Randoms Thread - Week of Feb 27

hartmich · February 2017

What's going on this week, friends?

hartmich · February 2017

I started this primarily because I wanted to say fantastic job on the drive bys this weekend, ladies! You know you've done it right when you get called rude, bitchy, etc.

heatherdubrow · February 2017

Is it a confession to say I think drive bys are sometimes fun? It certainly livens things up!

jess0211 · February 2017

@heatherdubrow not going to lie, I find some entertainment in drive bys as well.

KariAnn323 · February 2017

@heatherdubrow Right there with you, especially when they come back and don't just dirty delete

geojaminee · February 2017

I'm heavily relying on TB and Facebook to get me through work this week. I hate my job so much. It's bad when someone asks you where you work, and you hope they don't watch the local news when you answer.

bswishe4 · February 2017

Edit* because apparently I didn't look close enough. I found one!

I have been out for a while but wanted to see if anyone would be interested in a weekly meal plan thread. Basically just post what you plan on making for the week. (If there is one already I apologize. I looked back but could have missed it.) I used to be part of one and loved it. I got so many new ideas for dinner! I saw the recipe thread which would be similar so I wasn't sure.

jsnakehole · February 2017

^ my reaction to yesterday's drive-bys.

My husband's friend who I met once is being super awesome and flying in from out of state to come have a girls weekend and go to the wine festival with me this May! Having something to look forward to is super exciting.

mschanandlerbong1214 · February 2017

I am sick with a nasty head/chest cold and DH just left to go out of town til Saturday. I'm exhausted and whiny and miserable. So I'm on all the cold meds I can take and hoping I can nip this in the bud.

kiwi2628 · February 2017

The drive bys make me so excitedly happy. I get bored sometimes and like to watch the drama.

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This week is exciting for me! Acupuncture, heading into the city to go to the Met, a goodbye party for my cousin-in-law (she is moving back to Texas). I have been told by the acupuncturist though that I have to stop drinking so this week will be the real test. I love my nightly glass of wine and giving it up is gonna be hard!

Tennis11785 · February 2017

Someone should tell the mods to update their standard language for closing posts. There is definitely not a "thread pinned to the top of this board called, 'What does a positive pregnancy test really look like?'".

Tennis11785 · February 2017

Good luck with the lack of drinking, @Kiwi2628. Sometimes I put flavored seltzer in a wine glass and drink that around the house. Something about it still feels calming. Sometimes I put frozen fruit in it too. When I'm out and about, seltzer and cranberry juice is my go to when I'm not drinking. And because it looks like a real drink, most people won't ask either, which I find helps.

eggplantface · February 2017

The best drive-bys are the ones who come back. I get so annoyed with the post-and-ghost ones who don't answer our follow-up questions. Takes all the fun out of it.

JulesDP · February 2017

Our "do you see what I see?" friend went on to post her blatantly negative test in the 1st Tri pee stick thread and whined about the "quite hateful replies" that she received from us.

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lulu1180 · February 2017

@JulesDP I saw that too, definitely got the JT stare from me lol

Tennis11785 · February 2017

@lulu1180 - you should just post your JT stare on the thread. lol.

jess0211 · February 2017

Guys... I just got a "you should just relax and it will happen"

flowerpower5838 · February 2017

@jess0211 That and the god's will bullshit are my ultimate favorite things to hear! Wow! What a relief to know!

In other news:

GG620 · February 2017

@heatherdubrow I am with you - I like the drive-bys and the drama haha
@jess0211 ughh it is the worst. Seriously I can't believe how many times I have been told that. I literally want to scream SHUT THE FUQ UP, that is not how science works!

GG620 · February 2017

Also - so I was listening to NPR this morning and there is now a thing called the "adulting" school for millenials. Teaches you things like how to fold laundry, be better with money, cook, change a smoke detector.....my initial reaction was jesus christ how pathetic. Then realized man I guess this really is a problem. Millenials can't adjust to adult life without help.

What are your thoughts? Just thought it was interesting

eggplantface · February 2017

@jess0211 My own doctor told me that as she left me after my exam, after I told her I was pursuing IVF with my RE. Stab stab stab.

flowerpower5838 · February 2017

@eggplantface omg this makes me want to scream. Doctors! They should know better. I'm sorry s/he said that.

eggplantface · February 2017

JulesDP said:

Our "do you see what I see?" friend went on to post her blatantly negative test in the 1st Tri pee stick thread and whined about the "quite hateful replies" that she received from us.

Yeah I had to say something. It's not cool to talk smack about us just because we didn't say what she wanted to hear.

KatieEl · February 2017

@GG620 I agree "Adulting" class sounds totally ridiculous (and some of the topics do seem a little extra, not gonna lie), but the article I read about this this weekend said their most popular segments were mostly on budgeting and financial literacy stuff. And I think learning about that is a good idea, especially as those sorts of basic life skill things aren't taught in most high schools anymore. The name of the classes is super infantilizing though, and some of the topics are...basic. lol

jess0211 · February 2017

@GG620 It's so sad that this is a problem, but it is. These are all skills that I learned from my parents, family and/or in school. However, my sister who is 10 years younger than me struggles with these "adult" skills. All of this was always done for her and life skills is no loner taught in school. It's truly so sad.

jess0211 · February 2017

@eggplantface omg! That's awful! He/she should know better.

