Pregnant mentallers

Peared

I just have to see what people think of this cos I think its frickin mental and possibly not serious enough for Parenting.

I was perusing some wedding/pregnancy/parenting websites (Irish ones) and the posters are mad for their tickers. Fair enough. Most of them have the timeline of the pregnancy and/or wedding and are kind of cute. Some of the flashy things go a bit ott and have things like 'I love my husband' which is cringe central but whatever.

Anyhoo, I just saw one (Irish, not even American) that had a picture of a mortar board on it and said "Married with a College Degree, I can afford this baby" at the end of every post.

WTF? Seriously why would you ever in a zillion years have to tell the general populace that?

Yeah I know I have too much time on my hands but I really couldn't get over it.

Peared

No, somebody elses ma, I think you'll find.

January

Pregnant women are hormonal, if they catch wind of this they will try to eat you .

Although, I do agree, I love my little ticker but wouldn't go overboard with the shouting it from the rooftops that I can afford to have this baby cos I have a college degree...

Prof.Badass

Peared wrote: »

No, somebody elses ma, I think you'll find.

wait, if she's not pregnant then why does she lo.....



*runs*

abi2007

I can't afford mine... I'm going to put a note on the bottom of every reply.


I have a 4 year old, I'm single and I can't afford her..free to good home

Wertz

Better than having a picture of Playboy Bunny and an accompanying message of:

Single and No qualifications, I'm only having it for the benefits and the council house.

Peared

Adrienne, the moms to be on boards are sane and self aware.

Abi - love it! Parenting Boards stylee.

Sharpshooter

Peared wrote: »

I just have to see what people think of this cos I think its frickin mental and possibly not serious enough for Parenting.

I was perusing some wedding/pregnancy/parenting websites (Irish ones) and the posters are mad for their tickers. Fair enough. Most of them have the timeline of the pregnancy and/or wedding and are kind of cute. Some of the flashy things go a bit ott and have things like 'I love my husband' which is cringe central but whatever.

Anyhoo, I just saw one (Irish, not even American) that had a picture of a mortar board on it and said "Married with a College Degree, I can afford this baby" at the end of every post.

WTF? Seriously why would you ever in a zillion years have to tell the general populace that?

Yeah I know I have too much time on my hands but I really couldn't get over it.

l hope she has triplets.

abi2007

it's mad becuse both of these apply to me

1. single, broke mother

2. mother with good job, own house and a degree

Wonder what the pregnant mentaller is not sayin.

Sharpshooter

Maybe she works nights abi:D

abi2007

or she has her kids working as slave labour lol... damit i knew i was going wrong somewhere!

Wreck

Peared wrote: »

Adrienne, the moms to be on boards are sane and self aware.

Most of them are, put there are some true nutjob posts in parenting. Some of it is actually frightening tbh.

abi2007

ha ha bet i'm one of them!

Terry

abi2007 wrote: »

it's mad becuse both of these apply to me

1. single, broke mother

2. mother with good job, own house and a degree

Wonder what the pregnant mentaller is not sayin.

Click.

abi2007

Terry.. I don't get ya

Newaglish

adrieanne__x wrote: »

Pregnant women are hormonal, if they catch wind of this they will try to eat you .

Although, I do agree, I love my little ticker but wouldn't go overboard with the shouting it from the rooftops that I can afford to have this baby cos I have a college degree...

Be very careful of this one young Jedi.

Look at her sig - about to pop and extra strength crazy I bet

Scoobydoobydoo

I HATE seeing those tickers.
I understand people are excited about an upcoming event etc. but to me, the ticker immediately suggests a hint of smugness on the part of the poster, which I don't find endearing at all. I'm sure it's not intentional but that's the vibe I get.

hairyfairy00

Well if you don't like seeing the tickers in posts just turn off the sigs, simple and yes i am smug

themadchef

abi2007 wrote: »

Terry.. I don't get ya

Have you offered him enough money?

Peared

Most of the girls here are grand, because of sig rules if nowt else.

But some of the tickers on other sites are a bit neh neh neh neh neh smug married competitive parenting tw*t like.

faceman

Pregnant women can be mentallers. But generally speaking they are a nice bunch. but its not right to generalise. Some of them are mentallers.

The tickers dont bother me. Its the women who carry on like being pregnant is like being disabled that drive me mental.

Scoobydoobydoo

hairyfairy00 wrote: »

Well if you don't like seeing the tickers in posts just turn off the sigs, simple and yes i am smug

Well it may very well be simple, but I didn't even know you could turn them off, never mind how to - is everyone reading a forum expected to?

abi2007

Faceman..unless you've ever been pregnant thats not a very fair comment.. pregnancy effects every woman differently and some really do have a hard time

hairyfairy00

No Faceman is right, some of us can be complete mentallers, of course i'm not one.......yet :P

faceman

abi2007 wrote: »

Faceman..unless you've ever been pregnant thats not a very fair comment.. pregnancy effects every woman differently and some really do have a hard time

Thats not a fair comment, you know i have never been pregnant!

abi2007

ha ha who knows..stranger things have happened.

slumped

i find the title of this post offensive

it is sexist.

Men cannot get pregnant but they can be mentallers

Now where did I leave my severed rabbits head.........?

abi2007

hairyfairy00 wrote: »

No Faceman is right, some of us can be complete mentallers, of course i'm not one.......yet :P

I'm a complete mentaller with pmt.. 10 times worse when pregnant!

pickarooney

Still not worse than a 'Baby on Board' bumper sticker.

abi2007

pickarooney wrote: »

Still not worse than a 'Baby on Board' bumper sticker.

Yeah like we're going to ram into everyone that hasn't got a baby on board!

faceman

pickarooney wrote: »

Still not worse than a 'Baby on Board' bumper sticker.

That whole fad started in New Zealand. The emergency services were keen on it because it alerted them that there may be a child in the car at the scene of an accident.

Nevyn

Peared wrote: »

I just have to see what people think of this cos I think its frickin mental and possibly not serious enough for Parenting.

I was perusing some wedding/pregnancy/parenting websites (Irish ones) and the posters are mad for their tickers. Fair enough. Most of them have the timeline of the pregnancy and/or wedding and are kind of cute. Some of the flashy things go a bit ott and have things like 'I love my husband' which is cringe central but whatever.

Anyhoo, I just saw one (Irish, not even American) that had a picture of a mortar board on it and said "Married with a College Degree, I can afford this baby" at the end of every post.

WTF? Seriously why would you ever in a zillion years have to tell the general populace that?

Yeah I know I have too much time on my hands but I really couldn't get over it.

I hate every parenting site I have ever looked at and most of the posters make my boil boil thank the gods the admins agreed to a parenting forum here a few year back.