (inspired by the cool bishes on Parenting). I like my grey hairs. I don't have many, but I think they're pretty and I have no desire to cover them up.

Jen0204

jmccall79:

On the issue of 'state aid', I think if you're getting it, you should absolutely be drug tested!!!  If you fail, you're kicked off.  If you pass, you're good to go.  If you're receiving aid and bitching about having to take a drug test...pretty sure you might be admitting your guilt, just saying. 

I have no problem with this in theory but I bet it would be a waste of money.  For the state that voted for this I'll be VERY curious to see what percentage of people fail the test.  I would be willing to bet that the amount spent on testing will be more then what they'll save by not giving people who fail the aid.  I also hope that they have some other plans in place for what happens if people fail.  If they have kids, I hope it's not just "you failed?  Too bad, so sad!" because then it'll be the kids who suffer. 

lancyjo

jesse1117:

Here's my UO, and I'm gonna get sooooo flamed, but... I think... the bishes on the Parenting board may be cooler than we are. 

I think they're hilarious over there, and I find myself lurking more. I still the 212 the most though.

lancyjo

michellekay06:

I think it's silly to obsess over buying gender neutral toys. Riley is a girl so I will get her girl toys like princesses. If she wants to play with trucks I will let her but I don't think it's a big deal if she likes girly things

except Barbies. I freaking hate those things and hope that Aria does too.

runrinserepeat

lancyjo:

michellekay06:

I think it's silly to obsess over buying gender neutral toys. Riley is a girl so I will get her girl toys like princesses. If she wants to play with trucks I will let her but I don't think it's a big deal if she likes girly things

except Barbies. I freaking hate those things and hope that Aria does too.

I used to play barbies with my brothers all the time

Jchirico

I think the whole "Elf on the Shelf" thing is stupid, and I can't articulate exactly why, but cruel. I def won't be starting it in my home.

Shmogan09

n8swife:

Mine might piss some people off, but it's been bugging me big time lately.

If you need state aid because you cannot afford groceries for your family, you should not have an Iphone. Futhermore, if you get state aid, you should not be complaining on Facebook and Instagram that you are getting screwed over and not getting enough aid...especially when you post from your Iphone.

Maybe I'm an a--hole, but this really chaps my a--.

I am going to agree with you before I read any of the responses and chicken out.  We have a very tight budget month to month.  We do not have iphones because the monthly cost of the internet is insane.  We do not have state aid but if we went ahead and bought things like iphones and ipads and a lexus and all these nice things I see people with who do have aid then we would probably need it too. 

It is called living within your means, whatever those means may be.

ETA- Okay so I read the rest and I have some more opinions...

Gap clothes really are not that expensive.  I am all about how much you use something to price ratio.  If you buy a $200 dress for your baby and they wear it once I might side eye.  But if you buy your baby uggs and they wear them all winter I think they are worth the price.  I buy myself one pair of reefs at the beginning of the summer and I live in them. Then I buy a pair of winter flats (toms black glitter this year... so excited) at the beginning of winter and live in them as well.  As long as you get use out of something expensive it is worth the money.  That said, I also think if you have money to blow and you want to blow it on expensive baby crap that is your right.

I also think robeez are ugly.  But yes, good for the feet.

I love amusement parks and love taking my kids to them. Like PP said, LO's are free and it makes me happy.  I do think Kellen will be old enough this coming summer to enjoy Disney when we take Logan.  Yes, at 4 Logan will enjoy it more, but I think Kellen will have fun too.

My UO- I love Christmas music and side eye people who hate it! Tra la la la la!!

NatesLady1309

kleMcK:

I have another one (inspired by the cool bishes on Parenting). I like my grey hairs. I don't have many, but I think they're pretty and I have no desire to cover them up.

I have one or two. I pluck them. I can't stand it because I get all OCD that they are the "odd ones out" so they have to go. DH thinks I'll be pretty with gray hair though and never wants me to dye it. IDK about that. 

poobear2015

I was planning on making Hayley's 1st bday ladybug cupcakes with red velvet cake. I thought it would be better than deep red icing. Now I'm rethinking it...eww.

