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I don't like...
I'm feeling like I have some negativity in me that wants to get out. I don't think I'm alone. Post here what you don't like these days...
Unless you don't like posts like these. 
Willa 4.6.06 and Henry 10.18.08
Camp Sinki
Re: I don't like...
oh..jeez...this is Brian 100%..."I just sayin" Ughh....
I AM amused by that! Now I think your dad is awesome. I did a fist pump in his honor.
I support the elimination of "baby daddy" in police reports.
"Little man" has bothered me too. I think "little lady" is close, but not the same. And Chymes, you discounting your opinion on that is like vegetarians having opinions on meat language. Totally justified.
Well, I'm glad you feel that way. Not everyone does!
Chymes, you know how B has two half sistes and they both have numerous kids? Well, one of the girls was nicknamed "lil mama" when she was an infant. At some point, that nickname was shortened to "mama". And it stuck. She's now 10, and all her life, her close family has called her "mama".
I've always found it odd, but thought that perhaps it was a cultural thing.
Your "little man" comment reminded me of that.
My negativity is rather general and related to:
My job
My other "job"
My mystifying cat
All last week, I would have thrown B into that category, but then I had a major meltdown Friday night, and I think I scared the *** out of him, because now he's being suuuuuper nice.
My nephew's mom refers to my nephew in this way all.the.time. **eye roll**
I don't like that MIL overstays her welcome when visiting. Really, there is no need to stay for 3-4 hours when you live 5 min away. You need to go home. I thought my mom was going to be annoying, but no, it's totally MIL. Ack. I'm going on a visitor strike! I'm saying "NO" to visitors! I don't give a crap who calls.
I also don't like that MIL tries to school me on how to care for the baby. Everything she tells me I always say "Yep, already knew that". I know she means well, but it's really getting on my nerves.
I'm also a negative nancy lately. I think the list of what I do like might actually be shorter at this point.
Mainly I don't like how out of control my life feels right now. I feel powerless over my schedule. I even feel pretty powerless about what to eat. I hate how L has been a psycho control freak about money ever since we decided I would go to school (and then in a phone argument last week--aren't those the best--he claimed that I'm the one freaking out about this). I don't like how hard this all feels and I really don't like complaining about it constantly because it was something I WANTED to do.
How's that? I feel negative about feeling negative.
I was wondering how things were going with you and various family members. Hang in there!!
Sorry, Wop. That sounds awful. I've been wondering how things were going with your mom. Apparently, better than with MIL.
Are they Hispanic? "mami" and "papi" are frequent nicknames for little kids in that culture. Otherwise that's definitely interesting.
My husband does this too! He'll be irritated about something, but instead of admitting it, he'll say that I'm the one irritated about it. Uh, what? It confuses my brain.
Sorry to hear about your frustrations. Hope you feel better as the semester goes on.
Interesting! I didn't know that. Her father (who originally nicknamed her) is of Caribbean descent.
You need to start planning "play dates" with people and when she asks if she can come over, you can say "oh, sorry we won't be home. Or ok, but I have to be somehwere by this time.
I remember my MIL said she was coming over and I told I was meeting up with friends that day and wasn't available. She seemed a little taken aback that I was "ok" and didn't need any more "help."
WOP, clearly Renee needs this onesie:
I also don't like how my boss told me to do a certain thing, and then I did it. And then she got really snotty because I didn't do it quite how she had envisioned. So, since then I've been trying to change it so that it is how she envisioned. And now she just decided that how I did it in the first place is fine and it doesn't need to be changed. Grrrrr....
Yeah, I would call this a cultural thing. My FIL is Caribbean and I could see this sort of nickname being used in his family (and practically everyone has nicknames). One of L's aunts is called "Babes". I dated L for several years before I knew her real name.
OMG, how annoying is that?!
I'm sorry
That I don't have time to nest at work anymore. I know it's been awhile since I've been able to, but man I miss it. I miss you guys!!
I also am feeling indifferent about my job, but am trying to stay positive so I won't say I don't like it.
Diana, thanks for schooling me! That is very interesting. And now I know.
L0vessummertime - hi! Sorry to hear about your job indifference. I forget - what kind of work are you doing?
We miss you too!
Although I'm not around here as much either.
October is coming soon
Your new job? That gets a big ol' "boo" from me. :-(