Unpopular Opinions

This will forevermore be a work in progress, but for your entertainment, I will tell you about some of my (hopefully amusing) unpopular opinions.

1.  I absolutely abhor the "love letter" wedding vow.  A vow is a promise.  A vow is "I promise to stick things out with you if we become so poor that we have to start selling our plasma to be able to keep the lights on."  A vow is "I promise to never actually make good on my threats that you'll sleep on the couch if you let even ONE more fart rip."  Saying, "Your eyes are cerulean and remind me of the sea" or "I knew I loved you from the moment I met you" is very sweet.  But that's a love letter.  Not a vow.  See the difference?

2.  I don't get why crop tops are a thing.  If you have the body for it, congrats, but why do I need to see you coming down the street in what is essentially beachware?  And if you don't have the body for it, there's no shame in that.  Few of us do.  But showing your rolls to passersby is hardly becoming.  Clothe yourself.

3.  If a guy ever shows you he's selfish, inconsiderate, disrespectful, or abusive, believe him the first time, and RUN.  Those are personality traits that are unlikely to change.

4.  If you cannot pay off a car within 60 months, you cannot afford the car.

5.  It's ALWAYS a bad idea to enter into a relationship, engagement, or marriage with the intention of changing the other person.

6.  I think Kim Kardashian, and women like her, set the entire female gender back 50 years.  I also think that promoting the objectification of women, particularly when you have a daughter yourself, is shameful at best.

7.  If you can't talk to your spouse about literally anything, you should not be married to the guy.  I've known a few people that say things like, "Oh, I'm not allowed to talk to my husband about X, Y, Z."  Um, excuse me?  It'd be a cold day in hell before my husband told me what I was allowed to talk to him about.

8.  I don't get people who can't be happy for others.  Why does it bother you if a friend gets married, engaged, etc?  Shouldn't you be happy that someone you care about has had something good happen to him/her?  Why do you need to make it about you, and what you do/don't have?

9.  The kitten heel is the mullet of all shoes. It looks good on no one.  Can't handle a heel?  Try a flat.

10.  I absolutely LOATHE when I read an "advice" article for young people, and they include "Don't get married young.  I got married at 30 something and it worked out great for me."  Seriously? Just because something was right for you doesn't mean it's right for everyone.