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  • modoodlesmodoodles member
    edited February 2020
    I hate when people shorten kids' names or call them something else from the time they are born, unless that is the parents preference. I have a nephew named Elijah and my mom says she doesn't like the name Elijah so she just calls him Eli. It grates on my sister's nerves. And mine.. a lot of thought goes into a baby name, so until the kid has an opinion, why cant we just respect what the parents want? 

    And my inlaws, who I already don't like and have a strained relationship with put something on Facebook about "the newest little peanut." They call my SIL's girls peanut when they talk about them and that annoys me too. Basically everything annoys me these days. 
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  • mrsdrezmrsdrez member
    @stlbuckeye132 That's a good one! I hate being called mama too. However, I'm kind of a hypocrite and have definitely called my friends "mama" when they've been pregnant or have a new baby. But I guess kind of reference to motherhood, like "and how are YOU feeling mama?".. still weird. I should stop. lol. 
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  • stlbuckeye132stlbuckeye132 member
    @modoodles omg if I was your sister I would be correcting your mom every single time. That's so disrespectful! And I feel you on the ILs giving your baby unwanted nicknames. For a span of several months, MIL was calling DD "punky joe." WTAF. It was horrible and made zero sense.

    @mrsdrez not gonna lie, I just cringed reading the "how are you feeling mama" question. :joy: Again, idk why it bugs me so much. I know plenty of people say things that and no one else seems to be bothered by it lol I'm just over here like... 

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  • mrs_sheddymrs_sheddy member
    Somebody mentioned cotton candy grapes. My UO is that I think they are so gross and do not understand the craze. I love grapes, and I love cotton candy but I'm not on board. 
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  • stlbuckeye132stlbuckeye132 member
    @mrs_sheddy I've never tried them, but they don't sound the least bit appealing to me either.
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  • bluguitarhannahbluguitarhannah member
    @mrs_sheddy I love, love me some cotton candy and like grapes.  This trend makes zero sense to me.  Why ruin the texture of the candy melt?
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  • nursejenn5nursejenn5 member
    edited February 2020
    @mrs_sheddy I’m the one the not guiltily loves the cotton candy grapes. To me they don’t taste as potent as cotton candy (I actually hate most cotton candy flavored thingS and don’t really like cotton candy itself) But I have the worst largest sweet tooth and love most anything sweet. So bring on the cotton candy grapes   😂
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  • shaqn0sisshaqn0sis member
    Speaking of food UO's... I HATE WATERMELON and really any type of melon. The mealy texture and the lack of taste are super unfavorable to me. Anytime someone offers me watermelon and I say that I dislike, I get the jaw open/wide-eyed look. "How can you not like it, it doesn't even taste like anything?" 

    I've never had cotton candy grapes, but anything that doesn't taste like an OG green/red grape.. no thanks. lol 
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  • pocketrosepocketrose member
    Joining teams like cotton candy grapes and dislike calling folks mama/being called that (a friend did it right after I got pregnant and I was like...ugh).
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  • stlbuckeye132stlbuckeye132 member
    @shaqn0sis I'm just here to say if you're eating watermelon that tastes like nothing, you're buying the wrong ones! :lol: I can understand not loving the texture though.
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  • shaqn0sisshaqn0sis member
    @stlbuckeye132 I can't say I've ever bought a watermelon on my own, but I have been willing to try it when other people have it and it's all the same to me. Haha what is it supposed to taste like?! 
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  • stlbuckeye132stlbuckeye132 member
    @shaqn0sis like watermelon? haha idk how to describe it other than sweet, but it definitely has a taste! It can be hard to find a good one though - there are a lot of duds.
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  • kristinl492kristinl492 member
    @modoodles ohhh, I so agree with you on that! It’s one thing if a nickname comes about naturally, but to intentionally call the child a different name bc you don’t like it is so rude and selfish. Not your kid, not your call. My best friend wanted to name her second child Ryan, regardless of boy or girl. Ryan Leigh for a girl and Ryan Joseph for a boy. Her MIL said “oh, I’ll just call her Rylee, then. I don’t like Ryan for a girl.” Thank God she had a boy, other wise my friend may have committed murder. 
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  • mehuggmehugg member
    I actually don't know what cotton candy grapes are? When I saw @nursejenn5 's comments in the other thread I just assumed they're extra sweet grapes but now I'm confused
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  • busymom247busymom247 member
    We are team green again (this is baby #2 ). People act so appalled "I could never do that, I'm such a planner!" Etc etc. I know several type A, planner people to who do it I just don't  think it is that big of a deal. I will say I enjoy people finding out and doing cute pictures or reveals too. Both my husband and I were both people who didnt want to find out so it works :-)

