Your Unpopular Opinions

[NewmanFamily6]

I don't like many people and am not that social. We are busy and work a lot. If I'm off I don't care to chat with a neighbor, attend a block party, or socialize after work. I want to see DH and our children. In fact I only know 1 set of neighbors' names.

I also didn't spank my children and they are great compassionate people.

I don't agree with hunting Lions, Elephants, Rhinos, Giraffes or any other animal for trophies.

There are many more but they would not be appropriate.

 

[karensi]

I don't like Halloween but that was already discussed on another thread. I don't like Christmas music and actually I seldom, if ever, listen to any type of music.
As far as foods go, I don't like coffee, yogurt, spicy foods and I seldom eat chocolate.
I know I must sound like a huge dud or a stick in the mud type but really, if you knew me you'd say I was a nice, fun person.....I think

 

[ashley0139]

I'm trying to figure out how most of these are unpopular...

 

[superme80]

I don't care about the lions that are hunted in Africa or most big game. I don't have a problem with Sea World and orca whales in captivity.

 

[MomofKatie]

Send your kid to kindergarten when they are of age. Don't hold them back a year to "give them an advantage". A big pet peeve of mine that certainly is against the norm nowadays- DD was almost 2 full years younger than some of her classmates in elementary school because we sent her to kindergarten based on her birthday, while others held their kids back (then they still had to repeat a grade). And then one of her teachers criticized her for being "less mature than some of her classmates". Of course she is- she is the correct age for her grade and other kids should be 2 grades up!!

 

[Ember]

Having children is a choice, not a mandate. Women are worth more than their ability to procreate and there are many other ways to contribute to the world than adding to its population.

I think people who include gift instructions in wedding invites are selfish and tacky. Gifts are not an obligation, loved ones are not an ATM. There is no polite way to basically say, "Come to my party. You'll bring me presents right? Obviously you'll bring me presents! Cash. I only want cash."

Tennant was the best Doctor.

 

[CPanther95]

Not everything has to be given a name. I'm so annoyed by all the new "disorders" that have sprung up over recent years. Nobody can ever just feel crappy without it being some kind of new age disease.
"Oh, I'm having a bad hair day"...
"You are suffering from hair displacement disorder"

Sounds like you have nomatophobia.

 

[MickeySP]

Sticks, and Stones Mickey

Sticks, and Stones..

Well she asked for unpopular opinions, so I obliged. Right back atcha

 

[NewRVLady]

Oh I am the opposite. I LOVE being a MRS!!!! I know I am so anti culture, but I don't care. I LOVE it!

This is a BIGGIE for me....I HATE THAT

I was NEVER MRS John Smith
I came of age in the beginning of the woman's movement-and took my DH's lastname-but DONT call me Mrs John Smith(all names made up)

On the wedding announcement in a couple weeks my new DIL's parents will be listed as Mr and Mrs Tim Brown....but I have insisted ours reads , "son of John and Mary Smith"

 

[Disney Ella]

I think all this "shaming" stuff is out of control. "I have big feet, so I dangled them in the aisle of the plane. The flight attendant said they were a tripping hazard and insisted I move them, even though I explained that my feet were more comfortable there. I have been feet shamed, and am now standing up for all the poor, unfortunate people who are persecuted because of the size of their feet!" That's an extreme example, but it seems whenever anyone is criticized or must deal with rude comments, they have been shamed and must share it with the world on Twitter and Facebook.

 

[NHdisneylover]

On the more serious side: I am of the opinion that human beings are biologically programmed to be interested in having sex starting somewhere between mid teens up to mid twenties. Meaning, that many are not want to engage as teens and they should not be pressured to be, but also meaning that it is (in my unpopular opinion) not wrong, immoral or unhealthy in any way if a well informed teen chooses to have consensual sex.


I live in Germany, where the age of consent is among the lowest in the Western world, at 14. Even if the other partner is over 18 it is rarely a legal issue: only if that older person is in substantial a position of power over the teen (a main teacher, for example). In my opinion this is a good way to handle it.

 

[CPanther95]

Can't stand selfish drivers who will hold up 6 cars behind them with the right of way just to let someone pull out in front of them. Then they feel good about themselves because they get a thank you wave from the one person they can see and could care less about the 2 or 3 cars in the back that get stuck at an extra red light that they screwed over.

It bugs me when people refer to vanilla ice cream as "plain".

It annoys me that some of my white friends "don't see color" when really what they mean is that they go out of their way not to acknowledge color. I can talk like a normal human being with black friends, but in front of these people I have to filter my speech like I'm walking through some PC mine field.

 

[Art 1]

Can't stand hyphenated last names.

 

[ready123go]

I hate middle-aged and older men grocery shopping - GET OUT OF THE WAY. All the rest of us have figured out how to work the aisles and carts and, newsflash, we have stuff to do today. Guys just stand in the middle of the stinkin' aisle with a "deer in headlights" look on their face blocking traffic and getting testy.

I also hate women shopping in home improvement stores. Sister, do a little homework before donning those Manolo Blahniks and monopolizing the stock clerk for your "medium-light-teal-livingroom-paint-scheme-that looks-more-dark-than-light" exploratory shopping excursion. I mean, really?

 

[sam_gordon]

tattoos are disgusting.

You beat me to it. I'll admit I even think a little less of someone with a tattoo.

 

[ronandannette]

You beat me to it. I'll admit I even think a little less of someone with a tattoo.

I've mentioned before that my company doesn't hire people with visible ink for customer-facing jobs - period. Turned out to be an unpopular statement in a couple of different threads.

 

[NewRVLady]

Ok-super unpopular opinion

can not STAND facial piercing
ugh ugh ugh

 

[Chocolate Cake]

I do care if you hit your children in any way shape or form. In most first world countries it's called child abuse.

I agree. I have always thought hitting another human to be a barbaric act. Now add in pulling down pants or diaper and hitting on a bare bottom? Perverse and very weird.

 

[missbrooke06]

Can't stand selfish drivers who will hold up 6 cars behind them with the right of way just to let someone pull out in front of them. Then they feel good about themselves because they get a thank you wave from the one person they can see and could care less about the 2 or 3 cars in the back that get stuck at an extra red light that they screwed over.

It bugs me when people refer to vanilla ice cream as "plain".

It annoys me that some of my white friends "don't see color" when really what they mean is that they go out of their way not to acknowledge color. I can talk like a normal human being with black friends, but in front of these people I have to filter my speech like I'm walking through some PC mine field.

Agreed but it also cracks me up because I think I'm sort of legitimately ethnically blind. As in, some darker skinned African Americans and most Asians (although not lighter skinned Asians) but I think everyone else is just tan. It's sort of embarrassing because I feel like I'm undervaluing other ethnicities. True story: When a good friend got married, someone commented that "You didn't tell me Bob was marrying a black girl." What I said in a cool tone was "I didn't think it mattered." What actually happened was I had no clue she wasn't white (although it wouldn't have mattered and also, she was Indian).

 

[Chocolate Cake]

I am laughing because I can't believe how many of these posts I AGREE with! Maybe we all get along way better than we think we do