UO Thursday

ameliabedelia-2 · April 2017

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peachy13 · April 2017

I don't like Starbucks. Their pastries are gross and their coffee never sits well in my stomach.

ameliabedelia-2 · April 2017

@peachy13 , that's blasphemy in my book. I could live on their pastries. Some days I do!

My UO is that I think gender reveals are corny and attention grabby. I think most people don't really care what the sex of your baby is. I am also a huge judger of people who have baby showers for their second child, regardless of sex or age differences.

peachy13 · April 2017

@ameliabedelia-2 haha sorry! And I'm SO with you on gender reveals/2nd child showers or "sprinkles" or whatever it is. I think there is a way to do a gender reveal without it being a total AW show. My BIL and SIL cut a cake for their immediate families and it wasn't photographed/put on social media, and I liked that. Then I have friends of mine who have full on parties.

rainbowdashh · April 2017

Then my UO is I love baby showers for all babies. *TW* I lost my infant son and I'm so glad we had a shower for him even though he was my third baby.*end TW* I don't have huge showers, but my family and friends come have lunch and cake and celebrate and I think every baby deserves that.

rainbowdashh · April 2017

On a way lighter note- I don't like dogs. I have two, but I prefer my cats. I'll never own another dog again.

brittyclem · April 2017

Yasss @ameliabedelia-2! I cannot stand gender reveal parties. It seems so self indulgent. A shower I get, you're celebrating a new life/upcoming birth. But to get that excited about finding out the gender? Do any of your close friends and family really care that much?

drablnd · April 2017

I think gender reveals are cute to watch videos of but I never did anything like that. my uo Thursday is that I'm not big on huge weddings and unfortunately I have such a large family. Like my cousins wedding this summer is over 300 people and it's giving me a lot of anxiety thinking about it

ameliabedelia-2 · April 2017

@rainbowdashh, I think it's totally fine to celebrate a baby with cake and close to friends....I am talking about people who register for gifts, ask for diapers, and basically ask their friends/family to shell out more $$ for gifts on babies that aren't their first.

justsuzie · April 2017

I'm with you ladies on not caring about gender reveals.

vvitchhazel · April 2017

Our "gender reveal" for DD was nonchalantly using sex specific wording on our neutral baby shower invitations.

justsuzie · April 2017

I like when it rains. (Mainly so I have an excuse to be lazy)

failuretofly · April 2017

My UO is I LOVE my in laws and am annoyed to no end by my own family. So glad I married into an awesome family without all the drama/baggage that mine has!

peachy13 · April 2017

@kvacmak i love mine too! My husband also loves my family/my mom. He thinks it's crazy when guys complain about their MILs.

ameliabedelia-2 · April 2017

ugh, @kvacmak and @peachy13, yall are lucky. My husband's family is super trashy and annoying. He moved to the DC area to start a life that wasn't part of all their drama and BS. We still see them once or twice a year, but I dread it. Just think of "here comes honey boo boo" only in Detroit

failuretofly · April 2017

@ameliabedelia-2 Yup, that's my family. Very redneck, very closed minded, very self centered, DH hates them. We moved across the country to be away from them too and it was the best decision we've ever made.

txmomma16 · April 2017

@kvacmak & @peachy13 I second @ameliabedelia-2 My ILs are difficult at best. I don't like to get into details, but holidays become very strained.

I think my UO is that I like gender reveals, as long as they're minimal and without presents. To me it's just a party for family and close friends to find out together. Now if someone was inviting 50+ people and registering prior, that's a different story.

missbmama · April 2017

I guess my first UO is that I love going to showers and sprinkles and gender reveals lol. I don't care about the money or if it's AW it's fun to me and I think it's nice to celebrate every life. My other UO is I don't think it's necessary for a kid to have a huge birthday party EVERY SINGLE YEAR. The first year is special and I can see when they hit 5 and have friends that that would be a thing but those toddler years are ridiculous to have a bunch of kids and parents together. They end up being crabby and don't care about a lot of it anyway.

flowerpower5838 · April 2017

@ameliabedelia-2 girl PREACH.

