Judging from some of the entries here, I suppose it will be unpopular to admit that I hate the NFL. I mean, I HATE the NFL. I loathe it. I detest it. Thinking about it makes me slightly ragey (I know that's a bit irrational, but it's entirely visceral). From the culture around it, the often obnoxious Neanderthals who play it, the horrific injuries it causes, and the primitive, tribal crap I have to wade through on social media after every Sunday, I just totally and completely despise it. In fact, I hate football in general, at every level - from Pop Warner to the NFL and everything in between - and I think it teaches children dreadful values; I've already decided that my son won't be allowed to play it, nor even to watch games on television (at least when he's in my home). I used to be a huge fan until the past couple of years, but I've become increasingly disgusted with it and now view it as a cultural low point. I grew up with a rabid sports fan father and two older brothers, so I've always loved sports - ice hockey, football, basketball, soccer, you name it - but I simply can no longer abide college or professional football. I find everything about it repulsive. Whenever I go abroad, I feel embarrassed that it's my national pastime. I spend a lot of time in the UK, and I've apologized to my British friends for the increasing inroads the NFL is making in that market. If I haven't quite gotten this across adequately, I absolutely, utterly loathe it, everything about it.
@knottie9983816 - I've got to agree with everyone else on this one.. And I think you're mighty lucky that you didn't end up wearing a box of that cake mix out of the store.
Shopping with kiddos is HARD. I hear they may serve wine in Target.. I just wish they had in-house child care sometimes! Lol
@kcbarbo78 .. I don't hate the NFL, but I definitely don't understand why football is so popular. I think it's slow and boring, and people tell me that's crazy because I'm a baseball fan and baseball is a slow paced game.. but in football it's like 5 second plays and 3 minutes of stoppage inbetween. I don't get it!
@amadorrose, @jules08, You live in Green Bay? I remember first time in Lambeau for a game, I was overcome with emotions, I could not hold it in. MH is originally from Florida so he was looking at me as if I had 3 heads. He did not understand until about 4 years ago the power Lambeau has and what it means to be a Packers Fan. And I never thought about bringing baby home in Packer gear before you mentioned it. Why didn't I think of that with my 2 year old??? That's an awesome idea!! Wanna be labor buddies?
I used to! I was born and raised in GB, but moved to the Metro-Milwaukee area for college and stayed here ever since. GB is incredible during game time: 0 cars on the streets, local businesses that are open set up tables and chairs and light snacks for people who do come in to sit and listen to the game over the radio! I actually have a number of friends who they or their parents sold their houses and businesses to the Packers to allow them to further develop and expand. Of course we are fans year round, but game days are just amazing. I remember schools shutting down for 3 days straight in the 90's when they won the super bowl(s) just so everyone could attend the parades and celebratory events.
We put DS on the season ticket waiting list as soon as he was born; he started at 93,103 and is now in the 86,000's.
I'm ashamed to say that I was a resident of the great state for 21 years and have never been to Lambeau ( People from anywhere else simply don't understand that it's not just a game. Packers stay Packers, so kids grow up watching the 2nd string become 1st string (Rogers) and the players are SO loyal, almost as loyal as the fan base. Lambeau is way up there on my bucket list, as is shaking Clay Matthews' hand. He is my pass - DH can have Mila Kunis if I can have Matthews!
@knottie9983816 Your turn will come. When you least expect it, your child will have a horrible public meltdown. It is a part of toddlerhood and has nothing to do with your skills as a mother. I hope people are a little more compassionate with you when it happens.
@amadorrose, @jules08, You live in Green Bay? I remember first time in Lambeau for a game, I was overcome with emotions, I could not hold it in. MH is originally from Florida so he was looking at me as if I had 3 heads. He did not understand until about 4 years ago the power Lambeau has and what it means to be a Packers Fan. And I never thought about bringing baby home in Packer gear before you mentioned it. Why didn't I think of that with my 2 year old??? That's an awesome idea!! Wanna be labor buddies?
I used to! I was born and raised in GB, but moved to the Metro-Milwaukee area for college and stayed here ever since. GB is incredible during game time: 0 cars on the streets, local businesses that are open set up tables and chairs and light snacks for people who do come in to sit and listen to the game over the radio! I actually have a number of friends who they or their parents sold their houses and businesses to the Packers to allow them to further develop and expand. Of course we are fans year round, but game days are just amazing. I remember schools shutting down for 3 days straight in the 90's when they won the super bowl(s) just so everyone could attend the parades and celebratory events.
We put DS on the season ticket waiting list as soon as he was born; he started at 93,103 and is now in the 86,000's.
I'm ashamed to say that I was a resident of the great state for 21 years and have never been to Lambeau (
People from anywhere else simply don't understand that it's not just a game. Packers stay Packers, so kids grow up watching the 2nd string become 1st string (Rogers) and the players are SO loyal, almost as loyal as the fan base. Lambeau is way up there on my bucket list, as is shaking Clay Matthews' hand. He is my pass - DH can have Mila Kunis if I can have Matthews!
