UO 8/23

cjx95 · August 2018

Any opinions you've been holding back on??? I say set them free (;

knottieamusements · August 2018

Dress shoes suck. Flip flops should be allowed year round.

cagncoo12 · August 2018

Agreed. I've been wearing flip flops all summer... not even nice ones, like $1 old navy flip flops. Thankfully my boss doesn't care.

jengibre_zorro · August 2018

I'm debating not letting my mom see the baby unless she gets a flu shot (spoiler: she won't). It's not even because i feel really strongly about this topic (although she does work in a hospital so is exposed to lots of germs), It's more that i just get sick of her holier-than-thou, righteous attitude. She goes all in on stuff with very little concrete knowledge (veganism, all-meat diets, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, anti-vaxx, coconut oil is life, etc) and then shoves it in my face, and i just want to stick it to her somehow.

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My hormones are out of control, guys.

krzyriver · August 2018

@jengibre_zorro Even if you don't feel strongly about it, I would make her. The flu was BAD last year. Better safe than sorry.

jynjer4 · August 2018

@knottieamusements agreed on the flip flops 1,000%! I’d rather go barefoot tbh but people tend to frown on that.

dellusion · August 2018

pants are overrated

nugget2ehf · August 2018

I'm starting to think that murder is okay when it comes to husbands who tell their pregnant wives they've "had a long week already" when they most definitely have not...

sammierose464 · August 2018

I have been living in my flip flops all summer, even at work. Once I started getting marks on my feet from my sperry's, it was flip flop time. I will live in them till snow falls.

knottieamusements · August 2018

@jengibre_zorro - I checked to see if my parents were doing their TDaP and flu shots yesterday. Mom has a longstanding personal aversion to flu shots even though my Dad and I both get them every year. (Not sure why- she’s not anti-vaxx by any stretch of the imagination.)

This was the conversation:

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ETA - I’m guessing this is as good as Facebook...

jandmnumber1 · August 2018

It’s not that I’m against the flu shot but I am unable to get it due to allergies. I haven’t had the flu shot in over 6 years now and a couple other vaccines. I was fully vaccinated as a child
but as I got older I developed an allergy to eggs and due to that I cannot get most shots now.

cjx95 · August 2018

@knottieamusements that's awesome!
Probable UO here but I never get my flu shot and no one in my household does either. I got the Tdap yesterday at my appointment but I wasnt planning on getting the flu shot or asking anyone to because I'd feel hypocritical.

jynjer4 · August 2018

@mamabearcj Same here. I don’t think I’ve ever had a flu shot in my life...at least not that I can remember!

chyvie · August 2018

+1 for never getting the flu shot and never getting the flu. **knock on wood**

chyvie · August 2018

@knottieamusements omg that is the best text! Tell her she is the best grandma!

nasalot188 · August 2018

Yep I never get the flu shot either (im very pro vax just to be clear

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SweetSweetTooth · August 2018

I hate flip flops **except** FitFlops, for some reason my two pairs I have owned over the years are the only comfortable ones and the ONLY shoe where I don't mind something between my toes.

cjx95 · August 2018

And here I thought I'd get some backlash! ❤

Oh @jynjer91 I totally go barefoot frequently where I can. Putting on shoes that aren't slip ons is almost impossible now

sammierose464 · August 2018

I can't do cheapo flip flops (like ON $1 ones). They have to have support to them. Right now I have a nice pair of clarks, or I'll do Nike ones

cjx95 · August 2018

I've always wanted a pair of berks but can't bring myself to buy them...

krzyriver · August 2018

I never got the flu shot until I started working around babies and the elderly. Then I realized it was not fair of me to put them at risk when their immune systems are weaker than mine just because I always thought it was a silly shot to get. Now I get it every year because of my kids and I'm around my grandmother more. Personal opinion, but it's something and if it *might* help, it's worth it to me because I love these people and value their health.

HoosOnFirst · August 2018

mamabearcj said:

I've always wanted a pair of berks but can't bring myself to buy them...

Get the white mountain brand as a good alternate! Much cheaper and good quality, I love mine.

cjx95 · August 2018

HoosOnFirst said:

mamabearcj said:

I've always wanted a pair of berks but can't bring myself to buy them...

Get the white mountain brand as a good alternate! Much cheaper and good quality, I love mine.

I will look into this!!

HoosOnFirst · August 2018

^^ if you have a famous footwear store that’s where I got them. Like $35/pair instead of 100.

