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August 2012 Moms
FFFC
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Re: FFFC
I an on board with LiliD. That email was for showing off purposes only and is tacky.
That crappy shirt was on the Today show. Al and Natalie did not care for it. I agree that what is upsetting is the message stores and the media send to girls. I know so many middle school girls who don't want people knowing they are good at math or science. The message they get is that being smart doesn't make you popular, and these shirts perpetuate that idea.
I am Bumping from a restaurant where I ate lunch alone after going to sidewalk sales all morning. I have many new clothes! And spices, a Christmas tree topper, and shelves for DD's room. Boom!
Honestly, I find comments like this far more detrimental to gender equality than an insipid children's place t-shirt.
BTW that t-shirt is trash, I just think insinuating that a person's lady parts are making her irrational is not a great thing to do.
Also, the BMW email was clearly to show off his new shiny expensive thing, but I don't think it wouldn't bother me too much. People get excited when they get new things, and it sounds to me like he was more tone deaf to the way the email would come off than he was trying to be a jerk. But I also don't know your BIL. Maybe he's just a jerk.
edit - spelling
Baaaahahahahahah....you're adorable. No, please, keep going!Actually, I agree with her. I hate that "are you on the rag" thing. Along with my least favorite curse word... see you next tuesday. I *hate* when people use that.
I don't think asking someone if they're on their period equates calling someone a "see you next Tuesday." That's a little bit of a leap.
FFFC: I will only assist my child through college financially if he gets a science/math degree. If he really has a passion for the arts, he can pay for it on his own. Also, I don't care if he goes to college or not, as long as he is a skilled worker, like an electrician or a machinist.
FET #1 Dec 2013 BFN
FET # 2 Feb 2014 BFN
No more frosties
IVF #2. September 2014
PGD yielded 2 perfect 5d blasts
SET November 9, 2014
Nov 23, 2014. Another BFN
Not sure where to go from here.
Exactly. It's masogynistic and perpetuates the notion that women, by virtue of her reproductive organs, are lesser.
Also, it's an easy low blow insult. Come on, that thing about crying in the corner...I mean, that's calling out for far more pin pointed responses.
Holy cow, someone is touchy today.Or can I not say "holy cow?" Am I insinuating that a cow is better than humans if I grant it as being "holy?" That's deep, Kream...real deep.
Because I like you and respect you a lot, I won't say it around you. I don't get offended by things easily I guess.
When my cat was a kitty maybe three months old I had way too much wine and went to sleep. I was leaving for work the next morning and she didn't come whine at the door when I left. Shear panic set in and me and my GF we tearing up my apt. I thought she had somehow managed to get outside and was gone forever. . . . My GF heard her whining in my closet . . . she had been there all night.
I gave LO part of my Twinkie last night and I am pretty sure she thought it was the best thing ever.
I told SO I had to go to my Moms to drop off a rug, which I did. I also may have noticed an open bottle of wine in her fridge that I didn't want to go bad since she is on vacation for a ten days. An hour of RHONJ and a glass of wine later, I went home without saying a word to SO.
Something funny about this little story: her fiancé is my ex. I dated him on and off for 2 years. He's lazy, he cheats, he's an asshole, and he's 27 years old and he's never had a job. She stays with him because his grandparents give them anything they want.
Her sister is also a gold digger. She's 23 and is on her 2nd marriage to another rich older dude.
My aunt (their mother) is so proud of them.
Charlotte: Is it so much to ask that you not wear your dress up around your see-you-next-Tuesday?
Samantha: My what?
Charlotte: See... you... next
Carrie: Tuesday? Oh my god, was that a Schoolhouse Rock I missed?
Glad someone jumped on this! What is wrong with a liberal arts education? We probably won't be able to pay for much of Charlotte's college, but if we could, we would support her goals unconditionally.
@lilidragon my response to you was merely to say that I did not call you ignorant and I do not think you are just that particular statement. I actually usually agree with most of what you say.
The implying I was an idiot and crying in a corner comment was an attempt at sarcastically saying "while I don't appreciate being insulted just because we have a difference of opinions I am not going to get in an up rage over it" Maybe I need to work on my sarcastic internet voice.
Also, I am the first to admit I am a horrible speller but moblie sucks at spellchecking so I miss things. If that makes my opinions worthless so be it.
Rainbows and puppies over here!
The arts can have practical, wage earning applications. If you have a real day dreaming creative type, it's possible they won't go to or finish school anyway (not that they'll be a bum, but structured learning may not be their thing). I have a cousin like this, not generalizing, just one example. His parents paid for a top notch trade educ and he dropped out.
Btw, 6 pages ladies!
=D>
Also, I know that musicians are not the only form of artists. I was giving an example. Anyhow, I'd like him to go into science/math because it's cool and a lot of fun. Of course I want him to be happy.
And part of me wonders why a person needs to go to college to be an artist? Exposure to new and different forms of art? Couldn't you just go to museums for that? Art exhibits?
I'm being serious, not snarky. I really want to know.
Edited for clarity
DH payed his way 100% his parents wouldn't even give him leftovers to take home if he was invited to their house for dinner on the rare occasion. He lived off $1 per day and never took out any loans and never had any debt. It is possible if you live with the bare minimum. I feel lucky my parents helped me out because what DH accomplished was not easy.