Post by JayhawkGirl on Jul 14, 2019 15:54:28 GMT -5
2 years ago I told DH he has primary custody of his mom. That’s literally it for his family, and me. I take care of the kids, my parents, my sister and her family, friends and neighbors. She is not nice to me. So, she’s all his.
Nary a birthday or Mother’s Day gift since then. She has only been here one Christmas in 3 years and that was before this new world order started. I’m glad I did it.
Post by goldengirlz on Jul 14, 2019 16:16:30 GMT -5
I actually like Hallmark holidays ... you know, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, etc. etc.
We usually do something fun as a family like go on a hike and have a nice dinner in the city. We exchange presents. Weekends without holidays are just ... boring. They don’t have to be, of course, but ours get fairly monotonous.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I despise the Hallmark Channel with the fire of a thousand suns.
Not unpopular. My MIL literally watches Hallmark Channel 24/7 and even she admits that it’s not really that good, it’s just comforting background noise.
I despise the Hallmark Channel with the fire of a thousand suns.
I refuse to believe this is an unpopular opinion. Every time I see anything on it, I still cannot believe it’s not just satire and completely punking everyone. It’s so fucking bad.
I despise the Hallmark Channel with the fire of a thousand suns.
I am super mad at hallmark channel right now, but I’ve never actually watched it lol. They made this movie with two actors I like, planned to play it on July 1st, and then cancelled its airing with zero explanation.
I hate summer. It's too freaking hot. I did three different outdoor activities this weekend, and I'm completely wiped. While they were all scheduled in the summer because SUMMER!!!! you can't convince me they wouldn't have been more pleasant if the schedulers had put them in the spring or fall.
I hope I don't dislike Phantom of the Opera. I loved it when I was in college and plan to buy tickets when it's here this fall.
Haha, obviously hit a nerve there! Possibly the only actual UO in the thread.
I am not a huge pet person. There are about 1 million example of things I would put an animal down for rather than paying for vet care for that I have seen others pay for. I do not see pets like most of you do. That is why my chickens are the perfect pet for me- no guilt about butchering them when they are sick or being an asshole.
Want me to tell you how I feel about cats?
What do chickens do to earn the title of asshole? I don't think they are your pets. You might do better with a punching bag.
The last one who was an asshole was mounting other hens and pulling out their feathers. The high ranking jerk hens will peck the lower ranked hens until they kill them sometimes.
Damn. Didn’t realize my question about my dog’s surgery would cause drama in a UO thread. Shitty opinions are better served up in the thread they’re responding to.
I hate summer. It's too freaking hot. I did three different outdoor activities this weekend, and I'm completely wiped. While they were all scheduled in the summer because SUMMER!!!! you can't convince me they wouldn't have been more pleasant if the schedulers had put them in the spring or fall.
I hope I don't dislike Phantom of the Opera. I loved it when I was in college and plan to buy tickets when it's here this fall.
I totally agree. Once it’s over 80 I have no desire to be outside. It’s hot and miserable. And the kids being off routine is the absolute suck. 53 days until school starts again...
I don't like the beach. My parents took me all the time as a kid and I always felt sort of trapped. It would be super packed and there was no way to get away from the relentless sun. Plus, I burned really badly but my mom is much darker skinned than me so she never put sunscreen on me.
I live in a beach town and I love it but I never actually go to the beach here!
I live ten minutes from the beach and don’t go in summer. I hate the crowds and the heat and the incessant sun. The sand gets everywhere, and traffic is awful. And I don’t like swimming in water that animals are in.
But I love going down to watch the ocean once it’s cool enough to need a sweatshirt. Watching the waves and enjoying the silence is soothing then.
Totally agree!
The beach in the evening when you can hear the waves and it's cool and not sunny anymore is a whole different thing. So I guess I don't fully hate it. Or a beach bar with some music is fun on a summer evening.
I've decided to no longer carry the full mental/emotional load in my and H's relationship and it seems to be a rather UO with the women in his family. I told him it was wearing on me to be the one to remember birthdays, buy gifts, be the one to reach out to plan things, etc. He decided to take on that task for his family/friends and I would for mine (we don't have kids.) Well, his sister mom were upset that a gift wasn't sent for nephew's birthday - he didn't even know that I typically send a gift. Oh well, I guess he'll figure it out eventually.
We do this and dH’s family rarely even get a birthday card. I feel bad about it because they are super nice people and always send me a card. They used to send me a gift but stopped. Probably because they never even get a card.
Same in our family. My poor nieces haven’t gotten a card or a gift. My boys and I actually called by ourselves this year to wish the one a happy birthday. Eh never got around to it. He isn’t being malicious, it just doesn’t matter to him, so he doesn’t realize it matters to others.
