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August 2011 Moms
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UO Thursday!
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1.) I don't like the taste of anything diet (Diet Coke, Low-Cal Granola bars, etc). I would rather eat the "fatty" versions than taste aspartame.
2.) I don't think attachment parenting is very wise. Those are generally the kids that grow up and are wrapped around their parents legs (literally) or are hiding behind their parents when they meet people or have to be left with a sitter. It makes many of them socially awkward and/or clingy.
It irritates me when people are on diets and say that they changed from drinking regular soda to diet soda. It's not just the empty calories and real sugar that are bad for you in soda.
DRINK WATER!!! And YES, dieting is hard. Water does not taste good. If it was easy, everyone would be a perfect size two. Don't complain about how hard it is like it's a revelation.
I totally agree! And have bowed out of my friend's destination bachelorette, even though I'm a bridesmaid. 1 - I can't afford it due to being on maternity leave, 2 - I really don't want to leave my child for that long and 3 - I can't afford it!!!
I think traditional head table's at weddings, wherein you separate a married (or dating or engaged) couple so that you can have a pretty-pretty-princess table at your reception on your speshul day, are awful and ridiculous.
I'm glad I'm not alone. The party in question is in NOLA on May 11. We already planned to be there the 15-19 for my sister's graduation and some vacation. I bought the tickets 2 weeks ago and then the bride's sister called me yesterday to tell me about the party. Of course DH just wants to extend our vacation and all go together, but I really don't. The one sister of this girl that I do know drives me friggin nuts and I'm afraid we'd have an altercation if she was drunk. Plus, they all have more money than God and perfect bodies and I would feel like the poorly dressed frumpy cheap stepchild the whole time. I like the bride, and she is awesome to our family, but she is not my BFF and I always feel somehow inferior every time I spend time with her. Not her fault, mine, but still.
Okay here is mine I think it is really gross to rub lotion on yourself if you have not washed before yourself or that body part.
Example - I was at the doctor office and some lady came in there and sat down and decided to rub lotion on her feet/arms.
The worst part she was wearing sandals so you could see dirt on the soles of her feet but yet she still rubbed lotion on!
I just feel as if you are rubbing dirt into your skin with lotion.
What!!!???? K - that's just disgusting. I so hope she washed her hands after!
Interesting. Do elaborate
I think it's stupid too! We had a "head table" that accommodated the wedding party + their SO's. No one even sat there lol. No one ever does!
My UO: I think AEs and MUD are generally funny. The people that get so worked up over them are silly, why did that ruin your day? It makes my day go faster...
Name names!
I don't think you should go. It sounds like you would be miserable. Don't pay all that money just to have a crappy time. Your 2nd last sentence made me sad. You are every bit as "good" as she is.
I'm pretty sure this is not unpopular, but here goes. I hate when friends ask me for money. I don't care if you sell 31 or Avon or Amway or Visalus. Please don't let it take over your life and every effing conversation or social event you have. And PLEASE don't let it take over your FB. I will delete you, in a quick minute. Only my cousin is exempt and I have just blocked her posts, because she is family. If I see one more status trying to get me to buy something from one of my friends, I'm going to gouge out my eyes. Yes, sell what you want, but don't spam me or play on my sympathy to get me to shell out my hard earned money for *** I don't need just because you sell it. Its frigging aggravating. If I need something, you will be the first person I contact, I promise. Your FB should be a SOCIAL networking site, not your business.
And I just defriended someone. She started selling Avon this weekend and has already admonished everyone on her friends list who didn't immediately go sign up for a newsletter on her site. Every status is about some special or is a badly taken picture of their brochure. I bet Avon would be pissed.
FB is the BEST place to promote your business but I think people doing so should have a personal page and a page dedicated to their business. That way you can decide not to "friend" the business page and still see your friends personal page.
I understand and in a way this is me. A couple of years ago someone that grew up in the same area DH did (not a freind of his but someone he had heard of) died. This is how I get the story -- He died because they were too close to the river at night in their truck to watch the spring flooding waters rush by and they either drove in/ or the bank gave in and the truck was washed away. There were 3 in the truck but only the one who couldn't swim died. He was the driver and all were drunk. I expressed to my husband that the people saying what a traject (sp?) accident, that I didn't feel story for the guy as he was drunk. My husband told me to just shut up.
Just for background I had two Aunts I will never meet as they died at ages 18 and 15? They were killed by a drunk driver from the party they had left having decided not to drink. I think 7 or 8 teenagers were killed. So even though my oldest brother does it too often, drunk driving really upsets me, and I don't feel very sorry when a dunk driver gets punished for killing someone else or kills themself.
So yep I am a ass and family hipocrit too I guess
That's what I was getting at. Just because we are friends doesn't mean I need to buy stuff from you. Our friendship should not be about money. I agree that promoting a business using a business page is a great idea. My beef is with people who use their personal page for such things.
