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Poll (a stolen one but still a poll)
I stole this from Mil Nesties who I guess stole it from the GP board.
What Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Change your religious beliefs?
Give up your favorite food?
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance?
Wake up early every day?
Change your friends you hang out with?
Get a tattoo?
Get rid of all your tattoos?
Give up swearing?
Quit smoking?
Be a stay-at-home parent?
Live in the same house as your in laws?
Have 5 children?
Re: Poll (a stolen one but still a poll)
What Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? Definitely not... I'm a complete and total meat eater. But I would be supportive if he wanted to.
Appear on national TV? Depends... something like Wheel of Fortune, sure. Something like a reality television show, no way.
Break the law? Hmmmm probably not considering I am in law enforcement. Guess it depends on what law... speeding perhaps (even though I'm the one guilty of it, not him). Eh... thinking more about it, for him, I probably would.
Change your religious beliefs? I know he would never change his for me... so I would have to say I wouldn't but I would be supportive.
Give up your favorite food? He better have a darn good reason for me to give up my favorite foods.... without a good reason, nope. With a good one - like a serious allergy or something - of course. He knows better than to mess with my love of food.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? See, I think if he wanted me to get plastic surgery to change my appearance, there would be a much deeper issue. So probably not.... but if I wanted it and he supported it, then yes.
Wake up early every day? Yeah, I'd do that for him.
Change your friends you hang out with? Yes, but only because I know he'd have a darn good reason if he asked me to do that. He has good taste in people... and even if he doesn't particularly care for someone, I just hang out with them without him.
Get a tattoo? For him? Not of his name, not of his face.... I don't really know. I don't like the idea - call me superstitious (sp?). But possibly... depending on the tattoo.
Get rid of all your tattoos? No because then I would be covered with a bunch of ugly scarring from the laser removal. That would look much worse than all my tattoos.
Give up swearing? Yes... but it would be hard at certain times.
Quit smoking? Doesn't apply
Be a stay-at-home parent? Touchy question... I definitely do not want to. I think if I did that it would have to be a temporary situation. I'd do it but not for good. My career/job is just as important to me and his is to him. He understands this though.
Live in the same house as your in laws? Blah.... yes.
Have 5 children? As long as I didn't have to give birth to them all... sure.
No
Give up your favorite food?
Possibly, depends what it is and why he'd be asking me to give it up.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance?
Only if he paid for it and it was something I wanted to do anyway (like a breast reduction or a tummy tuck).
Wake up early every day?
Sure, no problem.
Change your friends you hang out with?
Depends upon which friends and his reasons for asking me not to hang with them.
Get a tattoo?
Yes, as long as I could chose the design and where to put it.
Get rid of all your tattoos?
I only have one, so no.
Give up swearing?
LOL! We're working on it (both of us...for Libby)...we put a penny in the jar for every cuss word.
Quit smoking?
Never have smoked in my life and never would start.
Be a stay-at-home parent?
Yes, if we could afford for me not to work.
Live in the same house as your in laws?
Depends on the situation. Right now my mom lives with us and he is okay with it because we get along with her for the most part.
Have 5 children?
Perhaps, as long as we could adopt a few of them.
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What Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Change your religious beliefs?
I consider myself agnostic, so I don't really have any beliefs to change, but I doubt I could be turned into a believer. However, I might attend church with husband if he asked me to.
Give up your favorite food?
Probably not.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance?
I would get plastic surgery for myself, but not to please my husband.
Wake up early every day?
Sure, but we both like to sleep in
Change your friends you hang out with?
No.
Get a tattoo?
As long as it was something we both like.
Get rid of all your tattoos?
No.
Give up swearing?
I am not a big swearer, so I wouldn't mind giving it up.
Quit smoking?
I don't smoke, but I would like to think that I would give it up for him, if I did.
Be a stay-at-home parent?
I already am one!
Live in the same house as your in laws?
I probably could not do this one unless there were no other options. I love my ILs, but I also love my own space.
Have 5 children?
I am with Married2MrWright on this. I want to adopt, so I would be happy to have 3 more children if we adopted them.
What Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? I feel like I'm always trying to get him to eat less meat. Ever since I was pregnant with Bella, I feel like I want meat less than I did before... sometimes it just grosses me out, sometimes I'm fine with it. I think I could go vegetarian but not vegan.
Appear on national TV? Depends on what it was, not Jerry Springer
Break the law? Depends on what it was... I mean I tend to be a bit of a rule breaker as it is.
Change your religious beliefs? I would never ask him to change his religious beliefs (which are pretty much that he's spiritual and NOT religious at all). I belief in God but not "one" God necessarily. I also believe in spirituality. I am against most organized religion due to some issues with family members and religious situations... LONG story.. anyhow, I'd say I'm open to all sorts of religious/spiritual things...
