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December 2010 Moms
december mommies (clicky)
Since i love clicky polls after reading the snark fest that went on yesterday, it kept me up an extra hour btw, i thought this poll would be appropriate. i'm almost afraid to post!! 
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Re: december mommies (clicky)
i really don't think this board is bad at all with the snarkiness. yes, it has its moments but its not as bad as it can be.
I like that it's a place where there is some familiarity of posters but I think it's unrealistic and pointless to post sterile, generic 'happy' thoughts only, I would hope/assume that as a collective group of hopefully intelligent women that we might actually have opinions of our own that can be expressed here.
I also don't consider something 'snarky' if it's true. I consider it snarky if it's an unnecessary comment merely to be biitchy. Like if someone said "well good for you"
in response to a "OMG, I passed my GD test!", that's being snarky. Stating an opinion is not.
Damnnit!
What the Hell happened when I went to bed last night!
I thought all the big drama was over?
Geesh.
No, I understand why people would be bothered with that. I hadn't realized it had gotten to the point where people were talking about it off the board. It seemed like every few days someone was asking about her and she would come update. I can see how people would have an issue with it, but sometimes it seems easier to just ignore people you think are PWs/MUD? I mean, there's definitely people here that when I see post I think are just craving attention but they're smarter about it than others, haha...I usually just roll my eyes on move on to the next post.
I think it too came from holes in the story where it was either she didn't care about the lack of care her doctors were giving her or she was going against doctor's orders. Or completely making some of it up.
I think people care for a couple of reasons...
Some of this stuff is actually happening to people on our board and none of them have ever seemed almost gleeful about sharing the bad news with everyone like she does.
Secondly, it's like being conned If you were one of the people who believed all of the drama and it's not true; how stupid and angry would you feel?
"lulu-I-wasn't-a-believer-3061"
Oh, I agree - this is why if I find out someone's been untruthful, I usually stop praying for whatever I had been praying for for them and instead pray for them to receive some guidance to work through whatever other issues are plaguing them, causing them to feel the need to MUD.
Eh, for me personally, I don't get worked up enough about it on the Internet. When I find out someone I consider a friend IRL has been duping me, then I do feel that way so I can understand why others would even on the message board.
I know it's sad, but I like the board because it's relatively drama free, and I can usually keep up with it. I think the tri boards move too fast! So I read through some of last night's stuff, but didn't comment because I didn't read everything, and was getting confused.
It's definitely not cool to lie about these things. But just in case she isn't, I won't say anything. I do the same in teaching. I know that when excuses start rolling in for papers, most of them are lies. But sometimes a kid comes in with a really tragic story (i.e. DYFS was investigating us over the weekend...) and I accept it. If it's true, I have accepted it, no harm done. If it's not, well then they "got one over on me," but it only hurts themselves.
I don't mind puppies and rainbows in my online life...there are enough dark clouds in reality!
I miss you.
Cooper+Evie=Soulmates
This. And for the record, I'm glad someone finally said something about Miss KS...I've been questioning her for awhile now, and then feeling like a total a$$hole for doubting her.
I agree with this. I have some students that I know 90% of the time are feeding me BS...but I also know their home life is not always a happy one so I think sometimes they try to overcompensate for it. I know there's a difference between young teenagers and grown women who should know better, but I feel the same way you do...in the end, it's not something that hurts me so if they managed to fool me, then oh, well.
I enjoy a little snark every now and then.
That said, I usually prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt even when I really do doubt that everything being said is true. I actually find what I sometimes consider to be "stories" quite entertaining. I have a truly morbid turn of mind, though, so guess that explains that.
Ok, I definitely missed out on some interesting stuff! I was so busy over the weekend that I haven't even read any of these so-called "snarky" posts.
I'm a very sarcastic person, so I enjoy that kind of humor... but I think some responses are mean. I think some people jump to conclusions or assume things and jump down the OP's throat. We are all basically strangers, so we don't know anyone's full story. And I think sometimes people (including me) aren't able to express all of their thoughts and opinions in their posts, so stuff gets lost in translation. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt.