UO - 6/4

[ombradellarosa]

Jun 4, 2015 12:21:38 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Another example of obnoxious swearing. (Username)is high f*cking fiving you or giving hugs, you know whatever. (Aka a current "like" replacement)

The F word adds no value in that statement whatsoever; it doesn't make it cooler; it doesn't make it funny. and the "you know whatever" is just obnoxious.

+1000. I hate it. I hate that they're "making me say it" when I want to show support or agreement with a post. I think it's stupid and not funny and bizarre, and I'm sick of them making love tits with the f word because I don't see the point. The rick roll? Fun and hilarious. I wish they would do more stuff like that or just simple things that are less negative.

ETA: My stance on swearing with the kids at school is to remind them we are in a professional environment and that kind of language is not appropriate for the setting. I don't make value judgments on the words themselves, because I'm not looking to get into an argument about whether they are bad words or not--I don't think that matters. But I dislike swearing myself and I don't like to be around it.

[tatersalad]

Jun 4, 2015 14:08:01 GMT -5 kemdupuis said:

Jun 4, 2015 12:38:56 GMT -5 Kristykristyleelee said:

My UO: I LOVE talk radio. I would choose to listen to talk radio over music EVERY TIME!

+1. DH likes it too (although our station selections are vastly different- he likes sports talk, I'm more of an NPR type). I think some of this stems from me being a music educator and listening to/teaching music literally allllll day long, but I also just like being informed and a lot of the different radio programs that are offfered.

bruunk I can't believe you don't like jello! It's so good- always one of my favorite sick-day treats.

Hubby and I love some Prairie Home Companion on the radio -no better way to spend a nice evening on the deck. With libations, of course.
As far as the jello goes, my Midwestern grandma makes an orange jello carrot salad that I absolutely love. But someone posted about pretzels in jello and that made me want to gag.

Edited to add: I just read in Thursday randoms how jello pretzel salad is actually made and I retract my original statement on it. As my 2 year old would say "mmmm. Delicious".

[silv3rlining]

Jun 4, 2015 12:17:16 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

Jun 4, 2015 11:32:39 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Posting messages to someone you live in the same house with who is present in the house (because obviously exception for deployed/military/traveling spouses)? You're doing it wrong.

Not everything has to be blasted for public consumption.

So much this!! I'm friends with a couple that constantly posts on each others' walls on Facebook. They're also constantly AWing the gifts they got each other. For example, for V day, he got her concert tickets, chocolate, flowers, a stuffed animal and oh yeah, a Kindle. First of all, for Valentine's Day?! Secondly, the world does not care to see this.
Also, my cousin is due a week after me and posted how dilated she was at her last appointment.
Why do people think Facebook world wants to know these things?!

The play by play and info like that get you unfollowed, unfriended, or blocked. Heck my FIL is here to watch DS when I go into labor and I sure as heck have not told him how dilated I am..me would just freak! I have a few IRL friends who know ( 1 is my doula, another is a friend that's a doula, and then 2 besties who have kids around DSs age, and my mom-bc well she's my mom and wants to know these things)

[ladymouse]

Jun 4, 2015 15:24:17 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

Jun 4, 2015 12:17:16 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

So much this!! I'm friends with a couple that constantly posts on each others' walls on Facebook. They're also constantly AWing the gifts they got each other. For example, for V day, he got her concert tickets, chocolate, flowers, a stuffed animal and oh yeah, a Kindle. First of all, for Valentine's Day?! Secondly, the world does not care to see this.
Also, my cousin is due a week after me and posted how dilated she was at her last appointment.
Why do people think Facebook world wants to know these things?!

The play by play and info like that get you unfollowed, unfriended, or blocked. Heck my FIL is here to watch DS when I go into labor and I sure as heck have not told him how dilated I am..me would just freak! I have a few IRL friends who know ( 1 is my doula, another is a friend that's a doula, and then 2 besties who have kids around DSs age, and my mom-bc well she's my mom and wants to know these things)

This is fully half of the reason I told DH no telling anyone when I was in labor, especially not on social media (I labored over 40 hours - I'm glad no one knew.)  *I* don't even want to know how dilated I am until I'm in active labor.  When I do know, I will tell my mom only if it is pertinent to travel plans, and I'm not telling my doula until I'm in labor.

