UO - 08/10

scatteringashes · August 2017

No one else seems to have started it, so I'm jumping in.

Whipped icing is the superior cake icing. All other frosting is trash.

gusgus14 · August 2017

@scatteringashes +1 to whipped icing. Love it.

I think babies are ugly and I feel like I'm going to feel the same way about my kid for the first several months.

missblaze · August 2017

scatteringashes said:

No one else seems to have started it, so I'm jumping in.

Whipped icing is the superior cake icing. All other frosting is trash.

@scatteringashes I guess my UO is that I think all frosting is trash. LOL. I hate it!

supercoolstephy · August 2017

@gusgus14 babies are ugly and I feel bad when I think that about other people's kids. I don't think it was my mommy goggles, but I thought my kid was cute. He might not have been. He still looked a little alien when I look at his right after birth photos now that I think about it.

scatteringashes · August 2017

Y'all, for sure. Babies take a while to grow into their bodies. I think they're cute after about a month. Then I am helpless against their squishy charm.

When I asked my son if he thought babies were cute (shortly before we told him to expect this one) he said, "Sometimes. But usually they look like potatoes."

KatieEl · August 2017

All melons except watermelon are pointless and gross.

The rabbit is overrated.

Renting a house for vacation (unless it comes with a cook and a maid) isn't vacation, it's housekeeping in someone else's space with substandard items.

Cricket99 · August 2017

@scatteringashes Blasphemy! Buttercream is the only acceptable frosting choice! Whipped frosting is Satan's creation!

@supercoolstephy I have a few friends with alien babies and they just haven't gotten any cuter. Even mine took a while to grow into his big bald head. 3-6 months was not a good look for him.

libbberty · August 2017

@gusgus14 preach. I pray my kid is born fat or with hair because I think that helps, but it's pretty unlikely. I don't love LOs until usually 5-6 months. Hoping the "it's different when it's your own" statement applies for me! Bring on the oxytocin.

My U/O: I think that unless you live in Australia, January is a crappy birthday month. Maybe the crappiest.

Oh and for a really disastrous one, I think I'm one of the only people in my generation who still likes thank you cards. Do I like writing them? No. Do I like reading them? Only when someone writes something thoughtful. Formulaic crap that I get in the mail two days later makes me enraged. But I am a firm believer in etiquette and I HATE when at parties, someone says, "our gift to the mom to be/bride to be is that she doesn't have to send thank you cards. Everyone agree?".

supercoolstephy · August 2017

@libbberty I'm the crappiest Thank you note writer person. I don't do them. And that's the main reason why I've said I don't want a baby shower at work this time. I feel horrible for not writing them last time, but I suck, and was so effing exhausted, I didn't do them. I did make a point to tell people in person thank you, I felt a little better about that.

January is a crappy birth month, but November has the ugliest birthstone. I'm sorry. DS was born in November, and when they gave me my due date I asked if I could keep him in longer. I'm horrible. But seriously... it's like morning pee color.

libbberty · August 2017

@KatieEl I literally thought you meant the animal at first

I was like, what is so wrong with rabbits? Rats are so much worse. Then, I got it, but was like, the toy or the wine opener? probably applies to both.

KatieEl · August 2017

@libbberty lol definitely applies to both! And I'm team thank you, even my 3 year old knows we have to write them before we play with new toys. I hate that shower tradition almost as much as I hate when they make you address your own envelope, like I drove here, picked out a gift, bought it, wrapped it, and am spending 2-3 hours at your shower. You can spend three minutes thanking me. Sorry not sorry.

ETA I'm a total etiquette stickler though and side-eye a lot. Just too polite to say so out loud lol

Edited: spelling

[Deleted User] · August 2017

I tell brides or new/soon to be moms that I don't need a thank you note. If I make it to the event and see you open the gift I gave you, chances are you're going to say thanks in person. If I didn't make it or I sent the gift ahead, a thank you is appreciated so I know you actually got the gift. I'm probably in the minority on hating thank you notes though!

huskymomma94 · August 2017

KatieEl said:

@libbberty lol definitely applies to both! And I'm team thank you, even my 3 year old knows we have to write them before we play with new toys. I hate that shower tradition almost as much as I hate when they make you address your own envelope, like I drove here, picked out a gift, bought it, wrapped it, and am spending 2-3 hours at your shower. You can spend three minutes thank omg me. Sorry not sorry.

ETA I'm a total etiquette stickler though and side-eye a lot. Just too polite to say so out loud lol

Oh it irritates me so much when you have to address your own envelope! And then i get annoyed all over again a few weeks later when I get the card addressed to myself in the mail. lol.

Peepster · August 2017

supercoolstephy said:

But seriously... it's like morning pee color.

I just snorted my enchilada.

