UO Thursday

pebbledam · May 2017

Since there's a stand-off on posting the daily threads today, I figured I'd get this ball rolling!

pebbledam · May 2017

Is my gif working? It looks frozen on my phone.

ETA I think I fixed it!

petethecat · May 2017

It looks frozen to me too

@pebbledam

50Wife · May 2017

I gotchu (hopefully)

Avrilmai · May 2017

@pebbledam it's working on my desktop...and I didn't realize there was a standoff, but I started the TWW, it has been pretty slow over there, so @purplg8r you should totally join in as soon as you get your CH.

50Wife · May 2017

Now your initial one is working @pebbledam it was frozen when I first opened this!

pebbledam · May 2017

Yay for Jon Stewart in action!

I have some UOs today:

1. I think visible tattoos and piercings are hot. Obviously, most people have a threshold where there can be too much ink or too many piercings, but I'm pretty sure my threshold is higher than most.

2. Spring is now my least favorite of the seasons (thanks allergies).

3. I like wearing socks to bed.

AliW220 · May 2017

@pebbledam How can you do it?!?! (in reference to socks in bed) The fabric aversion for me is so bad that I can't even wear long pants or capris to bed. Has to be shorts... which by the way gets really annoying in winter.

pebbledam · May 2017

@AliW220 - For some reason my medicine makes me feel hotter (temp-wise not attractiveness), but me feet stay cold because of the tile and hardwood in our house. If my feet are cold, I literally can't fall asleep and I lie there rubbing them together like I'm trying to make a fire with my feet! I used to loathe socks in bed, but I've come to terms with the newer version of pebbledam - the one that takes her anxiety medicine!

50Wife · May 2017

@pebbledam I wany my husband to get a sleeve so bad! He would never do it buuuuuut I want him to.

BertieMeetsGertie · May 2017

@pebbledam I always wear socks to bed!! My feet are ALWAYS cold, regardless if it's summer time.

LoveInDC · May 2017

BertieMeetsGertie said:

@pebbledam I always wear socks to bed!! My feet are ALWAYS cold, regardless if it's summer time.

Same here! I'm pretty sure I have Raynaud’s disease because my hands/feet are constantly frozen and purple. Even when I'm super hot, my feet and hands get sweaty, but stay cold. It's the worst.

lulu1180 · May 2017

I hate those memes that cycle around FB on occasion that say "I wish I had met you soon so I could love you longer." I understand the sentiment but being the logical person that I am, I always want to yell at the person posting it and say "No, because if you had met sooner, you most likely wouldn't have been the same people (because as we all know people change) and most likely wouldn't have fallen in love then you wouldn't be where you are today!"

pebbledam · May 2017

@50Wife - MH just got a new tat last weekend. I'm pretty sure when it's all said and done it will be a sleeve. I just love it!
@BertieMeetsGertie, @LoveInDC - I'm glad I'm not alone!

justkeepswimming8 · May 2017

@lulu1180 - I agree with you on the meeting someone sooner thing. DH and I actually went to the same college but were different majors so we didn't meet until after he graduated and I was an intern at the company he worked for. We would not have even started dating if we had met even 6 months earlier let alone while he was still in college.

eggplantface · May 2017

@lulu1180 Agreed. Had I met H sooner and under different circumstances I'd probably have banged him and never talked to him again.

RVAmom315 · May 2017

@pebbledam YASSS. DH has sleeves and his whole back done along with some on his chest and leg. So hot

@lulu1180 This x million. If I met DH sooner I wouldn't have been interested because he was doing things I wouldn't have wanted to be around - when I met him he was away from that crowd and working on himself, and had come a long way

My UO: I think sweet potatoes are gross

LoveInDC · May 2017

lulu1180 said:

I hate those memes that cycle around FB on occasion that say "I wish I had met you soon so I could love you longer." I understand the sentiment but being the logical person that I am, I always want to yell at the person posting it and say "No, because if you had met sooner, you most likely wouldn't have been the same people (because as we all know people change) and most likely wouldn't have fallen in love then you wouldn't be where you are today!"

Yaaaaas. If I met DH when he was a senior in high school, I would have still been in elementary school. Don't think sparks would be flying then lol We pretty much met as soon as we could for it to work out.

