Well it took less than one full day for someone to make a negative comment about Oliver's name. I will cut a bitch.
This is why we never told anyone the name before DS was born and are doing the same with baby girl. People make sad disappointed faces at you but I'd rather have that then negative comments polluting our decision
@wineandcupcakes - Wow. Your mom is definitely way over the line. I'm sorry you'll likely be fighting over things for the foreseeable future unless she finally learns it's your life, not hers. That sounds extremely frustrating and stressful.
Well it took less than one full day for someone to make a negative comment about Oliver's name. I will cut a bitch.
People are so dumb about names. Most of my friends won't share their name choices for that reason. But I see the idiots who comment as an easy outlet for my pregnancy rage You picked a lovely name.
onesweetworld Yes so true it will never work. MH had a nice memory of his step mom asking if they should find out the gender of his baby brother . I think my husband was 11 and his response was "that's like unwrapping a Christmas present" or something cute like that and it really influenced his parents to be team green. The one and only time we told them we were pregnant they asked if we would find out the gender. We both had a solid yes answer. Then they said remember when .... and now he's all team green. I think if it's fun for both then do it. But I like to plan so I want to know.
I had to know. I respect people who are team green (because damn that takes willpower I don't have), but I don't get the whole "it's more exciting this way!" argument. You're still surprised, it just depends on whether it happens in month 4/5 or month 9. It was no less wonderful for me to find out early.
@wineandcupcakes, go to babycenter and check out the DWIL board. I feel that you will enjoy the stories of women telling their families to fuck off when they're being jerks. I'm sorry your mom is like that.
@wineandcupcakes , go to babycenter and check out the DWIL board. I feel that you will enjoy the stories of women telling their families to fuck off when they're being jerks. I'm sorry your mom is like that.
I just skimmed this for amusement. I already knew my family and my in-laws are pretty awesome, but wow, there are some gems on there.
Post by silvermelody on Jan 2, 2017 11:27:08 GMT -5
@wineandcupcakes your mom sounds really difficult. My mom had regrets about things from her childhood but it was stuff like never taking a family vacation or getting to play an instrument. So she went a little overboard pressing us to do all the extracurricular things. She also pushed really hard for me to grow up sooner than I was ready to. I was the oldest and went through puberty early (at 10, some girls are earlier now) and she was pushing me to shave my armpits and wear makeup and I just wanted to be a kid.
Sorry I guess I derailed a little there too. But I'm very aware of gender roles and not wanting to force my kids into things they aren't interested in. My son appears to be very into sports already, like daddy, but if that ever changes I want him to know that's okay too.
I'm sorry your mom told you that you were awful for being a tomboy
@wineandcupcakes , go to babycenter and check out the DWIL board. I feel that you will enjoy the stories of women telling their families to fuck off when they're being jerks. I'm sorry your mom is like that.
I just skimmed this for amusement. I already knew my family and my in-laws are pretty awesome, but wow, there are some gems on there.
I've been spiraling for weeks, ha. The Best Of threads linked in the sticky are amazing.
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