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November 2012 Moms
Sprite2012
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UO Thursday
Sprite2012
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It's that time of the week again. Let's hear those unpopular opinions...
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Re: UO Thursday
My UO will stem from your UO, Sprite, but mine will get me in trouble and I don't even care. I'm tired of the American Public being so freakin dumb about politics. All anyone talks about is how Romney is a mormon or how his wife is the "All American Mom", or tax returns, or birth certificates, and who has more business experience. First off, dummies, this is a COUNTRY not a business. They SHOULD NOT have the same goals, and being a great business leader does not mean that you are a great political leader. Second off, why do we care about religions, birth certificates, or tax returns when we have 99 problems and piece of paper ain't one? I want to hear just one of these a$$hats have an actual plan about how to fix real issues, like public education, our poisoned food supply (don't read the labels on what you eat, you're happier not knowing), the real heart of our economic problems, etc...
I'm tired of everyone being stupid, and if these guys are our best and brightest, we are super screwed. Have a brain and get mad, America. Because I haven't seen a single candidate since I was old enough to vote who WASN'T an idiot.
Go ahead, flame me now.
I think people who don't travel with their kids are doing them a tremendous disservice as parents. I get not everyone has the money to take European vacations or a week at Disneyland, but travel SOMEWHERE! I read an article that said something ridiculous like 95% of the US population lives within an hour of a historic site or national park. Sure, it might not be Ellis Island, but hop in the car for an hour and show your kids the world's largest ball of yarn or a peanut farm Jimmy Carter worked on that one summer. They should stay in a hotel and eat at a nice restaurant once when they're young, even if you have to scrape to do it. It will give them a great memorable experience, they will learn how to behave outside of their comfort zone, and they might even talk to you about something other than whatever video game kids are playing these days.
I don't think it's too much of a coincidence that when I meet someone who is narrow-minded, bigoted, not well educated, or just doesn't know how to behave in public in general (like my 37 y/o coworker who JUST learned to put a napkin on her lap during client meetings), they "don't travel."
Pick me, pick me! I'm in a snarky mood after having no electricity for almost 24 hours, so..
1. I'm tired of seeing people freak out about their doctors prescribing them medicine while they're pregnant. Do you honestly think your doctor would prescribe you something that is harmful for you baby? They don't go through 10-12 years of school/training for nothing, you know; and I highly doubt your "intuition" about it is more correct than your doctor.
2. People who take the internet too seriously. Srsly? We're all a bunch of clique-y broads who do nothing but bully everyone else around here, apparently. Maybe if you quit lurking and posting once every two months, people would have a rapport with you and avidly welcome your input. Also, don't expect to post something on a public forum, which hundreds of people frequent, and not to recieve any form of criticism. Not everyone thinks the way you do, for the love of Batman!
3. Summer is overrated.
Ironmom, YOU are my new favorite person :-) My husband and I have traveled this entire world, and then did it again and again. We take international trips AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. I thrive in different cultures, different countries, different cities and I absolutely don't understand people who NEVER GO ANYWHERE. I'm judgey, I know, but I can't believe the teeny-tiny world some people live in. Never reaching for the stars, never testing their limits, never stepping outside their comfort zone for even a day. It boggles my mind.
Before I found out I was pregnant, my husband and I were planning to be out of the country the entire month of August. I booked a 10-day yoga retreat in Bali and then we were going to travel a few other islands, and finish the trip by backpacking Sumatra. Obviously, plans changed....and guess what...I postponed the entire trip and added a little person to our plans for August 2013. My son will see this world and I want to be the one to show him. One of my girlfriends said, "He is so lucky to be able to travel with his parents". Honestly, I can't imagine us living our lives or raising our child any other way.
FWIW, DH has traveled extensively in the military, I spent a summer in Italy. Every summer when my SDs are here we visit TONS of things. We go to all the monuments and museums in DC, next year I think we will do Philly and/or Gettysburg. When we travel, we eat at the famous local joint. We don't have a lot of money but we expose them to as many different things as possible. They have a blast even though my mom thinks we are "boring" and "no fun" for wanting to take them.
