It's Thursday.... UO's go here!

jaztastic · July 2014

krista0290 said:

My UO is strangers giving me parenting advice ( it's pathetic how common this is, ppl think bc I'm a young mom I want their advice)....you don't know me, you don't know my son, you don't know our situation. I do not believe in screaming at him or expecting a 9 month old to listen to no perfectly, and I will NEVER tap his little hand. It's my job to watch him, not to punish him when he's too young to understand when I should have been watching him better in the first place. Not only do strangers do this in public but lots of ppl do this. Drives me nuts! I'm a cause and effect disclipiner....you make a mess, you help clean it. You don't pick up toys, you lose those toys for the day. That's when he's old enough to understand better. I will not scream "NO!" in his lil face or slap his hand....UGH! I get so upset when I see bad parenting and people hitting or screaming at small children. Heart breaking!

Maybe its just me... but some kids need a good ole fashion pop every now and again. Im not judging you, but Ive seen lots of kids whose parents have that "Im not going to raise my voice" attitude, meanwhile little johnny is running around with a steak knife. In my opinion you roll with the punches, pick your parenting style but dont be so stuck on what you arent going to do, that you never adjust to what may work better for that child.

HeyStVincent · July 2014

I get really annoyed by the stickers people put on their rear windshield with X number of kids of varying sizes and the two parents. No one in the grocery store parking lot cares about how many notches you have in your fertility belt. No one.

jaymo517 · July 2014

I think it's tacky when people don't say thank you or send a simple thank you card. I've been to 3 or 4 weddings & showers in the past year and never was told thank you in person or via a card. When did this change to being the norm and everyone just expecting to get gifts?!? Maybe I'm old fashion....

jaytee16 · July 2014

jaymo517 said:

I think it's tacky when people don't say thank you or send a simple thank you card. I've been to 3 or 4 weddings & showers in the past year and never was told thank you in person or via a card. When did this change to being the norm and everyone just expecting to get gifts?!? Maybe I'm old fashion....

They didn't even say thank you at the shower? Did they open gifts there?

I'm with you, I think it's incredibly rude not to thank someone for a gift, I don't think that's old fashioned, I think it's polite.

jaztastic · July 2014

jaymo517 said:

I think it's tacky when people don't say thank you or send a simple thank you card. I've been to 3 or 4 weddings & showers in the past year and never was told thank you in person or via a card. When did this change to being the norm and everyone just expecting to get gifts?!? Maybe I'm old fashion....

It maybe coming... we sent out thank you cards for our wedding, on our 1yr anniversary. Mainly because I kept forgetting, but after like 6 months I figured we may as well just wait. It read something like 1 yr ago you graced us with your presence as we made our commitment before God, family and friends. And as we celebrate our first anniversary we want to thank you for your continued support as we grow together. blah blah blah... I thought it was cute. But I dont expect shower/birthday thank you cards. Most people say thank you at the event.

jaymo517 · July 2014

@jaztaz1‌ that is a cute idea, I've never heard of that before. Maybe you're right and it's in the mail ;;)

Hernsy · July 2014

I can't stand baby bump pictures, meal pictures and status check-ins for asinine locations like the grocery store on facebook. I really should probably discontinue using it, but sometimes there are funny gifs and pictures.

jaztastic · July 2014

@jaymo517 I think I may have started a trend because at least 6 of my friends who got married after me sent thank you's after 1yr. LOL

starrynight1658 · July 2014

jaztaz1 said:

krista0290 said:

My UO is strangers giving me parenting advice ( it's pathetic how common this is, ppl think bc I'm a young mom I want their advice)....you don't know me, you don't know my son, you don't know our situation. I do not believe in screaming at him or expecting a 9 month old to listen to no perfectly, and I will NEVER tap his little hand. It's my job to watch him, not to punish him when he's too young to understand when I should have been watching him better in the first place. Not only do strangers do this in public but lots of ppl do this. Drives me nuts! I'm a cause and effect disclipiner....you make a mess, you help clean it. You don't pick up toys, you lose those toys for the day. That's when he's old enough to understand better. I will not scream "NO!" in his lil face or slap his hand....UGH! I get so upset when I see bad parenting and people hitting or screaming at small children. Heart breaking!

