I think that if your kid cannot tie their own shoes they should be wearing velcro. To me it seems obvious, but as a kindergarten teacher it's crazy how many kids don't know how and are still sent in shoes that tie.
31 years young from Seattle(ish) 5 years married FTM and PGAL EDD is 12/23/17 -- It's a BOY! ---
UO: I hate weddings... Everyone is there for one or more of the following reasons: to eat free food, drink free booze, hook up with someone, show off the way they look, brag about themselves, brag about their spouse/kids, interact with people they haven't given 2 shits about in years for the sole purpose of gaining fresh gossip material... the list goes on! There's all these outrageous expectations, people hear there is a wedding and they feel compelled to be their absolute best. To lose weight, be the best dressed, impress everyone. I know I probably sound b*tchy, but, weddings are the worst.
@lestex I could not agree more! The people that post that kind of stuff are absolutely making up for something. IRL they've been some of the most dysfunctional, never gonna last, relationships I've ever seen.
Me: 30 DH: 31
2 Dogs / 2 Cats
IUI #1 07/2016 BFN
IUI #2 10/2016 BFN
IUI #3 11/2016 BFN IVF #1 03/2017 - 23 Retrieved / 22 Fertilized / 11 at Day 3 / 1 Beautiful Embryo tf on Day 5 / 7 Frozen on Day 6 - Beta #1 4/5/17: 104 Beta #2 4/7/17 224
The first name I picked out for our DD (now 6) was Olive and my mom laughed at me! She hated it (still hates it) so we named her something everyone liked and now when I look at her, I still think, you look like an Olive.
Definitely not telling family this time until after I've signed the birth certificate!!!
In general, I understand not wanting people to crap all over a name you love, but I feel like I want to solicit opinions to see if I'm missing something (horrible initials, awful NN potential, etc.) I definitely think some people need to be reigned in or asked to just think twice before they saddle their child with a crazy name for life.
I think people will think our baby's name is not great, but the first two have their grandparent's names as middle names, so this one (likely our last) will have the last two grandparents' names to honor all of them.
Irritates the hell out of me when people put statuses on fb like "fuming right now" or "pissed off" etc. Then everyone asking "whats up"? And they either dont reply or just put "I'll inbox you". So bloody annoying, why bother putting something if you're not going to elaborate?!
Irritates the hell out of me when people put statuses on fb like "fuming right now" or "pissed off" etc. Then everyone asking "whats up"? And they either dont reply or just put "I'll inbox you". So bloody annoying, why bother putting something if you're not going to elaborate?!
Vaguebooking makes me livid. Or when people check in to Urgent Care or the ER, but don't write anything else. Screams "attention whore."
I too love Hazel. I know about 3 little Hazel's though in the last year, so I wouldn't use it. My boys are Clay and Cohen. I posted Cohen/Coen on the name board on here and got ripped a new one by people. Whatever. We told people the names we liked, but we weren't set on anything. The boys actually didn't even have names for 3 days in the hospital because we couldn't decide! It's hard naming two! Now for this one (fingers crossed there is only one), we haven't even discussed it yet! I have a few ideas, but I don't know that I want to go back to any of the other names we had on our list for the boys, because now they just don't feel right...
Drives me nuts when people say things like "you shouldn't complain about your kids - children are a blessing." Yes, they are, but sometimes my kid drives me absolutely crazy and I just need to vent. I'm human and I'm allowed to get frustrated by my child who is also human.
@rachswi I think the reason people say things like that is because there are so many people who would literally give their right hand to have children. It doesn't mean that children aren't a lot of work, and that you don't deserve to be frustrated or upset. Just that for some people, hearing anyone complain about the one thing they want most in the world can feel really upsetting. I don't think people that complain about their children are out of line, but I also understand after years of infertility how upsetting it can be to hear. I think its more about knowing your audience, than not being able to complain.
