unpopular opinions

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · September 2010

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[QUOTE] And also - I'm not a fan of fat free/zero calorie/diet food. Eat real food. In moderate amounts. And exercise. Fat isn't bad for you. Copious amounts of it are. Everybody needs some!
Posted by squirrly[/QUOTE]

For sure, I would much rather have the real stuff in moderation. I never got into fake sugar crap, thankfully. I drink about 2 root beers a month and that's all for me in terms of soda pop.

I don't mind low-fat dairy products, though, because I don't think they taste "fake."

mandapanda78 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]Is it an unpopular opinion that I'm irritated that future-mrs is posting all over the damn place but not responding to the allegations against her?
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

<div>I figured she'd shrivel up and disappear after the allegations. Fascinating.</div>

laladypoet · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:71339c6b-8e72-4a1f-aefb-532682aa7a53">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]I back into parking spaces in the garage, because trying to back out in there is dangerous. I judge anybody who follows every tenant of a parenting method just because it's part of the method. I think you should pick and choose what fits your life style and your child. My unpopular opinion? The idea that newbs can't give good advice on here is crap. It doesn't take 300 posts to have a functional brain. There are certainly a lot of people who post 12 times with really dumb ideas and disappear, but all the regs were new once too. And also -<strong> I'm not a fan of fat free/zero calorie/diet food. Eat real food. In moderate amounts. And exercise. Fat isn't bad for you. Copious amounts of it are. Everybody needs some! </strong>
Posted by squirrly[/QUOTE]
I'm hungry. I'd rather eat a big sandwich on low fat bread with low fat mayo and lots of low fat turkey and low fat cheese that fills me up, than a tiny sandwich with a tiny bit of mayo and a small bit of turkey and real cheese. I know the latter tastes better and all, but if the calories are the same, I'm gonna go with what makes me feel full.

Celles · September 2010

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[QUOTE]My unpopular opinion? The idea that newbs can't give good advice on here is crap. It doesn't take 300 posts to have a functional brain. There are certainly a lot of people who post 12 times with really dumb ideas and disappear, but all the regs were new once too.
Posted by squirrly[/QUOTE]

I agree with this. I also don't think it's necessary to lurk first. If you want to become a part of the community, then lurking is good advice. But if you just want to ask a random question about wedding planning and get on with your day, then I don't think it's necessary to lurk at all.

MacFreitas7 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]I think most of the people who get gastric bypass are too lazy to work hard to change their habits and exercise. I know the procedure basically forces them to change their eating habits, but I know at least 2 people who have had it recently who are always throwing out there how much weight they lost, but whine about having to go to the gym or being told by the doctor they have to increase their exercise. One said "I HAVE to make it part of my routine to go to the gym every day, but I can do it. Right?" I wanted to comment back (b/c of course this is on Facebook) "well if you want to live to see your kids grow up and get married or graduate college, then yeah, you can do it. Get off your a$$ and do something." You don't have to kill yourself but FFS quit acting like 30 minutes of exercise is the worst thing ever. You had this surgery to change your life so CHANGE IT. That's all. Vent over. Thanks, ladies.
Posted by Pirata13[/QUOTE]

THIS. EXACTLY. 100 times over...
Also, might I add to those (1 person in particular that I know who got it done..,) Please stop LYING OBNOXIOUSLY about it and say that the "doctor just put me ona nutrition program and I've been going to the gym 6x a week" NO, NO, he didn't and NO, NO you aren't. YOU LAZY LIAR.

AHh- that felt good !

laladypoet · September 2010

lurking wouldn't be necessary if people wouldn't get all butt-hurt about the responses they receive. if they lurk, they know what to expect.

georgia_bride09 · September 2010

You know what's just as weird as fundamental AP? Polygamy. Did anyone watch Sister Wives last night? Talk about crazycakes.

crfische · September 2010

I just would like to hear what Future Mrs would have to say about it.

