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QuigleyCat1 · April 2012

A FB friend (old classmate) posted this today and I'm not sure how to take it. Now granted, I don't know any backstory but the last few words seem to say quite a bit! I removed the name for privacy, of course. What do you think? How do you take it?

I'm an uncle to a brand new baby girl. I'll love that little girl with everything I am but don't tell me this a blessing.

jenn0021 · April 2012

Weird, I don't know how I would take that. And without knowing the backstory it's hard to have an opinion.

AngnShaun · April 2012

I take it as hes an idiot... I dont need a back story.

shanrob · April 2012

That's extremely odd that someone would post a comment like that without some sort of explanation. Or better yet, just announce you are an uncle and leave it at that. Wacky.

QuigleyCat1 · April 2012

I know. It's strange. I haven't seen him in years but he was always a super nice and kind guy. And if it's his sister that I'm thinking of she was always nice too. Like I said, who knows what the story is but it just left me with a very sad feeling.

To me, ANY child is a blessing regardless of how he/she was conceived.

atmidwoodtobe · April 2012

Uhhhh....I'm not really sure how to take that...

Maybe it's his sister who is a teenager? Or the father of the baby is a jerk? It's hard to say without knowing what the situation is.

katharine25 · April 2012

DC2London:
Whoa. Sounds like family drama and major over-sharing. I'm guessing this was an unplanned pregnancy.

This

Mom2anAngel2 · April 2012

You would think that if he felt that way, he would just not post anything. That is really wierd.

VikingQueen · April 2012

DC2London:
Whoa. Sounds like family drama and major over-sharing. I'm guessing this was an unplanned pregnancy.

this.. truthfully.. as bad as it sounds, if my brother's GF were to get pregnant I'd probably feel the same way atleast until she had the baby cause one.. she would get pregnant before me and my luck have a boy (still holding out hope that one day I will have the first boy of the family, since I never get to do anything first.. lol petty I know) and two me and her do NOT get along under any circumstances as she has tried to start stuff between me and my family.

raashton · April 2012

People just don't know how to edit themselves! It seems so contradictory and will certainly hurt the mother's feelings.

I would imagine she is the product of a less than "ideal" situation he doesn't approve. Seems kind of like a passive-aggressive dig at someone.

Chame90 · April 2012

And just for a heads up I will probably delete this comment later because of the sensitive information it contains.

JennOH85 · April 2012

shanrob:
That's extremely odd that someone would post a comment like that without some sort of explanation. Or better yet, just announce you are an uncle and leave it at that. Wacky.

Exactly. It's sad that he felt the need to add that qualifier at the end. Every baby is a blessing.

Allycat11 · April 2012

I agree with PPs that it was probably either an unplanned pregnancy or a child born to a less than ideal situation.

Either way, I am a firm believer that every baby is a blessing. I may be biased though as someone who was born to far less than an ideal situation.

QuigleyCat1 · April 2012

Chame90:
And just for a heads up I will probably delete this comment later because of the sensitive information it contains.

I certainly understand your feelings with your family's situation. I'm very sorry for that. I hope that something very good comes for that baby in some way, shape or form. HUGS to you and thank you for your story. I'll understand if you need to delete that portion.

shellyco · April 2012

Dude. Facebook overshare. There needs to be a special popup that comes up before you can hit post that reads it back to you and then says, "are you sure you want to post this for the world to see?"

Now I want to know the backstory.

QuigleyCat1 · April 2012

PetraStonegirl:
It's also possible that the baby isn't 'perfect'. Down's or something of the like. Many people do not see special needs children as blessings. Another possibility is that the infant already has a death sentence from some congenital defect, and he is speaking from grief.

This is very true Petra. I thought about that too, but then why be so vague with no explaination and slap it onto FB? And as I post this, I've read additional comments to his FB comment. Things like, "So and So had ANOTHER baby?" And his response was, "Yes, 'so and so' gave birth to (baby's name) this morning". A very clinical description it seems. The comments didn't seem to have a joyous meaning to them. Oh well, I don't know the story but it just weighed heavy on my heart today. Thank you for your comment to my post tho! I hope you're doing ok today dear. ((hugs))

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