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Confessions of the FFF variety.
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Re: Confessions of the FFF variety.
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I kinda want to skip Valentine's Day this year. It just seems like too much trouble for an over-commercialized, made-up holiday. I am sure my husband would be 100% fine with this, which is one reason why we're so good together. But once in a while I worry that our mutual sense of practicality and lack of sentimentality will have us sleeping in separate beds by the time our kid is in college, KWIM?
FFFC: I really don't care about the Obama's, Palin's, or any politician/celebrities personal life. I don't care about Princess Kate's pregnancy. People can't seriously believe what they see portrayed to them through orchestrated media releases and events is real.
My DH & I sleep seperate pretty often now.
Piet Mondrian painted color-block pieces in the early twentieth century. My avatar is a small portion of one of his works:
Yes, the standard Bump avatars. I have to take a few extra seconds to see who it is and make sure it's not an AE. Most of the time, it's not, so there's that.
I confess I have eaten too many tootsie rolls this week.
I love Mondrian! A lot of commercial products have ripped off his paintings, though. Isn't there some hair product company with similar packaging? Imitation is the best form of flattery, right?
omgosh do you have Discover? Their commercials say they forgive that stuff!!!!!!!!!
Speaking of which.. I love this new commercial of theirs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am13QuDpokk
COPY THAT
I think it's good to acknowledge it but keep it simple. Same for our anniversary. We don't do gifts for either but we'll do a card/love note, or plan a nicer dinner or put aside money for take-out so we can relax together, something like that. That way there isn't high expectation or pressure to do something really nice but there's still the feeling of being thought of/appreciated/whatever on a special day. Not that you can't write love notes any day of the year (and random love notes are better than V-Day ones imo!) but for husbands like mine it's a nice reminder on the calendar to take a moment to stop and pick up a card or something since it's not the type of thing that crosses his mind often. He's an awesome husband and always telling me he loves me but writing/cards aren't really his thing and when I get them, I cherish them and put them away in a box. I'd like one day for my kids to go through the box and have the cards and letters to read as a reminder of how much DH and I loved each other. I don't have any for my parents and it always kinda bummed me out. My kids may not care, especially if I only have boys, but who knows.
I think "shared time" (or whatever they call it) is one of my main "love languages" so cuddling is pretty important to me, but I know for some couples that's not a priority, and that's cool too.
Oh, I'm not offended at all. haha. I just think it's funny that we already do this. It's mostly because he has a bad back and can't sleep some nights. He also likes to sleep with the tv on and I can't. I love sleeping alone honestly.
OMG, I would fall over dead with shock if my husband wrote me a love letter. He does many other things well, but he is definitely not a man of words.
We haven't exchanged gifts in years, but we usually go out to dinner and/or drinks for occasions like this. Dinner is always fun, but I am tired and the whole idea of arranging a sitter and reservations and stuff just sounds like too much work.
LOL it doesn't happen often here which is probably why I'm always so thrilled when it does! I tell him I'd rather he write me a note than spend money on anything.
And I hear ya about going out. It's too much work now with DS. I'd just rather stay in with Chinese and a DVD.
What the heck kind of restaurant puts Mondrian-esque paintings on the wall? Weird.
DH and I sleep in separate beds and it hasn't hurt our relationship.
DH has had (football) recruiting every weekend this month and is exhausted and needs a break. My confession is that I've rather enjoyed this time because I've been taking DD down the mountain to hang out with my parents and go to Target and other real stores we don't have.
I sometimes have more fun with my family when DH is not around because my mom and I are "errands queen" and roll at the same pace.
Mine is inspired by the "are you passive" thread last week (or was that this week?)
I confess that I've been trying to have more of a backbone lately, and not be so much of a pushover/people pleaser, especially when I would end up getting screwed because of it.
Well, it totally backfired on me at work and now I look like the bad guy because I finally said no to something instead of just being a "yes person" all the time.
My college roommate used to get up at 6 a.m. to poo before everyone else was up and she'd frequently end up in there for an hour because she fell asleep on the toilet.
I absolutely love this time of year. I follow college football recruiting pretty closely.
Sorry bout your husband being busy!
DH wants SIL to come for a visit this weekend. I am having some issues with my medications which are making me feel less than stellar. While I know I could push through through it, this isn't worth it to me. I want to use it as an excuse to have a relaxing weekend without company. I am already starting to feel guilty and may end up giving in.
LOL this is us. We love each other to death but we're not romantic. Valentine's Day means nothing to us and on our anniversary we normally make some quip about having made it one more year without feeling homicidal toward each other yet :-p
I don't know what happened, but just saying no doesn't make you a bad guy. If the other person was upset, I'm sorry. But you're still not a bad guy. You should be able to say no without being made to feel like a jerk.
ROFL over on VolNation, we have been making so much fun of this decision.
Someone made a comment about how his "southern drawl" will be offputting to the rest of the country.
If Lou "Slobbers" Holtz can provide football analysis and commentary.... Anyone can.
Thanks Rondack. It just turned into something a lot bigger than it should have, and now the other person is going around telling other co-workers something that is completely untrue. Which is making me look like the bad guy.
To stick with the backbone trend though, I let her know that I didn't appreciate her talking to the other co-workers about the situation, especially when what she was saying wasn't true.
Aww, I can understand being sad about that. I am actually a lot more sentimental about DS' milestones, I think, than mine. Maybe y'all can do something super-fun together when he gets back?
Barbara Dooley cracks me up.
This! Well, hopefully I'm lowering the standards from now on.
I am just tired of screwing myself over trying to be a nice person. (Well, I still want to be nice, just not a pushover.)
I just ate spicy Pringles.... Followed by a bowl of Cheerios..... Do it!