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MrsGoodkat
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UO Thursday
MrsGoodkat
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In light of all the football posts here and on FB, I'll kick off (heh) by saying I think football sucks and the fact that people have to arrange for their kids not to be around so they can concentrate on the game for 3 hours just seems stupid to me.
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Re: UO Thursday
My UO: I don't see why we're having a debate over football while the thread is still active.
I think this UO belongs in the football thread.
I see your point but to tell your wife to keep the kid entertained so you can veg out and watch football every Sunday for the next few months seems a bit much. At least if we were going on a date to the movies it would be something enjoyable for both of us.
Yeah, I was so tempted to buy Betsy one of those smocked donkey outfits from Remember Nguyen but I just couldn't pull the trigger. They're adorable, but I don't want to use her to make my own political statement.
Blasphemy!! Football is awesome. lol.
I think it's important for parents to get regular alone time sans kids to do things they enjoy doing. Spending ~8 Sunday afternoons a year to watch a 3 hour game alone without interruptions isn't that big a deal IMO.
MY UO (or not) is that I think old people are freaking adorable. There was an elderly couple in our cafeteria yesterday and the man reminded me so much of my grandfather who passed away last Christmas. He started talking to me about what I was going to eat and I wanted to give him a hug and ask him if I could adopt him. My grandfather and I were extremely close and this gentleman reminded me how much I miss him.
And now I'm worried about them because I work in a hospital and I'm wondering why they were here.
I think people who live in flood prone areas are silly to stay during a hurricane.
This is specifically for those people that flood during a normal rain storm. Obviously a hurricane is going to be worse than a normal summer thunderstorm and you are silly enough to think you can "ride it out" in the mean time you are putting people in harms way in hurricane strength winds to get your floodedass out.
Yeah I guess like I said in the other thread my judgment is clouded by the fact that getting "me" time is rare for me so if my husband told me to keep the kid away from him every Sunday so he could watch sports I'd be hurt, especially since he spends so few hours with him/us during the week as it is.
I agree about not liking football. When I was in HS I was in marching band and used to bring a book to the games to have something to do because watching the game was boring.
During the 2008 election I dressed DD1 in blue the day of the election, so subtly political. I plan on dressing both kids in blue this year and bringing them with me to the polls so they see voting happen!
My unpop op: I'm fuckings excited for DD1 to start K today and my only disappointment is that we still have half day in my town. I love being a SAHM and having her, but she needs far more stimulation than I give her (I could never homeschool lol) and we're both happier during the school year. I feel like the only mom who doesn't want to cry today unless it's tears of joy lol!
I agree wholeheartedly. As much as I want to believe that he shares my beliefs, I think it's best to leave him out of it until he's old enough to decide.
I guess it depends. DH and I are fans of different teams and there are 16 games in the season. That's 32 games total. It's a bit much for us to keep the kids away from each other 32 times in 4 months. And I fully expect my teams to makes the playoffs so that adds more time. Plus we like to watch MNF regardless of the team.
Yeah, in your situation that makes sense. I'm also a SAHM, but my DH works 8 hours a day, my kids go to daycare one afternoon a week so I get alone time, and we have family in the area which means we do have regular babysitters/time away from the kids. I would probably feel differently if I had zero help with my kids. The way our lives are set up having a few hours of alone time isn't overly stressful to one person.
lol Pretty sure I never actually watched any football games I went to in HS! That was free socializing. haha
I like some pretty dull sports (baseball, soccer) but I hope my kids aren't interested in playing football. I was watching the Today show this morning and they were talking about the new study that just game out about NFL players and brain diseases and it's just awful. I don't watch boxing or UFC or any of that either because it just seems barbaric at times.
Seasonal clothing rules do not apply to children. I prefer to dress my son in white or pale blue year round.
See and this makes a huge difference. I work full time and many days my DH doesn't get home from work until long after our son is in bed. We have no family or friends local to us so it's me. If you consider that we have roughly 13 hours of family time on Saturday and Sunday and DH takes 3 to "himself" and I take 3 to "myself" and we need at least two hours to errands, clean and do laundry (and who am I kidding, it takes more than that, all told), that doesn't leave a lot of time once you add in a long nap each day. I have no issues with alone time but there's got to be balance.
