I don't want to rehash all of what happened and our view vs. their view. I am nervous that some of those ladies might still lurk here a bit, and I don't want this thread to blow up over this conversation. I appreciate your points of view, and I respect theirs as well, even though I don't agree 100% with either "side" of what happened.
But seriously, thank you for the love.
Also, to be clear, you are absolutely able to post on any board you want to. Just make sure your intentions aren't to start drama and there shouldn't be a problem. It's also important to note that if you post on another board and their mod sees your post as trolling, that is their call to make. Just because you're a J15 reg doesn't make you my or ICAW's responsibility.
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I had no idea that our mods were being talked badly about over on the other BMB. F that! Maybe we should send them some REAL donuts? Since it's really hard to be grouchy pants when you're eating donuts!
My UO: I think it's kinda mean to only "love tit" some HDBD photos and not others. I'm not sure why but it makes me sad when I see this.
I'm pretty sure for the most part this isn't an unpopular opinion but not really sure where to post it and don't want to start a new thread because its too sad....
Not sure if anyone heard of the Bucket List Baby, but it was a couple who found out their baby most likely had a brain defect and wouldn't live more than a few days past birth so they went around the country doing "bucket list things" with their baby bump so he would experience all of these things in his short life before birth. Well he was born last night and he died this morning. I was REALLY hoping and praying that the doctors ALL had it wrong. Silly I know because I'm sure they went to a ton of doctors to have this reconfirmed over and over again...I just wanted the doctors to be wrong, as I'm sure everyone else did too. So not really a UO but like I said, didn't really know where to post it so here it is
Awwww. I was praying for them and hoping the doctors were wrong too. I can't imagine what they're going through but at least they got to spend some time with their son before he went to be with Jesus. Prayers and strength to them.
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People react negatively to Pumpkin Spice stuff saying there is no Pumpkin in it but it's called "Pumpkin SPICE" not "Pumpkin". So really if it has Pumpkin Spice, then I think it has accomplished what it set out to, no?
Also, this is such a trivial thing to concern myself with but I'm bored haha
I had no idea that our mods were being talked badly about over on the other BMB. F that! Maybe we should send them some REAL donuts? Since it's really hard to be grouchy pants when you're eating donuts!
My UO: I think it's kinda mean to only "love tit" some HDBD photos and not others. I'm not sure why but it makes me sad when I see this.
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It's why I don't participate in HDBD, or haven't to this point. I don't want to miss anyone and hurt any feelings!
The grandparents thing: For us or mainly me I have a good schedule for my kids and it's not a difficult one cause my kids are use to it. Granted they're 1 and 5 months and they aren't to wild yet but they know their naptimes and bedtimes. They yawn, rub their eyes and ask for Mimis (sleep). They wanna eat at certain times and have their snacks at certain times. I planned their schedule around them so they set it. Maybe when they're older it'll be a little harder but until then I expect my schedule to be kept.
The Tooties Rolls: I have no idea how those nasty brown ones manage to stay on the market! I LOVE the flavored ones ahh orange mmm!
The Pumpkin Spice H8tr: how dare you. Lol but I agree with peppermint goodness!
My UO: I fucking love that Anaconda song by Nicki Minaj. Sorry for my language but it's so funny and catchy to me.
I haven't read that Bucket List Baby story. I try to avoid the ones where the baby dies or other stories regarding pregnancy/childbirth with sad outcomes. I have the utmost respect and sympathy for those families, and I guess I need to be realistic and accept that sometimes stories don't have happy endings, but it just makes me too sad to read the stories.
There was one around the time DS was born (Dec 2012) about a baby born with anencephaly who died within hours of birth, and I remember holding 5 day old DS, reading the story, and just crying and crying. Hugs and prayers for those families.
I don't buy pumpkin spice. I just use a mix of nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger. I think it's supposed to have allspice too, but I don't notice a difference. Apparently I don't have very discriminating taste when it comes to pumpkin spice.
I get angry on behalf of peacocks everywhere that the peacock costumes being marketed to little girls are actually male peacocks. Peahens look nothing like peacocks.
