Can we do some confessions/flamefuls?

[anna7602]

Apropos of nothing, @littlemoxie, a friend of mine got malaria in Mali and married her now exH in a delirious state of malaria after being airlifted out of the country and thinking she was going to die. She is pretty sure she wouldn't have married him otherwise.

[shellbear09]

I watched so much Roseanne during ml...

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May 28, 2015 11:59:15 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

May 28, 2015 11:37:43 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Peggy - that is awful and hilarious at the same time.

I do feel slightly badly for the tattoo artist tasked with these masterpieces, though I'm sure we'll have the finest 73 & 74 year old ass cheeks s/he's ever tattooed. 

@peggyolson please do something like this.

please. 

slightly nsfw.

SPOILER: Click to show

[jeaniebueller]

I don't even think this is flameworthy, but I hate it when people post play-by-plays on FB...of anything. Lately I have had people posting statuses detailing every detail of sporting events. New statuses every five minutes.  Same goes for award shows. Take that shit to twitter.

[thebreakfastclub]

May 28, 2015 14:32:56 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

Um, what is going on upthread?

Someone in the "ML spin-off toddler bathing thread" said that Madam Prez's daughter had stringy, greasy hair, and they were mildly flamed for it. 

[SJ]

Everything I wanted to say has been said. Solid work, everyone.

Sometimes I need threads like this to help cement people in my mind.

[SallySparrow]

May 27, 2015 23:40:45 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

i have a confession. god. i cannot stand "is this a line?" posts when it is so obviously a fucking line. i wish ppl would title their post appropriately and say what it is really is "aw! bfp!" bc you know they damn well SEE it's a damn line.

yes i'm cranky. whatever.

I literally just did this a week ago, and I'm not even sorry. I hope we can still be friends. lol

[SJ]

I kind of mentally divide the board into camps. There is a "parents like me" camp and a "parents NOT like me" camp. And a "not memorable" camp. Membership in the camps is somewhat fluid, based on the topic at hand. But then there are some people who are my complete opposite in so many ways that we are never in the same camp.

Is this making sense or have I lost my mind?

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May 28, 2015 15:55:28 GMT -5 SJ said:

I kind of mentally divide the board into camps. There is a "parents like me" camp and a "parents NOT like me" camp. And a "not memorable" camp. Membership in the camps is somewhat fluid, based on the topic at hand. But then there are some people who are my complete opposite in so many ways that we are never in the same camp.

Is this making sense or have I lost my mind?

I do that too but there are some outliers.  For example I identify with @vicmo in a lot of ways because we have B's who are similarly aged and love trucks and she's funny...but we are fairly different in our parenting styles. Also anyone that is crafty or likes to cook immediately makes me feel lazy. Don't even get me started on the Erin Condren planners....

[cjeanette]

I don't know what is worse- being pathetic enough to judge someone for using a babysitter to have adult time or never having watched Roseanne.

So torn!

[noodleskooze]

May 28, 2015 15:48:54 GMT -5 @forgrace said:

It's 3:45 and my toddler is driving me so f-ing bonkers today that I put on Daniel Tiger and I'm drinking a beer.

See you guys, being a stay at home mom IS as stressful as being in a war zone. It's totes the same.

I'm about to do the same thing, and my toddler has been an angel all day! lol I just feel like relaxing.

[SJ]

May 28, 2015 16:04:42 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

May 28, 2015 15:55:28 GMT -5 SJ said:

I kind of mentally divide the board into camps. There is a "parents like me" camp and a "parents NOT like me" camp. And a "not memorable" camp. Membership in the camps is somewhat fluid, based on the topic at hand. But then there are some people who are my complete opposite in so many ways that we are never in the same camp.

Is this making sense or have I lost my mind?

Tell us more.

What do you want? Camp rosters?

[Deleted]

I wasn't allowed to watch Roseanne.

Or The Simpsons.

Or Married With Children.

Or Dirty Dancing.

Or Pretty Woman.

I could go on.

(I have seen all of these by now, though not more than a handful of episodes each of Roseanne or Married With Children.)

[rootbeerfloat]

SJ = 

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May 28, 2015 16:19:02 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

We'll have to commission page to get us some "parent like me," "parent NOT like me" and "not memorable" stamp gifs to use.

If I wasn't leaving to pick up DD1 in 15 minutes I would totally do this.

If only I had some local grandparents to babysit my kids while I indulge in this kind of nonproductive tomfoolery.

Remind me tomorrow because I am going to take DD2 to a drop-in daycare place so I can get some work done. And gifs for MMM totally count as work.

[SJ]

There are just so many variables, that it's hard to synthesize. And I really do appreciate those who are different than me, because I learn a lot from them.

Broadly speaking.

Parents not like me: worriers, anyone who won't leave their child, anyone who feels guilt for working, anyone who is good at housekeeping stuff, people who don't care what their kids wear, people who are into potty humor, etc. etc.

It's MUCH easier if you give me a person and then I can give you the rundown. I will use you for an example

Poster: @this

Parent like me: ESTJ, overly invested in board matters, likes to drink, ok with leaving kid, reasonable human being, working/daycare mom, convenience food ok, close/helpful grandparents

Parent NOT like me: more chores, less church, less travel,

You are never in the "not memorable" camp- I know too much about you.

