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Knot/nest experience?
Hey ladies! I mentioned this at the GTG but thought I'd post here, too.
I'm writing a paper for my mass communication and media class about the knot. The focus is on how media technology can help you do something better (like plan your wedding).
But also I want to write a bit about the other benefits of the knot, as a life stage website. Have you had any "side benefits" from using the knot as a resource, the message boards, tools, etc? Have you made friends or found a new skill? Pretty much anything goes!
If you are interested in contributing your experience for my paper, please feel free to post below or email me. The contribution can be brief, even just a sentence or two but I'll need a first name and last initial, if you don't mind. For those that share info with me, I'll be happy to send them the final version of the paper.
inluv4life at gmail dot com
TIA for any help you can provide ladies!
PS I'm hoping to collect this data this weekend, if at all possible. I've totally procrastinated on this. Ugh.
Re: Knot/nest experience?
I met one of my best friends on the knot.
And I know there are a ton of girls from the OC board who have become wedding-related vendors (photographers, DOC, invite designers, etc.)
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
Anna J.
Before frequenting the WC board I hardly ever cooked dinner nightly (I guess that could be also due to working and going to school full time and planning a wedding but...). Now I plan meals in advance and blog them to keep track of all of the tasty things I've made. I have, through the WC board, been introduced to many more bloggers out there and I really feel "at home" on the board.
The SD boards have been wonderful for me. First they helped me plan my wedding and led me towards (or away from) certain vendors. I've also made a few very good friends on the boards.
The Pets board has helped me be a better parent to my two pups. I've received great information regarding food, toys, etc. When my pup was having issues I posted my problem and a vet tech (fellow nestie) helped me and gave me the exact information I needed.
The baby boards helped a lot when I found out I was pregnant and the Miscarriage/Loss board was very helpful when I lost my baby. I (like pp) knew that I wasn't alone. I only knew of one other person who had a miscarriage IRL so I didn't have any experience with the emotional and physical experiences.
I still think that IRL friends are very important and think that communication on message boards isn't the best way to express oneself because of the different ways words can be interpreted without a face and body to express them. But I also would have been missing out on a great source of information, friendship, and fun if I didn't run into theknot/nest.com.
Was that too much?
Hey!!! All of what Dani said was a great example! :-)
In my case, yes, it was the wedding planning at first; but also when I moved to San Diego I met some of the people that I had met online and we've become great friends, so it helped me to adapt to a new city and even network.
It's a great resource to ask all kinds of questions to real people (like Dani said, about pets, food, if you're going somewhere on vacation, planning to move somewhere, etc) and get a real feeling for what's out there, not from a possibly biased source.
Cole Alexander 6.9.10