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~~*SuperAng*~~
Hi 
I just wanted to say a few things (hopefully I won't step on any toes or hurt anyone's feelings).
I have been cringing at your pregnancy anouncement post, which is why I have not said *anything* other than to wish you a happy and healthy 9 months.
There are some women on the board (myself included) who are having a very difficult time with the TTC process. We've been trying to have a baby for well over a year (some 2 years, some 4 years, and so on and so forth) and sometimes, when someone comes in and says that they got pregnant after only a very short amount of time and with no difficulty what-so-ever, it sort of makes us feel a bit... shitty.
I can't speak for EVERYONE on the board, I can only speak for myself. I feel awful that your pregnancy announcement turned into a personal attack on your intelligence, I don't think that was right so I wanted to speak up.
That being said, most of the women here (in my opinion) are really awesome and we all have taken a hit or gotten flamed from time to time.
If you stick around, I'm sure you'll make friends, just like we all have on this board.
I hope that this clears things up a bit... it's just that some of us are very tired of trying so hard for a baby and getting absolutely nowhere.
Again, even though I didn't say anything in your post other than to congratulate you, I wish you the best in your pregnancy.
Re: ~~*SuperAng*~~
Well said, AT.
But I dissagree that anyone was questioning her intelligence. No one said she was stupid.
It did seem strange that Ang didn't get what was really going on, but I think that can be attributed to her short time here. It's hard to convey tone in type and like she said, she thought it was an inside joke not sarcasm.
I'll add to this. For me, it had nothing to do with the time frame with which she achieved knocked up status. It had everything to do with, we don't know you. So for me - and I will only speak for me on this part - I don't understand coming to a place where you seldom post to announce your pregnancy. To go back to J&T's - it's the equivalent to walking into your local Taco Bell and announcing you're pregnant.
The general response is likely to be something like "Ooooooookay....And?"
Thanks, Shoe
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Unfortunately, her intelligence is being questioned as we speak over in the dead horse post... maybe I'm all puppies that fart rainbows, but I just feel that the things being said to her are pretty unnecessary. I've been in that position (when *I* said something questionable) and it can feel pretty crappy.
aww, AT. You had to go & get the board all messy.
now clean it up before someone steps in it
That picture is pretty rad, Blair. I'm saving that one.
It makes me feel a little spinny though.
::::::puts away the acid:::::
No one questioned intelligence. I questioned randomness. Then I kept rolling the ball around. No one knew if SuperAng was playing along or oblivious until she outed herself. It may not have been the squIshy reception she hoped for, but nothing unkind has been said to or about her on the board.
I thought the board formally known as ATAT is where the funny whent to die, but apparently it's here, too.
I'm sorry. But it all made me laugh.
First of all, I don't really get why SA had to "out herself". She's a newb with a BFP and we should just be happy for her and not questioning her IQ.
Second, I don't see where the fun died. It continued on in the other post. I think most of us were not trying to have fun at her expense, but just having fun in general...and it should continue that way.
Here! Here!
I'd like to hear from Ang about all this.
AT, you have definitely been the butt of some snarky jokes in the past. But you hung around and I don't think many people can say they would have done the same.
If any of you regulars all of a sudden said, "I'm pregnant!" I would be so happy for you. If you said, "I'm pregnant and we weren't even trying." I would die a little on the inside (cause I'm a bitter IF biznatch), but I'd still be happy for you because you are my weird internet friends.
But some stranger? That's like standing in line at WalMart and hearing some broad squealing she's pregnant. NIce, get a cookie and get out of my face. I don't care.
giggle
What?? I am not now, or ever, letting you revoke your NC Nestie card. Let's just all grow some monkey balls and continue to have fun, right?!
Monkey balls.
My new favorite phrase.
But it's better than a dead board, right?
I'm not sure I get the pic though...
I know, I know. I'm still half asleep at work.
The rainbow killed the biitch. Pretty simple, really.
And with that you just took it to a whole other level.
klassy
I smell an AE.
Looks like balls of steel aren't contagious after all, J&T.