But yes, I agree. My birthday is in November, and I've always hated topaz. I've cheated by getting "Blue Topaz" jewelry in the past. Not sure if it's the same thing or if it even counts, but it's a much prettier color.

My UO: Sauerkraut and coconut are the roots of all things culinarily evil.

EmilyLove25 · August 2017

I think babies are adorable. An UO, I guess. I can't wait until we are all posting pictures of our LOs and some of you are pretending they are cute

Peepster · August 2017

I never thought babies were all that cute until I had DS. Now I just want to snuggle all of them!

Mudge85 · August 2017

@peepster Team No Coconut or Sauerkraut - uck!! My MIL can eat Sauerkraut by the can and I Just want to vomit.... I don't mind the small of coconut, or the taste in a fruity beverage but other than that its a no from me.

KatieEl · August 2017

@EmilyLove25 I agree! give me all the cute babies!

auntieraindrop · August 2017

@scatteringashes and @missblaze Cake is greatly improved by the removal of frosting.

UO: movies are boring.

EmilyLove25 · August 2017

@auntieraindrop YES! I'll go see one every now and then, and there are certainly directors I love. Paul Thomas Anderson, my fav, in fact, is releasing one on Xmas, and I will haul my nearly 9 month pregnant butt in there come hell or high water... BUT so boring--especially to watch at home. I do not get people who can just have movies playing one after the other. FIL and step-MIL are like that and when we go visit it drives me mad! One weekend (we were there for less than 48 hours), he put on: The Martian, The Revenant (which I had already seen and admittedly loved), Sicario (claiming I would love it?), and some weird Western. WTF is that? 4 LONG movies... UGH.

Eags · August 2017

@auntieraindrop we haven't been to the movies in 8 years

not because I think they're boring but because we just never go. We even have a $50 gift card that was a gift!

KatieEl · August 2017

@mudge85 @peepster more sauerkraut and coconut for me!

gilsam1 · August 2017

I guess it would be no surprise since i'm Team Not-Really-Into-Your-Kid that i also think babies for the most part just look weird and kinda ugly. There have been exceptions of course. And I laughed out loud reading @EmilyLove25 's response about all of us telling each other how cute each other's babies are, but in my own defense i've actually never said that to someone unless i meant it. I've gone to meet my family and friends' babies and i'll just say "Oh, look at him/her, congrats". I try to stay honest

And i guess that would lead me to my own UO for this week. After briefly looking at Birth Announcements online this morning, i have to say most of them are really ugly and i'm reconsidering doing one now (unless i can find one i like of course), and i think the ones with naked baby pictures are especially creepy. They look like naked mole rats. Like, seriously, put some clothes on your kid, haha.

[Deleted User] · August 2017

Coconut is disgusting. If it's hidden in a candy bar or a cookie, I get all kinds of ragey. Same with nuts! Can't stand them.

AFM, I think Matthew McConaughey is the worst.

gusgus14 · August 2017

@gilsam1 - Yeah, I definitely lie

I've told a lot of people that they have cute babies but really inside I'm like "Nooooooope." I agree on birth announcements though.

KatieEl · August 2017

@schaze almond joy's are my favorite candy and I steal them from DS1's halloween haul!

mauera07 · August 2017

@schaze yes!!! And I don't find him attractive in the least!!

burnsmommy27 · August 2017

Oh no you guys, some babies really are cute. I think they look like adorable smooshie old people.

And I LOVE new born photo shoots. Here's one from DDs, I don't think she resembles a mole

bainidhedub · August 2017

My dad is the worst with babies, he's just like "Yup that sure is a newborn baby."

burnsmommy27 · August 2017

Ok so I said I'd share my UO this week. It has to do with that bad spelling thread from a couple weeks ago but I didn't want to keep posting on it.

My UO: hormones definitely affect how we act.

I'm not saying that you cannot control yourself or that hormones should be blamed for someone's bad behavior. What I'm saying is that the heightened level of hormones currently in our bodies can make us cranky, upset, easily annoyed, ect. If this wasn't the case why would we have a thread called "why my pregnant self is crying" or why am I a major B right before my period??

libbberty · August 2017

@schaze @maueraa07 OMG yes. I always think, "why don't you just take a shower!?" when I see Matthew McConaughey. The only movie I ever liked him in was How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days but I'm pretty sure it was just because I liked Kate Hudson in that yellow dress so much. Itty bitty titty committee for life (or so I thought before pregnancy).

Dani0329 · August 2017

Thank you, @libbberty !!!

It grinds my gears when people don't follow etiquette. I had to address my own envelope at my BFF bridal shower and I was looking around wide eyed, like is this okay? Everyone said it was the new thing. But y'all, then I didn't even get a thank you for her bridal shower, wedding gift, wedding arch my Dad rents for $500 bucks that I let her use for free, or a verbal thanks for driving my ass 3 hours when i was 34 weeks pregnant to stand up for her. Selfish.

