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huntjul · December 2013

Let's share those unpopular opinions!

huntjul · December 2013

I hate hearing Christmas music in stores and on the radio. I basically listen to CDs from Thanksgiving til New Year's because I can't stand hearing horrible renditions of traditional songs.

I also think the whole concept of Santa is as weird as dog shit after a meal of crayons and glitter glue.

jennlin · December 2013

I don't think adults should get Christmas presents. They know better, and it feeds into consumerism and that "stuff" is important.

Eta: I feel the same about birthday presents for adults. "Just because" gifts have much more meaning to them, instead of an obligatory gift giving holiday.

SnoopyLuv · December 2013

I love putting makeup and nail polish on my 3 year old. We play dress up a lot and its so much fun. I wish that people didn't read into it or compare it to pageantry.

EmJ&B · December 2013

SnoopyLuv said:
I love putting makeup and nail polish on my 3 year old. We play dress up a lot and its so much fun. I wish that people didn't read into it or compare it to pageantry.

I can get on board if its something that mom and daughter do together to have fun. What I HATE is like my ex SIL who constantly wants to put concealor and other make up on my 5 year old niece to make her "pretty enough" to go out .... yep, she seriously says that

SnoopyLuv · December 2013

EmJ&B said:

SnoopyLuv said:
I love putting makeup and nail polish on my 3 year old. We play dress up a lot and its so much fun. I wish that people didn't read into it or compare it to pageantry.
I can get on board if its something that mom and daughter do together to have fun. What I HATE is like my ex SIL who constantly wants to put concealor and other make up on my 5 year old niece to make her "pretty enough" to go out .... yep, she seriously says that

OMG that makes me so sad. I hope they're saving up for therapy.

Yeah we have so much fun with it. I let her do my hair and makeup and usually I end up looking like a clown but she thinks its so awesome. She likes to get dolled up and then pack her lunch to go to work. Crazy kid.

EmJ&B · December 2013

My UO, I feel like its no biggie when DS out grows something. I've seen ladies on here say they were sad to see LO outgrow a NB outfit and DH's insane grandma told me that it "broke her heart" to pack up the baby clothes.

I dunno. Maybe I don't have cute enough clothes for him or I'm not sentimental enough but I see out growing clothes as a sign that he's healthy and doing well.

Gatorsgirl731 · December 2013

jennlin said:
I don't think adults should get Christmas presents. They know better, and it feeds into consumerism and that "stuff" is important.

Eta: I feel the same about birthday presents for adults. "Just because" gifts have much more meaning to them, instead of an obligatory gift giving holiday.

Piggy backing off of this. Kids get too many gifts. 20-30? That is outrageous. From us and Santa 5 is a lot.

blondolphn · December 2013

Josephine uo is trying to sttn. In fact she is rebelling and sleeping in 2 hour spurts after 3 hour spurts....

ksimo6 · December 2013

I hate stuffed animals. They are unnecessary clutter in my opinion. I just gave four to the YWCA so they can give them to needy kids. My infant does not need them.

I also do not know why they make pants for infants. My kid lives in sleep in plays... I'm too lazy to deal with disassembling my kids outfit every time she needs a diaper. I'll take a full body zipper outfit!

deedee1017 · December 2013

I prefer the onesies with snaps. I hate how the zipper and snap bunches up under her chin and the fact that I have to unzip the entire onesie and then stuff her leg back in on the one side.

RedZee · December 2013

ksimo6 said:
I hate stuffed animals. They are unnecessary clutter in my opinion. I just gave four to the YWCA so they can give them to needy kids. My infant does not need them.

I hate them too. And I find a lot of dolls creepy. I am constantly trying to get rid of these things. DH thinks I am weird and taking away her fun. I should record him saying those things and play it back in a few years when he has two little girls and all their sued animals in an apartment.

My uo: the motn gtkys are too hard. I need really easy ones for the motn. I can barely function at a normal hour!

EmJ&B · December 2013

SnoopyLuv said:

EmJ&B said:

SnoopyLuv said:
I love putting makeup and nail polish on my 3 year old. We play dress up a lot and its so much fun. I wish that people didn't read into it or compare it to pageantry.
I can get on board if its something that mom and daughter do together to have fun. What I HATE is like my ex SIL who constantly wants to put concealor and other make up on my 5 year old niece to make her "pretty enough" to go out .... yep, she seriously says that
OMG that makes me so sad. I hope they're saving up for therapy.

Yeah we have so much fun with it. I let her do my hair and makeup and usually I end up looking like a clown but she thinks its so awesome. She likes to get dolled up and then pack her lunch to go to work. Crazy kid.

I used to love brushing my mom's hair. Sounds like you two are having a blast!

