- Channing Tatum is not hot, or sexy. He is white trash.
- I hate these things.....
- I also cannot stand the huge hype on astrology signs and all that stuff lately. What is with that stuff? I don't know anything about it but I keep seeing it everywhere and everyone is like "It's LEO SEASON!!!" Like....k.
@anniemarie887 just any guy that thinks they are soooooooo hot and sexy makes me want to vomit. Get over yourself! & he is always wearing wife-beater-tanks! Grosses me out lol
@anniemarie887 I also don't love pumpkin spice stuff...except where it belongs...in pumpkin pie But I'm so ready for fall! sweaters and cozy clothes! I just can't wait for reasonable temperatures.
@anniemarie887@ktmaesim I agree- Channing Tatum just looks like another nightclub bouncer that made it into acting somehow. I have no clue what makes him so popular. Plus his eyes are waaaay too close together and he always looks pouty. I hate people that clearly think they have a signature “look” and never genuinely smile. Blech!
@anniemarie887 I honestly like pumpkin spice, but what annoys me about it is that it’s a combo of actual spices- not something that should come precombined in a syrup or a powder. Same for me with curry spice- it’s a blend, people! When it comes preassembled, it’s just gross.
To add something of my own, I don’t like when you never hang with or talk to people ever until a major party is happening in their lives and they can get gifts from you. I mean, we’re all having babies, but I honestly don’t feel comfortable taking baby gifts from my cousin that I never see’s girlfriend and making her come to a shower for me. I’m just getting invites to lots of showers lately for people like this in my life. It’s just weird.
@cpk3535 I totally agree! The friend who is planning our shower gave us a tentative guest list and we trimmed it quite a bit to be sure it is only people we spend time with regularly. Fluffing up the list to get more gifts is not a good look.
@ktmaesim I don't hate those letterboards, but I also don't really understand the appeal. They're useful for small businesses who do vending events and stuff but I have zero need or desire to have one in my home.
I don't know if this opinion is unpopular or not, but I get really upset when people disown their pets when they have a baby. I've seen it happen so often and even now, people make comments to my husband and me about how our pets arent going to get any attention once our baby arrives. Pets are a lifelong commitment! They deserve better. Really the only exception I see is if the pet was aggressive and there was real concern that they may genuinely harm the baby or child. Otherwise, that's your responsibility to continue to care for that pet until the end of his or her life.
@blueskychicago12 I agree with the pets. I tell my husband everyday to get rid of ours but that's because I just get annoyed with the hustle of them and the kids. I could never part with mine. We are a military family so we have family to take ours in the event we go overseas and can't take them. But my husband and I both agree on the lifelong commitment to them too. Full animal shelters make me sad. We have gotten 3 out of our 4 in one.
To add to everyone's Channing Tatum discussion, I agree he is not attractive at all! I hated the hype of magic Mike. 🤢🤢🤢. But I do find Clint Eastwood's son attractive.
I also hated the hype of 50 shades of grey. I never understood the appeal.
Also...totally ready for fall and especially Halloween. My husband and I are dressing up as the original characters from the first Jurassic Park and our two daughters as dinosaurs.
I can get on a soap box about pets and kids. Our pup has been with me much longer than my kid(s) and even DH. She's a grumpy old lady and deserves a good life. We've had to make changes with a kid but that doesn't mean she's neglected at all. In fact, I'm probably overly paranoid. When DS became mobile it was very anxiety provoking for her, which gave me nightmares and panic attacks because I was afraid things would go to a bad place. I kept them separate probably more than necessary but I refuse to be put in a situation where I have to make that choice. DH just ripped the band aid off one day, she was upset for 5 minutes then just learned to move if he was scaring her. He's not allowed to harass her and her beds are her safe spaces. DS is not allowed on dog beds so she always has a place to go to be "safe".
