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Do you think it's odd when people call LO their "best friend?"

hellopoppyseedhellopoppyseed
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I've called them my sidekick or my coworker but I don't really think of my LO's as my best friends. I think of DH as my best friend or my best friend as my BF. What do you think? I've seen some FB posts that say Happy Birthday to my best friend. She is 2 today.
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  • Stacyc625Stacyc625 member

    you couldn't POSSIBLY be my best friend unless you could kick back a few cold ones with me. just impossble.

     

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  • hellopoppyseedhellopoppyseed
    I mean I also think of my LOs as my sweet babies and "coworker" is just for fun.
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  • hellopoppyseedhellopoppyseed
    imageStacyc625:

    you couldn't POSSIBLY be my best friend unless you could kick back a few cold ones with me. just impossble.

     

    Haha! Right!?
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  • MamatoJacksonMamatoJackson
    Just the phrase "best friend" is weird to me, in general.  But I'm weird.  It makes me think of second grade.
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  • hellopoppyseedhellopoppyseed
    imageMamatoJackson:
    Just the phrase "best friend" is weird to me, in general.  But I'm weird.  It makes me think of second grade.
    Yeah maybe LO and I can get necklaces.
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  • MamatoJacksonMamatoJackson

    imagehellopoppyseed:
    imageMamatoJackson:
    Just the phrase "best friend" is weird to me, in general.  But I'm weird.  It makes me think of second grade.
    Yeah maybe LO and I can get necklaces.

    lmao 

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  • Stacyc625Stacyc625 member

    imageMamatoJackson:
    Just the phrase "best friend" is weird to me, in general.  But I'm weird.  It makes me think of second grade.

    Man- I am thinking about alcohol and you are thinking about 2nd grade... I need to chillax on my major partying days lately. ...... wishful thinking....

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  • hellopoppyseedhellopoppyseed
    imageStacyc625:

    imageMamatoJackson:
    Just the phrase "best friend" is weird to me, in general.  But I'm weird.  It makes me think of second grade.

    Man- I am thinking about alcohol and you are thinking about 2nd grade... I need to chillax on my major partying days lately. ...... wishful thinking....

    Well maybe you ought to party it up before you get pg again. :-)
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  • Stacyc625Stacyc625 member
    imagehellopoppyseed:
    imageStacyc625:

    imageMamatoJackson:
    Just the phrase "best friend" is weird to me, in general.  But I'm weird.  It makes me think of second grade.

    Man- I am thinking about alcohol and you are thinking about 2nd grade... I need to chillax on my major partying days lately. ...... wishful thinking....

    Well maybe you ought to party it up before you get pg again. :-)

    I was out Tuesday night- for 2.00 pint night with a friend. Was dangerous.

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  • eaglesfan700eaglesfan700 member

    HA, ditto Stacey!  I do think it is weird, I call DS "my favorite buddy" though - but I feel like that is different?  I guess because when I think of a "best friend" it is someone who gets you, and is a support system when crappy things happen.  So DD and DS aren't exactly giving me a shoulder to cry on when things are rough lol

    I also find it weird when people say they are "in love with" their LO's.  I love my kids with all my heart, but I am "in love" with my H and only my H

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  • zeesbridezeesbride
    As a daughter of a mother with HUGE boundary issues...yes, this bothers me.
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  • JessesGirl&MackenziesMomJessesGirl&MackenziesMom member

    I don't think your daughter can be your best friend until she is an adult. I don't think that your son can be your best friend, even when he is an adult. I would also appreciate anyone who wants to tell MIL this.

    I think "lil buddy" is a cute nickname for a DS.

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  • twh2006twh2006
    Lennon and I are "Super Mom and Burrito Boy" it stuck from his swaddling days!  If I refer to him as anything it's "my partner in crime". We are always together, until this fall :) Then I get a few hours a day, one day a week to myself.
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  • passar3588passar3588

    I think it's very weird and honestly, I've never heard any mother refer to her child as her best friend. Is this something unique to Facebook? I wouldn't know because I'm not on Facebook and I don't want to be.  

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  • MrsBalletStar05MrsBalletStar05 member
    imagescatteredtrees:

    I've jokingly referred to my DS as my "best bud" because we're together 24/7 and we do every thing together (obviously- he's one). While I don't seriously think of him as my best friend, I don't think it's odd for another mother to.

     

    Ditto!

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  • JessesGirl&MackenziesMomJessesGirl&MackenziesMom member

    Now that I think about it, I have called LO "mama's precious friendy".

    But it is really hard to rhyme with Mackenzie.

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  • kiwi443kiwi443 member
    Totally weird.
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  • alli2672alli2672 member

    That creeps me out. 

     

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