-In fact, we are taking little one on vacation next week, we'll be going to Wears Valley, TN
She won't remember it, but I don't care- I love showing her new places and letting her experience new things.
I think its kind of neat, because my DH has traveled within the US, and I've traveled outside the US- so its kinda cool when we get to go places and 'show' each other around!
Big sister meeting little brother for the first time-
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My BF is a cop and you have no idea how often he makes similar comments about that. Pretty much every time he drives he makes some comment like, "That should be illegal."
I guess for my UO I will hop on the political bandwagon too.
That's my other UO. I don't understand when people say, "Oh, we can't... the baby!" Um, yeah, well, I heard they passed a law that kids are now allowed to go to Disneyland! Shocker! (I will admit though, I use the baby as an excuse for things I don't WANT to do. Like camping with college friends. In reality, I just don't like them enough to sleep outside in the NY autumn for them. But it seems nicer to just say I don't know when the baby will come.)
With us, things will be tight for a few years, so we're just getting creative for vacation. Strap on the baby and go on a bunch of day trips until we can save up for the big ones.
ETA: Miles- she won't remember it, but you will. We've had a trip planned for the last year with my family to Disney next summer. No way the baby will remember it, but it will be those pictures I'm getting all sniffly over when I drop him off at college.
I love this so much. My mom thinks I'm being snobby because I want to take my kids on vacations that are more versatile than your traditional Philly area shore or mountains trips. Will we do both of those things, absolutely. But I also wanna take them to Italy, or Ireland, or on a carribean cruise, even if it's just once. I want them to eat "weird things", and speak a language that isn't English. Mostly, I want them to experience everything this world has to offer them. I'm not sure how that's snobby, but if it is, I'll take it
Sigh. How nice it would be to be able to plan trips like that! But DH and I do travel and make room in our (rather tight) budget for it, it's important to us and we have high hopes of showing our kids at least this country, if not others.
And you can add me to the "tired of politics" camps. I've been tired of it since before I could vote, mostly the mudslinging and childishness of it all. I think that's a big reason why I'm as clueless as I am. I just can't bring myself to pay attention to it all. I'm also beginning to think that there will never be ONE person good enough to lead this country to improvement. And four years really isn't long enough to make improvements. It's more than enough time to screw things up even more but I don't know if it's enough time to really make things better.
I wish TB had a like button. I like everything everyone has said so far
Although if EVERYONE hates the current political system, WHY do we still have it??? IT'S STUPID!!!
I'm tired of the "junk" in my facebook feed. I don't want to see advertisements for shelter animals that I cannot adopt. I don't want to see stupid videos of adults acting like teenagers. I don't want to see every.single.person's political opinion. I don't care how much your life sucks or how you "finally know who your true friends are" or how much you hate your ex. I don't want to see what you ate for dinner. Don't ask me to sign your frivolous petitions. And for the love of Tom, stop posting the "duck-face, peace sign, half-naked bikini, "I'm trying to look cool without actually looking like I'm trying to be cool" pictures.
*Disclaimer- I know I can delete said folks or easier myself from facebook, but this is "whine about it to internet strangers Thursday", right?*
I can't tell you how many side-eyes and strange looks I've been given about taking my infant to Indonesia. I just respond with, "Well, I've actually been there a few times, and surprisingly, they have babies in Indonesia!". In fact, I've seen babies and children on every single continent on this entire planet, except Antarctica!
I get tired of the mudslinging. Grow up! Stand for something other than how bad youre trying to make your opponent out to be. Because of these tactics, it's almost impossible to figure out who supports what. And if they do support something, it's because their big money backers tell them to. Makes me sick.
I agree our country is broken. We used to be the standard for the rest if the world. Now we're a laughingstock. I don't know how to fix it. I don't know if anyone does. But somebody better do something or I feel like there will be a revolution to deal with.
Attention, all PP:
None of these are UOs! I agree with all of them! When does it ever happen that we're all in agreement on a day like this?
I have two.
