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  • Cupcakes89 Cupcakes89 member
    I'm anti bassinet and or Moses baskets ... though they are cute and all...


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  • JennyinheavenJennyinheaven member
    kimberlykl2009 said:

    I think the Oscars (and any Hollywood awards show for that matter) is a giant Hollywood circle jerk. 


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    Agreed! Andplusalso all the facebook posts and news shows about them annoy the crap out of me
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  • Kaylee524Kaylee524 member
    sisterjanet said:
    I think all the introvert stuff (articles everywhere online like "Are you an introvert? Read our list to find out!" and "How to care for your introvert" and on and on) is a weird fad and wish it would go away. 

    (Possibly I'm just spoiled because we took the Myers Briggs test in elementary school and again in high school and I've known I'm an introvert for as long as I can remember.)
    Meh. I've known I'm an introvert for pretty much my whole life, but I remember most of the time growing up being told that there was something wrong with me because of that. My teachers said I didn't participate enough, my parents told me I wasn't socializing enough, etc. Maybe it was just my hometown that treated it as some kind of disorder, but I'm just glad that it seems like now people are actually acting like being an introvert is just a different (and completely normal) way of finding energy and fulfillment, and not a handicap.
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    Kaylee524 said:
    sisterjanet said:
    I think all the introvert stuff (articles everywhere online like "Are you an introvert? Read our list to find out!" and "How to care for your introvert" and on and on) is a weird fad and wish it would go away. 

    (Possibly I'm just spoiled because we took the Myers Briggs test in elementary school and again in high school and I've known I'm an introvert for as long as I can remember.)
    Meh. I've known I'm an introvert for pretty much my whole life, but I remember most of the time growing up being told that there was something wrong with me because of that. My teachers said I didn't participate enough, my parents told me I wasn't socializing enough, etc. Maybe it was just my hometown that treated it as some kind of disorder, but I'm just glad that it seems like now people are actually acting like being an introvert is just a different (and completely normal) way of finding energy and fulfillment, and not a handicap.
    Yes, all of this! I love the attention introversion has been getting in the last few years because I finally feel like people have a better grasp of what it actually means, or at least are trying to understand. I think it's in the book The Introvert Advantage that the author discusses how introverts have to use energy in social interactions and it can be draining, whereas extroverted people tend to get energy from social interactions. That was something I could never articulate before, just something that's always frustrated me.
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    hhegyesi said:
    i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

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    I've always thought that, too, but my husband totally does this informally. I've known him as Andy for almost 15 years. I don't know how, functionally, one just randomly transitions to a different form of their name. I would feel like I was talking to someone else if I said Andrew.
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    ykristos said:

    Oooh, I think I have actual UOs this week. 


    1. I hate the phrases "Sorry not sorry" and "andplusalso." They make me cringe. 

    2. This was big in my family, so perhaps it's just deeply ingrained in me, but I find it cringe-worthy to talk about someone else's finances/financial situation. Money is such a deeply personal thing, and quite frankly, I don't really care how other people spend their money. 

    Sorry not sorry?
    But what if they invite you in by posting about it here?

    I'm totally guilty of this on here and IRL, but I'm certainly not in a position to judge anyone else's spending habits. :(

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    I have another opinion: terrible greeting-card-esque poetry should be lit on fire and stomped on, or actually stomped on and then lit on fire, because if you do the fire part first the stomping will stop the destruction.  Rhyming poems have to be really well done for rhyming to not bug the crap out of me.
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    Jennyinheaven said:
    I don't care for the super exercise posters, Im almost 8 months pregnant I am happy with a walk or a prenatal yoga video, I don't need to hear about how you just can't keep up in spinning, kickboxing etc, like you used to.
    I don't care for the people who seem to have a problem with the fact that some people have different pregnancy experiences than others. I'm totally about to be that person, but... it's pretty obvious which posts are which, so don't read the exercise posts? I'm sorry if it bugs you that I still work out almost every day and am just now, at this point in my pregnancy, starting to get uncomfortable. I wouldn't start a conversation just to establish those facts, but I'll remember moving forward that I'm not allowed to comment on anything having to do with pains or questions about exercise or anything else having to do with bothers of pregnancy, since I didn't start experiencing them soon enough.
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    CamrynnsMommy said:
    Oooh, I think I have actual UOs this week. 

