My issue with Love You Forever is about boundaries. It seems like a sweet story, but really it seems pretty creepy. She breaks into her adult son’s house every night to cuddle?
I think babies with pierced ears look goofy. I know for some people it’s a cultural thing, but still. It looks the same kind of goofy to me as a dog wearing clothes. No purpose to it, and there’s no way the baby wanted that.
My issue with Love You Forever is about boundaries. It seems like a sweet story, but really it seems pretty creepy. She breaks into her adult son’s house every night to cuddle?
Yeah love you forever is creepy AF. I still love the story, but it definitely comes with baggage. I also always cry when I read it now after I found out why Robert Munsch wrote it.
@sawyerrichardson please tell my DD this!! Unfortunately she is obsessed with this book and we read it constantly. I tried to hide it and she found it lol
@kfrob and good night nobody?? did they run out of ideas?
@knottieamusements DS watched me throw all his Easter candy away. He threw a fit and tried to dig it back out. Sorry, not sorry, kid. You’re not eating an entire basket of candy.
@knottieamusements I throw away DD's toys all the time. Especially those junky little ones that come with kids meals. I let her play with them for a couple days. Once she forgets about them I throw them away. I've also been throwing away all her tiny toys (play coins, small figurines, etc) because I keeping thinking the baby will choke on them. So every time I see one randomly on the floor I just pick it up and throw it away. I didn't buy it for her anyways so I don't really care what happens to it.
My UO might be that kids don't actually need toys, or maybe just not as many toys as most kids have. I keep a lot in storage and I'm constantly re-gifting the unopened ones. MIL keeps more toys for DD at her house than we do at our house. She is constantly trying to send toys home with us because she thinks we deprive her. Umm no. She still has an entire play room filled with toys. She's fine. She also thinks we spend too much time playing outside and not enough time watching tv and movies, but that's a whole other thing. (She's actually an amazing MIL, we just have different opinions on raising children)
I think push presents are sweet and I wouldn't be upset if DF decided to treat me following lil monster's birth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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She still has an entire play room filled with toys. She's fine. She also thinks we spend too much time playing outside and not enough time watching tv and movies, but that's a whole other thing. (She's actually an amazing MIL, we just have different opinions on raising children)
@acciocoffee I don’t think that’s a UO. Most parents I know complain about the number of toys their kids have. My kids even got sick of it and made a pile of toys to sell. I put them away until closer to our Mothers of Multiples Club sale and then took them out and they were still good with selling most of them (which I wasn’t expecting). Their favorite toys are toilet paper rolls. I keep telling people to stop buying toys because they literally prefer playing with garbage most of the time. They also have blasters and swords and lightsabers and they prefer to build their own with tinker toys and use those instead.
My UO is I hate when men refuse to get in/out of the elevator before women when they are closest to the doors, because they think it's "chivalrous". NO. It's effing infuriating. The doors end up closing before anyone can get on, or you awkwardly end up stuck in the elevator because none of the men will get out first, even when we are all going to the same floor.
I just got back from a nice walk outside (because you can't have enough time outside in this weather!) and had to stick my arm in the doors while it was closing because Mr. "Nice Guy" wouldn't get on the elevator first when HE WAS RIGHT THERE. GAH!
On second thought, we seem to have a lot or independent, fierce ladies on here so my opinion is probably not that unpopular after all...
My UO is that i side-eye when people brag about their kids on facebook. Unless your kid truly did something amazing (overcome a disability, rescue a puppy from a well, donate a kidney) i find you braggy and attention-seeking. Also, you're probably lying, because i really don't think your mutant baby started walking at 5 months.
@acciocoffee - i am also on the minimal toy boat. If you can't make due with pots, pans, boxes and sticks, you're not trying hard enough kiddo.
I was on the minimal toy bandwagon and some how I now have a house full of toys and I can't stand it. We don't even have the room for them all. I was trying to keep some in a closet and rotate them for a while and just gave up. I keep telling DH we need to clean them out and donate them.
