Military Nesties
Dear Community,
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.
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.
Re: Helping a military mama in need
When you first posted the link, I didn't click the link. Later, I read the ladies' responses, so in had to check the registry. At first glance, it's not all bad. . . But then it keeps going and going and going--and the items seemed to get more outrageous! As someone else said, as long as it's not your registry you linked to, you did nothing wrong. And, FTR, even if one's registry looked exactly like this one, it's not necessarily bad. My problem with it is that someone who appears to have the means (a job that pays well and married to a Major) to provide the basics and beyond is competing against families who do not have the means to provide their own basics, let alone beyond. Like bridal registries, many baby registries often offer a registry completion discounts when a registry is closed. I registered for things I knew people would not buy, but that I wanted, so why not get the discount? Again, OP, you did nothing wrong! It is nice to know where one's charitable dollars go. Mine will not be going to size 3T Gap clothes or size 8 See Kai Run shoes for this particular family.
I may or may not have sent her a strongly worded (although short, bc space was limited) pm expressing my disgust for her potentially taking this away from women actually in need.
potentially
I changed my name
I potentially really, really like you.
Potentially.
::starts slow clap::
I may have even said "shame on you" lol. I'm 80 years old.
I changed my name
Weird. Now I can as well. But I swear it wanted a visitor password the last time I checked it out.
I'll vouch for you Lemon. It was like that when I went there too.
I changed my name
I may be heavily medicated right now but I knew I wasn't cray cray!
it's still asking me for a password when I click on her registry, but not the others.
I changed my name
I'll keep reading - i promise - but sometimes *** happens and families end up in need - HOWEVER we (military families) have plenty of opportunities and resources we do NOT NEED a camera or anything else like that. Pretty sad and unethical.
If this chic really is this bad off why hasn't the command counseled the couple or reached out to USO, Operation Homefront, or any of the other organizations already established to support military families?
Because her H is probably the XO! He IS the command!
Oh yeah I definitely understand that stuff happens. I guess I just feel like the the other people in the contest are in much worse positions, and she was on there by virtue of her husband being in the military, and this seems like a case of someone taking advantage because of their military family "status." Does that make sense? Lol I guess that could be even more flameful than my original statement.
WTF. I know it's been covered, but my delivery was free except for the ten bucks I had to shell out because someone called my room phone.
My DH was in Iraq through my entire pregnancy.
Where is my free stuff??! I suffer!
DH made it home in time for my scheduled C-section, but he had to leave like 3 days later!! I need a mini fridge for my breast milk (j/k, beer). I need to get on this website.
It totally makes sense, I agree with you that this individual is using the military as an excuse to get free stuff. Don't get me wrong - I take advantage of Trees For Troops every year - but guess what - that is a program specifically for us military families and in my opinion is less of a hand out and more of a Thank You card from some generous Americans who want to "give back" to the military.
This story is just a craptastic example of a greedy jackhole who thinks they deserve a pity party for being a military family.
KWIM?
Absolutely! Eye to eye here, well said.