I have a bunch of friends that sell Scentsy, some that sell Thirty-One, and a ton more that sell Lia Sophia. The worst part for me is when they keep pestering me over and over and over again to host a show at my house.
Look-- I understand you are trying to make money, but for me to go out and spend $100 on food/alcohol and spend a 1/2 day cleaning...it isn't worth the 'discount' to me.
Opposites attract! This is why I like you so much. You are one of my favorites on this board.
And thanks. I thought the name was a good choice, too.
I hate avon, mary kay, lia sophia, ect too.
I refuse to even host a party asking my friends, co-workers, and/or family to buy. Not even for my cousin/maid of honor who now sells tastefully simple. Sorry
And just a weird FB post. I know someone who sells mary kay and has 1 child- a less than 6 month daughter and posted in her FB status if anyone was intrested in a mother/daughter Mary Kay party---really how are you suppose to host with a baby??
I totally agree!!! We had a sweetheart table and one big "party" table for our attendants and their SO's. I always thought it was awkward and sort of disrespectful to expect people in committed relationships to be split up for the meal/toasts/cake. And the exscuse of "you only have to eat at the head table and then you can sit wherever you want" doesn't fly.
I just started selling and the specials that you get are awesome...if someone tells me they do not want to do a party or what not then I will take you off my list. I WILL post it on my facebook because I want people to know what is going on. I love the stuff I sell and want to share it with my friends and family. Just like anything else on the internet skip over it when you see it...and if it really does bother you that much take me off your page. For me I do it for fun and to get the deals...I love bags and if I can get them cheap why not. I am not saying you have to have a party or even order just putting the info out. I have tons of friends that sell other things and even before this I just read over it when they post like the games and what not FB.
I'd actually like to backstory where this came from...
My H was just in our good friend's wedding. It was our first (and only) night we've had apart from the baby, and he was at the head table, while I was at a table waaaaaaaay in the back (with many other very dear dear friends to me, so I had a great time still!! But would've been nice to see my H...I literally couldn't even SEE HIM!!)...not only was it irritating to be separated like that our one night away from baby, but THEN!...after dinner they kept everyone seated while the DJ did musical chairs for people to win centerpieces and a pot of cash, their first dance, the parent dances, a newlyweds type game, and the speeches. THEN we could all dance and mingle. We stayed until the end of the reception and our time apart was equivalent to the time we had to dance and be together.
I adore these friends of ours, but I think it showed a bit of thoughtlessness on their part to invite a couple with a 6 month old baby to their wedding (and not invite baby), and then not even allow them the opportunity to have a meal together with friends on what (I imagine it has to be impossible for them to not realize?!) is a rare treat of a night away. Just...perhaps it's something they'll think more about when they have kids someday...? I don't know.
We did have a head table (the way our venue was laid out, with a very central "stage" area, it really made sense)...but we had our wedding party, and their SO's up there with us. It actually irritated our venue coordinator b/c he said SO's wouldn't be dressed the same and the table would not "look right"...baffling to me.
Anyway...it's been a month, and I'm still really annoyed by the thoughtlessness of it. And the bachelorette post made me think of it.
Anywho...
My uncle and I had this argument over people who have a large piece of chocolate cake and nonfat milk. I *prefer* nonfat milk to whole or 2% (in large glass of milk form). I know that seems odd to some, but I do. I think it's somehow colder, crisper, and more pleasing to me to eat with a rich dessert.
Now, in my coffee? Full-fat dairy > anything less than full fat. But to drink, I prefer non fat.
Here's one: I think cow's milk is nasty. Actually, I think all milk is nasty as a beverage. I'm good with using it to bake or make cheese, but the texture of the liquid makes me want to puke. I think it is because I have year-round allergies and milk protein makes phlegm thicker. I have always hated it.
I will not force Sparky to drink milk if he doesn't want to.
*High Five* I thought I was the only one who thinks milk is nasty. Everyone I know looks at me like I am a freak for not drinking milk. They always ask "Well, what do you drink with cookies?" Apparently it's impossible to eat a cookie without milk.
Oh, I eat plenty of cookies (or did before my sugar ban). ANd I usually ate them with a diet coke. Nutrition fail, party of one! I don't even have diet coke anymore. hmph.
DH's family thinks I'm nuts. They all drink large glasses of it every night with dinner. BLECK.
Me too! I still remember when I was like 4 and I drank my last cup of milk. It was in this orange Tupperware cup, and I slammed it down and told my mother that I wasn't going to drink milk ever again, and I never did. She thinks that I was allergic to it and it made me feel sick, but I was too young to explain how it made me feel, so I just stopped drinking it. I don't even put it in cereal - I eat it dry.
Ha! No wonder we are IRL friends
I eat cereal dry or with greek yogurt. Never with milk. I think the milk left in the cereal bowl is one of the most disgusting things on the planet, especially when its a colored sugary cereal. GROSS!
DH microwaves his milk before he pours in the cereal. ::shudder::