Can we do unpopular opinions?

[Kore]

May 18, 2012 16:18:19 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

May 18, 2012 16:16:03 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

I'm still waiting to hear something truly unpopular.

Like I think the disabled should be euthanized.

Or I support the Ku Klux Klan.

C'mon now. I don't think anyone will go there with Kore's memory.

Sadly, I hear opinions like these IRL far more frequently than I do on message boards. Yay Louisiana!

[milkrations]

Here is some MM blasphemy: I don't have a problem with 5 year car loans.

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I think it's time for The Simpsons to go off the air.

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I also don't really understand why leasing a car is so bad. It's so cheap! Sure you don't own anything at the end but at least then you can get a new car. Win/win

NB: I've never leased a car so don't get crazy.

[Brie]

I hate Instagram. If I want to see a photo of something, I don't want to see it through some crappy grainy filter. What's the point of having an iPhone 4S with a fancy phone camera if you're just going to shit all over the picture once you've taken it?

[melmo1122]

I don't get why people have pets at all. No interest. [/quote]

this is how i feel about children.

[Kore]

May 18, 2012 16:23:47 GMT -5 womet said:

Kore, we have tried a belly band but I think it's too big. He just scoots around on the carpet and against the furniture until he gets it off. I think he is jealous of the cats. We are going to fill a Rx for some doggy prozac to help. Hopefully it will.

That's exactly what our dogs did. I picked up an ace bandage at CVS, and that works so much better. It's snug enough that they can't scoot them off.

[milkrations]

May 18, 2012 16:28:19 GMT -5 melmo1122 said:

I don't get why people have pets at all. No interest.

this is how i feel about children.[/quote]

Me too!

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May 18, 2012 16:27:29 GMT -5 Brie said:

I hate Instagram. If I want to see a photo of something, I don't want to see it through some crappy grainy filter. What's the point of having an iPhone 4S with a fancy phone camera if you're just going to shit all over the picture once you've taken it?

LOL.

I think instagram makes my phone pics a million times better.

But my phone is ancient.

[Deleted]

I think Philosophy body wash is stupid and a waste of money. I have tried it and don't think it smells better or makes my skin feel any different than cheaper brands.

[formerlyak]

May 18, 2012 16:04:51 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

People that regularly (as in daily) show their under 2 year old children TV are practicing poor parenting. And are likely lazy.

Most of the people I know who say this are stay at home parents and don't understand what it means to get home from work and have 45 minutes to cook dinner, feed your family, clean up from dinner and start the bath/bed routine. Thomas the Tank Engine was very helpful in keeping my ds busy while I prepared dinner for my family after work.

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I think the women who feel empowered and gleeful about getting one over the "man" by leaving TN kind of have to get a life.

[Deleted]

Ok, now these are getting better.

USA! USA! USA!

[cjeanette]

May 18, 2012 16:08:05 GMT -5 SJ said:

I don't care for pets and hope to never own one.

I don't care about sports. Why does it matter who wins and loses?

I don't care about cars and will probably drive Hondas forever regardless of income

:heart:

[h]

May 18, 2012 16:35:31 GMT -5 formerlyak said:

May 18, 2012 16:04:51 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

People that regularly (as in daily) show their under 2 year old children TV are practicing poor parenting. And are likely lazy.

Most of the people I know who say this are stay at home parents and don't understand what it means to get home from work and have 45 minutes to cook dinner, feed your family, clean up from dinner and start the bath/bed routine. Thomas the Tank Engine was very helpful in keeping my ds busy while I prepared dinner for my family after work.

Because SAHPs don't have to get dinner or get anything done while caring for their children? This is silly (and I work and have two kids and get how hard it is to get dinner on the table at night, but that is not a struggle unique to working parents).

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May 18, 2012 15:26:09 GMT -5 @hannamarin said:

I also dont like cats. They always seem so selfish. I am sure your cats are all much nicer. Especially bridey with the toilet trianed cat! But the ones I have met dont hold a candle to dogs.
We have fish.

LOL at my toilet trained cat. They are NOT toilet trained.

Fatty just likes to hang out on the toilet and play in the toilet bowl. (The only rule in our house is always put the toilet lid down.) The bathroom is Fatty's favorite room in the house.

[momabear]

May 18, 2012 15:12:26 GMT -5 justjen said:

I hate cats.

I am SO with you. I hate them and I hate the fact that a lot of people that have them consider them "outdoor pets". Just because you have a pet, doesn't mean I want it in my yard!

[CloudBee]

Being a SAHM is not a job, and I do not at all feel sorry for you. Even if you are staying home due to finances (cost of child care), the ability to SAH is a luxury.

Yes, we all have bad days, and those are acceptable complaints. However, the "it's a 24/7" job statements are just crap. Do you know how bad working moms must have it? Do you? I'm not a mom, so I can only imagine the weight of working and being a parent.

Obv not directed at the vast majority of SAHMs on this board. Or any that come to mind, in fact.

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May 18, 2012 16:31:56 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

I support flat tax pretty strongly.

I would vote for any candidate who said we needed to make serious cuts to Social Security and the military and proposed a plan for doing so, even if I disagreed with all their other opinons.

:Y:

Re: television and kids, I really think a lot of people make way too big a deal about it. Like anything else, I think it's fine in moderation.

[formerlyak]

May 18, 2012 16:40:37 GMT -5 h said:

May 18, 2012 16:35:31 GMT -5 formerlyak said:

Most of the people I know who say this are stay at home parents and don't understand what it means to get home from work and have 45 minutes to cook dinner, feed your family, clean up from dinner and start the bath/bed routine. Thomas the Tank Engine was very helpful in keeping my ds busy while I prepared dinner for my family after work.