Maybe its just me... but some kids need a good ole fashion pop every now and again. Im not judging you, but Ive seen lots of kids whose parents have that "Im not going to raise my voice" attitude, meanwhile little johnny is running around with a steak knife. In my opinion you roll with the punches, pick your parenting style but dont be so stuck on what you arent going to do, that you never adjust to what may work better for that child.

Ummm no. DH and I agreed early in that we would never lay a hand on our child out of anger or as punishment, and we haven't had a problem sticking to it. Consistent discipline and logical consequences work far better than a "pop" for us. I think that this is one of the only parenting decisions that it's ok to say "I will never" about.

Ducktale · July 2014

Hernsy said:
I can't stand baby bump pictures, meal pictures and status check-ins for asinine locations like the grocery store on facebook. I really should probably discontinue using it, but sometimes there are funny gifs and pictures.

No baby bump pics? I'm just as sick of the pointless updates as the next, but bump pics don't seem pointless. I guess unless you do it all the time.

Hernsy · July 2014

Ducktale said:

I can't stand baby bump pictures, meal pictures and status check-ins for asinine locations like the grocery store on facebook. I really should probably discontinue using it, but sometimes there are funny gifs and pictures.
No baby bump pics? I'm just as sick of the pointless updates as the next, but bump pics don't seem pointless. I guess unless you do it all the time.

I must know people who do it ALL THE TIME and usually naked belly bump pictures.

SallyAnneS · July 2014

krista0290 said:

My UO is strangers giving me parenting advice ( it's pathetic how common this is, ppl think bc I'm a young mom I want their advice)....you don't know me, you don't know my son, you don't know our situation. I do not believe in screaming at him or expecting a 9 month old to listen to no perfectly, and I will NEVER tap his little hand. It's my job to watch him, not to punish him when he's too young to understand when I should have been watching him better in the first place. Not only do strangers do this in public but lots of ppl do this. Drives me nuts! I'm a cause and effect disclipiner....you make a mess, you help clean it. You don't pick up toys, you lose those toys for the day. That's when he's old enough to understand better. I will not scream "NO!" in his lil face or slap his hand....UGH! I get so upset when I see bad parenting and people hitting or screaming at small children. Heart breaking!

It is a babysitters job to watch him... it is your job as a mother to TEACH him. Through whatever means you think he will learn best. The teaching you do now will impact how he behaves later.

lcwed · July 2014

ChickenOnSunday said:

PowerOfBacon said:

HeyStVincent said:

I get really annoyed by the stickers people put on their rear windshield with X number of kids of varying sizes and the two parents. No one in the grocery store parking lot cares about how many notches you have in your fertility belt. No one.

Plus, that's a great way for criminals to get a good idea about your family, especially pets, etc.
What will criminals do with this information?

Well, if they saw you didn't have pets, could follow you home, break in, etc. I had to go to a seminar at work, and one of the police officer presenter said to not put things like that in your window for that reason.
Though, I mean, they could just as easily just do the crime without that as well. When I was in high school, we got broken into twice, and we had a german shepherd when that happened

At a seminar I went to it was more toward child predators having easy access to your kids after school activities, interest, or can act like they know your family because of siblings or pets. Same thing with your child's jersey number with a name sticker.

Edited because quote fail

jaztastic · July 2014

chickenhawke said:

Political or religious rants and posts with poor spelling/grammar ARE THE MOST ANNOYING THING ON THE INTERNET.

*Note: We all make occasional mistakes (blame auto-correct). BUT I find that where there are uniformed opinions, there are also grammatical errors!

**Second Note: More than three dots does not make your unfinished idea more thoughtful..........

GUILTY... lol (I swear I cant stop doing it)

Neesey · July 2014

Oh FB status updates! I really don't care that you're at the gym again today. And yesterday you ran 5 miles. Whatever. I went to work today. Should I post an update about that?

freegiraffe · July 2014

chickenhawke said:

**Second Note: More than three dots does not make your unfinished idea more thoughtful..........

So many times this.

lilrubberduckie · July 2014

jaymo517 said:
I think it's tacky when people don't say thank you or send a simple thank you card. I've been to 3 or 4 weddings & showers in the past year and never was told thank you in person or via a card. When did this change to being the norm and everyone just expecting to get gifts?!? Maybe I'm old fashion....

