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January 2018 Moms
GraceUponGrace09
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Unpopular Opinions below:
UO - 8/17
GraceUponGrace09
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Unpopular Opinions below:
Re: UO - 8/17
DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
I side eye the shower thing too. It feels gift grabby.
UO: I think cities are the worst place to live. High crime, high pollution, nothing green but in parks. Low community. I don't understand why people want to live in them.
See I'm not sure I side eye the shower thing, and my reasoning is that my friends suck and my family is all in CA while I'm in TN. I'm not super close to any group of friends, mostly just casual friends. So if I wanted to have a shower I had to ask one of my friends to host it, which I did and it no one really came. This time DH wants to have a BBQ for his friends and do something super casual with them. So I've told him he can do that, I don't care, I'll just be there because it's my house and I'll probably invite my friends if they want to come, but I doubt they will. I think if/when we do this thing that we wont give them a registry or a diaper party thing, just a hang out.
J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies
AFM: I hate summer. It's hot, sticky and I spend all my time jumping from one air conditioned place to another. I was made to live in a climate that is a steady 65 degrees.
I'm not sure I have an actual UO today, but I'll come back if I think of one lol.
@madcouplewithabox totally disagree! Cities are amazing: great parks, tons of culture, museums, easy access to sporting events and shows, excellent restaurants. And so walkable!
@supercoolstephy yeah, I know that would be an UO. I guess I just think calling it a shower implies that guests will bring you a gift, so I don't see a way to throw a shower (even if you don't give out registry information, which here's another UO I don't believe in including in invites anyway, people should ask the hostess for it) without it feeling like asking people to buy you gifts. I do totally get wanting a party to celebrate the new baby though, so it's tough. It sorta sounds like that's what you and DH are doing anyway, join us for a last hurrah before the baby! I just think once it's called a shower people feel obligated to bring gifts.
DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
I asked him the other day (after looking at the recently watched on our Xfinity app) what Got was and why it had a picture of an alien. Lol
I also don't want to a sip & see once the baby is here because I wont have my house clean enough for guests to come over in that capacity for a while. haha
J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies
DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
@supercoolstephy When I was pregnant with DD we had a co-ed backyard "Baby-Q" bash and used an invite similar to this one. Ours did not include any registry/gift information on the invite. I thought it was a cute idea.
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J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies!
EDD: 1/6/2018
Eva Jane: 7/23/2014
@KatieEl I side eye people who throw their own showers just so they can get gifts. I also know someone who invited all the women on her wedding invite list to her shower for the sole purpose of getting more gifts.
I don't have one at the moment but if I think of one I'll come back!
@sonalisharma Did you start at the beginning or jump into a recent season? There is SO much going on at this point, I find I need to watch the "previously..." bit at the beginning because they sometimes show relevant scenes from ages ago that I'd forgotten about but the things happening now don't make sense without.
Jan 18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies
@sonalisharma I would definitely go back and watch from the beginning if you have any interest in it... there are SO many story lines / back stories that it could be hard to pick up right now.
J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies
@Cricket99 I would love more fall. Lol. L
Man, I love PSL and peppermint mocha, but my love affair of peppermint mochas is now going 20 years strong and it's clear which side I fall on should I have to choose. My tip for anyone who doesn't want to splurge on the peppermint mocha all of the time, get a cafe misto (half caff) and ask them to add one pump chocolate and one pump peppermint. I called it the poor girl's mocha all through grad school and it totally meets my craving without costing >$5.50 (more like $3-3.50).
I'm not a huge fan of baby showers for second babies. My family has hinted that they wanted to throw one this time around and I've been against it since I *just* had one 3 years ago. I expect nothing for second baby.
It's just that I have really different taste than my mom and best friend so...
J18 December Siggy Challenge: Christmas Movies
PS: also, what's up with so many iPhone users sending tiny texts one after another...? Just put it all in one big text! Gawd, my sister and her kids have my phone pinging and dinging all day long.
edited: cause cut down coffee
BFP: May 6, 2017 EDD: Jan. 13, 2018
Like, my friends would throw me a shower if I asked. But I feel so awkward being given gifts, and especially if it's a framed part of an event. Also that seems like a family and close friends gig, and my family is far away, so. I just wanna hang out with people before I have a newborn and never leave the house again, lol.
@ollydolly I’m a little confused, do you mean subdivisions? I live in what is technically a (AMAZING, if I do say so myself, lol) suburb of Cincinnati, and each house is vastly different… many old, gorgeous Victorians, Cape Cods, ranches, etc. Nothing looks the same at all. However, if it was a subdivision where all the houses are identical I’d feel differently. On this note, I was made to live in the suburbs and not the city!
@ everyone who does not like GoT. I love it but that is totally not an UO. It is literally disgusting. I don’t know where they come up with some of the stuff. I saw something (Spoiler to future watchers: Oberyn’s death) that might be the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen. And the sex stuff they come up with must basically be written by a group of men sitting around anonymously writing the most messed up/gross/not accepted things they can think of and picking one out of a hat each week!
My UO to build on others (or FFFC): I wish someone would throw me a shower... and this is my second baby... and my first was only two years ago. I also would LOVE it if this hypothetical person would ask me to do a registry... which would be my second registry. I love parties, gifts, babies, baby things, etc. Don't hate me
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
Plus DH and I wanted to keep the number of people around her to a minimum till her vaccination. I know everyone has their own style when it comes to vaccinating and bringing family and friends around, but we've been blessed in that my 15mo DD has only been sick once (knock on wood), so we're gonna keep on keeping on.
BFP: May 6, 2017 EDD: Jan. 13, 2018
my house backs up to a couple fields and I love it, but I'm 5 min from a great grocery store, the best Thai food I've ever eaten in my life is ten min away, and the city is a 20 min drive. WAYYY better than my last house on the outskirts of the city where the park was tiny, cops drive by at regular intervals, a stabbing happened up the road and the house across from us got busted for making drugs.... twice. My friend's house 5 miles from where I used to live has been broken into twice, and their car twice (all separate incidents).
I can leave my keys in the car at my place now and not have a thing to worry about if I chose.