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CNJ4EVA · December 2014

I'll take opinions of an unpopular nature for $1000, Alex.

CNJ4EVA · December 2014

I actually want AF to return. I need that confirmation from mother nature that I'm not KU again. I POAS last week because I'm so paranoid about it (negative thank God!), but I'd rather just have AF ease my mind each month.

lrobi13 · December 2014

I hate it when stores start putting up the decorations for the next holiday before the current one is over. Can't we just savor the moment? I gives me red ass because I'm just not ready for time to move that fast (especially since I am currently (halleluiah) not ku!)

vrj0522 · December 2014

People who have been on TB longer than like two weeks should be able to use the quote button when responding to someone. It's not that hard.

JessAnnJ · December 2014

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.

I was going to make all but one present from Santa but DH says to do just one from Santa for this reason. I think I'll probably win on this issue since I'm wrapping presents.

MrsL2B · December 2014

I don't like having a living Christmas tree. My husband always insists that we get one, but I get so sad when it's time to throw it out. Plus they're expensive.

Emerald27 · December 2014

JessAnnJ said:

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.
I was going to make all but one present from Santa but DH says to do just one from Santa for this reason. I think I'll probably win on this issue since I'm wrapping presents.

hmmm...I've wrapped ALL the presents from Santa. Should some come from us too?! I didn't realize that was a thing...

Emerald27 · December 2014

I don't like The Polar Express movie. Everyone is unhappy the tire time. And the train conductor is mean. Shouldn't a train ride for kids to the North Pole be fun and happy and exciting?? My DS says the faces are scary-well no wonder! They're all unhappy!

Emerald27 · December 2014

theresat858 said:

Emerald27 said:

JessAnnJ said:

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.
I was going to make all but one present from Santa but DH says to do just one from Santa for this reason. I think I'll probably win on this issue since I'm wrapping presents.
hmmm...I've wrapped ALL the presents from Santa. Should some come from us too?! I didn't realize that was a thing...

At least one. Apparently I was very upset one year that my parents got me "nothing" for Christmas.

Ugh. Do you think he'll notice at age 3? I hate to unwrap something.

AmandaJean12 · December 2014

Emerald27 said:

hmmm...I've wrapped ALL the presents from Santa. Should some come from us too?! I didn't realize that was a thing...

I would make something from you. In fact my mom always made the best one from her and Dad so they got credit, lol. The other ones were from Santa.

cmac6186 · December 2014

Emerald27 said:

theresat858 said:

Emerald27 said:

JessAnnJ said:

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.
I was going to make all but one present from Santa but DH says to do just one from Santa for this reason. I think I'll probably win on this issue since I'm wrapping presents.
hmmm...I've wrapped ALL the presents from Santa. Should some come from us too?! I didn't realize that was a thing...

At least one. Apparently I was very upset one year that my parents got me "nothing" for Christmas.
Ugh. Do you think he'll notice at age 3? I hate to unwrap something.

I wouldn't worry about it. All of our gifts growing up were from Santa. I never questioned why my parents didn't get us anything.

AmandaJean12 · December 2014

My UO: I get irrationally annoyed when people complain about not having time to finish their Christmas shopping. Especially if you are on their list. Its supposed to be a time to do something nice for someone, not make them feel like a chore. Or at least plan for it, you know it's coming. December didn't magically pop up.

lrobi13 · December 2014

AmandaJean12 said:

My UO: I get irrationally annoyed when people complain about not having time to finish their Christmas shopping. Especially if you are on their list. Its supposed to be a time to do something nice for someone, not make them feel like a chore. Or at least plan for it, you know it's coming. December didn't magically pop up.

Honestly this year it kinda did! I don't mind shopping but the hard part is to figure out what to by for the people who buy themselves everything they want and need.

Also, my Santa only left a few unwrapped gifts. Wrapped gifts were from mom and dad.

Emerald27 · December 2014

S/o of @AmandaJean12‌'s UO, I hate it when people talk about how Christmas shopping is such a chore money-wise. I have no idea why my family does this, but my mom will ask me what I might like for Christmas, but then go on about it's going to be light this year. And she says she's sorry she didn't do more...but she showers us with gifts!

My grandmother does the same sort of thing. She apologizes for not going all out, while we're opening gifts from her (and she always goes all out). It's kind of like spending an hour getting ready for a date and then apologizing for your appearance. ~X(

It's so awkward. I never know really what to say.

cmcookaln · December 2014

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.

I saw a thing on Facebook that said that gifts from Santa should be small so that when kids go back to school and talk about what Santa brought, the less fortunate kids are not questioning why they only got something small from Santa but somebody else got a whole bunch from Santa. It said the big stuff should come from you. I was one of those less fortunate and would say what I got and then say I couldn't remember the rest just so it didn't look like I didn't get much.

cmcookaln · December 2014

vrj0522 said:
People who have been on TB longer than like two weeks should be able to use the quote button when responding to someone. It's not that hard.