GG620 · February 2017

@KatieEl @jess0211 yeah, exactly. My sister is 8 years younger and all of these things were done for her. It is just interesting to see that all of a sudden the younger generation has just not had to encounter things the way most previous generations have

@eggplantface omg that is awful!

jsnakehole · February 2017

AF is officially late and I wish I could have a faint glimmer of hope that that means good news, but I know it's probably just a reflection of how stressed out I am. I just want to get it over with!

jenotontx · February 2017

@GG620 @KatieEl I definitely agree with the budgeting/financial aspect. My parents never taught me anything about budgeting and certainly never explained credit to me. Luickily I have "oldest child" syndrome so I always try to make good and responsible decisions (or seek out advice on what to do) but I have definitely made my fare share of financial mistakes because I simply didn't know better.

BertieMeetsGertie · February 2017

@GG620 we have several college students working in our office and they didn't know where to put a stamp on a piece of mail. A STAMP. They put them on the top left corner and we had to tell them to try and peel them off and put them in the correct place. Thankfully they did come off and we weren't out a bunch of money... We didn't want to ask "so you know where a stamp goes, right?" as it is kind of belittling to them, or so we thought...

KristoKekerooni · February 2017

@GC620 - Ahhh so many mixed feelings. Technically, I am a millennial. So I always get anxious when I see the word "millennial" because I feel like a dumping ground for blame. For this particular thing, I dunno. I grew up with no dad and a piece of Shhhhh mom, so I learned really young how to do laundry, etc, but other things I had zero grasp of. for example, finances. I knew how to MAKE money, because I started working before I was even legally allowed to pay electricity, etc. But budgeting? Nope, no way. I though overdrafting was a normal thing that acted like a small loan till you got paid. There are other random things I didn't know how to do either... for example, you have to check your oil.... I didn't know that till I lost my car.
I understand that it's pathetic, but not everyone has responsible parents. It's not like I could have found an adult to teach me this stuff either. I wasn't allowed outside of the house, not even for extracurriculars. It was school and home, period. I know that that's all a little extreme, and not everyone is in my shoes, but it is more common than you think... And good for those "millennials" going out and realizing they don't know as much as they "should" and learning what's necessary.
Also, the few articles I read were extremely condescending and acted like the entire generation is full of lazy, entitled, stupid people. I'll have you know, I am not lazy, rather I work my ass off now and have since I was 12. I am not entitled, and I know full well "life ain't fair" and no one owes me anything. Oh, and I am actually pretty smart, thanks.
I mean, yeah, there are totally a ton of kids who ARE like that and don't know how to live because they are treated as queens, but frankly, that's a parenting error. And it's not everyone.

Sorry, that wasn't meant to be an attack at all. I just get so frustrated at being lumped in with a generation that takes blame.

geojaminee · February 2017

I think technically we are all pretty much Millennials. It's just the children of baby boomers. That's me too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bababatty · February 2017

I love in particular when Baby Boomers bemoan Millenials and our "lack of responsibility" or knowledge (and I say this as someone born in the early 80s, who chafes at being lumped in with the young Millenials). We're your children (and sometimes grandchildren) so any shortcomings in the "common sense" department are your fault.

Once, my mom didn't like how I was ironing a dress and proclaimed that she had "failed all you children," haha. She did give me a book called "How to Sew a Button," which I highly recommend. Lots of handy tips in there for day-to-day things people used to know and have forgotten.

Anyway, I think financial planning courses are a wonderful idea. They really should offer these things to everyone in high school and college.

hartmich · February 2017

I'm sure all generations can say this (and they probably did, and maybe the baby boomers parents said the same shit about them) but I think it's just such a unique time to have grown up. With the incredibly significant and fast technological advances, we're in the middle of two different time
periods in my opinion. Like with the example @bertiemeetsgertie gave, we probably won't even have stamps in the next few years/decades... so it won't matter anyway. I know that I get frustrated with my husband sometimes because he isn't handy AT ALL like my dad, but if I got a computer virus or something, he'd be all over that. You win some, you lose some?

And @bababatty I have definitely told my parents that certain things are their fault! I never really learned to cook and when my mom comments, I ask her when exactly she taught me how... and she knows she didn't. Now she worked full time so it was a different lifestyle than the way she grew up, so I don't blame her, it's just a fact!

But in regards to financial literacy... that shit is not unique to millennial. I do financial planning for a living so believe me when I say that ALL generations struggle with that. It's just getting even harder due to the state of the economy, and other factors.

geojaminee · February 2017

Ohio recently (like within the last five years) has been enforcing a financial literacy requirement for high school graduation.

lulu1180 · February 2017

@bagowater Where do you live in Ohio?

geojaminee · February 2017

@lulu1180 Cleveland area, but work in Akron and hate it.

geojaminee · February 2017

Are you in OH?

BertieMeetsGertie · February 2017

@KristoKekerooni I also get annoyed when I'm lumped in with the rest of the millennials. I think the big issue is when you have helicopter parents who essentially will never let their children do anything themselves. That's what leads to irresponsible adults who can't really "adult" at all.

lulu1180 · February 2017

Yes I am, I live in Lakewood and work in the Akron-ish area

leekat14 · February 2017

@jess0211 I hear ya! If one more person tells me to relax I'll lose it. If I relaxed we would probably never have sex and then obviously science tells me that won't result in a baby.

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