1. I find it absolutely ridiculous that Ann Romney chose to discuss her miscarriage in interviews recently. I preface this by saying I've had 5 myself, so I do know the devastation. I get that. But it was like 20 years ago. Why is it being brought up now, and what does it have to do with the election?! And WHY do we need to know this?
2. Unless your family and ILs are spread across the country, I have NO idea why you need more than one bridal and/or baby shower. Why can't your families just have one function together?! I guess I can see people at your job throwing you a shower separately because most times they wouldn't be invited to your shower, but I just really don't understand the need for more than one for family and friends. I have a big family and will presumably have a large shower, so I'm not sure I see that as a valid reason why you'd ever need more than one celebration per event.
ETA: 3. I hate people that don't vote and b!tch for four years about how they disagree with every decision our President (whoever they may be at that time) makes. You didn't vote? You don't get an opinion.
I was just thinking that!! Why is it that we agree MOST when it's supposed to be an UO? lol Yet any other topic.. trivial or not.. turns into the Jerry Springer show! Hahaha
About the multiple showers... I agree but there are times that it's easier all around to just have seperate showers. I have a large family but it's due to divorce and remarriage, mostly. It's easier to have seperate showers so everyone doesn't have to be in the same room together!! lol I'll probably end up having 2 or more. I'd prefer they all get over it for just a few hours.. but what can you do? If different people want to host, I'll just show up.. lol
My UO stems off of the voting thing but it's not just for voting! In ANY situation.. if you don't have any kind of input into the decision making process, you can not complain about the result! Where was your opinion when it mattered?? lol I hate when people leave all choices up to someone else then B!TCH about it forever. UGH!
I know so many people who say they aren't wasting their time voting this election (or last) because it won't make a difference. Fine, okay. Don't whine about it though the entire dang time. I totally agree with the "You didn't vote? You don't get an opinion."
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I heard something somewhere along the lines of "I've eaten at restaurants, but I don't claim to be a chef. I've been to the dentist before but I can't perform a root canal. Just because you have been a student doesn't make you an education expert"
As teachers, we just learn the new reforms and try to adapt as best as possible. Sure, there are bad teachers, just like there are bad employees in any field. But the few bad teachers get such a large amount of attention when there are SO many great teachers out there just doing the best we can! Dear politicans: butt out.
I have been thinking on this too.
I really think that, right now most of all, her DH and Ryan need some lady votes. I hate to think of anyone "using" m/c as a vote getter, but my knee jerk reaction is to empathize with her. Even though I hate hate Romney/Ryan's stances when it comes to women's issues.
I think R/R are trying to appeal to women in anyway possible.
My UO: I think Ryan is cute. Douchey but cute.
BFP #1- 11/7/10 ~EDD 7/20/11 ~M/C (bo) 12/6/10 @ 8wks ~Missing my Little Firework
BFP #2- 9/11/11 ~EDD 5/25/12 ~M/C (mmc10w)11/4/11 @ 11wks ~Missing my May Flower
BFP #3- 02/21/12 ~EDD 11/1/12 Audrey Lee Born 11/4/2012
BFP #4 ~EDD 6/20/14 stick baby stick!
I definitely think it was to try to garner more female voters, but honestly? I feel sad for her that it happened, but I feel more sad that she brought it up to try to help her husband win an election. Not a fan of people that play the sympathy card for personal gain.
And I agree exactly with your UO.
Ok, so my UO comes from a show I found on Discovery Health the other day. It's called extreme parenting, and it shows families who have parenting techniques that are not the norm. I was intrigued because, as an anthropologist major, I live for learning about what our society does. Well I watched this one family who did not put their children through school, and did not even home school them. I did not know this could exist, and what surprised me was the fact that both parents held college degrees. They let their children learn on their own, with everything. I mean they will go to museums and such and let the kids learn things there, but they do not sit their kids down and teach them their ABC's, or how to do math etc. They learn these things by watching what others do and what they see on TV or play in video games. They also let their children choose when to eat, when to sleep, when to bathe, etc. I mean, to each their own and if this is how you want to raise your kids go for it, but the question I feel that never really got answered is, what will these kids do when they grow up and need to get jobs? The parents explained that they have "other alternatives" for people who do not attend a traditional college/schooling, but they never really explained what they were. DH is an educator himself and when he came home and watched this he had a literal argument with the television (kind of amusing lol). I just do not understand how these children will know how to survive in the work force, especially when right now they are free to do as they please. What if they want to be a doctor? How will they get into med school? Will they even be able to handle the structure of med school? Personally I feel like these children are being denied certain life achievements and valuable life lessons and experiences that goes along with school. I would like to more about it because I don't think you can get the whole story by watching a 30 minute segment of their lives, but my first reaction is to just feel so sorry for those kids!!
