@lfrank12 There is a local hole in the wall joint that has a "coyote burger" which features a fried egg, bacon, and cheese on top. The tagline: this burger meets all your needs. It really, really does. I've only ordered it once because I don't want to die of heart disease at 30, but man... it was good!
Todays uo thread is really making me want a fried egg sandwich...
My uo is that I'm probably going to want to go back to work before the recommended 6-8 weeks is over (and I might do it). I get cabin fever and work is pretty relaxing for me.
Previously PaukMeKiande
Surprise BFP/MC February 2011 BFP May 16th 2016
EDD January 25 2017 DD born January 30 2017 Surprise BFP/MC April 2017
"Alot" is not a word and I get really irritated when I see it.
I had a teacher correct a paper I wrote once and she crossed out everywhere I used the two words "a lot" and wrote "allot" above it. Allot is a word but was not the word I was using... It was like home ec or some other pointless class but still it was ridiculous... I had another teacher who took off points if you used semicolons because in his words to us he didn't know how to use them and felt we shouldn't use them either...
Me: 33 | DH: 34 Married: October, 19, 2015 EDD 2/22/17 DS1 born on 3/2/17 EDD 3/8/20 DS2 born on 3/10/20 EDD 11/24/23 (Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Todays uo thread is really making me want a fried egg sandwich...
My uo is that I'm probably going to want to go back to work before the recommended 6-8 weeks is over (and I might do it). I get cabin fever and work is pretty relaxing for me.
I have to go back to work after 4 weeks, there is no 6 - 8 week option for me unless I don't want to get paid...which I can't afford
Granted, my job is super easy and I can take baby with me...but I'd still rather stay home 2 more weeks!
@PerraSucia i too ABHOR MK. except his watches. i had the big face gold one forever, but now it's missing. Anything else.....bleech. My MK hatred is so high that I will see MK things i think are cute and when i find out they are MK, i refuse to purchase.
Me: 36, H: 37 FTM, 2 Furbabies married 03/17/07 lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC due: 2/15/17
Todays uo thread is really making me want a fried egg sandwich...
My uo is that I'm probably going to want to go back to work before the recommended 6-8 weeks is over (and I might do it). I get cabin fever and work is pretty relaxing for me.
I have to go back to work after 4 weeks, there is no 6 - 8 week option for me unless I don't want to get paid...which I can't afford
Granted, my job is super easy and I can take baby with me...but I'd still rather stay home 2 more weeks!
I'll probably end up going after 6 weeks too. Recently got a new job and the location opens in March. Really bummed, but I'll definitely need the money because it's been brutal trying to find a part time temporary job as a pregnant woman.
My UO is that I don't like "brelfies" I am all for freeing the nipple and being comfortable breastfeeding anywhere and everywhere. And maybe even one or two photos for yourself so you'll have the memory. But I don't see the point in posting a picture to fb/insta of you breastfeeding your child every. single. day. We get it, you breastfeed, we believe you. You don't have to show social media every time you do.
From my personal experience, it's not about being comfortable and proud of BFing. It's because when women are harassed for BFing their baby in public, are shamed, and made to feel like they are performing indecent acts, it becomes necessary to normalize it.
If you (general you) wouldn't bat an eye seeing photos of babies drinking bottles, why does it bother you seeing photos of BFing?
I'm not sure if you were referring to one example IRL or in the general sense.
I'm with you on that @LivingLaVidaGinger I've bf both of my kiddos for over a year each and I definitely have a few photos that I took for memories. But I'm not about putting my boob on fb. Even though I'm fully aware that it's natural for me to feed my child, and I totally loved it and it's not sexual. I just think it's weird to put a picture on fb. Feeding your kid in public? Go for it. Babies need to eat. But a picture on fb doesn't have anything to do with your kids need to eat. At least imo.
My UO is that I don't like "brelfies" I am all for freeing the nipple and being comfortable breastfeeding anywhere and everywhere. And maybe even one or two photos for yourself so you'll have the memory. But I don't see the point in posting a picture to fb/insta of you breastfeeding your child every. single. day. We get it, you breastfeed, we believe you. You don't have to show social media every time you do.
From my personal experience, it's not about being comfortable and proud of BFing. It's because when women are harassed for BFing their baby in public, are shamed, and made to feel like they are performing indecent acts, it becomes necessary to normalize it.
