U/O Thursday

thepen15ismighty · May 2016

The points are made up and your opinion doesn't matter.

YeezusButters · May 2016

*Removed due to TOU violation*

allthingscozy · May 2016

Boom mic drop it butters !

YeezusButters · May 2016

In addition, to those who love to respond to n00b posts, please stop. You are only encouraging the behavior.

YeezusButters · May 2016

NOW, back to the regularly scheduled UO Thursday..

Education is no indication of intelligence. Some of the MOST intelligent people I know are not those with a PhD or a master's degree. I've met people who have been in school for YEARS and their lack of intelligence is STUPEFYING.

stephweinstein · May 2016

Putting on my flame retardant suit... I think maternity pictures are odd and attention whore-y.

LadyFleck · May 2016

stephweinstein said:

Putting on my flame retardant suit... I think maternity pictures are odd and attention whore-y.

Agreed 100%.

YeezusButters · May 2016

stephweinstein said:

Putting on my flame retardant suit... I think maternity pictures are odd and attention whore-y.

It's capturing a moment in your life that is beautiful and special. They are for your memories and for your children - at least that's my opinion.

allthingscozy · May 2016

I think it's rude to say maternity pictures are odd and attention whorey. You could simply say it's not something you want to do. Especially since you know a lot of women on here did them...

stephweinstein · May 2016

YeezusButters said:

stephweinstein said:

Putting on my flame retardant suit... I think maternity pictures are odd and attention whore-y.

It's capturing a moment in your life that is beautiful and special. They are for your memories and for your children - at least that's my opinion.

What about the people who blow up Facebook with them?

YeezusButters · May 2016

@stephweinstein Then THEY are AW - not the maternity pictures themselves.

megstervt · May 2016

I think there should be a board rule that ONE person can reply to an AW noob thread that directs them to the right place and then NO ONE ELSE responds.

ETA: I feel like this may be a UO because obviously this is the interwebz and I don't get to dictate who responds to what and how.

EETA: sorry @yeezusButters, I've been saving this one all week and was so eager to post I didn't realize you'd covered this already.

blackgirlmagic · May 2016

stephweinstein said:

YeezusButters said:

stephweinstein said:

Putting on my flame retardant suit... I think maternity pictures are odd and attention whore-y.

It's capturing a moment in your life that is beautiful and special. They are for your memories and for your children - at least that's my opinion.

What about the people who blow up Facebook with them?

What about the people that post every single thing that their children do? I find that super annoying and AW but I don't say anything. I normally just hide their post and move on. Hell posting about where you are going for vacation on social media is AW.

stephweinstein · May 2016

BeachTigress said:

What about the people that post every single thing that their children do? I find that super annoying and AW but I don't say anything. I normally just hide their post and move on. Hell posting about where you are going for vacation on social media is AW.

Preach.

stephweinstein · May 2016

Backbypopulardemand said:

I think it's rude to say maternity pictures are odd and attention whorey. You could simply say it's not something you want to do. Especially since you know a lot of women on here did them...

This is why it's an unpopular opinion. NMS.

YeezusButters · May 2016

@stephweinstein I think your issue is with AWs in general. Those people can turn anything into a one-man show about themselves and their lives.

allthingscozy · May 2016

@stephweinstein then your UO is about aw's not about maternity pictures it seems

stephweinstein · May 2016

Backbypopulardemand said:

@stephweinstein then your UO is about aw's not about maternity pictures it seems

You guys may be on to something. I don't think you're wrong. If your pictures are for personal use only and they're a keepsake for you and your husband, go on with your bad self. If your pictures are for the internet and for Facebook likes, not a fan.

YeezusButters · May 2016

Backbypopulardemand said:

@stephweinstein then your UO is about aw's not about maternity pictures it seems

Ha, JINX!

rnyland1 · May 2016

Personally I think the whole "photoshoots for every occasion!!!" thing has gotten way, way out of hand. Back in the day you could just go to JC Penney and spend $40 on portraits and you were done. But all these private photo sessions nowadays come with a pretty hefty price tag. That being said, I think the quality of photos is way better now with all these private photo shoots and we are actually springing for newborn photos this time (we didn't do an official newborn photos with DS1) so I guess I'm a hypocrite. Our young, amateur photographer that we usually use is getting good and now charges $300 for the newborn session + digital images. Since I'm heading into unpaid leave, we decided against the maternity session as well. Plus, I just don't want much photographic evidence to exist of what I look like right now...

lizhurt · May 2016

stephweinstein said:

Putting on my flame retardant suit... I think maternity pictures are odd and attention whore-y.

I only feel that way about the topless/lingerie ones. Just, why???

