UO Thursday

lisaren · May 2014

On the clothes topic, crocs. No. Throw them away.

scarlet3egonias · May 2014

lisaren said:

For reals. I think I will stab my eyes if it's about food, maternity clothes or anything about smells.

Seriously. I don't know why I'm such a ragey bitch the last few days but these kinds of posts make me want to shake someone. I guess because of everything that is going on with my pregnancy, these petty complaints make me want to scream at people to be grateful that shitty maternity clothes and food aversions are all they have to whine about. Grr. I guess I'll let this stand as my own UO. <br><br> And I am fully aware that I have plenty to be thankful for myself. I'm just pissypants today.

brooklyngirl18 · May 2014

mander82 said:

this may not be a UO.......but I don't think children should get braces on baby teeth.

My situation right now is that SD is supposed to get braces next month....she is 13 now....but she already had them on baby teeth when she was around 8 years old. Now the insurance company won't pay for them again. I blame her mother.....I thought it was dumb when she got them....but i am just the step mom....what the hell do I know? I just don't understand braces on baby teeth. I feel this should be common sense. I am no orthodontist.....maybe I am wrong here.

braces on baby teeth!? i've never heard of this but it sounds really dumb and pointless. i had to get a bunch of teeth removed before getting braces, including stubborn baby teeth that wouldn't budge.

lisaren · May 2014

scarlet3egonias said:

lisaren said:

For reals.

I think I will stab my eyes if it's about food, maternity clothes or anything about smells.

Seriously. I don't know why I'm such a ragey bitch the last few days but these kinds of posts make me want to shake someone. I guess because of everything that is going on with my pregnancy, these petty complaints make me want to scream at people to be grateful that shitty maternity clothes and food aversions are all they have to whine about. Grr. I guess I'll let this stand as my own UO. <br><br> And I am fully aware that I have plenty to be thankful for myself. I'm
just pissypants today.

Girl, you have EVERY right to be pissy. Hugs.

I slightly roll my eyes when any pregnant woman bitches about stupid shit. But I understand that to them it's über important, or a real issue, so I do understand but yeah....

lisaren · May 2014

FhSTAR81 said:

lisaren said:

On the clothes topic, crocs. No. Throw them away.

They're are easy though for my toddler to slip on and go play outside. Lol

Ok children are ok. Over 18. No. Hahahaha

abbyful · May 2014

harmonicbabe26 said:

1. I think its nuts when people freak out over having gas stoves vs electric. For 99% of the population where everyone is JUST an average, everyday cook it makes absolutely NO difference! I grew up with gas, then had electric for years, then went to gas and now we're back to electric. And I can tell you it DOES NOT MATTER what heat source you use. For serious, professional chefs it might matter sure, esp in restaurants where food has to be prepared really fast. But at home? Sorry, no, a gas stove is NOT going to turn you into a Barefoot Contessa or Wolfgang Puck.

I grew up with gas stoves, currently have electric and hate it.

I prefer gas because when you turn it off, it's off! No trying to move pans around to a cool place on the stove, which if you have more than 2 pans is next to impossible with electric. That's my #1 complaint with electric.

I also don't like the heat-cycling on electric. Maybe higher-end electric stoves are better about it, but I notice a difference on my current cheap electric stove.

And it does cook different. Even different gasses cook different, we had propane then moved and had natural gas, had to adjust.

And it's easier to burn marshmallows over a gas burner!

jaminjeff · May 2014

dmo1371 said:

No food UO here...

Judging by the names people are posting they like this is an UO. I hate, hate, HATE the names and any spelling variations of Cayden, Jayden, Hayden, and Brayden. Aidan was a great name until people starting naming their children all these other names. No, you're not being creative, no the name is not uncommon.

Also on the hate list which seems people like: names that end in -leigh -lynn and any spelling variation of Brynley, Brynlynn, etc.

Making up baby names is not cool. You're not being unique. I have to wonder if the majority of people don't want to share their names because they know other people won't like them because they are made up names or made up spellings.

