UO 7/19

meggyme · July 2018

Tell me your unpopular opinions.

meggyme · July 2018

I don't understand the appeal of dystopian shows and movies, like The Handmaid's Tale and Fahrenheit 451. I get it, they're relevant to what's happening IRL, but real life is enough of a dystopia right now, I don't need the additional stress from a TV show or movie.

purpleteacher82 · July 2018

@meggyme Handmaid’s Tale is so good though! I agree that reality is edging closer and closer to those shows though!

My UO is that men shouldn’t wear tank tops. I’m not sure when this became a thing again, but I think it looks ridiculous.

dtspmama · July 2018

purpleteacher82 said:

@meggyme Handmaid’s Tale is so good though! I agree that reality is edging closer and closer to those shows though!

My UO is that men shouldn’t wear tank tops. I’m not sure when this became a thing again, but I think it looks ridiculous.

THIS. I don't know why it bothers me so much, but men in tank tops are the most ridiculous and awful "fashion" thing I can imagine. Even on attractive men they're gross!

purpleteacher82 · July 2018

@dtspmama Thank you!!!! I’m glad I’m not the only one!

meggyme · July 2018

Maternity jumpsuits and overalls are the dumbest idea ever. With how often I have to pee, it's ridiculous to have to get completely naked in order to do so. I also don't understand the need for maternity underwear.

lelkcot · July 2018

@meggyme YES!

I think my uo is that jumpsuits are ridiculous, I do not want to have to strip completely every time I need to pee!

maggiemadeit · July 2018

I agree with the tank tops, and I will add that I do not care for the new short length of men’s shorts that are in style. A man’s upper thigh is less than attractive, and nobody wants to see that! What happened to men wearing knee-length shorts?

ETA: I sound like my grandmother! “In my day, men wore pants” lol

pipsqueak624 · July 2018

@maggiemadeit My husband has these basketball shorts that he wears that literally come to within 3 inches of his ankles. It drives me nuts, I think he looks ridiculous in them and I askhim all the time why he doesnt just wear pants then.

meggyme · July 2018

@maggiemadeit yes! DH has been all over the shorter shorts trend. He'll ask my opinion on ones he wants to buy and I always tell him they're too short. He says "they're supposed to be that way. They're trendy!" Yeah, well so were hammer pants.

dtspmama · July 2018

maggiemadeit said:

ETA: I sound like my grandmother! “In my day, men wore pants” lol

*snort* This made me LOL!

maggiemadeit · July 2018

Lol, do you think this is why men get married? So they can ignore sound fashion advice?

dtspmama · July 2018

One of my husband's favorite phrases is "YOU get to wear jean shorts! WHY CAN'T I WEAR JEAN SHORTS?!"

*face palm*

bdesterhouse · July 2018

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Are we talking like this kind of tank top?! Because I find my husband dead sexy when he wears tanks like this... anything with a smaller part above the shoulders is not attractive, but this style is oh so wonderful to me.

southerngirlinwi · July 2018

@bdesterhouse I have to agree. My DH doesn't wear a lot of tank tops, but I'm all for them when he does.

fillyjonk · July 2018

UO: I don’t actually mind cargo shorts on men.

Agree on the short shorts and tank tops. blech. Especially on very hairy dudes.

mschanandlerbong1214 · July 2018

On the some trend - guys in sandals are grrrrooooossssssss.

dtspmama · July 2018

@bdesterhouse MY EYES! MY EYES!

southerngirlinwi · July 2018

My UO is that I don't like pizza. It's generally so greasy and just sits like a rock in my stomach. I'll eat it, but begrudgingly.

bdesterhouse · July 2018

southerngirlinwi said:

My UO is that I don't like pizza. It's generally so greasy and just sits like a rock in my stomach. I'll eat it, but begrudgingly.

I love pizza except for when I'm pregnant. The babes don't care for it and it gives me heart burn.

lovesclimbing · July 2018

I just can't do big dramatic shows. I have absolutely no desire to ever watch stuff like Game of Thrones and Handmaid's Tale. I watched Scandal for awhile, and it just got too disturbing. I wasn't planning for this to be my UO, but I guess it will be. I feel like shows like that are just gratuitous. They try to push the envelope and are just doing the crazy violence and torture and sexualized violence for shock value and to get people to talk about it. (They're succeeding!) I don't understand why that type of stuff needs to be on screen.

mill1020 · July 2018

They never should have stopped selling boneless wings at Burger King. Or pitas at Wendy’s. What is the matter with the people running fast food restaurants? Do they have no regard for pregnant people?

JLaVO888 · July 2018

@southerngirlinwi I am not a pizza fan either l! And I think I remember you also loving beer! I think we are food soul mates!

My UO- I love my MIL and love spending time with her.

fillyjonk · July 2018

Another, because this shit keeps going viral: stories of employers donating stuff like cars or other employees donating vacation time for maternity leave or money for medical bills or whatever to people are not feel good heartwarming stories. They are a sign of a sick society and meant to distract from the fact that we don’t have public goods like public transportation or paid family leave or daycare or healthcare despite the tremendous wealth made possible only by the underpaid efforts of all the people that struggle to survive without a societal agreement that such things are worthy of societal resources.

lovesclimbing · July 2018

JLaVO888 said:

>snip<

My UO- I love my MIL and love spending time with her.

+1! My MIL is wonderful.

mschanandlerbong1214 · July 2018

lovesclimbing said:

JLaVO888 said:

>snip<

My UO- I love my MIL and love spending time with her.

+1! My MIL is wonderful.

Freaks.

But seriously im jealous. My MIL isn’t a super nice person, even to DH.

navete · July 2018

@mschanandlerbong1214 LMao you just outed my thoughts

Kudos to you ladies that have a good relationship with your MIL. I always thought I’d be in that camp and was very judgmental of women who complained about their in-laws...until I got married

JLaVO888 · July 2018

My step mother in law is a different story.... but hey, one bad and one good works for me!

eggsandwich2019 · July 2018

@fillyjonk I am 100%with you, those stories make me heartsick. I am also with all of you who can’t watch dystopian tv shows, my ideal shows are Murder She Wrote and Poirot, I have had the television tastes of someone’s grandma since I was a teen. Give me a cozy murder any day of the week!

meggyme · July 2018

@eggsandwich2019 I loled at "cozy murder". Sounds like tucking someone into a blanket before stabbing them.

@fillyjonk I agree, there are so many things that get spun in a way that people think "we are taking care of our own by giving this one person a car or reuniting this one family." that it glosses over the actual source of the problem in the first place.

And +1 to liking my MIL. Sometimes I like her more than my own mom, but maybe that's a FFFC.

catlady2015 · July 2018

@meggyme - i love my MIL. She's been more of a mom to me than my own mom. if that's a FFFC, right there with you!

maggiemadeit · July 2018

@meggyme @catlady2015 I am right there with you ladies. I love my mom, but my MIL is a really special person and I love her dearly.

lelkcot · July 2018

+1 on loving my MIL - she is so sweet and has always been welcoming and loving. I'm lucky! But I guess my step-mother balances her out... She's boarding on fairy-tale step-mom material.

applesandbananas23 · July 2018

I also love my MIL and it is much easier for me to spend a week with her than with my mom.

Also, I just can't be bothered to shave. An electric trimmer? Sure, but I haven't actually shaved in a very long time. It feels like a waste of time and money and my skin doesn't like it. Same for waxing.

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