I love getting thank you cards, but I also love sending thank you cards. I feel like as a grown up, anytime you get mail and it isn't a bill, you are winning.

UO (I think): I don't believe in spanking. I don't think it works. But one day I asked my Mom, why isn't my kid a little bit scared when I put on my mean eyes/voice. She said it's because you don't spank her. All my Mom had to do was look at us sideways and we'd straighten up. We rarely got spanked, so I doubt that is the case. My sassy pants will put her hands on her hips and walk away if I get stern. Or scream, "I'm telling Daddy."

missblaze · August 2017

@Dani0329 I don't believe in spanking either. Spanking focuses on punishment rather than discipline. Most spanking is done in anger, which sends the message that it's okay to hit when you're angry. And research shows time and time again that it's not effective.

Lizbeth86 · August 2017

Lol on the babies! I think all babies are cute, but some are funny looking, usually when a parent has a really prominent grown-up feature and it looks like their face was put right on the baby. I think a lot of movie stars were probably funny looking babies!

My UO is I don't like when people are > 4 months pregnant and don't share it openly at work. So we all know but we can't talk to them about it. I totally get the fear that something could happen, but at this point it's not that people don't know, it's just a known taboo...

bainidhedub · August 2017

I don't believe in spanking either (though I was occasionally growing up) but I'm definitely still working on my Mom Glare. Sometimes DS bursts into tears at the first word louder than normal conversation, but sometimes (like tonight) he might as well be flipping me off with both hands and yelling "la la la I can't hear you" for all the good my yelling does.

Peepster · August 2017

auntieraindrop said:

UO: movies are boring.

J/K. But this is coming from someone who had a movie-themed wedding. And we have an insane DVD collection. DH and I really connected over our love of movies, among other things, while we were dating. It just surprised me to hear you and @EmilyLove25 say that you're not fans, when I figured everyone liked at least a certain genre.

@Mudge85 @schaze @KatieEl It's the texture of coconut that gets me. I love the flavor, like coconut Jelly Bellys or in a piña colada. But if I bite into shredded coconut, it makes my skin crawl. That crunchiness that gets in between your teeth and lasts for hours... *shudder*

Edit: Apparently I still don't know how to add a gif.

redheeler · August 2017

libbberty said:

@gusgus14 preach. I pray my kid is born fat or with hair because I think that helps, but it's pretty unlikely. I don't love LOs until usually 5-6 months. Hoping the "it's different when it's your own" statement applies for me! Bring on the oxytocin.

My U/O: I think that unless you live in Australia, January is a crappy birthday month. Maybe the crappiest.

Oh and for a really disastrous one, I think I'm one of the only people in my generation who still likes thank you cards. Do I like writing them? No. Do I like reading them? Only when someone writes something thoughtful. Formulaic crap that I get in the mail two days later makes me enraged. But I am a firm believer in etiquette and I HATE when at parties, someone says, "our gift to the mom to be/bride to be is that she doesn't have to send thank you cards. Everyone agree?".

Lurker****
I am in Australia, DS was born in January and I am in February... both are awful months for a birthday. Nobody is having fun when the temperature outside is over 120F and it feels like you're living 3/4 of a mile from the surface of the sun.

ryannenikole · August 2017

I just have to laugh at allll the UOs!

I had huge cheeks and hair as a newborn. DH was skinny and bald. I'm hoping for slightly less cheeks but keep the hair because baby rolls are the BEST. And make them look less alienish. But DH had an alien look going on for a few months there as a baby. It was kinda bad!

Buttercream rocks. Whipped icing is the devil. My related UO is that Cool Whip is an abomination and should never be referred to as whipped cream, because it isn't.

Topaz is a terrible birthstone.

I like coconut! But only real coconut. Not the fake coconut flavor. Same goes for cherry.

Not getting thank yous bothers me a little for big things like showers and weddings.

My UO about movies is that I prefer them to shows for kids. I cannot stand kids TV shows except MAYBE Sesame Street. My kids are watching movies like I did growing up.

auntieraindrop · August 2017

bainidhedub said:

My dad is the worst with babies, he's just like "Yup that sure is a newborn baby."

My dad says "What a baby!" /facepalm

@Peepster I think the feature film is the exact wrong length to tell a story, honestly. It's too long for a simple story (hello episodic tv!) and it's too short for a long story (hello miniseries or long bingeable story arcs on TV!). It's like exactly the right length to lose my attention completely. But that's me!

KatieEl · August 2017

@ryannenikole kids shows are the worst, my kids watch Sesame Street and that's it, otherwise it's all movies in my house!

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