 I always forget my UO too. But I usually have a good FFFC - and then forget to post.

Lawren

Justin Bieber looks like a lesbian.

sooner1981

This is super UO, especially in my state and among my group of friends/colleagues, and it involves politics, a topic I know we have tried to stay away from on this board.  So read at your own risk:

If Jesus had voted in this last presidential election, He would have voted for Obama.

A quote from the awesome TV show NewsRoom:

During Tea Party rallies and campaign speeches, we've been told that America was founded as a Christian nation and that if the Founding Fathers were here today, they'd tell us so. Here's John Adams in the Treaty of Tripoli-- "As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion--" And here's Thomas Jefferson-- "That our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions." And here's the First Amendment to the US Constitution-- "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." What's more frightening than the perversion of our great history is that sensible, smart, strong Republicans, the very men and women who should be standing up to radical fundamentalism, are so frightened of losing primary battles to religious zealots that they've thrown in the towel on sanity. It's ironic because the biggest enemy of the phony Republican isn't Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, it's this man (Jesus). He said, "Heal the sick, feed the hungry, care for the weakest among us, and always pray in private."

Ideological purity, compromise as weakness, a fundamentalist belief in scriptural literalism, denying science, unmoved by facts, undeterred by new information, a hostile fear of progress, a demonization of education, a need to control women's bodies, severe xenophobia, tribal mentality, intolerance of dissent, and a pathological hatred of US government. They can call themselves the Tea Party. They can call themselves conservatives. And they can even call themselves Republicans, though true Republicans certainly shouldn't. But we should call them what they are-- the American Taliban.

runrinserepeat

Sooner, I PPH you.

kittyh8r

This is apparently a big UO. 

I think the "would you bang him" thread is nasty. I would be sad if DH looked at pictures of other women and said "I'd bang her". I know it's all jokes...but I think it's gross. 

NatesLady1309

EmmaBoBemma:

This is apparently a big UO. 

I think the "would you bang him" thread is nasty. I would be sad if DH looked at pictures of other women and said "I'd bang her". I know it's all jokes...but I think it's gross. 

 

Took the words from my mouth. I think it's messed up that it's OK for women to look at hot guys like that but if our DHs/SOs look at other women then that's not OK. Please no one start the train of "but I don't care if DH look as long as he doesn't touch," "I don't care if he watches porn," etc. We've heard all that before on here. It still astounds me.

NatesLady1309

sooner1981:

This is super UO, especially in my state and among my group of friends/colleagues, and it involves politics, a topic I know we have tried to stay away from on this board.  So read at your own risk:

If Jesus had voted in this last presidential election, He would have voted for Obama.

A quote from the awesome TV show NewsRoom:

During Tea Party rallies and campaign speeches, we've been told that America was founded as a Christian nation and that if the Founding Fathers were here today, they'd tell us so. Here's John Adams in the Treaty of Tripoli-- "As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion--" And here's Thomas Jefferson-- "That our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions." And here's the First Amendment to the US Constitution-- "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." What's more frightening than the perversion of our great history is that sensible, smart, strong Republicans, the very men and women who should be standing up to radical fundamentalism, are so frightened of losing primary battles to religious zealots that they've thrown in the towel on sanity. It's ironic because the biggest enemy of the phony Republican isn't Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, it's this man (Jesus). He said, "Heal the sick, feed the hungry, care for the weakest among us, and always pray in private."

Ideological purity, compromise as weakness, a fundamentalist belief in scriptural literalism, denying science, unmoved by facts, undeterred by new information, a hostile fear of progress, a demonization of education, a need to control women's bodies, severe xenophobia, tribal mentality, intolerance of dissent, and a pathological hatred of US government. They can call themselves the Tea Party. They can call themselves conservatives. And they can even call themselves Republicans, though true Republicans certainly shouldn't. But we should call them what they are-- the American Taliban.

 

lancyjo

NatesLady1309:

EmmaBoBemma:

This is apparently a big UO. 

I think the "would you bang him" thread is nasty. I would be sad if DH looked at pictures of other women and said "I'd bang her". I know it's all jokes...but I think it's gross. 