*storms off in outrage*
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I get angry on behalf of peacocks everywhere that the peacock costumes being marketed to little girls are actually male peacocks. Peahens look nothing like peacocks.
*storms off in outrage*
You know... I have never thought about it that way.. Great catch!
We DO have great mods. *Some* of the new mod nominations over on the board that shall not be named were people who handle the dramz really terribly.
I saw Gone Girl last night and for the most part LOVED it. Can't wait to read the book now. I haven't been introduced to Gillian Flynn's work until now.
@maebb, I am totally with you, I normally avoid all of these stories. This one kept coming up on the news etc. though so I couldn't avoid it and last night my FB was blowing up with the story that they were in labor, so I became invested and was sooo saddened this am. Wish I had never read it because all of these stories always break my heart. So I am sorry to have thrown it on here! Don't want to bring everyone's day down!
I think outtie belly buttons are creepy. Right now my belly button looks like it has an overbite and im about to tape that sucker down so I dont look like I have a 3rd nipple.
And number 2. Pregnancy is a lot more painful and uncomfortable than I was led to expect. I wasnt expecting to waddle and have trouble rolling over until at least the 3rd trimester.
Me: 34 DH: 28. Married Jan 2012. Started TTC Jan 2014. Got our first BFP April 28th. Baby Boy Born: December 24 2014
I think outtie belly buttons are creepy. Right now my belly button looks like it has an overbite and im about to tape that sucker down so I dont look like I have a 3rd nipple.
And number 2. Pregnancy is a lot more painful and uncomfortable than I was led to expect. I wasnt expecting to waddle and have trouble rolling over until at least the 3rd trimester.
But you are in the 3rd trimester according to your ticker!
I think outtie belly buttons are creepy. Right now my belly button looks like it has an overbite and im about to tape that sucker down so I dont look like I have a 3rd nipple.
And number 2. Pregnancy is a lot more painful and uncomfortable than I was led to expect. I wasnt expecting to waddle and have trouble rolling over until at least the 3rd trimester.
THIS!! I feel like I was not adequately prepared to know how much lower body/ pelvic pain there was and how much sooner all other issues would start! Oh the plus side my doctor said that generally speaking you recover a lot quicker the second time so I am holding onto that!
We DO have great mods. *Some* of the new mod nominations over on the board that shall not be named were people who handle the dramz really terribly.
I saw Gone Girl last night and for the most part LOVED it. Can't wait to read the book now. I haven't been introduced to Gillian Flynn's work until now.
Apparently it's an UO that I loathed Gone Girl (book, haven't seen the movie). Sure, it was well written but I kept hoping there would be a character that wasn't truly despicable (maybe his sister, that's about it).
I closed that last chapter thoroughly disgusted and disappointed. I won't see the movie because I hated those characters so much.
I love it.. Probably because I love movies that explore complex and villainous characters, ESPECIALLY when those characters are women, and not boring "caring nurturing angel woman", "manic pixie dream girl," or "reformed whore with good heart" etc etc.
1.) I think waffles are a lot better than pancakes.
2.) I think kids should be corrected/disciplined for rolling their eyes at adult figures. I was raised in a household where eye rolling was a huge sign of disrespect. I cringe every time a child is allowed to roll their eyes without any repercussions.
Are yall sure we can't point out when other boards are being stupid? Cause that board that we can't name is having a pretty hilarious fight in their UO today......
I want to like it but I just don't. Every few years I try it again in hope that my tastes have changed but I still hate it every time.
The only way I can eat yogurt without thinking of cold sour snot is if it is mixed with 2 parts granola for every 1 part yogurt.
Thanks for that imagery. I like most yogurt as long as it's not too sweet. I don't like the ones that are full of sugar or artificial sweeteners. Also with yogurt that is marketed to kids, I really watch the sugar content.
1.) I think waffles are a lot better than pancakes.
2.) I think kids should be corrected/disciplined for rolling their eyes at adult figures. I was raised in a household where eye rolling was a huge sign of disrespect. I cringe every time a child is allowed to roll their eyes without any repercussions.