I think little kid graduation ceremonies, particularly those with little caps and gowns, are tacky.
They are tacky but that's *why* kids love them. As much as I love sleek and stylish, my opposing UO is that little kids aren't meant to live like contemporary artists and little Danish engineers. The families who go so hip and sleek and have no colorful crap or Paw Patrol shirts for their toddlers always seem so rigid and unfun to me. Not saying that's you. I'm just thinking of my friend whose daughter wears dark mustard rompers and gray headwraps and has a monochromatic nursery. She is going to be so pissed when her kid wants to wear rain boots and a cape to school.
My UO is that I think it is ridiculous to buy teacher gifts for every little thing. We do a small gift and a card with a handwritten note inside at the end of the year and at Christmas. That’s it. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate everything they do and make sure that they know that, but I am not buying them a million little gifts throughout the year.
I think little kid graduation ceremonies, particularly those with little caps and gowns, are tacky.
They are tacky but that's *why* kids love them. As much as I love sleek and stylish, my opposing UO is that little kids aren't meant to live like contemporary artists and little Danish engineers. The families who go so hip and sleek and have no colorful crap or Paw Patrol shirts for their toddlers always seem so rigid and unfun to me. Not saying that's you. I'm just thinking of my friend whose daughter wears dark mustard rompers and gray headwraps and has a monochromatic nursery. She is going to be so pissed when her kid wants to wear rain boots and a cape to school.
I'm not advocating for sleek and stylish for little kids, I just think the ceremonies are dumb. Before I know it, my 2.5 year old will be graduating high school for real so I'm not anxious to preview that any sooner. I would rather they just have an ice cream party or field day or something fun and kid-like on the last day of school.
I think little kid graduation ceremonies, particularly those with little caps and gowns, are tacky.
They are tacky but that's *why* kids love them. As much as I love sleek and stylish, my opposing UO is that little kids aren't meant to live like contemporary artists and little Danish engineers. The families who go so hip and sleek and have no colorful crap or Paw Patrol shirts for their toddlers always seem so rigid and unfun to me. Not saying that's you. I'm just thinking of my friend whose daughter wears dark mustard rompers and gray headwraps and has a monochromatic nursery. She is going to be so pissed when her kid wants to wear rain boots and a cape to school.
This
I hate the character T shirts and all that, but my mom always buys them for my kids and they go wild over being able to wear a Pokemon shirt or Barbie doll shirt. I gave up fighting that battle long ago. Plus I don't feel badly when those kinds of clothes end up destroyed at camp and daycare.
My DD has a Captain Marvel dress and a Wonder Woman dress. She has worn them out to dinner and just around town. I figure if you can't get away with wearing that kind of stuff unironically when you are 5, when is the right time?
I still judge kids names. Not cultural names or anything like that, but if you're a white middle class family from the suburbs and you name your kid Maisyn, I'm judging the shit outta that. I'm an asshole.
Can I thread jack to ask if you think ballet for a 3-year old is worth it? I'm looking for a class in which to enroll my LO, and ballet is one of the few offered at her young age.
@simpsonsgal I'm not a ballet instructor, but I personally don't think ballet is a good class for a three year old. Neither of my girls got much out of it, and they were both 5 when they took it. A more general movement class like Gymboree was much more fun for them. They both also loved Music Together.
Unless it's been prescribed by a medical professional, intermittent fasting is just a trendy name for disordered eating.
YUP! As someone who had an eating disorder, IF is EXACTLY what I used to do all under the guise of ... I'm not a morning person so I don't eat breakfast, and I'm just too busy to eat lunch blah blah blah.
I know that dieting doesn't simply give you an eating disorder and lots of people can do any plan without falling prey to disordered thoughts and action. And I know that those with ED tendencies will find a way to fulfill their disorder on any plan (CICO, WW, Keto, 'clean eating') but IF is so disordered by it's nature that it's scary to me that it's so popular and mainstream.
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,”
Last night I saw Phantom of the Opera. I remember not liking it as a kid, but not why. I still didn't think it was that great as an adult. The set was really neat but very flashy with pyrotechnics and stuff which isn't needed for great shows. The music isn't that great. Like I never noticed how 80's it sounded. The story isn't that great. The whole abusive relationship thing ain't so hot.
I don't get why my MIL and SIL have to see it multiple times every time it comes around. I don't get why everyone raves about it.
I saw it a few months ago and there is that scene where he lays her on the bed while she is unconscious and its so.....yikes...especially in the me too age.