OR

Poster: @kirkette

Parent like me: ok with leaving kid, reasonable human being, working/daycare mom, close/helpful grandparents, loves to travel, focused on education, doesn't stress or worry much, fun and busy social life, doesn't do lots of chores,

Parent NOT like me: way more fit, way more sex

@kirkette is also never in the "not memorable" camp

So in theory I could do this for everyone, and then the camps shake out into the three general categories. I have never tried to put this into words. It is far less structured and makes far more sense in my head.

I have a huge work meeting in 30 minutes, so this post was not as good as I would have liked it to be. Sorry about that.

[thebreakfastclub]

May 28, 2015 16:03:38 GMT -5 @this said:

May 28, 2015 15:59:30 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

You are making perfect sense, and obviously Roseanne (dis)allegiance is one of the factors of said fluidity. 

*single tear*

Ouch on Roseanne.  That's not a personality thing, that's a function of age IMO.   There are shows that came out 10 years ago that I have no idea about, because I wasn't in middle or high school then.

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May 28, 2015 15:55:28 GMT -5 SJ said:

I kind of mentally divide the board into camps. There is a "parents like me" camp and a "parents NOT like me" camp. And a "not memorable" camp. Membership in the camps is somewhat fluid, based on the topic at hand. But then there are some people who are my complete opposite in so many ways that we are never in the same camp.

Is this making sense or have I lost my mind?

We're going to need a Venn diagram for this

[thebreakfastclub]

Whoever once said a pouch was not a vegetable is not my type. I confidently draw that line in the sand.

The formula moms are like the Pink Ladies from Grease sometimes, and I feel a kinship to all of them.

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May 27, 2015 19:03:27 GMT -5 CheeringCharm said:

Well the surprise vs. accident issue is one of those things that is hard to admit to. For some reason, I feel like the term "surprise" has a more positive connotation than "accident," which implies unwanted to me. That might just be me though, lol. I feel bad about admitting that DD was an accident though that is technically the truth.

It's 50% of kids, so you're in good company at least;)

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May 28, 2015 16:42:07 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

Whoever once said a pouch was not a vegetable is not my type. I confidently draw that line in the sand.

Who was this? Was she subsequently shunned? Lol. I have a bad memory for stuff like this. 

[SJ]

May 28, 2015 16:51:48 GMT -5 @natariru said:

I dunno if I talk about parenting enough on here to be divided into camps, lol.

Haha it's not all about parenting!

You talk enough on here that I know I like you

[chickens987]

I used to be afraid that I would be unmemorable. Then I started a thread that turned into 10 pages of pee and poop talk.

Mission accomplished.

[gibbinator]

May 27, 2015 19:19:54 GMT -5 CheeringCharm said:

May 27, 2015 19:15:31 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

I agree with you, and think it would be strange if people went around referring to their children as "accidents" in polite conversation.

I've always thought it was weird how many people felt free to ask me if my pregnancies were planned. Like, you really want to know about my occasionally sloppy use of BC?? I think a lot of people assumed DS2 was unplanned when he was actually the most wanted and carefully timed of all three. Even my male boss once asked me that. Awkward, lol.

My HR manager literally asked me, when I officially announced my pregnancy at work "was it planned?" wtf?

[thebreakfastclub]

May 28, 2015 16:44:24 GMT -5 CheeringCharm said:

May 28, 2015 16:42:07 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

Whoever once said a pouch was not a vegetable is not my type. I confidently draw that line in the sand.

Who was this? Was she subsequently shunned? Lol. I have a bad memory for stuff like this. 

I can't remember! Lol

[rbp]

May 28, 2015 17:19:05 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

Oh oh, I also have a mental category of "How Canadian are you?" So like, do you have a Canadian reference in your screen name? Do you have a Canadian flag somewhere? Do you mention Canada a lot? Do you cry about your lack of Target or the fact that it's cold in May? DO YOU SHOW YOUR LONG MATERNITY LEAVE PRIVILEGE?!?!?

So like @tokenhoser?

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May 28, 2015 17:27:27 GMT -5 rbp said:

May 28, 2015 17:19:05 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

Oh oh, I also have a mental category of "How Canadian are you?" So like, do you have a Canadian reference in your screen name? Do you have a Canadian flag somewhere? Do you mention Canada a lot? Do you cry about your lack of Target or the fact that it's cold in May? DO YOU SHOW YOUR LONG MATERNITY LEAVE PRIVILEGE?!?!?

So like @tokenhoser?

I make it easy.

I'm not very patriotic in real life. 

[gibbinator]

May 28, 2015 8:07:03 GMT -5 @hannymaren said:

My commute is almost an hour without $20k. Sad face

My commute used to be about an hour and I didn't even gross 20k!

[gibbinator]

May 28, 2015 17:19:05 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

Oh oh, I also have a mental category of "How Canadian are you?" So like, do you have a Canadian reference in your screen name? Do you have a Canadian flag somewhere? Do you mention Canada a lot? Do you cry about your lack of Target or the fact that it's cold in May? DO YOU SHOW YOUR LONG MATERNITY LEAVE PRIVILEGE?!?!?

WE STILL HAD SNOW IN MAY! UGH! I literally got my winter tires taken off last week. Of course now it's like 1000° and ds2 and I are suffering in my non airconditionned car.

[darnkatz]

My dad wouldn't let us watch Family Matters growing up because black people.

Thank god I found my way out of the racist hole I grew up in.