UO: I don't like when people mourn on social media by posting on that person's wall or writing emotional letters to them in statuses. Maybe it's because I'm not big on social media in general. I just feel like at a certain point it gets AW-y. For example, my aunt lost her monther over 10 years ago to cancer. Every year at the anniversary of her death, she posts multiple statuses and picture collages about it. I guess everyone mourns in different ways, but I don't know why it has to be so public. Like, who are you doing it for? If you didn't have an audience, would you still do it for yourself? Or are you just looking for attention and sympathy? It's one thing to be an "FYI I lost my _____ today/this week/whatever." It's another to DD all over Facebook and cross-post it across IG, etc. Idk, flame away I guess. It's just how I feel.

vflux33 · May 2017

@lulu1180 YES. MH and I met pretty young already (19 and 22) but I was a train wreck in HS (like, really bad) and H was (according to him) fat and hated himself so we agree meeting then would have been a disaster.

@LoveInDC Huge yes to this one too. I get, to each his/her own and if it truly makes them feel better that's fine, but it's weird and attention-starving. I know this girl who had someone close to her die and she put up a funeral photo album with pictures of the coffin and her crying next to the coffin--like 30 pictures. I get we all grieve in different ways I have done some weird things grieving too, and if it helps her, that's fine. But it did seem like she was doing it for an odd type of attention --especially when she kept reposting the album year after year.

My UO is that I think the beach is overrated. It's hot, there's no shade (I'm pasty AF so that's a big issue for me), I don't like sand all up in my crotch, and the ocean is terrifying.

eggplantface · May 2017

LoveInDC said:

UO: I don't like when people mourn on social media by posting on that person's wall or writing emotional letters to them in statuses. Maybe it's because I'm not big on social media in general. I just feel like at a certain point it gets AW-y. For example, my aunt lost her monther over 10 years ago to cancer. Every year at the anniversary of her death, she posts multiple statuses and picture collages about it. I guess everyone mourns in different ways, but I don't know why it has to be so public. Like, who are you doing it for? If you didn't have an audience, would you still do it for yourself? Or are you just looking for attention and sympathy? It's one thing to be an "FYI I lost my _____ today/this week/whatever." It's another to DD all over Facebook and cross-post it across IG, etc. Idk, flame away I guess. It's just how I feel.

Yessss!!!! Especially the bolded. This is up there with telling an SO happy birthday/happy anniversary/I love you on the internet. Do that shit in person and leave the rest of us alone.

justkeepswimming8 · May 2017

@loveindc - also agree about that kind of stuff. I also think it is weird when someone posts a happy birthday to someone else on their own wall. Why not just put it on that person's wall? AND when someone posts pictures (and even takes pictures in which they are not included) of someone else's wedding on FB. IDK, I don't really post on FB or take pictures that often so maybe that's why it's weird to me. If I'm going to post something on my FB or take a picture of something, it's going to be about me/going to have me in it.

doxiemoxie212 · May 2017

I cannot stand social media status updates/posts that are 100% earnest with zero humor. It makes my skin crawl. Like, ugh, gross. This is not the place.

Also hate the super vague, "Something bad/good/scary/exciting might be happening today, pray for me!" posts. Like STFU, no. Either tell me what's going on or I'm not sending any vibes your way.

elisek · May 2017

Agree with all the social media UO. I wouldn't say anything about it, but I definitely side eye.

@vflux33 - YES! I hate the beach. We went on our honeymoon to Ireland and people were so confused. I especially don't understand why people would want to go on the exact same vacation every year to the same condo at the same beach and eat at the same restaurants with the same people. You do you and I hope they have a great time, I just don't get it in the slightest.

vflux33 · May 2017

@justkeepswimming8 Yeah also and when people post pictures of someone else's wedding usually the bride hasn't "approved" the pics and the professional ones aren't out yet. People put up wedding pics of MH and I that I hated during the actual wedding and 2 months before we got our "real" ones back and it was kinda awkward and annoying. Did a lot of untagging.

@doxiemoxie212 Ugh yeah my sister vaguebooks a lot. So glad I left Facebook.