Give up your favorite food? Why? Depends on the reason. Chocolate, no chance in hell!
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? I joke that I want my body "where it started" before I had kids. So I think that if he mentioned that I could get it, I would probably jump at the chance to have a tummy tuck and my boobs back where they started. I don't think he would EVER suggest it though, he always says "you are perfect how you are, why would you get surgery to change it"... more or less, I think he'd be the one to try to talk me out of it!
Wake up early every day?Every day? Like EVERY SINGLE day?'d do that for him. Did I mention that I still breastfeed our daughter? I'm going with NO on this one. I sleep when I can, where I can, any time I can! I'm still catching up from 9 months of this!
Change your friends you hang out with? Maybe, he currently isn't a giant fan of one of my friends but he's never asked me not to hang out with her, only to not make him hang out with her and her hubs. That's fine with me as long as I get to hang out with her. I think it ultimately depends on the reason though. I would change some of them if he asked. But the ones that are like sisters, that would be really difficult.
Get a tattoo? Of what? OF his name? a picture of him? Nope, nope. Something that meant something to us like a date or a symbol, sure. But then again I'm not anti tattoo.
Get rid of all your tattoos? I only have one and I would change it but not laser it off, I think that would look even worse. Besides, my tattoo isn't offensive or large or anything. It's very small and of a moon and a star so I would cover it with something else if he asked but not get rid of it.
Give up swearing? Yes this is something I need to do for ME.
Quit smoking? Doesn't apply
Be a stay-at-home parent? Hands down, yes. I would love to but it's just not in the cards for us right now. Financially it's not possible, maybe in a few years it would be but right now it's not. If it was and he wanted me to, I would. I think I would want to somehow keep my nursing skills up though (maybe work PRN) so that I would be marketable if I ever decided to get back into it. As far as being a nurse goes, you aren't marketable if you aren't active in your field, it's hard to stay up to date if you aren't involved at all....
Live in the same house as your in laws? My MIL, yes, we did that and it was fine. She stays out of things and is helpful and a nice person. My FIL, HELL NO!! did I mention HELLLLL NO!! He drives me nuts!!
Have 5 children? Absolutely but it goes back to money and having the money to raise and support them. I want to be able to support my own family without the help of the govt (no offense that's just me). I would say if we could and it would be healthy and I could give them all the attention that they need and deserve I would.
Give up your favorite food? I would need a good reason (allergy or something) but I would support him if he wanted to change his diet completely
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? i agree with Irish...if he asked, we have bigger problems!
Wake up early every day? if it was for a good reason. If it was something like cook me breakfast before I go golfing...umm, no!
Change your friends you hang out with? no...but I wouldn't make him hang out with someone he didn't like
Get a tattoo? i don't think so...I have gone 30 years without one (so has he) so I don't think we need to start at this point
Get rid of all your tattoos? if I had one of a ex or something & it really bothered him, I would probably see what I could do to have it removed or covered up
Give up swearing? I am not much of a swearer & i would like to swear even less, so I wouldn't mind being forced to give it up
Quit smoking? n/a
Be a stay-at-home parent? if we could afford it, i would like to part time or at least for a year or so
Live in the same house as your in laws? ugh...just got out of it! We lived with his parents for a little over two years after moving back home from LA. It wasn't as bad as I am sure some in-laws could be, but it is just not ideal
Have 5 children? i definitely wouldn't be down for birthing 5 kids, but if we could afford it, I would consider adopting
Haha, I can't even see MH asking me some of these things at all (because he knows better =P) but fun poll
What Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? Nope, not completely. I can't give up seafood (sushi) but other than exception, I pretty much was on a vegetarian diet anyway before getting pg.
Appear on national TV? I'd prefer not to. But if he REALLY wants me to for some reason, then like pp said, *not* Jerry Springer or anything of that sort.
Break the law? Jaywalking? Speeding? Maybe. Anything horribly/morally wrong--no.
Change your religious beliefs? Nope.
Give up your favorite food? Nope.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? Nope.
Wake up early every day? Nope.
Change your friends you hang out with? If he had a good reason, like maybe if they did/said something horrible behind my back or to our kids, but he'd better have a good reason.
Get a tattoo? Sure
But it'll also depend on a tattoo of what.
Get rid of all your tattoos? I don't have any but if I did, sure.
Give up swearing? I gave up swearing ~10 years ago, but if I hadn't yet, then I would.
Quit smoking? N/A cuz I never smoked.
Be a stay-at-home parent? Yes, I would seriously consider it.
Live in the same house as your in laws? I'd prefer not to but if there was some good reason, like someone was deathly ill and need help or something, I might consider it.
Have 5 children? I'd have to think about it. Before I got pg, I would've done it in a heartbeat, but my body doesn't seem to like pg that much so doing it 5 times, I'd really have to think about it some more.