@kmfreema, I recently confronted an employee after she rolled her eyes at me when I was providing feedback on a presentation. She said, "I said ok - it's not your business what I do with my body, and that is not within your control." I explained that part of effective communication is body language, and if she disagrees with my feedback, we can talk about it in a professional, respectful way, but rolling her eyes is neither professional or respectful. She said we'd just have to agree to disagree. Clearly her parents didn't raise her to know that eye-rolling is unacceptable.
I hate yogurt. Hate it.
I want to like it but I just don't. Every few years I try it again in hope that my tastes have changed but I still hate it every time.
The only way I can eat yogurt without thinking of cold sour snot is if it is mixed with 2 parts granola for every 1 part yogurt.
I'm totally with you on that. I cannot stand yogurt either. Even if it was 10 parts granola to 1 part yogurt. I wish I liked it, it's such a convenient snack/breakfast. And I want to be like those people on the Activia commercial....
1.) I think waffles are a lot better than pancakes.
2.) I think kids should be corrected/disciplined for rolling their eyes at adult figures. I was raised in a household where eye rolling was a huge sign of disrespect. I cringe every time a child is allowed to roll their eyes without any repercussions.
I don't want to send my kids the message that someone older than you is automatically correct and that their opinions are for some reason more valuable simply because they are bigger than you.
Also, I have no control over my child's physical body once they reach an age of opinions and discernment. I can guide them morally but I think telling anyone that their body (including their eyes) is mine to control is a slippery slope.
I would want them to avoid eyes rolling type behavior because even when you think someone is stupid, letting them know that never garners any favors and just like adults, kids can be wrong also. A part of maturity is learning to agree to disagree without disrespect, teasing, name calling, or demanding.
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My parents NEVER tried to tell me what to do with my body. During my "I know everything" teen years if I did roll my eyes at them they would stop the conversation and tell me that they didn't appreciate me rolling my eyes. They told me that I could come back to talk to them when I was ready to do it with maturity. They wouldn't belittle me or ignore me. The simple redirection of the conversation would cause me to calm down and taught me how to properly convey my point, even when I was very angry (I give a lot of my debate team success to this. While others lost points for physical and/or verbal outbursts, my ability to stay calm saved me points )
I agree that trying to control every physical aspect of your child is not good but at the same time, not telling them why a physical action is disrespectful can be worse in the long run, in my opinion.
As an adult, you can't roll your eyes at your boss without them loosing some of their respect for you as a professional. Yes, there are a lot of bad bosses, but as a parent I believe it is my job to teach my children how to properly interact with people who always assume they are right by using their words, not an immature physical reaction, like eye rolling. Which given your last two paragraphs, I think you agree with?
Don't get me wrong. I have my days when I will roll my eyes at something I read online, but I never roll my eyes in front of a person who says something I don't agree with because, like you, I think that showing someone that you think what they said is stupid doesn't do anything to help the situation.
My basic point is that I think a child who is able to control their physical reactions (because they were redirected/corrected to) while having a conversation with an adult (right or wrong) is learning a good lesson about maturity. It's not about "controlling" their actions. It's about giving them alternatives that will help them when they are out in the real world.
*sorry for the run-on sentences/ spelling. I hope all of that makes sense. After a certain length it's hard to edit my posts while I'm in the app.
1.) I think waffles are a lot better than pancakes.
2.) I think kids should be corrected/disciplined for rolling their eyes at adult figures. I was raised in a household where eye rolling was a huge sign of disrespect. I cringe every time a child is allowed to roll their eyes without any repercussions.
@kmfreema, I recently confronted an employee after she rolled her eyes at me when I was providing feedback on a presentation. She said, "I said ok - it's not your business what I do with my body, and that is not within your control." I explained that part of effective communication is body language, and if she disagrees with my feedback, we can talk about it in a professional, respectful way, but rolling her eyes is neither professional or respectful. She said we'd just have to agree to disagree. Clearly her parents didn't raise her to know that eye-rolling is unacceptable.
Oh my... For real? Her lack of professionalism would make it into a note on her next performance review, if I were her supervisor.
