WTF. Why is this board so dead?

[hamster]

Sept 26, 2014 8:59:11 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

Sept 26, 2014 8:54:57 GMT -5 hamster said:

Can you browse instagram for new people to follow? Cause I'd have to explain to H how Wyatt got all these followers. He has no idea I have internet friends. It's just a conversation better left unhad.

You could start with searching the hashtag #dogsofinstagram or something like that. Like and follow lots of other puppies. Most will follow you back.

Then then other followers will just be part of the crew

The username I wanted was available. Just sayin'

[explorer2001]

Sept 25, 2014 23:29:34 GMT -5 riffraff said:

We just moved to phoenix. We are starting construction on our new house soon!

Welcome to Phoenix! If you are surviving the summer heat you will love it here when you get to enjoy our gorgeous winter weather.

[Pom]

Sept 26, 2014 9:11:30 GMT -5 Mashara said:

I mostly lurk anyway, BUT work has been hell lately. Boss and boss's boss ask for complicated manual reports on a weekly basis now, and I'm getting behind on my regular reports. And we had a data change for our market mid-month. And we have a different data change effective October 1. And we have another one pending with no ETA!!! So I'm bitter and frazzled. Can you guess what that's done to my anxiety?

At home I've been hiding my head in the sand by working in the garden and ignoring all mail since my H's knee surgery. Pretty sure the water bill has been overdue for a month. Who knows what else is in there. Oh well.

My H does this exact same thing.  He is in his garden as we speak.  The tougher shit gets, the more time he spends on it.  I guess it's cheaper than hookers and blow.  Well except for the $350 rototiller, the endless trips to the seed store, Lowe's, Home Depot....LOL.

I do hope things get better for you and post here more!

[womet]

Sept 26, 2014 9:25:24 GMT -5 compassrose said:

Sept 25, 2014 23:03:26 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

It's not just ML that people went to - it is also MMM.

Pretty sure the creation of MMM is what started the MM downfall-- after that people jumped ship to ML.

I also think that leaving the place that shall not be named made us lose out on the new brides looking for MM advice. We used to get lots of budget posts that way. I'll also add that some of our more active posters (@misoangry and jenny1980 to name two ) jumped ship to ML.

[LoveTrains]

Sept 26, 2014 9:25:24 GMT -5 compassrose said:

Sept 25, 2014 23:03:26 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

It's not just ML that people went to - it is also MMM.

Pretty sure the creation of MMM is what started the MM downfall-- after that people jumped ship to ML.

Oh I 100% agree. BAH.

[v]

I think MMM really is the issue. A few people jumped ship to ML, but it wasn't a huge group.

And hey -- I totally understand that it is great for all the moms to have a place to talk about baby-related stuff.  But the "Have you seen any nice tunics?" "Can you drink on anti-depressants?" "What was your salary at age 27?" stuff should be out here so all of us non-parents can play too!!!  

There have been a few posts I've seen on MMM lately kind of gloating about the demise of MM.  I have to say, I found them kind of snide and unnecessary.  What did the non-breeders ever do to you that you are happy that you no longer have to deal with them?

Pout pout pout pout pout.

[crashgizmo]

Sept 26, 2014 8:54:57 GMT -5 hamster said:

Can you browse instagram for new people to follow? Cause I'd have to explain to H how Wyatt got all these followers. He has no idea I have internet friends. It's just a conversation better left unhad.

I couldn't imagine if my DH didn't know about GBCN. How else would I have all the great backup I have from you girls? I swear, if I say "Well, on the message board..." he takes it as gospel. 

[ssmjlm]

I'm sorry, we all went and had kids and now we talk about $$$ carriers and $$$ baby clothes.

[genet313]

Sept 26, 2014 11:48:02 GMT -5 crashgizmo said:

Sept 26, 2014 8:54:57 GMT -5 hamster said:

Can you browse instagram for new people to follow? Cause I'd have to explain to H how Wyatt got all these followers. He has no idea I have internet friends. It's just a conversation better left unhad.

I couldn't imagine if my DH didn't know about GBCN. How else would I have all the great backup I have from you girls? I swear, if I say "Well, on the message board..." he takes it as gospel. 

I WISH my DH were like this.  Whenever I say something like "well, the girls on my message board think" he automatically stops listening on the theory of "who are these internet strangers and why on earth should i listen to them?"

This does not stop me from using you people as allies on a regular basis.  

[midnightrae]

Because I'm not ready to talk about my shitty finances with you guys.

[Mashara]

Sept 26, 2014 12:07:34 GMT -5 midnightrae said:

Because I'm not ready to talk about my shitty finances with you guys.

Why not?! I confessed to not paying any paper bill in the last month! P.S. That includes my $700 physical therapy bill from last year that I had to TELL THEM THEY NEVER BILLED ME. So now I'm all like, I'll just pay whenever I feel like it.