@anniemarie887@ktmaesim I agree- Channing Tatum just looks like another nightclub bouncer that made it into acting somehow. I have no clue what makes him so popular. Plus his eyes are waaaay too close together and he always looks pouty. I hate people that clearly think they have a signature “look” and never genuinely smile. Blech!
Channing Tatums neck is gross and really bothers me.
I don’t hate real “pumpkin spice” but don’t like all the artificial flavored overdone crap. I cook/bake a lot of pumpkin stuff with cinnamon, ginger, etc, all year long.
other than on the internet, I have never know anyone to get rid of a pet when you have a kid. If anything, the kids have made us get more. We had a dog and a cat before them, now they each have their own cat, and we have a rabbit and fish.
@blueskychicago12 YES on the pet thing! My MIL (who has a ton of issues) offered to take our dog for a few months because "He will probably drive Rachel crazy, and I'm not sure she can handle a newborn and a dog at the same time."
FIRST OF ALL, that's insulting, and a backhanded offer. Don't tell me what I can and cannot handle. I'm not a freaking damsel in distress. I'm pretty damn strong if you'd bother to get to know me.
SECOND OF ALL, I do NOT trust the woman who gave away my husband's puppy when he was 8 years old after only owning him for 2 weeks because SHE couldn't handle it.
THIRD OF ALL, the point is to raise baby and dog together, not separate them so we have an even tougher time later when we reunite them.
FINALLY, he is MY furbaby. We are preparing him for the skin puppy. Step off.
Sorry. I have MIL issues, and those kind of comments from her piss me off. The only reason we would ever consider giving him away was if there was a legitimate safety issue. But I don't think we will have to worry about that.
@rjgmcmanus OMG, that is super insulting and, well, just stupid sounding. It sounds like somebody who projects their weakness on to others. Just curtly say, “Thanks but no thanks.” 😛
On the people giving up pets, when we adopted our current doggy, we went through a rescue shelter that had a ton of horrible stories. Some that totally broke my heart- divorces that resulted in some dog being let go and some people even ditched their 14 year old bichon mix who was totally sweet because they were moving. 14 years old!! That’s like cutting ties with your grandma or something! So horrible.
Kids and babies mix perfectly well. You may have to lay down the law with the dog sometimes to protect baby, but whatever, they get it eventually. I actually think my mom skills helped me with dogs.
@cpk3535 That's heartbreaking--actually, that's how we ended up with our first dog as a kid. A family we knew was going through a divorce, and they had this 9-month old dachshund puppy, who we had dog-sat a few times. They offered her to us because "they couldn't keep her" because of the divorce--which to me, just seemed silly, because I'm sure ONE of the parents could've kept her, and they had a 5-year-old little boy who absolutely adored her. But anyway, if we didn't take her, they were going to put her in a shelter. So we took her, and ended up with a great dog for 13 years--and loved her until the end, when her health started failing and it was time to put her down.
Basically, we plan to do the same with our current dog. He was found wandering the street alone at around 6 months old (give or take). We were able to rescue him, and yes, it was tough with him at the beginning, because we really DON'T know his background, but after a few months of training, he turned into an amazing dog who's so sweet and loving and playful and loyal. I can't imagine my life without him now.
Am I nervous about him and baby? A little, but that's normal--I think any new mom is, when it comes to mixing babies and dogs. But am I going to give him up because of baby? No. Not unless there's an actual, legitimate, safety issue and aggression, which just isn't his personality. We're working with him now to prepare him for later, we're bring in our trainer in a few weeks for a refresher course to help us prepare, and I really do think we'll be okay, so we won't even come to that. It'll be an adjustment for sure, and it might even be difficult at times, but we're training him to be around baby, and we're also going to teach our son how to respect the dog when he's old enough to understand. Plus, our dog has such a loving, sweet temperament, I don't think it'll be an issue. We committed to the dog for his lifetime, and we're going to stand by that commitment. It's not fair to him to give him up, even for just a few months as my MIL suggested, just because we're having a kid. We want them to grow up together and love each other--and the only way to do that is to keep them exposed to each other and train each of them how to respect the other. It's not the dog's fault that our lives are getting more complicated--he's a family member, and deserves love and respect. He shouldn't be dropped because of that.
