UNPOPULAR OPINIONS!

mamahawk12 · January 2015

Has this not been started yet today? Let's hear them, I know they're out there!!

I'll start. It makes me irrationally irritated when people try to describe pregnancy as 10 months... it's not. Learn how to count. I feel like 9 months isn't dramatic enough for them.. they need to be pregnant for TEN months. (if you go 2 weeks past due and are certain of your due date, I may give you a pass.) Also, when people count months based on weeks. "Well, I'm 20 weeks, so I'm five months pregnant!" Again, no you are not. No one due in June is five months pregnant. Even the furthest along of us just turned 4 months a week ago.

staciecoffey · January 2015

Mine is what I should and shouldn't be wearing. I upped my jean size instead buying maternity pants, and this seems to bother everyone...

ElleJDubs · January 2015

Omg yes! You can't just divide by 4 weeks to get your months. There is only 1 month with just 4 weeks in it and the rest have more than that! This totally bugs me as well.

Schnurette · January 2015

mamahawk12 I don't have my own unpopular opinion but I completely agree with yours re 10 months. DH kept trying to tell me pregnancy is 10 months until I sat him down and explained that, if anything, it is actually only 8.5 months because the first two weeks are kind of mulliganed for your period.

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

I am 34 and have embraced leggings as pants for about three weeks now. As long as my ass is reasonably covered I teeter on being ashamed of my wardrobe choice and being sorrynotsorry.

eeyorefan215 · January 2015

I can't stand it when people (especially my students) tell me how tired they are. Oh, you're tired? Let me tell you what tired REALLY feels like! UGH! :-w

IsadoraB · January 2015

ElleJDubs said:
Omg yes! You can't just divide by 4 weeks to get your months. There is only 1 month with just 4 weeks in it and the rest have more than that! This totally bugs me as well.

Math is hard for some people.
/:)

Stormy61 · January 2015

pcrunk said:
This isn't exactly an opinion as much as it as a behavior I suppose. I typically only wash my hair once a week. Well.. Yesterday in the shower I realized I hadn't washed it since Christmas Eve. Woops.

How?? I mean. .it doesn't get greasy?

kej0004 · January 2015

Wow, @jimbobcooter, I was about to type out almost this exact thing, decimals and all.

But, I was going to really go for it and add the math: 38 weeks/(4.3 weeks/month) = 8.8 months. I love math (and using it to prove dumb people wrong).

ETA: Yes, I'm a nerd. Engineering school does that to you.

veggiemo · January 2015

My UO: I don't find men in uniform attractive.

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

@veggiemo

missjenniebean · January 2015

staciecoffey said:

Mine is what I should and shouldn't be wearing. I upped my jean size instead buying maternity pants, and this seems to bother everyone...

I do the same thing!

I might break down eventually though....lol

I hate when I tell people I want to do cloth diapering and they immediately start on a rant about how disgusting and terrible it is and how they hate it and how i will hate it too.

just let me do my own thing!

Plus, the more they bitch about it the more I want to do it.

Stormy61 · January 2015

veggiemo said:
My UO: I don't find men in uniform attractive.

Blasphemy!

Nikelizabeth · January 2015

pcrunk said:

dzashley said:

pcrunk said:
This isn't exactly an opinion as much as it as a behavior I suppose. I typically only wash my hair once a week. Well.. Yesterday in the shower I realized I hadn't washed it since Christmas Eve. Woops.
How?? I mean. .it doesn't get greasy?
Nope. My hair is actually infinitely healthier since I stopped washing and blow drying/styling it every day. It really doesn't even get greasy, I'm not an oily person. For the days I feel like it's a little bleh but not quite ready to be washed I use dry shampoo. A few days past a week is typically pushing it. But I'd had been wearing it in a topknot for a few days and literally could not remember (totally blaming the pregnancy brain here) when the last time I washed it was because I don't get that red flag of grease ball city.

I'm just like you. Thank goodness for thick non oily hair. I'd die if I had fine greasy hair that needed to be washed all the time. Once a week and I'm good

thelittlestbee · January 2015

I can't stand people that chew gum with their mouths open. I should NOT be able to hear you chewing your gum from 20 feet away. I also think there's a special place in hell for people that snap their gum.

blastocarrier30 · January 2015

finchfeeder80 said:

I am 34 and have embraced leggings as pants for about three weeks now. As long as my ass is reasonably covered I teeter on being ashamed of my wardrobe choice and being sorrynotsorry.

