UO Thursday 8/11

dubcompanion · August 2016

It's Thursday. Share your unpopular opinion!

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dubcompanion · August 2016

Right now I wanna punch those morning people in the mother-lovin' face. Don't even look at me. I will suck your soul out with my sleep-encrusted eyes.

JustAnotherUsername16 · August 2016

Why does anyone say pregnancy is "beautiful"? Do you think my bloated, gagging, puking, acne covered self is beautiful? Uh no. Other things that I don't think are beautiful: child birth (screaming, ripping, and blood? No.), babies right after birth (they look like aliens covered in cottage cheese. At least you love them. And thank God they get cuter!)

All these things end in miracles, but the process of getting there is disgusting - not beautiful. I'm full of UOs

RunBooRun · August 2016

Some babies are ugly. I said it.

UnicornsPlease · August 2016

@RunBooRun YES. A friend of mine had this atrocious gollum baby and sent a birth announcement that haunted my nightmares. The baby eventually got cuter, but for real. Some of them are rough.

howdthathappen · August 2016

I can not relate to all the memes and ladies talking about how they can't wait to get home to take their bra off. I need those things picked up, and can't stand the thought of them just hanging there or sticking to my body.

SoraLk · August 2016

@dubcompanion This for me today. Someone thought I was so out of it that I forgot to turn on the microwave and thought I was just staring at it. I glared at them and told them while I was indeed that exhausted, I did properly manage to work the toaster below the microwave for my pop-tart.

gracie4400 · August 2016

It really bugs me when I go to a BBQ and the host does not serve any side dishes. I'm glad you have 6 different kinds of meat but would it kill you to stop at the deli counter for some pasta salad? I don't get it.

AverageAsh · August 2016

I think there is a lot of pressure on PGAL moms to be SO THANKFUL even for the WORST pregnancy symptoms. Barfing for weeks isn't pleasant for anyone, and I think it is ok to be exhausted of being sick without it stealing the joy of actually being pregnant.

Spartanrd4 · August 2016

@AverageAsh Preach!!!

AverageAsh · August 2016

gracie4400 said:

It really bugs me when I go to a BBQ and the host does not serve any side dishes. I'm glad you have 6 different kinds of meat but would it kill you to stop at the deli counter for some pasta salad? I don't get it.

You need better friends.

Mccolpitts · August 2016

DH and I aren't telling our friends about the baby until next weekend when we're all together. In the meantime we've been laying really low since I've been sick and tired. Our friends are mostly childless and have been giving us a lot of grief for 'not being good friends'. I'm looking really forward to making them feel guilty. Not nice, but I'm hormonal.

msirni0 · August 2016

@averageash I am feeling guilty for complaining about how awful I feel (not PGAL, but pregnant after 2 years of infertility). I needed to read that today. Thank you!!

julievdm12 · August 2016

RunBooRun said:

Some babies are ugly. I said it.

For reals! I actually look back at pictures of my own daughter as a newborn and think, "yup, I definately saw you through my rose coloured mom goggles" she had a certain alien look about her for a while... Haha

kiyamurph · August 2016

@RunBooRun Yes yes yes! One of my cousins had a baby last year and oh sweet jesus...that poor child. I felt like I was going to go to hell for thinking that their child was literally one of the ugliest babies I've ever seen in my life. Thankfully I live across the country from my family and I don't have to fake it.

kiyamurph · August 2016

@howdthathappen I swear to god I feel the exact same way. After breastfeeding for 2 years, my boobs are practically down to my navel and they have some serious weight to them. Gravity is not my boob's friend. After we're done having kids, I just want to get everything lifted.

kiyamurph · August 2016

This is about to be a major UO and I hope I don't get flamed, but I have to say it: I. CAN. NOT. STAND. TRENDY. BABY NAMES. Sorry, but not sorry. I get that people want to name their kid something "different", but take it from someone who's name gets butchered on a daily basis, having to constantly correct someone on the pronunciation of your name or having to constantly spell it gets old, fast. I just feel like these days, people are trying way too hard. I think about the fact that my kid is going to put his name on a resume one day and I don't want someone to instantly write him off because of it. Let's face it, it does happen. There's a kid in my 2 year old's swim class named, McClane. Which of course made me think of John McClane from the Die Hard movies, which then made me want to instantly say yippee-ki-yay motherfu@#er out loud. I came across someone last year who named her daughter Yooneek. Or the best one was a baby named Aonesteigh, pronounced Honesty. Why would you do that to your child?! Stop the madness people!

howdthathappen · August 2016

kiyamurph said:

@howdthathappen I swear to god I feel the exact same way. After breastfeeding for 2 years, my boobs are practically down to my navel and they have some serious weight to them. Gravity is not my boob's friend. After we're done having kids, I just want to get everything lifted.

Discovering nursing tanks after having my daughter was one of the best things to happen to me. I still wear them to bed even though I haven't nursed in almost 3 years.

Maybe I should have saved that for FFC. haha

onefootinthebayou · August 2016

I'm going way less controversial this week: I think Dre Beats headphones are garbage and I think Apple is making a huge mistake by taking the headphone jack out of the new iPhone. I'm thinking of switching to Samsung over this! *Shakes fist*. (I realize this is probably just a UO for Apple lovers but seriously, Eff Apple).