I think push presents are sweet and I wouldn't be upset if DF decided to treat me following lil monster's birth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+1 for push presents. I side-eye women who expect one or are pissed if it's not something crazy expensive, but if it's done for the right reasons, I think it's super cute.
Re: throwing toys away. DS is obsessed with music and almost everything makes noise. He started turning on every toy at once (while YouTube was playing music on the TV) and I was getting headaches. So I started taking some toys when he hands them to me, switching them off, and saying "Oh no, it's broken! Mommy has to fix it!" and then I'll bring it out again 2-3 months later. That way he only has a couple things at once. Plus then I can rotate the toys instead of constantly buying new ones. It's like new all over again to an 18 month old that hasn't seen it in 3 months!
I hope to keep toys to a minimum. At very least I’m going to mostly seek out second hand toys (and baby clothes and maternity clothes) until kid is old enough to care. I guess my UO is I hate how wasteful the pregnancy/newborn industry is. I don’t see the point of buying new maternity clothes or infant clothes to only use them for an extremely short period.
@jemmerjams I’m with you that most old schools chivalry things are just annoying. I’m fully capable of opening my own car door. I don’t need to stand there and wait for you to walk all the way around the car to open my door then sit in the car waiting for you to walk back around to your side. Waste of everyone’s time.
DH and I make personal candy bags from DS's Halloween and Easter candy before we throw away his candy. We're almost done with our secret Easter stash.
My UO is I think all kids should be required to be vaccinated. The only exception should be kids with certain health conditions. I don't agree with religious exemptions.
I'm back for more. Khloe Kardashian having a baby is not news and should not be reported as such. There are 8 million more important things going on in the world that people should be getting CNN alerts about.
I’ve never read I’ll Love You Forever...i like Good Night Moon because it’s short. Lol
I don’t care for babies with pierced ears. I say wait until you kid can get excited about it. I got mine done at 8 and I was so excited!
I’m totally okay with getting rid of your kids toys, candy and junk. But I think you should either make it disappear when they’re not looking or have them “help you” get rid of it. Also, if you think you have too many toys that you don’t want get rid of, bring some to Grandmas.
My UO is I think push presents are dumb. I mean I gues I agree with the other two ladies, if your SO decides of their own volition with no idea from you to get you a gift then that’s cute. But I think to expect, hint at or even suggest a push present is ridiculous.
+1 for push presents, but out of SO's desire, not request.
Wearing ski/winters caps on the very top of your head so that they're barely serving any purpose drives me nuts and looks dumb. I'm literally surrounded by more people wearing this look than not right now between my office and Portland hipsters. It's just stupid.
Oh, and smacking gum and chewing with your mouth open/talking while chewing is absolutely side-eye worthy and then some. I hope that's not an UO, but it's lost on me how some people have no issues with it or find it acceptable.
(This is all from one guy sitting in front of my right now displaying every one of these things.)
So I'm having a hard time comprehending why so many people are donating to the Humboldt Brancos go fund me page. I get that it was a tragic accident and it effects many people but it's getting a little out of hand. It's over $9.8m now. Like seriously even 1/4 of of the money would have been more than enough. What about people that are starving or homeless or so many other things in this world that could use that money for. I hope that some of that money gets donated by the team/ families. Because seriously they don't need all of it. Most of them might even have life insurance etc as well. We also have free health care so it's not like there is a huge health expenses.
I feel like now companies and hockey teams are just donating $10-50,000 just to get their names on the list so they look like a good company. It's turning into advertising and that makes me sick.
It's sad and of course awful for the families but I'm sure that there are multiple other families and people dealing with similar or worse things and they don't/ didn't get this treatment or funding. Is this the new way of acting in the face of tragedy? What about all the mass murders/ gun voilence that has been happening. They didn't get a 9.8 million dollar go fund me page.
