I actually gave my op union and it ended up being the way the OP decided to go with. I was in the minority saying I wouldn't send my kids to daycare after a new baby was born. That was taken as me saying all the other posters were wrong. I just felt someone needed to give the opposite opinion so the OP didn't think she was alone.
I read the thread. Mother's Day Out isn't daycare for starters. Secondly, you were all, I'd rather hang out with my baby as if the people who do go to MDO (or send their child to daycare apparently) don't want to "hang out with their baby."
The OP was looking for different opinions. Everyone was telling her to drop the child off. I wanted her to know that I didn't. I am happy to be at home with my kids. The only way that is a judgement is if you choose to make it one.
I did justify it. Sometimes I am answering when I am laying in bed nursing and was being too brief. If you look I did answer who annoys me. I can't explain a gut instinct.
Translation: I'm a better mom than you are
Really? Aren't we all about the breastfeeding? I just don't type well on my phone.
I actually gave my op union and it ended up being the way the OP decided to go with. I was in the minority saying I wouldn't send my kids to daycare after a new baby was born. That was taken as me saying all the other posters were wrong. I just felt someone needed to give the opposite opinion so the OP didn't think she was alone.
I read the thread. Mother's Day Out isn't daycare for starters. Secondly, you were all, I'd rather hang out with my baby as if the people who do go to MDO (or send their child to daycare apparently) don't want to "hang out with their baby."
I skimmed that thread and had no idea wtf MDO stood for. Thanks for clearing that up!
I read the thread. Mother's Day Out isn't daycare for starters. Secondly, you were all, I'd rather hang out with my baby as if the people who do go to MDO (or send their child to daycare apparently) don't want to "hang out with their baby."
The OP was looking for different opinions. Everyone was telling her to drop the child off. I wanted her to know that I didn't. I am happy to be at home with my kids. The only way that is a judgement is if you choose to make it one.
psst, stop saying this.
I mean unless you enjoy people hating your face. I'm just saying.
I did justify it. Sometimes I am answering when I am laying in bed nursing and was being too brief. If you look I did answer who annoys me. I can't explain a gut instinct.
Translation: I'm a better mom than you are
pfft, she just enjoys everything about being a mom and is far too busy doing mom things to have a full conversation.
I feel like this is what it would be like to know Gisele in real life.
To whomever told me I would be better off defending myself...it is exhausting and should be unnecessary and endless.
Can I make a suggestion for avoiding future pile-ons? "Oh, I'm sorry I came across that way. I didn't mean it to sound like I was belittling you/your choices/your parenting/whatever."
Or, you know - just double down on "if you're offended that's your problem" and go on with your merry self.
The OP was asking because she actually was looking for time to spend with her fresh baby without the older child. And flgirl's response was "well, I like being with my children so I didn't do such things."
But that's not dismissive or anything. Whatever though, yo. I'm sure she has more varied, deeper thoughts on the topic but she's too busy prechewing the baby's food. She heard that was best. ISN'T IT BEST, GUYS?
Please note the title of that thread is "do I send my child to mother's day out now or wait."
So the appropriate non-smug answer to that was never, no, never "I wouldn't send my kid at all because I enjoy every mewling cry/whine to ever emerge from the lips of a three year old."
Mostly because that's a damned lie but also because it wasn't the damned question anyhow.
But MMM is full of self doubting assholes who just took it the wrong way, right?
There are plenty of people who delay their responses or are short because they are busy or offline. People have lives--even bad moms and people without kids.
You only get flamed if you post highly condescending and/or controversial shit and then when you won't back up your statement or apologize you flounce away with an excuse about how your life is so full of important stuff that you don't have time to reply.
People don't like flgirl because of the things she said a few months ago--not because of something about an acronym I've never even seen before!
Well to be fair, the acronym shit is just more of the same, another board catching on to her terrible tactics.
I am probably joining a pile-on, but if it matters, I meant to initiate the pile-on this morning, when I first saw woodiedog's note to Sushi, so pretend this post came at 8 a.m. instead of lunch.
I am not inclined to sympathize with flgirl as some sort of victim of this board. Not following her first post (that I know of) on this board in which she A) thought there was no dialogue (ignoring the 5 pages and many preceding threads of dialogue) on the subject of racial connotations; and B) said we should be considering the other side of that (when the only other side is that there are no racial connotations to words/objects). I'm not really sorry, woodiedog, when someone who denies lingering forms of institutional racism or otherwise thinks people should stop seeing them gets flamed later.
I actually gave my op union and it ended up being the way the OP decided to go with. I was in the minority saying I wouldn't send my kids to daycare after a new baby was born. That was taken as me saying all the other posters were wrong. I just felt someone needed to give the opposite opinion so the OP didn't think she was alone.
I read the thread. Mother's Day Out isn't daycare for starters. Secondly, you were all, I'd rather hang out with my baby as if the people who do go to MDO (or send their child to daycare apparently) don't want to "hang out with their baby."
Well that's exactly why I send my preshus to MDO. :cool:
Flgirl it's not that your opinions are flame-worthy because most are not. It's your delivery. It's perfectly fine to homeschool. It's not cool to say you don't think the "government" should be in the business of educating kids on a forum of parents sending their kids to public school and public school teachers. Among other quite divisive comments you've made.