Do not like engagement parties. Especially when presents are expected. All for getting together to celebrate but do not want to buy another gift on top of shower and wedding gifts.
My UOs are both HGTV related because I spent a lot of time watching it last week on vacation while LO was napping.
I don't get people that want the biggest house they can afford; unless you can also afford an endless supply of maids. I don't want to vacuum and dust all those rooms, not to mention clean a gazillion bathrooms.
I also don't understand the women on these shows that declare the master bedroom closet is solely for their use and their husband will have to use a closet in another room. First of all, how many clothes/shoes must you have for this to be necessary? And don't you feel at least a little bit selfish banishing your husband's stuff to another room?
Yes to all of this. I have zero interest in being house poor or having to clean all of a huge house. And our closet is shared because marriage.
+1 to all of the above. Also, I don't get people who choose to pay more for a huge, soulless McMansion instead of a house with some character. The McMansions look cheaply built to me anyways. They have cheap, generic fixtures, no crown molding/baseboards, etc.
I love character in a house. One of the main things that sold me on our house was a little handprint in the cement on the carport that says "Donna 12-27-52." A lady at our church was actually friends with the people who built our house and remembers little Donna. Love it.
Post by amyface813 on Jun 25, 2015 17:18:05 GMT -5
I don't understand why people are so attached to the confederate flag. Just let it go! There's gotta be a better symbol to represent your whole state. Like all the people who call it home.
I don't understand why people are so attached to the confederate flag. Just let it go! There's gotta be a better symbol to represent your whole state. Like all the people who call it home.
Agreed. There's only one flag I wave and that's Old Glory. MERICA.
I don't think this is particularly unpopular around here, but I can't stand seeing toddlers with pacifiers.
YESSS, I saw our state's governor on a news conference thing with his wife in the background holding a 3ish year old sucking on a soothie. Irritating. I didn't give two hoots on what he had to say once I saw that.
I don't think this is particularly unpopular around here, but I can't stand seeing toddlers with pacifiers.
YESSS, I saw our state's governor on a news conference thing with his wife in the background holding a 3ish year old sucking on a soothie. Irritating. I didn't give two hoots on what he had to say once I saw that.
oh yikes! I thought soothies were especially bad once they have teeth.
I think banning the confederate flag is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard and people who want it banned for "being racist" really need a history lesson.
Ok. I've left. Come back. Left again. And now I'm back again so I clearly can't leave this one alone.
I find your comment about people finding the Confederate flag to be a symbol of racism needing a history lesson to be upsetting. I think it definitely has become a symbol of racism and I actually find history fascinating. So. Here's a history lesson. The flag that we know as the Confederate flag is the battle flag of General Lee's army. It isn't, in fact, the Confederate flag. After the war was over, it pretty much disappeared. Until it reappeared as a symbol for the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacist groups and as a symbol for the "Dixiecrats", a political party built to support segregation in the south. It became a rallying point for the anti civil rights movement. If I see a truck in Illinois that has one of those Confederate flag window decals, should I automatically assume that that person is supporting the Southern spirit? Or should I assume that that person probably has some racist tendencies that aren't that well hidden?
As @lullaby said, the Confederate flag as a symbol of the Southern fighting spirit and state's rights over federal government and the South's history, belongs in a museum. With the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address and all our other historical memorablia.
Also, slavery was a huge issue of the Civil War. In their decisions to secede, several states cited the desire to maintain slavery as one of the primary reasons for leaving the Union. Say you were black. Say you saw this symbol of an army that was indeed fighting to keep slavery and, later, a symbol of people who wanted to keep you from using the same toilets or drinking fountains as them, flying above a federal building. How would you feel? How would you feel if we saw pictures of a building in Germany flying a swastika flag? How is that different? Symbols can change. Whether or not the Confederate flag has always stood for racism isn't the issue. What it stands for now is.
My dad and step mom have an almost 5000 sq ft house but it doesn't have tons of rooms that they never use even if it's just the two of them. Most of the rooms are just a large size and it's great for coming to visit because there is space for everybody to spread out. Also as far as cleaning I've always noticed that with the bigger rooms stuff in it doesn't seem so cluttered. Our house looks like a fricken tornado if there are a few things out.
Meh. Don't care. I figure those parents are just picking their battles.
Word. As a teacher and former day care worker: not every fight is worth the energy. If it's a choice between getting your shopping done or your kid having a meltdown in the doorway, uh, give the kid a pacifier.
Ditto those leash backpack things. Some kids are runners. Some kids are scatterbrained and wander off. I don't know you or your kids, so if you for real think you need one to keep your kid safe/under control, then use one.
Not hurting your kid? Go for it.
This. DS had a paci at bedtime until he was like 2.5. I'd say 95% of the time, that was the only time he used it. But, there was still that 5% of the time we gave it to him because he was losing his shit and we had some errand we needed to finish, we were in church, he didn't feel good, etc. I'm sure strangers judged me if we were out in public and it happened to be one of those 5% situations.
If my options were to haul a crying/screaming kid through Walmart or give him the paci for a few minutes, I'm giving him the paci both for my sake and for the sake of the other customers. Either way, I'm going to be judged, so I may as well be judged while my kid is quiet and I can finish shopping and get out of there.
Yes to all of this. I have zero interest in being house poor or having to clean all of a huge house. And our closet is shared because marriage.
+1 to all of the above. Also, I don't get people who choose to pay more for a huge, soulless McMansion instead of a house with some character. The McMansions look cheaply built to me anyways. They have cheap, generic fixtures, no crown molding/baseboards, etc.
I love character in a house. One of the main things that sold me on our house was a little handprint in the cement on the carport that says "Donna 12-27-52." A lady at our church was actually friends with the people who built our house and remembers little Donna. Love it.
What a cool story about Donna! I'd love that kind of character in a house
Post by mommarochelle on Jun 30, 2015 0:55:08 GMT -5
My house is a small cottage, 825 sq ft, 2 bedrooms. It's perfect for my SO, and two daughters. I know this may sound crazy, but I feel more comfortable in a smaller home, versus having tons of open space. Outside, however, is a different story. I'd move this house to 10 acres if I could. As it is, I have a half acre.
I grew up in TX and attended a conservative university for 8 years. I've encountered plenty of "good ol' boys" who sported the confederate flag on their pickup trucks. Anyone who denies the overt racism and/or racist subtext associated with the flag is living in a fantasy world.
It's removal from government holdings is long, long overdue.
I am happy when dh has the next day off. Not only is he responsible for motn but I get the bed to myself for the majority of the night. The second part is the best part . If it wouldn't ruin our relationship I would consider separate rooms.
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