My UO is listening blindly to your doctor about medication. Doctors get ENORMOUS kickbacks from big pharm companies to pimp their products. Research on a lot of drugs is sketchy at best. Welcome to living in a world where the leading cause of liver failure is acetominophen, and we pop pills like they're candy.
I agree that "intuition" shouldn't play into it, but a healthy appreciation for how dangerous ALL drugs are is a good thing.
This. This is a huge gripe of mine. I practice law, and if a lawyer was taking kickbacks from a third party -- whether it influenced their actions or not -- they would be disbarred immediately. Why this is acceptable in medicine is beyond me.
12/1/11 BFP, missed m/c diagnosed @ 9w2d
?Unless your family and ILs are spread across the country, I have NO idea why you need more than one bridal and/or baby shower. Why can't your families just have one function together?! I guess I can see people at your job throwing you a shower separately because most times they wouldn't be invited to your shower, but I just really don't understand the need for more than one for family and friends. I have a big family and will presumably have a large shower, so I'm not sure I see that as a valid reason why you'd ever need more than one celebration per event?
I guess your family is nothing like mine. My mother and step mother don't do well in the same room. Growing up, I can count the times my mother and father actually spoke to one another on one hand. They were all emergencies and major life events. All regular communication was by note through me. The two families can politely coexist through things that you can only have one of, like my prom, or my graduation, or my wedding. But I always had two birthdays, two Christmases, two thanksgivings, etc. If you can do two, I got two. I prefer that to situations like my dance recitals, graduation, and wedding, where I would go stand with one parent/family, have my picture taken and say hi, then run to the other family on the other side of everything for the same thing. I always felt like a ping pong ball. But THAT is why I always have two. My mom's family has one, and my dad's family has one, and I'm not sure we really know how to do it any other way.
Same here. We'd have taken DS to Colombia with us when he was 3 months old, if we could have. His adoption wasn't final yet, so we couldn't leave the country (so off to Branson we went
). We went to England last year. This year would have been Costa Rica with a 2 yr old, but I'll be around 33 weeks and while technically could still probably fly, my Dr. said it's a no go. Next year, we'll probably take the 3 yr old and the not yet 1 yr old to Costa Rica (hmm or maybe Argentina).
Also really sick of the politcs here. All politicians lie! Even the ones I sort of like. It is so dissappointing. I'd just not vote, but what the extreme religious right has coming out of some Republican mouths these days (whether they actually believe it or are just pandering) will get me to to polls to vote against them if nothing else (I'm looking at you Todd Akin).
THIS. YES. OMG. I HEART YOU.
We don't have internet at home, so I rarely Bump from a place other than my phone, and that used to be no problem. Then, a few weeks ago, I was redirected to TB's mobile site... Eh, I tried it, and totally prefer the fullsite version which my android phone is perfectly capable of navigating. Now, I can click the "full site" link at the bottom of the page even my bookmarked pages to to mobile! But within a few clicks, it automatically redircts to the mobile page.
Is it my phone? I can't figure out in the settings how to fix this, and no other site gives me this problem.
The only thing I do like is the reply section for the message boards... For some reason, on the full site version, my phone doesn't see the reply box as a text box, so hitting the "enter" key doesn't work, and using the shift or alt buttons can be tricky.
But as I mostly lurk, and only occasionally comment, I'd rather have the fullsite version. If I want the mobile site, I'll go there myself, I don't like being redirected.
rant over
I guess this is more a BM, but I had to get it out!