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Is it just me, or is this weird?

kthappy76kthappy76
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https://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ourcountry/62200/carrie-underwood-makes-a-pregnancy-pact/

Carrie Underwood has announced that she and her friends have made a "pregnancy pact" to wait and try to all have their kids at the same time, she revealed Thursday in a radio interview. "That way we can babysit each other's kids and they can grow up to be friends."  Cute, right?  But do you really need to announce this publicly?

Of course my thoughts go to the unfortunate girl among them who will have trouble, as per the stats someone likely will.  I hope for her sake, it's not her.  Oh to be so naive...

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Re: Is it just me, or is this weird?

  • BigHairQueenBigHairQueen member

    You said it best. Oh to be so naive. I miss those days.

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  • lyse2143lyse2143 member

    Ok on one hand its great, cute, sweet really. I wanted to have kids around my friends too. Nature had other plans. Or whatever you want to call it.

    I miss those days of being naive so hopefully they never know what its like to be anything but. It definitely has me side-eying her. I do hope, however, that if she does experience any IF, or her friends, that she will speak out about it and help educate others. 

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  • roselln2roselln2
    Yup! That is weird. What happened to waiting until you and your husband were ready? And yes, they are very naive about how easy it is.
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  • AnasaraAnasara
    imageBigHairQueen:

    You said it best. Oh to be so naive. I miss those days.

    You said it!

    We started trying right around the time my godson, who is 19 months old, was conceived.  My BFF & I always thought it would be cool to bring our kids up together.  Yeah, not gonna happen. 

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  • vanessagorcvanessagorc member

    Well, as a jaded new yorker...i think that stuff is beyond LAME!!!!  Who would plan something so major around their friends.

    To me, she seems so immature.  Clearly she is naive, but now im leaning towards naive and dumb too.

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  • albjagalbjag member

    Lame.

    Reminds me of that lifetime movie.

     

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  • kthappy76kthappy76

    imageroselln2:
    What happened to waiting until you and your husband were ready?

    Exactly.  I still find it odd that women decide when/if to have kids (get married, etc.) as part of a social construct rather than an individual goal/timing.  I can't imagine planning my life around what my friends are doing when, I get plenty frustrated just from the fact that we decided we were ready to have kids years ago.

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    5 REs + 3 surgical hysteroscopies for septum/lap + 3 failed IUIs
    IVF w/ICSI/AH & acu = BFP!, unexplained spontaneous m/c @ 8w2d (our little girl),
    FET w/acu = BFP!, B/G twins!, lost MP @19w, dx w/funneling cervix @20w,
    twins nearly lost to IC @21w, saved by rescue cerclage, 17P & 16w of bedrest
    Our twins born @36w4d via CS when A came foot first

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  • Yellow_DaisyYellow_Daisy

    Statistically one of them will probably end up being IF, how sad.  I wish someone would have slapped me upside the head when I was planning my life out, saying I was going to have a baby when I was 28 and just assuming it would happen.

    I think the saddest thing about that pact is how uneducated she and her friends are. 

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  • SeptemberBride'08SeptemberBride'08 member
    imagekthappy76:

    imageroselln2:
    What happened to waiting until you and your husband were ready?

    Exactly.  I still find it odd that women decide when/if to have kids (get married, etc.) as part of a social construct rather than an individual goal/timing.  I can't imagine planning my life around what my friends are doing when, I get plenty frustrated just from the fact that we decided we were ready to have kids years ago.

     As much as I think it's cute and had similar idea when I was in my young 20's and no where near ready to be married or have kids. I agree with the above. It's more about when you and DH are ready...I'm sure they will come to realize this with time.

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  • newsbabynewsbaby
    That is just plain sickening. I feel terrible for the one girl who will probably have issues.
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  • ej708ej708 member
    imagevanessagorc:

    Well, as a jaded new yorker...i think that stuff is beyond LAME!!!!  Who would plan something so major around their friends.

    To me, she seems so immature.  Clearly she is naive, but now im leaning towards naive and dumb too.

    Well, I'm not a new yorker, but I am jaded.  And I agree with all of this!

    I wish life worked that way. 

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  • etoyamaetoyama member
    Ignorance is bliss!
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  • jamielynnohiojamielynnohio member

    I think most every girl has that convo with her bff growing up, "let's get pg at the same time. our kids will grow up together", bla bla bla.

    If only it were that easy... (sighs)

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