Hey, I JUST made it to my first game only a few years ago! Now, when I worked at Lambeau I saw bits and pieces of the games, but that just doesn't compare! You are entirely correct about the loyalty, which is why it felt like a punch in the gut when Favre played for the Jets and ultimately the Vikings. I actually lived right around the corner from him. Deanna would often run past our house. You always knew when they were fighting and she would throw all his crap out on the front lawn.
@DougalMcG yaaasssssssss! I feel exactly the same. I get so excited when I know a debate is coming. I am so fired up about this election.
My UO: I don't think all trendy and unique names are bad. In fact, I hate the names board where posters are chastised for any name that isn't 100+ years old (exaggeration of course). I only browse the board for ideas but when I have a name I love I could care less what others think.
My UO is that kids really need to be spanked (or just under control really, I know that's harsh) when they're acting a fool in public!
I went grocery shopping last night and a three or four year boy was pulling all the pie crusts off the shelf and knocking cake mixes off the shelf while screaming he wants cake at the top of his lungs to his mother. What did mom do? (In a calm quiet tone, almost flippantly) "Ian hush. Ian stop it. Ian why are you doing this to me?"
I looked at her and said "I understand little man is frustrated, he might be better off in the cart until he calms himself down." She glared at me, said to mind my own business and f*** off. I responded with "well I was going to mind my own business but your screaming banshee of a toddler got in between me and cake mixes, and is ruining everyone's shopping experience. I figured you're tired, and not thinking clearly about the situation for ALLOWING his behavior to continue in such an absurd manner!" I turned to "Ian" and firmly said "I KNOW you are upset. It's time to clean this up" and sat in the aisle and had him hand me items while I put them away for him. Mom literally walked out of the aisle and finished her shopping while this went on and flipped me off when they left.
Whoa. How did I miss this post? Sorry, but I would have told you to fuck off as well. And I'll tell you what, if my **nanny** ever acted that way towards me, or suggested that I hit my child, they'd be fired on the spot (you said you were a nanny right? I hope I'm not making that up. Actually at this point I hope I am).
@amadorrose, @jules08, You live in Green Bay? I remember first time in Lambeau for a game, I was overcome with emotions, I could not hold it in. MH is originally from Florida so he was looking at me as if I had 3 heads. He did not understand until about 4 years ago the power Lambeau has and what it means to be a Packers Fan. And I never thought about bringing baby home in Packer gear before you mentioned it. Why didn't I think of that with my 2 year old??? That's an awesome idea!! Wanna be labor buddies?
I used to! I was born and raised in GB, but moved to the Metro-Milwaukee area for college and stayed here ever since. GB is incredible during game time: 0 cars on the streets, local businesses that are open set up tables and chairs and light snacks for people who do come in to sit and listen to the game over the radio! I actually have a number of friends who they or their parents sold their houses and businesses to the Packers to allow them to further develop and expand. Of course we are fans year round, but game days are just amazing. I remember schools shutting down for 3 days straight in the 90's when they won the super bowl(s) just so everyone could attend the parades and celebratory events.
We put DS on the season ticket waiting list as soon as he was born; he started at 93,103 and is now in the 86,000's.
I'm ashamed to say that I was a resident of the great state for 21 years and have never been to Lambeau ( People from anywhere else simply don't understand that it's not just a game. Packers stay Packers, so kids grow up watching the 2nd string become 1st string (Rogers) and the players are SO loyal, almost as loyal as the fan base. Lambeau is way up there on my bucket list, as is shaking Clay Matthews' hand. He is my pass - DH can have Mila Kunis if I can have Matthews!
Hey, I JUST made it to my first game only a few years ago! Now, when I worked at Lambeau I saw bits and pieces of the games, but that just doesn't compare! You are entirely correct about the loyalty, which is why it felt like a punch in the gut when Favre played for the Jets and ultimately the Vikings. I actually lived right around the corner from him. Deanna would often run past our house. You always knew when they were fighting and she would throw all his crap out on the front lawn.
That is incredible. No one understands why I don't like Favre - by the time I was old enough to understand and enjoy football, he was on the downhill slide. Literally all he needed to do was retire a Packer and play a few rounds of golf each year. Shake hands, kiss babies, be a hero. But no. No, he had to be a f*ck!ng turncoat and end up with the GD Vikings! Ugh!
I do desperately search the schedules each year, hoping I can see them in Dallas but so far, no luck. It's going to happen.
I will not be spanking my child. I'm a FTM but I'm pretty confident this is an issue that I will not change my mind about. I work for child protection and hate every time I have to say what the law says (you can hit your child but don't leave a mark or bruise).
