UO: Valentine's day is like New Year's Eve. It's a contrived way to make people feel dissatisfied and inadequate by setting up unreasonable expectations. I fail to see the point of celebrating either in more than the most perfunctory way.
And restaurants are overcrowded and babysitters more expensive for both.
UO: Valentine's day is like New Year's Eve. It's a contrived way to make people feel dissatisfied and inadequate by setting up unreasonable expectations. I fail to see the point of celebrating either in more than the most perfunctory way.
And restaurants are overcrowded and babysitters more expensive for both.
Yep. I've never tried to go out on Valentine's day but once we tried to go to dinner with DD1 for nye and all of our favorite places all had a fixed menu that cost more and cut out the veggie options! I was annoyed.
I think forward facing car seats over the age of 1 is a-ok in extenuating circumstances, as long as its in accordance with any state law, if applicable. Yes, everybody agrees that RF is safer but I think sometimes the pros and cons have to be weighed.
(suiting up in my flame retardant onsie****)
What would be an extenuating circumstance? I've heard some people say their babies were happier when they turned them forward, but I'm not really in the car enough with mine for it to be an issue. I guess if I was driving long stretches of time and my baby was screaming his head off the entire ride, I might feel differently.
The extenuating circumstance that I think of would be the motion sickness kids, but I'm sure there's other reasons. My point is, if people want to ERF their motion sickness kid, I don't judge, if people want to FF if its a better fit for them, I don't judge.
We turned DS FF when he was 19 months, he's been a car seat screamer (to the point of gagging) since he was born. So, maybe it was motionsickness, idk. He screamed at the top of his lungs when ever he was in the car seat, so at least an hour a day since we work. It was very distracting while I was driving and it started to affect the rest of our evenings as well since it was so draining.
I decided to try to turn him FF, since I was concerned about the distraction while driving. (after we had tried it all - windows opened, windows closed, music, white noise, singing, talking, ignoring him for months on end). DD1 and DD2 have been fabulous in the car, so we don't have any plans to turn them FF before 3 yo.
UO - I don't understand "sober" month, where people give up alcohol for 30 days and then go right back to boozing hard on the first of the month. A casual friend did "Sober January" and then celebrated her "accomplishment" by going on a bender last weekend. What is the point?
UO - I don't understand "sober" month, where people give up alcohol for 30 days and then go right back to boozing hard on the first of the month. A casual friend did "Sober January" and then celebrated her "accomplishment" by going on a bender last weekend. What is the point?
UO - I don't understand "sober" month, where people give up alcohol for 30 days and then go right back to boozing hard on the first of the month. A casual friend did "Sober January" and then celebrated her "accomplishment" by going on a bender last weekend. What is the point?
to prove they can go a month without drinking. i think it is a sneaky way for people to test themselves if they feel like they might have a problem.
your second point illustrates how misinformed people can be about substance use vs. misuse vs. abuse.
Post by yogini kiki on Feb 12, 2015 14:33:22 GMT -5
Honestly I feel like a better test would be "Once a week challenge" Can you have just one drink? In my experience lots of alcoholics can go for a long time without having a drink....few alcoholics can have just one drink.
UO - I don't understand "sober" month, where people give up alcohol for 30 days and then go right back to boozing hard on the first of the month. A casual friend did "Sober January" and then celebrated her "accomplishment" by going on a bender last weekend. What is the point?
I have never heard of this.
Apparently it is a thing. She did it with a bunch of sorority sisters, and then all went on aforementioned bender together. I just dont get doing it for 30 days. It's like saying you will be a vegetarian for a month, then go back to eating burgers. Or go to the gym every day...but just for a month. Then no more exercise. You are going to undo the health benefits in a matter of days once you revert to your old habits, so why bother?
Apparently it is a thing. She did it with a bunch of sorority sisters, and then all went on aforementioned bender together. I just dont get doing it for 30 days. It's like saying you will be a vegetarian for a month, then go back to eating burgers. Or go to the gym every day...but just for a month. Then no more exercise. You are going to undo the health benefits in a matter of days once you revert to your old habits, so why bother?
UO - I don't understand "sober" month, where people give up alcohol for 30 days and then go right back to boozing hard on the first of the month. A casual friend did "Sober January" and then celebrated her "accomplishment" by going on a bender last weekend. What is the point?
to prove they can go a month without drinking. i think it is a sneaky way for people to test themselves if they feel like they might have a problem.
your second point illustrates how misinformed people can be about substance use vs. misuse vs. abuse.
I think you are probably right...and in this case, I would put this girl on the cusp of having a problem. I don't spend enough time with her to know the extent of her drinking, but whenever I see her at social functions, she's well on her way to wasted. At any rate, "Sober January" clearly didn't change her habits.
I don't understand people who spend thousands to go to Disney every year. It seems like once would be enough.
I'm sure this will be unpopular, but I don't understand adults who are SUPER obsessed with Disney. Like going to Disneyland for their honeymoon without kids. Or not even having kids and going every year. We're probably going to take DD when she's old enough to enjoy it, but I would never go just me and DH on a regular basis. If I'm going on an adults only vacation, it better involve a beach and a waiter with drinks.
This. Living in Orlando only reinforced this for me.
UO - I don't understand "sober" month, where people give up alcohol for 30 days and then go right back to boozing hard on the first of the month. A casual friend did "Sober January" and then celebrated her "accomplishment" by going on a bender last weekend. What is the point?
to prove they can go a month without drinking. i think it is a sneaky way for people to test themselves if they feel like they might have a problem.
your second point illustrates how misinformed people can be about substance use vs. misuse vs. abuse.
I think the majority of us proved this by getting pregnant. Try 10 months sober and then talk to me.
Post by sweeetp812 on Feb 12, 2015 15:40:15 GMT -5
Parents who don't potty train their kids until they are almost 5. I just don't get it. The whole " they'll do it when they are ready " argument is beyond me
Parents who don't potty train their kids until they are almost 5. I just don't get it. The whole " they'll do it when they are ready " argument is beyond me
I abandoned this at birth. If I waited till my kid was ready...hed probably still be in there.
As far as vacations go, I guess this is a UO, but I'm not a fan of just lazing around on the beach sipping drinks. If I'm paying decent money to go somewhere cool, then I want to be getting out there and doing things! Adventure! But I know plenty of people out there just want to relaaaax.. that's why this is a UO, haha.
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