FFFC 3/24

AlohaKumu · March 2017

I didn't see one yet for today, so let's get it started! What's your FFFC?

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AlohaKumu · March 2017

I'm sure I'm going to get some heat for this one, but I can't stand dry shampoo. I know some ladies swear by it, but I hate the way it makes my hair feel. Blech!

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MJDsquared · March 2017

@AlohaKumu Definitely not going to flame you, even though I use it! I wash every third day, but I agree, wash day is my favorite because dry shampoo doesn't always feel great. But it saves me time in the mornings!

I was going to post this as a UO yesterday, but it never got posted and I feel too new to start threads. I think Sarah Jessica Parker is pretty and all the jokes about her being ugly and looking like a horse are so damn mean.

petethecat · March 2017

My house is a mess. I just got DD down for a nap, so I really should use this time to clean. I was just complaining to DH yesterday about how it's so hard to get things done anymore since she's walking (aka the living apocalypse) now. But I'm feeling lazy! So no cleaning. I'm going downstairs to veg on the couch and catch up on VPR instead.

AlohaKumu · March 2017

@MJDsquared - I'm totally with you on the SJP haters. I never understood all the horse comments, either. I think it was terrible bandwagon shade.

@kbamomma33 - sometimes you have to take those little moments for yourself, even if there are errands to do. I usually make myself do a bit of cleaning during the commercials

ali_gator11 · March 2017

I hate being at work with little to no work to do when I could be home making my house clean so I can relax this weekend instead of clean the house.

peachy13 · March 2017

@AlohaKumu SO funny you say that because I desperately needed dry shampoo this morning and used some -- it totally turned my scalp white and made it look like I have gray hair. I used Batiste brand which I'm not a fan of (I'll shamefully admit I saw an ad for it on MTV and then found it on sale at Target)... but I've used Not Your Mother's brand too which is way better and smells nice.

MJDsquared · March 2017

@peachy13 I use both of those brands (based on what's available or what's cheaper at the time)! If I'm using Batiste I spray it on at night and then sleep on it, because I agree, if you put it on in the morning the white won't go away. But NYM I use in the morning because your hair doesn't stay white! I use a scented kind for either one and I like them both.

eggplantface · March 2017

I don't get the SJP hate either. It's just "haters gonna hate." It's not like she had a botched nose job, that's just what she was born with. She managed to become famous anyway and I guess that does not compute with some people.

Confession unrelated to SJP - **TW pregnancy

One of my acquaintances (friend of a friend, really) on FB announced her second pregnancy a few days ago. And sure, that's great, blah blah, but I have schadenfreude (sort of) about it because her husband does zero to help her out with their first kid so she's essentially going to be taking care of two kids on her own, plus taking care of her adult kid (husband). I told H she was pregnant and he goes "Really? When [husband] doesn't lift a finger with the first one? Good luck with that."

Sidenote confession: Normally when I see pregnancy announcements they don't bother me because I know their fertility has no bearing on mine. I really don't care. But this one struck a nerve. Maybe it's because I'm in the middle of IVF and the frustration of having to go through such a complicated thing is making it hit me harder. And I feel evil (like that Kermit and evil Kermit meme) because while I'm happy she's happy, I'm also going "Ha, you're going to do all the work!" on the inside.

Pinky917 · March 2017

I am currently trying to keep myself from cracking open a bottle of wine at 2:30 in the afternoon...

ETA I caved by 3:00...oops

kiki75 · March 2017

FFFC: I snickered when I saw that @MJDsquared 's post about SJP and people saying she has a horse face was followed immediately with a gif of a woman eating a giant carrot. I think she's fine. I'm pretty sure that a lot of people ragging on her looks probably don't look as good as she does. And I get annoyed when people will, in one breath be pissed that we judge women based on their looks...and then do the same thing but it's okay because she's a celebrity?

