Post by emilyinchile on Jan 24, 2013 17:31:10 GMT -5
I don't get why there are so many "would you eat this?" posts. I know what I'd eat. It may not agree with FDA guidelines or the opinions of everyone on the internet, but I know my thresholds for things and don't need to ask other people. What did these people do before MM?
I have to run now, but I don't think this is so flameful I'll be accused of running from the flames. I've just been wondering, and this seemed as good a place as any to put it.
Mx, I think people would go for that. It'd be better than a lot of the crap that gets posted over there, like measuring your suitcase!
Gah, yes that post was a bit painful. I was trying so hard to be nice.
Maybe I will still do it if I have time. I just don't want to be AW-y like "look at my awesome packing job that is totally not applicable to your needs!"
I also think it would be interesting. I like photo stories even if they're not relevant to my life (and I travel enough for work that yours might be relevant).
When I was in HS I told a girl her boyfriend was a gigolo. I lied and said a mutual friend had told me. She believed me, had a huge fight with him and broke up, and confronted the other girl. Other girl even got in trouble with her parents. They were both such mean girls I felt justified at the time. But, I still occasionally feel guilty about it.
This surprises me about you! I have the impression that you are such a sweet person.
I judge people who are careless in their typing, especially if their jobs are heavily reliant on the written word. For example, people who leave out the word "not" in a sentence like "i do not think that is true." There is a big difference in meaning between sentences with and without qualifiers like that.
I see this regularly on here and at work. It bothers me every time.
I also think it's crappy to be rude to people simply because they're better off than you in some way. First of all, it's just petty. We all get jealous, but acting out because of it is stupid. Second, chances are you're better off in another way.
I'm far from a puppies-and-rainbows advocate, but that shit pisses me off.
As a jam band fan I need to know who it is. If it's Trey Anastasio I am officially jealous and wish I could take your place.
Yes, it is Trey. We listened to his new stuff over the weekend and I was shocked at how mainstream it sounded.
There was a post not too long ago about best albums start to finish and I asked him about the NYE Phish show you mentioned - I believe the word "epic" was used. He laughed and went into a long explanation about it.
Have you made the pilgrimage to Burlington?
I have actually not heard anything off of Traveler but that wouldn't surprise me. Generally I think the band as a whole is better than the sum of its parts, but I still would love to see TAB sometime. I am kind of lame on weeknights myself though so I don't blame you.
I love that you asked your H about that show! It's a good one. If you get a chance, there is a cover of the Who song "Sea and Sand" from that show that is just haunting, I could listen over and over.
Nope, sadly I haven't been. Someday! I'm in Atlanta so I rarely have an excuse to travel to the northeast. However, I am going to try to attend as many summer 2014 shows as possible to make up for the fact that I may not catch any at all in 2013, so I may just make it then.
Anyway, hope you enjoy yourself tonight despite the late evening. At least it's almost the weekend and you can catch up on sleep! I would love to know how it goes.
What's ironic about mustaches? Ugly sweaters, I get, but not the mustaches.
I mean ironic in the hipsters-doing-things-to-be-ironic way. We're-all-going-to-grow-70s-pornstashes-to-be-funny fits that for me?
I also think it's crappy to be rude to people simply because they're better off than you in some way. First of all, it's just petty. We all get jealous, but acting out because of it is stupid. Second, chances are you're better off in another way.
I'm far from a puppies-and-rainbows advocate, but that shit pisses me off.
I agree with this (although I think that some people are just generally better off than others so I don't know that I think that if someone is jealous of someone else, chances are it all evens out.)... but at any rate, I would be interested in knowing if there's a reason it is currently on your mind?
Post by liveintheville on Jan 24, 2013 17:55:25 GMT -5
I am sitting here agonizing over which school to choose for Kid 1. I want to slap myself for being ridiculous and over thinking it. But I can't stop. It's not like where you go K-8 is a life altering experience. I think there's something wrong with me. Feel free to flame.
I do not understand why someone would want to post play by plays of themselves in the delivery room on facebook. A not insignificant number of my facebook friends do this.