So this. I've always been anti leggings as pants (I have seen way more camel toe in the last 5 years than I ever needed to see), but now that I'm down to leggings, sweat pants, and one pair of maternity pants, I'm just rolling with it.

I did learn last night though that leggings definitely are NOT pants when it is 28 degrees and super windy. Yikes.

elbowpasta · January 2015

missjenniebean said:

staciecoffey said:

Mine is what I should and shouldn't be wearing. I upped my jean size instead buying maternity pants, and this seems to bother everyone...

I do the same thing! I might break down eventually though....lol

I hate when I tell people I want to do cloth diapering and they immediately start on a rant about how disgusting and terrible it is and how they hate it and how i will hate it too.

just let me do my own thing!

Plus, the more they bitch about it the more I want to do it.

This is why I've stopped telling people I'm planning to try. EVERYONE insists that it's disgusting, and I'll want a service at the very least, and how I really have no idea what I'm getting in to....

Everyone just needs to take a chill pill.

thelittlestbee · January 2015

mrskblack11 said:

thelittlestbee said:

I can't stand people that chew gum with their mouths open. I should NOT be able to hear you chewing your gum from 20 feet away. I also think there's a special place in hell for people that snap their gum.

Literally doing this right now. If I am home alone, does that make it okay?

veggiemo · January 2015

finchfeeder80 said:

@veggiemo

OMG, this cracked me up!

Belle0720 · January 2015

missjenniebean said:

staciecoffey said:

Mine is what I should and shouldn't be wearing. I upped my jean size instead buying maternity pants, and this seems to bother everyone...

I do the same thing! I might break down eventually though....lol

I hate when I tell people I want to do cloth diapering and they immediately start on a rant about how disgusting and terrible it is and how they hate it and how i will hate it too.

just let me do my own thing!

Plus, the more they bitch about it the more I want to do it.

Totally with you on this. On Christmas Eve my H asked his sister if they had ever tried cloth diapering (because we plan to). Her response was, "No, that's disgusting". I smiled at her and told her that we plan to cloth diaper. His mom cloth diapered them, my mom cloth diapered my siblings and me, are we all disgusting people? As we were discussing it, her and her husband looked at me like I was absolutely freakin nuts. It actually made me want to laugh. I asked my H to please not share our parenting choices with his sister anymore because I'm not interested in getting crazy eyes and judgment from her and her opinion doesn't mean anything to me.

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

My other UO is the hundreds of people that take the time to AW on the sex and anatomy scan threads but never post anywhere else. Why I am supposed to care about and get all excited over your u/s picture when you clearly don't care about any of us. That goes for the random posters that start a single thread redolent of troll or MUD. If by now, you haven't taken the time to support anyone else here, I don't want to take the time to be your personal Google/therapist.

blu-eyedwife · January 2015

I don't mind the posts about baby names or separate posts about anatomy scans/sex announcements.

Pregnancy symptoms aren't unique to individuals, but a baby name obviously is since we all have different criteria. And although I see direction to the Baby Names Board I have yet to see a (nonsarcastic) direction to Baby Showers for the Baby Showers thread or Nurseries for any question about what to buy or Health and Fitness for any of fitness check-ins.

Plus, everyone should get to crow a little bit about their exciting news.

thelittlestbee · January 2015

finchfeeder80 said:

My other UO is the hundreds of people that take the time to AW on the sex and anatomy scan threads but never post anywhere else. Why I am supposed to care about and get all excited over your u/s picture when you clearly don't care about any of us. That goes for the random posters that start a single thread redolent of troll or MUD. If by now, you haven't taken the time to support anyone else here, I don't want to take the time to be your personal Google/therapist.

What about the random posters that only comment to say how mean the bumpies are for telling someone that its rude to throw their own baby shower?

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

thelittlestbee said:

finchfeeder80 said:

My other UO is the hundreds of people that take the time to AW on the sex and anatomy scan threads but never post anywhere else. Why I am supposed to care about and get all excited over your u/s picture when you clearly don't care about any of us. That goes for the random posters that start a single thread redolent of troll or MUD. If by now, you haven't taken the time to support anyone else here, I don't want to take the time to be your personal Google/therapist.

What about the random posters that only comment to say how mean the bumpies are for telling someone that its rude to throw their own baby shower?