Because SAHPs don't have to get dinner or get anything done while caring for their children? This is silly (and I work and have two kids and get how hard it is to get dinner on the table at night, but that is not a struggle unique to working parents).

Yes, stay at home parents have to get dinner made, but they have more than 45 minutes to do it is my point.

[steph2008]

May 18, 2012 16:43:13 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

May 18, 2012 16:41:54 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Being a SAHM is not a job, and I do not at all feel sorry for you. Even if you are staying home due to finances (cost of child care), the ability to SAH is a luxury.

Yes, we all have bad days, and those are acceptable complaints. However, the "it's a 24/7" job statements are just crap. Do you know how bad working moms must have it? Do you? I'm not a mom, so I can only imagine the weight of working and being a parent.

Obv not directed at the vast majority of SAHMs on this board. Or any that come to mind, in fact.

I don't think this is super unpopular here but the bump would have your head! (I agree with you)

I agree. I'm home on maternity leave for 9 months, so I guess I'm a "SAHM" for those months, and I don't find it to be a job. Yes, there are hard times, but it's not a job. I fully feel my life will be harder when I work and then come home and have to parent.

I should add I feel this for myself...with one baby. Who knows how I'd feel in different circumstances.

[formerlyak]

May 18, 2012 16:39:15 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

May 18, 2012 16:35:31 GMT -5 formerlyak said:

Most of the people I know who say this are stay at home parents and don't understand what it means to get home from work and have 45 minutes to cook dinner, feed your family, clean up from dinner and start the bath/bed routine. Thomas the Tank Engine was very helpful in keeping my ds busy while I prepared dinner for my family after work.

That's why it is an unpopular opinion!

I also disagree with jenny, so for that she accomplished the thread's objective. Good job!

Oh, I know. I figured my flip-side opinion would be just as unpopular with some

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May 18, 2012 16:41:54 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Being a SAHM is not a job, and I do not at all feel sorry for you. Even if you are staying home due to finances (cost of child care), the ability to SAH is a luxury.

Yes, we all have bad days, and those are acceptable complaints. However, the "it's a 24/7" job statements are just crap. Do you know how bad working moms must have it? Do you? I'm not a mom, so I can only imagine the weight of working and being a parent.

Obv not directed at the vast majority of SAHMs on this board. Or any that come to mind, in fact.

I'm a working mom, and I'm actually going to say I disagree. I absolutely think being a SAHM is a job, and one I wouldn't want. Especially with more than 1 kid. Kids are much more demanding than my cushy job where I write papers and GBCN all day. I can run errands child free on my lunch break.

Yes, I have to parent when I get home, but parenting for 3 hours a day isn't that much and the time is much more quality.

On another note, DD did and does watch TV daily and I think its either a) made her smarter or b) done nothing to hinder her intelligence because she is effing brillant. Haters hate.

[kzoomaggie]

May 18, 2012 14:29:19 GMT -5 @lilly said:

This isn't exciting, but my unpopular (with my husband) opinion is that cars are to get you from point A to point B safely. I can't understand wanting to spend $70K on a car that is just going to depreciate in value.

Oh man, when you figure out how to convince your DH that your way of thinking is right, would you come and talk to my DH about it? We're in the same boat!

[kzoomaggie]

May 18, 2012 15:19:59 GMT -5 megs193 said:

If your kid isn't potty trained by the age of 4 you probably didn't try hard enough. I know so many people whose 4 year old's aren't potty trained and for some reason this really drives me crazy.

We have a 4 year old in our neighborhood who was just potty trained (she has to be potty trained to go to pre-school). She also still co-sleeps with her parents...

[futurepivko]

Jacob, Isabella, Sophia, Ayden/Brayden and Ava are horrible names.

[kangaroo11]

May 18, 2012 16:57:39 GMT -5 @futurepivko said:

Jacob, Isabella, Sophia, Ayden/Brayden and Ava are horrible names.

Ugh, yes! I have no children and there aren't any kids in my family, thus I don't know many children, but I DO know five children with the above names. I hated being known as FirstName LastInitial in school because there was ALWAYS more than one of me in a class.

[futurepivko]

May 18, 2012 17:04:46 GMT -5 kangaroo11 said:

May 18, 2012 16:57:39 GMT -5 @futurepivko said:

Jacob, Isabella, Sophia, Ayden/Brayden and Ava are horrible names.

Ugh, yes! I have no children and there aren't any kids in my family, thus I don't know many children, but I DO know five children with the above names. I hated being known as FirstName LastInitial in school because there was ALWAYS more than one of me in a class.

I know 7 people who had babies in 2011 named Jacob. and 3 already in 2012. I know 3 people who had Avas in 2011, even an Ava Isabella!

[CallingAllAngels]

I agree with starry re: the government should get out of the marriage business. If we need to have some sort of government-sanctioned union, just call it a union and leave it at that. Marriage is too loaded a word.

I wish my almost-2 year old would sit and watch TV.

I agree with Cosmos that being a good SAHM would be much tougher than being a working mom with my job (if my job sucked I would probably disagree).

I have a 12 year old cat and I will cry happy tears when he dies. He is NOT clean. If I found someone to take him, I would get rid of him today, but I refuse to take him to a shelter. We still take good care of him, but he couldn't give a shit about us and he drops dingleberries all over the house. DH is allergic and we pay for asthma meds we probably wouldn't need otherwise. Adopting him is probably the worst decision I made in my life. I'm over it.

[boxer08]

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I thought that the majority of the rings posted in the "show off your engagement ring!" post the other day were fug (particularly the engagement ring/wedding ring combos).[/quote]

Agreed! Except mine 😉 it's all preference and I prefer simple and classic.