Here I am in my hospital gown. Here's my ID bracelet in the hospital. Here's the tub where I'll do water squats. Here's me in labor. Here's me without makeup exhausted after a 20 hour labor.
I do not need to see 80 photos of you in a hospital gown and your still-bloody baby. Granted I'm a non-breeder but plenty of my friends who are mothers are equally horrified at the prospect of the internet-world seeing them in such a private state.
ITA. So many people tweet it now too, it's completely ridiculous. And this is coming from someone who has done it three times. It's exciting and scary and extremely exhilarating. But ONLY FOR YOU (and maybe your H, lol). No one else really cares about your L and D experience
My flameful: I think I'm becoming addicted to Tylenol PM. My favorite part of the day is fast becoming the one where I lie in bed at night and wait for it to kick in. It's bliss, lol. It's slightly concerning to me but I think I'll wait to ditch them until after the baby is STTN consistently.
This is actually how I ended up getting ambien. That stuff is not good for you for daily use. Or at least try just regular benedryl? Not that I don't take the occasional one if I am out of ambien.
I'm so over the IF contests people have. Not here more on FB. I completely understand that it's a difficult thing but really there is no reason to be competitive about it. Why can't we just support our fellow women?
My kid has a mustache onesie. It was on sale for 1.50 at Old Navy. For 1.50 I can understand the trend LOL!
I have been making rings to sell at craft shows. While making them I sing the " she's making jewelry now" song from Portlandia and realize what I HYPOCRITE I am.
I got an amazing idea for an art project that might get me into making art again. I just need to FUCKING DO IT.
I want another baby.... specifically a girl BAD. I really want a mermaid themed nursery. I really think that is why I want a baby. It's an adorable idea. Lots of sparkle and aqua.
That is all. I realize none of these are even a little flameable. I suck.
I think that if it was possible to look at religions objectively, like as adult aliens arriving on Earth with no prior information rather as people who had been exposed to Western religions as acceptable belief systems from a young age, you might feel the same about Christians and
I agree most religion is odd.
That being said, JW is a special brand of crazy, whereby to allow life saving treatments, like blood transfusions, is to disobey G-d. Anyone who is willing to let their own family member die for no reason = BSC.
The pork and shellfish thing (along with a lot of other Kosher laws) had roots in public health at the time, though. I probably wouldn't want to eat a pig back in 3000 BCE either without the medicines and cleanliness standards we have today.
If I had a pediatric JW patient who was bleeding out I would just give blood and deal with the consequences later. The kid didn't choose to not have blood available to them. In fact I've gone as far as telling JW parents that before surgery, along the lines of "Just so you understand, while we don't expect such things to happen...in the event your child's life is in danger, I will give him/her a transfusion. If you don't like hearing that now, then cancel the surgery". I have yet to have anyone leave.
I've also had several adult JW patients will wait till they are away from family members and then quietly ask that in the event they need it, please give them blood but don't tell the family.
I also think it's crappy to be rude to people simply because they're better off than you in some way. First of all, it's just petty. We all get jealous, but acting out because of it is stupid. Second, chances are you're better off in another way.
I'm far from a puppies-and-rainbows advocate, but that shit pisses me off.
I agree with this (although I think that some people are just generally better off than others so I don't know that I think that if someone is jealous of someone else, chances are it all evens out.)... but at any rate, I would be interested in knowing if there's a reason it is currently on your mind?
I was trying to keep it general and not mommy-wars style, but... I don't know that I see it so much over here, but on MM Moms it happens. One poster a while back was saying rude things about "magic babies"--basically, mellow, smiley babies. It read like she hates these bitch moms with their magic babies. The attitude comes through regularly from a few posters over there. And then if a person happens to be better off in some baby aspect than someone else but still attempts to sympathize, some people will snap at that person because they don't know what it's like.
It's basically the equivalent of someone snapping at a "big dog" over here for daring to give budget advice to someone who earns much less, because clearly you can't relate...