Oh, I thought about throwing all the WK's in there, too, but kind of stopped myself from a full on dissertation of the classes of posters that annoy me. I just feel like, if you want to be a part of the community, then be a part of the community. During the big, important, celebratory and scary day and during the mundane days, as well. It's so much harder to get excited for someone with a generic picture that you've never heard from before than it is for all the ladies here who have just blown me away with all of their charm, wit, hilarity, snark, compassion and love that have built such a strong foundation of support, in good times and in bad.

Words are hard today, hopefully I got that out coherently.

Schnurette · January 2015

Re: Weeks in a month - it's actually 4.33 if you want to be an asshole about it (I do, because I have to calculate peoples incomes for Financial Statements and am constantly having to tell people, yeah, you don't multiply by 4, it's by 4.33 to get your monthly income when they are like "but why it look like I make so much monah?!?!")

Re: Leggings as pants. There is a difference between leggings and footless tights which I think some people don't get. I wear leggings as pants. They are pants. They are lovely thick stretchy cotton blend that completely covers my skin. My footless tights, however, are thin (still mostly opaque) stretchy and somewhere between nylons and leggings...but the bum area in particular is forced to stretch so much that you can see my underpants if you look closely. So they are never pants.

mamahawk12 · January 2015

finchfeeder80 said:

I am 34 and have embraced leggings as pants for about three weeks now. As long as my ass is reasonably covered I teeter on being ashamed of my wardrobe choice and being sorrynotsorry.

Wait... is there a time when leggings aren't pants!? I hope not. I wear them several times a week. Pregnant or not. Work or play. Real pants be damned.

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

Schnurette said:

Re: Weeks in a month - it's actually 4.33 if you want to be an asshole about it (I do, because I have to calculate peoples incomes for Financial Statements and am constantly having to tell people, yeah, you don't multiply by 4, it's by 4.33 to get your monthly income when they are like "but why it look like I make so much monah?!?!")

Re: Leggings as pants. There is a difference between leggings and footless tights which I think some people don't get. I wear leggings as pants. They are pants. They are lovely thick stretchy cotton blend that completely covers my skin. My footless tights, however, are thin (still mostly opaque) stretchy and somewhere between nylons and leggings...but the bum area in particular is forced to stretch so much that you can see my underpants if you look closely. So they are never pants.

I have two pairs of fleece lined leggings. I lurve them sooooo much. It's like getting to wear sweat pants at work! I have on a pair right now. I have one pair that are almost thin enough to qualify as footless and they always get worn with something at least almost knee length. The other pairs are thick and lovely and what I've been living in lately. There may be no going back. :P

ohiodoxiemama08 · January 2015

blastocarrier30 said:

finchfeeder80 said:

I am 34 and have embraced leggings as pants for about three weeks now. As long as my ass is reasonably covered I teeter on being ashamed of my wardrobe choice and being sorrynotsorry.

So this. I've always been anti leggings as pants (I have seen way more camel toe in the last 5 years than I ever needed to see), but now that I'm down to leggings, sweat pants, and one pair of maternity pants, I'm just rolling with it.

I did learn last night though that leggings definitely are NOT pants when it is 28 degrees and super windy. Yikes.

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This is why I've recently discovered fleece lined leggings! I got a bunch off a discount site. I'm in the same "I'll wear what I want" camp. I am hoping to not have to buy any more maternity pants than I already have from DD. Thankfully tunics and big open flyaway cardigans are in this season.

staciecoffey · January 2015

So where is everyone getting these marvelous fleece leggings? I have been so against it,1) I could pass as a 16 year old and the fact that every high school girl I see wear them or yoga pants. 2) I'm super conscious about my legs(big thighs, small calves) 3) my ass would look like it should have planets revolving around it, but I always praise the women that rock then because I don't have the balls to. Well one day I broke down and wore leggings as pants and I'm pretty sure my entire body was singing songs of praise because I was so comfy. Plus the DH liked it, figures.

This isn't really a UO, more of just being the ass hat that I am, but I hate how politically correct people expect others to be when posting. Than get all butt hurt when someone defends their position. Also correcting someone else's spelling/grammar when their own is rather atrocious. Sorry for the BF ladies!!