Hayden isn't a variation of Aidan (which I LOATHE), it was a last name and has been in the top 1000 since 1986, and was even in the top 1000 sometimes in the 1800's and early 1900's. I personally used it as it was the last name of one of my very dear childhood friends who was in a car accident and became a quadriplegic. That being said I'm not a fan of the -den craze going on now.

Signed, Hayden's momma :-)

mockingjay1 · May 2014

JamieK1882 said:

Since I have nothing better, I'll weigh in on the clothes debate.

I hate skinny jeans (on both women and ESPECIALLY men, but I'm talking about women here mostly). I don't think anyone looks good in them unless they are very very skinny. I see way too many curvy girls trying to pull them off and I just think it accentuates the hips too much.

Bring back the flared jeans~!

I'm not skinny anymore, but there are different type and fits of skinny jeans. I didn't like the trend for a while, but I think the majority of people look better in skinny jeans than flare jeans. I wouldn't wear a tight top with them (whether I was skinny or not). They definitely look better paired with a loose/flowy top.

jaminjeff · May 2014

FhSTAR81 said:

lisaren said:

On the clothes topic, crocs. No. Throw them away.

They're are easy though for my toddler to slip on and go play outside. Lol

Yes! I always thought they were dumb looking until I bought a pair on clearance and realized how little I had to fight with my toddler about getting shoes on in the morning!

ProcessofBecoming · May 2014

moroccojade said:

I find most GIFs super annoying. ::::runs and hides:::

mockingjay1 · May 2014

jaminjeff said:

dmo1371 said:

No food UO here...

Judging by the names people are posting they like this is an UO. I hate, hate, HATE the names and any spelling variations of Cayden, Jayden, Hayden, and Brayden. Aidan was a great name until people starting naming their children all these other names. No, you're not being creative, no the name is not uncommon.

Also on the hate list which seems people like: names that end in -leigh -lynn and any spelling variation of Brynley, Brynlynn, etc.

Making up baby names is not cool. You're not being unique. I have to wonder if the majority of people don't want to share their names because they know other people won't like them because they are made up names or made up spellings.

Hayden isn't a variation of Aidan (which I LOATHE), it was a last name and has been in the top 1000 since 1986, and was even in the top 1000 sometimes in the 1800's and early 1900's. I personally used it as it was the last name of one of my very dear childhood friends who was in a car accident and became a quadriplegic. That being said I'm not a fan of the -den craze going on now.

Signed, Hayden's momma :-)

I will say Hayden isn't anywhere near as bad as the others and not as common. You obviously have a very good reason for using it, and if you love it that is all that really matters. It's not like you made up the name or spelling like a lot of people do.

Maelara · May 2014

tarynleann said:
I'll stick with the baby names uo. I cannot stand when people name their kids such different types of names. For example... John and Easton or Mary and Taylee. Both of these names are great names but siblings names should be equal unique and go together.

Ha! We are totally doing this XD our daughter is Natali and our other names are Freya and Griffin. We can N Tali though, so I feel that helps XD

lizzielu82 · May 2014

This is more of an unpopular confession (I guess I'm breaking the rules and combining Thursday/Friday together - oops!)

For those who choose not to circumcise, I'm always wondering in my head if your husband is also not circumcised.

I know that's kind of naughty but I can't help it!

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uncharted01 · May 2014

lizzielu82 said:

This is more of an unpopular confession (I guess I'm breaking the rules and combining Thursday/Friday together - oops!)

For those who choose not to circumcise, I'm always wondering in my head if your husband is also not circumcised.

I know that's kind of naughty but I can't help it!
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My husband is, but when I mentioned doing it if we had a boy, he said he wasn't sure about it. Nothing wrong with that I was just surprised to hear him say that!

abbyful · May 2014

lizzielu82 said:
This is more of an unpopular confession (I guess I'm breaking the rules and combining Thursday/Friday together - oops!)

For those who choose not to circumcise, I'm always wondering in my head if your husband is also not circumcised.

I know that's kind of naughty but I can't help it!
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DS is not circumcised, DH is.

lizzielu82 · May 2014

abbyful said:

This is more of an unpopular confession (I guess I'm breaking the rules and combining Thursday/Friday together - oops!)

For those who choose not to circumcise, I'm always wondering in my head if your husband is also not circumcised.

