UO Thursday - 1/5 Edition

[salmon2017]

Good morning ladies! Let's hear your unpopular opinions!

[salmon2017]

Mine: I hate hot weather. Warm weather, ok. But anything over 80 degrees and I am miserable. I get sweaty, I get sunburned, I hate it. I like fall and winter fashion, and never really know what to wear to feel chic and cute in the summer. I would skip May through September if I could.

[kellykapow]

Jan 5, 2017 10:54:40 GMT -5 salmon2017 said:

Mine: I hate hot weather. Warm weather, ok. But anything over 80 degrees and I am miserable. I get sweaty, I get sunburned, I hate it. I like fall and winter fashion, and never really know what to wear to feel chic and cute in the summer. I would skip May through September if I could.

You're wrong. Jk. I do like fall and winter fashion, but I hate being cold so damn much. I pretty much don't leave my house unless I have to if it's under 30.

[RajahMD]

I hate flowers. I don't like how the smell, I don't like how they work, and I hate getting them as presents.

It doesn't help that I'm highly allergic to pollen, but still. I don't find them pretty.

[salmon2017]

Jan 5, 2017 11:29:03 GMT -5 RajahMD said:

I hate flowers. I don't like how the smell, I don't like how they work, and I hate getting them as presents.

It doesn't help that I'm highly allergic to pollen, but still. I don't find them pretty.

I am not sure I understand how flowers "work" . . . . 

[RajahMD]

Jan 5, 2017 11:30:25 GMT -5 salmon2017 said:

Jan 5, 2017 11:29:03 GMT -5 RajahMD said:

I hate flowers. I don't like how the smell, I don't like how they work, and I hate getting them as presents.

It doesn't help that I'm highly allergic to pollen, but still. I don't find them pretty.

I am not sure I understand how flowers "work" . . . . 

Ha. That's supposed to be look. Whoopsies.

Too lazy to go back and edit, so I'm gonna leave that typo there.

[saltandvinegar]

Jan 5, 2017 11:29:03 GMT -5 RajahMD said:

I hate flowers. I don't like how the smell, I don't like how they work, and I hate getting them as presents.

It doesn't help that I'm highly allergic to pollen, but still. I don't find them pretty.

I love how they look & smell but I hate getting them as gifts. It just seems so wasteful. 

[laurenash323]

I never have a UO, but then people post some that I'm like "OH Yea! Why didn't I think of THAT!"

[saltandvinegar]

Leftovers are better cold than reheated. Especially cheeseburgers.

[Flick]

UO: I don't think children should be forced to share.

[Flick]

Jan 5, 2017 11:38:56 GMT -5 saltandvinegar said:

Leftovers are better cold than reheated. Especially cheeseburgers.

And pizza! Also fried chicken and pork chops too!

[salmon2017]

Jan 5, 2017 11:42:32 GMT -5 Flick said:

UO: I don't think children should be forced to share.

I agree, but may feel differently once I have more than one kid haha. Even as an adult I don't really like sharing, so it seems unrealistic to expect my toddler to do so. I encourage him, for sure. But I don't make a big thing about it.

[saltandvinegar]

Jan 5, 2017 11:43:00 GMT -5 Flick said:

Jan 5, 2017 11:38:56 GMT -5 saltandvinegar said:

Leftovers are better cold than reheated. Especially cheeseburgers.

And pizza! Also fried chicken and pork chops too!

Yes, Yes, and YES!

[mambo]

Fun colored pens should be accepted in a professional setting. If I work in a depressing and stressful job I should get to use fun pens!

[Flick]

Jan 5, 2017 11:44:45 GMT -5 salmon2017 said:

Jan 5, 2017 11:42:32 GMT -5 Flick said:

UO: I don't think children should be forced to share.

I agree, but may feel differently once I have more than one kid haha. Even as an adult I don't really like sharing, so it seems unrealistic to expect my toddler to do so. I encourage him, for sure. But I don't make a big thing about it.

Exactly! I go over to friends houses for play dates and they're always tripping over themselves to rip a toy out of their kids hand and give it to mine then scold them for not sharing.

Even if a kid isn't using the toy but wants it after DD touches it, it doesn't bother me. It would be like if I set my phone on the counter and some rando came up, took it, and said "well you weren't using it so it's my turn".

[thinkingofthree]

Jan 5, 2017 11:50:03 GMT -5 Flick said:

Jan 5, 2017 11:44:45 GMT -5 salmon2017 said:

I agree, but may feel differently once I have more than one kid haha. Even as an adult I don't really like sharing, so it seems unrealistic to expect my toddler to do so. I encourage him, for sure. But I don't make a big thing about it.

Exactly! I go over to friends houses for play dates and they're always tripping over themselves to rip a toy out of their kids hand and give it to mine then scold them for not sharing.

Even if a kid isn't using the toy but wants it after DD touches it, it doesn't bother me. It would be like if I set my phone on the counter and some rando came up, took it, and said "well you weren't using it so it's my turn".

I've read some really interesting articles on how teaching kids to share may make them less assertive in the workforce later in life.  It's interesting - but I still make my kids share for now.  DH & I have discussed when they're older having certain items that are just one of theirs & the rest needing to share.

My UO is that I like rooting for an underdog - as much fun as a winning team is, I feel like the surprise when an underdog wins is so much sweeter.  Maybe that's just the Stockholm Syndrome of being a lifelong Bills fan talking, haha, but I enjoy it.

