Phrases that make you cringe!

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  • goatg
    goatg Posts: 1,399 Member
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    A lot of things people say about having kids, like:

    "it's different when they're your own"
    "you'll understand when you have your own" (I'm 42 now and decided at about 13 not to have any, but thanks)
    "You can't possibly know love until you have a child" (eye roll for days)
    "I didn't truly love my husband until our child was born" (that's sad! WTF)
    "EVERYTHING I do in life, I do it for my child" (really, you go to work, pay taxes, care for your health because of your child ONLY - you would just rot in a gutter if you weren't a parent? Interesting flex)
    I have also met people who seem totally normal but say "I'd be dead if it weren't for my child(ren)" with total seriousness and I find that SO alarming!!

    I also hate a lot of things I consider health woo or diet lingo. I will probably be "wooed" for this if not for the above, which is fine. But even if some of it has truth to it, I just don't want to hear it honestly...

    - anything about gut health (mainly because it's usually from someone who read 1 article about gut health and is now an expert)
    - mentions of essential oils to treat actual diseases
    - diets targeting specific body parts
    - "it's so simple - just eat when you're hungry" (thanks but not everyone has good hunger/satiety cues, that plan got me to 300 lb in the past)
    - ANY product sold through an MLM
    - fat loss and toning done with special products like pills, bars, or shakes and not as part of a larger program with actual diet & workouts
    - "it doesn't matter what you eat as long as you're eating clean"
    - "diet soda will make you gain weight"

    I agree with literally, not to be confused with figuratively, every single thing (except 42/13).
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    edited May 2020
    It's gonna be interesting to see...

    Oh I try so hard not to say it 😖
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    I slept like a baby. Babies don't sleep through the night.

    It's gonna be Déjà vu all over again.

    We'll cross that bridge when we get there. We'll just burn that bridge when we get to it.

    The exception proves the rule.

    Easier said than done.
  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
    Diatonic12 wrote: »
    I slept like a baby. Babies don't sleep through the night.

    It's gonna be Déjà vu all over again.

    We'll cross that bridge when we get there. We'll just burn that bridge when we get to it.

    The exception proves the rule.

    Easier said than done.

    At least two of these are intentional humorous modifications of the original adage.
  • ZenDream
    ZenDream Posts: 208 Member
    "Where did you last leave it?" - asked when looking for something misplaced. Well if I knew where I actually last left it, I would have found it.
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    Get er done

  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,990 Member
    You got this.
  • alexmose
    alexmose Posts: 792 Member
    "It depends"....annoyingly accurate all the time

    "It is what it is"
  • ZenDream
    ZenDream Posts: 208 Member
    This one is always interesting to me...."New and Improved!!" - Well, if it's new, it's not improved, and if it's improved, it's not new.
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,391 Member
    ZenDream wrote: »
    "Where did you last leave it?" - asked when looking for something misplaced. Well if I knew where I actually last left it, I would have found it.

    That's right up there with the people who ask "What are you looking for?" when I'm rooting around in my purse. Because you somehow know the layout better than I do?
  • that_night_in_paris
    that_night_in_paris Posts: 457 Member
    "What it do, playa"

    Huh. What does what do now? I'm very confused, sir.
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    that_night_in_paris wrote: »
    "What it do, playa"

    Huh. What does what do now? I'm very confused, sir.

    You think that’s bad, you should hear Toronto slang. 😅
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    Go scratch
  • allother94
    allother94 Posts: 588 Member
    “Spell it like it sounds.“ Their, there, they’re.
  • Reckoner69_lmao
    Reckoner69_lmao Posts: 1,000 Member
    ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    I could care less.

    Unless you actually mean that you do care...
  • SwolehouseBrotown
    SwolehouseBrotown Posts: 196 Member
    "I don't do bj's"
  • SwolehouseBrotown
    SwolehouseBrotown Posts: 196 Member
    "Idt that will fit...."
  • that_night_in_paris
    that_night_in_paris Posts: 457 Member
    When one of your co-workers who is older than 40 tries to be hip and says...

    "Woot woot!"

    Oh god I could shove my head in a fax machine
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    Where's my girls?
    Where's my crew?
    Where's my tribe?
    Where's my clan?
    Where's my network?

  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    that_night_in_paris wrote: »
    When one of your co-workers who is older than 40 tries to be hip and says...

    "Woot woot!"

    Oh god I could shove my head in a fax machine

    To be fair “WOOT WOOT”, raise the roof is their generation.
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    My kiddos, especially when they don't belong to you, never did and never will.
  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
    My truth
  • savannahs21
    savannahs21 Posts: 364 Member
    ''I did a thing."
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
    "ENJOY YOUR DAY"
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    "WWAASSSUUUPPP" 🙈
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    I'm starting to hate the phrase "Less is more"...

    I mean, why does "less", have to be "more" in some way for us to be okay with it?

    What's wrong with "less", just simply being "less" and having its own value?
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,990 Member
    Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »
    "WWAASSSUUUPPP" 🙈

    Is that still a thing?

    Oh, another one that makes me cringe: "Is that still a thing?"
  • angelacmTX
    angelacmTX Posts: 3 Member
    When the picky eater says “I don’t care” in response to the question -what would you like for dinner.
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