If you (general you) wouldn't bat an eye seeing photos of babies drinking bottles, why does it bother you seeing photos of BFing?
I'm not sure if you were referring to one example IRL or in the general sense.
I agree with BumpasurusRex on this, If your breastfeeding and your boob is out cool, my preference is gonna be to cover up but you do you. But yeah I'd be annoyed if you posted 8 photos a day of you bottle feeding your baby too. I do have a friend who did BF glamour shots and posted them all over Facebook and I thought that was weird, but I also think Glamour maternity shots where the woman are half naked are weird. Honestly, at the end of the day I think it's just a preference/taste thing.
Also, I love Michael Kors. The man can do no wrong in my eyes. But again taste/preference.
The whole point of putting breastfeeding pics on FB/online is to normalize breastfeeding in a culture that is sometimes hostile to the sight of a breast as anything other than a sexual object (That is the way in which I have seen it, but maybe you are referencing something else that I haven't really seen in my social network). I support it.
And plus one to hating MK. Also though I can't stand Tory Burch and I know everyone loves her. I see those freaking flats everywhere.
Meh, if a woman wants to post a picture of herself BFing because it's a nice picture celebrating a nice time in her life with her baby, go for it! I can see doing that, and I do agree with @BumpasaurusRex that it is in serious need of some normalization.
As for posting 8 in a day, I side eye anybody, pregnant or non-pregnant, mother, married, or single who posts constant selfies of themselves on social media. Currently I've got someone on my list doing at least three bump pics a week, and by bump pic, I mean she's sitting down and just takes a picture of her stomach and then posts it with a poem of some sort about how awesome her husband is. Big side eye.
Meh, if a woman wants to post a picture of herself BFing because it's a nice picture celebrating a nice time in her life with her baby, go for it! I can see doing that, and I do agree with @BumpasaurusRex that it is in serious need of some normalization.
As for posting 8 in a day, I side eye anybody, pregnant or non-pregnant, mother, married, or single who posts constant selfies of themselves on social media. Currently I've got someone on my list doing at least three bump pics a week, and by bump pic, I mean she's sitting down and just takes a picture of her stomach and then posts it with a poem of some sort about how awesome her husband is. Big side eye.
That's so tacky. I have a girl on mine who creates albums of herself in sexy dresses posing in front of her mirror and then she'll add one random pic of her and her daughter. She does this on a weekly basis, always in a different dress. I unfollowed her last week actually.... I just couldn't anymore.
************* First BFP: 12/16/13 EDD: 08/23/14 Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
MrsDramaK Glamour maternity shots where the woman are half naked are weird.
So much this! Especially the ones where the pregnant lady has some sort of floaty white cloth draped round her. Yes being pregnant & having a baby is a magical & wonderful thing (sometimes when youre not puking & dying with heartburn) but wrapping a bedsheet round you & wearing a flower crown makes you look ridiculous not like an etheral goddess!
When I breast fed I was surprise for at how uncomfortable it made a lot of people feel, including my family and friends. In public I used a cover but if I was at home or with women only in their home I didn't. Once my son hit one year and I was still breastfeeding people started making comments about how it was time to stop, even going as far as to say these things to my kid. It pissed me off pretty bad, and made me realize how far we have to go to normalize it. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean posting several pics a day of it on social media.
When I breast fed I was surprise for at how uncomfortable it made a lot of people feel, including my family and friends. In public I used a cover but if I was at home or with women only in their home I didn't. Once my son hit one year and I was still breastfeeding people started making comments about how it was time to stop, even going as far as to say these things to my kid. It pissed me off pretty bad, and made me realize how far we have to go to normalize it. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean posting several pics a day of it on social media.
Same to the bolded except my own mom started talking like this when my daughter was still only seven months because she only BF us for six months. Once I went past a year her, my sister, my MIL all made me feel super uncomfortable about it.
This kind of goes with the disliking people posting 8 selfies a day. I find Time Hop on facebook kind of annoying. I mean I don't mind that it shows me what I posted a year ago or 5 years ago today but there are seriously people who re-post ALL of their Time Hops and it's annoying. I'm so close to un-following my one cousin and his wife because not only do they post like 5 pictures of their kids a day but they post every Time Hop pic of them too! Also their kids are not really even cute...