[nicolec78]

Jun 4, 2015 16:58:58 GMT -5 ladymouse said:

Jun 4, 2015 15:24:17 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

The play by play and info like that get you unfollowed, unfriended, or blocked. Heck my FIL is here to watch DS when I go into labor and I sure as heck have not told him how dilated I am..me would just freak! I have a few IRL friends who know ( 1 is my doula, another is a friend that's a doula, and then 2 besties who have kids around DSs age, and my mom-bc well she's my mom and wants to know these things)

This is fully half of the reason I told DH no telling anyone when I was in labor, especially not on social media (I labored over 40 hours - I'm glad no one knew.)  *I* don't even want to know how dilated I am until I'm in active labor.  When I do know, I will tell my mom only if it is pertinent to travel plans, and I'm not telling my doula until I'm in labor.

Ugggg, reminds me I have to have a talk with DH about nothing on Facebook while I'm in labor. He loves to play by play the hockey games and I'm imaging something similar with labor.

[Bluedaisy]

I have to say that as much as I let a few curses fly in private and totally don't judge if you swear in front of your kids I think swearing in public is obnoxious and I definitely see you as less intelligent if you can't put a sentence together without a vulgarity in it. I don't think coarse language adds to speech and I think it shows you have a limited vocabulary. I also think that if you swear at home it's very important to let children know that there is a time and a place...for example if you stub your toe and curse in pain it's different than asking a waitress at a nice restaurant for an f*ing napkin.

[Bluedaisy]

Jun 4, 2015 12:17:16 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

Jun 4, 2015 11:32:39 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Posting messages to someone you live in the same house with who is present in the house (because obviously exception for deployed/military/traveling spouses)? You're doing it wrong.

Not everything has to be blasted for public consumption.

So much this!! I'm friends with a couple that constantly posts on each others' walls on Facebook. They're also constantly AWing the gifts they got each other. For example, for V day, he got her concert tickets, chocolate, flowers, a stuffed animal and oh yeah, a Kindle. First of all, for Valentine's Day?! Secondly, the world does not care to see this.
Also, my cousin is due a week after me and posted how dilated she was at her last appointment.
Why do people think Facebook world wants to know these things?!

This is totally my sister.....she drives me so crazy I actually unfollowed her.  She will post five or six posts a day that read something like "omg DH is best every he totes put in a load of laundry" and then later "omg I'm soooooo lucky my DH cooked my super."

[billyhorrible]

Jun 4, 2015 17:59:53 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Jun 4, 2015 12:17:16 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

So much this!! I'm friends with a couple that constantly posts on each others' walls on Facebook. They're also constantly AWing the gifts they got each other. For example, for V day, he got her concert tickets, chocolate, flowers, a stuffed animal and oh yeah, a Kindle. First of all, for Valentine's Day?! Secondly, the world does not care to see this.
Also, my cousin is due a week after me and posted how dilated she was at her last appointment.
Why do people think Facebook world wants to know these things?!

This is totally my sister.....she drives me so crazy I actually unfollowed her.  She will post five or six posts a day that read something like "omg DH is best every he totes put in a load of laundry" and then later "omg I'm soooooo lucky my DH cooked my super."

I actually mind these less than the "Happy Anniversary to my amazing husband/wife!  You hung the sun and the moon and the stars and I'm so grateful to have met you!!!!!!!" 

Ummmm you couldn't tell the person that when you saw them in the morning/at dinner/any time you passed in the hallway going to bathroom?  What purpose does that serve to your 1,615 facebook friends? 

You want them to wish you a happy anniversary?  Just post: "It's my ANNIVERSARY!  Another year that we didn't kill each other or sleep with anyone else!"  Bet you'll get just as many likes.

[Deleted]

Jun 4, 2015 11:39:47 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Jun 4, 2015 11:33:05 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Wow, i thought for sure that would be unpopular with some of you. Everytime guests accidentally use swear words around the kids and apologize, I explain our stance I usually get a lot of WTF looks.

I mean, if your kid was over playing with my kid and started asking to play with the "fucking Legos" or something...I would definitely not be thrilled. I don't think there's anything wrong with adults swearing, but children won't have the social awareness to know when it is appropriate to use them and when it's not. So, no reason to give DD a vocab lesson in the flowery language I use at work around a bunch of chemical operators or in a bar with friends when she'll only ever be in settings where it is inappropriate to use that language.

I agree. Unpopular w DH and I. We are raising our kids not to swear in the house or in public and we don't swear around them. Eventually I'm sure they will swear when they are older but i thinks it's tacky and inappropriate for a child to swear.

