UO 11/3

BumpasaurusRex · November 2016

Let's hear 'em!

Mamallamallama · November 2016

I hate baseball and I am so happy the season is finally over. There are too many games and they are so boring to watch.

Vastra · November 2016

I am never impressed/shocked by what percentile someone's kid is in for height/weight/calf circumference/forehead size. I get that the numbers have significance, but sitting around discussing the numbers like they're SAT scores has always struck me as bizarre and AWish. (And I'm super hoping I don't somehow turn into someone who does that.)

BumpasaurusRex · November 2016

Mamallamallama said:

I hate baseball and I am so happy the season is finally over. There are too many games and they are so boring to watch.

Yes! H loves sports and we only have 1 TV so it's a constant battle. He always moans and groans during an hour of a show I watch that's on 1x a week! But yet, I'm supposed to be cool with watching baseball for the 3rd day in a row for 3-4 hours?!

birdiejo · November 2016

Vastra said:

I am never impressed/shocked by what percentile someone's kid is in for height/weight/calf circumference/forehead size. I get that the numbers have significance, but sitting around discussing the numbers like they're SAT scores has always struck me as bizarre and AWish. (And I'm super hoping I don't somehow turn into someone who does that.)

It also changes all the time. It bothers me too and I have a kid. There's so much variability. Mine started out with high numbers and now they are low and she's perfectly proportional and fine.

Of course then someone in the supermarket will say "oh she's only 2? She looks huge for her age!"

Then two minutes later I'll walk by someone who says " she's 2?! She's so tiny for her age!!"

...sure whatever you think, strangers!

peachesnbean · November 2016

I get irritated by people who get on their high horses about being "true fans". I get how annoying it is to have people jump on your bandwagon after you've been suffering through losses. BUT if your team won, focus on that! And enjoy the damn party.

Gretchypoo · November 2016

peachesnbean said:

I get irritated by people who get on their high horses about being "true fans". I get how annoying it is to have people jump on your bandwagon after you've been suffering through losses. BUT if your team won, focus on that! And enjoy the damn party.

YES. Im a Cardinals fan, we have a huge rivalry with the Cubs but I still rooted for them to win the WS! Doesn't make me less of a Cards fan but I'm getting a ton of flak.

kswiger06 · November 2016

Vastra said:

I am never impressed/shocked by what percentile someone's kid is in for height/weight/calf circumference/forehead size. I get that the numbers have significance, but sitting around discussing the numbers like they're SAT scores has always struck me as bizarre and AWish. (And I'm super hoping I don't somehow turn into someone who does that.)

We use our family dr, he's in his 80s and he has never once mentioned anything about any percentile. It's weird because everyone else talks about it like you said, oooooo my kid is in the 95th percentile on height, what's yours? And I'm always like idk, our dr doesn't do that but says our kids are healthy! Lol

kswiger06 · November 2016

My UO I love those cheesy maternity or DIY pregnancy shirts for the holidays. My DD has the same 2nd grade teacher my DS had. She was pregnant while teaching him and she had a big pumpkin on her belly for Halloween and a snowman sweatshirt... I told her at my DDs Halloween party that I was hoping to find or make some. She said "oh, I still have my snowman one, we aren't having any more (babies) do you want it?" I said oh yes that'd be nice! So today was DDs parent teacher conference and her teacher actually brought it for me!! I'm overly excited about it and most people I know think that those shirts are over the top stupid lol... look here it is! And I'll be doing a pic in it at some point for HDBD lol

expandcontract · November 2016

Dude, that's cute, @kswiger06!

lct2008 · November 2016

I feel like I'd totally prefer that @kswiger06 people get so caught up in the percentiles, which I totally don't get. Like I have short kids- to give you percentiles

ds is in like the 4th and dd in the 10th percentile. And people are all omg about the percentile. But I always say- well neither their dad or I are tall. Someone has to be at the bottom. Their dr isn't concerned as they are steadily growing and are obviously healthy kids. Just shorter than yours. This whole message when you're an adult is to feel confident in your body, don't compare yourself to someone else etc. yet here we are comparing our kids like one size is better than the other. My ds was a fat baby. That doesn't mean he was more or less healthy than a more petite baby at his age. Idk. Just annoying to me how people are about it.

Spicyweiner · November 2016

We only made one page?!?!

kswiger06 · November 2016

@Spicyweiner When I first clicked I think there was only 6 comments. I couldn't believe we ran out of unpopular opinions lol

LivingLaVidaGinger · November 2016

Spicyweiner said:

We only made one page?!?!

All of our opinions must be really popular this week.

Spicyweiner · November 2016

FFFC had better be good to make up for this!

tentacular · November 2016

Wow, I got busy and haven't been to visit in a couple days, but I haven't missed much. Yay for me, boo for the board.

I totally agree about the percentile thing. But it gets into your head (or mine, anyway). I feel like I'm judged as getting a good grade when my son "scores" well in percentiles, and like I'm supposed to justify to myself when he doesn't. Then I realize how friggin dumb that is and have to snap myself out of it. "Oh, wait... IDGAF about this, do I?" It's not a competition, and yeah, no one wins. Healthy is healthy, whether it's big or small.

I have a really nerdy UO to share. I think the Harry Potter movies are pretty terrible. I'm a giant HP nerd, but only for the books. When somebody references the movies, my interest in the conversation switches off. My husband hasn't read the books and when he tries to reference anything HP, I'm like "you have no idea what you're talking about."

tentacular · November 2016

Oh oh! I have another UO. This obsession with coconut oil is way overblown. Yes, it smells good and tastes good and is good for you. But it doesn't work for everybody for everything. Every time I see somebody recommend that somebody else slather that stuff all over their face, I want to smack them. Coconut oil is terrible for certain types of breakout prone skin. If I so much as touch the stuff, I break out in giant zits. I can't even use coconut milk shampoos or conditioners, because the coconut oil in them makes me break out everywhere my hair or rinse water touches. I think coconut oil is EVIL and wish people didn't want to recommend it for bloody everything.