I know that's kind of naughty but I can't help it!
$:\$ ">
DS is not circumcised, DH is.

Interesting! Did your DH have a strong opinion either way?

Maelara · May 2014

JamieK1882 said:
Since I have nothing better, I'll weigh in on the clothes debate.

I hate skinny jeans (on both women and ESPECIALLY men, but I'm talking about women here mostly). I don't think anyone looks good in them unless they are very very skinny. I see way too many curvy girls trying to pull them off and I just think it accentuates the hips too much.

Bring back the flared jeans~!

Im a plus size girl and in all the shops here, for whatever dumbass reason, there are only skinny jeans. It drives me bat shit crazy because pants with a flare look better on me. But right now, I have skinny jeans. I don't look in the mirror anymore.

abbyful · May 2014

lizzielu82 said:

abbyful said:

lizzielu82 said:
This is more of an unpopular confession (I guess I'm breaking the rules and combining Thursday/Friday together - oops!)

For those who choose not to circumcise, I'm always wondering in my head if your husband is also not circumcised.

I know that's kind of naughty but I can't help it!
$:\$ ">
DS is not circumcised, DH is.

Interesting! Did your DH have a strong opinion either way?

===

I shared my research and a couple videos with him. (Not propaganda videos, my last job was working at a children's hospital, I showed him the training video they have for fellow/resident docs.) He agreed pretty strongly with skipping it.

Before that, he admitted he didn't even really think about it as a choice. Growing up in the Midwest & our generation, he had previously just thought of it as "something every does".

RedBirdFly · May 2014

SweetMelissa5 said:

lisaren said:

Drives me bat shit crazy when parents refer to the child's genitals as a wee wee or pee pee or tee pee or winky or privates. It's a penis and vagina.

Yes! My mom always referred to my son's penis as his "birdy" and now he calls it that. I have been trying so hard to retrain him, and I think it's getting better, but I hate it when he uses that term.

Bird is the word?

I agree with this. My son calls his body parts the proper words and, its really funny, because it grosses his dad (my ex) out when Logan is talking about his penis.

I really like the name Casimir if we have a boy and DH loves it, but I might try to get him on board with Caelum (Kaylum/Kylum/Ceelum depending what language's phonetics youre using) or Caleb. I feel like those would go better with Logan, and that our girl name, Charlotte, goes well with it as well. I don't want them to not match, because I also think it is a bit ridiculous, @tarynleann‌ .

I can't think of an unpopular opinion this week. I mean, its unpopular here, but I don't think its unpopular everywhere. My ex sucks but my son loves him and he does a good job at parenting while he has him. I think he should take him more because I think Logan would benefit, but all my mom friends are like NUUUU YOURE THE MOM, YOU SHOULD HAVE HIM ALL THE TIME. Last time I checked, his dad made him too.

krgriffin26 · May 2014

runningmama14 said:

flutterbuggie said:

I don't have an OU (unless you don't like Leo). I just watched Wolf of Wall Street which reignited my fiery passion for Leo. Last night Titanic....tonight Gatsby. :x
I just needed to express this SOMEWHERE

Maybe my UO is I hated wolf of Wall Street. HATED. And I was so sad because I love Leo.

Same here. I just wanted it to be over. I actually can't believe we didn't turn it off before it was over. DH and I both thought it was painful to watch

Same here. I couldn't finish Gatsby. I think I got 15 mins into Wolf of Wallstreet before walking out. My DH finished it and liked but I just couldn't. They were both just awful.

I do watch Titanic every time it is on though. LOVE that movie.

emoxymoose · May 2014

I think belly bands are the worst, they never stay put and either the unzipped/buttoned portion of my pants is either digging into me or making a frumpy looking bump under my clothes. Maternity pants with the panel are way more comfy.
People that NEVER post or comment and then come out every week for HDBD really get on my nerves, I always avoid that thread like the plague every week because it irks me.

lizgrace03 · May 2014

I don't really know if this is U or P, or somewhere in between, but elective ultrasounds. And they've been brought up before, but I don't have time to go look it up before my class starts. But anyhow, I scheduled one for Saturday. Part of it is I wanted to find out the sex, and part of it is I wanted a little more time to see the baby and part of it is I just wanted to, dammit. I'm excited about it.

emoxymoose · May 2014

lizgrace03 said:

I don't really know if this is U or P, or somewhere in between, but elective ultrasounds. And they've been brought up before, but I don't have time to go look it up before my class starts. But anyhow, I scheduled one for Saturday. Part of it is I wanted to find out the sex, and part of it is I wanted a little more time to see the baby and part of it is I just wanted to, dammit. I'm excited about it.