I'm totally guilty of the half love-titting on HDBD this week! I realized halfway through that somewhere I had stopped love-titting and it wasn't on purpose so then I thought that maybe I should start up again but then thought that I shouldn't....but I agree, it's not cool not to love-tit everyone.
We DO have great mods. *Some* of the new mod nominations over on the board that shall not be named were people who handle the dramz really terribly.
I saw Gone Girl last night and for the most part LOVED it. Can't wait to read the book now. I haven't been introduced to Gillian Flynn's work until now.
Apparently it's an UO that I loathed Gone Girl (book, haven't seen the movie). Sure, it was well written but I kept hoping there would be a character that wasn't truly despicable (maybe his sister, that's about it).
I closed that last chapter thoroughly disgusted and disappointed. I won't see the movie because I hated those characters so much.
I liked the book and hated ALL of the characters (including the sister - she bothered me more than the husband did). I almost don't want to see the movie because I do like Ben Affleck and I don't want to not like him after I see it LOL
1.) I think waffles are a lot better than pancakes.
2.) I think kids should be corrected/disciplined for rolling their eyes at adult figures. I was raised in a household where eye rolling was a huge sign of disrespect. I cringe every time a child is allowed to roll their eyes without any repercussions.
@kmfreema, I recently confronted an employee after she rolled her eyes at me when I was providing feedback on a presentation. She said, "I said ok - it's not your business what I do with my body, and that is not within your control." I explained that part of effective communication is body language, and if she disagrees with my feedback, we can talk about it in a professional, respectful way, but rolling her eyes is neither professional or respectful. She said we'd just have to agree to disagree. Clearly her parents didn't raise her to know that eye-rolling is unacceptable.
I work with high schoolers (most of which have problems socializing or fully understanding social situations). They are all at the age where they are interested in getting a job, so for the past two weeks I've been going over professional etiquette. Next week is supposed to be about interview strategies, but I may change it to body language and communication so I can use your example as a roll play scenario. I'm curious to see how some of them would respond.
We DO have great mods. *Some* of the new mod nominations over on the board that shall not be named were people who handle the dramz really terribly.
I saw Gone Girl last night and for the most part LOVED it. Can't wait to read the book now. I haven't been introduced to Gillian Flynn's work until now.
Apparently it's an UO that I loathed Gone Girl (book, haven't seen the movie). Sure, it was well written but I kept hoping there would be a character that wasn't truly despicable (maybe his sister, that's about it).
I closed that last chapter thoroughly disgusted and disappointed. I won't see the movie because I hated those characters so much.
I liked the book and hated ALL of the characters (including the sister - she bothered me more than the husband did). I almost don't want to see the movie because I do like Ben Affleck and I don't want to not like him after I see it LOL
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The book was well written but I HATED the ending. I hope they changed it for the movie. I'm waiting until it comes out in Red Box to see it.
@kmfreema, we work in a professional office setting, and that employee also loudly smacks and pops her gum and leaves her phone on a really obnoxious and unprofessional ringtone. She has worked for the company for 15 years and apparently has not been held accountable for her unprofessionalism (although I do think her failure to get promoted reflects it), but she has worked for me for 3 months, and I am working with her and letting her know that she needs to be more professional if she wishes to maintain or advance her position in the company. I'm pretty sure she thinks I am too critical of her, but it's my job to see that she is developing her skills and contributing to the team. I think she'd be a great case study for your class.
@kmfreema, we work in a professional office setting, and that employee also loudly smacks and pops her gum and leaves her phone on a really obnoxious and unprofessional ringtone. She has worked for the company for 15 years and apparently has not been held accountable for her unprofessionalism (although I do think her failure to get promoted reflects it), but she has worked for me for 3 months, and I am working with her and letting her know that she needs to be more professional if she wishes to maintain or advance her position in the company. I'm pretty sure she thinks I am too critical of her, but it's my job to see that she is developing her skills and contributing to the team. I think she'd be a great case study for your class.
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:::cringe::: Gum smacking/popping are my biggest pet peeves. I tell all my kids that I don't mind gum in my room, but the second they start chewing like a cow or popping it they are no longer allowed to have it.