This bothers me too. Even close friends. I was in 3 weddings last summer and my own. I was the only one who sent out thank you cards out of all the couples. And they were out within 3 days of the event. Bothers me when I get people a gift and put so much work into making their wedding amazing and dont get a thank you card.

now we are all pregnant. We will see if there are thank yous with baby showers...

Eta: we also send thank yous of appreciation. Like when we moved we sent thank yous to those that helped. Etc

cannolioh · July 2014

My uo is that I think an excess of holiday decor is annoying. A lady I work with told me she has 17 large totes full of Christmas decor, seriously? Actually I don't like tons of knick knacks in general, or when you go to someones house and you feel like you are in hobby lobby because there is stuff everywhere.

Nlavender13 · July 2014

freegiraffe said:

chickenhawke said:

**Second Note: More than three dots does not make your unfinished idea more thoughtful..........

So many times this.

Ha, i have to put ....... in between things on this board to split up my post because it won't let me use the enter key on my ipad for this website. It still drives me nuts! My UO is when I see younger people cross the street where there is no cross walk. I want to pull over and tell them that a friend got hit by a car and died in front of my brother when they were crossing the street at 16years old. Or when kids play in the street and take their sweet time moving out of the way for cars. Oh and when the teens in my neighbourhood sit outside all night talking so loud I can hear it in bed. Wow this is making me feel old right now:) I am really not a cranky old bat.

Sarmouse · July 2014

lilynblue said:

My uo is that I think an excess of holiday decor is annoying. A lady I work with told me she has 17 large totes full of Christmas decor, seriously? Actually I don't like tons of knick knacks in general, or when you go to someones house and you feel like you are in hobby lobby because there is stuff everywhere.

Agree with you! My MIL has *four* Christmas trees all decked out every year. The first year we went to their house for Christmas I nearly crapped my pants when I flushed the toilet and a cartoon Christmas tree decoration with eyes she had on the back of the toilet starting singing!

smg2302 · July 2014

Maybe this belongs in tffc but for Mother's Day dh got me the Disney stick family to put on my minivan.

chickyclg · July 2014

jaytee16 said:

I hate when people have massive siggies. I like things for quick reference - how far along you are, your journey, etc. but there is no reason your siggy should take up my entire internet browser window, shrink that down a little.

I am guilty of this one, LOL!

caragatza · July 2014

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Nlavender13 · July 2014

Ok so I am having one of those "everything irritates me" days so I thought I would share! I feel like there has been WAY to many repeat post lately. I am gone for a day and get on to find I have 3pages of new post and only about 5 ( not counting the regretful ones we all hate to see come up) that were worth opening. Hoping that once we get past all the initial first U/S and cramping and bleeding that come with the first tri it will die down. Ok rant over thanks for listening! Notice how i did not start a new post for this UO rant:)

meepette · July 2014

My irritation at the moment is fake friends. I have one friend who said near my birthday after I said that I don't like celebrating it "Oh, I will throw you a party because I love throwing parties." Glad I didn't put any thought into it because she apparently forgot about it and did not even have the nerve to say happy birthday. This is the same girl that told a bunch of random people that I was pregnant, most of whom I don't know.

Another irritation is that my younger sister thinks because she has twins, she is the best mom ever. Everything she puts on FB is preachy and arrogant. Hence, why we aren't very close.

Biscotto · July 2014

I don't think living in Switzerland is cool. I have to renew my permit and the office of immigration is being difficult. I'm to the point that I don't care if it's renewed. I look at the Swiss families, their children and their lifestyle here and I'm positive that I don't want my child to grow up with their mannerisms and mentality. We're only here for SO's job. If we have to move to Italy or the USA, I'm all for it.

bhjones1980 · July 2014

Is it still Thursday?

mommy510 · July 2014

My UO is people making rude comments about the number of children people have. This is baby #3 for us. I really don't think that 3 kids counts as a huge family, but some of DH's friends had the nerve to tell him that they feel bad for him because he is going to have 3 kids. It's like they assume this baby was an "oopsie" because no one in their right mind would want more than 2 kids. The fact is that this baby is very wanted and anticipated.

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