Me: 30 DH: 31
2 Dogs / 2 Cats
IUI #1 07/2016 BFN
IUI #2 10/2016 BFN
IUI #3 11/2016 BFN IVF #1 03/2017 - 23 Retrieved / 22 Fertilized / 11 at Day 3 / 1 Beautiful Embryo tf on Day 5 / 7 Frozen on Day 6 - Beta #1 4/5/17: 104 Beta #2 4/7/17 224
@tmk0325 I don't understand why anyone would give you crap for Cohen. Sure, it's a typical Jewish last name, but it's also a nice name. My Crazy Ex Roommate named her son Cohen Michael and they are the furthest from Jewish lol. CocoBean for short he's crazy, cute and such a good boy with my DD and his new baby sister (when he isn't asking his mom to return her to target) lol
@sdLindenberg Cohen or Cohain is a prestigious title for a Jewish person to have so some Jews have an issue with people naming their children that. I personally don't care what anyone names their kids. This is an excerpt of the meaning of Cohains and Levis.
Only Aaron and his sons were chosen to be priests from among all of the tribe of Levi. Priest is simply a translation of the Hebrew word “Cohain.” From that point on all of the descendents of the sons of Aaron would be the priests, or “Cohanim” (plural of Cohain). In other words, all priests (Cohains) are Levis, but Levis, except for the descendents of Aaron, are not Cohains.
@ohmickey331 oh I am well aware of the meaning. Lol. I grew up in a Jewish day school, went to Hebrew school 3 days a week on top of that, along with having half my extended family being orthodox. Most of the general population, including reform Jews don't know this information. Which is why it shocks me that people even care. DH and I considered the name Levi if we were to have a son, but nixed that when we decided that we want to stay away from religious names (he's catholic, I'm Jewish... try that one on lol)
@sdLindenberg ah! I didn't mean to sound know it Allish if that's how it came out lol. Same here with half orthodox family. But one of my cousins on that side (married a non Jew so is no reformed) had a friend (not Jewish) who wanted to name their son Cohen... my cousins mom also my cousin super confusing so if you can keep up you win lol! Freaked out about it and he girl ended up naming her kid something else.
DC where I live now is overrated.. It's very expensive and I can't wait to get out of here.. I'm from the area but I realize now as I've gotten older I'm more of a small city person not really a medium or big city.. I'm over the traffic I'm over paying an arm and leg to live in a basement apartment and I'm over having to fork over 1800-2500 a month on child care.. Also I'm just really over this place and want to leave asap
@ jackiesmom324, preach woman. I'm so over DC. I've lived here my whole life. With the addition of baby #2, our daycare costs would be almost $3k/month, More than our mortgage. DH commutes 3-4 hours a day to go 35 miles and we pay $1k/month between tolls/metro/parking. We are moving and I will stay home with the next. Bye bye DC!
Momma to Amelia Marie (7/14) and Austin Samuel (11/17). Adding baby (girl) #3 on 7/21
Daycare is terrible everywhere. We moved away from the D.C. Metroplex when we got married, to relatively low cost of living Texas. Full-time daycare for 2 here is also almost $3000/mo.
@ohmickey331 no worries!!! I didn't think that way at all I just hate when people think that you CANT name them what you want out of fear of people's opinions. Exact reason why I'm one of those people where if I were to name my child something that I know others wouldn't care for, I'm not sharing it until they're born. Purely because I refuse to give in to peer pressure lol.
But no one had an issue with Sydney Paige, and I don't think our other names would have been an issue (I'll share in the names board)
I can't stand Facebook Fake people! Those that write about "oh I love my husband so much" and only post pictures of how happy they are or check in for date night every time they go out to dinner....when just yesterday you were at my house telling me how your marriage is failing and you want a divorce because you are so unhappy! I don't understand one bit why people have to make their Facebook life look so ridiculously fairytale-like when it's actually crumbling all over! Don't get me wrong, there are super happy relationships and I am not talking about those...I mean those that are two-faced! For this reason, UO: Facebook drives me crazy!