I don't get why people have an opinion on this, either go or don't. I'm having one done too, they have the same machines that my doc has and I've checked them out.

brooklyngirl18 · May 2014

abbyful said:

abbyful said:

This is more of an unpopular confession (I guess I'm breaking the rules and combining Thursday/Friday together - oops!)

For those who choose not to circumcise, I'm always wondering in my head if your husband is also not circumcised.

I know that's kind of naughty but I can't help it!
$:\$ ">
DS is not circumcised, DH is.
Interesting! Did your DH have a strong opinion either way?
=== I shared my research and a couple videos with him. (Not propaganda videos, my last job was working at a children's hospital, I showed him the training video they have for fellow/resident docs.) He agreed pretty strongly with skipping it. Before that, he admitted he didn't even really think about it as a choice. Growing up in the Midwest & our generation, he had previously just thought of it as "something every does".

if you don't mind my asking, why didn't you circumsize your son? i've never had any - uh - experience with that and don't get what issue is? i assumed everyone did although i know obviously some people chose not to. just wondering the reason so in case i have a son i'm informed. i haven't discussed with dh but i assume he shares my views.

Autumnsnow · May 2014

lisaren said:

On the clothes topic, crocs. No. Throw them away.

OMG YES!!!!

VanillaTwilight13 · May 2014

Attachment parenting. Not so much that it's super harmful, but for those that do it and think they have a way better attachment to their child than any other reasonable parent. If you want them to sleep with you until their in school and wear them everywhere (I also used to wear mine from time to time) fine, your kid. But, claiming that it gives you a stronger attachment/bond with your child or makes you a BETTER parent.. pfft. Sorry, I just have a few on my Facebook always posting super annoying memes. 8-|

kepper6000 · May 2014

I get unreasonably annoyed when people post whether they are having a boy or girl in a separate post rather than in the sticky at the top of the board.

missnacholover · May 2014

I have one that grinds my gears.

I get highly annoyed when people refer to their unborn baby by name on Facebook. I don't know why and I have no idea why I care so much but it just bugs me when folks say "I got to see John today!" or "Decorating Sally's room!"

I have no idea why this gets under my skin so much. It doesn't bother me if folks say "Saw baby Sue on an ultrasound today." but just referring to them by name, I don't know. I'm weird.

emoxymoose · May 2014

I have one, that people are talking about now actually. I don't understand why people chose to find out the sex of their baby and keep it a secret, actually people who withhold information about a baby in general get on my nerves. Why find out to keep it a secret? Are you really that sensitive that you can't take a few people poo pooing your name choices? A girl I'm working with is keeping her exact due date a secret so people will be surprised! That really took the cake for me.

abbyful · May 2014

brooklyngirl18 said:
if you don't mind my asking, why didn't you circumsize your son? i've never had any - uh - experience with that and don't get what issue is? i assumed everyone did although i know obviously some people chose not to. just wondering the reason so in case i have a son i'm informed. i haven't discussed with dh but i assume he shares my views.

The biggest reason is there's no real reason to do it. It didn't seem right to me to cut up DS's genitals "just because".

Also it gets rid of a lot of nerve endings. Men like sex regardless of course, but they say it's more pleasurable uncircumcised.

There are risks of complications, as with any surgery. (1 in 500 have serious complications.) And some babies need re-circumscised because it either wasn't done right or didn't heal right.

Short-term - It's more hassle to deal with right after the procedure. Need to keep Vaseline on it, need to pull it back every diaper change to prevent adhesions.

