UO Thursday!

MamaMunn · March 2016

Confess if you dare

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Sparty18 · March 2016

I'll start off with an Easter-themed UO - I love marshmallows, but I think peeps are gross.

Sugargirl1019 · March 2016

Sparty18 said:

I'll start off with an Easter-themed UO - I love marshmallows, but I think peeps are gross.

I hate peeps too! Just thinking about them makes me want to puke.

mrsdaddario · March 2016

Oh yeah, peeps are disgusting.
Here's an Easter related thing, maybe not unpopular though:

I was raised Catholic (baptized, communion, confirmation) but am in no way shape or form religious. But I still practice lent. To test my will power. This year for lent I have up fries. I'd like to say I was strong this year (like all years prior) but the day I found out my friend passed away I was all FU God, and ate the greasiest fries I could find. I haven't eaten them since then and I'm not counting it as breaking lent.

So yeah. Not religious, but always give something up for lent.

Edit: spelling

sldp123 · March 2016

I can take or leave Peeps, but I loooooove Cadbury creme eggs, which most people find gross.

RatParade · March 2016

I love peeps and cadbury cream eggs and all those super sugary sweet candies that most people grow out of. My tastes have not matured with my age.

Megzb510 · March 2016

@mrsdaddario - I was born n raised Catholic as well. We didn't get married in the church though. Just curious....Are you planning on baptizing your future LO? We haven't baptized DS cuz we really don't practice and we disagree with a lot of the current Catholic issues (being anti-homosexual, against BC and abortion, and not having taken enough efforts against abusive priests) so we are very torn on baptizing DS or a future child because we feel hypocritical. However, being baptized and all of that makes it easier for DS/future children to be a future Catholic if that's what they want.

thj101 · March 2016

I hate bananas. I also hate banana flavoring of any kind.

whiska · March 2016

RatParade said:

I love peeps and cadbury cream eggs and all those super sugary sweet candies that most people grow out of. My tastes have not matured with my age.

I love all of it, too! High five for tastes not maturing out of the simple sugary stuff!

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Dilynne · March 2016

I can't watch reality shows without getting angry. The only "reality" show I watch is Dancing with the Stars.

bakerstreetboys · March 2016

Now I really want a Cadbury cream egg, but I guess the Laura Secord egg that I'm eating right now will have to do.

I don't like sushi.

furbabymom2007 · March 2016

Megzb510 said:

@mrsdaddario - I was born n raised Catholic as well. We didn't get married in the church though. Just curious....Are you planning on baptizing your future LO? We haven't baptized DS cuz we really don't practice and we disagree with a lot of the current Catholic issues (being anti-homosexual, against BC and abortion, and not having taken enough efforts against abusive priests) so we are very torn on baptizing DS or a future child because we feel hypocritical. However, being baptized and all of that makes it easier for DS/future children to be a future Catholic if that's what they want.

This wasnt addressed to me... But I think we are in a similar boat.

I was raised Catholic (baptized, first communion and confirmed) but I don't practice. I too was turned off by the close mindedness of the church (at least our specific church...). I specifically remember the sisters that taught our Ccd classes berating someone because they brought up abortion just to even discuss and debate. It was not up for discussion and she was explicitly told not to think that way. Whatever your particular stance, It seriously rubbed me the wrong way to be told how and how not to think and I've never gone back. That and we got serious side eye from the sisters when we had to miss Sunday services because we were active in sports and school.

DH was raised Russian orthodox but the main reason he doesn't practice is because he never got around to finding a place when he moved away for college and afterwards.

We've had the discussion before that if we dont teach our future LO about such things as religion then how else will they learn it?? I am not comfortable going back to the Catholic Church, esp if they are going to teach the LO that their aunt (my sister) is going to hell because she is a lesbian. I will not have that.

We'd like to find a place where when we show up they say "welcome, we hope you like it here" instead of what my old church would say, " and just where have you been? You should have been here". We want a place that teaches that God just wants you to be good and to be happy. We want a place where we can developer relationship and be encouraged to discuss and debate things we may not necessarily agree with. And we'd like our LOs to grow up with the exposure to it, but then be able to make the choice to practice or not.