Speaking of shoes, has anyone tried Rothys?

missmaehurt · August 2018

DD and I got influenza a last year and it was no joke. She had her flu shot so it only lasted a couple of days for her. I was out of work for a whole week and symptoms started before that. That was the most miserable I had been in a really long time. I will definitely be making sure to get it and anyone that will be around the twins will have it. My aunt can’t get it due to an allergy to the shot, but she was fine waiting longer to meet DD and will be fine this time around. My mom lied to me and said she got the TDAP last time and she didn’t, so she will have to show proof that she got it this time or no visits from her either.

sliztee · August 2018

OMG your mom lied?! How did you find out? WTF!!! @missmaehurt

spartan4life · August 2018

@knottieamusements I don’t think flip flops are a UO

...I would live in them if I didn’t work in a lab setting where closed toed shoes are not optional.

I never used to get my flu shot until I started working in the hospital, and it’s mandatory for all employees. DH never gets his but i think he is planning on it this year because of the baby. I don’t think I will require people to have it, but I will require them to have the tdap shot

knottieamusements · August 2018

Honestly, I get the flu shot because my employer makes it ridiculously easy to do. I work in an office environment and, prior to having a baby, I never spent any time around at risk people.

Dad gets one because he used to work in a hospital, and that is just part of his process.

jwebbbber45678 · August 2018

I moved to a city with outrageous rental prices for the purpose of wearing year round flip flops!

I usually don't do a flu shot but this year I'm getting one for me and my 3 year old son. Last year was crazy deadly and I know that it won't be a guarantee that it covers the stain that is most prevalent but it's still supposed to lessen symptoms if you get it.

sammierose464 · August 2018

My work also makes it super easy to get. They will have a clinic in a few weeks and I'll get it then.

rabtaido1214 · August 2018

I forgot to ask at my appointment today when she recommends I get the flu shot. Has anyone asked yet? I’ve only every gotten it mid- October when my work does them so I don’t even know if it’s possible to get it before the baby is born.

cjx95 · August 2018

I cant help but roll my eyes at people who share those ridiculous posts on Facebook about drugs people are putting in kids candy at Halloween or passing out at school.. do people honestly think drug dealers are just making up batches of ecstasy and giving that shit away to children for FREE!? Come on...
Also cant stand when people share missing person posts that aren't from a police department or news page. If it doesn't have a date, or department number to call if you see that person then dont share it. You dont know how old the post is, if the person Sharing it is actually the parents or family member or some stalker, if the person is actually missing still or at all, etc.. my aunt shares these all the damn time and it's usually a couple months to years old post, the person was found, and it's literally across the country from any and everyone on her fb...

cagncoo12 · August 2018

@rabtaido1214 I asked last week and my doctor said they should have the flu shot in the office in the next few weeks, she said plan to get it mid- late Sept.

HoosOnFirst · August 2018

My pedis office said same thing - mid-Sept the shot will be out so I’ll have dd get hers by late sept. My ob can do mine at their office. Dh will have to go to his doc or a minute clinic.

rabtaido1214 · August 2018

Thanks @cagncoo12 and @HoosOnFirst

knottieamusements · August 2018

@mamabearcj - My aunt used to share these chain emails about women getting kidnapped in parking lots. (Do those even still go around?)

I got tired of them and finally looked one up on Snopes and sent her the link. I never got another one. I’m pretty sure she just deleted me off the recipient list and kept sending them though....

missmaehurt · August 2018

@sliztee She later told us that she never got it because she “didn’t have time.” I yelled at her that she could have killed her had she been a carrier and not known. This time I will be getting a receipt or something that shows she got it.

KFrob · August 2018

@mamabearcj and @knottieamusements This stuff is part of the reason I got rid of my facebook. My mom used to send my those terribly annoying chain emails and inspirational crap that I could just delete. But now that her and everyone else is on facebook I can't just delete it and I was forced to see the garbage. That and I was tired of getting sucked into stalking DH's ex...... for my mental health it had to go

cjx95 · August 2018

@KFrob I'm about to do a huge clear out of my facebook "friends" I think next week. I do it a lot but with the babies coming there are people I dont need seeing that part of my life. Stuff like the annoying chains in my timeline if it's someone I plan to keep on fb (like my aunt) I'll just unfollow them so I dont have to see their stupid posts but she can still see pictures of the babies. But I definitely dont blame you for deleting it. I got rid of all social media for a little over a month or two and only came back to announce we were pregnant and kept it from there..

cdepperschmidt · August 2018

@mamabearcj Yes!!!! I’m also so over people posting screen shots without varifying the facts!!!! STOP!!! I’ve started reporting posts that are false. Also, it pisses me off when you show someone their post is fake and they ARGUE with you!

cjx95 · August 2018

@cdepperschmidt at that point they gotta go lol

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