Me: 33 | DH: 34 Married: October, 19, 2015 EDD 2/22/17 DS1 born on 3/2/17 EDD 3/8/20 DS2 born on 3/10/20 EDD 11/24/23 (Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
Oh I absolutely agree @BumpasaurusRex, BF certainly should be normalized and no one should view it as a woman doing something indecent or sexual. I was more directing toward a particularly new mom on my fb feed that has taken to posting a BF selfie every day. No woman should feel ashamed, and no one had ever said anything negative to the girl I'm referring to, thank goodness. I just don't feel the fb world needs an every day reminder that you feed you child, whether it be breast, formula, strained peas, hot dogs etc. This girl is just looking for substantial amounts of social media praise for feeding her baby. You're supposed to feed your child regardless of how you feed your child.
Meh, if a woman wants to post a picture of herself BFing because it's a nice picture celebrating a nice time in her life with her baby, go for it! I can see doing that, and I do agree with @BumpasaurusRex that it is in serious need of some normalization.
As for posting 8 in a day, I side eye anybody, pregnant or non-pregnant, mother, married, or single who posts constant selfies of themselves on social media. Currently I've got someone on my list doing at least three bump pics a week, and by bump pic, I mean she's sitting down and just takes a picture of her stomach and then posts it with a poem of some sort about how awesome her husband is. Big side eye.
That's so tacky. I have a girl on mine who creates albums of herself in sexy dresses posing in front of her mirror and then she'll add one random pic of her and her daughter. She does this on a weekly basis, always in a different dress. I unfollowed her last week actually.... I just couldn't anymore.
Ooooh I wanna play! My cousin's soon-to-be ex wife is a major gym goer and has the body to show for it. That is absolutely her right and more power to her.
However.
She also posts 20+ shot albums of her every gym session and every time she gets a new outfit.
The kicker? Last month or so she posted a cartoon about how our society is so self-absorbed, putting the number of images taken when the first man walked on the moon (let's say 10) next to a teenager taking 100s of selfies.
I agree that breastfeeding needs to be more normalized. And I'm not necessarily against bf photos on a whole. If seen some nice ones on fb with lovely sentiments attached. But I also have 2 or 3 friends who it's like all they post is militiamen pictures in a day of their baby nursing. Irritates me just like the few friends that post multiple selfies of their face In a day. Like lady- you look the same as you did two hours ago. To mean that's more about needing someone to validate you rather then trying to normalize bf. Like I said. Just my opinion. Maybe it's unpopular and I will add I would never say anything to someone about it, I just personally wouldn't do it. I just unfollow and move on with my life.
This kind of goes with the disliking people posting 8 selfies a day. I find Time Hop on facebook kind of annoying. I mean I don't mind that it shows me what I posted a year ago or 5 years ago today but there are seriously people who re-post ALL of their Time Hops and it's annoying. I'm so close to un-following my one cousin and his wife because not only do they post like 5 pictures of their kids a day but they post every Time Hop pic of them too! Also their kids are not really even cute...
100% agreement on this! I have so many friends who re-post all of their time hops and I'm like, I was only semi-interested the first time I saw this, and now I have to see it AGAIN????? Generally though, facebook really makes me just hate most people more than anything.
+1 to the constant time hop postings. The pictures I'm kind of meh about but random statuses from 2009? Snooze.
And maybe it's just my community but breastfeeding is the norm here and in my circle. So it does make me kind of wonder when someone posts a daily breastfeeding pic, or daily baby wearing pic, or hell- any daily selfie. It's right up there with the duckface selfie in the car in my book lol. It's probably the people in see in my feed that constantly post these things, but IMO it's more AWish than trying to normalize. But the actual act doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I'm cool with BF pics in Facebook. I agree with @BumpasaurusRex that it needs to be normalized. But +1 to PPs that so many women just post CONSTANT selfies. Get your validation elsewhere!