[v]

Sept 26, 2014 12:07:34 GMT -5 midnightrae said:

Because I'm not ready to talk about my shitty finances with you guys.

That isn't a problem!  The money talk is often boring anyway.  Want to talk tunics?  Wine?  Cats?

[midnightrae]

Sept 26, 2014 12:29:09 GMT -5 Mashara said:

Sept 26, 2014 12:07:34 GMT -5 midnightrae said:

Because I'm not ready to talk about my shitty finances with you guys.

Why not?! I confessed to not paying any paper bill in the last month! P.S. That includes my $700 physical therapy bill from last year that I had to TELL THEM THEY NEVER BILLED ME. So now I'm all like, I'll just pay whenever I feel like it.

Because my divorce cost me some money(At least I didn't end up having to get a lawyer) and my lack of hours in the summer killed me. I don't even know where to start. Everything will be a lot easier once I start getting more hours at work. I kind of have a plan, but it's hard.

[raangoli]

Sept 26, 2014 12:39:25 GMT -5 v said:

Sept 26, 2014 12:07:34 GMT -5 midnightrae said:

Because I'm not ready to talk about my shitty finances with you guys.

That isn't a problem!  The money talk is often boring anyway.  Want to talk tunics?  Wine?  Cats?

midnightrae - we will also accept discussions on shoes (fugly or not), dogs, and your next travel adventure. 

[midnightrae]

Sept 26, 2014 12:39:25 GMT -5 v said:

Sept 26, 2014 12:07:34 GMT -5 midnightrae said:

Because I'm not ready to talk about my shitty finances with you guys.

That isn't a problem!  The money talk is often boring anyway.  Want to talk tunics?  Wine?  Cats?

Shoes! Maybe. I needed a new pair of shoes, so I bought some cute boots..

[rootbeerfloat]

This seems like the thread to tell @mrschicken that I enjoy her Miso pics on IG. /creeper

Re: MMM. A lot of them never posted on MM, so why would they come here now when that board has enough participation to be fun and informative on it's own?

[v]

Sept 26, 2014 13:50:35 GMT -5 @starry said:

Sept 26, 2014 9:46:47 GMT -5 v said:

I think MMM really is the issue. A few people jumped ship to ML, but it wasn't a huge group.

And hey -- I totally understand that it is great for all the moms to have a place to talk about baby-related stuff.  But the "Have you seen any nice tunics?" "Can you drink on anti-depressants?" "What was your salary at age 27?" stuff should be out here so all of us non-parents can play too!!!  

There have been a few posts I've seen on MMM lately kind of gloating about the demise of MM.  I have to say, I found them kind of snide and unnecessary.  What did the non-breeders ever do to you that you are happy that you no longer have to deal with them?

Pout pout pout pout pout.

Hmmm I don't think I have seen the gloating. I was in a mom fog for 1.5 years but when I was ready to come back everyone was gone

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:50:35 GMT -5 @starry said:

Hmmm I don't think I have seen the gloating. I was in a mom fog for 1.5 years but when I was ready to come back everyone was gone

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

It's like I can hear my sister-in-law brushing me off with an "it's a mommy thing"

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:50:35 GMT -5 @starry said:

Hmmm I don't think I have seen the gloating. I was in a mom fog for 1.5 years but when I was ready to come back everyone was gone

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

Mostly, what the non-breeders did is ask the breeders to take it elsewhere.

So they did. And now when they have other shit to talk about, they'd rather talk to the people they "know". Non-breeders are welcome to jump over any time, and I think the board name is kind of dumb and non-representative, but the masses hate change so it won't ever change.

[shoeaholic]

Sept 26, 2014 14:02:23 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

It's like I can hear my sister-in-law brushing me off with an "it's a mommy thing"

I don't get the need for them to gloat. I have been following MM since before the migration and always found it to be a
fun and informative group. The whole, well we're Mom's now so we are so much better is just dumb. They need to also realize there is a life outside of your kids.

[Deleted]

We don't think we're better.
We just find a certain irony in a board that ran off the parents and now moans about how there are no posts.
My "life outside my kids" is where I go read shit on CEP.

[v]

Sept 26, 2014 14:02:50 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

Mostly, what the non-breeders did is ask the breeders to take it elsewhere.

So they did. And now when they have other shit to talk about, they'd rather talk to the people they "know". Non-breeders are welcome to jump over any time, and I think the board name is kind of dumb and non-representative, but the masses hate change so it won't ever change.

I never asked people to take it elsewhere, but that's neither here nor there.

I don't think the board name is non-representative.  Well, it may be in that very little is properly "MM," but the "Moms" part sure is representative.  Like 90% of the threads are about things that have to do with pregnancy/parenting/etc. (look at the front page -- anatomy scans, trunk or treat (whatever the fuck that is), family photos, big family envy, maternity clothes, playsets, nursing bras, mom bags ... those are mom things).   But hey -- that's totally appropriate and fantastic and I'm really glad there's a forum for that.  

