Is it just me or is this crazy talk?

SheenaNash1

A have a "friend" on FB who is pregnant. She posts a lot about her pregnancy, mostly about how its awful and she can't wait to not be pregnant and how she wishes she was having a girl instead of a boy, which is all fine and ok, to each their own I guess. However, today she posted:

Excited for my cousin who announced tonight she's getting married!!!!!!!! The only downfall is it's the day before my due date - all the more reason to have him on my goal delivery date ! now if only I could talk my dr into a early induction but seeing I've asked at every appointment ... it's doubtful

 and then in the comments she says

Hahaha I'm due 9-25 .... I'm betting ill be late .... But I really want to have him a couple weeks early lol 9-10-11 but..... ( keep trying to bribe dr to induce that day) My guess is 10-5 induction will be 10-9 but I really hope I don't go that far ...... I want a Virgo baby... and sapphire birthstone BAD - it was all planned out ahead of time in hopes to be both those and I'll be so bummed if it's not the sapphire birthstone at least . Next baby is planned to be a Leo and august birthstone lol hopefully

 Is it just me or is this lady a little off of her rocker? I can't imagine wanting my baby to come "a few weeks early" for such superficial reasons. Isn't that harmful to the baby? Why wouldn't you just want a healthy baby and a healthy delivery? I don't get it. Maybe I'm just bitter, but it pissed me off.

 

Mrs.Umm

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

salt78

There is absolutely no way I would be able to restrain myself from telling her to STFU if that word vomit ended up in my newsfeed.

You are a more patient person than I. 

kellydNC

Um, yeah...thats fairly strange.  I am also definitely more sensitive to people who complain about totally stupid, irrelevant things like that now that I am TTC.  This might take the cake for the most frivolous complaining, though!  

SheenaNash1

Mrs.Umm:

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

I know right?! So nice for her that she has such control over everything. I wish I could throat punch through FB..sigh. 

WorkinWeezel

Eek!  Hopefully her doc will hold strong.  My cousin talked her doc in to early induction because her sister had to be in court (very long story, something pretty serious she was victim to) and her mom would have to be with her sister, right over my cousin's due date.  I guess that is extenuating circumstances, but even that I kind of disagreed with, IMO. 

Hopefully she's just doing it for attention... ?

Bees Everywhere

It sounds like she's having a baby for all the right reasons. I mean, sapphires are NICE.

 

Related question: is she twelve?

LME06

Yep, your FB friend is BSC. Who plans their birth month around a specific stone? I don't even know anyone who gives a what about their birthstone.

kitaangel

I am totally with you on that one! People like that make me wonder why THEY are pregnant and not US. She wants that baby all for the wrong reasons.... It's a blessing! Not a game plan... geez....

kitaangel

Bees Everywhere:

It sounds like she's having a baby for all the right reasons. I mean, sapphires are NICE.

 

Related question: is she twelve?

That made me lol

kgp_061910

It irritates me to no end when people complain about their pregnancy and how much they hate it. Did you NOT want to be pregnant? Stop being so selfish! You were blessed and all you can to is complain about it because it isn't happening the way you want it to. That lady is crazy.

blindvictory

I generally really try to avoid having the mentality of thinking that someone doesn't "deserve" a child...but it immediately popped into my head when I read this. How on earth is she not overjoyed that she's going to bring a tiny life into the world? Why does it matter what the gender is? Or what the freaking birthstone or zodiac is, for that matter? All of those things are so superficial and all that truly matters is a healthy baby. She sounds like an incredibly selfish person, to want her child out weeks early for her own convenience. Grrrr.

Shaq1009

Cray Cray....she is probably just a fan of negative attention.

sunflowers4AC

Completely off her rocker!!!!! I think she needs to get over herself. Plus 9/25 is an awesome day to have a birthday....since it's mine too.

Buona Fortuna

Yep!  Definately crazy talk not just you.  and ummm yeah- she does encourage the urge to "cooter" punch.

megemoney

Hey, September 10th is my birthday. 

Reading through most of that I got this strong feeling that this was an unplanned pregnancy, but then she says it was all planned that way...??  Well sh!t, if I would have known I could plan it all out I would have planned to be due on my FIL's birthday... oh wait, I tried for that and it failed!  I also tried for the month before, and the three months after.  Now we are shooting for my H's birthday. 

I'm sorry you have nutso friends Sheena!