Weve been to to a few "contemporary" Methodist services with a close friend. There were couches and guitars I involved and with both DH and I raised in strict Churches, it was a little weird To us lol. We have takes about finding a place that fits us... But still has a somewhat more formal service lol. Old habits die hard.

Also... (After all those words lol) we celebrate Easter but don't practice. It's more of a time to make a special effort to get together with family, along the lines of thanksgiving.

RatParade · March 2016

whiska said:

RatParade said:

I love peeps and cadbury cream eggs and all those super sugary sweet candies that most people grow out of. My tastes have not matured with my age.

I love all of it, too! High five for tastes not maturing out of the simple sugary stuff!

SandwichLover · March 2016

I totally love Cadbury cream eggs and stale peeps. I used to open the package and let them sit a couple days lol before eating them.

Not a UO but I was in Urban Outfitters the other day and they have a UO cafe and I read it like unpopular opinion lol.

TheJerilu · March 2016

Sugargirl1019 said:

Sparty18 said:

I'll start off with an Easter-themed UO - I love marshmallows, but I think peeps are gross.

I hate peeps too! Just thinking about them makes me want to puke.

@Sugargirl1019 @Sparty18

I don't like eating Peeps all by their lonesome, but I will confess that they make really good stovetop s'mores if you have a gas burner (better than regular marshmallows, even). Campfire s'mores are marshmallows all the way though.

gonetothesea · March 2016

Since we are on a dessert-ish theme, my UO is that I don't like nuts or coconut flakes in ANYTHING sweet. It just ruins it for me.

Example: my husband brought home a key lime pie last night since we had a delicious slice on vacation, but once he took it out of the bag, I saw that it had sliced almonds on the whipped cream near the crust. Grossed me out. Why must you ruin a good thing with nuts?!?!? Ughhhh. The texture grosses me out the most, I think.

PennStateCait · March 2016

thj101 said:

I hate bananas. I also hate banana flavoring of any kind.

How is that POSSIBLE?! I eat at least one banana a day. LOVE bananas.

whiska · March 2016

To each their own style-wise, but I don't understand the obsession with putting those giant flower headbands on baby girls. It seems like it became a new style about 5-10 years ago but now it's like, people think they're required for baby girls so you can tell they're not boys?

Yesterday I was walking behind a woman with 3-month-old twins - boy and girl - and she asked her mom, "Do you think she looks like a boy?"

It's a baby. It looks like a potato.

People get weirdly offended when you get the sex of their baby wrong and I just don't get it.

TheJerilu · March 2016

furbabymom2007 said:

Weve been to to a few "contemporary" Methodist services with a close friend. There were couches and guitars I involved and with both DH and I raised in strict Churches, it was a little weird To us lol. We have takes about finding a place that fits us... But still has a somewhat more formal service lol. Old habits die hard.

@furbabymom2007 That's super weird to me - I was raised Methodist and we were essentially Catho-lite. Very formal, observed Lent and the works. Biggest difference was open communion, no kneeling, and little to no Latin. Even visiting other Methodist churches when I was young was a similar atmosphere, and I loathed going to other Protestant denominations due to the "contemporary" vibe that you describe (I'm far more comfortable in mass).

I'm no longer practicing, so I can't speak to the current state of the church, but maybe it's just that particular service?

TheJerilu · March 2016

gonetothesea said:

Since we are on a dessert-ish theme, my UO is that I don't like nuts or coconut flakes in ANYTHING sweet. It just ruins it for me.

Example: my husband brought home a key lime pie last night since we had a delicious slice on vacation, but once he took it out of the bag, I saw that it had sliced almonds on the whipped cream near the crust. Grossed me out. Why must you ruin a good thing with nuts?!?!? Ughhhh. The texture grosses me out the most, I think.

YASSSSS down with nuts in desserts!