My MIL keeps posting pro spanking memes and it drives me nuts. If you hit an adult (leaving a mark or not) it's called assault and you go to jail but if you hit a teeny tiny human it's called discipline? I have a child development degree and have taught preschool and nannied for years before going back to school for social work so I know there are much better alternatives to physical discipline. Very glad my husband is on the same page as me about this one.
I will not be spanking my child. I'm a FTM but I'm pretty confident this is an issue that I will not change my mind about. I work for child protection and hate every time I have to say what the law says (you can hit your child but don't leave a mark or bruise).
My MIL keeps posting pro spanking memes and it drives me nuts. If you hit an adult (leaving a mark or not) it's called assault and you go to jail but if you hit a teeny tiny human it's called discipline? I have a child development degree and have taught preschool and nannied for years before going back to school for social work so I know there are much better alternatives to physical discipline. Very glad my husband is on the same page as me about this one.
I see where you're coming from and mostly agree, but knowing the kind of kid I was...some kids need to be spanked. Not hard, necessarily, but enough to know you aren't screwing around. The problem with spanking IMO is when parents are angry or upset at the actions of their child and spank anyway. In my experience, if your child is old enough to understand why he or she is being spanked - and it's blatantly explained to them that their actions have consequences - it can be a good tool.
What seems to be a crippling obsession re: any weight gain for many mom's I know during pregnancy really bothers me. Please, try to be healthy and take care of your body at all times - but for goodness sake, you are growing a human! Getting on social media every day and consistently pissing about getting 'so fat' and how your body is 'ruined' is ridiculous - I repeat YOU ARE GROWING A HUMAN, and you knew what you were getting into before. Shouldn't people be more concerned about the safe growth and development of baby?
Also.. I have a serious hate/love relationship with social media. It makes me want to throat punch people that I usually adore. It boggles me that people feel like hiding behind a computer screen gives them the right to say awful things about others. There's a big difference between having a strong opinion and just being an ass.
What seems to be a crippling obsession re: any weight gain for many mom's I know during pregnancy really bothers me. Please, try to be healthy and take care of your body at all times - but for goodness sake, you are growing a human! Getting on social media every day and consistently pissing about getting 'so fat' and how your body is 'ruined' is ridiculous - I repeat YOU ARE GROWING A HUMAN, and you knew what you were getting into before. Shouldn't people be more concerned about the safe growth and development of baby?
Also.. I have a serious hate/love relationship with social media. It makes me want to throat punch people that I usually adore. It boggles me that people feel like hiding behind a computer screen gives them the right to say awful things about others. There's a big difference between having a strong opinion and just being an ass.
I really hate the way I'm putting on weight, and I whine to DH occasionally that I look disgusting, but I completely agree. I know my body will never be the same and I know I'll struggle with it, but the fact that I look like the Pillsbury Doughboy means that I am still pregnant. Every stretch mark and vericose vein means that I've carried this child this far, so much farther than the last. However, if I have a little girl and one day she is pregnant and complains about her widening hips, I will very smugly tell her that that's exactly what she did to me. What goes around comes around, right? ;;)
@kcbarbo78 .. I don't hate the NFL, but I definitely don't understand why football is so popular. I think it's slow and boring, and people tell me that's crazy because I'm a baseball fan and baseball is a slow paced game.. but in football it's like 5 second plays and 3 minutes of stoppage inbetween. I don't get it!
You think football is slow but you watch baseball?!?! I do not understand this at all. Football is action-packed and baseball is such a drag. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend this George Carlin sketch on football vs. baseball
My UO is that kids really need to be spanked (or just under control really, I know that's harsh) when they're acting a fool in public!
I went grocery shopping last night and a three or four year boy was pulling all the pie crusts off the shelf and knocking cake mixes off the shelf while screaming he wants cake at the top of his lungs to his mother. What did mom do? (In a calm quiet tone, almost flippantly) "Ian hush. Ian stop it. Ian why are you doing this to me?"
I looked at her and said "I understand little man is frustrated, he might be better off in the cart until he calms himself down." She glared at me, said to mind my own business and f*** off. I responded with "well I was going to mind my own business but your screaming banshee of a toddler got in between me and cake mixes, and is ruining everyone's shopping experience. I figured you're tired, and not thinking clearly about the situation for ALLOWING his behavior to continue in such an absurd manner!" I turned to "Ian" and firmly said "I KNOW you are upset. It's time to clean this up" and sat in the aisle and had him hand me items while I put them away for him. Mom literally walked out of the aisle and finished her shopping while this went on and flipped me off when they left.
No. You were absolutely in the wrong. I am assuming that you are a FTM, otherwise you may have had a bit more compassion. (ETA: I am not trying to imply that all FTMs or non-moms don't have compassion.) This could EASILY be you in the near future. Sometimes there isn't a damn thing you can do, your bag of tricks can only run so deep.
