The Sarcastic Journalist is a freelance writer and mother of two living near Houston, Texas. She has a degree in journalism and an addiction to magazines. She is hoping never to experience the "joy" of pregnancy again. You can find much more of her home-grown snark at: shenuts.com
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Week 27 : It's a hormone festival... online!
There’s an old saying that “Birds of a feather flock together.” Well, it couldn’t be any truer than during pregnancy. When your friends have heard enough talk of water retention and your spouse has asked that you stop describing your hemorrhoids, you turn to the ladies who know your pain: The pregnancy message boards.
I think, in general, that there’s nothing wrong with message boards as a whole. They’re a good way to speak with people who are in a similar place in life that you are. Only problem? Well, when you have 200 women who are all hormonal and pregnant typing frantically to get their thoughts across, bad things can happen.
Most message boards I have visited have “hot topics” sections. Hot topics sections are a place where the crazy women all get together and argue over who is right or wrong on an issue.
Circumcision. Breastfeeding. Medicated births. You name it, they’ll argue about it.
Sure, these are all hot button issues, but I don’t necessarily think that we need to get into name calling regarding who is going to bottle feed their infant, especially since the babies aren’t even born yet!
I think, however, if you can’t resist the temptation of going onto these message boards and ahem, voicing your opinion, at least be careful of the word choices you use when calling someone out.
Having one pregnant woman refer to another as a “whore” might not exactly be the smartest thing, especially since you both did the same thing to get on that board in the first place.
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Amen Honey!! You know the saying Opinions are like... everyone has one.
ILYrasberry
Amen Honey!! You know the saying Opinions are like... everyone has one.
ILYrasberry
lol at the we both did the same thing to get on that board comment!!
opinions that they begin to become offensive. If it wasn't for all the diversity we would not have some of the wonderful things that we do now. And don't forget
that the world would be a boring place if we were all the same. Embrase each other. What you great thing you may not think, someone else will. Respect the fact that
someone sees something differently than you do. It's ok.
The world is not going to end and, it will not kill you.
so true but when there's a topic that has some hostile replies i just continue reading and then go to another topic that is less hostile. some bursts are funny, some really hit home, and some make you cry. but mainly we should all be here for each other - its like the article says once our friends and family are done listening to us ... who will? who will if we fight with one another over our own personal preferences? we all have our decisions and we all have our reasons, wo we need to respect one another.
I think this is a great article. I just started to read the preggo message boards to see if they were discussing any issues that I was dealing with. I just usually read and not respond. I enjoy them thus far.
I'm not really interested in the chat rooms either. I don't find much to entertain me there. If I want to argue with someone all I have to do is call a family member.
haven't been on a prego blog, but that is funny... it has to be the hormones kicking in and talking.
Ha ha. What's funny is that I had someone leave a comment on my pregnancy blog, calling me a whiney whore. That was a fun one to respond to.
O my gosh, that was so funny! And sadly true... :)
Hi,
I'm sorry to hear about the choices some use to display on this website. I had a feeling the site was geared to younger ladies or so it seems, but I hope the article will help 1st time mothers and seasoned mothers to stay focus. {A website to share and help us all get the answers we needed}
Congratulations to all
Well Put. Thanks.
This is great! I used to go quite a bit to a chatroom, and it became more of a witchfest and it just made me feel worse!
Yeah, I stepped one foot in that board and then stepped it right out again. Never looked back. It is just a place to blow steam. I don't need that form of release I'm more of the tear-hormonally insane. :D
This article is so funny and true. Really, are these topics so deep that we must chop each others heads off?
OMG, that was so funny and so true!! I post on a very well-known baby board and the Hot Topics section is always a source of entertainment to me; people never get tired of arguing over the same things ad nauseum and debates get so heated all the time. Even the regular boards are filled with more drama than daytime television and someone is always getting offended over paint colors or pacifiers. It's a sweet reminder that there are pregnant women out there who are far crazier than I.
OMG!! this is Hilarious!!
I thought this article was so funny and true. I, however, will not argue with another pregnant woman or anyone else about my choices during and after pregnancy. What you choose is what you believe and same for me and all the other women out there. And I intend to enjoy it as much as possible.
Happy breast feeding, er, bottle feeding! lol
Thanks for the laugh!
LOL! As the admin at another parenting/pregnancy message board - I thought it was great. One of my members posted it in our board so I had to come check it out. I read some more of your articles, SJ, and they are quite entertaining!!! Nice job. :-)
That was a great article!!!
This article not so funny...and I was looking forward to a good laugh. As for the message boards, I wouldn't bother. Who needs the stress?!
I look forward to next week's article, hoping to find some of your laugh-out-loud humor.
Happy New Year!
Thats great....and the last bit about everyone doing the same thing to get there....pricless! Haha
Thank God for your journal entry. I don't even go to the message boards anymore. The conversations reminded me of 5th graders on the playground.