Maybe this should be a FFFC, but my dog has stayed with my parents for a few weeks at least after having dd (she did with ds too, but not as long). In my defense, my dog loved my dad more than me anyway. But with dd I had a csection, so caring for her was a bit hard. She has always woken up twice each night to go to the bathroom, and I was having difficulty sitting up, and DH is the heaviest sleeper on earth, so he was literally no help. She did come to my house to stay for a bit most days, but slept at my parents. She loves to visit them and gets sad when we don’t take her when we go over.
@cpk3535 You hit the nail on the head girlfriend 👀
@rjgmcmanus My parents divorced when I was 18 and my mom moved to an apartment and couldn’t take our lab. My dad pretty much lost his mind and for several months wasn’t home except to sleep. Our dog always went across the street to play with our neighbors goldens and eventually just started staying there permanently. She would run home when my dad pulled in the driveway but always went back to the neighbors to sleep. They treated her like another child and gave her the best life in her last years. But I agree, it’s total bullshit when families split up and neither party wants the pet. People should really have to pass a test to be pet owners.
@holly321 When I was having my bleeding issues during the first trimester all three of our dogs spent a few weeks at my in-laws bc I couldn’t wrangle them and wasn’t supposed to be climbing stairs to let them in and out. It made me feel horrible but they also love to go visit their grandparents. Dh went to visit them after work everyday and on weekends. I think medical issues are a legit reason to have help step in while you recover. Maybe a FFC too 🤷🏼♀️
My friend had to give her dog to her parents because the dog bit her daughter He is an older dog and they just couldn't trust him around her anymore- even though it seemed like it wasn't his fault (she jumped on him while he was sleeping and he nipped at her face). I am sure it was a very difficult decision to make. Thankfully we just have a cat and he has never tried to scratch or be aggressive towards DD even though she is not the most gentle in the world- if he has had enough he just runs away from her.
@Spartanrd4 that’s my biggest fear with ours. Ds is old enough to know what not to do with our dogs and we’ll be working with baby as soon as we’re able/need to but it only takes a second for a bite to occur.
At this point if our ds were bitten by our dogs it would be his fault bc he’s old enough to know proper interaction. We would not get rid of the dog in that case. What really scares me is if one of our dogs were to do more than nip at one of us or anyone else to need stitches the hospital is required to file a report.
In our state they quarantine the dog for X amount of days to deem it safe before releasing them. Our male is anti stranger and would likely be deemed unfit and that would devastate us. He’s the only one of our dogs that gives me anxiety about being around the baby.
@holly321@k_mama91@Spartanrd4 See, all those reasons make sense to me -- recovering from a surgery and needing help for a few weeks, an unstable home, a child in danger -- those are all good reasons, and I sympathize with and understand them. My anger comes in when people give up on their animals completely without even trying, and when there's just NOT a good reason, and that the only reason is because of convenience for the human. That's not fair.
@rjgmcmanus Totally agree. Mine are little shits, they stampede thru my house like bulls in a china shop, they drool on ev-er-y-thing, and no piece of furniture is off limits but I could never give them up. Thinking about that makes me so sad. Like they would be confused and wonder why their family doesn’t like them anymore 😢 now I’m crying.
Agreed! I was referring to people who treat their pets as disposable; like it might no longer be entirely convenient so we are just going to kick them to the curb and put them on Craiglist or something. Needing help sometimes is totally different and I do also realize sometimes divorce or financial difficulties cause people to have to make very tough choices that they don't want to make.
