Things I don't understand

[Anonymous]

I do not work in a corporate environment, and before staying home with my son, I was in the Air Force. Working in a corporate environment would also make me feel like I was pretending to be someone I am not

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who live and breath by their kids nap schedule.

"Sorry best friend of 12 years. I can't attend your wedding because it's at 3:00 and little Suzie takes her nap then!"

Seriously, one time at my child's gymnastics class I was talking to another mom. She was telling me her about her neighbor---neighbor's child school age child got out of school at 2:30, but toddler sibling's nap was from 1:00-3:00 so mom wouldn't be able to meet her at the bus stop. So she enrolled school age in after school care so she wouldn't have to interupt or adjust the younger child's nap. Gymnastics mom was so sympathetic to the neighbor's predicament and how "unfair" it was that neighbor would have to shell out money for it.

That was me. I lived and breathed by my kids' nap schedule because otherwise they would wake up repeatedly at night, and I was miserable. I guess your babies were good sleepers (or you didn't WOH).

New poster here...I WOH and was in grad school when my DC was under 1 yr (and still was NOT sleeping through the night). I would never miss a friend's wedding or other event because of my child's nap schedule. I've seen people do this and I too think its rediculous. How do you ever expect your child to be adaptable when you hold such rigid schedules. I mean, children need structure, but every once in a while life happens!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

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I can at least offer an explanation, although I don't bash fat people for sport by any means. This is a drain on the health care system. This is a big reason why health care costs are out of control here. It's not healthy, and when I say that I don't mean your comment above that I surely can't be concerned about their health (I actually am, why is that so hard to believe?) but from a greater perspective, it's not healthy and it's draining our health care system. The number of health issues that stem from being overweight are just too many for any of us to ignore. And that IS my business, when it's driving MY health care costs up. And another selfish reason I get irritated with fat people for is all of the research dollars being diverted away from Type 1 diabetes to study Type 2, which is preventable and treatable - lose weight.

If you're interested in evidence-based medicine and not just clinging to your biases, read the following and click on the links.

http://kateharding.net/faq/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/

Or shut up, and that'll do just fine.

I love KAte HArding

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Two things. 1- you must be thinking of white women and 2- even some white women look "polished" without makeup.

Ok and another thing- that's sad and I hope you aren't involved in hiring at your job.

What does that mean?

PP has already started a spin-off thread, because she's making mountains out of mole hills.

I don't feel like dong a spin off.

I will, however, address this racist comment.

So white women look bad w/o make up? This is why people will never see eye-to-eye.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who live and breath by their kids nap schedule.

"Sorry best friend of 12 years. I can't attend your wedding because it's at 3:00 and little Suzie takes her nap then!"

Seriously, one time at my child's gymnastics class I was talking to another mom. She was telling me her about her neighbor---neighbor's child school age child got out of school at 2:30, but toddler sibling's nap was from 1:00-3:00 so mom wouldn't be able to meet her at the bus stop. So she enrolled school age in after school care so she wouldn't have to interupt or adjust the younger child's nap. Gymnastics mom was so sympathetic to the neighbor's predicament and how "unfair" it was that neighbor would have to shell out money for it.

That was me. I lived and breathed by my kids' nap schedule because otherwise they would wake up repeatedly at night, and I was miserable. I guess your babies were good sleepers (or you didn't WOH).

PP here. You're right, I did not work out of the home when my kids were in napping age--neither did the people I am referring to. I can not understand why a SAHM would send their child to after school day care (and then complain about the cost!) to accomodate another child's nap schedule!

[Anonymous]

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Most older white women look horrible without make up.

[Anonymous]

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Most don't age well at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Two things. 1- you must be thinking of white women and 2- even some white women look "polished" without makeup.

Ok and another thing- that's sad and I hope you aren't involved in hiring at your job.

What does that mean?

PP has already started a spin-off thread, because she's making mountains out of mole hills.

I don't feel like dong a spin off.

I will, however, address this racist comment.

So white women look bad w/o make up? This is why people will never see eye-to-eye.

I know, right? The "white women" comment is so insulting and racist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Not arguing, just offering my opinion, as someone who rarely wears makeup: when I wear makeup I feel like I'm pretending to be someone I'm not. I'm not saying that everyone who wears make-up is pretending to be someone they're not, it's just how I feel about myself. I don't feel like I need to be "polished". I'm fine the way I am, even if I don't look like other people. I definitely think other women are free to wear all the makeup they want. I know other women enjoy wearing it and that is fine.

Do you work in a corporate environment, or not?

NP here. Also not a make up wearer. I work in a corporate environment. Masters degree. Successful.
Sometimes I wear make up. Not very often. And when i do put it on (like for date night) my husband looks at me sadly and tells me he likes me better without it.
Honestly, I only care what he thinks. And he loves my natural granola self, not the made up make up wearing woman that I am not, and will never be.

[Anonymous]

And on that note, I don't understand why another woman cares if I do or don't wear makeup.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why women pee on the seats in a bathroom, in a corporate building where the bathroom is cleaned like twice a day. Seriously. YOU CAN SIT ON THE SEAT!!! And then I don't have to either wipe your pee off, or hoover, or inadvertantly sit in your pee (which is what just happened a few minutes ago).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not work in a corporate environment, and before staying home with my son, I was in the Air Force. Working in a corporate environment would also make me feel like I was pretending to be someone I am not

Then you don't have to be polished, so feel free to not wear makeup. A senior vp for international sales would look unpolished if she did not wear at least a little eye and lip makeup.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Not arguing, just offering my opinion, as someone who rarely wears makeup: when I wear makeup I feel like I'm pretending to be someone I'm not. I'm not saying that everyone who wears make-up is pretending to be someone they're not, it's just how I feel about myself. I don't feel like I need to be "polished". I'm fine the way I am, even if I don't look like other people. I definitely think other women are free to wear all the makeup they want. I know other women enjoy wearing it and that is fine.

Do you work in a corporate environment, or not?

NP here. Also not a make up wearer. I work in a corporate environment. Masters degree. Successful.
Sometimes I wear make up. Not very often. And when i do put it on (like for date night) my husband looks at me sadly and tells me he likes me better without it.
Honestly, I only care what he thinks. And he loves my natural granola self, not the made up make up wearing woman that I am not, and will never be.

Do many women in your corporate workplace forgo makeup?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And on that note, I don't understand why another woman cares if I do or don't wear makeup.

It's a silly thread, entitled "Things I don't understand." I doubt anyone is losing sleep, caring about whether or not you wear make-up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why women pee on the seats in a bathroom, in a corporate building where the bathroom is cleaned like twice a day. Seriously. YOU CAN SIT ON THE SEAT!!! And then I don't have to either wipe your pee off, or hoover, or inadvertantly sit in your pee (which is what just happened a few minutes ago).

Water on the seat isn't always pee - our bathrooms have automatic flush, and they spray water back up onto the seat. I don't understand why someone can't fix them so they don't spray so much.