I got my first iron infusion today. It went really well--I just woke up from a four hour nap (they give you IV benadryl to counteract an allergic reaction and it really sedates you). I'm so excited about the possibility of having ENERGY again and feeling like I used to. Where I'm at now, I am constantly dragging and it's difficult to stay afloat with school/clinicals/research.
With that said, a really small part of me (<5%?) will miss all of the attention I get from my boyfriend. That sounds pretty messed up. but he gets me heating pads, makes me tea and rubs my back/feet. when I'm tired at night and I need to lay down, he brings a book into the bedroom to be with me. I know always being the one on the taking end of the relationship wouldn't be healthy for either of us long term, but it sure is comforting in the meantime.
I agree with this (although I think that some people are just generally better off than others so I don't know that I think that if someone is jealous of someone else, chances are it all evens out.)... but at any rate, I would be interested in knowing if there's a reason it is currently on your mind?
I was trying to keep it general and not mommy-wars style, but... I don't know that I see it so much over here, but on MM Moms it happens. One poster a while back was saying rude things about "magic babies"--basically, mellow, smiley babies. It read like she hates these bitch moms with their magic babies. The attitude comes through regularly from a few posters over there. And then if a person happens to be better off in some baby aspect than someone else but still attempts to sympathize, some people will snap at that person because they don't know what it's like.
It's basically the equivalent of someone snapping at a "big dog" over here for daring to give budget advice to someone who earns much less, because clearly you can't relate...
I like most of the MM Moms but the board does make me realize I didn't take parenting an infant nearly as seriously as most people. I finally understand why my husband tells me that he is confused how someone as laid back as me has an anxiety disorder.
I think that if it was possible to look at religions objectively, like as adult aliens arriving on Earth with no prior information rather as people who had been exposed to Western religions as acceptable belief systems from a young age, you might feel the same about Christians and Jews.
I mean -- you think that you kind of literally eat the body of your savior every week? your god is all good and worship-worthy yet you have to sacrifice things to prove your worth to him and he punishes those who don't believe? you can't eat pork or shellfish? A lot of religion is kind of... odd if you think about it enough.
I had a teacher in 5th grade talk about this. She said if aliens or whatever creature came to Earth and discovered we put our children in boxes for hours a day (classrooms), holes in our bodies (piercings), and worst of all, eat creatures reproductive leftovers (eggs) what would they think.
It's pretty fascinating when you see things from an entirely different vantage point.
I always laugh when people of any religion make fun of how ridiculous another religion is. Objectively, they're all BSC. Honestly. Like, I can't relate to making fun of Scientology or Mormons, because how are their beliefs any crazier than other sects? If anything, I'm more likely to believe someone came here from somewhere else in the universe than I am to believe he came about by virgin birth. Really. To an agnostic/atheist like me, they're all equally silly. Edit: That does not mean I think people who do follow religions are silly. Just that I think they're silly for making fun of other religions.
I agree with this (although I think that some people are just generally better off than others so I don't know that I think that if someone is jealous of someone else, chances are it all evens out.)... but at any rate, I would be interested in knowing if there's a reason it is currently on your mind?
I was trying to keep it general and not mommy-wars style, but... I don't know that I see it so much over here, but on MM Moms it happens. One poster a while back was saying rude things about "magic babies"--basically, mellow, smiley babies. It read like she hates these bitch moms with their magic babies. The attitude comes through regularly from a few posters over there. And then if a person happens to be better off in some baby aspect than someone else but still attempts to sympathize, some people will snap at that person because they don't know what it's like.
It's basically the equivalent of someone snapping at a "big dog" over here for daring to give budget advice to someone who earns much less, because clearly you can't relate...
Ah yes, I can definitely see that Seems kind of related to the whole thing where people have to compete about how hard their conception/pregnancy/childbirth/childrearing is/was (or in the non-MMM realm, how hard they work, how underpaid they are, how expensive everything is where they live, etc.) That may be what ssm jlm is talking about, or at least her post reminded me of that.