I know you think you "won" because you got Ian to help clean up, however ...
You don't know what happened earlier in that mom's day or in that child's day. What if there was a death in the family, what if mom or dad just got fired from their job, what if mom just got a really difficult job at work, what if dad was supposed to be there to help but couldn't, what if another child is in the hospital, what if ANYTHING; you don't know their history.
Life happens and you still have to be mom, but you have to understand that you won't always be the best mom that you can be. You will have difficult days.
What if the child has a different development than the norm. You don't know that perhaps that mom knows (BEST) that that child needs to be left for a bit to have that tantrum and mom can only speak calmly and softly to that child without escalating. Maybe constraining the child in a cart or picking that child up and leaving the store could have potentially caused physical harm to mom or the child. Again, you assumed and you judged.
Next time, rather than judging, go up to her and say: "It's ok. Can I help?"
Honestly, disagree. Next time, mind your own damn business. A compassionate smile is as involved as you should ever get. This is NOT your child. It is SO inappropriate for you to "discipline" a stranger's child in a store. Granted I would not sit there and let my child pull things off the shelves, but if someone talked to me/my child like this, I would be enraged. And let her have it.
Amanda
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@Knottie9983816 I think YOU need discipline and a spanking. While everyone has different parenting styles, what you did was extremely rude, condescending, out of line, etc. you also brought that mother down by telling her how bad her kid was. You think she doesn't know? Seriously, people like you make me so angry. I seriously hope you get a high needs baby who you can't control at all and people approach you in the store telling you how disturbing your kid is. Wow. I am so angry at your post right now I will just stop because there are way more many things I could say but I'd rather speak eloquently so you can learn.
My uo: Idgaf about football
First BFP 12/2012, MMC at 9 weeks
Second BFP 6/2013, resulted in DS, born 2/23/14 :-)
Third BFP 5/2015, natural MC at 6 weeks
Fourth BFP 8/2015, hoping for sticky little brother or sister to H!
Proud SAHM to our little monkey H.
Pro Vax, extended breasftfeeder, ring sling and stroller loving mama. I don't judge you unless you don't vaccinate!
What seems to be a crippling obsession re: any weight gain for many mom's I know during pregnancy really bothers me. Please, try to be healthy and take care of your body at all times - but for goodness sake, you are growing a human! Getting on social media every day and consistently pissing about getting 'so fat' and how your body is 'ruined' is ridiculous - I repeat YOU ARE GROWING A HUMAN, and you knew what you were getting into before. Shouldn't people be more concerned about the safe growth and development of baby?
Also.. I have a serious hate/love relationship with social media. It makes me want to throat punch people that I usually adore. It boggles me that people feel like hiding behind a computer screen gives them the right to say awful things about others. There's a big difference between having a strong opinion and just being an ass.
ugh. To say your child "ruined" your body is so stupid. You are in control of your own body. Get up off your butt and work out. I was in better shape after having my son than any other time in my life. Of course, my body has changed in many ways. My boobs have moved south, I have a few stretch marks, things are never quite the same... but to say it's ruined is ridiculous.
Amanda
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My UO is that kids really need to be spanked (or just under control really, I know that's harsh) when they're acting a fool in public!
I went grocery shopping last night and a three or four year boy was pulling all the pie crusts off the shelf and knocking cake mixes off the shelf while screaming he wants cake at the top of his lungs to his mother. What did mom do? (In a calm quiet tone, almost flippantly) "Ian hush. Ian stop it. Ian why are you doing this to me?"
I looked at her and said "I understand little man is frustrated, he might be better off in the cart until he calms himself down." She glared at me, said to mind my own business and f*** off. I responded with "well I was going to mind my own business but your screaming banshee of a toddler got in between me and cake mixes, and is ruining everyone's shopping experience. I figured you're tired, and not thinking clearly about the situation for ALLOWING his behavior to continue in such an absurd manner!" I turned to "Ian" and firmly said "I KNOW you are upset. It's time to clean this up" and sat in the aisle and had him hand me items while I put them away for him. Mom literally walked out of the aisle and finished her shopping while this went on and flipped me off when they left.
Lurking. Are you effing serious?? What are you going to do the first time your sweet little angel loses his nuts in a store?? Bend him over right there? You've got to be kidding me. If someone came up to me in a store like that, I'd tell them where to go. GTFO!! You're crazy!
There has been SO much social media focus on ending mommy wars. Formula vs breast, cosleep vs crib, etc. Our role now that we're in the "sisterhood of motherhood" is to bring each other up, and be each other's support and advocates. The last two weeks my 20 month old DS has been a tantruning nightmare. Last week in music he was taking kids shaking eggs and throwing things on the floor etc. While I interfered and had him "apologize to his friends" etc, I am SO grateful that every other mother was so overwhelmingly supportive. Do you know how stressful it is to have a misbehaving toddler? No, you don't. You have no idea. Unless the words from your mouth to a strange lady struggling with her child at the grocery store are words of support (such as "do you want me to help while he cools down?"), MOVE ON. If you don't understand that grocery shopping with a child is stressful and you made it so much more stressful, I seriously hope I never meet you or anybody Iike you. Please be enlightened and understand how demeaning your behavior was. As a human, woman, and mother, you have a lot of growing to do before your LO arrives. I hope for their sake you get there.