 

Took the words from my mouth. I think it's messed up that it's OK for women to look at hot guys like that but if our DHs/SOs look at other women then that's not OK. Please no one start the train of "but I don't care if DH look as long as he doesn't touch," "I don't care if he watches porn," etc. We've heard all that before on here. It still astounds me.

NatesLady1309

lancyjo:

NatesLady1309:

EmmaBoBemma:

This is apparently a big UO. 

I think the "would you bang him" thread is nasty. I would be sad if DH looked at pictures of other women and said "I'd bang her". I know it's all jokes...but I think it's gross. 

 

Took the words from my mouth. I think it's messed up that it's OK for women to look at hot guys like that but if our DHs/SOs look at other women then that's not OK. Please no one start the train of "but I don't care if DH look as long as he doesn't touch," "I don't care if he watches porn," etc. We've heard all that before on here. It still astounds me.

Nice one. 

lancyjo

NatesLady1309:

lancyjo:

NatesLady1309:

EmmaBoBemma:

This is apparently a big UO. 

I think the "would you bang him" thread is nasty. I would be sad if DH looked at pictures of other women and said "I'd bang her". I know it's all jokes...but I think it's gross. 

 

Took the words from my mouth. I think it's messed up that it's OK for women to look at hot guys like that but if our DHs/SOs look at other women then that's not OK. Please no one start the train of "but I don't care if DH look as long as he doesn't touch," "I don't care if he watches porn," etc. We've heard all that before on here. It still astounds me.

Nice one. 

I just think that this horse is as dead as the political, BF vs formula, WAHM vs SAHM, and car seat horses. Why keep beating it. This comes up every what, 6 weeks?

The ladies who dislike that kind of thread can ignore it, the rest of us who see the humor in it can enjoy it.

I'm just not a fan of horse beating, in general.

ETA: I also think with the "would you bang him?" it's implied that the question is actually "WYBH if you weren't married and completely crazy about your hubs?" at least it is for me.

btartaroind

sooner1981:

This is super UO, especially in my state and among my group of friends/colleagues, and it involves politics, a topic I know we have tried to stay away from on this board.  So read at your own risk:

If Jesus had voted in this last presidential election, He would have voted for Obama.

A quote from the awesome TV show NewsRoom:

During Tea Party rallies and campaign speeches, we've been told that America was founded as a Christian nation and that if the Founding Fathers were here today, they'd tell us so. Here's John Adams in the Treaty of Tripoli-- "As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion--" And here's Thomas Jefferson-- "That our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions." And here's the First Amendment to the US Constitution-- "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." What's more frightening than the perversion of our great history is that sensible, smart, strong Republicans, the very men and women who should be standing up to radical fundamentalism, are so frightened of losing primary battles to religious zealots that they've thrown in the towel on sanity. It's ironic because the biggest enemy of the phony Republican isn't Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, it's this man (Jesus). He said, "Heal the sick, feed the hungry, care for the weakest among us, and always pray in private."

Ideological purity, compromise as weakness, a fundamentalist belief in scriptural literalism, denying science, unmoved by facts, undeterred by new information, a hostile fear of progress, a demonization of education, a need to control women's bodies, severe xenophobia, tribal mentality, intolerance of dissent, and a pathological hatred of US government. They can call themselves the Tea Party. They can call themselves conservatives. And they can even call themselves Republicans, though true Republicans certainly shouldn't. But we should call them what they are-- the American Taliban.

As a Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I couldn't disagree with the bolded statement more.

sooner1981

lancyjo:

I'm just not a fan of horse beating, in general.

Lancy2016-- "She is not a fan of killing horses!" 

I'd vote for you.

btartaroind

Lawren:

Justin Bieber looks like a lesbian.

DH says this constantly LOL.

sooner1981

btartaroind:

As a Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I couldn't disagree with the bolded statement more.

As a fellow Christian, I am grateful that we live in a country where we both have the right to disagree so fundamentally on this issue.

For the record, I did admit that my opinion was not popular, regardless of how strongly I believe it to be true.

btartaroind

sooner1981:

btartaroind:

As a Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I couldn't disagree with the bolded statement more.

As a fellow Christian, I am grateful that we live in a country where we both have the right to disagree so fundamentally on this issue.

