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CNJ4EVA · January 2014

I'll take opinions of an unpopular nature for $1000, Alex.

CNJ4EVA · January 2014

I hate the use of the words "sick" and "nasty" to describe something as cool.

JoJo716 · January 2014

I am not a big fan of the Valentine's Day outfit selection for boys. It seems like they all say something like "Ladies Man" or "#1 Bachelor". I just don't think they are appropriate for a baby.

emmy236 · January 2014

@Jojo716 The only thing I liked was from BabyGap it was a sweatshirt that said Cupid. However I'm not paying like $40 for a baby sweatshirt. I did find a cute onesies on Zulily for $7.99 that I'm ok with.

My UO: i think the White House petition to deport Justin Bieber is hilarious

Edit: do I have to say why when Shank is no longer here?

coffeeandbooks · January 2014

I wish Shank had told us what happened. I am sure she had good reason not to, but the whole "be careful," put me in a state of anxiety....kind of like when the "terror alert" is raised but there is not much you can really do about it.

CarolineEmma · January 2014

I think when people get a new SN but then post from the new one and say the old one it completely defeats the purpose.

coffeeandbooks · January 2014

^^ I tend to agree but I'd like to hear an alternate opinion because I feel like there must be a reason for it.

delino · January 2014

I think some people take TB waaaay to seriously. I've formed a handful of close relationships with bumpies over my years here, but if TB disappeared tomorrow my life would not change. I don't think that's the case for some.

smg2302 · January 2014

@nech0606 I guess I won't tell you that I still have DD's umbilical stump. I'm not keeping it because I want it, it just seems weird to just throw out.

I like baked ruffles better than the original ones.

Schell2013 · January 2014

I think valentines day is a money grab.

Kashy · January 2014

beaubecca said:

^^ I tend to agree but I'd like to hear an alternate opinion because I feel like there must be a reason for it.
I think its probably because its more work for someone to connect new posts under new sn to the old sn - it is likely the person with a new sn can make a fresh start with their posts at least from a searchable standpoint.

But if someone was to search the ol SN they would come up to the post with the new SN saying I used to be "X" . So I agree the whole changing your SN is silly. I guess if you have the time and energy to go back and delete every single post you made under your old SN then yeah...

Kashy · January 2014

emmy236 said:

@Jojo716 The only thing I liked was from BabyGap it was a sweatshirt that said Cupid. However I'm not paying like $40 for a baby sweatshirt. I did find a cute onesies on Zulily for $7.99 that I'm ok with. My UO: i think the White House petition to deport Justin Bieber is hilarious Edit: do I have to say why when Shank is no longer here?

ugh....you can keep him. We DO NOT want him back lol

I'm not into celebrity stuff and could careless what they do, but he is seriously an embarrassment to Canada.

JoJo716 · January 2014

@nech0606 I found my greet grandmothers baby book and there was a lock of hair in it. It was 100 years old. I gagged.

pnutg · January 2014

If nothing happens (like shank's ordeal), I was wondering when one leaves TB. When our May babies turn 10? When they graduate college? When does it end? Probably a personal question.

Boo0512 · January 2014

My UO is that I think celebrating Valentine's Day and wedding anniversaries is way overrated.

I could seriously care less if DH got me a gift/acknowledged it.

watuzzigal · January 2014

^^ Agreed.

Boo0512 · January 2014

allydncr said:
Along the lines of celebrations, I think it's weird when people aren't into celebrating their birthdays. Birthdays were always a big deal in our house and I love that it was always treated as our "special day". Maybe just growing up as one of four kids, it was nice to have that one day as yours and yours alone. I still don't go to work on my birthday.

I probably should've thrown birthdays into my UO also. H and I did nothing for our bdays last year. No dates, no gifts lol.

Schell2013 · January 2014

NailQueen said:

allydncr said:

Along the lines of celebrations, I think it's weird when people aren't into celebrating their birthdays. Birthdays were always a big deal in our house and I love that it was always treated as our "special day". Maybe just growing up as one of four kids, it was nice to have that one day as yours and yours alone. I still don't go to work on my birthday.