First BFP 12/2012, MMC at 9 weeks
Second BFP 6/2013, resulted in DS, born 2/23/14 :-)
Third BFP 5/2015, natural MC at 6 weeks
Fourth BFP 8/2015, hoping for sticky little brother or sister to H!
Proud SAHM to our little monkey H.
Pro Vax, extended breasftfeeder, ring sling and stroller loving mama. I don't judge you unless you don't vaccinate!
Okay new words for you knottie:
There has been SO much social media focus on ending mommy wars. Formula vs breast, cosleep vs crib, etc. Our role now that we're in the "sisterhood of motherhood" is to bring each other up, and be each other's support and advocates. The last two weeks my 20 month old DS has been a tantruning nightmare. Last week in music he was taking kids shaking eggs and throwing things on the floor etc. While I interfered and had him "apologize to his friends" etc, I am SO grateful that every other mother was so overwhelmingly supportive. Do you know how stressful it is to have a misbehaving toddler? No, you don't. You have no idea. Unless the words from your mouth to a strange lady struggling with her child at the grocery store are words of support (such as "do you want me to help while he cools down?"), MOVE ON. If you don't understand that grocery shopping with a child is stressful and you made it so much more stressful, I seriously hope I never meet you or anybody Iike you. Please be enlightened and understand how demeaning your behavior was. As a human, woman, and mother, you have a lot of growing to do before your LO arrives. I hope for their sake you get there.
Amen.
I love to see FTMs eat their words about things their children would "never" do or things they would "never" do as moms. And I don't care if you have zero kids or fifty kids, not. your. place.
Amanda
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@Knottie9983816 I'm trying convince myself over here that you just made this story up to get people riled up. This can't be serious. Maybe I'm just naive as a FTM but do people really do things like this?! Wtf!! I would never do that to another mom (or dad for that matter) and hope no one would do it to me. I seriously hope you are joking and if not good luck when your kid freaks the f out in public... For your sake I hope you encounter someone more compassionate than you seem to be. Sheesh!!!
@kcbarbo78 .. I don't hate the NFL, but I definitely don't understand why football is so popular. I think it's slow and boring, and people tell me that's crazy because I'm a baseball fan and baseball is a slow paced game.. but in football it's like 5 second plays and 3 minutes of stoppage inbetween. I don't get it!
You think football is slow but you watch baseball?!?! I do not understand this at all. Football is action-packed and baseball is such a drag. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend this George Carlin sketch on football vs. baseball
1. DH and I were discussing this the other day - he's a big sports fan.. baseball, football, soccer, hockey, basketball.. he watches it all. Both football and baseball games have an average 3 hour telecast - as you know, football with 4-15 min quarters and baseball not on a time clock. The average amount of 'play time' in a football game is 11 min and the average amount of 'play time' in baseball is 18 minutes - so TECHNICALLY we're getting over 50% more action in the same span of time. My thought though is that while baseball is slow, it's continuously slow. I find strategy and analysis in baseball more interesting too. Football is too much stop-start-stop-start for me and I have a hard time following for that reason. I've watched plenty of football over the years, but I just don't get engaged in the game and don't usually feel compelled to stick it out for a whole game.
@knottie9983816, I'm assuming you don't have kids. If you did, you'd know that the best thing to do for that mom is a) ignore the screaming child and keep shopping or b) give her a sympathetic smile and say something encouraging. My kids are generally well behaved, but once in a while a toddler has a tantrum in a store and there's little you can do about it, except leave the store (which doesn't help if you need food!)
FWIW, I do agree with your original sentiment and think there are a lot of kids that need more discipline, esp. in public. But talking to the mom about it won't help. She's likely already stressed out and embarrassed.
@kcbarbo78 .. I don't hate the NFL, but I definitely don't understand why football is so popular. I think it's slow and boring, and people tell me that's crazy because I'm a baseball fan and baseball is a slow paced game.. but in football it's like 5 second plays and 3 minutes of stoppage inbetween. I don't get it!