[kellum]

Jan 5, 2017 14:03:11 GMT -5 thinkingofthree said:

Jan 5, 2017 11:50:03 GMT -5 Flick said:

Exactly! I go over to friends houses for play dates and they're always tripping over themselves to rip a toy out of their kids hand and give it to mine then scold them for not sharing.

Even if a kid isn't using the toy but wants it after DD touches it, it doesn't bother me. It would be like if I set my phone on the counter and some rando came up, took it, and said "well you weren't using it so it's my turn".

I've read some really interesting articles on how teaching kids to share may make them less assertive in the workforce later in life.  It's interesting - but I still make my kids share for now.  DH & I have discussed when they're older having certain items that are just one of theirs & the rest needing to share.

My UO is that I like rooting for an underdog - as much fun as a winning team is, I feel like the surprise when an underdog wins is so much sweeter.  Maybe that's just the Stockholm Syndrome of being a lifelong Bills fan talking, haha, but I enjoy it.

I'm a bills fan too!

[thinkingofthree]

Jan 6, 2017 5:47:29 GMT -5 kellum said:

Jan 5, 2017 14:03:11 GMT -5 thinkingofthree said:

I've read some really interesting articles on how teaching kids to share may make them less assertive in the workforce later in life.  It's interesting - but I still make my kids share for now.  DH & I have discussed when they're older having certain items that are just one of theirs & the rest needing to share.

My UO is that I like rooting for an underdog - as much fun as a winning team is, I feel like the surprise when an underdog wins is so much sweeter.  Maybe that's just the Stockholm Syndrome of being a lifelong Bills fan talking, haha, but I enjoy it.

I'm a bills fan too!

Get out!! Are you from / live in WNY? I grew up in Buffalo, moved away for 10 years, & have now been back for 4 years.

[kellum]

Jan 7, 2017 22:39:32 GMT -5 thinkingofthree said:

Jan 6, 2017 5:47:29 GMT -5 kellum said:

I'm a bills fan too!

Get out!! Are you from / live in WNY? I grew up in Buffalo, moved away for 10 years, & have now been back for 4 years.

I was born there but moved to NC when I was a baby. My dads family is there so I visit often.

[thinkingofthree]

Jan 8, 2017 7:40:54 GMT -5 kellum said:

Jan 7, 2017 22:39:32 GMT -5 thinkingofthree said:

Get out!! Are you from / live in WNY? I grew up in Buffalo, moved away for 10 years, & have now been back for 4 years.

I was born there but moved to NC when I was a baby. My dads family is there so I visit often.

That's awesome! We'll have to get together during one of your visits.

[cnf2013]

Fellow NYer here. I'm in central though.

[thinkingofthree]

Jan 8, 2017 8:40:43 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

Fellow NYer here. I'm in central though.

We go to Syracuse at least every summer, & DH is from Oneonta so we visit there as well. Hopefully we can work something out as well!

[cnf2013]

Jan 8, 2017 9:18:07 GMT -5 thinkingofthree said:

Jan 8, 2017 8:40:43 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

Fellow NYer here. I'm in central though.

We go to Syracuse at least every summer, & DH is from Oneonta so we visit there as well. Hopefully we can work something out as well!

Yes! That'd be awesome!

[mambo]

I'm just gonna hang out in Nebraska alone 😜

[caybeh]

Jan 8, 2017 10:54:44 GMT -5 mambo said:

I'm just gonna hang out in Nebraska alone 😜

Me too...except in North Dakota!

[LittleStarSweeper]

Jan 5, 2017 14:03:11 GMT -5 thinkingofthree said:

Jan 5, 2017 11:50:03 GMT -5 Flick said:

Exactly! I go over to friends houses for play dates and they're always tripping over themselves to rip a toy out of their kids hand and give it to mine then scold them for not sharing.

Even if a kid isn't using the toy but wants it after DD touches it, it doesn't bother me. It would be like if I set my phone on the counter and some rando came up, took it, and said "well you weren't using it so it's my turn".

I've read some really interesting articles on how teaching kids to share may make them less assertive in the workforce later in life.  It's interesting - but I still make my kids share for now.  DH & I have discussed when they're older having certain items that are just one of theirs & the rest needing to share.

My UO is that I like rooting for an underdog - as much fun as a winning team is, I feel like the surprise when an underdog wins is so much sweeter.  Maybe that's just the Stockholm Syndrome of being a lifelong Bills fan talking, haha, but I enjoy it.

Could be worse. You could be a Browns fan like my BIL 😉

[saltandvinegar]

Jan 9, 2017 13:21:58 GMT -5 LittleStarSweeper said:

Jan 5, 2017 14:03:11 GMT -5 thinkingofthree said:

I've read some really interesting articles on how teaching kids to share may make them less assertive in the workforce later in life.  It's interesting - but I still make my kids share for now.  DH & I have discussed when they're older having certain items that are just one of theirs & the rest needing to share.

My UO is that I like rooting for an underdog - as much fun as a winning team is, I feel like the surprise when an underdog wins is so much sweeter.  Maybe that's just the Stockholm Syndrome of being a lifelong Bills fan talking, haha, but I enjoy it.

Could be worse. You could be a Browns fan like my BIL 😉

Ouch. We won a game! Come on now.

[LittleStarSweeper]

Jan 9, 2017 13:25:11 GMT -5 saltandvinegar said:

Jan 9, 2017 13:21:58 GMT -5 LittleStarSweeper said:

Could be worse. You could be a Browns fan like my BIL 😉

Ouch. We won a game! Come on now.

I'm from OH, too. Not meant as an insult. The Browns, I think, are the ultimate underdogs. So it's extra awesome when they win.
ETA: This, of course, means browns fans are extra awesome, too.