Maybe I'm being insensitive but I just don't understand why this tragedy gets preference and higher media coverage.
Me 33 DH 41 TTC since 2016 Due: October 12, 2018 Location: Ontario, Canada
@chyvie I think the sentiment about donating for the sake of your name being on the list is probably totally right and really bad behavior that also gets to me. It would be great if the 9.8M came all out of good intent, but that is hard to believe.
I don't know much about the overall income status of the town + area, but I hope this can go make scholarships and things for the students in the school and bring in extra counseling support for friends and classmates. That said, it would be nice if homeless shelters and other services received the same donations. It shouldn't take some tragic event for people to want to do good things.
DH and I make personal candy bags from DS's Halloween and Easter candy before we throw away his candy. We're almost done with our secret Easter stash.
My UO is I think all kids should be required to be vaccinated. The only exception should be kids with certain health conditions. I don't agree with religious exemptions.
Is this an UO? I thought it was the majority, although maybe I'm just fortunate to be surrounded by people who understand the importance of vaccinating!
@chopchop25 I agree. I'm sure some of the smaller donations from everyday people who genuinely care and are sadden by it. I mean to donate $5-20 is not a big deal for most and I donate money all the time to various charities. It is the big corporations, hockey teams and players who are donating thousands of dollars to get their names out there.
I sure do hope the entire community gets to benefit from the donations.
Me 33 DH 41 TTC since 2016 Due: October 12, 2018 Location: Ontario, Canada
Also, big +1 for waiting until a kid is old enough to understand what's happening until you pierce their ears. I'm also a big believer in taking them to a professional piercer. I got my ears pierced at Claire's when was a teenager and it was crazy painful, not to mention they we're crooked and the back kept rubbing against the skin behind my ear and it scabbed up. I had to take them out and let them heal. I had my ears and nose done at a tattoo shop when I was 18 and it was way less painful and I was much happier with the results.
DH and I make personal candy bags from DS's Halloween and Easter candy before we throw away his candy. We're almost done with our secret Easter stash.
My UO is I think all kids should be required to be vaccinated. The only exception should be kids with certain health conditions. I don't agree with religious exemptions.
Is this an UO? I thought it was the majority, although maybe I'm just fortunate to be surrounded by people who understand the importance of vaccinating!
I don’t think this is an UO at all. Vaccinations should be required for all those who are medically able to get them. Period. It’s the best for your kids and the best for everyone else in society, and any reason not to vaccinate other than an immunocompromised child/person is bullshit.
Nah, pretty sure it’s a dinosaur. But I’ll love them either way...
You should have a “gender” reveal party with one of those question mark adorned cakes, but with a dinosaur and a rabbit instead
I’m actually seriously considering asking the doctor to announce whether it is a triceratops or a stegosaurus instead of girl or boy.
This has led to a couple of serious discussions about which dinosaur should represent which sex.
Now, what I feel like I missed my chance for, since I am so vocally team green, is the gender reveal of a glass of water (I’m pretty sure I saw that on this board). I would totally have done that if I hadn’t already told everyone I am waiting.
Re: UO 4/12
@kfrob and good night nobody?? did they run out of ideas?
(Wow - I’m going to be a mean mama.)
My UO might be that kids don't actually need toys, or maybe just not as many toys as most kids have. I keep a lot in storage and I'm constantly re-gifting the unopened ones. MIL keeps more toys for DD at her house than we do at our house. She is constantly trying to send toys home with us because she thinks we deprive her. Umm no. She still has an entire play room filled with toys. She's fine. She also thinks we spend too much time playing outside and not enough time watching tv and movies, but that's a whole other thing. (She's actually an amazing MIL, we just have different opinions on raising children)
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
I just got back from a nice walk outside (because you can't have enough time outside in this weather!) and had to stick my arm in the doors while it was closing because Mr. "Nice Guy" wouldn't get on the elevator first when HE WAS RIGHT THERE. GAH!