As per my niece - MIL got mad at me for saying that 5 was too young for her to be worrying about being "pretty enough" because "everyone likes to look nice" ....

carawasa · December 2013

I used to think non profit organizations were amazing. After working for one I realize they are such a crock of shit with brown nosing ED's who don't care in the slightest about their targeted community. I'll never work for one again.

WhenInRome11 · December 2013

People who are afraid of dogs should not live in a dog friendly apartment building. There are people in my building who will gasp and walk the other direction as I walk my little cockapoo through the building to go outside. One family refused to let my husband and the dog on the elevator with them. It's insane.

This is my terrifying dog sleeping next to my baby.

carawasa · December 2013

23Melissa28 said:

carawasa said:
I used to think non profit organizations were amazing. After working for one I realize they are such a crock of shit with brown nosing ED's who don't care in the slightest about their targeted community. I'll never work for one again.
True story. I've worked for them for years (I start at a new place on the 30th). It's us lower workers who happen to feel the "non" in non- profit, is all. The company my boyfriend and I just left, they get 250k per student per year. Our pay sure didnt reflect that.

Yup! My company is a joke and I guess maybe it's because I work so closely with directors that I see what's going on but i cannot shut my mouth so I call them out on a lot of things, which they don't like. I can't stand to be treated like an idiot.

laurenmdrn16 · December 2013

I plan on letting my son play with dolls if he wants. And, go! X_X

jnsmith85 · December 2013

I think Phil Robertson had every right to say what he did. Freedom of speech and all that. What would we expect from a old timer southern Christian man?? He has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion, just like everyone else.

blondolphn · December 2013

@23melissa28 why does it bother you so much? It can help develop their nurturing side. Would you buy something like my buddy for him?

laurenmdrn16 · December 2013

comeongetdown said:

23Melissa28 said:

laurenmdrn16 said:
I plan on letting my son play with dolls if he wants. And, go! X_X
This is the weirdest shit to me. I just don't see the point. And I've heard all the reasons. Still.

Edit to elaborate: more so in cases where parents purposely buy dolls for their sons. If junior comes across a doll while we are at someone's house or something, cool, have a ball. But not buying him any.
I wouldn't buy a doll for my son (if I had one) without him expressing an interest in having one, but I wouldn't buy any toy for my kid unless they expressed an interest.

If hypothetical son asks for one I would never say, 'no, that's a girl toy.'

To clarify, I would also not force any toy on my little guy, but I also wouldn't deny him a toy because it is a "girl" toy. I guess it is not as much of a UO as I thought :-)

psychdoc12 · December 2013

I think it's really crappy to take maternity leave knowing that you're going to quit/find a new job once your leave is over. Way to screw over your company and coworkers.

cc_fame · December 2013

I'm going to recycle what I posted last FFFC cuz I guess it's really a UO. Rainbow-colored icicle lights are annoying. Regular rainbow/multi-colored Christmas lights? Cool. White or white-blue icicle lights? Dandy. But colorful icicle lights? Not realistic. I've never seen a real-life rainbow icicle. White or white/blue is fine to me, more realistic if it's all white, but I'll give blue a pass too because it's cold-looking.

hartsl01 · December 2013

23Melissa28 said:

laurenmdrn16 said:
I plan on letting my son play with dolls if he wants. And, go! X_X
This is the weirdest shit to me. I just don't see the point. And I've heard all the reasons. Still.

Edit to elaborate: more so in cases where parents purposely buy dolls for their sons. If junior comes across a doll while we are at someone's house or something, cool, have a ball. But not buying him any.

Yep, I totally agree.

5speckledfrogs · December 2013

jnsmith85 said:
I think Phil Robertson had every right to say what he did. Freedom of speech and all that. What would we expect from a old timer southern Christian man?? He has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion, just like everyone else.

I agree 1000000000%. lately people make it seem like a crime if someone doesn't have the opinion that the public wants them to. I support what he said

SuperTreesa · December 2013

jnsmith85 said:

I think Phil Robertson had every right to say what he did. Freedom of speech and all that. What would we expect from a old timer southern Christian man?? He has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion, just like everyone else.

Of course he has the right to be an asshole. But A&E also has the right to no longer provide him a platform. And major cudos to them for doing the right thing even if it jeapordizes their biggest cash cow program.

EmJ&B · December 2013

laurenmdrn16 said:
I plan on letting my son play with dolls if he wants. And, go! X_X

Deft. I played with trucks

laurenmdrn16 · December 2013

SuperTreesa said:

jnsmith85 said:

I think Phil Robertson had every right to say what he did. Freedom of speech and all that. What would we expect from a old timer southern Christian man?? He has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion, just like everyone else.