@elisek Yeah I am so not into those types of trips either. BUT the way I figure it those people can go have fun doing that stuff we hate and not drive up the rates and overcrowd the places we actually want to go to, which is nice!

eggplantface · May 2017

I had the officiant tell people to not take pictures during our wedding because I hate when people post pics of a wedding before the bride has even made it down the aisle! It's not your wedding, why do you need to post the photo?

doxiemoxie212 · May 2017

Oh man, I'm on the opposite side of this wedding photo situation. I loooooved that people posted so many pics of us at the wedding. It took forever to get the pics from the photog back! I would've been so sad if I had to wait that whole time with zero photos. I wish people took more!

justkeepswimming8 · May 2017

@doxiemoxie212 - we had an app called WedPics that we gave everyone access codes to so we got a lot of pics right away and even posted a few on our way to our honeymoon. My family takes pictures of EVERYTHING but I did not get that gene.

sunniegrly · May 2017

@vflux33 @elisek - OMG YES YES YES YES. I hate the beach. Everyone thinks I'm insane. I like to DO things on vacation. I can't think of a less appealing vacation than sitting around doing nothing for a week while sunscreen gets in my eyes and sand gets in my swimsuit. I have pale skin and don't like the sun, so at the beach I'm that woman in the coverup, SPF 100+, a giant hat, and under the umbrella. The ONLY thing I like about the beach is collecting seashells, and most beaches are so crowded that they aren't good for that. I like hiking, museums, sightseeing, history, fine dining, etc. Do NOT make me go sit in the sand for a week. DH insisted that we go to the beach for our honeymoon, so I chose a secluded resort with good snorkeling and we went sea kayaking and snorkeling a lot. I did sit in the shade and mainline pina coladas though. But yeah I'd die if I had to spend my vacation every year going to the same condo, eating at the same places, looking at the same waves....blah. I'm so glad ya'll mentioned this, because I literally thought I was the ONLY PERSON EVER who hated the beach. And I'm totally not saying people are stupid for liking the beach. You do you, beach-lovers. It's just SO not my thing.

Me at the beach:

Image: https://img.memecdn.com/haters-gonna-hat_o_1691399.jpg

mschanandlerbong1214 · May 2017

@pebbledam I'm with you on the tats and piercings. I wish DH would get more tats because I think the one he has now is hot. I personally have 4 visible tattoos (5 if I have capris on) and my nose and lip pierced (also used to have my labret, Monroe, eyebrow, and tongue done too). I have plans for two full sleeves and a badass back piece but bills and shit come first.

@vflux33 I hate the ocean. If any salt water gets near my mouth I gag. And I hear ya on the pasty!

That leads to my UO I guess. I loathe summer. I hate being hot. I hate going outside. I ALWAYS get a sunburn and being a bigger girl I'm just generally uncomfortable in shorts. I live for spring and fall though.

eggplantface · May 2017

mschanandlerbong1214 said:

That leads to my UO I guess. I loathe summer. I hate being hot. I hate going outside. I ALWAYS get a sunburn and being a bigger girl I'm just generally uncomfortable in shorts. I live for spring and fall though.

Preach. This is the time of year when I don't stop sweating until October. I don't wear shorts, only dresses, with stretchy shorts underneath to prevent chub rub.

sunniegrly · May 2017

@mschanandlerbong1214 - I loathe summer too. Mainly because, where I've lived all my life, we mostly ONLY have summer. We had 1 weekend of winter this year, and our temps are already hitting the 80s. The summers here are long and the sunshine is oppressive. I like the sun only if it's below 75 degrees outside. I dream of being able to wear fall and winter clothes. I'm so used to the heat, though, that I need a sweater if it's 65 out and can wear long pants in 100 degree heat (only if I won't be outside for long periods of time though).

mschanandlerbong1214 · May 2017

eggplantface said:

mschanandlerbong1214 said:

That leads to my UO I guess. I loathe summer. I hate being hot. I hate going outside. I ALWAYS get a sunburn and being a bigger girl I'm just generally uncomfortable in shorts. I live for spring and fall though.

Preach. This is the time of year when I don't stop sweating until October. I don't wear shorts, only dresses, with stretchy shorts underneath to prevent chub rub.

That is literally my life. Dresses with shorts under is my go to all summer.

doxiemoxie212 · May 2017

Summer every day all day. I'm from the bay area originally, so I grew up with milder weather, but I loooove east coast summer. It's my favorite part of living here. I dream about it. Give me all the heat, give me all the humidity. But lately I've been dreaming about moving to LA because then it might be summer year round. That would be THE BEST!