Ok here’s a totally dumb UO...I am trashy and I *hate* dark chocolate. That is NOT a treat!!! Might as well be eating coffee grounds. Give me milk chocolate (preferably with caramel or peanut butter in the mix) or don’t bother.
skipping the tagging - but the giving up of pets things breaks my heart. my white puli is a rescue, she had like 4 homes before we got her and it definitely affected her. it would have to be something really really major for me to part with a pet. when i was a kid my cat bit my nose (no perm damage, but i did bleed) - i think i was 5 (i don't remember this incident) but you know what happened? i had pulled her tail, it was my fault. i'm not saying it's always that way, or the solution for everything, but my parents taught me that wasn't nice and that's the only way the cat could act b/c she couldn't use words. anyway... i'm now getting long winded.
@k_mama91 I’m also a dark chocolate fan- milk chocolate usually bugs my stomach, too. I started eating it because it had less soy in it and it helped me keep my hormones in check a little better!
@midgerose86 I agree I hate dark chocolate- I also don't really like coffee unless it has a ton of sugar and creamer in it! I just don't find the taste of bitter appetizing at all!
@Spartanrd4 actually, the fact that you id’d bitter as unappetizing probably has something to do with your dosha type (getting hippy-dippy on you, haha 😆). Your body probably doesn’t want the bitter stuff for health and processing reasons. Eastern medicine principles 😊👍
@spartanrd4 I can’t stand dark chocolate and I’ve never had coffee before. I had a sip once years ago and thought it was disgusting and never tried again.
my UO is that I don’t even like pets. I’m so glad we don’t have any! 😬🤪😢 (don’t hate me guys!) I do love going to my family and friends’ houses tho to see my little buddies there. My friends just got this puppy and I almost cried he was so cute...
@ktmaesim i won't hate you... but i will wonder if you were dropped on your head as a child? (i have a couple of friends who are not pet people either, and my dogs are always GLUED to them when they come over.)
Re: UO Thurs 8/22
- Channing Tatum is not hot, or sexy. He is white trash.
- I hate these things.....
- I also cannot stand the huge hype on astrology signs and all that stuff lately. What is with that stuff? I don't know anything about it but I keep seeing it everywhere and everyone is like "It's LEO SEASON!!!" Like....k.
Married 1/28/17
TW:
BFP #2 10/10/17, MC 11/4/17
BFP #3 12/17/17 Birth 8/13/18
BFP #4 4/21/19 Birth 12/5/2019
@anniemarie887 I honestly like pumpkin spice, but what annoys me about it is that it’s a combo of actual spices- not something that should come precombined in a syrup or a powder. Same for me with curry spice- it’s a blend, people! When it comes preassembled, it’s just gross.
To add something of my own, I don’t like when you never hang with or talk to people ever until a major party is happening in their lives and they can get gifts from you. I mean, we’re all having babies, but I honestly don’t feel comfortable taking baby gifts from my cousin that I never see’s girlfriend and making her come to a shower for me. I’m just getting invites to lots of showers lately for people like this in my life. It’s just weird.
To add to everyone's Channing Tatum discussion, I agree he is not attractive at all! I hated the hype of magic Mike. 🤢🤢🤢. But I do find Clint Eastwood's son attractive.
I also hated the hype of 50 shades of grey. I never understood the appeal.
Also...totally ready for fall and especially Halloween. My husband and I are dressing up as the original characters from the first Jurassic Park and our two daughters as dinosaurs.
Married 1/28/17
TW:
BFP #2 10/10/17, MC 11/4/17
BFP #3 12/17/17 Birth 8/13/18
BFP #4 4/21/19 Birth 12/5/2019
I couldn't pick Channing Tatum out of a lineup 🙈
I don’t hate real “pumpkin spice” but don’t like all the artificial flavored overdone crap. I cook/bake a lot of pumpkin stuff with cinnamon, ginger, etc, all year long.
other than on the internet, I have never know anyone to get rid of a pet when you have a kid. If anything, the kids have made us get more. We had a dog and a cat before them, now they each have their own cat, and we have a rabbit and fish.
