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*Krista*
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
I am incredibly annoyed by that delete
That was the most interesting situation this board has seen in a long time.
Re: I am incredibly annoyed by that delete
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I still have page 2 open. I summarized it for Maryboo. Sibil posted a picture of what grandma probably looks like. And it got deleted after Ojo told her about being a child bride:
The irony is that you're still to young to acknowledge it. When you post your business on the Internet, you don't get to dictate how we opine.
And really, the most interesting part, to me, wasn't even her. It was the rest of her family!
I still have page 1 open. I missed the pic though, darn I bet that was funny.
I just said that this must be her grandmother, and she's probably not over 50
I'm totally innocent
I changed my name
What happened?
I totally saw it coming before I even opened the post.
Her SN screamed "I'm an 18 year old beeeebeeeee"
67/200
Totally missed all this, but I'm loving the White's interjection here! Kirk (this chick) literally is like 30.
I did not respond to the thread, but I agree that it's not a surprise that she DD'd. I mean, come on, that's how 18 year olds react. I'm not knocking 18 year olds, I was one once. . . 22 years ago. But, as previously mentioned, the OP of the DD'd thread is already miles ahead of her brother, who is an unemployed, two-time father who mooches off of others and either doesn't trust his wife or was jealous of her fabulous trip to visit his sister's fianc?, now husband. (And, I wonder how that came about. . . )
OP of the DD'd thread, stick around, lurk and read. There are ladies here with varied backgrounds, lots of experience and, some, even, were relatively young brides (though, I am not one of them). From the few times you've posted, I can see that you are able to write well so that leads me to believe that you are intelligent. (And, you get points in my book, in case you care, because you did not use text-speak!). We all were 18 years old at one point. Some of us made choices when we were younger that made life more difficult. None of us are perfect, but we've learned and grown. So, when people share their advice and experiences, it is to help you, and others. We don't know you, it's not personal. And, we do see a number of very young brides come through here. Some think they know it all and that the ladies here are dumb. Others see that they can learn from the experience of others.
My one bit of advice to you is to get enrolled in classes at the local community college--and get your DH to do so, too. For him, it will help with promotions and the military will pay for a certain number of credits a year. For you, as a military spouse, getting an education will help you be develop yourself as a person outside of being a military wife. I speak from experience--it can be a challenge to feel independent when you are entirely dependent upon your spouse for financial support, especially as you move from base to base. Taking classes is also an opportunity to meet people and to make friends, which gets more difficult the older you are and is, IMO, a critical part of being happy wherever you live.
Sorry this got so long. Good luck!
People pointed out your youngness, myself included. But you are an adolescent, regardless if you care to admit it or not. It's not innately a bad thing. Considering that developmentalists put adolescence ending at 21 or so, you're hardly the only one around her with that label. And generally, its not that big of a deal most the time with most of the posters in that group.
ilovemyairman (i think that's right) you did get good advice. You also got very defensive and pretty beebee about it. Lurk around and you'll realize no one was really that mean to you. We're one of the puffiest, puppy and rainbow, easy going boards on the nest, so really nothing anyone said to you was nearly as bad as it could have been. Also, advice for the future- the more defensive and angry you get, the more people feed into it. It turns into like a shark feeding frenzy. Stay calm and reasonable, things will work out better.
I changed my name