As for pregnancy announcements, I'm generally happy for them as long as I think they're good people and aren't smug AF or what I deem to be careless with the pregnancy. So one friend from HS? Yay! So happy for her (also later found out she had two losses so extra happy for her). Guy from HS who is a smug a-hole? No. Guy from HS tagged in his wife's rambling weird post about when she was having her 4th, she felt bad because she knew people struggling with loss and IF and bla bla bla, but surprise, they're having #5? Kind of irritated because of five for them but I also know that they're probably pretty good parents so... ugh. Old roommate who posted her gender reveal from Mexico? Somewhat unfairly triggering for me but my reaction was, "Oh, wow, wish I could get KU so easily that I would worry more about missing the week at our time share than the baby." Josh effing Duggar? I'm pissed.

stillclever17 · March 2017

I love how slow and boring the board has been lately. Normally I don't even attempt to post in WTO or TWW because I just can't keep up with it. It's been much smaller and more manageable as of late. I like it. I do miss seeing many of the regs that have moved on, but I'm happy for them.

flashley-2 · March 2017

@pinky917 I'm not far behind you on cracking a bottle ! #noshame

eggplantface · March 2017

soemthingclever said:

I love how slow and boring the board has been lately. Normally I don't even attempt to post in WTO or TWW because I just can't keep up with it. It's been much smaller and more manageable as of late. I like it. I do miss seeing many of the regs that have moved on, but I'm happy for them.

BGs can't be very happy about it though, they need those advertising dollars! I wonder if they'll try something to attract new members at some point.

I don't recognize many people anymore, but I also don't participate in the dailies anymore because, well, it's been two years. BTDT

jsnakehole · March 2017

I don't participate in the dailies either, mostly because I don't know where I fit in at this point.

alya-3 · March 2017

I'm still new and not officially ttc for 2 more cycles... but...

I had gas during my workout today... especially during the jumping jacks circuit. DH said he heard me laughing from the other room.

AlohaKumu · March 2017

Yeah, I'm in the same boat with not being able to participate in the dailies, but I do like these side boards during the "benched" waiting. I still learn a lot from lurking on the other boards, especially from those who are pursuing IVF, for when it's finally my turn!

stillclever17 · March 2017

@eggplantface IKR? I hardly recognize anyone either. I'd be too scared to post in the grad thread for fear of getting flamed by newbs.

@AlohaKumu I agree that the side threads tend to be where it's at. The Benche thread saves my life during anovulatory cycles and Zika crap.

jenotontx · March 2017

@kiki75 Omg the Duggars, don't even get me started. I try really hard to be as open minded of a person as possible but when it comes to the Duggar family, I just can't deal.

@soemthingclever You comment about getting flammed reminded me that I always think it's funny when some drive by posts in the the grad thread and a bunch of newbs don't realize it and start love titing the post. Then once people start flamming the drive by all the newbs start removing it.

I remember one time a reg was like "who keeps love titting this girls post" haha.

hartmich · March 2017

@somethingclever I would defend your grad post if someone tried to flame you!

kiki75 · March 2017

@soemthinhclever You post in the grad thread and you know that if any newbs flamed you, that would get shut right on down.

@JJMNO1616 I definitely cool with people having dozens of kids. I'm cool with them praying all they want, wearing their hair how they want, etc. But that family in particular crosses the line in so many hateful ways. Unacceptable. And to think back to years ago when one of my biggest issues with them was that the older kids couldn't have lives because they were expected to raise their siblings. Of course everyone in a family should pitch in but that goes far beyond what's fair. The parents should be responsible for the bulk of the care. And if they're not up for caring for that many at once, they should start TTA. Now that's the least of my issues with them.

icecubeinthedesert · March 2017

***TW, loss mentioned***
My FFFC is that I almost went the whole day today without realizing it's my first EDD. How, I don't know, but now I'm feeling a little guilty for being so ambivalent about it.

flashley-2 · March 2017

Alya said:

I'm still new and not officially ttc for 2 more cycles... but...

I had gas during my workout today... especially during the jumping jacks circuit. DH said he heard me laughing from the other room.

LOL that sounds like me working out from home. I don't know how I haven't shit myself at the gym. I must be more relaxed at home.

jsnakehole · March 2017

I once farted while I was getting ready for work and DH was still in bed. I didn't think it was that loud, but he popped up and started going "I'm okay! I'm okay!" He laid back down and then he asked, "Babe, did you say something?" I was laughing so hard I could barely tell him what happened. We now joke that it must have given him flashbacks to his last deployment.

kiki75 · March 2017

@icecubeinthedesert Absolutely not. We each deal with it in our own ways.

Better this than spending the day feeling little like shit. Accomplishes nothing.

stillclever17 · March 2017

@JJMNO1616 That is amazing! LOL! I lurk everyday, so I hope I would know better than that.