    1. I hate the phrases "Sorry not sorry" and "andplusalso." They make me cringe. 

    2. This was big in my family, so perhaps it's just deeply ingrained in me, but I find it cringe-worthy to talk about someone else's finances/financial situation. Money is such a deeply personal thing, and quite frankly, I don't really care how other people spend their money. 

    Sorry not sorry?
    But what if they invite you in by posting about it here? I'm totally guilty of this on here and IRL, but I'm certainly not in a position to judge anyone else's spending habits. :(
    I get that (and people obviously do invite others in and put their stuff out there), but I personally can't get it up over it. Live and let live, I guess? People make stupid decisions all the time and they probably aren't going to make changes to their stupid decision-making process because I'm judgey of them. It just seems like too much energy. Anyway, gonna hop off my high horse now :) 


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    pandadair said:
    hhegyesi said:
    i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

    sorrynotsorry

    edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.
    I've always thought that, too, but my husband totally does this informally. I've known him as Andy for almost 15 years. I don't know how, functionally, one just randomly transitions to a different form of their name. I would feel like I was talking to someone else if I said Andrew.
    i do agree to a certain extent that timing for a transition will be delicate and vary from person to person. also, certain diminutives work better for men than others. i can deal with "Randy" or "Willy," but others just make me shut down to that person. I work with a guy named Bobby. Seriously nice guy and very intelligent, but I find myself questioning everything that comes out of his mouth just becuase he still goes by "Bobby." 

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    edited March 2014
    spacepotatoes said:
    Kaylee524 said:
    sisterjanet said:
    I think all the introvert stuff (articles everywhere online like "Are you an introvert? Read our list to find out!" and "How to care for your introvert" and on and on) is a weird fad and wish it would go away. 

    (Possibly I'm just spoiled because we took the Myers Briggs test in elementary school and again in high school and I've known I'm an introvert for as long as I can remember.)
    Meh. I've known I'm an introvert for pretty much my whole life, but I remember most of the time growing up being told that there was something wrong with me because of that. My teachers said I didn't participate enough, my parents told me I wasn't socializing enough, etc. Maybe it was just my hometown that treated it as some kind of disorder, but I'm just glad that it seems like now people are actually acting like being an introvert is just a different (and completely normal) way of finding energy and fulfillment, and not a handicap.
    Yes, all of this! I love the attention introversion has been getting in the last few years because I finally feel like people have a better grasp of what it actually means, or at least are trying to understand. I think it's in the book The Introvert Advantage that the author discusses how introverts have to use energy in social interactions and it can be draining, whereas extroverted people tend to get energy from social interactions. That was something I could never articulate before, just something that's always frustrated me.
    I just feel like "oh I'm such an introvert, I just want to be lazy at home" is going to be the next "man, I'm sooooo OCD, look at me sorting my objects" and it's irritating.  If there really are people benefiting from all the attention introversion is getting that's cool, but it's like the overplayed song on the radio to me.
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    Carpenter627 said:
    Not really a UO ... but can  I just say I have a bump-crush on @Kaylee524 for all of your Firefly references?  (I'm usually mobile, so if you have had that signature for a while, then I'm obviously late to the game.)  We actually have Kaylee on our short list for LO, and its a Firefly reference but I justify it because my MN is Kay and my great-grandmother's MN was Lee.

    My UO - I can't stand abbreviations like "siggy" and "prego"... just type it out.  If you don't know how to spell it, there seems to be a built in spell check that underlines things in red when they are spelled wrong.  This is even worse in business documents or emails when people type things like "bc" instead of "because," etc. Just, no.
    Aw, gee, thanks. :) I'd include an awesome Firefly gif, but my computer is not cooperating. :P I <3 Firefly - and pretty much anything Joss Whedon creates. That's so awesome that you could use Kaylee as a name and it would still be a family name! 
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    @sisterjanet I see what you mean and yeah, that would get really annoying. I haven't seen anything like that here yet (not with introversion anyway, I have seen and heard a ton of people make the OCD reference) so hopefully it doesn't become a thing.
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    pandadair said:


    Jennyinheaven said:

    I don't care for the super exercise posters, Im almost 8 months pregnant I am happy with a walk or a prenatal yoga video, I don't need to hear about how you just can't keep up in spinning, kickboxing etc, like you used to.