SmileyIsMe

I can't stand people who want to induce for such superficial reasons. When I was pg with my first, everyone wanted to go on 10-10-10, and there were a lot of inductions that day. Just plain silly.

nola 1017

I'm curious about the astrological signs. Why does one child have to be a Virgo and the other a Leo? My official, totally legit diagnosis is that she is BSC. . The woman needs to be throatpunched.

SheenaNash1

megemoney:

Hey, September 10th is my birthday. 

Reading through most of that I got this strong feeling that this was an unplanned pregnancy, but then she says it was all planned that way...??  Well sh!t, if I would have known I could plan it all out I would have planned to be due on my FIL's birthday... oh wait, I tried for that and it failed!  I also tried for the month before, and the three months after.  Now we are shooting for my H's birthday. 

I'm sorry you have nutso friends Sheena!

Yup, it was a planned pregnancy! That makes it even more crazy in my opinion! Then she goes on in the comments to talk about possibly paying for gender selection next time because she once saw a woman with 5 boys and never wants that to happen to her. OMFG. I reaaaally want to comment and tell her she is insane.

And yeah, I use the term "friend" in the loosest sense possible, more like someone from HS on my FB who I haven't seen in 10 years. Lol. 

app1e3

Bees Everywhere:

It sounds like she's having a baby for all the right reasons. I mean, sapphires are NICE.

 

Related question: is she twelve?

 

 

Oem617

blindvictory:

I generally really try to avoid having the mentality of thinking that someone doesn't "deserve" a child...but it immediately popped into my head when I read this. How on earth is she not overjoyed that she's going to bring a tiny life into the world? Why does it matter what the gender is? Or what the freaking birthstone or zodiac is, for that matter? All of those things are so superficial and all that truly matters is a healthy baby. She sounds like an incredibly selfish person, to want her child out weeks early for her own convenience. Grrrr.

I agree with all of this.

ashmarie22

Wow! Who says something like that?! Why doesn't she just say, "I really need a pretty colored gem for my mothers ring, even if the baby is born too early to be healthy."  She sounds craZy.

Ellis31

Mrs.Umm:

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

I like you. And no it's not a bad thing, not at all.

megemoney

SheenaNash1:

megemoney:

Hey, September 10th is my birthday. 

Reading through most of that I got this strong feeling that this was an unplanned pregnancy, but then she says it was all planned that way...??  Well sh!t, if I would have known I could plan it all out I would have planned to be due on my FIL's birthday... oh wait, I tried for that and it failed!  I also tried for the month before, and the three months after.  Now we are shooting for my H's birthday. 

I'm sorry you have nutso friends Sheena!

Yup, it was a planned pregnancy! That makes it even more crazy in my opinion! Then she goes on in the comments to talk about possibly paying for gender selection next time because she once saw a woman with 5 boys and never wants that to happen to her. OMFG. I reaaaally want to comment and tell her she is insane.

And yeah, I use the term "friend" in the loosest sense possible, more like someone from HS on my FB who I haven't seen in 10 years. Lol. 

I have no words.  I mean, to each her/his own... but this is too much for me.  

megemoney

nola 1017:

I'm curious about the astrological signs. Why does one child have to be a Virgo and the other a Leo? My official, totally legit diagnosis is that she is BSC. . The woman needs to be throatpunched.

Please tell me this means "bat sh!t crazy"...... that is one of my favorite things to say...ever!

brookelynpaisley

Mrs.Umm:

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

This is exactly what I was thinking. "All planned?" Really? It's naivety like this, and the universe granting her wishes, that perpetuates the BS perception that conception is so easy.

I'd have defriended her long ago, I have a feeling, if for nothing else than her excessive use of lol.

Lastly, no induction I've ever heard of has gone well. I'm talking 3 people I know were in labor 40+ hours and ended up with a c-section. I would avoid one at all costs, and this girl wants one early? Effing idiot.

RequiresExalted

Wow.  That's a level of cray cray that I don't think should even be allowed to breed....

miniray

Mrs.Umm:

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

This, especially bold.

SheenaNash1

RequiresExalted:

Wow.  That's a level of cray cray that I don't think should even be allowed to breed....

Agreed....I just found another post where she calls her unborn child a "little sh!t"....I need to just defriend her and get it over with. What a b!tch. 

Shayliz

Bitches be crazy. I would have totally replied with "o.O wow, I wish I had the luxury of planning a baby around something as stupid as a birthstone and not just trying for any month. "

lycih

So, what she's really saying is she wants to be able to demand some kind of super blingy sapphire jewelry for her "push present" from her husband.  Because, I'm willing to bet she's that kind of wife.

