UO - 8/6

I like doing laundry.
As soon as our laundry basket is full, I happily go dump it into the washer! One thing I DONT like is ironing- but since I get the clothes right out of the dryer and get them folded- I rarely have to do any.
I do baby laundry every night even if it's just a small load because of cloth diapers.
H makes fun that he wears out the top 3-4 pairs of his boxers because he never makes it any further in the pile.

You could probably extend this UO to I like cleaning in general. I get stressed out with a messy house.

I love the idea of smash cakes! I will probably just do cupcakes for R's first birthday though, and she'll get one.

I just can't justify/understand ATM doing a themed, invites or anything party for her before an age when she's old enough to ask for a theme. That's my UO, I guess?

lolo918, you had your baby girl on our due date which was also H and I's 1 year anniversary!

I don't believe in a "college fund" for kids.

I believe in starting a savings account and encouraging them to add to it over the years. I believe in getting a PT job while you are in high school. I think that learning to balance school work and extracurricular activities with a PT job is good practice.

My parents taught me the importance of good credit and managing money well. I went to college with some scholarship money but otherwise paid my way myself. I left 1 month before school started my freshman year to get settled and find a job. I didn't have time for a sorority or to party too much but I had a good time in college. I worked FT during nursing school, although it was discouraged (Unfortunately- no one was going to pay my rent for me!). I started NP school the semester after I graduated with my BSN in nursing and worked as an RN FT as I worked on my doctorate.

It would have been less stressful if my parents could have helped me with college expenses or if I would have had a "college fund" but I also don't know if I would have been as effective or disciplined.

H doesn't agree. I'm sure we will end up helping E out more than my parents helped me but I refuse to pay for her entire college experience. This LO will need a j.o.b.

ETA- I didn't come out of school with a bunch of debt. I didn't take out any loans for my bachelors degree and I took out about 28,000$ for my doctorate. Grad school is expensive!!! 

We are so lucky that we have May babies and can do outdoor birthday parties. No need to rent out places or do a lot of decorating.

@meb05f, I agree. I went to a local community college and worked my way through my Bachelor's. I lived at home (until I moved in with my husband) and saved my money. I also worked my ass off and got half of my tuition paid by scholarships each year. So my parents only gave me about $5,000 for the total 4.5 years of school. I left college without $12,000 in loans and am still paying them, but I feel like that is what life is all about.

My DH and I both don't feel that we need to pay for our children's school because neither of ours really did (his didn't help AT ALL, so he has many more loans than I do, even though he worked FT all through his schooling). I feel like helping with books or other expenses is fine, but we won't bankrupt ourselves to give them a free ride.

sometimes i walk in front of people in the grocery store when i think I'm faster than them. not in the checkout line, just like in the produce and stuff. then i act like "oh my, excuse me! sorry!"

I'm really not trying to be rude and most of the time i think i can make it without getting in their way, but when i can't i have to play it like it was a total accident.

this is probably more of a FFFC but its probably unpopular as well.

I do the same thing! Then I feel a little bad about it.

@meb05f that's awesome that you accomplished all of that. Even though my parents saved 40k for me, I still feel like I manage money well and am financially responsible (unless there's a sale).

I will most definitely save up for my kiddo, but I have worked since I was a 17 so.. Not opposed to that either. I was in nursing school full time and had a part time job. I am not good at balancing work and school so shoutout to mom and dad for the account. I was so damn stressed I couldn't have work FT through nursing school. My friend did it the WHOLE way also and I was amazed!

I think once a baby is a month old we should stop aging them in weeks. Basically once he hit 1 month old I'd just say, 1 month, a little over a month, month and a half, almost 2 months, etc. I'm sure that's just my laziness talking. But when someone says "oh my 13 week old blah blah blah" I have no idea how old that makes them off the top of my head and I'm too lazy to do the math I guess.
Ironically enough I think the whole world needs to count pregnancy in weeks vs months though. I'd always hate when someone asked how far along I was, and I'd say 24weeks, and they would respond with, so how many months?
My logic appears to be lacking.

I wouldn't ever go into bankruptcy paying for my kids to go to college...but I don't get the "my parents didn't pay for me so I won't pay for them." It sounds bitter. Why wouldn't you want to set your kids up to get an education and in theory make a better life for themselves? I can't imagine purposefully setting up my children with the kind of debt that rising college costs will make them incur as they are just entering adulthood if I can help them.

FWIW my parents paid for all of my $140k+ bachelors (other than spending money) and I am very financially responsible. It irks me when people say that having college paid for cannot go hand-in-hand with a strong understanding of and appreciation for money. The reality is that seeing how my parents handled money, saved and spent was a bigger lesson than having to pay my own way ever would have been. If I can do this for my kids, or at least help, I will definitely do that.

And yes, weve had this discussion before.

I think that Farmer's Market party is really pretentious looking. Not at all what I expected. (Or what my Farmer's Market looks like.)

My UO: I don't really care about the presidential debates, and rarely watch them.