Don't hate. I had no idea. I've always done the @ thing. The quote is so much easier bc I don't have to keep going back to check if I have the person'a name right.

cmac6186 · December 2014

cmcookaln said:

vrj0522 said:
People who have been on TB longer than like two weeks should be able to use the quote button when responding to someone. It's not that hard.
Don't hate. I had no idea. I've always done the @ thing. The quote is so much easier bc I don't have to keep going back to check if I have the person'a name right.

I like the @ thing bc on mobile the quotes start to get ridiculous to scroll through

golfingdarwinfish · December 2014

theresat858 said:

It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.

@theresat858

Really? Obviously there will be a time where they learn you and DH are Santa, and it will be at at time where they may be able to better appreciate and be thankful for the material possessions you gave them every Christmas. It's not like Santa gets all the credit indefinitely.

golfingdarwinfish · December 2014

cmac6186 said:

People who have been on TB longer than like two weeks should be able to use the quote button when responding to someone. It's not that hard.
Don't hate. I had no idea. I've always done the @ thing. The quote is so much easier bc I don't have to keep going back to check if I have the person'a name right.
I like the @ thing bc on mobile the quotes start to get ridiculous to scroll through

I don't think she means quote button vs. @ - I think it's when people post after hitting "reply" thinking that they are somehow replying to that exact message and that exact user when that's not the case - "quote" or @ must be used.

And I agree. There's nothing like a message that just says "I agree with you." or "you're wrong" and you have no idea who is "you" is in that case.

[Deleted User] · December 2014

We always had one or two gifts from Santa and the rest were from family. Santa gifts arrived Christmas morning and were in different wrapping paper.

vrj0522 · December 2014

golfingdarwinfish said:

cmac6186 said:

People who have been on TB longer than like two weeks should be able to use the quote button when responding to someone. It's not that hard.
Don't hate. I had no idea. I've always done the @ thing. The quote is so much easier bc I don't have to keep going back to check if I have the person'a name right.
I like the @ thing bc on mobile the quotes start to get ridiculous to scroll through

I don't think she means quote button vs. @ - I think it's when people post after hitting "reply" thinking that they are somehow replying to that exact message and that exact user when that's not the case - "quote" or @ must be used.

And I agree. There's nothing like a message that just says "I agree with you." or "you're wrong" and you have no idea who is "you" is in that case.

Yeah, this is what I meant. The @ thing is fine.

BreandMikewedding · December 2014

We always had one gift from Santa and it was unwrapped. The rest were wrapped and from family and then we had a scavenger hunt for our biggest present. I always loved the scavenger hunt.

My uo: I hate when you have to tell people exactly what you want for a gift. I also hate that saying "a gift card" isn't acceptable.

bumpuser10309732 · December 2014

BreandMikewedding said:
We always had one gift from Santa and it was unwrapped. The rest were wrapped and from family and then we had a scavenger hunt for our biggest present. I always loved the scavenger hunt.

My uo: I hate when you have to tell people exactly what you want for a gift. I also hate that saying "a gift card" isn't acceptable.

Seriously I want some clothes and I really don't like when people buy me clothes.

2goingon3 · December 2014

JessAnnJ said:

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.
I was going to make all but one present from Santa but DH says to do just one from Santa for this reason. I think I'll probably win on this issue since I'm wrapping presents.

We only do one Santa gift!!! We pick off their list, we also have special Santa bags so they're different/separate than all our wrapped gifts.

2goingon3 · December 2014

cmcookaln said:

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.
I saw a thing on Facebook that said that gifts from Santa should be small so that when kids go back to school and talk about what Santa brought, the less fortunate kids are not questioning why they only got something small from Santa but somebody else got a whole bunch from Santa. It said the big stuff should come from you. I was one of those less fortunate and would say what I got and then say I couldn't remember the rest just so it didn't look like I didn't get much.

At this stage of awareness, were you close to knowing that he's not real?
My DD is 5, almost 6, skeptical as hell because her brain is just too logical, but she still believes and would wonder why someone got 3 Santa gifts and she only got one, but wouldn't be aware enough of the difference to feel bad about it.

2goingon3 · December 2014

In the spirit of Christmas: my UO, I don't like being judged for putting up my decorations in November! It's the Christmas season, it gets dark early and the weather's gloomy and Christmas makes me happy!
My house, my rules.

But I love taking them down before New Years, I'd get rid of them on Boxing Day if DH didn't have an objection.

AdelaG10 · December 2014

@2goingon3
In the spirit of Christmas: my UO, I don't like being judged for putting up my decorations in November! It's the Christmas season, it gets dark early and the weather's gloomy and Christmas makes me happy!
My house, my rules.

This is me and since thanksgiving was kind of later this year I started decorating the weekend before. Since we get a real tree I don't get to do that till the 2nd week in December so it's not completely dead by Christmas.