@Mandayno exactly. How many times have I heard people tell me they want a divorce or they've getting cheated on or they've been unhappy for a really long time. And then fb is like oh he's the besttttt.
Me: 31 DH: 32 DH since 12.2009 Married 08.2013 EDD 12.2017
And I hate to say it but there was 1 couple on fb who always looked so adorable and she would constantly post all the gifts and surprises he set up for her... a million hash tags about marriage and love... whirlwind trips... I always looked at them like wowww. And then suddenly they got divorced and she deleted all traces of him off fb. They over shared every moment and now I want answers about what happened.
Me: 31 DH: 32 DH since 12.2009 Married 08.2013 EDD 12.2017
@Mandayno@AMCsquared my SIL and her husband are this couple. I know how unhappy they unfortunately are in real life but yet social media tells a different story. I think people who overdo it on FB or instragram about how great their spouse/marriage is are hiding something most of the time.
Me: 33 DH: 34 Married: Oct 2015 TTC #1: Sept 2016 BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16 BFP: 3/24/17 DD1 born 12/2/17 TTC #2: July 2018 BFP: 8/26/18 DD2 born 5/16/19
@Mandayno@AMCsquared@peachy13Omygosh,
totally!! I’m in a small FB group of women in my area, this one lady goes on
and on about how horrible her husband is, but on regular FB she always posting “I
don’t know where I’d be without you! ILY” yada yada and I’m thinking from the
sounds of it, you’d be happy without him…
Re: Unpopular Opinion (UO) Thursday
from Seattle(ish)
5 years married
FTM and PGAL
EDD is 12/23/17
-- It's a BOY! ---
I hate weddings... Everyone is there for one or more of the following reasons: to eat free food, drink free booze, hook up with someone, show off the way they look, brag about themselves, brag about their spouse/kids, interact with people they haven't given 2 shits about in years for the sole purpose of gaining fresh gossip material... the list goes on!
There's all these outrageous expectations, people hear there is a wedding and they feel compelled to be their absolute best. To lose weight, be the best dressed, impress everyone.
I know I probably sound b*tchy, but, weddings are the worst.
2 Dogs / 2 Cats
IUI #2 10/2016 BFN
IUI #3 11/2016 BFN
IVF #1 03/2017 - 23 Retrieved / 22 Fertilized / 11 at Day 3 / 1 Beautiful Embryo tf on Day 5 / 7 Frozen on Day 6 - Beta #1 4/5/17: 104 Beta #2 4/7/17 224
Definitely not telling family this time until after I've signed the birth certificate!!!
In general, I understand not wanting people to crap all over a name you love, but I feel like I want to solicit opinions to see if I'm missing something (horrible initials, awful NN potential, etc.) I definitely think some people need to be reigned in or asked to just think twice before they saddle their child with a crazy name for life.
2 Dogs / 2 Cats
IUI #2 10/2016 BFN
IUI #3 11/2016 BFN
IVF #1 03/2017 - 23 Retrieved / 22 Fertilized / 11 at Day 3 / 1 Beautiful Embryo tf on Day 5 / 7 Frozen on Day 6 - Beta #1 4/5/17: 104 Beta #2 4/7/17 224
This is an excerpt of the meaning of Cohains and Levis.
Only Aaron and his sons were chosen to be priests from among all of the tribe of Levi. Priest is simply a translation of the Hebrew word “Cohain.” From that point on all of the descendents of the sons of Aaron would be the priests, or “Cohanim” (plural of Cohain). In other words, all priests (Cohains) are Levis, but Levis, except for the descendents of Aaron, are not Cohains.
But no one had an issue with Sydney Paige, and I don't think our other names would have been an issue (I'll share in the names board)
Oh I just read all the Jewish stuff. Didn't know any of that.
Married: Oct 2015
TTC #1: Sept 2016
BFP: 10/19/16 ~ blighted ovum ~ D&C 11/23/16
BFP: 3/24/17
TTC #2: July 2018
BFP: 8/26/18