Awe @hartmich Thanks for having my back!

MJDsquared · March 2017

@jjmno1616 @soemthingclever I lurk a lot and definitely loved a grad post from a random a while back. And then someone called out the people loving it and I responded that I didn't know and wouldn't have if I had known. But I didn't remove it.

stillclever17 · March 2017

@MJDsquared I totally see how that could happen. That's why I'm like, "I hope" lol.

flashley-2 · March 2017

jsnakehole said:

I once farted while I was getting ready for work and DH was still in bed. I didn't think it was that loud, but he popped up and started going "I'm okay! I'm okay!" He laid back down and then he asked, "Babe, did you say something?" I was laughing so hard I could barely tell him what happened. We now joke that it must have given him flashbacks to his last deployment.

Bahahahahahahaha that is too funny. Df and I think farting is hilarious. I am obsessed with bodily functions. It's natural I don't get why people get embarrassed about it. Imagine if we all held that in.

Augusta108 · March 2017

@soemthingclever and @jjmno1616, one of the many lessons I learned while lurking was "look to see how the regulars are responding to a grad post and take your cues from them if you don't want to embarrass yourself..." Hopefully my fellow newbies would do the same if they didn't recognize a name in the grad thread!

It makes me kind of sad to see all these posts about the board being boring lately, but I do know what you guys mean when I think back to when I first started lurking.

eggplantface · March 2017

Check the post history of the person in the grad thread if you don't recognize the name. Sometimes I don't know them because I don't post in the WTO/TWW threads, so I check to see how often they were around. But there are some people who are OK with a grad post no matter how long someone has been around and if they want to congratulate the person I'm not going to be mad about it. In TTGP we don't all have to feel the same way! You do you, guys

stillclever17 · March 2017

I sometimes check the posting history like @eggplantface But I'm usually on mobile, so like @Augusta108 I usually follow the lead of the regs. Such as in the case of a person posting the the grad thread a little bit ago who was active, but insulted some regs without apologizing and was an overall twat waffle, I think it's a good idea to do both.

Augusta108 · March 2017

Yeah, I was thinking of that same recent post, I think, where it wasn't that the person was a driveby or hadn't posted much, but where she had actually been being insulting to people here. That's what made me think that seeing how the regulars react is best before getting too effusive. Definitely everyone should congratulate or not congratulate as they see fit, though!

[Deleted User] · March 2017

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<div class="QuoteText">I once farted while I was getting ready for work and DH was still in bed. I didn't think it was that loud, but he popped up and started going "I'm okay! I'm okay!" He laid back down and then he asked, "Babe, did you say something?" I was laughing so hard I could barely tell him what happened. We now joke that it must have given him flashbacks to his last deployment.</div>
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I laughed WAY harder at this than I probably should have.

@icecubeinthedesert you are So okay. ... I think it's okay for such painful things to lose their sting a bit. Healing will do that. ❤ I remember this year I kept thinking about the anniversary of my dad's passing leading up to it... then I kind of forgot... and then it just kind if hit me when I saw the date at some point that day. :/ it is what it is. It's just life, and it goes on doesn't it... (((hugs)))

I hear you guys on the nice quiet board. I thought it was just me! Lol

eggplantface · March 2017

soemthingclever said:

I sometimes check the posting history like @eggplantface But I'm usually on mobile, so like @Augusta108 I usually follow the lead of the regs. Such as in the case of a person posting the the grad thread a little bit ago who was active, but insulted some regs without apologizing and was an overall twat waffle, I think it's a good idea to do both.

Ooo I need to go stalk now to see who you're talking about!!!

ETA found it. I know what you mean.

cdnrunning · March 2017

I know it's totally Saturday but......

Ugh to a friend/acquaintance on Facebook who posts pictures of the house they're building EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'm sure she doesn't mean to, but it comes across as "look at me and all the money I have".

ETA: This isn't even a FFFC <smacks head> I'm just going to start drinking wine until I can get my act together.

[Deleted User] · March 2017

@cdnrunning yeesh. Ya I get taking all the pics for posterity, but couldnt a person put it into a weekly update or smthg if they simply MUST post it on social media? :/

cdnrunning · March 2017

@BusinessWife - right? I mean I get it, she's excited but I'm not sure I can handle that for the next 2-3 months. Oh well, the cabernet is making it all better.

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