Of course he has the right to be an asshole. But A&E also has the right to no longer provide him a platform. And major cudos to them for doing the right thing even if it jeapordizes their biggest cash cow program.

I also believe that if you want to make money by being in the public eye, you have to censor yourself. It is the price of fame if you will that you relinquish some freedom to say whatever offensive crap you want to. Also, as I said in the HTT, I personally find it offensive as a Christian because he is using Christ to justify hateful speech. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but if you don't have anything nice to say...

carawasa · December 2013

psychdoc12 said:
I think it's really crappy to take maternity leave knowing that you're going to quit/find a new job once your leave is over. Way to screw over your company and coworkers.

I would agree HOWEVER, the company I work for is just trying to screw me over any way they can. Craziest bunch of mother fuckers I've ever encountered!

5speckledfrogs · December 2013

psychdoc12 said:
I think it's really crappy to take maternity leave knowing that you're going to quit/find a new job once your leave is over. Way to screw over your company and coworkers.

whoops! I'm doing this but only because three weeks before I was due to come back they 'cancelled' my position so I would have to pick up odd hours every week, some until 11p and even overnights.Nope! Not what I agreed to when I left

Alexandrap · December 2013

23Melissa28 said:

laurenmdrn16 said:
I plan on letting my son play with dolls if he wants. And, go! X_X
This is the weirdest shit to me. I just don't see the point. And I've heard all the reasons. Still.

Edit to elaborate: more so in cases where parents purposely buy dolls for their sons. If junior comes across a doll while we are at someone's house or something, cool, have a ball. But not buying him any.

I'm going to have to go ahead and agree with @23 Melissa28 on this one. My son wants to play with the dolls at school with his friends, fine go for it. I'm not going to buy him one though.

pmarie33 · December 2013

I don't like any of the Austin Powers movies. I don't get the humor nor care to try.

jnsmith85 · December 2013

23Melissa28 said:

blondolphn said:
@23melissa28 why does it bother you so much? It can help develop their nurturing side. Would you buy something like my buddy for him?
It doesn't "bother me so much". I just wouldn't. I clarified (and should have clarified further still) that my comment was geared more toward mothers who buy dolls for their sons just to do it. I initially misread the OP. but as far as what I'd buy my son, I think a stuffed animal is perfectly sufficient to build his nurturing side, if that is the argument. Or me, being loving and nurturing, should help I would imagine. But no, I wouldn't buy him a Barbie.

Same here. If he plays with one at school, a friends house, whatever I don't care. I'm not going to purposely buy him Barbie's and dress up dolls for his birthday.

5speckledfrogs · December 2013

laurenmdrn16 said:

SuperTreesa said:

jnsmith85 said:

I think Phil Robertson had every right to say what he did. Freedom of speech and all that. What would we expect from a old timer southern Christian man?? He has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion, just like everyone else.

Of course he has the right to be an asshole. But A&E also has the right to no longer provide him a platform. And major cudos to them for doing the right thing even if it jeapordizes their biggest cash cow program.

I also believe that if you want to make money by being in the public eye, you have to censor yourself. It is the price of fame if you will that you relinquish some freedom to say whatever offensive crap you want to. Also, as I said in the HTT, I personally find it offensive as a Christian because he is using Christ to justify hateful speech. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but if you don't have anything nice to say...

I might not be recalling correctly but I don't remember him saying anything particularly hateful, just that homosexuality is a sin. He never said he hated them our anything of the sort. Sinners won't enter heaven, be it a homosexual, a murderer, a robber, etc... (If they don't ask for forgiveness, that is) and that's simply what he was saying.

Married2PreMed · December 2013

None of my 4 babies have ever slept in a crib for more than 20 minutes. I personally don't know any mamas who have successfully used a crib for their babies. Even with tricks like the heating pad or a blankie that smells like mama......I think with rare exception, if you tell me your baby sleeps in a crib, I feel you must be practicing some form of CIO. How can your baby not be screaming their head off? Even if you go In there and comfort them every 5 minutes, they have to be screaming their little heads off. Or does everyone have magical babies who love cribs? Flame away, but I really don't believe your babies are sleeping in their cribs quietly and peacefully. Just admit you CIO, seriously! And RNP does not count as a crib. Flame away, or share your secrets....cause I'm just not buying it.

cc_fame · December 2013

crunchymama11 said:

cc_fame said:

I'm going to recycle what I posted last FFFC cuz I guess it's really a UO. Rainbow-colored icicle lights are annoying. Regular rainbow/multi-colored Christmas lights? Cool. White or white-blue icicle lights? Dandy. But colorful icicle lights? Not realistic. I've never seen a real-life rainbow icicle. White or white/blue is fine to me, more realistic if it's all white, but I'll give blue a pass too because it's cold-looking.

they have those? i want!

