I'm glad the grad convo got started. I lurk certain threads but am always worried about posting for the reasons everyone else stated. Sometimes I'll see something on my phone but wait to comment until I can get to my laptop to disable.
I don't have a fruit ticker or a junk food ticker. Am I still cool to play? I'll also have to revive my love it badge
I see your ticker is comparing the baby to a bag of popcorn and not fruit, ergo your siggy is fine. /gavel
Wait, we hate fruit tickers?
Haters gonna hate. ::hair flip::
I don't want to update myself this week. I have too many feelz. My siggy hints that I may need an early, C-section delivery, though. Instead, here's a 29 week bump photo:
joy hugs and I'm so sorry you're dealing with all that.
Number One: Born 06.16.2009 BFP: 01.17.2014 / MC 02.05.2014 BFP: 03.08.2014 / MMC: 05.07.2014 Dx: Partial Molar/GTD. Benched until 01.2015 Number Two: Born 07.22.2016
I haven't been around that long but FWIW I would love for the grads to come and play. I think it would help with the board getting more active.
On a slightly related note (sorry if this doesn't belong here), I have also been thinking that BMBs are awfully specific and some of the newer ones I have been stalking (what?) don't seem to have enough members to be very active. Maybe back when a massive amount of people migrated to the boards there were enough people in each BMB to sustain them but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I know that there is one big general board for each year and I wish that could get utilized more.
I haven't been around that long but FWIW I would love for the grads to come and play. I think it would help with the board getting more active.
On a slightly related note (sorry if this doesn't belong here), I have also been thinking that BMBs are awfully specific and some of the newer ones I have been stalking (what?) don't seem to have enough members to be very active. Maybe back when a massive amount of people migrated to the boards there were enough people in each BMB to sustain them but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I know that there is one big general board for each year and I wish that could get utilized more.
We tried to make a Pregnancy board happen around a year ago (??) but lots were resistant to it. People wanted to belong to BMBs, even though they were dead, because it was a rite of passage on TB.
I liked the Pregnancy board but it just kind of ... womp womped.
I haven't been around that long but FWIW I would love for the grads to come and play. I think it would help with the board getting more active.
On a slightly related note (sorry if this doesn't belong here), I have also been thinking that BMBs are awfully specific and some of the newer ones I have been stalking (what?) don't seem to have enough members to be very active. Maybe back when a massive amount of people migrated to the boards there were enough people in each BMB to sustain them but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I know that there is one big general board for each year and I wish that could get utilized more.
I like my BMB. Sure I wish it was more active sometimes, but the point is for those going through the same stage in pregnancy or baby development to have others to commiserate with and get advice.
I really liked the boards by trimester that were on TB. That said, my BMB (D16) is a little quiet but I still like it. It's nice that we're all going through the same stuff and I think that will be even more helpful when dealing with age-specific baby stuff.
I haven't been around that long but FWIW I would love for the grads to come and play. I think it would help with the board getting more active.
On a slightly related note (sorry if this doesn't belong here), I have also been thinking that BMBs are awfully specific and some of the newer ones I have been stalking (what?) don't seem to have enough members to be very active. Maybe back when a massive amount of people migrated to the boards there were enough people in each BMB to sustain them but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I know that there is one big general board for each year and I wish that could get utilized more.
We tried to make a Pregnancy board happen around a year ago (??) but lots were resistant to it. People wanted to belong to BMBs, even though they were dead, because it was a rite of passage on TB.
I liked the Pregnancy board but it just kind of ... womp womped.
I can see the appeal of a BMB over the pregnancy board, since it's a place you can stick with even after the birth of the child, and you can continue to hang out with people raising children of the same age (but again, so specific!), but I just don't think it works as well with so few people. I guess at some point after birth people hang out at parenting? I don't know, BMBs seem like a weird place of limbo between GKU and parenting.
Tbh, I like BMBs *BECAUSE* they are small. I vastly prefer keeping up with a handful of people. And mine is plenty active. I don't think they need to be hopping to be relevant.
Post by kellybenelly83 on Jun 8, 2016 15:17:14 GMT -5
I like my bmb, I also like gku, because I miss you guys! I tend to stalk you guys a lot more than I post. Anyways I wasn't trying to start shit, but I enjoyed my time in gku and loved it when grads played. Siggys never bothered me, and I don't particularly agree with asking people to hide them if they have kids, this board is for all.
Anyway! I'll play grad now, Ryan is a week shy of 4 months! He's super chatty and loves spitting up on me right after a shower or shirt change, he has particularly good aim for my cleavage! Pic because he's super awesome and obviously cooler than me
Married 10/10/10! TTC Baby #1 since April 2014 BFP Oct 16 - EP terminated Nov 6 2014 Off the Bench January 2015! BFP #2 June 1 2015 - EDD Feb 12 2016! Baby Boy born 15th February 2016!
I try to remember to hide my siggy (I don't TCF while I'm mobile) but sometimes on fast moving threads (Bachelorette, etc.) that I have time to play in I forget...
I've never been too active here anyway, but it was always my impression grads were welcome as long as we weren't being assholes and generally speaking no biggie about siggies.
I have the sad feeling that GKU is getting to be TTTC Lite and I'm sorry for everyone in that situation. IF sucks.
Last Edit: Jun 8, 2016 20:55:39 GMT -5 by icaughtfire
Number One: Born 06.16.2009 BFP: 01.17.2014 / MC 02.05.2014 BFP: 03.08.2014 / MMC: 05.07.2014 Dx: Partial Molar/GTD. Benched until 01.2015 Number Two: Born 07.22.2016
I try to remember to hide my siggy (I don't TCF while I'm mobile) but sometimes on fast moving threads (Bachelorette, etc.) that I have time to play in I forget...
I've never been too active here anyway, but it was always my impression grads were welcome as long as we weren't being assholes and generally speaking no biggie about siggies.
I have the sad feeling that GKU is getting to be TTTC Lite and I'm sorry for everyone in that situation. IF sucks.
I disagree 100% with the idea that GKU is becoming TTTC Lite, participation from new posters has been increasing again. I also think that term is offensive, so how about people stop using it.
Grads are welcome to join in any threads where they feel they can contribute useful information or just want to liven things up . In fact, many grads that post in the threads are gearing up to TTC again, so they are more than welcome to post.
As for the assholes, they can post too. I like most of the assholes around here. It's the people that sit up on high horses that I don't like, and they can go fuck themselves.
This conversation comes up every couple of months. TBH, there are so many "rules" on GKU that I checked out and just started posting on parenting where I didn't have to think about disabling siggys and spoilers.
I find it funny that this conversation is happening now, after there was an entire thread devoted to a live blog labour. Nobody even questioned that, but now we're debating whether grads can post or if siggies should be disabled. It's laughable.
99% of the time I only come back here because I've been tagged, And I post because I care about the people here and have made friends over the years.
Do I miss the "good old days"? Sure. But like many have mentioned, this isn't 3T, and I won't sensor my posts over here. If that makes me an asshole, too bad. #sorrynotsorry
Agreed. All joking aside, I think we all love the grads, but the labor live blog was in extremely poor taste to me. There are multiple boards where this would have been an appropriate place to post. Not the least of which was the BMB. It also comes down to playing favorites. Much like a BFP post is supposed to be for "regs only", now we have to wonder if we are important enough for a live blog of our labor. I have kept quiet, because I have nothing against LED, and I'm so happy for her, but that entire post rubbed me the wrong way.
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