    I don't like mint anything.

    - I do like cotton candy grapes...I only see them in the late summer though!

    - I love full names and not nicknames especially if pretty name. Also, do not make up own nickname. My niece is Adelaide but also goes by Lady (announced  before born).  I called her Adelaide. My husband's cousins wife called my son a nickname and we only call him by his full name. If friends later want to call him that cool but we aren't calling him that.
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  • blaf322blaf322 member
    @shaqn0sis what @stlbuckeye132 said... if they taste like nothing, you're not getting the right ones (or, people aren't giving you the right ones. One of my closest friends doesn't like it for the texture and I question our friendship every summer because of it :D Just kidding... more watermelon for me.
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  • stlbuckeye132stlbuckeye132 member
    @busymom247 I was team green with my first, and the "I could never do that, I need to plan" comments drove me crazy. As if I wasn't planning anything and was just waiting to find out if my baby had a penis or vagina and then would buy all of the things. They need the same stuff! *eyeroll*
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  • kristinl492kristinl492 member
    @blaf322 I’m with you there, I’ll take all the watermelon that I can get all summer.

    @busymom247 I see nothing wrong with calling a child by their full name. If they didn’t want that name, they would’ve just named them the nickname. DS is named William, but we specified at birth that he goes by Will. Mostly just to prevent him being called Bill/Billy. Not because we wouldn’t call him William, which we do use frequently. 
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  • mrs_sheddymrs_sheddy member
    @shaqn0sis *GASP* Watermelon is my favorite fruit!   :D
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  • meanjellybeanmeanjellybean member
    @stlbuckeye132 do you feel the same way about "mom"? Like at daycare one of the directors and sometimes the teachers call the parents "mom" or "dad". I don't expect them to learn all the parents names lol. I agree that the overuse of "mama" is annoying, especially among friends and family that clearly know your name lol. I also feel like nurses and other medical professionals will be like "ok, mom, get her undressed" etc. That doesn't bother me at all and in those instances "mom" really is my only relevant identity lol.
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  • stlbuckeye132stlbuckeye132 member
    @meanjellybean no that doesn't bug me. I'm not expecting every nurse at the pediatrician's office to call me by name when I'm not the patient. :lol: but if I had a relationship with you before DD's birth, I am still (insert name here) to you, not "mama." Even if I met you after her birth haha I'm still my own person! I also hate all of the "mama" retail crap. Shirts, water bottles, mugs... why? Ok I'll stop now.
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  • Pascal86Pascal86 member
    I like being called Mama, it makes me feel seen sometimes. Last pregnancy I was out on a run at about 6 months pregnant, and a group of women ran past me from the opposite direction. One of them yelled out, “nice work mama!” And I actually started crying on my run. 😂

    I think I’ll be okay with people giving my kids nicknames once they’re older, but I want to wait until their actual name is well established. My sister very politely asked if she could use a cute nickname for DD2 when she was 7 months old, and I asked her to wait - I think there’s a good chance DD1 might have picked up on it and started using it, which I don’t want before DD2 can even say her own name! I feel like that’s how life long nicknames stick. But once they can respond and decide if they like it, that feels more appropriate. 
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