Lindseyione · December 2014

Emerald27 said:

JessAnnJ said:

theresat858 said:
It annoys me that come Christmas morning, Santa gets all the credit.
I was going to make all but one present from Santa but DH says to do just one from Santa for this reason. I think I'll probably win on this issue since I'm wrapping presents.
hmmm...I've wrapped ALL the presents from Santa. Should some come from us too?! I didn't realize that was a thing...

I read something earlier about giving your children the bigger and more expensive gifts from you so other kids won't feel bad if Santa didn't bring them much.

ETA: someone else already said this, oops!

StephanieAnnLee · December 2014

alfibet said:
@lrobi13‌ so agree on people who buy themselves everything. It makes shopping so stressful trying to come up with a meaningful gift. This year was easy for the g-parents because of all the new baby, I made everyone calendars n stuff

My MIL always does this and it seems worse near the holidays. She'll point out something she likes around thanksgiving time and then will buy it for herself a week before ChristImas. It's maddening!
The other thing that drives me crazy is my ILs can never wait until the actual holiday (or birthday). Call me crazy but it makes the day less special if you have opened the gifts days before

Saragoeswest · December 2014

I wish I could just avoid the Santa thing altogether. But I remember the fun of believing and I guess I'd like LO to experience that.

Emerald27 · December 2014

So it's not just my family. Apologizing for not giving enough presents (when you're giving a ton) and complaining about how money's tight so "we didn't give you guys much this year"...when in reality it's quite a lot and if you couldn't have afforded these gifts why did you buy them?!...it's a real thing? :-?? [-X

ishknits · December 2014

All the elfing acronyms 8-X I spend half my time on Google trying to figure out what the hell everyone is saying

pushgal84 · December 2014

Re: Santa, only the contents of our stockings were from Santa. Growing up we had 3 Christmases, but only one stocking on xmas morning, so I think it was just easier to explain. I'm also not a fan of "sorry we couldn't do more this year, but here's an ipad!". DH and I cut our present budget significantly, but we're not apologizing for it or discussing it with others. If people aren't grateful for the gifts, then they can suck it.

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Dani0329 · December 2014

UO: I am not looking forward to Christmas this year.

Most of our traditions aren't happening this year bc my grandmother is having surgery the 22nd. DD will be too young to realize what's going on. Our big Christmas Eve party was moved to the 19th & we can't go bc LO already had a doctor's appointment (we live in another state). The only thing that's the same is that we are still running the 5k for charity on Christmas Eve morning.

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cmcookaln · December 2014

@2goingon3‌ I was a little older than the average kid before finding out Santa wasn't real. I don't remember the exact age but I remember kids at school telling me this and I didn't believe them. My brother finally told me one Christmas Eve.

Emerald27 · December 2014

Cantisa said:
It's Friday I don't care. I can't get behind a bedtime routine let alone one that includes reading a book to my 10 week old baby.

lol. We didn't have a bedtime routine until DS1 was over a year old. It was always when we were ready for bed, brush teeth and turn out all lights to nurse in the dark. We only did baths a couple times a week, and baths don't make my kids relaxed and sleepy, they invigorate them and turn them into wild sailors or sea monsters or something big and scary and completely imaginary. It's like caffeine before bed. Baths are done during the day in this house.

Now our routine is clean diaper, gummy vitamin, PJs, brush teeth, 2 books in bed, lights out, sing lullabies. Then DH or I snuggles him and lays with him until he falls asleep. Best time of day ever!

The baby? Still just a "lights out now" sort of thing.

ishknits · December 2014

geetargirl05 said:

ishknits said:
All the elfing acronyms 8-X I spend half my time on Google trying to figure out what the hell everyone is saying
Here ya go!
https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12246092/acronyms-and-siggy-helps

Thank you! I check that often but it isn't all inclusive, like UO isn't on there! Haha

pnwlover12 · December 2014

Nicb13 said:

Kaylajade8911 said:

We were taught that my mum paid for most of the gifts and Santa looks after them, wraps and delivers. We had a few gifts from santa too.
This was only because we didn't have a lot of money and she didn't want us to question why a kid at school got more.
Which could lead to 'why does Santa prefer that kid?'
I Quite like this. As i will not be buying my kid an Ipad by age 4.

UO : I don't like it when kids that young have Ipads, phones etc. They may as well be in front of the TV if they are still looking at a screen. I like old school toys that you have to do more with. Teaching cause and effect etc.

We got my almost 3 year old his own kids Kindle for Christmas. He loves mine and plays a ton of educational games on it. DS is CRAZY smart and he just keeps learning from the apps on the Kindle. I figure we can't avoid technology forever and I bet once he's in school, everything will be electronic anyways

This. The kids kindle is fucking awesome. What's the difference between doing puzzles and playing memory games on a kindle or the old fashioned way?

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