From the hospital I used to work at: "This is a parental decision, not a medical decision."
https://www.childrensmercy.org/PediatricAdvisor/Article.aspx?id=466

missnacholover · May 2014

emoxymoose said:

I have one, that people are talking about now actually. I don't understand why people chose to find out the sex of their baby and keep it a secret, actually people who withhold information about a baby in general get on my nerves. Why find out to keep it a secret? Are you really that sensitive that you can't take a few people poo pooing your name choices? A girl I'm working with is keeping her exact due date a secret so people will be surprised! That really took the cake for me.

We are keeping the name and the sex a secret.

We're keeping the name a secret because we don't want to hear unsolicited opinions. It's not that we are sensitive, we just like what we like and don't want 900 million opinions trying to sway us one way or another because it will get annoying.

We are keeping the sex a secret because quite a few people have told us they want to be surprised and we want to find out. Also, DH wants that "moment" when he tells people, "it's a boy/girl!"

mussalynn · May 2014

I also HATED Wolf of Wall Street. Love Leo, but absolutely loathed that movie.

Also, weighing in on the whole penis/vagina conversation - I read an article once that it's important for kids to refer to their genitals using the proper names, because pervs don't use the proper names. So if your kid starts referring to her vagina as a cupcake or something like that out of the blue, you have reason to wonder why. I know, it's awful to think about, but important at the same time.

On the circumcision topic - DH is not, and DS is not. We didn't decide not to circumcise DS because DH isn't, we just honestly couldn't think of a single solitary reason why we would ever want to cut off a part of our son's penis. I really don't understand why people do circumcise. Not judging, but I just don't get it.

FirstBabyDoyle · May 2014

Breast feeding when your child has all of their teeth and speaks in full sentences is disturbing. Real conversation .."Mommy, I don't want breast milk" said son "Just a little" said mom

emoxymoose · May 2014

missnacholover said:

emoxymoose said:

I have one, that people are talking about now actually. I don't understand why people chose to find out the sex of their baby and keep it a secret, actually people who withhold information about a baby in general get on my nerves. Why find out to keep it a secret? Are you really that sensitive that you can't take a few people poo pooing your name choices? A girl I'm working with is keeping her exact due date a secret so people will be surprised! That really took the cake for me.

We are keeping the name and the sex a secret.

We're keeping the name a secret because we don't want to hear unsolicited opinions. It's not that we are sensitive, we just like what we like and don't want 900 million opinions trying to sway us one way or another because it will get annoying.

We are keeping the sex a secret because quite a few people have told us they want to be surprised and we want to find out. Also, DH wants that "moment" when he tells people, "it's a boy/girl!"

Gotcha, it's usually the other way around. People don't want to be surprised but the parents want it that way. You guys have some good willpower to find out then not tell anyone.

RedBirdFly · May 2014

emoxymoose said:
I have one, that people are talking about now actually. I don't understand why people chose to find out the sex of their baby and keep it a secret, actually people who withhold information about a baby in general get on my nerves. Why find out to keep it a secret? Are you really that sensitive that you can't take a few people poo pooing your name choices? A girl I'm working with is keeping her exact due date a secret so people will be surprised! That really took the cake for me.

I'm going to withhold the sex of the baby because we didn't want to find out to begin with, but we are because otherwise the whole world will know and my DH won't find out until well after the baby is born since he is deploying. The baby's initials will be CRR either way and we have shared our names with friends and family. I just kinda want the baby's sex to be something DH and I know, so it's more 'special' to him.

missnacholover · May 2014

emoxymoose said:

missnacholover said:

emoxymoose said:

I have one, that people are talking about now actually. I don't understand why people chose to find out the sex of their baby and keep it a secret, actually people who withhold information about a baby in general get on my nerves. Why find out to keep it a secret? Are you really that sensitive that you can't take a few people poo pooing your name choices? A girl I'm working with is keeping her exact due date a secret so people will be surprised! That really took the cake for me.

We are keeping the name and the sex a secret.

We're keeping the name a secret because we don't want to hear unsolicited opinions. It's not that we are sensitive, we just like what we like and don't want 900 million opinions trying to sway us one way or another because it will get annoying.