Believe me, if someone had an IP address that linked to Fargo, ND, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be getting the reprieve that she's getting, nor would I be willing to sit back and be content that people would think that I did such a heinous thing if I hadn't.

FutureMrsTR · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:91ee4bb9-680e-4aba-9cda-e6f01986d889">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]Is it an unpopular opinion that I'm irritated that future-mrs is posting all over the damn place but not responding to the allegations against her?
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

I was away for the weekend and just read the FFF from last week and Lala's thread on SB. I can't believe she's just ignoring it. And good detective work Dani and Squirrly!

mica178 · September 2010

Aren't we onto third-wave feminism, where it's okay for women to give up their careers to raise their family, if that's what they choose?

Re: hard-core AP, I think women who practice that are insane and do AP for selfish reasons. Okay, I'm going to give you my own anecdote, but... I know this aldy who APs. She breastfeeds until the kid losses interest, which might not happen until the kid is 7 or so. She had 6 kids, so sometimes, there would be multiple kids hanging off of teats. Yup. I cannot tell you how disturbing it is to see a 7 year old breastfeed next to an infant on the same mother. She does the family bed, which disturbs me more because she kept having kids which means that she and her husband must have been having sex in bed right next to the kids. Ew. Having met the kids, they are no smarter or healthier or more confident than kids raised in a more conventional manner, so I really see no benefit. The only thing I can think of is that the lady and her husband don't have a great relationship (other than great fertility), so AP gives her some intimacy that she's lacking from her marriage. But that begs the question: if she had kicked the kids out of bed a few years earlier, would her marriage had had a chance to develop into something meaningful?

reddy123 · September 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : I was with you until the last part - what would an inappropriate convo/actions re breast feeeding be? I'm pretty sure the 1st grader should understand what breast feeding is.
Posted by andy71781[/QUOTE]

<div>I wasn't saying a 1st grader shouldn't know what breast feeding is, I was more saying some don't, and kids are mixed up with kids and that's why I judge other parents.</div><div>
</div><div>I've never met a kid who could 'remember' breastfeeding vividly, so I wonder what their version of 'playing house' would be, or would they talk about it, or be obsessed with other women's boobs? I've never seen it, these are just questions that pop up in my head.</div><div>
</div><div>FWIW, I didn't know what breast feeding was when I was in 1st grade, and my mom was a nurse and answered all my questions as they came, I honestly didn't see it and ask about until I was maybe 8-9.</div>

alixzafiris · September 2010

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[QUOTE]I just would like to hear what Future Mrs would have to say about it. Believe me, if someone had an IP address that linked to Fargo, ND, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be getting the reprieve that she's getting, nor would I be willing to sit back and be content that people would think that I did such a heinous thing if I hadn't.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

This is my thinking exactly. Especially if she's just carrying on about her knot "career" day and avoiding E and SB.

laladypoet · September 2010

I think most of the people who get gastric bypass are too lazy to work hard to change their habits and exercise.

dude, there are physiological things that happen to a person when they reach a certain weight that sometimes makes it impossible to lose weight on their own. thinking otherwise is ignorant.

waltzingmatilda13 · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:91ee4bb9-680e-4aba-9cda-e6f01986d889">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]Is it an unpopular opinion that I'm irritated that future-mrs is posting all over the damn place but not responding to the allegations against her?
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

I'm irritated that's she's posting on a bunch of boards she didn't use to frequent. It's makes me irrationally territorial.

