TwatWaffle Tuesday 6.30

Re: TwatWaffle Tuesday 6.30

• bserena member

  June 2020

  I've got one! So... my professor. Everything is online currently because of COVID. I am taking Bio 1 right now, a month long class from like June 2nd to July 5th. Professor made us sign up for the online version of our book which has quizzes and interactive assignments... it cost like $130. That's fine, about what I usually pay. 
  
  Then he decides we need to sign up for another site that has some virtual labs. It is another $90 but has a two week trial so I figure I can get it all done in two weeks. Well, he doesn't release the last two labs, even after I have emailed and asked, until my trial expires. THEN sends an email to everyone saying "sorry, didn't know you would have to pay, but they are all there now"... TOO LATE. 
  
  So, I email and ask if there is anything else I can do to save that $100 bucks... nope. I HAVE to buy it he says. So I do... 
  
  Yesterday sends out an email telling everyone not to worry, he isn't going to count the last two labs so we can save our money... AFTER I BOUGHT IT. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
  
  Okay, rant over. Just so effing annoying.

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• laurenmicheley member

  June 2020

  My mom texted me to tell me that I HAVE to sell my apartment, right away, because Deblassio is ruining NYC and "it is going to the dogs." My mom doesn't even live in NYC, and literally knows nothing about what it's like here aside from what she sees on her news (which is soooooo biased). The only reason why we are even entertaining leaving the city is that the housing prices are outrageous and we won't likely be able to afford what we want in a new home. We love living in the city and the prospect of leaving makes both of us really sad. I'm not leaving it because of political posturing - nobody liked our mayor, on both sides of the aisle, for years now. I don't agree with my mother's politics and am certainly not going to move because she says so.

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• bserena member

  June 2020

  @laurenmicheley oh man, I can relate! So frustrating. We are looking at homes right now and saw one we really like last night. I sent it to my mom and said "we really loved this house/area" and she responds "Ok. You should keep looking though." 
  

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• laurenmicheley member

  June 2020

  @bserena I'm not trying to jump the gun on this. All I need is to be closing on a sale and purchase and packing while 9 months pregnant. If we find the right place, we'll do it - but our intention is to wait until baby comes so we can adjust and then start seriously looking.
  

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• babywiik member

  June 2020

  @bserena your professor sounds really annoying! He should have had everything you would need for the course figured out before the course started rather than making stuff up as you go along. That really stinks that you ended up paying for the course and then he changes his mind!

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• jaclyn0405 member

  June 2020

  Ugh @bserena that is ridiculous! And there you are trying NOT to procrastinate and you somehow get screwed.  Sorry love!
  
  And @laurenmicheley it was SO hard for me to leave living in the city and I still miss it.  So I totally agree that politics aside, you just need to take your time and make the best decision for your family!
  

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• kelk5 member

  June 2020

  @bserenathat sucks and I can't believe that professor wasn't prepared or at least when he added it didn't research the cost. Have you emailed the company to see if they will give you a refund? 

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• kelk5 member

  June 2020

  My twatwaffle is the bump app. I couldn't love things or comment for over a week. Annoying. 
  

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• BabyL52716 member

  June 2020

  @kelk5 Yess!! 
  I had the same issue. This app really does stink. 

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• crizz13 member

  July 2020

  +1 for HATING TB app....and it's been this difficult for me for years. If it weren't for the great groups of ladies I've gotten to know who originated from here, I would never click that icon again. 

  
  
  
  

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• surlyjaneausten member

  July 2020

  Not Tuesday anymore but I’m doing twatwaffle Thursday. Yesterday I took DS to a one on one  swimming lesson. I was sitting and watching with my mask on (as is mandated by my state) and the supervisor of the place was talking with a mom who was leaving about how they’re anti mask and it’s so stupid to wear them. I pretended I wasn’t hearing them. Then the supervisor came over to me and said if I wanted I could watch his lesson from a window so I didn’t have to wear my mask. She said she would never ask a pregnant woman to wear one because of all the harm it will do to my health. I was like “no thanks, my doctor wants me to wear one.” These twatwaffles were spewing a whole lot of nonsense, but the unsolicited health advice was what really annoyed me 😠. 

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• babywiik member

  July 2020 edited July 2020

  Ok, maybe I'm dense for asking but what kind of health problems would come from wearing a mask? Seems a lot safer than walking around mask free with others who obviously don't think corona is a big deal and most likely don't take any precautions, hence the reason masks are mandated in some areas and health professionals highly recommend! 

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• auburnvelvet86 member

  July 2020

  @surlyjaneausten Wait, the harm that wearing the mask will do?? Um, what. People are all going crazy about this stuff. It's just a mask for heavens sake, not a form of torture. 
  
  For me, my twatwaffle has just been the sheer number of people talking about their "natural" births recently. Being pregnant of course invites people to generally overshare and tell me random things about their own pregnancies and births, but this particular aspect of people's sharing has really started to get under my skin! The person has no idea what someone else's birth story may be and that term is so unnecessary. All births are natural! They happen in different ways, but the mom is still doing an incredible thing regardless of the methods needed. Not sure why this has been so triggering lately but it's just coming off as smug and judgemental so often even if the person probably isn't even thinking about it that way. No other medical event has the number of judgements attached to it as birth. No one would ever talk about their "natural" kidney stone situation. Why the heck is it anyone's business if you used pain medication or not?? It's a really weird thing when you think about it, that people feel the need to ask (or brag) about really private and personal medical choices. Ugh. Ok, rant over.

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• surlyjaneausten member

  July 2020

  I feel like wearing a mask is the least I can do to help protect myself and others. Soo not a big deal. 

  @auburnvelvet86 I agree, and I wonder how much of it comes from not wanting to say “vaginal” lol. I’ve called my c section “unnatural” just to point out how silly it sounds. 

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• laurenmicheley member

  July 2020

  @surlyjaneausten
  I literally had my oxygen assessed yesterday (as part of a check-up with the pulmonologist) WITH my mask on and had 100% saturation. People are so ridiculous, it's insane!

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