Also, I've said this before but I'll say it again in case anyone didn't hear me: In-n-Out >>> Five Guys.

nursemama-2 · August 2016

My friend struggled with infertility and she has been horribly sick pregnant. She would say she felt so guilty complaining and I said girl complain away, sometimes being pregnant sucks. I am so thankful to be blessed with 3 pregnancies, but I am so sick. I feel like garbage and it's really hard this time.

kiyamurph · August 2016

onefootinthebayou said:

I'm going way less controversial this week: I think Dre Beats headphones are garbage and I think Apple is making a huge mistake by taking the headphone jack out of the new iPhone. I'm thinking of switching to Samsung over this! *Shakes fist*. (I realize this is probably just a UO for Apple lovers but seriously, Eff Apple).

Also, I've said this before but I'll say it again in case anyone didn't hear me: In-n-Out >>> Five Guys.

Five Guys is waaaaaaay overrated. There was one that opened where I live 2 years ago, and because I live in a shitty town with hardly any culture, when a place like Five Guys opens, it's now the most happening place to be since it's new. The lines would be out the door at this place. I used to live in Ohio (probably moving back soon) and we had Five Guys there and I never thought it was all that. There's a much better burger place almost right next to Five Guys here and I'll take that any day over Five Guy's greasy nasty burgers. And of course now I want a burger for lunch.

Also want to add that I'll take Bose over Beats by Dre any day, thank you. Beats are the trendy thing to have and Bose has better sound quality IMO.

RunBooRun · August 2016

I love Five Guys. Greasy burgers are the best kind of burgers.

Never had In-n-Out though. They don't exist around these parts.

mrsyimster · August 2016

im happy with any burger joint that serves malt right now. or frosty. mmmmmm

mtmama2 · August 2016

@kiyamurph Yessss! As someone who had a difficult first name AND (maiden) last name, I completely agree!
Andplusalso I regularly have to call people on the phone for work and I hate making an a** out of myself by mispronouncing their "unique" names!

ETA @RunBooRun I also love Five Guys and In N Out doesn't exist anywhere near me

liepertsm · August 2016

@AverageAsh Absolutely this. I am thrilled to be pregnant, but sometimes I feel like crap and that's just not fun!

@kiyamurph Some people take unique (yooneek?!) names WAY too far. I'm not sure people think about how frustrating it may be for their children to have to spend a lifetime explaining how to pronounce/spell their names.

Gators&BoSox · August 2016

I don't like 95% of other people kids.

disneybaby84 · August 2016

@Mccolpitts lay on that guilt!!

kiki75 · August 2016

@kiyamurph I'm going to name my kid Chardonneigh Quork and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it! Muah-hahahaha.

@AverageAsh Yes! Preach! Being upset about blowing chunks at the most inopportune times doesn't mean a person is not glad to be pregnant. You do still get to bummed out about all of the awful things about having your body commandeered by a parasite. You don't have to revel in barf and hemorrhoids to be thankful and to love that baby.

@onefootinthebayou What?? I didn't know they were taking the audio jack out of the new phone! That blows for a number of reasons!

edit: typo fix critical to clarity!

chrlyr · August 2016

I know the absence of symptoms when everyone else seems to be constantly complaining about morning sickness or being exhausted can be disconcerting, but, really, you're probably fine. I was you during my first pregnancy. Yesterday, while I was dry heaving so hard that I peed my pants, I thought to myself "Remember when you complained about not having symptoms? That was cute."

CanadianintheSouth · August 2016

@chrlyr I couldn't agree more. I had one day this week where I was symptom free and didn't have to take meds. I had the best workout I've had in a month, and was able to clean my house. I complained at the beginning of pregnancy about no symptoms and when MS started I hated that my former self complained about feeling great, so instead I enjoyed my symptom free time this week. I was back to throwing up the next day, but man did it feel good for a day.

mrsnc · August 2016

@mrsyimster OMG frosty YES!!! Just asked DH to get one on his way home from work

shae86 · August 2016

RunBooRun said:

Some babies are ugly. I said it.

Yup. My cousin had a baby last year, and while my grandma was holding him, she remarked, "He looks just like his brother. Poor thing." I. Love. Her.

@kiyamurph Totally agree about the names. I also have an unusual name that drives me nuts. I've always said that my future children will have names that people have actually heard of. They'll be names that people know how to pronounce and spell, but not something so popular that there are going to be 3 others in their kindergarten class named the same thing.

Cutesy names can go straight to hell. In the past 7 years, the following boys have been born into my family: Aiden, Cayden, Jayden, Hayden, and Brayden. The girls have been: Kaylee, Kylie, Brylee, Brooklyn, and Brynlee. It's flat out absurd.

kiyamurph · August 2016

shae86 said:

RunBooRun said:

Some babies are ugly. I said it.

Yup. My cousin had a baby last year, and while my grandma was holding him, she remarked, "He looks just like his brother. Poor thing." I. Love. Her.