I love nuts. They're delicous and... nutty. But hell hath no fury like I do after biting into a brownie with surprise walnuts. My only exception is a nut-centric (heh) dessert, like pecan pie. Even then, I'd usually prefer basically anything else.

furbabymom2007 · March 2016

@TheJerilu I think they do have a more formal service... My friend just goes to that because of the LOs. We showed up for the blessing (not a baptism? Not sure how that works) a few years back and were dressed in what we would consider church attire (me in a dress and simple heels and DH in a button down a tie) and felt waaaaay over dressed.

Neikoda · March 2016

PennStateCait said:

thj101 said:

I hate bananas. I also hate banana flavoring of any kind.

How is that POSSIBLE?! I eat at least one banana a day. LOVE bananas.

I hate and all banana types things. I can only eat about half of one before I want to puke. My puppy is on board with me and hates them too. I made him treats and he just licked the peanut butter but refused to eat the part with the banana.
gross pocahontas raccoon no way disgusting

gross pocahontas raccoon no way disgusting

PennStateCait · March 2016

nwegman7878 said:

PennStateCait said:

thj101 said:

I hate bananas. I also hate banana flavoring of any kind.

How is that POSSIBLE?! I eat at least one banana a day. LOVE bananas.

I hate and all banana types things. I can only eat about half of one before I want to puke. My puppy is on board with me and hates them too. I made him treats and he just licked the peanut butter but refused to eat the part with the banana.

That is so crazy to me because my puppy loves bananas! Every time we move the blender she comes running because she knows a bananas about to be opened for a smoothie. Too funny that our dogs are just like us!

gonetothesea · March 2016

TheJerilu said:

gonetothesea said:

Since we are on a dessert-ish theme, my UO is that I don't like nuts or coconut flakes in ANYTHING sweet. It just ruins it for me.

Example: my husband brought home a key lime pie last night since we had a delicious slice on vacation, but once he took it out of the bag, I saw that it had sliced almonds on the whipped cream near the crust. Grossed me out. Why must you ruin a good thing with nuts?!?!? Ughhhh. The texture grosses me out the most, I think.

YASSSSS down with nuts in desserts!

I love nuts. They're delicous and... nutty. But hell hath no fury like I do after biting into a brownie with surprise walnuts. My only exception is a nut-centric (heh) dessert, like pecan pie. Even then, I'd usually prefer basically anything else.

I am a freak about it. There could be a hint of one in something, and I have to spit it out. No pecan pie for me! That's the epitome of nutty dessert!

thj101 · March 2016

@pennstatecait Sorry! I just can't with them... The texture, and the flavor is like a rotten sweet flavor to me. ugh.....

QueenSunscreen · March 2016

I have no UO's today but I'm nodding along with everyone else's!

@mrsdaddario @Megzb510 @furbabymom2007 I'm an atheist but was raised in the Catholic Church by parents who thankfully weren't strict about it beyond the milestones - for me, through communion. I went to Catholic school through sixth grade but have come to realize that I've been a non believer since I was a child. I'm just not wired for the kind of belief necessary for a religious experience, I think.. Anyway, if all of my grandparents were still alive, I think I would have baptized my kid - but they're not, so I won't. And morally, I find many faults with the Catholic Church, so I'm glad I don't have to wrestle with that decision.

@thj101 banana is disgusting. Fistbump.

@gonetothesea coconut is disgusting too! I stay away from nuts (some make my mouth itch - oral allergy syndrome) so they totally ruin a dessert experience in my opinion!

mrsdaddario · March 2016

@Megzb510 @furbabymom2007 @QueenSunscreen

I didn't have strict religious parents. The baptism, communion and confirmation were important(ish) to them, but after our confirmation we were free to do/believe/think as we wished. I think it was mostly because my father's parent's were extremely religious and it was important to them that my sister and I did the whole church thing.