+1 to annoyance from AW Facebook posts. One of my friends is posting an engagement picture every week with a countdown to her wedding. She started this in September and her wedding isn't until summer next year
I agree that breastfeeding needs to be more normalized. And I'm not necessarily against bf photos on a whole. If seen some nice ones on fb with lovely sentiments attached. But I also have 2 or 3 friends who it's like all they post is militiamen pictures in a day of their baby nursing. Irritates me just like the few friends that post multiple selfies of their face In a day. Like lady- you look the same as you did two hours ago. To mean that's more about needing someone to validate you rather then trying to normalize bf. Like I said. Just my opinion. Maybe it's unpopular and I will add I would never say anything to someone about it, I just personally wouldn't do it. I just unfollow and move on with my life.
This. I am 100 percent behind normalizing breastfeeding (and assuming I end up feeling comfortable, I plan to breastfeed wherever the heck I want to), but I have personally witnessed way too many women who don't care about any cause, they just want the headpats. And maybe I'm being overly sensitive here, but I have a couple of friends who desperately wanted to breastfeed and weren't able, and still feel sad about it, so when I see the 10th BF selfie go by, I think "hey, there are other cool and healthy ways to feed your baby, maybe knock it off with the boob for a day or two."
Me: 34 Husband: 35 Married: June 2007
Son Max born 1/10/17 BFP #2: 10/5/17; EDD: 6/11/18
Yeah I don't like the initials all over either. Well, I do own one Coach that has C's all over but I think it's one of the rare cute ones. I mean, they're glittery!
Re: UO 11/10/16
My uo is that I'm probably going to want to go back to work before the recommended 6-8 weeks is over (and I might do it). I get cabin fever and work is pretty relaxing for me.
BFP May 16th 2016
DD born January 30 2017
Surprise BFP/MC April 2017
https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
Edited because link was weird.
Husband: 35
Married: June 2007
Son Max born 1/10/17
BFP #2: 10/5/17; EDD: 6/11/18
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
I have to go back to work after 4 weeks, there is no 6 - 8 week option for me unless I don't want to get paid...which I can't afford
Granted, my job is super easy and I can take baby with me...but I'd still rather stay home 2 more weeks!
ME: 25, DH: 27
TTC #1 since 09/2015
Miscarriage @ 10 wks 02/28/2016
BFP 05/28/2016!
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
If you (general you) wouldn't bat an eye seeing photos of babies drinking bottles, why does it bother you seeing photos of BFing?
I'm not sure if you were referring to one example IRL or in the general sense.
Big Bro 7/14/13
Little Bro 2/6/17
Also, I love Michael Kors. The man can do no wrong in my eyes. But again taste/preference.
TTC since January 2016
BFP - 3/12/16 - MC 4/5/16
BFP - 6/11/16
And plus one to hating MK. Also though I can't stand Tory Burch and I know everyone loves her. I see those freaking flats everywhere.
As for posting 8 in a day, I side eye anybody, pregnant or non-pregnant, mother, married, or single who posts constant selfies of themselves on social media. Currently I've got someone on my list doing at least three bump pics a week, and by bump pic, I mean she's sitting down and just takes a picture of her stomach and then posts it with a poem of some sort about how awesome her husband is. Big side eye.
First BFP: 12/16/13
EDD: 08/23/14
Baby BOY born: 08/29/14
Married: October, 19, 2015
EDD 2/22/17
EDD 3/8/20
EDD 11/24/23
(Formerly Marriedhamstermom Feb ‘17)
That is absolutely her right and more power to her.
However.
She also posts 20+ shot albums of her every gym session and every time she gets a new outfit.
The kicker? Last month or so she posted a cartoon about how our society is so self-absorbed, putting the number of images taken when the first man walked on the moon (let's say 10) next to a teenager taking 100s of selfies.
I kind of despair at her not getting it.
And maybe it's just my community but breastfeeding is the norm here and in my circle. So it does make me kind of wonder when someone posts a daily breastfeeding pic, or daily baby wearing pic, or hell- any daily selfie. It's right up there with the duckface selfie in the car in my book lol. It's probably the people in see in my feed that constantly post these things, but IMO it's more AWish than trying to normalize. But the actual act doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Me: 37 - H: 39
TTC#1: 01/2016
BFP: 06/18/2016 - EDD: 02/20/2017 - Born: 01/27/2017
Husband: 35
Married: June 2007
Son Max born 1/10/17
BFP #2: 10/5/17; EDD: 6/11/18
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I mean, they're glittery!