Im with you. Mine is on Saturday and we are def celebrating! Dh hates celebrating his for some reason -so I make him surprise celebrations every year so he never knows when we will be celebrating and what we will be doing...

I hate cemebrating my birthday. I don't really know why but I don't like being centre of attention.

Kashy · January 2014

Boo0512 said:

My UO is that I think celebrating Valentine's Day and wedding anniversaries are way overrated. I could seriously care less if DH got me a gift/acknowledged it.

DH and I rarely ever give each other gifts. It is just not our thing really.

We do acknowledge certain days with a simple Happy birthday or anniversary. We may go out for dinner, but most likely we just do nothing lol

MOMama987 · January 2014

Kashy said:

beaubecca said:

^^ I tend to agree but I'd like to hear an alternate opinion because I feel like there must be a reason for it.
I think its probably because its more work for someone to connect new posts under new sn to the old sn - it is likely the person with a new sn can make a fresh start with their posts at least from a searchable standpoint.

But if someone was to search the ol SN they would come up to the post with the new SN saying I used to be "X" . So I agree the whole changing your SN is silly. I guess if you have the time and energy to go back and delete every single post you made under your old SN then yeah...

Honestly? I didn't give it much thought. I guess if someone I know IRL decides to wander in here, they're less apt to connect the picture of me with my new username. If they already have? Oh well.

MOMama987 · January 2014

pnutg said:

If nothing happens (like shank's ordeal), I was wondering when one leaves TB. When our May babies turn 10? When they graduate college? When does it end? Probably a personal question.

I imagine it'll die a slow death. People will wander away, and the board's will get SUPER quiet. Or the format will change and the few people left just won't care enough to make the change. I was pretty active on a message board years ago (very different topic, but similar format / sense of community) and eventually... it became less interesting / less relevant. I posted less and less. Other people did too. The format eventually changed, and people just never came back. (I think The Bump only hosts a few years' worth of BMBs anyway, right?)

Schell2013 · January 2014

MOMama987 said:

pnutg said:

If nothing happens (like shank's ordeal), I was wondering when one leaves TB. When our May babies turn 10? When they graduate college? When does it end? Probably a personal question.

I imagine it'll die a slow death. People will wander away, and the board's will get SUPER quiet. Or the format will change and the few people left just won't care enough to make the change. I was pretty active on a message board years ago (very different topic, but similar format / sense of community) and eventually... it became less interesting / less relevant. I posted less and less. Other people did too. The format eventually changed, and people just never came back. (I think The Bump only hosts a few years' worth of BMBs anyway, right?)

I had wondered if they do get rid of older boards in order to make room for more.

coffeeandbooks · January 2014

delino said:

I think some people take TB waaaay to seriously. I've formed a handful of close relationships with bumpies over my years here, but if TB disappeared tomorrow my life would not change. I don't think that's the case for some.

I think if the TB disappeared it would be like if someone's favorite tv show was cancelled... sad but you get over it.

CNJ4EVA · January 2014

mslaurats said:

delino said:

I think some people take TB waaaay to seriously. I've formed a handful of close relationships with bumpies over my years here, but if TB disappeared tomorrow my life would not change. I don't think that's the case for some.

I think if the TB disappeared it would be like if someone's favorite tv show was cancelled... sad but you get over it.

Yes, well put.

I wouldn't say it'd be life changing, but I do enjoy Bumping and would miss it a lot.

TundraGirl · January 2014

This will probably be very unpopular, but here goes ... I really don't like ultrasound pics being posted on FB. I can't give a definitive reason why but they bother me.

Shoegal36 · January 2014

@nech0606 Supposedly, my MIL kept H's circumcision...skin? I don't know what else to call it? Has anyone else ever heard of this, or is it as effing disgusting as I think it is?

watuzzigal · January 2014

scormier123 said:
@nech0606 Supposedly, my MIL kept H's circumcision...skin? I don't know what else to call it? Has anyone else ever heard of this, or is it as effing disgusting as I think it is?

