Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 09:21     Subject: Re:When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
I think you need new friends. Except for “it is what it is”, i don’t hear these kind of phrases at all.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 09:19     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Lady, nobody under 35 uses any of these phrases...

Is there a rule that says we can’t say “ok gen xer”? Because it applies to this thread...
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 09:16     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:“It is what it is” is a hated saying (always comes up when DCUMers state the sayings they hate), but I think it’s so useful. It’s an acknowledgement that some things can’t be changed so we must accept them. I don’t use the others, but whatever, who cares. You can’t really change what people say. It is what it is, you know?


Agree. I never say (or hear) any of the other things in OP’s post but I say this. And can’t imagine not using it.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 09:14     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Midlife crisis...
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 09:13     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:42 isn't youngish.


This. Not even close to youngish, & I’m 41.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:48     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:42 isn't youngish.


+1

What does “youngish” mean? Seems as bad as the phrases you mention (which I have never heard).


It means she doesn’t accept that she is aging and she thinks she is hip and fresh unlike other “old moms.”


But what does that have to do with OP’s complaint?


she's implying she's better than the other mothers
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:46     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:Never heard adults say these things....


+100. Never!
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:44     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:Some of you need to unclench.


For real. Go have a margarita moment.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:42     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:There are many cutesy phrases that people use and abuse as far as I am concerned-

I am youngish 42 and moms in my circle are from between mid 30's to 50. These are things I hear them say often

if they are complimenting you say on your hair, they will say "you have hair for days" or if they are saying you have nice taste " X, you have taste for days" hate this

At the end of the day (possibly most abused of them all)

It is what is - no shit sherlock

when they are referring to a state of mind, lets say someone is in the mood for a margarita she will say "i am having a margarita moment" or wants to go and buy new cloths " i need to have a wardrobe moment"

i mean seriously? maybe for a 16 year old girl to say these but its like hey are picking up every contrived line there is and using and abusing it....hopefully I am not alone in being irked by these?



Your reaction to all of these things is YOUR character failure, not some affront by your friends.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:39     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Awesome, like, totally
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:33     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Some of you need to unclench.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:24     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Last week my old boss told someone he "was a rockstar." It.is embarrassing when old people try to be cool. My neighbor always says she is 'stylin' when she has a new outfit on.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:23     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:42 isn't youngish.


+1

What does “youngish” mean? Seems as bad as the phrases you mention (which I have never heard).


It means she doesn’t accept that she is aging and she thinks she is hip and fresh unlike other “old moms.”


But what does that have to do with OP’s complaint?
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:21     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
The phrases okay if non-adults say them?
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2020 08:15     Subject: When adults use these sayings, kind of makes me cringe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:42 isn't youngish.


+1

What does “youngish” mean? Seems as bad as the phrases you mention (which I have never heard).


It means she doesn’t accept that she is aging and she thinks she is hip and fresh unlike other “old moms.”