As I've gotten/get older I do think about it more and more. Not so much 'do I believe in God', but more so like, am I missing out on a great community and relationships by not going. And I definitely don't mean to Catholic Church because you won't ever find me in another as long as I can help it. (For a lot of the reasons you've mentioned @Megzb510 and also because it's too serious) My best friend married into a religious family, she was raised Catholic, he Christian. But his church is very "hip", they play upbeat music and have fun with it. He even wants to be a youth pastor. THAT is the kind of church I wonder if I'm missing out on.
DH on the other hand, he doesn't even KNOW if he "is a religion" LOL. His mother went to Catholic school and hated it so much she vowed never to raise her children in a religious atmosphere. So he's never even stepped foot into a church. We recently had the "am I missing out on "fun church"" discussion and he couldn't understand it at all. Finally I just told him I think it's more to do with the relationships, and interactions which he understood. Chances are we'll never baptize LO's or even attend another church. Though I would absolutely not be against any decision my children would want to make. And I do agree with @furbabymom2007 , I do want to at least teach them WHAT religion is.

TheRealVeronicaSawyer · March 2016

I don't like the TV show Friends. Please don't hold it against me!

thj101 · March 2016

Ditto @therealveronicasawyer

linzrunz · March 2016

Accidentally quoted something and now the box won't go away....

Getting in on this religious discussion. I grew up Mormon. DH is technically Methodist, but doesn't identify with any church. I go back and forth with practicing my faith (currently not), but we decided when we got married that we would not baptize any of our children when they turned 8 (baptism age in the LDS church) or at any age in any other church. Once they're old enough to decide for themselves, we will support whatever decision they want to make. My side of the family has all typically married within the church, so I'm the first "black sheep" so to speak that married a non-member. DH was concerned about it being a big deal and it really hasn't in the 9 1/2 years we've been together.

Also, for all you banana and nut haters out there...I will take them all and make some banana nut bread. Yum!

mrsdee15 · March 2016

I LOVE Cadbury eggs!

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I guess my sweets-themed UO is that I really don't care for sweets much as a whole (Cadbury eggs excepted). I thought the chocolates were way better in the UK. I bought like 30 Twirls while we were there and ate them while sipping good Scotch.

NamelessAria · March 2016

I'm going to jump in on this somewhat popular opinion about religion. DH and I are both religious but neither of us belong to a church or anything. He grew up in the Catholic church and I grew up in the Baptist church. We have our problems with both and pretty much every other denomination. We've talked about and have decided that while we may or may not (we're still somewhat undecided here) have our children somewhat involved in church activities as a way for them to make friends and such but we definitely want to be the ones to teach them religion. We have have no plans to baptize our children. Not because we think baptism isn't important. Just because we feel that it is a decision the child should make for himself/herself when he/she is old enough. We can share our beliefs and teach what we think is important but in the end everyone has to decide for themselves what to believe and how to live.

I suppose my real, truly unpopular opinion here that is tangentially related is that DH and I plan to homeschool our children. At least while they're young. At some point when they start getting older we'll probably let the children decide if they would like to continue to homeschool or actually go to middle school/high school. And, of course, if at some point it became apparent through yearly standardized testing that the children were getting behind we'd hire tutors or send the children to a school.

**TW: Eating disorder, depression, suicidal ideation mentioned**

I just really hated school and it made me incredibly depressed. I spent most of my childhood and teenage years incredibly depressed wanting to kill myself. And I felt like I was always on an endless quest to be more thin and more attractive so people would like me. I'm 5'8 and ended up starving myself down to about 90 pounds. Granted at the time I think I may have still been 5'7, but still. I still thought I was fat and was still trying to lose weight. I honestly believe that all the being teased by other children contributed to my eating disorder and my depression. I just really took everything the other children said to heart and thought I was really just fat and ugly and worthless. I had so many days where on my way to school we'd drive past a tall building and I'd think "I could go to class.... or I could go somewhere like that and just jump." DH had a bit of a tough time in middle school/high school also and ended up similarly depressed. We just don't want to subject our children to that if there is an alternative.