You think football is slow but you watch baseball?!?! I do not understand this at all. Football is action-packed and baseball is such a drag. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend this George Carlin sketch on football vs. baseball
1. DH and I were discussing this the other day - he's a big sports fan.. baseball, football, soccer, hockey, basketball.. he watches it all. Both football and baseball games have an average 3 hour telecast - as you know, football with 4-15 min quarters and baseball not on a time clock. The average amount of 'play time' in a football game is 11 min and the average amount of 'play time' in baseball is 18 minutes - so TECHNICALLY we're getting over 50% more action in the same span of time. My thought though is that while baseball is slow, it's continuously slow. I find strategy and analysis in baseball more interesting too. Football is too much stop-start-stop-start for me and I have a hard time following for that reason. I've watched plenty of football over the years, but I just don't get engaged in the game and don't usually feel compelled to stick it out for a whole game.
Fair point about the technical amount of "action" time. I guess I just find football action way more interesting and intense. Baseball "action" is watching a ball fly in the air and waiting to see if someone will catch it. Football is intense running and hitting and requires extreme athleticism from everyone on the team. I guess I'm just not one of those girls who thinks football is barbaric and violent (not saying that's how you are). I appreciate the freakish athleticism it takes to be a good football player. This is not to say baseball doesn't require athleticism - I think it's nuts these guys can pitch 100mph over and over. I was just shocked by your opinion that football is "slow". There's definitely downtime, but to me the downtime is more interesting in football than all the waiting around in baseball. Not to mention, how fast paced can a sport be when you can chew any number of things while playing?! I'm probably just bitter bc my husband has had nothing but baseball in for the past 3 weeks and I'm over it
Look I'm really sorry I shared something as unpopular to have strangers hate me (who were not there to witness the actual event) and that I offended so many of you this deeply. I was legitimately trying help someone I saw struggling and it didn't come across that way when I typed it up. I neglected to say she wasn't even watching him, and was texting on her phone. I can not express how upsetting it is to see children doing so much to upset themselves to this point and mom isn't taking care of them. I didn't just walk up to the situation, I watched, and almost walked away, but didn't. I guess I should have just ignored it and moved on, but I truly hope if your children are being as destructive as he was being, you would step in. Children NEED their parents to teach them how to handle their emotions.
I work with children on a daily basis and don't have these issues with any of them. I have dealt with "behavior issued" children before (add, ADHD, ODD, etc) and I know they have random flare ups, but not on this level. He was upset and being completely ignored and it was getting worse, not better.
As to the comments made about me as a nanny, I have never hit a child, or even screamed at them. Not my place at all.
Again, I am sorry for offending everyone here. (And I wouldn't have spanked in that situation, he wanted attention.)
@spatter1 I just liked throwing that in there because DH and I are trivia freaks and love looking up random facts like that (about the amount of play time). I also get 162 regular season games a year and football is a fraction of that, which is a plus.
Any professional sport takes an extreme amount of athleticism, and I don't think football is just violent and barbaric, but I don't honestly think that the brute force display in football is any more impressive that the quick reaction time, precision, and strategic thinking of baseball players. Pitchers and catchers analyze and discuss every single batter before the game to determine their strengths and weakness and decide potential pitch sequences to appeal to their weaknesses. Most people in a batters box would run the other way if an inside fastball came at them at 98 MPH. They have a split second to decide whether to swing or hold. Tracking a ball and throwing a rocket to home to get a batter out is amazing and exhilarating to me. There is so much that happens during a baseball game, it is just fascinating - not to say that preparation for football games is any less intense, I know they also review tape and plays, etc. However, I think refs are flag happy and and QBs are so over protected now that the game is slowed by that. I work on the road (home health therapy) and spend a majority of my morning listening to ESPN radio, so for how much I'm not a big fan, I know more than I'd like to about what's happening in football. I'm also annoyed at how much more time football gets vs. baseball on the radio, lol. I am very interested in the discussions on concussion management and the after effects on players' mental health in the high contact sports though.
More than anything, I have a serious emotional connection to baseball. My mom, aunt, and grandma raised me on the Cubs. From the age of 2 we took summer trips to Wrigley. I learned to love the sport and appreciate it. All three of them are gone now and watching games makes me feel like a piece of them are with me. I lost 2 of the 3 last year alone, and they would have shit themselves to see how freaking awesome this Cubs team performed this year! Haha. I wish they would've been here to see it. I got very lucky to marry another diehard Cubs fan, they're hard to come by in my neck of the woods. I'm not sorry that you married a baseball fan either!
TL:DR - I love baseball - especially the Cubs. I wish more people enjoyed and appreciated baseball as much as I do, but I'm glad you crazy football fans have a connection to a sport as well.. even if it's obviously the lesser of the two. DH and my dad would smite me if I didn't add - in re: to football.. go Colts! (Although I hear they're sucking a fat one this year.)
I'm agreeing with @AmadorRose and I'll be the first to admit that my daughter has been spanked. Definitely not hard enough to leave a mark, though. I don't believe that stepping in was the best move to make in that situation. However, I agree with your general point. Maybe it's working in elementary schools that makes me jaded, but the behavior of kids these days (when did I turn 100 years old) is pretty bad. Not all, but a lot. Kids attempt things in school that I wouldn't have dreamed of. There is a general lack of respect for authority and an apathetic attitude towards work.