FIRST OF ALL, that's insulting, and a backhanded offer. Don't tell me what I can and cannot handle. I'm not a freaking damsel in distress. I'm pretty damn strong if you'd bother to get to know me.
SECOND OF ALL, I do NOT trust the woman who gave away my husband's puppy when he was 8 years old after only owning him for 2 weeks because SHE couldn't handle it.
THIRD OF ALL, the point is to raise baby and dog together, not separate them so we have an even tougher time later when we reunite them.
FINALLY, he is MY furbaby. We are preparing him for the skin puppy. Step off.
Sorry. I have MIL issues, and those kind of comments from her piss me off. The only reason we would ever consider giving him away was if there was a legitimate safety issue. But I don't think we will have to worry about that.
On the people giving up pets, when we adopted our current doggy, we went through a rescue shelter that had a ton of horrible stories. Some that totally broke my heart- divorces that resulted in some dog being let go and some people even ditched their 14 year old bichon mix who was totally sweet because they were moving. 14 years old!! That’s like cutting ties with your grandma or something! So horrible.
Kids and babies mix perfectly well. You may have to lay down the law with the dog sometimes to protect baby, but whatever, they get it eventually. I actually think my mom skills helped me with dogs.
Basically, we plan to do the same with our current dog. He was found wandering the street alone at around 6 months old (give or take). We were able to rescue him, and yes, it was tough with him at the beginning, because we really DON'T know his background, but after a few months of training, he turned into an amazing dog who's so sweet and loving and playful and loyal. I can't imagine my life without him now.
Am I nervous about him and baby? A little, but that's normal--I think any new mom is, when it comes to mixing babies and dogs. But am I going to give him up because of baby? No. Not unless there's an actual, legitimate, safety issue and aggression, which just isn't his personality. We're working with him now to prepare him for later, we're bring in our trainer in a few weeks for a refresher course to help us prepare, and I really do think we'll be okay, so we won't even come to that. It'll be an adjustment for sure, and it might even be difficult at times, but we're training him to be around baby, and we're also going to teach our son how to respect the dog when he's old enough to understand. Plus, our dog has such a loving, sweet temperament, I don't think it'll be an issue. We committed to the dog for his lifetime, and we're going to stand by that commitment. It's not fair to him to give him up, even for just a few months as my MIL suggested, just because we're having a kid. We want them to grow up together and love each other--and the only way to do that is to keep them exposed to each other and train each of them how to respect the other. It's not the dog's fault that our lives are getting more complicated--he's a family member, and deserves love and respect. He shouldn't be dropped because of that.
End soapbox rant.
@rjgmcmanus My parents divorced when I was 18 and my mom moved to an apartment and couldn’t take our lab. My dad pretty much lost his mind and for several months wasn’t home except to sleep. Our dog always went across the street to play with our neighbors goldens and eventually just started staying there permanently. She would run home when my dad pulled in the driveway but always went back to the neighbors to sleep. They treated her like another child and gave her the best life in her last years. But I agree, it’s total bullshit when families split up and neither party wants the pet. People should really have to pass a test to be pet owners.
@holly321 When I was having my bleeding issues during the first trimester all three of our dogs spent a few weeks at my in-laws bc I couldn’t wrangle them and wasn’t supposed to be climbing stairs to let them in and out. It made me feel horrible but they also love to go visit their grandparents. Dh went to visit them after work everyday and on weekends. I think medical issues are a legit reason to have help step in while you recover. Maybe a FFC too 🤷🏼♀️
At this point if our ds were bitten by our dogs it would be his fault bc he’s old enough to know proper interaction. We would not get rid of the dog in that case. What really scares me is if one of our dogs were to do more than nip at one of us or anyone else to need stitches the hospital is required to file a report.
In our state they quarantine the dog for X amount of days to deem it safe before releasing them. Our male is anti stranger and would likely be deemed unfit and that would devastate us. He’s the only one of our dogs that gives me anxiety about being around the baby.