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

@staciecoffey I have absolutely no business wearing them. I am not a small person, but fuck it right now. They're comfy and are holding out longer than my real pants. People just have to deal with my big ol' thunder thighs! That being said, I get mine from Avenue. If you are as small as you say you are, then that is no help to you, since they're a fat girl store. But I would imagine you could find them about anywhere, given they're popularity and the ease of finding regular sized clothing. Embrace the fleece lined ANYTHING!

CMSullivan326 · January 2015

My UO: I love "reality" TV & trashy MTV shows & I find them to be more entertaining that sitcoms or series.

babybean9 · January 2015

I like maternity photos where the woman has a bare bump/is nude but covering private parts. It has to be tasteful though, I have seen bad quality ones that look bad. I think it's beautiful and sweet. (The tasteful, good quality ones)

ohiodoxiemama08 · January 2015

@staciecoffey I got mine from whiteplum.com if you sign up from their e-mails they tend to have them on sale every so often. Also, check out discount sites like groopdealz.com and jane.com. They carry them cheap all the time. They are glorious too!

erbear84 · January 2015

Bubbs119 said:

I think having professional smash cake 1st birthday photographs done are ridiculous. What a waste of cake.

Around here, smash cakes are usually free when you buy a regular birthday cake. Still a waste of cake, but at least you don't pay for it?

My pregnancy books/apps have been saying I'm 4 months (I'm 16 weeks) and I'm like, NO I AM NOT CAN YOU DO MATH?! Seriously.

Target makes nice fleece-lined leggings! They sell them in the hosiery department. I have two and I have definitely been wearing them!

I need to come back with an UO. I just ate two giant bowls of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch and my entire body is blissed out.

mccall35 · January 2015

missjenniebean said:

staciecoffey said:

Mine is what I should and shouldn't be wearing. I upped my jean size instead buying maternity pants, and this seems to bother everyone...

I do the same thing! I might break down eventually though....lol

I have yet to break into my real maternity pants. I tried, but I really felt so icky wearing them (which is weird because I basked in their glory last time around from like 12 weeks on). I'm still rocking the hair elastic on my regular jeans. I'm going to target tonight to stock up on some leggings.

amberdiane28 · January 2015

I love my fleece leggings. I need find some maternity ones ASAP.

My UO: Not sure this counts, but I have no desire to have sex with my DH. It's been almost four months. I really do feel bad for him.

staciecoffey · January 2015

@finchfeeder80‌ it's not too being super small that makes get mistaken for a 16 year old as it is being 5'2" and having a baby face.

alcrimmins · January 2015

Fleece lined leggings! Love, love, love them as that is all I have lived in for the past 3 weeks! I bought mine at motherhood maternity when they were bogo!

finchfeeder80 · January 2015

staciecoffey said:
@finchfeeder80‌ it's not too being super small that makes get mistaken for a 16 year old as it is being 5'2" and having a baby face.

I have a baby face, too. Everyone still thinks I'm in my 20's. My mother gave me some awesome genes, because she certainly doesn't look 61!

mamahawk12 · January 2015

babybean9 said:
I like maternity photos where the woman has a bare bump/is nude but covering private parts. It has to be tasteful though, I have seen bad quality ones that look bad. I think it's beautiful and sweet. (The tasteful, good quality ones)

Ohh no no no. Definitely an unpopular opinion. I don't think the words "tasteful" and "nude maternity photos" belong in the same sentence... Unless the word NOT is also involved.

turtletyme · January 2015

mamahawk12 said:

It makes me irrationally irritated when people try to describe pregnancy as 10 months... it's not. Learn how to count. I feel like 9 months isn't dramatic enough for them.. they need to be pregnant for TEN months. (if you go 2 weeks past due and are certain of your due date, I may give you a pass.) Also, when people count months based on weeks. "Well, I'm 20 weeks, so I'm five months pregnant!" Again, no you are not. No one due in June is five months pregnant. Even the furthest along of us just turned 4 months a week ago.

ok, I actually am bad at math. And I've read a few books that subscribe to the "10 months" theory, so I didn't know that was wrong. I was talking to a (pregnant) hygienist at the dentist today and told her I was 4 months, because 16/4... It never occurred to me that it was wrong. Thanks for educating me so I don't sound dumb to someone else!!!

My U/O is, I don't like it when people bring "treats" into the office and leave them out for everyone to take. I'm sure you meant well baking those cookies, but all I can think about is all my coworkers' germy hands touching it.

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