Xstatic3333 · November 2016

+1 to hating on percentiles. I remember always being told I was 99th percentile in height and weight as a kid and I hated it. Felt like a giant or something. Now my poor kid is already getting it in the womb. So annoying!

fourPsinapod · November 2016

UO wasn't as popular yesterday! Late to the party as always.. but I'm about to drop a bomb on you guys..

I never thought Seinfeld was funny

Xstatic3333 · November 2016

Awww @fourPsinapod! Say it ain't so!

SawyerRichardson · November 2016

@tentacular agreed! I can't use coconut oil on my face at all or else I turn into a pimply teenager. My skin just hates it.

Mamallamallama · November 2016

@tentacular your uo makes me think of my big fat Greek wedding- just put windex on it, it fixes everything

PerraSucia · November 2016

@tentacular I think book 1-5 are way better than the movies but then the books drop off in goodness and the movies are better?

300 pages of whiny camping.

cantalopes24 · November 2016

I like coconut oil for somethings but I can not use it on my face or hair. I also think "oil pulling" is dumb and doesn't actually do anything.

Gretchypoo · November 2016

@fourPsinapod ME EITHER! I never got it and thought it was stupid. I also don't like It's Always Sunny. Flame away.

birdiejo · November 2016

@gretchypoo I'm a fan of always sunny but I can see why someone wouldn't get into it. I think the episodes can be really smart with the way they tie in real world issues but make them incredibly ridiculous, petty, idiotic etc.

tentacular · November 2016

@PerraSucia I don't know why, but I enjoyed all the whiny camping. I'm ridiculous. I think it's because I like teenagers. Another UO!

Gretchypoo · November 2016

tentacular said:

@PerraSucia I don't know why, but I enjoyed all the whiny camping. I'm ridiculous. I think it's because I like teenagers. Another UO!

I hated the whiney camping too.... Huge potterhead here

expandcontract · November 2016

People put coconut oil on their face? Being Indian. ...I've never even heard of that.

kswiger06 · November 2016

AfKash said:

People put coconut oil on their face? Being Indian. ...I've never even heard of that.

I watch an Indian girl on YouTube and she uses every kind of oil on every part of her body it seems. Including coconut oil.

expandcontract · November 2016

kswiger06 said:

AfKash said:

People put coconut oil on their face? Being Indian. ...I've never even heard of that.

I watch an Indian girl on YouTube and she uses every kind of oil on every part of her body it seems. Including coconut oil.

Lol. i had a dirty thought when you said that.

But I'll have to ask my family about this face stuff. None of them have ever mentioned it before so I'm surprised.

mrslittlemac · November 2016

I love coconut oil as a moisturizer for hands, legs, and torso but don't put anything on my face.
Hey that can be my UO! I hate the smörgåsbord of toiletries women are expected to purchase and use. I don't use face wash or makeup or really any products other than basic shampoo, conditioner, coconut oil, and a very mild shower gel when necessary. Otherwise I rely on just the hot water and mechanical scrubbing from a wash cloth. On the bright side my skin regulates itself really well until the bone-dryness of winter, hence the coconut oil

I do use hand soap though, don't think I could do without that.

birdiejo · November 2016

Pure Castile soap for the win! Dr.Bronners goes on everything in my house from floors to face.

We definitely have a giant tub filled with coconut oil as well.

Spicyweiner · November 2016

I didn't like the dr. Bronners.
I thought it left a film on my house and dried out my skin.

PerraSucia · November 2016

Spicyweiner said:

I didn't like the dr. Bronners.
I thought it left a film on my house and dried out my skin.

It was really drying for me too

LivingLaVidaGinger · November 2016

Oh oh! I have a Saturday UO: And this is the most nit-picky thing to complain about but I really don't like when people call me "mama" because I'm pregnant. People will be like "hey mama" or "or look at your bump mama!" and I know it's all meant to be super nice, but really I'm not your mother. Only the fetus I'm harboring gets to call me that and she can't even talk. I have a name. Use it.

lfrank12 · November 2016

@LivingLaVidaGinger Yes! My FIL said "how are you feeling mama?" when I was very early along and it just felt so WEIRD

kswiger06 · November 2016

Ooo fun-ish fact. Ever since I've had my first (he's 10) my husband has called me "big mama" i used to hate it so much but after all this time its grown on me. I use it for screen names sometimes when I don't know what else to do. I almost did it for TB but decided against it. Lol

But it doesn't bother me when people refer to me as just "mama" I have a cousin who says it all the time even after I had my kids. Maybe if it were several people I wouldn't like it though?

Spicyweiner · November 2016

Mama doesn't bother me, but maybe it's because I am one?

tentacular · November 2016

I do think the mama thing changes over time. I was 100% positive I would hate anybody but my child referring to me as mama or mom instead of using my name, but... in the end, it actually doesn't bother me at all. Maybe because it feels like my name, since I hear it approximately seven million times a day.

Aussie45 · November 2016

I finally have an unpopular opinion (which I kind of can't believe it's unpopular, but according to FB it is) and if I wait until next Thursday I'll forget.

Having a dog doesn't make you parent. I get loving a dog or calling yourself your dog's mom jokingly, but if you legitally think its on the same level as being a parent to a kid, then you clearly don't have kids. If said person one day does have kids, then I think they would realize how silly it is to compare the two. Ive done both. Being a "dog parent" and a "kid parent" is wwwaaayy different.

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