I don't know why this bugs me...

Matt Dvorak · June 2011

My little brothers are quite a bit different than I am - I have my PhD and a successful career, they both barely graduated HS and one of them you might call a hippie. My hubby is also a PhD and thin. I've had both brothers tell me that our baby is going to be a scrawny nerd. They call me a nerd all of the time, but for some reason it bothers me that they would make fun of my baby! I'm already a protective mother I guess.

jaylahsmommy · June 2011

i wouldnt let it bother you, nerd make the world go around, losers laugh because they have nothing better to do but laugh and make fun of people.

katchowski · June 2011

I would just reply, "Yep, a skinny nerd that will finish college and will know how to bath himself without using pachouli oil."

Don't let them get to you, you have a successful career, a husband with a PhD, and a cute babe on the way. They are just being petty.

harri339 · June 2011

As I was told by my second graders last week, "nerd is not a mean thing to say to someone it means you're smart." It was news to me, but all 27 of them agreed!

Matt Dvorak · June 2011

haha, thanks guys. I always take the high road with my little brothers - but if they are going to make fun of my baby already, they might just start getting made fun of by me for their lifestyles!

etoyama · June 2011

katchowski:
I would just reply, "Yep, a skinny nerd that will finish college and will know how to bath himself without using pachouli oil."
Don't let them get to you, you have a successful career, a husband with a PhD, and a cute babe on the way. They are just being petty.

I like this!

dinonugget1517 · June 2011

I have a maternity shirt that says "Geek Inside" on the front down where the protruding (sp?) belly is. It's perfect for us because my husband is a HUGE geek (software engineer and good at it) I tell people if he comes out a geek and is successful and makes as much as his dad does, I'll be a happy momma! Tell them that, that should shut them up!

Matt Dvorak · June 2011

Bgood8507:
I have a maternity shirt that says "Geek Inside" on the front down where the protruding (sp?) belly is. It's perfect for us because my husband is a HUGE geek (software engineer and good at it) I tell people if he comes out a geek and is successful and makes as much as his dad does, I'll be a happy momma! Tell them that, that should shut them up!

:-) Honestly, the words nerd and geek don't always bother me - but they do from my brothers, especially the one, b/c I know how negatively he sees the word. I seriously have always just ignored his comments towards me, because I do like my life and am proud of where I am...but don't make fun of my baby!!

lob · June 2011

jaylahsmommy:
i wouldnt let it bother you, nerd make the world go around, losers laugh because they have nothing better to do but laugh and make fun of people.

Yup! Our babies might be a little nerdy with two PhD parents, but that's not a bad thing! I never asked you, what is yours in? Your husbands?

Mine will be history, and DH is genetics.

Matt Dvorak · June 2011

lob:
jaylahsmommy:
i wouldnt let it bother you, nerd make the world go around, losers laugh because they have nothing better to do but laugh and make fun of people.
Yup! Our babies might be a little nerdy with two PhD parents, but that's not a bad thing! I never asked you, what is yours in? Your husbands?
Mine will be history, and DH is genetics.

Mine is in Educational Psychology (from a program focused on research methods/statistics/testing), and DH is a mathematician.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · June 2011

It's hard not to get in defensive mode when it comes to our LO's. My mom and I have this thing where we try and come up with names to call each other, and we get a lot of laughs out of it. BUT it was everything I could do not to lose my sh!t on her when she started doing it to DD.

Matt Dvorak · June 2011

So this whole 'scrawny nerd" thing came up on facebook, so all of our family can see it. I just had to keep myself from responding "maybe my baby can help you with math". I didn't do it...b/c I really don't want to start something!! Rather, I made the comment that it's nice this baby already has an uncle who thinks so highly of him. I also let him know that while I personally see nothing wrong with the word nerd, the word scrawny is almost certainly negative and I don't appreciate it.