It sounds like she'd be the perfect "don't" example! Lol
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Thanks to this shit show I was able to add a few names to my post it.
My UO: I think it's kinda mean to only "love tit" some HDBD photos and not others. I'm not sure why but it makes me sad when I see this.
+1
It's why I don't participate in HDBD, or haven't to this point. I don't want to miss anyone and hurt any feelings!
The Tooties Rolls: I have no idea how those nasty brown ones manage to stay on the market! I LOVE the flavored ones ahh orange mmm!
The Pumpkin Spice H8tr: how dare you. Lol but I agree with peppermint goodness!
My UO: I fucking love that Anaconda song by Nicki Minaj. Sorry for my language but it's so funny and catchy to me.
There was one around the time DS was born (Dec 2012) about a baby born with anencephaly who died within hours of birth, and I remember holding 5 day old DS, reading the story, and just crying and crying. Hugs and prayers for those families.
I saw Gone Girl last night and for the most part LOVED it. Can't wait to read the book now. I haven't been introduced to Gillian Flynn's work until now.
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I closed that last chapter thoroughly disgusted and disappointed. I won't see the movie because I hated those characters so much.
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BFP on May 5th after Follistim & IUI #3
1.) I think waffles are a lot better than pancakes.
2.) I think kids should be corrected/disciplined for rolling their eyes at adult figures. I was raised in a household where eye rolling was a huge sign of disrespect. I cringe every time a child is allowed to roll their eyes without any repercussions.
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On mobile so I can't bold. So I separated your reply. I agree with your first paragraph. My parents taught me that rolling my eyes was disrespectful BUT never that every adult figure would always be correct. Instead, they taught me that rolling my eyes was an immature way to express my feelings, even if the adult figure was wrong. If I felt that an adult figure was wrong there were better ways to go about explaining my side/concerns than rolling my eyes.
My parents NEVER tried to tell me what to do with my body. During my "I know everything" teen years if I did roll my eyes at them they would stop the conversation and tell me that they didn't appreciate me rolling my eyes. They told me that I could come back to talk to them when I was ready to do it with maturity. They wouldn't belittle me or ignore me. The simple redirection of the conversation would cause me to calm down and taught me how to properly convey my point, even when I was very angry (I give a lot of my debate team success to this. While others lost points for physical and/or verbal outbursts, my ability to stay calm saved me points
I agree that trying to control every physical aspect of your child is not good but at the same time, not telling them why a physical action is disrespectful can be worse in the long run, in my opinion.
As an adult, you can't roll your eyes at your boss without them loosing some of their respect for you as a professional. Yes, there are a lot of bad bosses, but as a parent I believe it is my job to teach my children how to properly interact with people who always assume they are right by using their words, not an immature physical reaction, like eye rolling. Which given your last two paragraphs, I think you agree with?
Don't get me wrong. I have my days when I will roll my eyes at something I read online, but I never roll my eyes in front of a person who says something I don't agree with because, like you, I think that showing someone that you think what they said is stupid doesn't do anything to help the situation.
My basic point is that I think a child who is able to control their physical reactions (because they were redirected/corrected to) while having a conversation with an adult (right or wrong) is learning a good lesson about maturity. It's not about "controlling" their actions. It's about giving them alternatives that will help them when they are out in the real world.
*sorry for the run-on sentences/ spelling. I hope all of that makes sense. After a certain length it's hard to edit my posts while I'm in the app.
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@maebb Wow....just wow.
I work with high schoolers (most of which have problems socializing or fully understanding social situations). They are all at the age where they are interested in getting a job, so for the past two weeks I've been going over professional etiquette. Next week is supposed to be about interview strategies, but I may change it to body language and communication so I can use your example as a roll play scenario. I'm curious to see how some of them would respond.
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The book was well written but I HATED the ending. I hope they changed it for the movie. I'm waiting until it comes out in Red Box to see it.
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Gum smacking/popping are my biggest pet peeves. I tell all my kids that I don't mind gum in my room, but the second they start chewing like a cow or popping it they are no longer allowed to have it.
It sounds like she'd be the perfect "don't" example! Lol