More specifically, I hate the "do whatever makes YOU happy, your friends and family's feelings and opinions of you be damned!" crowd. Etiquette is a thing for a reason people! Its purpose is so that you don't make those around you uncomfortable. And of course that brings out the "well they don't have to come if they don't like it" crowd. To which I roll my eyes. Of course I am going to go to my SIL's baby shower (duh, there is a registry) for her second child that is 2 years younger than her first. Am I going to see it as gift grabby and be a little annoyed? You bet. I love a baby shower as much as the next person, but you cannot celebrate the life of someone that is not in attendance. A baby shower is literally SHOWERING the mom with gifts - that its most basic definition, not celebrating the life of the unborn. If you want to celebrate the baby, wait until he or she is born. Or hell, throw your own BBQ (no gifts!!) celebrating future new personhood, but don't try and say it's all about celebrating a life when gifts are expected. This is clearly something I have strong opinions about lol. Don't get me started on 'gender' reveals.

babypi · April 2017

My UO is that I would love to have a baby shower for my 2nd, mostly because I didn't have one with my 1st. But I also don't want a shower for baby gifts, I just absolutely love all the crazy games and crafts and things. A party for all the lovely ladies in my life to get together and have fun sounds like a dream. Unfortunately, I live way too far away from friends and family to get together with everyone, so we won't have one again this time.

CandyApple2012 · April 2017

Totally with you @ameliabedelia-2 on gender reveals and you, @missbmama on huge birthday parties for little ones. I was recently invited to a coworkers' kiddos birthday party (1 & 3, joint party) and felt it was pretty gift grabby as well. We aren't close and I don't have any (outside) kids yet and this party was not really how I wanted to spend a Saturday evening. She made a point to throw out some gift suggestions for each kid at our lunch table too, ugh. Other than my family members and maybe friends with kiddos, I don't think we'll do larger parties until our kids are in school and can invite their own friends.

My UO: I hate jellybeans and marshmallow peeps. I just put together my niece's Easter basket and I may have swiped a cadbury egg or two...

ameliabedelia-2 · April 2017

@flowerpower5838, you just wait until baby showers start getting planned and all the anti-etiquette people come out of the woodwork, talking about throwing their own showers, detailing gift requests on the invites ( no clothes please, but we

cash!!!), trying to justify shower for baby #4 as a "sprinkle".....I am already crafting my responses:)

Kristy0808 · April 2017

@peachy13 I'm so with you on despising Sbux. And living in suburbia, all moms think I'm weird.

Marley629 · April 2017

My UO is that I love throwing big birthday parties for DS every year! I go way over board and enjoy every minute of it! (We don't buy him a birthday gift however)

threatlevelmidnight · April 2017

My UO is that I absolutely hate LulaRoe. I think it's all ugly and overpriced. Please don't hate me. Lol

rainbowdashh · April 2017

@alyssaleighw their black leggings are my favorite. And any leggings with a cat or fox. I wear them to bed haha. It's pricey for sure!

threatlevelmidnight · April 2017

@rainbowdashh I do have some black leggings that I bought to try and they are way too short. Idk I just like target leggings lol

Kristy0808 · April 2017

Do I really have to buy into LulaRoe, Hilltop, Younique, Beachbody, Rodan + Fields, #whateverfloatsyourboatsidesalesjobis to not make you think I'm your friend? #rantover

#donthateme

flowerpower5838 · April 2017

@ameliabedelia-2 AKA hunting season? lol yes, the sob stories of no one throwing a shower for them so they want to throw their own. That should be the FIRST sign that you should maybe not have a shower...

