Yeah. It seems like in the last week every third post is about the stomach flu or fever or flu either with the OP or their child/DH/SO. But like I said, it's probably more because I am on here all the damn time lately and if I went away and came back, I doubt I would notice them. Put down the ML, Mel, put it down!
That's because you are in a tropical paradise where no one is getting sick while over here all kinds of viruses are floating around. ML complaining is par with IRL amount of people that are sick.
It's also compounded with my FB feed, where everyone is complaining about being sick.
Well... It's February. It's flu season, and it's a bad one this year, with the added bonus of a massive outbreak of norovirus. What did you expect?
If it helps, I can only speak for myself, but I'm pretty fucking sure the people posting about being sick would, you know, rather not be sick.
I would hope they would rather not be sick, for sure. And I expect nothing less from this time of year. But I don't have to like all the posts about it.
Give me a couple of weeks, and I will be back to complaining about how boring we are or that all we talk about is babies/pregnancy. I'm a walking hypocrite...You can't complain, but I can!
I've been in a real funk about work lately. I know I should be very grateful that I am employed and have medical insurance etc. but I am really feeling burnt out. I hope I can perk up soon.
I don't have a flameful, I just want to complain about how much I hurt. I have an appointment at the doc-in-a-box so I can get more painkillers. I'm almost out of the 'script the ER gave me.
"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 have no problem with that, but my DH can be pretty uptight about following gender stereotypes though. When picking out Valentines to pass out at school, I had to veto the Tinkerbell cards my DS initially picked out because I didn't want to deal with my DH being all pissy with me. We ended up with Scooby-Doo instead.
Sadly I'm sure this will be a problem H and I will disagree about as well since we've bumped into it once already. I wanted to buy our 3 year old nephew a dress up skirt for Christmas. I have no problem with it. When I mentioned it to H... omg. You'd have thought I was going to teach nephew how to drown kittens or something equally horrible.
Yeah I definitely have to pick my battles. DS went through a period at daycare that he really enjoyed playing with a baby doll and take care of it. I pushed DH and we eventually got one for him to play with at home. Within a few months it had been completely forgotten about in the playroom and rarely gets touched.
If DS asks I'll record Disney stuff like Tinkerbell and Sophia the First because there's nothing wrong with him watching them. DH will roll his eyes and grumble to me about it, but it's not too big of a deal to him. But I knew "girl" Valentine's Day cards was not something I felt like arguing about later on that evening.
i'm not posting about a self-conscious reaction about something physical here again. the first time i did it, sparky told me my dress was unflattering and i'm still pissy about it. i did it again, and she told me that probably the first time my bra just sucked and fields was all "yeah, wrap dresses are bad". so i'm pissy again. and both times it was my fault since the first time i posted a photo saying essentially "someone said they hate my dress" and this time i felt compelled to "correct" a misperception conveyed IN A COMPLIMENT.
clearly, i don't know how to handle my shit and, really, that deserves some fucking flames because A) no one was ill-intentioned and both sparky and fields were trying to be nice; and B) both posts resulted in compliments to me.
apparently--15 years later--i'm not over having gotten heavy and then the hard work it took to work it all off. and how both my extended family's and the public's reactions to it conveyed so strongly that, no matter what else i did in life, that was going to be viewed as my biggest "success."
i'm still waiting to be a grownup and to be a person who has her shit together, emotionally. hasn't happened yet.
Cville, we never grow up that much. Not a single one of us.
I think you look lovely, I live the suit, and to the extent I have upset you I sincerely apologize. It was not my intent.
So am I not allowed to give my opinion on the topic at hand even if everyone disagrees with me?
Oh you can totally give your opinion--that's what "flamefuls" are for. But this is not a "flame-free" post so we can flame you for your flameful. Get it?
"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
Just as we are allowed to tell you how wrong you are.
Lol, I don't think I am wrong. But you have never hesitated to tell me I am anyway....
But this is the ONLY thing you ever give your opinion on. The.only.thing. Clearly, there has to be more to your life then thinking about homosexual relationships...oh wait...
Lol, I don't think I am wrong. But you have never hesitated to tell me I am anyway....
But this is the ONLY thing you ever give your opinion on. The.only.thing. Clearly, there has to be more to your life then thinking about homosexual relationships...oh wait...
Look at my posts....they are not all about the this topic. Just the ones people seem to notice me in are because I am the only one disagreeing with the majority...
But this is the ONLY thing you ever give your opinion on. The.only.thing. Clearly, there has to be more to your life then thinking about homosexual relationships...oh wait...
Look at my posts....they are not all about the this topic. Just the ones people seem to notice me in are because I am the only one disagreeing with the majority...
Look at my posts....they are not all about the this topic. Just the ones people seem to notice me in are because I am the only one disagreeing with the majority...
Post by Jalapeñomel on Feb 12, 2013 20:20:42 GMT -5
Your previous posts include this one, one about if boys can wear girls clothing, boy scouts decision on letting in homosexual boys and leaders, porn and marriage, Grandma takes a stand against an anti-gay pastor, the toilet, an uneven driveway. I see a pattern here.
Ok, now that the (hopefully) token bigot has chimed in to attempt to stir shit, I'll say I think you're an awesome mom, stpete. My 2 y.o. son loves sitting on the bathroom counter and "helping" me do my makeup in the morning. He especially loves my brushes. Somehow, he knows the expensive ones (aka, the ones I'd really rather him not play with). I've tried to give him some el cheapo ELF brushes, but no, he flips out for the MAC.