We are keeping the sex a secret because quite a few people have told us they want to be surprised and we want to find out. Also, DH wants that "moment" when he tells people, "it's a boy/girl!"

Gotcha, it's usually the other way around. People don't want to be surprised but the parents want it that way. You guys have some good willpower to find out then not tell anyone.

It's just easier than trying to remember who wants to know, who doesn't, who can't tell whom, etc. DH wanted to be team green but this was our compromise!

absolutelymaybe · May 2014

abbyful said:

if you don't mind my asking, why didn't you circumsize your son? i've never had any - uh - experience with that and don't get what issue is? i assumed everyone did although i know obviously some people chose not to. just wondering the reason so in case i have a son i'm informed. i haven't discussed with dh but i assume he shares my views.
The biggest reason is there's no real reason to do it. It didn't seem right to me to cut up DS's genitals "just because". Also it gets rid of a lot of nerve endings. Men like sex regardless of course, but they say it's more pleasurable uncircumcised. There are risks of complications, as with any surgery. (1 in 500 have serious complications.) And some babies need re-circumscised because it either wasn't done right or didn't heal right. Short-term - It's more hassle to deal with right after the procedure. Need to keep Vaseline on it, need to pull it back every diaper change to prevent adhesions. From the hospital I used to work at: "This is a parental decision, not a medical decision." https://www.childrensmercy.org/PediatricAdvisor/Article.aspx?id=466

^ This goes for us, too. I just feel like it's cruel to put your baby through a painful procedure when there aren't any serious benefits and it's more just because everyone else does it.

abbyful · May 2014

About names:

I just got tired of my mom hating every name. She's been a teacher for over 30 years, so every name we mentioned she equated with a former student or a children's book character. It wasn't going to affect our choice, I just got tired of hearing about it. (At one point she even said SHE would pick baby's name. No mom, you already got to name your kids.)

Also we didn't want people buying stuff embroidered with the name in case we changed our mind at the last minute.

mussalynn · May 2014

emoxymoose said:

I have one, that people are talking about now actually. I don't understand why people chose to find out the sex of their baby and keep it a secret, actually people who withhold information about a baby in general get on my nerves. Why find out to keep it a secret? Are you really that sensitive that you can't take a few people poo pooing your name choices? A girl I'm working with is keeping her exact due date a secret so people will be surprised! That really took the cake for me.

We found out the sex with DS and kept it a secret, and will with this one too. We wanted to know so we could be prepared, but just because we know what it is doesn't mean everyone else needs to. It's our information to keep to ourselves or share if we want, and we didn't want to because we wanted everyone to be surprised when he arrived. It bugs me when people think they're entitled to know what my baby's sex is. I'll tell you if I want to, and I don't!

I hope that didn't come across as snarky, just trying to explain it from my point of view.

jaminjeff · May 2014

emoxymoose said:

I have one, that people are talking about now actually. I don't understand why people chose to find out the sex of their baby and keep it a secret, actually people who withhold information about a baby in general get on my nerves. Why find out to keep it a secret? Are you really that sensitive that you can't take a few people poo pooing your name choices? A girl I'm working with is keeping her exact due date a secret so people will be surprised! That really took the cake for me.

We've stopped sharing our names this time cuz honestly I'm sick of hearing MIL say how much she hates it only because it's her ex-MIL's name. You may not have gotten along with your ex-MIL, but she was a good grandma to your children when she was alive. And any time it's been brought up, she says if that's the case I need to use her middle name as the middle name for the baby. Um no.

And with our front runner boy name, it's possibly step-FIL, which would just thrill MIL, BUT I ain't calling my son Bill. He'll be William and go by Liam. But 1. That's not a given and if it was even mentioned we'd never heard the end of it if we changed our minds. 2. DH is worried they'll ignore our wishes of calling our son Liam and call him "Little Bill" - this is happening with another family member. BIL's girlfriend is having a girl next month and MIL and step-FIL are insisting that they call her Maria after a deceased grandma and even refer to the unborn baby as "Little Maria."

So my ILs are being P.I.T.A.s about this so it's just easier not to discuss them with anyone, except another BIL who I have a good time coming up with awful names with and laughing about them.

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