[Bluedaisy]

Jun 4, 2015 18:43:29 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Jun 4, 2015 17:59:53 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

This is totally my sister.....she drives me so crazy I actually unfollowed her.  She will post five or six posts a day that read something like "omg DH is best every he totes put in a load of laundry" and then later "omg I'm soooooo lucky my DH cooked my super."

I actually mind these less than the "Happy Anniversary to my amazing husband/wife!  You hung the sun and the moon and the stars and I'm so grateful to have met you!!!!!!!" 

Ummmm you couldn't tell the person that when you saw them in the morning/at dinner/any time you passed in the hallway going to bathroom?  What purpose does that serve to your 1,615 facebook friends? 

You want them to wish you a happy anniversary?  Just post: "It's my ANNIVERSARY!  Another year that we didn't kill each other or sleep with anyone else!"  Bet you'll get just as many likes.

 At least the anniversary is only once a year though.....my sister it's every single day of the year!

[shahoi]

bruunk I can't believe you don't like jello! It's so good- always one of my favorite sick-day treats.[/quote]Hubby and I love some Prairie Home Companion on the radio -no better way to spend a nice evening on the deck. With libations, of course.
As far as the jello goes, my Midwestern grandma makes an orange jello carrot salad that I absolutely love. But someone posted about pretzels in jello and that made me want to gag.

Edited to add: I just read in Thursday randoms how jello pretzel salad is actually made and I retract my original statement on it. As my 2 year old would say "mmmm. Delicious". [/quote]

Strawberry pretzel salad is the bomb diggity!!! It seriously is one of the most delicious things I've ever put in my mouth!

Edit: For some reason the quote box didn't show up. Weird.

[ladysif]

[/quote]Hubby and I love some Prairie Home Companion on the radio -no better way to spend a nice evening on the deck. With libations, of course.
As far as the jello goes, my Midwestern grandma makes an orange jello carrot salad that I absolutely love. [/quote]


Word for word, this!

ETA tatersalad because I can't quote properly on my phone!

[ombradellarosa]

Jun 4, 2015 17:59:53 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

Jun 4, 2015 12:17:16 GMT -5 dogmama22 said:

So much this!! I'm friends with a couple that constantly posts on each others' walls on Facebook. They're also constantly AWing the gifts they got each other. For example, for V day, he got her concert tickets, chocolate, flowers, a stuffed animal and oh yeah, a Kindle. First of all, for Valentine's Day?! Secondly, the world does not care to see this.
Also, my cousin is due a week after me and posted how dilated she was at her last appointment.
Why do people think Facebook world wants to know these things?!

This is totally my sister.....she drives me so crazy I actually unfollowed her.  She will post five or six posts a day that read something like "omg DH is best every he totes put in a load of laundry" and then later "omg I'm soooooo lucky my DH cooked my super."

I just shared a great article on Facebook about husbands pitching in and why they don't need to be praised so highly for it. www.faithit.com/just-because-i-get-up-in-the-night-doesnt-mean-i-deserve-praise/ I usually don't talk about how great my husband is and how much I love him, but when I shared this I mentioned how we discussed today him being an equal partner in parenting and he was like "of course" and he gets mad when I thank him for doing things around the house. Generally, I hate it when people post all the time about their love. Makes me feel they are trying to convince themselves.

[ombradellarosa]

Jun 4, 2015 17:37:13 GMT -5 nicolec78 said:

Jun 4, 2015 16:58:58 GMT -5 ladymouse said:

This is fully half of the reason I told DH no telling anyone when I was in labor, especially not on social media (I labored over 40 hours - I'm glad no one knew.)  *I* don't even want to know how dilated I am until I'm in active labor.  When I do know, I will tell my mom only if it is pertinent to travel plans, and I'm not telling my doula until I'm in labor.

Ugggg, reminds me I have to have a talk with DH about nothing on Facebook while I'm in labor. He loves to play by play the hockey games and I'm imaging something similar with labor.

I sent a text today to my "labour list" asking everyone please not to post online when we tell them I'm in labour. And yes, that was necessary. Mainly for the sake of my SIL who needed an extensive discussion on the subject to understand the concept of not talking about it. She got no posting but wanted to know if she could talk to family about it--if we want them to know, they will know.

[jessila]

kemdupuis
So glad to know I'm not the only music teacher that can't listen to music after work!!!! My commute is long so I listen to audio books as well as talk radio.