On second thought, we seem to have a lot or independent, fierce ladies on here so my opinion is probably not that unpopular after all...
@acciocoffee - i am also on the minimal toy boat. If you can't make due with pots, pans, boxes and sticks, you're not trying hard enough kiddo.
Also- are toys rabbits? They multiply on their own in the toybox without human intervention?
+1 for push presents. I side-eye women who expect one or are pissed if it's not something crazy expensive, but if it's done for the right reasons, I think it's super cute.
Re: throwing toys away. DS is obsessed with music and almost everything makes noise. He started turning on every toy at once (while YouTube was playing music on the TV) and I was getting headaches. So I started taking some toys when he hands them to me, switching them off, and saying "Oh no, it's broken! Mommy has to fix it!" and then I'll bring it out again 2-3 months later. That way he only has a couple things at once. Plus then I can rotate the toys instead of constantly buying new ones. It's like new all over again to an 18 month old that hasn't seen it in 3 months!
My UO is I think all kids should be required to be vaccinated. The only exception should be kids with certain health conditions. I don't agree with religious exemptions.
I don’t care for babies with pierced ears. I say wait until you kid can get excited about it. I got mine done at 8 and I was so excited!
I’m totally okay with getting rid of your kids toys, candy and junk. But I think you should either make it disappear when they’re not looking or have them “help you” get rid of it. Also, if you think you have too many toys that you don’t want get rid of, bring some to Grandmas.
My UO is I think push presents are dumb. I mean I gues I agree with the other two ladies, if your SO decides of their own volition with no idea from you to get you a gift then that’s cute. But I think to expect, hint at or even suggest a push present is ridiculous.
Nah, pretty sure it’s a dinosaur. But I’ll love them either way...
Wearing ski/winters caps on the very top of your head so that they're barely serving any purpose drives me nuts and looks dumb. I'm literally surrounded by more people wearing this look than not right now between my office and Portland hipsters. It's just stupid.
Oh, and smacking gum and chewing with your mouth open/talking while chewing is absolutely side-eye worthy and then some. I hope that's not an UO, but it's lost on me how some people have no issues with it or find it acceptable.
(This is all from one guy sitting in front of my right now displaying every one of these things.)
I feel like now companies and hockey teams are just donating $10-50,000 just to get their names on the list so they look like a good company. It's turning into advertising and that makes me sick.
It's sad and of course awful for the families but I'm sure that there are multiple other families and people dealing with similar or worse things and they don't/ didn't get this treatment or funding. Is this the new way of acting in the face of tragedy? What about all the mass murders/ gun voilence that has been happening. They didn't get a 9.8 million dollar go fund me page.
Maybe I'm being insensitive but I just don't understand why this tragedy gets preference and higher media coverage.
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
I don't know much about the overall income status of the town + area, but I hope this can go make scholarships and things for the students in the school and bring in extra counseling support for friends and classmates. That said, it would be nice if homeless shelters and other services received the same donations. It shouldn't take some tragic event for people to want to do good things.
Is this an UO? I thought it was the majority, although maybe I'm just fortunate to be surrounded by people who understand the importance of vaccinating!
I sure do hope the entire community gets to benefit from the donations.
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
Also, big +1 for waiting until a kid is old enough to understand what's happening until you pierce their ears. I'm also a big believer in taking them to a professional piercer. I got my ears pierced at Claire's when was a teenager and it was crazy painful, not to mention they we're crooked and the back kept rubbing against the skin behind my ear and it scabbed up. I had to take them out and let them heal. I had my ears and nose done at a tattoo shop when I was 18 and it was way less painful and I was much happier with the results.
This has led to a couple of serious discussions about which dinosaur should represent which sex.
Now, what I feel like I missed my chance for, since I am so vocally team green, is the gender reveal of a glass of water (I’m pretty sure I saw that on this board). I would totally have done that if I hadn’t already told everyone I am waiting.