#tackyanddon'tcare

I guess they aren't exactly "rainbow", I probably should have said multi-colored. Or any color besides white or blue. But I will admit, I prefer to see a house brilliantly decorated in any lights, even the multi-colored icicle lights, over a house that has one small, measly little shrub or something decorated. So I guess that's part 2 of my UO. Go all out!

blathnat · December 2013

This is the weirdest shit to me. I just don't see the point. And I've heard all the reasons. Still. Edit to elaborate: more so in cases where parents purposely buy dolls for their sons. If junior comes across a doll while we are at someone's house or something, cool, have a ball. But not buying him any.

I think deliberately not buying dolls is weird. My son plays with dolls. He loves dollhouses- that is what santa is bringing. I made him a doll for when LO was born.

SuperTreesa · December 2013

psychdoc12 said:

I think it's really crappy to take maternity leave knowing that you're going to quit/find a new job once your leave is over. Way to screw over your company and coworkers.

Meh, as long as 2 weeks notice is given I dont see the problem. People quit for a ton of different reasons everyday. I fail to see why mothers need to be held to a different standard.

After DD1 was born, I went back to work for 6 weeks until our Bonus day. As soon as I got my bonus, I put in my 2 weeks notice. I never intended to stay working after the bonus. But I earned that bonus with my work the previous year. If I had quit prior to that, I wouldn't have gotten the money.

carawasa · December 2013

Married2PreMed said:
None of my 4 babies have ever slept in a crib for more than 20 minutes. I personally don't know any mamas who have successfully used a crib for their babies. Even with tricks like the heating pad or a blankie that smells like mama......I think with rare exception, if you tell me your baby sleeps in a crib, I feel you must be practicing some form of CIO. How can your baby not be screaming their head off? Even if you go In there and comfort them every 5 minutes, they have to be screaming their little heads off. Or does everyone have magical babies who love cribs? Flame away, but I really don't believe your babies are sleeping in their cribs quietly and peacefully. Just admit you CIO, seriously! And RNP does not count as a crib. Flame away, or share your secrets....cause I'm just not buying it.

I have no secrets lol. She has slept in there since day 1 with no problems at all. She is currently sleeping 7-6/7 has been for about 2 weeks but before that she woke once in the night. If she makes one peep we go in there. We also put her down somewhat drowsy, not sleeping. Maybe we just have an easy going baby? I have no idea, I am still amazed myself. I would never let her CIO.

jnsmith85 · December 2013

Married2PreMed said:
None of my 4 babies have ever slept in a crib for more than 20 minutes. I personally don't know any mamas who have successfully used a crib for their babies. Even with tricks like the heating pad or a blankie that smells like mama......I think with rare exception, if you tell me your baby sleeps in a crib, I feel you must be practicing some form of CIO. How can your baby not be screaming their head off? Even if you go In there and comfort them every 5 minutes, they have to be screaming their little heads off. Or does everyone have magical babies who love cribs? Flame away, but I really don't believe your babies are sleeping in their cribs quietly and peacefully. Just admit you CIO, seriously! And RNP does not count as a crib. Flame away, or share your secrets....cause I'm just not buying it.

Mine naps in his crib. I make sure he's good and asleep before I lay him down. He sleeps on his belly during the day, and will sleep in the crib for a few hours. He is still in his pnp in our bedroom at night.

jnsmith85 · December 2013

NRyan55 said:

Jmakhomenka said:

jnsmith85 said:
I think Phil Robertson had every right to say what he did. Freedom of speech and all that. What would we expect from a old timer southern Christian man?? He has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion, just like everyone else.
I agree 1000000000%. lately people make it seem like a crime if someone doesn't have the opinion that the public wants them to. I support what he said
There is a huge difference between supporting his right to free speech and supporting what he says. So you think homosexual behavior is akin to bestiality? You're an ignorant asshole.

Well I never said I agreed with him, just that he has the right to say whatever he wants.

laurenmdrn16 · December 2013

NRyan55 said:

Jmakhomenka said:

jnsmith85 said:
I think Phil Robertson had every right to say what he did. Freedom of speech and all that. What would we expect from a old timer southern Christian man?? He has the right to an opinion, and to express that opinion, just like everyone else.
I agree 1000000000%. lately people make it seem like a crime if someone doesn't have the opinion that the public wants them to. I support what he said
There is a huge difference between supporting his right to free speech and supporting what he says. So you think homosexual behavior is akin to bestiality? You're an ignorant asshole.

This. I found it hateful that he equated homosexuality to bestiality. Not cool.

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