    I don't care for the people who seem to have a problem with the fact that some people have different pregnancy experiences than others. I'm totally about to be that person, but... it's pretty obvious which posts are which, so don't read the exercise posts? I'm sorry if it bugs you that I still work out almost every day and am just now, at this point in my pregnancy, starting to get uncomfortable. I wouldn't start a conversation just to establish those facts, but I'll remember moving forward that I'm not allowed to comment on anything having to do with pains or questions about exercise or anything else having to do with bothers of pregnancy, since I didn't start experiencing them soon enough.


    Umm that's why I posted this under UO, I know its an irrational thought/feeling, relax post about what you want, if I am honest I am probably a little embarrassed that I dont work out like said posters;)
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    TheBeeCharmer said:

    Mine is exercise related. I hate Zumba. There. I said it. It just doesn't seem like a workout to me. And the people that buy special pants and outfits for it confuse me. (Disclaimer: I'm talking pre-pregnancy. Getting up off a chair is a workout to me currently) 


    I totally understand that like all activities, it's not going to appeal to everyone, but Zumba can be a killer workout with the right instructor! In a 60 minute class, I would burn over 1000 calories! Last summer I toned like crazy and lost a lot of inches and pounds from classes three times a week. The not feeling like a workout part was why I loved it! Our Thursday night classes had the lights dimmed and club lights on so it felt like a big party. I also particapted this summer in a 3 hr outdoor Zumbathon that had at least 500 people doing the choreography along with the studios on the stage.

    The clothes are more of a personal choice (I'm not a fan of some of the crazier stuff people wear, but then again, Yoga pants and t-shirts are my go to style). I think for many it's just a confidence/Zumba community thing that a lot of members want to feel fun and a little sexy during their classes.

    What's funny is last fall 5 different ladies in my classes,including me, ended up pregnant. We all jokingly contribute it to Zumba showing us how to work that body. My instructor posted on her FB just a few days ago that another 3 ladies in her classes just announced that they were pregnant too.

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    hhegyesi said:


    pandadair said:


    hhegyesi said:

    i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

    sorrynotsorry

    edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.

    I've always thought that, too, but my husband totally does this informally. I've known him as Andy for almost 15 years. I don't know how, functionally, one just randomly transitions to a different form of their name. I would feel like I was talking to someone else if I said Andrew.

    i do agree to a certain extent that timing for a transition will be delicate and vary from person to person. also, certain diminutives work better for men than others. i can deal with "Randy" or "Willy," but others just make me shut down to that person. I work with a guy named Bobby. Seriously nice guy and very intelligent, but I find myself questioning everything that comes out of his mouth just becuase he still goes by "Bobby." 



    I know a man who is going by his nickname as an adult. Its Topher. As in toe-fur. Short for Christopher. No. Just no.

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    Re: men using boys names, my husband and my brother have the same first and middle name, just weird coincidence, so I often call my husband Tim and my brother Timmy just to differentiate
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  • sisterjanetsisterjanet member
    pandadair said:
    hhegyesi said:
    i have a hard time taking seriously any grown man who continues to use the juvenile diminutive of his name (i.e., Timmy, Billy, Bobby, etc.). 

    sorrynotsorry

    edit 'cause spellcheck has ruined me.
    I've always thought that, too, but my husband totally does this informally. I've known him as Andy for almost 15 years. I don't know how, functionally, one just randomly transitions to a different form of their name. I would feel like I was talking to someone else if I said Andrew.
    DH did it when he moved here.  I call him Billy because that's what he went by in high school when we met.  When he got a good job after college, he started introducing himself as William and people around here call him Will.  It feels weird, but also respectful to him and who he wants to be, to call him Will in front of others.  (I still call him Billy at home though.)
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    My brother is Richard and is called dickie.. drives me crazy sometimes...


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