Beauty Pet Peeves 2

[veronika23]

The other thread was getting too long and difficult to load! 

So what are your beauty pet peeves? What grinds your gears? Share your stories!!!

[xcicee]

@Tamara76 It is my first box and I was so unprepared for this! I thought if you ordered one box you would have it in two weeks. Sephora has definitely spoiled us 😛

[Beadshopgirl]

I bought my bottle of Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire EDP  in November of 2015. I've barely put a dent in it in that time, and yesterday I discovered that it's changed since I last wore it a few weeks ago! The cherry notes have completely disappeared, and all I can smell is spicy tea now. It still smells good but it's not the same. I am never buying a full size fragrance again. *cries*

[Tamara76]

Oh no!  This really stinks.  😥

[LolliLove]

I find that some days my favorite fragrances do smell different than others. Have you tried it again since your cherry notes disappeared? Perhaps it was a temperature or body chemistry thing?

[Beadshopgirl]

@LolliLove I tried it again today. I even tried spraying a few times onto a tissue. It's completely changed. 

[LolliLove]

That REALLY sucks, @Beadshopgirl. I'm so sorry to hear it. 😞

[moxiepancakes]

Dear Anthropology,

A zodiac sign is not a dress size. 

the end 

[ghrelin]

Wait.... what?  How does that even translate....?  Anthropology, what are you thinking?

[lmi82]

They're listing zodiac signs as dress sizes?

Edit: @moxiepancakes what items are Anthropologie doing this with? Just curious.

[moxiepancakes]

@lmi82 they had zodiac signs listed under the size search function for clothing. It's bad enough the list is a jumble p4 p6p2 8 4 6 12 p10 m  xs cancer 14 Taurus Aquarius 

[lmi82]

@moxiepancakes Wow. That's weird. I'm not seeing any zodiac signs, so they must have moved it. Might have been a website glitch, though. Especially since the list was all jumbled. 

[LolliLove]

As an anthropologist, I got very confused for a second. Then I realized you were probably referring to the store, in which case I am in wholehearted agreement.

[Insomniacmuffin]

K, I know it's Feb already.. but this is still buggin' me.

We always share xmas with some friends of ours.. and the last year has been difficult financially for them. They directly asked us to limit gifts to $20 specifically so that they didn't feel awkward in keeping finances in check over the holidays. We respected that, and did so. No fudging, no playing around, just followed their wishes and kept the gifts very small but thoughtful.

Then xmas comes, and they spend over $200 on us! I know it was that much because one of the gifts was a $100 gift card to a restaurant. Blatant. 

I don't know the word for what I'm feeling.. but it bugs me. It bugs me because.. I don't even know! It's not a 'contest win/lose' issue, just kinda of that they 'hobbled' us to a limit, imposed their will upon us.. and then did not adhere to the agreed upon terms! It just.. makes me not trust them?

I'm crazy in the head.

[EvangelineDamon]

@Insomniacmuffin, I'd be pretty baffled by this, too.

Their insistence that you limit your gifts to $20 is understandable considering what they're going through but its bogus the way they went against their own request.

Its hard to be peeved at a gift but its the principle of the request.

I'd like to think that they were unexpectedly gifted the gift card and wanted give you guys something extra to show that they're doing okay. Who knows.

Hopefully they appreciated that you followed their wishes.

[ghrelin]

@Insomniacmuffin  I would feel really awkward about that too, not to mention somewhat annoyed.  I don't think you're crazy in the head at all.  

On the same vein, but slightly different:  I outright refuse to exchange gifts with my in-laws.  I always shop early, and they know that, and one year my MiL called me up in the middle of December to tell me that my SiLs decided that everyone would just pick a name of a sibling (and their attached family) and that's who the gift giver would give gifts to, and that they'd already drawn a name for me and my husband.

 And I was like, 'Actually I've already bought gifts for people.  They're wrapped and ready to be delivered', and my MiL told me to 'just take them back'.  So I just noped really hard right there and then and told them that no one would be getting anything from us and that we wouldn't be participating in their drawing.

That was over ten years ago, and I'm still a little sour over that, even though I've tried to put it behind me.  I just don't do well with people telling me what to do and deciding for me without my input.  Gifts should be something you want to give someone, not something you're forced or coerced into doing.  Having someone force a limit, then not sticking to it themselves would probably humiliate me to no end, to be completely honest.

The older I get, the more awkward December gets for me because of all the gift giving rituals and the expectations that come from mutual gift giving, or if someone gives you a gift then they feel obligated to give you back something or vice versa.

TLDR: You're not crazy.  I'd be annoyed too.

[EvangelineDamon]

This is even more bogus, @ghrelin

I would be offended by this, too. Its so nice when people put such thought into their presents and to ask you to return these gifts feels so disrespectful.

Not sure why they couldn't just concede and be thankful that you thought enough of them to buy their gifts in advanced. 

Hopefully the hubby understands.

I know I do.

[ghrelin]

@EvangelineDamon  Yeah it was pretty ridiculous.  To this day they don't understand why I was so offended by it.  But then they also don't understand why I don't want them to just show up at my house and let themselves in without warning.  It baffles them that I lock my door even when I'm home.  I'm just like, um, yeah that's just not safe...  Maybe I am crazy, but at least I'm safer for it?

So, it's just this weird disconnect between their family dynamic and the way I view things.  I don't hate them or anything, but I just kind of keep my distance as much as possible.  My husband is pretty understanding about it, and I'm all for him spending as much time with his family as he wants.  It's just too much drama for me to handle.  

As for Christmas gifts, these days we give his parents a gift and my my mother gets a gift, and that's it.

[sonnydee]

Omg. My in laws do the exact same thing but they do it every year like 2 or 3 days before Christmas.I haven't participated in like 5 years and even worse I tried to get the name drawing thing done at Thanksgiving and they were like no only our daughter can do it. I hate the holidays 

[ghrelin]

@sonnydee  I would just die if I had to deal with that kind of drama.  I totally feel for you.  That would be so frustrating.

I feel like such a Scrooge saying this, but December really is just this hyped up season of sadistic consumeristic ritual we subject ourselves to yearly under the delusional belief that it's going to be a good time.  

[sonnydee]

Thanks @ghrelin i could probably start my own thread about the nightmares of my in laws but then no one would want to get married! 🙂

[ghrelin]

@sonnydee   I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who have had  inlaw issues.  In some ways, I'm always just a tiny bit jealous of people who have wonderful relationships with their inlaws, but then it goes away quickly as I realize that while I may not have a wonderful relationship with my inlaws, at least it isn't worst than it already is!

Good luck with your inlaws!  😄