@mschanandlerbong1214 @pebbledam DH has a ton of tattoos, and I really want to get one, but I'm indecisive, and every time I get close, I think about how much stuff I could buy at Sephora with that money instead, and, well, guess what wins. I also just get paranoid about how they might shift as my body changes through things like pregnancy, and I think that would bug me a lot. Like, DH has a bunch of comic symbols running down his back, but when he lost 50 lbs, they sort of changed shape a little. He doesn't care because he can't see them, but it sort of bothers me.

vflux33 · May 2017

@mschanandlerbong1214 I used to love summer in PNW and northeast, but then I lived in the SW and that 8 month summer pretty much killed it for me so F summer. In the parts of the Bay Area that don't get really hot it is awesome like @doxiemoxie212 says but I'm in a hot part of the (outer) Bay Area now and it gets hot and no one has AC because it's supposedly "not hot for long" (but it totally actually is). Last year we had days where it was over 90 INSIDE. No thanks.

Also MH doesn't have tattoos but I do and I totally regret it and have been in the process of getting mine removed for the last 3 years. I may or may not have 1 treatment left and it's going to be fun trying to schedule a tattoo removal around IF shit... I wish I had all the money back that went to the laser treatments, and wish I had known that some colors are harder to remove than others. I know this gets said a lot but make sure you'll *always* want it!

doxiemoxie212 · May 2017

@vflux33 yeah, my mom's house doesn't have any AC. She's just north of SF, but more inland so it does get hot during the day during the summer, and the no AC thing does suck. But I would honestly prefer to just be in underwear lol so I like it when it's hot! An ice cold alcoholic beverage and I'm good to go. We go back and visit her like 3-4 times a year, and every time we go to Napa, and I'm like YES THIS IS WHERE THE HEAT GODS LIVE! Also they shack up with the wine gods, so it's really the best of both worlds.

LoveInDC · May 2017

vflux33 said:

*snip*
Also MH doesn't have tattoos but I do and I totally regret it and have been in the process of getting mine removed for the last 3 years. I may or may not have 1 treatment left and it's going to be fun trying to schedule a tattoo removal around IF shit... I wish I had all the money back that went to the laser treatments, and wish I had known that some colors are harder to remove than others. I know this gets said a lot but make sure you'll *always* want it!

@vflux33 Might we find out more about this tattoo in a FFFC?

pebbledam · May 2017

@vflux33 - I'm with @LoveInDC. I want to know more about this abomination of a tattoo that is worth lasering off!

vflux33 · May 2017

*TW @pebbledam @LoveInDC Hate to disappoint you guys, but it's not worth a FFFC. I wish it was, but it's not offensive or in a sexy place. It's a memorial tattoo and it's on my leg. For some reason when I got it 15 years ago I didn't think, "I won't want to remember a dead person every time I take a shower or wear shorts". Go figure. Also I'm Jewish and I didn't realize how upset my mom would be that I can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Also MH hates it.

Sorry to be a downer

I should have made up something funny, but I honestly can't think of anything right now. *End TW

ETA to add TWs

doxiemoxie212 · May 2017

@vflux33 That's nice you care what YH thinks about your tattoos. DH does not care at all if I like or dislike a tattoo of his. When he was in law school, he told me to meet him when I got out of work, and we'd go see a movie. I hit him on the thigh hard in a funny part of the movie, and he screamed. He told me he hit his leg on his desk earlier and was bruised. When we got home and he took off his pants, I realize nope, he'd gotten a tattoo earlier that day: a giant Iron Fist dragon symbol on his thigh so close to his crotch literally only he and I will ever be the ones who have to see it. I was so angry lol. (DH is also Jewish and apparently does not care. Sigh.)

LoveInDC · May 2017

@vflux33 No need to apologize! I'm sorry you're dealing with so many unintended repercussions of a well-intended decision

vflux33 · May 2017

@doxiemoxie212 Yeah I didn't think my family would care either and my dad doesn't but to my mom it was like the worst thing ever and she is really happy I'm getting it removed. MH is cool about it, but he hates it. And I can understand that since I hate looking at it when I take a shower him noticing it out of the corner of his eye while HIO may not be super sexy (even though he didn't know the person).

Thanks, @LoveInDC. Yeah I meant well at the time but it didn't do anyone any good or change the situation. Getting rid of it will be worth every penny, but I wish I had just, like, made a collage or something instead of permanently scarring myself. Oh well. At least laser technology has improved a lot. At one point removing it completely would have been impossible.

Please let's carry on with funny things. I like funny things.

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