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mamafox14 · May 2016

Meh, if you don't feel good about yourself when you're pregnant everyone thinks there's something wrong with you. But if you feel beautiful and want pictures to commemorate this time than you're an attention whore. Just more ways that everyone on earth, including other pregnant women, love to judge every single thing you do when you're pregnant.

thepen15ismighty · May 2016

Here's a maternity photo. Guess who loves their big ole pregnant baby growing fundus? This chick right here. Now give me all the love tits you peasants.

thepen15ismighty · May 2016

YeezusButters · May 2016

stellaluna14 said:

Meh, if you don't feel good about yourself when you're pregnant everyone thinks there's something wrong with you. But if you feel beautiful and want pictures to commemorate this time than you're an attention whore. Just more ways that everyone on earth, including other pregnant women, love to judge every single thing you do when you're pregnant.

Yaaaaas!

BecauseBabyIamAPug · May 2016

I have had 3 donuts this morning.
UO: I plan on having more, and I don't care.

[Deleted User] · May 2016

@thepen15ismighty you are my favorite.

thepen15ismighty · May 2016

schaze said:

@thepen15ismighty you are my favorite.

Anyone who sucks the self love out of any woman feeling beautiful no matter pregnant or not is not someone I like. As if we don't have enough standards be them double in this society and someone wants to throw shade on them feeling amazing. Nah, go home.

sboston06 · May 2016

@thepen15ismighty - I took my first "naked belly" shot yesterday....I figured I'd want to commemorate this special time before I get stretch marks. I was going to ask if anyone else here had taken a HDBD picture with their belly exposed too lol

Re: maternity photos...I kind of love them and I love my bump but I have gained so much weight (all over) this pregnancy that I would not feel comfortable dropping that kind of money on them. Similar to boudoir photos when I got married which were super popular on TK (but luckily not shared publicly)...

Kellyj103 · May 2016

Amen to the responding to those n00b posts! I've been saying this for a while!!! If they're being redirected to some other thread let it die!!!!!!!! That dr. appointment thread is killing me.

Are wedding photos AW-y too? Are people who post their wedding pictures/ engagement pictures AWs? I think maternity photos, like wedding photos, engagement photos etc, signify a special part of your life that you are proud of and want to remember. Many of us on here are doing some type of maternity pictures, whether it be professional pics or just our weekly pics. So I guess we're all AW. Whatevs.

TiffRox81 · May 2016

For me, it was no easy feat getting to this point, and for all I know it may be our only child so I am documenting it all. Even the smallest parts of this pregnancy! Am I going to post a 79 pic album on FB for everyone to Ooh and Awe over? No. But I want to save the memories! I'm not a fan of the excessive posting, but to each their own. If that's what makes you feel good, so be it. We always have the choice of unfollowing those people. As I learned last week!!

thepen15ismighty · May 2016

@sboston06 oh I have more. The full one would have been an obv TOU violation.

This is how not having amazing art happens. This way of thinking that nudity is wrong or should be shamed. Reminds me of this damn lady from game of thrones.

BecauseBabyIamAPug · May 2016

I just posted two wedding pictures today on my FB. I haven't before.
We will be married for 9 years this fall.
Does this make me a AW? Or not?

MurphaLurph · May 2016

Full on AW here alllll the time. No shame in my game!

winnie1122 · May 2016

I think any post on social media could be construed as AW-y, since we all tend to share about important or exciting events if we're going to share something. But I guess it's all about how you look at it! I personally love to look at people's maternity/wedding/engagement/vacation photos so it doesn't bother me, but I feel weird doing maternity photos because I hate trying to look nice in pictures and I feel like a whale right now. I fully intend to do newborn pictures because this is the most momentous occasion of our lives so far and I want to have nice photos to remember it by!

YeezusButters · May 2016

I'm whore-ing myself out, y'all.

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thepen15ismighty · May 2016

Excuse me @YeezusButters there's a thread for that.

YeezusButters · May 2016

thepen15ismighty said:

Excuse me @YeezusButters there's a thread for that.

You're so right. My baaaaaaad.

thepen15ismighty · May 2016

The big gold star brings out your pregnant very nicely though.

elenabrent · May 2016

I like seeing people's life events. I don't want to see a selfie every day (or worse, multiple), but your big life events, your random updates, your stories, yes! That's what social media is for. If I didn't want to see it I wouldn't be friends with you. My personal line is wounds and pee/poo. I don't ever want to see it, even if your shoulder injury was, in fact, totes gnarly.

I created a private ig account for this pregnancy/family photos because I struggled with infertility for years and I didn't want to clog up my usual feeds with the stuff that might be painful for others to see. But a lot of my family and friends are far away and want updates like weekly bump pictures and nursery pictures and all that shit. So the ig account gives them access to the part of my life that I waited so long to have and that they are all so excited to see. I don't think that's being an AW, I think that's just being excited to share my pregnancy with people who love me and this baby.

YeezusButters · May 2016

thepen15ismighty said:

The big gold star brings out your pregnant very nicely though.

It reminds me of the super star from Mario Bros. I should've put eyes on it.

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