Hmmm. Confession: I wish DH would upgrade my e-ring but I can't figure out a way to ask him without sounding ungrateful or making him feel bad about the ring he chose (it's a round 1 carat solitaire, plain platinum band). It's nice but I'd like to upgrade to two carats. The ring he bought me was near flawless but if I were choosing, I'd definitely go for weight over the other features
It's ok. At the time I chose quality over quantity and got a 1.23ct F VVS1 H&A. I stare at it's sparkles all day long but lately it looks like it's shrinking haha. Now I tell H all the time that I want a 3ct with the same features. Last week I even offered to make a manly ring out of my stone for him to wear. If I ever get my 3ct, I guarantee I will want a 5ct...especially ever since I met H's friend's wife who is about my size and rocks a 5ct.
FTR H is not offended by it, he knows I love my ring and will never part with it.
I was trying to keep it general and not mommy-wars style, but... I don't know that I see it so much over here, but on MM Moms it happens. One poster a while back was saying rude things about "magic babies"--basically, mellow, smiley babies. It read like she hates these bitch moms with their magic babies. The attitude comes through regularly from a few posters over there. And then if a person happens to be better off in some baby aspect than someone else but still attempts to sympathize, some people will snap at that person because they don't know what it's like.
It's basically the equivalent of someone snapping at a "big dog" over here for daring to give budget advice to someone who earns much less, because clearly you can't relate...
I like most of the MM Moms but the board does make me realize I didn't take parenting an infant nearly as seriously as most people. I finally understand why my husband tells me that he is confused how someone as laid back as me has an anxiety disorder.
LOL. I have put thought into my choices, but I don't see the point in holding things against others or judging their choices, unless those choices actually pose harm to someone. But, like, my baby has a club foot and he'll have to sleep in his brace until at least the age of two. Does that mean I can be nasty to people talking about their babies standing up in their cribs, because mine won't do that? Or wearing footy pajamas, because mine can't? I just don't "get" being rude to someone simply because some aspect of their life is easier/better than your own.
Oooh.. I just thought of one spurred on by catbus. I judge people IRL who CONSTANTLY bitch about how there kid never ever has slept through the night at like 18 months, 2 years old.
But they won't do anything about it. They keep the kid out until all hours ( 10pm) pretty often, have him sleep over grandparents, friends, aunts and uncles houses all. the. time. so they can go out, and basically provide NO consistency.
Then they ask me if I had to do babywise because my kid sleeps. No asshole. He just sleeps. I gave him consistency and got lucky.
Everyone on MMM however seems so normal in regards to this issue in comparison to the assholes I know in real life. Seriously I feel like I am surrounded by jerk moms. I need new friends/ family
I like most of the MM Moms but the board does make me realize I didn't take parenting an infant nearly as seriously as most people. I finally understand why my husband tells me that he is confused how someone as laid back as me has an anxiety disorder.
LOL. I have put thought into my choices, but I don't see the point in holding things against others or judging their choices, unless those choices actually pose harm to someone. But, like, my baby has a club foot and he'll have to sleep in his brace until at least the age of two. Does that mean I can be nasty to people talking about their babies standing up in their cribs, because mine won't do that? Or wearing footy pajamas, because mine can't? I just don't "get" being rude to someone simply because some aspect of their life is easier/better than your own.
I think that cj is one of my favorite Mom's on this board.
I'm pretty sure my engagement ring's diamond is .33 carats or something like that. I know it cost H less than $1500. We were young (23) and I think our HHI was maybe $45,000. Maybe. So to me, 1+ carats sounds HUGE, LOL.
I like most of the MM Moms but the board does make me realize I didn't take parenting an infant nearly as seriously as most people. I finally understand why my husband tells me that he is confused how someone as laid back as me has an anxiety disorder.
LOL. I have put thought into my choices, but I don't see the point in holding things against others or judging their choices, unless those choices actually pose harm to someone. But, like, my baby has a club foot and he'll have to sleep in his brace until at least the age of two. Does that mean I can be nasty to people talking about their babies standing up in their cribs, because mine won't do that? Or wearing footy pajamas, because mine can't? I just don't "get" being rude to someone simply because some aspect of their life is easier/better than your own.
I get this. It would be like if I got all mad whenever someone talked about BFing because I FF. It would be ridiculous.