@kiyamurph Totally agree about the names. I also have an unusual name that drives me nuts. I've always said that my future children will have names that people have actually heard of. They'll be names that people know how to pronounce and spell, but not something so popular that there are going to be 3 others in their kindergarten class named the same thing.

Cutesy names can go straight to hell. In the past 7 years, the following boys have been born into my family: Aiden, Cayden, Jayden, Hayden, and Brayden. The girls have been: Kaylee, Kylie, Brylee, Brooklyn, and Brynlee. It's flat out absurd.

You are officially my soul sister. Thank you a million times. Years ago I absolutely loved the name, Kaden, because it means fighter and I'd never heard the name before. That was around 2002. Next thing you know, Cadens, Kaydens, Kcadens (doesn't even fucking make sense) started popping up left and right and I said to hell with it. I'm really not trying to offend anyone who has a Rylee, Kylee, Shylee, Mylee, or any other name that ends in Lee and the like, but I just hate trends in general. An RN that I used to work with has a baby named Brinley and just had a son named Browden. How do you pronounce that?! For our son, we just went with the classic name, Oliver, mostly because he's named after my grandmother, Ollie. I did come across an Olyver once and I'm just like, oh come on!

jmacd22 · August 2016

My DD name is Kylie lol although I wasn't trying to be trendy, she's almost 9. I do HATE that she thinks she's named after the Kardashian girl.

wintersong · August 2016

onefootinthebayou said:

I'm going way less controversial this week: I think Dre Beats headphones are garbage and I think Apple is making a huge mistake by taking the headphone jack out of the new iPhone. I'm thinking of switching to Samsung over this! *Shakes fist*. (I realize this is probably just a UO for Apple lovers but seriously, Eff Apple).

Also, I've said this before but I'll say it again in case anyone didn't hear me: In-n-Out >>> Five Guys.

We can't be friends anymore.

ladyoriza · August 2016

kiyamurph said:

shae86 said:

RunBooRun said:

Some babies are ugly. I said it.

Yup. My cousin had a baby last year, and while my grandma was holding him, she remarked, "He looks just like his brother. Poor thing." I. Love. Her.

@kiyamurph Totally agree about the names. I also have an unusual name that drives me nuts. I've always said that my future children will have names that people have actually heard of. They'll be names that people know how to pronounce and spell, but not something so popular that there are going to be 3 others in their kindergarten class named the same thing.

Cutesy names can go straight to hell. In the past 7 years, the following boys have been born into my family: Aiden, Cayden, Jayden, Hayden, and Brayden. The girls have been: Kaylee, Kylie, Brylee, Brooklyn, and Brynlee. It's flat out absurd.

You are officially my soul sister. Thank you a million times. Years ago I absolutely loved the name, Kaden, because it means fighter and I'd never heard the name before. That was around 2002. Next thing you know, Cadens, Kaydens, Kcadens (doesn't even fucking make sense) started popping up left and right and I said to hell with it. I'm really not trying to offend anyone who has a Rylee, Kylee, Shylee, Mylee, or any other name that ends in Lee and the like, but I just hate trends in general. An RN that I used to work with has a baby named Brinley and just had a son named Browden. How do you pronounce that?! For our son, we just went with the classic name, Oliver, mostly because he's named after my grandmother, Ollie. I did come across an Olyver once and I'm just like, oh come on!

STUCK IN BOX:
As someone with a common name and an uncommon spelling, I really can't stand it. People mispronounce it. I have had important documents have to be completely redone because they left out one of the letters in my name.

shae86 · August 2016

@kiyamurph That reminds me, I have another distant cousin who's due with a baby girl next month and is naming her Brinley. Gah! I LOVE the name Oliver, btw.

@ladyoriza That has to be just as frustrating. It's a guarantee that no one will ever spell your name right unless you do it for them.

Parents everywhere, I promise you, your kid is going to be unique. You know why? Because they're going to have their own little personality, looks, and quirks that no one else will share. There's no reason to misspell their name in an effort to make them "extra" yoonique. Give the poor kid a chance to know what it's like to find a keychain with his name on it.

dubcompanion · August 2016

@shae86 I think the worst spelling I've seen thus far IRL is Mylz, instead of Miles.

So much wrong. Also, Madysyn.

CanadianintheSouth · August 2016

I think I'm in minority here when I say I don't care how you spell your child's name. I was a high school teacher with 140 students and sometimes the different spelling helped me remember them from the other kid in the class (Madison vs Maddison, in my head I can now tell them apart from each other). *shrugs* My name is spelled 'normally' (Kelsey), yet I still get people spelling it wrong all the time (Kelsy, Kelsie etc), so I don't think all traditionally spelled names are exempt from spelling mistakes. But honestly it doesn't really bother me when people spell it wrong, my family and friends know how to spell my name and you spell it out no matter what when it's important anyways.

edited because words

Gators&BoSox · August 2016

@CanadianintheSouth I get what you're saying about the different names. In school we had a Nicholas and Nicolas and I'm sure that helped. I just hate when people go out of their way to spell names ridiculously. Nikauluss would never fly for me lol

wintersong · August 2016

Agreed with above. Melanie or Melaney is one thing. Mellaneigh is an entirely different matter.

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