Yup. That's as gross as you think it is.

watuzzigal · January 2014

I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrite. I will make a big deal for LO's birthdays.

Kashy · January 2014

scormier123 said:

@nech0606 Supposedly, my MIL kept H's circumcision...skin? I don't know what else to call it? Has anyone else ever heard of this, or is it as effing disgusting as I think it is?

:-&
yeah that is gross and creepy...

Boo0512 · January 2014

watuzzigal said:
I guess I'm a bit of a hypocrite. I will make a big deal for LO's birthdays.

Absolutely. I've had LO's party dress for over a month already!

mommatotwo2 · January 2014

I did keep DD1's umbilical cord stump for a short time, but then decided it was just basically dead skin, and I didn't have any qualms about them tossing the placenta or the cord itself...so what was the point in keeping the shriveled up stump? So I tossed it. With DD2, it was hanging by a thread for awhile and fell off at the doctors office when she was a couple of weeks old. Onto the floor at some point. I went to take her shirt and pants off for the doc to look at her and noticed it was gone! He said "oh here it is" and picked it up off the floor where we were just sitting and tossed it in the trash. I was glad he made the choice for me

But, now that DD1 has started losing teeth, I've kept both of them. They are in a ziploc bag in my purse, the one place she won't go. I don't really know why I am keeping them, but I can't bring myself to throw them out!

The foreskin thing makes me think of that scene from meet the parents, or meet the fockers or whatever "meet the...." movie it was.

Lolalipsy · January 2014

2010Bride2be said:
I still have the umbilical cord stump in a plastic bag with all of his hospital bracelets, hospital paci, etc. I don't know why I saved it or what I'll do with it, but I'm not throwing it away. Oh well.

Ditto.

emmy236 · January 2014

My mom kept EVERYTHING. Hair, all of my baby teeth (yes I said all), the apricot brandy she rubbed on my gums teething. I have decided that the insanity will stop with this generation.

c-elizabethf · January 2014

My parents kept some of our baby teeth and a lock of mine and siblings first haircut.

watuzzigal · January 2014

I was supposed to ask to keep the placenta so my mom could go back and bury it (cultural thing that has to do with remembering where our land is/where we came from).

I forgot, and I feel guilty.

coffeeandbooks · January 2014

my mom used to save our baby teeth...I think maybe I will keep at least one tooth and a lock of his hair from his first cut. To me they are remembrances of when our LOs were tiny which will be for such a short period of time.
Plus our LOs really suffer for these baby teeth so maybe at least one is worth holding onto.

Oohgurl · February 2014

SpankingShank said:

@Jojo716 The only thing I liked was from BabyGap it was a sweatshirt that said Cupid. However I'm not paying like $40 for a baby sweatshirt. I did find a cute onesies on Zulily for $7.99 that I'm ok with. My UO: i think the White House petition to deport Justin Bieber is hilarious Edit: do I have to say why when Shank is no longer here?
Yes, you do.

Bwhahaha! You shoulda made us miss you longer!

Shoegal36 · February 2014

2013sarabelleATX said:

scormier123 said:

@nech0606 Supposedly, my MIL kept H's circumcision...skin? I don't know what else to call it? Has anyone else ever heard of this, or is it as effing disgusting as I think it is?

Foreskin. And that's gross.

So I'm coming back to this super late, but OMG I can't believe I blanked on the word foreskin. DUH. I blame mommy brain and the lack of penis in my life.

Also, thanks everyone for confirming that MIL is a weirdo

Lolalipsy · February 2014

watuzzigal said:
I was supposed to ask to keep the placenta so my mom could go back and bury it (cultural thing that has to do with remembering where our land is/where we came from).

I forgot, and I feel guilty.

My Turkish friend buried her baby's umbilical cord for the same reasons.

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