My house is a sport free zone- so glad my DH isn't into sports.
I don't follow politics at all
I don't like "leashes" on children
That's all I have right now...
DH and I are both fans too and we stay home together. He helps out more with the kids during my game and vice versa. We also watch MNF every week, but that's after the kids' bedtimes so it's easy.
With that being said, if I wasn't a fan and DH wanted a few hours alone a few Sundays a year to watch it uninterrupted, I'd be totally cool with it.
You know, I have thought this as well.
Right, but it's 8 Sundays a year. I don't know, if I worked full time I think I'd like 3 hours alone to spend time with the kids and do something fun with them one on one. Plus I'm assuming that long nap must fall at least in part during part of the game, so that's even less time you have to plan away. I guess that's easy to say as an outsider looking in though.
Dude, where do you keep getting 8? There are 14 weekend day games this season for his team. That's a lot of outings on my own.
Ah, I was going off the pats schedule of day games. They only have 8 one oclock games. The rest are evening and/or Monday night games.
You could always meet in the middle and let him do every other day game alone so it's only 7 games you have to find something to do. Compromise is good.
My grandparents like to go eat at the hospital cafeteria just b/c they like it. Maybe that's why the couple you saw was there. Or maybe their granddaughter just had a baby or was about to.
I'm going to bandwagon on some existing UOs.
Football sucks. Mavericks rule. Or they will. Again. Someday. And it will be glorious.
I have realized that Ian Somerhalder, as himself, is not cute. I do not like his style and the scruff and hair and bleh. However, Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore is absolutely worth salivating over. /drool
White chocolate chip cookies are awesome, and may trump normal chocolate chip cookies. I made three dozen last night except they came out way cakier than what is shown here.
ETA: I really want to say that I will raise my kid to be openminded enough that if he is Republican it is okay because he is deciding that for himself. But its not okay. And I dont know if I could hide my disappointment if he was. Because social issues though. All the fiscal sense in the world is no good if they take people's rights away in the process.
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This is A's reply to the FB discussion:
I have to write this before I forget, so forgive me if someone actually already said this (I'll go back and read it after).
My UO is that I HATE when girls wear pink jerseys for sports teams.
First of all, you should be proud to wear your team colors. I wear Brown and Orange for my football team and it's ugly, but it makes me happy to wear it.
Second of all, you can't tell what team you are wearing unless you look very very closely.
That's all, now off to read.
My UO is that I HATE wedges (shoes) they are ugly. I don't care who you are, they ruin outfits.
OMG! I whole heartedly agree! I hate that thrend and hope it DIAF. I don't bleed Husker pink, I bleed Husker red dammit! And how are you supposed to know who the enemy is if you're all wearing pink?
Yes, yes, yes!! I hate the pink jerseys for girls. My DD wears the real team colours and so do I (granted with her I sometimes pair her jersey with pink leggings or a denim skirt because I get tired of the "what a cute little boy" comments if we're out and about). Thankfully my mom and sister are also of the same opinion on pink jerseys (we used to make fum of the people that wore them at the games) so there's no danger of DD ever being given a pink jersey.
I don't think you really *need* to babyproof the crap out of your house. Sure, moving stuff that's dangerous out of reach? I'm on board with that. We have locks on one cabinet, some covers on light switches that are within their reach and that's it--that's the exent of our babyproofing. Otherwise they go in our cabinets and pull out tupperwear/pots and pans all the time.
I suppose I shouldn't confess we don't have gates on the stairs and my kids walk up/down them all day long.
ITA. I also agree that brown and orange is ugly. Go Steelers!
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So, I say to each their own.
i think it's silly not to babyproof things that have a dangerous learning curve such as chemical cleaners and knives, but everything doesn't need babyproofed IMO.
We just locked up the dangerous stuff and babyproofed things that became a hassle to me when played with.
Please enlighten us, because to me the only purpose is to say "oh I'm just here to support my SO, I dont really understand all this stuff."
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