For the record, I did admit that my opinion was not popular, regardless of how strongly I believe it to be true.

I can respect that.

fredpuma

kleMcK:

Sooner, I PPH you.

This.

coybig

a WYBHer thread for guys is always so much easier-  the answer is yes 99% of the time.

kittyh8r

lancyjo:

NatesLady1309:

lancyjo:

NatesLady1309:

EmmaBoBemma:

This is apparently a big UO. 

I think the "would you bang him" thread is nasty. I would be sad if DH looked at pictures of other women and said "I'd bang her". I know it's all jokes...but I think it's gross. 

 

Took the words from my mouth. I think it's messed up that it's OK for women to look at hot guys like that but if our DHs/SOs look at other women then that's not OK. Please no one start the train of "but I don't care if DH look as long as he doesn't touch," "I don't care if he watches porn," etc. We've heard all that before on here. It still astounds me.

Nice one. 

I just think that this horse is as dead as the political, BF vs formula, WAHM vs SAHM, and car seat horses. Why keep beating it. This comes up every what, 6 weeks?

The ladies who dislike that kind of thread can ignore it, the rest of us who see the humor in it can enjoy it.

I'm just not a fan of horse beating, in general.

ETA: I also think with the "would you bang him?" it's implied that the question is actually "WYBH if you weren't married and completely crazy about your hubs?" at least it is for me.

 

I WILL ignore the thread. Just throwing my UO out there because apparently it is unpopular. 

Lawren

jesse1117:

Lawren:

Justin Bieber looks like a lesbian.

I legit want to walk to North Carolina right now to high five you.

 

What's PPH?

Id love it!

Something Puffy Heart. Not quite sure what the whole abbreviation is.

runrinserepeat

Lawren:

jesse1117:

 What's PPH?

Id love it!

Something Puffy Heart. Not quite sure what the whole abbreviation is.

Pink puffy heart.

runrinserepeat

uws22:

a WYBHer thread for guys is always so much easier-  the answer is yes 99% of the time.

Lovely, dear.

lancyjo

sooner1981:

lancyjo:

I'm just not a fan of horse beating, in general.

Lancy2016-- "She is not a fan of killing horses!" 

I'd vote for you.

I'd vote for me too. I'm running, ladies! See you on the campaign trail!

coybig

just saying...  for women there's always justification, types, or whatever.  likes he's too pretty, or I like chiseled or beards or abs or uniforms.

men... not so much. 

Lawren

kleMcK:

uws22:

a WYBHer thread for guys is always so much easier-  the answer is yes 99% of the time.

Lovely, dear.

You two make me giggle

jmccall79

Yes, uws and Kle make me giggle too!

Uws, there was a post on the WYBH thread, from a guy!

On this note,  uws and Kle...would either of you get pissed if the other posted on the WYBH thread?  Just curious for a couple's perspective.  The thread reminds me of the Friends episode, where they revealed their "list".  That's how I think of this thread anyway...like there's any way in hell any of us women could ever get within 10 feet of Channing...or those other guys yall were drooling over.

lancyjo

EmmaBoBemma:

I WILL ignore the thread. Just throwing my UO out there because apparently it is unpopular. 

Fair enough.

coybig

jmccall79:

Yes, uws and Kle make me giggle too!

Uws, there was a post on the WYBH thread, from a guy!

On this note,  uws and Kle...would either of you get pissed if the other posted on the WYBH thread?  Just curious for a couple's perspective.  The thread reminds me of the Friends episode, where they revealed their "list".  That's how I think of this thread anyway...like there's any way in hell any of us women could ever get within 10 feet of Channing...or those other guys yall were drooling over.

nope, doesn't bother me.  and she can probably list a few of mine already. 

runrinserepeat

jmccall79:

On this note,  uws and Kle...would either of you get pissed if the other posted on the WYBH thread?  Just curious for a couple's perspective.  The thread reminds me of the Friends episode, where they revealed their "list".  That's how I think of this thread anyway...like there's any way in hell any of us women could ever get within 10 feet of Channing...or those other guys yall were drooling over.

He gave me the OK to post in it. I'd just rather not.