My UO: I don't like frosting. It just makes the cake taste bad. Yuck!
I'm agreeing with @AmadorRose and I'll be the first to admit that my daughter has been spanked. Definitely not hard enough to leave a mark, though. I don't believe that stepping in was the best move to make in that situation. However, I agree with your general point. Maybe it's working in elementary schools that makes me jaded, but the behavior of kids these days (when did I turn 100 years old) is pretty bad. Not all, but a lot. Kids attempt things in school that I wouldn't have dreamed of. There is a general lack of respect for authority and an apathetic attitude towards work.
My UO: I don't like frosting. It just makes the cake taste bad. Yuck!
I'll eat your frosting and you can have my cake!
Amanda
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I'm agreeing with @AmadorRose and I'll be the first to admit that my daughter has been spanked. Definitely not hard enough to leave a mark, though. I don't believe that stepping in was the best move to make in that situation. However, I agree with your general point. Maybe it's working in elementary schools that makes me jaded, but the behavior of kids these days (when did I turn 100 years old) is pretty bad. Not all, but a lot. Kids attempt things in school that I wouldn't have dreamed of. There is a general lack of respect for authority and an apathetic attitude towards work.
My UO: I don't like frosting. It just makes the cake taste bad. Yuck!
My UO: I really don't like most pregnancy announcements. A lot of them creep me out or are so cheesy and overdone, I can't even.
Yaaaassss. But the thing I find the most irritating is the gender reveal party. I truly do not understand having a party for the sole purpose of telling your guests if your child is going to have a penis or a vagina. Is this information that requires a separate, specific social gathering? My fetus has a vagina, here's a pink cupcake! Also, a pink cocktail! Also, ballerinas and princesses and ruffles! Because VAGINA. Dude, I get it. Your kid is going to have female genitalia and will be expected to conform to old-fashioned gender norms. Best party ever.
My UO: I really don't like most pregnancy announcements. A lot of them creep me out or are so cheesy and overdone, I can't even.
Yaaaassss. But the thing I find the most irritating is the gender reveal party. I truly do not understand having a party for the sole purpose of telling your guests if your child is going to have a penis or a vagina. Is this information that requires a separate, specific social gathering? My fetus has a vagina, here's a pink cupcake! Also, a pink cocktail! Also, ballerinas and princesses and ruffles! Because VAGINA. Dude, I get it. Your kid is going to have female genitalia and will be expected to conform to old-fashioned gender norms. Best party ever.
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I don't know how I missed this original UO but YES TIMES A THOUSAND. Those reveal parties have become seriously popular since DS was born (January 2011) and I just don't get it.
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Shopping with kiddos is HARD. I hear they may serve wine in Target.. I just wish they had in-house child care sometimes! Lol
I used to! I was born and raised in GB, but moved to the Metro-Milwaukee area for college and stayed here ever since. GB is incredible during game time: 0 cars on the streets, local businesses that are open set up tables and chairs and light snacks for people who do come in to sit and listen to the game over the radio! I actually have a number of friends who they or their parents sold their houses and businesses to the Packers to allow them to further develop and expand. Of course we are fans year round, but game days are just amazing. I remember schools shutting down for 3 days straight in the 90's when they won the super bowl(s) just so everyone could attend the parades and celebratory events.
We put DS on the season ticket waiting list as soon as he was born; he started at 93,103 and is now in the 86,000's.
I'm ashamed to say that I was a resident of the great state for 21 years and have never been to LambeauPeople from anywhere else simply don't understand that it's not just a game. Packers stay Packers, so kids grow up watching the 2nd string become 1st string (Rogers) and the players are SO loyal, almost as loyal as the fan base. Lambeau is way up there on my bucket list, as is shaking Clay Matthews' hand. He is my pass - DH can have Mila Kunis if I can have Matthews!
My UO: I don't think all trendy and unique names are bad. In fact, I hate the names board where posters are chastised for any name that isn't 100+ years old (exaggeration of course). I only browse the board for ideas but when I have a name I love I could care less what others think.
That is incredible. No one understands why I don't like Favre - by the time I was old enough to understand and enjoy football, he was on the downhill slide. Literally all he needed to do was retire a Packer and play a few rounds of golf each year. Shake hands, kiss babies, be a hero. But no. No, he had to be a f*ck!ng turncoat and end up with the GD Vikings! Ugh!
I do desperately search the schedules each year, hoping I can see them in Dallas but so far, no luck. It's going to happen.
My MIL keeps posting pro spanking memes and it drives me nuts. If you hit an adult (leaving a mark or not) it's called assault and you go to jail but if you hit a teeny tiny human it's called discipline? I have a child development degree and have taught preschool and nannied for years before going back to school for social work so I know there are much better alternatives to physical discipline. Very glad my husband is on the same page as me about this one.