Yikes...  and she's still (unhappily?) pregnant and already talking about the next planned birthstone? 

That's a whole lot of crazy there.  

NotGabber

You just know someone who induces early because of a birthstone is going to be a KICKASS mama! Isn't that why everyone charts? To avoid this headache?  Duh.

SandNSurf

Really I agree... Personally, I am going to have an April baby so I can get her a diamond ring. She will have blue eyes, blonde hair, and be 5'10" and 120 pounds when she is 18. She will win Miss America and then go on to become President. If this doesn't happen I'm going to have to be very upset and post it all over FB. :P

 

SandNSurf

Bees Everywhere:

It sounds like she's having a baby for all the right reasons. I mean, sapphires are NICE.

 

Related question: is she twelve?

Really I agree... Personally, I am going to have an April baby so I can get her a diamond ring. She will have blue eyes, blonde hair, and be 5'10" and 120 pounds when she is 18. She will win Miss America and then go on to become President. If this doesn't happen I'm going to have to be very upset and post it all over FB. :P

almostapearl

I won't even touch the birthstone thing...BSC IMO!

as far as the inducing early (like weeks early), you might want to send her a link to the March of Dimes and/or all the information there is about premies (sp?) and the medical interventions that a lot of them need to SURVIVE, etc. That part would really have me PO. I didn't have my DD early, but I know someone who had triplets at 26 weeks and ended up losing one...All she should be wishing for is a healthy baby. Period. Also, FWIW, inductions SUCK A**. I speak from personal experience.

SParkman80

Mrs.Umm:

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

I second this! I also know a girl on fb that said she wanted to have her baby 3 weeks early so her baby's birthday would fall on a friend of hers birthdays. Her baby was born 4 weeks early and spent 5 weeks in NICU...

MickeyM04

I don't think it would be out of line to say something like,

Considering how many women are out there who can't get pregnant or have trouble conceiving or try for years before getting pregnant, have to undergo fertility treatments, etc., maybe you should just consider yourself grateful and blessed to be pregnant at all instead of obsessing and worrying about what your baby's birthstone will be.

What a dumb b*tch.  This pisses me off.  Especially when women like us are worrying about things like whether we CAN get pregnant and this girl is worried that her baby won't have a sapphire birthstone?  Are you kidding me!?  Who even cares about birthstones anymore?  The only reason I know mine is because it's a diamond.  Damned if I know DH's or anyone else's though.

justjess17

Mrs.Umm:

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

This. That woman should most definitely get a fist to the jay-jay.  

justjess17

Mrs.Umm:

All planned out, huh?

Is it bad that I want to punch her in the cooter?

This. That woman should most definitely get a fist to the jay-jay.  

SheenaNash1

MissMusic:

blindvictory:

I generally really try to avoid having the mentality of thinking that someone doesn't "deserve" a child...but it immediately popped into my head when I read this. How on earth is she not overjoyed that she's going to bring a tiny life into the world? Why does it matter what the gender is? Or what the freaking birthstone or zodiac is, for that matter? All of those things are so superficial and all that truly matters is a healthy baby. She sounds like an incredibly selfish person, to want her child out weeks early for her own convenience. Grrrr.

 

Also, you should submit her FB post to STFUParents.com.  They'd tear this one apart!

ETA: we're hoping for a Dragon baby in the Chinese zodiac (DH & inlaws are Chinese) but we would have taken a Rabbit, or we'll take a Snake...or whatever.  Dragon is way cool though

Good call! Done!

 

SheenaNash1

MissMusic:

blindvictory:

I generally really try to avoid having the mentality of thinking that someone doesn't "deserve" a child...but it immediately popped into my head when I read this. How on earth is she not overjoyed that she's going to bring a tiny life into the world? Why does it matter what the gender is? Or what the freaking birthstone or zodiac is, for that matter? All of those things are so superficial and all that truly matters is a healthy baby. She sounds like an incredibly selfish person, to want her child out weeks early for her own convenience. Grrrr.

 

Also, you should submit her FB post to STFUParents.com.  They'd tear this one apart!

ETA: we're hoping for a Dragon baby in the Chinese zodiac (DH & inlaws are Chinese) but we would have taken a Rabbit, or we'll take a Snake...or whatever.  Dragon is way cool though

Good call! Done!