My UO is that I am dreading summer weather and it being super hot. I hate being hot, unless I can be poolside.

kater622 · April 2017

I'm kind of unsure about gender reveal parties as well. I think it's exciting to find out the sex of the baby but I'm also not big on -oh it's a girl let's do all girly stuff and pink things and barbies- and if it's a boy it's blue everything and trucks etc. I guess I'd rather not impose all these gender stereotypes on my child already. And that to me begins with making a huge deal over basically what genitals they will be born with. I suppose this could be an UO.

vvitchhazel · April 2017

@Kristy0808 Ugh, I hate MLM! If I know there's something I'm looking for, I'll search out someone... Which, TBH, is never. I don't mind buying from people who do cash and carry at events I'm already at. Otherwise, back the fuck off.

rachswi · April 2017

I HATE pink. I've decided I want to be team green this time around so that people can't buy us a bunch of frilly dresses if we were to find out we're having a girl.

vvitchhazel · April 2017

@rachswi I originally didn't want to tell anyone that DD was a girl, because I didn't want a ton of pink frilly stuff for the shower. I got majorly flamed on my BMB for it though, so I changed my mind. Guess what? We got a ton of pink frilly stuff.

txmomma16 · April 2017

@vvitchhazel why would you get flamed for not wanting pink frilly things??

my friend have two girls and requested no pink frilly things and with the exception of one elderly co worker their wishes were respected. its so weird to me some of the things people get flamed for.

vvitchhazel · April 2017

@kmallery08 They said I was being manipulative and selfish. Eyeroll! In retrospect, I'm annoyed that I let it get to me.

txmomma16 · April 2017

@vvitchhazel IMO forcing someone to like "your" gender stereotypes is pretty manipulative and selfish. But that's just me.

NME44 · April 2017

I guess my UO is I love throwing parties for my kids (toddlers). It's fun to entertain and have all of our friends in one place for a few hours, and the kids have a blast. For those that think it's gift grabby, I could save money by just buying the presents myself and not providing food and games and gift bags for our friends and their kids. I do it because it's fun, and I really wish more of my friends would throw parties for their kids.

moonlady-2 · April 2017

@alyssaleighw I hate lularoe too! So many of the other teachers at my school wear it....and I'm just like...why?!

@vauxthekate I completely, 100% agree!!

My UO is that I think it's silly when people refer to pets as their children/kids/babies. Part 2 is that I would prefer to never own a pet.

ilikestars089 · April 2017

@vvitchhazel I was team green with my first for that very purpose! I told everyone I actually liked/wanted "gender neutral" equipment, clothes, etc.; my MIL was insistent on having my shower after the baby was born anyway.

ETA: I had a whole UO added to the end of this post but TB ate the rest

maybe it means my UO was just too unpopular for this week, haha!

tamaraaaa · April 2017

We moved across the country from my ILs too and it's totally for the better... I'm dreading telling them about this baby for fear they will want to come visit. We are using it as our excuse to NOT visit this year, and I'll probably use it for at least a year. I can't stand going back-we spend so much money and it's never enjoyable.

I love any excuse to throw a party, but I don't want anyone throwing one for me. I'll be all about that sprinkle or gender reveal for anyone else. Myself? Don't even try.

I have a lot of solid LLR pieces, but I cannot get on board with print leggings.

My confession-Easter dinner sucks. Ham? No. It can't even hold a candle to Thanksgiving. I'm hoping to convince DH to go to a casino buffet.

Marley629 · April 2017

@tamaraaaa I am the same way. We ended up cancelling our big wedding and and having a much smaller one and everyone thought I'd be upset about it. Nope!! I didn't want the attn on me at all! I would have preferred elopement lol Also, I'm totally in agreement with you on the solid LLR. I have about 15 solid carlys but can't bring myself to do any of the patterns.

@NME44 I never even knew people thought of kids birthday parties as gift grabby! I'd prefer if no one bought DS gifts anyway because our house is so cluttered with his stuff already lol. I throw him parties because he loves them and it gives me a chance to see him interact with his classmates.

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