I just wish that the 10% of the MMM posts that are about topics of more general interest would have stayed over here.  I miss all our old MM fun!

[Poppy]

Sept 26, 2014 14:02:50 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

Mostly, what the non-breeders did is ask the breeders to take it elsewhere.

So they did. And now when they have other shit to talk about, they'd rather talk to the people they "know". Non-breeders are welcome to jump over any time, and I think the board name is kind of dumb and non-representative, but the masses hate change so it won't ever change.

I don't disagree with you, I feel like MM kind of brought this on itself. However, a lot of the original people who were vocal about it are gone now. And I see people like miso making baby posts on her new home board (ML) and it bums me out that it happened this way.

[v]

Sept 26, 2014 14:12:29 GMT -5 Poppy said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:02:50 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Mostly, what the non-breeders did is ask the breeders to take it elsewhere.

So they did. And now when they have other shit to talk about, they'd rather talk to the people they "know". Non-breeders are welcome to jump over any time, and I think the board name is kind of dumb and non-representative, but the masses hate change so it won't ever change.

I don't disagree with you, I feel like MM kind of brought this on itself. However, a lot of the original people who were vocal about it are gone now. And I see people like miso making baby posts on her new home board (ML) and it bums me out that it happened this way.

Yeah, see that's the thing.  I think hoser is lumping together 2 different groups of people for the most part.  I think most of the people who were like "OMG YOU POSTED SOMETHING ABOUT A KID AND DIDN'T PUT AN @ BEFORE IT" or "OMG WHY CAN'T YOU STUPID BREEDERS GET YOUR OWN FUCKING BOARD?" are mostly gone anyway.  Then there were plenty of people who maybe didn't affirmatively love when the board would sometimes be a wall of kid-related posts but who didn't think the board had to be devoid of all kid references, or who didn't care either way, and who miss the fun and excitement of the old days (and many of the awesome posters).

[daisypaloma]

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:50:35 GMT -5 @starry said:

Hmmm I don't think I have seen the gloating. I was in a mom fog for 1.5 years but when I was ready to come back everyone was gone

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

Wow.  And I thought that poster was pretty cool.

[midnightrae]

Sept 25, 2014 23:24:39 GMT -5 riffraff said:

I haven't made a home anywhere, can I post with you?

I'm riffraff, I just moved from Florida to arizona, and I have three pups. See sig

Yay! Someone else in Arizona.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using proboards

[aurora]

Sept 26, 2014 14:21:31 GMT -5 v said:

Sept 26, 2014 14:12:29 GMT -5 Poppy said:

I don't disagree with you, I feel like MM kind of brought this on itself. However, a lot of the original people who were vocal about it are gone now. And I see people like miso making baby posts on her new home board (ML) and it bums me out that it happened this way.

Yeah, see that's the thing.  I think hoser is lumping together 2 different groups of people for the most part.  I think most of the people who were like "OMG YOU POSTED SOMETHING ABOUT A KID AND DIDN'T PUT AN @ BEFORE IT" or "OMG WHY CAN'T YOU STUPID BREEDERS GET YOUR OWN FUCKING BOARD?" are mostly gone anyway.  Then there were plenty of people who maybe didn't affirmatively love when the board would sometimes be a wall of kid-related posts but who didn't think the board had to be devoid of all kid references, or who didn't care either way, and who miss the fun and excitement of the old days (and many of the awesome posters).

This. I know I was never bothered by kid talk even as a child-free by choice poster.

[LoveTrains]

Sept 26, 2014 15:06:15 GMT -5 daisypaloma said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

Wow.  And I thought that poster was pretty cool.

Yeah that post feels mean spirited to me. I didn't mind the baby talk. I don't think anyone that still actively posts on MM was driving the bus of the sub-board. I personally don't like to make huge distinctions between child free and those with kids. I get very frustrated by the assumption that because I'm child free by choice in my mid 30s that I hate children and can't relate to ppl that have them or kid situations.

[ESF]

Well, now things are lively.

This is not MM Moms fault.

Lots of CEP posters post on MM moms or post their kid stuff in an @-focused post, and yet, we manage to keep things interesting over there.

"Confessions" posts about eating your lunch at 11 am just aren't enough to keep a board going. If you want the board to be entertaining, post entertaining stuff.

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2014 14:02:50 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Sept 26, 2014 13:58:04 GMT -5 v said:

This one, for example:

pandce.proboards.com/thread/371380/hear

Mostly, what the non-breeders did is ask the breeders to take it elsewhere.

So they did. And now when they have other shit to talk about, they'd rather talk to the people they "know". Non-breeders are welcome to jump over any time, and I think the board name is kind of dumb and non-representative, but the masses hate change so it won't ever change.

This is how I remember things. People were annoyed by lots of kids posts.

Do most people not read and post on lots of boards? That's what I've done for years. ML used to be way insane so I avoided it, but it's pretty normal now.