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Baby bomb dropped
MIL just returned an email of mine, in which I said that Aaron has been out of town, and that I haven't met any friends yet. She suggested a grand-baby would keep me busy. BUSY? I'm busy now. I want someone to hang out and drink wine with, not someone who needs me to wipe poop off their ass (and make me more busy). I have work, I want fun. I just don't understand the response. I want babies, and relatively soon (in the next year), but I don't know how that is related to my loneliness.
Re: Baby bomb dropped
Quote of the day! I'm still giggling.
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How can you pants be fancy if they have poop in them?
Didn't you know babies solve all problems!
I give this thread a solid thumbs up. ::mamie approved::
Cru -- MIL just knows that you're not a REAL wife if you're not a poop-wiping milk-producing, CM-measuring fool. Obvi.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
I'll just take your word for it...
and yes mofe - I despise that people do actually think babies solve problems.
My life is a farce *dramatically throws wrist to forehead*
I was out to dinner with a friend and his friend from hs was telling us this horrible story about how abusive her husband is and how jealous he gets. The next sentence out of her mouth was "we're thinking about having a baby." Errr say what!
Being 'lonely' ranks right up there as one of the WORST reasons to have a baby. Ugh, where do these people come from?! People's attitudes towards having children are so weird. Like my entire in law side keeps telling 'us' to have more kids. I love how it's so easy for everyone to decide what will be best for 'us.' Meanwhile they're not the ones who will gain 40-55 pounds, not be able to drink for 9 months, have pregnancy insomnia, feel nauseous all day, have a gigantic epidural needle shoved into their spine and push a child out of their crotch! Oh yeah, then I have to take care of it every day too. Another minor detail. So easy for them to say!!
PS-i totally have nerve damage in my right leg from these effing epidurals!?
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Loving this post...and subsequent comments. I've managed to avoid the pregnancy talk from my MIL, but only because my DH has two older sisters and they've been actively TTC for the past year or two. Sadly, both have had several miscarriages so I think any pregnancy talk has been rightly squashed. That said, we're still TTC but without anyone (except you guys and the crew we tailgated at a football game with last weekend) knowing.
you are too kind.
you are right though, I should quit b!tching. My kids are awesome. Being pregnant and consequently, raising the kids, is really hard work though (mainly for the woman who is doing it). It's irritating to me that anyone feels they have a right to make any kind of input on it whatsoever.?
I just totally squeezed my thighs together and started thanking God that Brendan and I aren't having kids for another 3-5 years.
Luckily, we aren't getting that pressure (really) since we're 23 and I still don't think my MIL is over Brendan getting married before his older sister, let alone us having a kid before her. So, until she gets hitched, I think we're OK lol
I would definitely be down for meeting up. You sound much more fun than a baby
There has been a very recent (Wednesday I think) revival on the Chicago Nestie board. All the old girls are back and posting. A thread was started talking about a get together, which would be fun if it actually happened!
Stop complaining. Give the baby some wine and then your problems really will be solved.
We are free from baby pressure from our families because they all want me to finish my degree and have a job and because Evil SIL made an asss of herself when she asked me if I was "knocked up" at her kid's birthday party in front of many people. Our offense to this question has squashed pressure from the parents.
Although I was trying to explain to my 4 year old nephew that I'm related to him (he thinks I'm my mom's friend). I told him that 'grandma is my mommy and she is your mommy's mommy'. He said, "who's mommy are you?" I said, "no one's" He said, "maybe you could be grandpa's mommy. He doesn't have a mommy."
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