FutureMrsTR · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:db206976-7f4d-446e-a050-d0db1c4f0a82">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]You know what's just as weird as fundamental AP? Polygamy. Did anyone watch Sister Wives last night? Talk about crazycakes.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

Ooooh I'm going to watch it tonight on Hulu because I can't stay up that late on Sunday nights. But the idea of polygamy fascinates me. Not in an "I'd like to do that" kind of way, but still. I'm really excited to watch it :)

laladypoet · September 2010

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[QUOTE]Aren't we onto third-wave feminism, where it's okay for women to give up their careers to raise their family, if that's what they choose?
Posted by mica178[/QUOTE]
I don't know, I haven't taken sociology in years. however, I do think that women were expected to be "supermom" for awhile (working and raising a family, the "second shift" and all that). now mothers who work are almost frowned upon.

louisvillebride21 · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:db206976-7f4d-446e-a050-d0db1c4f0a82">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]You know what's just as weird as fundamental AP? Polygamy. Did anyone watch Sister Wives last night? Talk about crazycakes.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]
I saw the little clips on TLC website. I can already tell I don't like ole boy.

Celles · September 2010

I'd forgotten about the future-mrs drama on Friday. I didn't post in the SB thread, but I read most of it and agree wholeheartedly with whoever called the reaction over there "surreal." (I think it was Lala.) It was okay to be outraged when E. was somehow responsible, but now that the evidence points elsewhere it's a "witch hunt"? Okay then.

Moneypenny424 · September 2010

I liked this Mompetitors video, esp. the part where she shares her bed with all 3 kids.

http://consumerist.com/2010/09/why-i-cant-make-mom-friends.html

laladypoet · September 2010

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[QUOTE]I just would like to hear what Future Mrs would have to say about it. Believe me, if someone had an IP address that linked to Fargo, ND, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be getting the reprieve that she's getting, nor would I be willing to sit back and be content that people would think that I did such a heinous thing if I hadn't.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]
no kidding. I don't know why so many people are willing to ignore evidence and make excuses for futuremrs. especially when these same people were calling for her head awhile back.

Moneypenny424 · September 2010

I feel like there are a few Future Mrs on here. Which one is it?

georgia_bride09 · September 2010

It was totally fascinating TR. We can talk about it after you watch it if you want. I made it a series recording on the DVR.

alixzafiris · September 2010

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[QUOTE]I feel like there are a few Future Mrs on here. Which one is it?
Posted by Moneypenny424[/QUOTE]

She's literally just called FutureMrs. She's mod on the Kansas board and on her club board.

louisvillebride21 · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:300853fa-8d7d-43ae-aea2-2c38259537cf">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : I don't know, I haven't taken sociology in years. however, I do think that women were expected to be "supermom" for awhile (working and raising a family, the "second shift" and all that). now mothers who work are almost frowned upon.
Posted by laladypoet[/QUOTE]
See, I feel 'frowned upon' because I want to be a SAHM. Like I'm wasting my life, or I'm not awesome enough to raise a family and work too. Maybe it's all in perception?

FutureMrsTR · September 2010

The one who's just future-mrs. Not me. I saw my name pop up somewhere and was like hey now. I may be uncreative with my sn, but I am NOT the call-out cvnt!

laladypoet · September 2010

I've been meaning to watch Sister Wives. I loooove Big Love.

georgia_bride09 · September 2010

[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : no kidding. I don't know why so many people are willing to ignore evidence and make excuses for futuremrs. especially when these same people were calling for her head awhile back.
Posted by laladypoet[/QUOTE]

Because they're on the KA-approved Nice Girls board and everything the Mean Girls board says must be lies, lies, lies, you witch-hunter.

laladypoet · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:c5672264-9a39-4446-b210-9ae198038ee6">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : See, I feel 'frowned upon' because I want to be a SAHM. Like I'm wasting my life, or I'm not awesome enough to raise a family and work too. Maybe it's all in perception?
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]
maybe. I have a few friends who are definitely holier-than-thou about being SAHMs.

FutureMrsTR · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:74b45cf6-3ed2-41af-8a54-efa9e4ef124cPost:e058648a-5892-4cfa-92af-4549f7b51b38">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]It was totally fascinating TR. We can talk about it after you watch it if you want. I made it a series recording on the DVR.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

ugh, I miss DVR so.hard.

Celles · September 2010

Random, but I rediscovered Lois & Clark on Netflix over the weekend. Dean Cain made an adorable Clark Kent.

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