What does the man in your life think...

erinl5276 · January 2011

...about the bump? DH doesn't get it. I love seeing that other new moms are going through the same things I go through....but DH thinks I spend too much time on it when I could be doing something else (because he just thinks being home with a very unhappy baby all day is a vacation!) Yet his useless obsession with ESPN and fantasy sports is supposed to be completely acceptable!

izzourclue · January 2011

He sees the value in it. He knows I get a lot of good tips and information on here and has even asked me to post certain questions. He also enjoys some of the more dramatic threads.

searcy7 · January 2011

At first mine didn't like it nor did he undersand it so I let him read some post and now he knows this is where I go because he doesn't understand what being a SAHM means nor about taking care of Baby 24/7.

tkvoisin · January 2011

Well you saw my post the other day about DH thinking I'm obsessed. I'm not really obsessed. I just like you ladies A LOT. And I like to know how your babies are doing.

But my DH doesn't get it. He doesn't understand why I check the bump all the time. I wanna see if anyone has a question I can answer or check how everyone is doing. It's not that hard. I may not know you ladies IRL but I feel like I'm getting to know you pretty well on here. And I worry about your kids like I would about someone who I know IRL.

I think my DH's problem is he doesn't have a lot of friends and that's why he doesn't get it.

Kristi221 · January 2011

Dh and I both like to read so I explained that TB is like a book that is always changing and has helpful and funny information. Once I explained it like it was reading, he got it. Now he even asks what you guys have to say about certain baby issues.

hmp1 · January 2011

I was a big knottie a few years ago so he understands the transition. Sometimes when he asks me a question about LO that I don't know he will say "ask the girls on the bump if they know". He understands the value, plus he plays a lot of PS3 so he can't complain.

zltaylor · January 2011

Kristi221:
Now he even asks what you guys have to say about certain baby issues.

whenever he has a question that i don't have the answer to he asks me "has any one posted on the boards about this?"

CamilleJon · January 2011

hmp&mrj:
I was a big knottie a few years ago so he understands the transition. Sometimes when he asks me a question about LO that I don't know he will say "ask the girls on the bump if they know". He understands the value, plus he plays a lot of PS3 so he can't complain.

Ha! Mine, too. If I bumped as much as he watches football/baseball/watches ESPN/ or is on fantasy football we would have to get a babysitter 7 days a week.

Shamlet123 · January 2011

izzourclue:
He sees the value in it. He knows I get a lot of good tips and information on here and has even asked me to post certain questions. He also enjoys some of the more dramatic threads.

this Big Smile

harleyjo · January 2011

He doesn't really care what I do on the internet, and knows I get good info from here. But, he usually thinks everyone on here is lying, haha. I think he is still skeptical of the internet! Like, I'll tell him about a significant post, and he'll say ~ "How do you know that's true? It's on the internet!" I think he thinks everyone is making up their baby. He's so weird.

(Although, I have been around the Bump long enough to see several people get called out for faking their baby, multiples, or losses. It is pretty sad.)

momofmanyinthemitten · January 2011

DH thinks it's fun to make fun of me and the bumpies, but he knows that thebump is my link to other moms and the outside world right now. He'd rather me be on it than taking LO outside in the cold and snowy Cleveland weather.

jenna3016 · January 2011

He just knows that I post on a couple of different "mommy forums" - I sometimes read him some of the "WTF" type threads.

mishu917 · January 2011

erinl5276:
...about the bump? DH doesn't get it. I love seeing that other new moms are going through the same things I go through....but DH thinks I spend too much time on it when I could be doing something else (because he just thinks being home with a very unhappy baby all day is a vacation!) Yet his useless obsession with ESPN and fantasy sports is supposed to be completely acceptable!

These. He also thinks that if we have a disagreement about something and I ask opinions on here, that the ladies on here will all agree because we don't know each other IRL and everyone is nice to each other as a result....

But I have learned SOOO much so I don't care what he thinks. I mean yea, I could be doing something else instead of being on here, but you know sometimes you just come on to browse and you learn something so valuable by chance!

mchupie · January 2011

DH thinks I spend too much time on here, but he knows how many close friends I've made and how it helps my sanity.

sherbetlemon · January 2011

DH is constantly on a local fishing forum and I didn't understand it before the bump. Now I bump a lot and he just laughs bc I used to tease him for his forum. He also enjoys reading the occasional "i heard pineapple is good for induction but do you peel it before putting it in?" post.

moonfaerie · January 2011

DH gets it. He spends a lot of time on forums for his interests too. Photography forums, reptile forums, motorcycle forums, etc. etc. He is more into forums than I am!

~Flossie~ · January 2011

He kind of gave the side eye to it at first because he thought it was lame, but then he got interested in a car forum and is completely addicted to it now so he now understands the addiction!

Now whenever I am wondering something baby related he always says "Why don't you ask those girls on the nest, I'm sure they'd know..." LOL

mrsseguin · January 2011

DH gets that it's like support...and we've learned new things from the boards. He doesn't mind that I'm on here so much.

Bredins wife · January 2011

He doesn't care one way or the other about the bump. He listens to me when I have something funny to read and looks at the pictures of all the cuties, but I don't think he actually cares. The other day I mentioned something about canceling cable b/c of how much it cost and he said if we cancel cable, we cancel the internet, I shut up real quick.

AdriannneL · January 2011

He actually looks at it with me sometimes! He always comments on everyone's babies "oh how cute!" If he has a question about the son he tells me, "why dont you ask the girls on the bump and see what they say?" Its cute.

littlei3776 · January 2011

My boyfriend thinks I'm obsessed but enjoys when I share the WTF post.

bobbyruth · January 2011

He understands what i get out of it, and enjoys some of the stories and looking at the little cuties with me.

Mrslovebugs · January 2011

He doesn't care.

dNoodle · January 2011

My husband is into technology (he studies media) and was way ahead of me as far as forums and message boards are concerned. So he gets it. But with this topic, specifically, he likes that I have a way to find out if every little thing that scares me is "normal" or what other real moms think, as opposed to parenting books.

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