AMEN! Also hate when people announce their pregnancy by holding a jar of spaghetti sauce. It's so tacky to me.
Forgive my ignorance but what does pregnancy have to do with spaghetti? :-??
Also.. I have a serious hate/love relationship with social media. It makes me want to throat punch people that I usually adore. It boggles me that people feel like hiding behind a computer screen gives them the right to say awful things about others. There's a big difference between having a strong opinion and just being an ass.
@elasticheart13 have you ever seen something like this?? Lol
However, if I have a little girl and one day she is pregnant and complains about her widening hips, I will very smugly tell her that that's exactly what she did to me. What goes around comes around, right? ;;)
PS GO GIANTS!!!
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Rhys - born 04.17.2013
Harry - born 04.18.2016
My uo: Idgaf about football
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Rhys - born 04.17.2013
Harry - born 04.18.2016
There has been SO much social media focus on ending mommy wars. Formula vs breast, cosleep vs crib, etc. Our role now that we're in the "sisterhood of motherhood" is to bring each other up, and be each other's support and advocates. The last two weeks my 20 month old DS has been a tantruning nightmare. Last week in music he was taking kids shaking eggs and throwing things on the floor etc. While I interfered and had him "apologize to his friends" etc, I am SO grateful that every other mother was so overwhelmingly supportive. Do you know how stressful it is to have a misbehaving toddler? No, you don't. You have no idea. Unless the words from your mouth to a strange lady struggling with her child at the grocery store are words of support (such as "do you want me to help while he cools down?"), MOVE ON. If you don't understand that grocery shopping with a child is stressful and you made it so much more stressful, I seriously hope I never meet you or anybody Iike you. Please be enlightened and understand how demeaning your behavior was. As a human, woman, and mother, you have a lot of growing to do before your LO arrives. I hope for their sake you get there.
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Rhys - born 04.17.2013
Harry - born 04.18.2016
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323740804578597932341903720
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406
2. LOVE George Carlin. Legend. =D>
Edited to add links to those articles.
I work with children on a daily basis and don't have these issues with any of them. I have dealt with "behavior issued" children before (add, ADHD, ODD, etc) and I know they have random flare ups, but not on this level. He was upset and being completely ignored and it was getting worse, not better.
As to the comments made about me as a nanny, I have never hit a child, or even screamed at them. Not my place at all.
Again, I am sorry for offending everyone here. (And I wouldn't have spanked in that situation, he wanted attention.)
Any professional sport takes an extreme amount of athleticism, and I don't think football is just violent and barbaric, but I don't honestly think that the brute force display in football is any more impressive that the quick reaction time, precision, and strategic thinking of baseball players. Pitchers and catchers analyze and discuss every single batter before the game to determine their strengths and weakness and decide potential pitch sequences to appeal to their weaknesses. Most people in a batters box would run the other way if an inside fastball came at them at 98 MPH. They have a split second to decide whether to swing or hold. Tracking a ball and throwing a rocket to home to get a batter out is amazing and exhilarating to me. There is so much that happens during a baseball game, it is just fascinating - not to say that preparation for football games is any less intense, I know they also review tape and plays, etc. However, I think refs are flag happy and and QBs are so over protected now that the game is slowed by that. I work on the road (home health therapy) and spend a majority of my morning listening to ESPN radio, so for how much I'm not a big fan, I know more than I'd like to about what's happening in football. I'm also annoyed at how much more time football gets vs. baseball on the radio, lol. I am very interested in the discussions on concussion management and the after effects on players' mental health in the high contact sports though.
More than anything, I have a serious emotional connection to baseball. My mom, aunt, and grandma raised me on the Cubs. From the age of 2 we took summer trips to Wrigley. I learned to love the sport and appreciate it. All three of them are gone now and watching games makes me feel like a piece of them are with me. I lost 2 of the 3 last year alone, and they would have shit themselves to see how freaking awesome this Cubs team performed this year! Haha. I wish they would've been here to see it. I got very lucky to marry another diehard Cubs fan, they're hard to come by in my neck of the woods. I'm not sorry that you married a baseball fan either!
TL:DR - I love baseball - especially the Cubs. I wish more people enjoyed and appreciated baseball as much as I do, but I'm glad you crazy football fans have a connection to a sport as well.. even if it's obviously the lesser of the two. DH and my dad would smite me if I didn't add - in re: to football.. go Colts! (Although I hear they're sucking a fat one this year.)
My UO: I don't like frosting. It just makes the cake taste bad. Yuck!
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Nov siggy challenge: animals eating Thanksgiving food
Rhys - born 04.17.2013
Harry - born 04.18.2016
Perfect
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I don't know how I missed this original UO but YES TIMES A THOUSAND. Those reveal parties have become seriously popular since DS was born (January 2011) and I just don't get it.