Also on an unrelated UO someone mentioned: coconut flakes. They're absolutely disgusting and I refuse to eat anything with coconut flakes. My grandma used to make these amazing bunny cakes for Easter every year when I was little. I absolutely loved them. They were adorable and delicious. The only downside was she'd always cover the bunny cakes in coconut flakes to make it look like bunny fur. So gross. I'd just scrap off all the flakes (and pretty much all the icing trying to get the flakes off) and eat it that way.

Edit: Formatting.

CoonMom · March 2016

I've got a two UOs today: (Sorry the picture is huge)

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ETA: I knew I was forgetting one: I don't care for makeup. I typically don't wear it.

AliciaGoose · March 2016

PennStateCait said:

nwegman7878 said:

PennStateCait said:

thj101 said:

I hate bananas. I also hate banana flavoring of any kind.

How is that POSSIBLE?! I eat at least one banana a day. LOVE bananas.

I hate and all banana types things. I can only eat about half of one before I want to puke. My puppy is on board with me and hates them too. I made him treats and he just licked the peanut butter but refused to eat the part with the banana.

That is so crazy to me because my puppy loves bananas! Every time we move the blender she comes running because she knows a bananas about to be opened for a smoothie. Too funny that our dogs are just like us!

I think this is the most offended I've ever been by an UO! Bananas are literally a staple of my diet! Though I can get on board with hating banana flavored things. Artificial Banana flavoring is disgusting. Though I think this hatred can mostly be blamed on a bad experience in high school with a bottle of 99 bananas.

Neikoda · March 2016

dogmomwantinghuman said:

I knew I was forgetting one: I don't care for makeup. I typically don't wear it.

I only wear it for very special occasions. DH says he'd rather I not wear it and I'm lazy. I'd say it's a total of maybe 5 or 6 times a year. I also have little to no makeup because I hate spending money on things I don't use. But I'm also not very good at makeup because of this.

adele85 · March 2016

I love peeps and Jesus and bananas and coconut flakes and makeup. I hate sauerkraut and nuts!!!

penelope4612 · March 2016

@mrsdee15 - chocolate IS better in the UK, especially the Cadbury brand. Someone told me once that there were different additives in the US version that makes it taste different.

mrsdee15 · March 2016

penelope4612 said:

@mrsdee15 - chocolate IS better in the UK, especially the Cadbury brand. Someone told me once that there were different additives in the US version that makes it taste different.

That makes sense! It was the same for lager - I usually am not a fan of it out here, it tastes metallic to me. But in Europe that style beer was amazing. A friend said it has to do with what they can and cannot add to it, I wish we had more like that out here!

Lecool · March 2016

UO: I don't like Oreos.

Boo on Peeps & Cadbury Eggs. It's all about the Robin's Eggs!

loveinak · March 2016

I'm down for basically anything as long as it doesn't taste like cherry or have berries in it. I can't stand the texture of seeds- I once accidentally had a bite of what I thought was a rhubarb pie but got a mouthful of cooked strawberry instead, which caused instant gagging and serious side-eye from DH's family. Most painful swallow experience ever.

Edit: "Most painful swallow experience ever." HA! Not meant to sound dirty!

pretzel2plus1 · March 2016

On the religion topic, I'll offer maybe a different view from others. DH and I are both practicing Christians, although Protestant, and I think many of you mentioned Catholic backgrounds. We fall into a more non-denominational category, as there isn't one specific denomination that we agree with 100%. We also enjoy a more laid back service or gathering, but I think some of the more formal or liturgical services can be beautiful in their own ways. Before we moved we attended a more laid back church that also included some liturgical elements to the Sunday services, and we loved it. We're actually looking for a similar church in our current city.

Also, regarding peeps: grossest things ever! My mom actually used to put them in my Easter basket every year growing up, and I would gently remind her that I really didn't like them, and then the next year she would buy them again! It became a joke after a while.

I also agree on the no nuts or coconut in dessert opinion. Can't stand them!

But bananas: love them!

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