I'm not quite sure what your reply means but I don't think the lady in your picture has known anything about AF or baby-making for quite some time. I'm not sure she belongs on this board!
Wow. You know it's a joke right? Note to self: try not to force dry British humour on a predominantly American board. I lived there for a long time. Should. Know. Better.....
Wow. You know it's a joke right? Note to self: try not to force dry British humour on a predominantly American board. I lived there for a long time. Should. Know. Better.....
We all get it, your cleverness is not so advanced that it went over our heads.... it's just a big Dear Diary post for no reason... if we all started our own special post for CD1 the boards would be filled with nothing but those. Why not make a GTKY if you want to post a long random about something?
Wow. You know it's a joke right? Note to self: try not to force dry British humour on a predominantly American board. I lived there for a long time. Should. Know. Better.....
We all get it, your cleverness is not so advanced that it went over our heads.... it's just a big Dear Diary post for no reason... if we all started our own special post for CD1 the boards would be filled with nothing but those. Why not make a GTKY if you want to post a long random about something?
Yes, all of this. It was more like a blog post and this is not your personal blog.
Wow. You know it's a joke right? Note to self: try not to force dry British humour on a predominantly American board. I lived there for a long time. Should. Know. Better.....
TTC #1 --- BFP #1 5/15, loss at 5 weeks --- BFP #2 12/15, loss at 4+3 --- RE testing 3/16 normal, still trying for our rainbow
I found it amusing to write and I don't remember attaching a note insisting that you will die if you don't read it. You didn't have to read it and could easily have hit the back button if you thought it was lame. What you think is rubbish might quite appeal to someone that is having a shitty day and could do with a laugh at someone else's expense (mine - that's ok!)
Perhaps, I should post a PG test and ask whether I'm pregnant next time. It would probably go down better than this disaster of a thread has done!
P.S. Note I'm not DD this either - I'm hoping people will get some kind of a laugh out of it, even if it's not quite how I intended when I wrote it....
I found it amusing to write and I don't remember attaching a note insisting that you will die if you don't read it. You didn't have to read it and could easily have hit the back button if you thought it was lame. What you think is rubbish might quite appeal to someone that is having a shitty day and could do with a laugh at someone else's expense (mine - that's ok!)
Perhaps, I should post a PG test and ask whether I'm pregnant next time. It would probably go down better than this disaster of a thread has done!
P.S. Note I'm not DD this either - I'm hoping people will get some kind of a laugh out of it, even if it's not quite how I intended when I wrote it....
P.P.S. I still don't think you get it..... lol
I still think you don't get it. If you want to write a long dear diary blog post, that's fine but usually someone is going to point that out to you. Start a randoms thread or as @Lulucooks said, a GTKY, so it's less "I'm a speshul snowflyke"
It. was. just. supposed. to. be. comedic. I'm about as far from being a "SS" as you could possibly get. I love laughing at myself, though it's usually funnier when people are laughing with you.
It's ok - there is clearly a rather large sense of humour divide between us. Not saying either is better - just different! I will do better next time
It. was. just. supposed. to. be. comedic. I'm about as far from being a "SS" as you could possibly get. I love laughing at myself, though it's usually funnier when people are laughing with you.
It's ok - there is clearly a rather large sense of humour divide between us. Not saying either is better - just different! I will do better next time
Ah yes. My American humor is lacking, I know.
TTC #1 --- BFP #1 5/15, loss at 5 weeks --- BFP #2 12/15, loss at 4+3 --- RE testing 3/16 normal, still trying for our rainbow
Seriously, we "got it," it just wasn't as funny as you seem to think it was. And I can't say anything about "British" sense of humor, but my sense of humor is very "dry" also and to me this didn't come off as dry, it came off as trying too hard.
Also, insulting our intelligence because your joke fell flat really isn't going to help the situation.
Me:27 DH: 28 Married May 2012 TTC#1 July 2013 - July 2015 (no success) Again TTC#1: Dec 2015 First RE visit: Feb 2016 BFP: 9/16/16 EDD:5/26/17
It. was. just. supposed. to. be. comedic. I'm about as far from being a "SS" as you could possibly get. I love laughing at myself, though it's usually funnier when people are laughing with you.
It's ok - there is clearly a rather large sense of humour divide between us. Not saying either is better - just different! I will do better next time
Even if it was so funny that my sides hurt from laughing and tears streamed down my face I would still tell you that making your own Dear Diary, special snowflake post isn't cool. Because, since you don't seem to be "getting it" (must be my American mannerisms), what it does is clutter the boards and push down posts made by people who need support or help. If you had made a GTKY that we could have all participated in that would be ok, but just a "Look at me", is pointless. Regardless of how funny or not funny the post is.
Oh well - I might go and cry into my ice-cream then. The fact that you don't like a post I wrote has really cut me up emotionally. Boo hoo.
Where did I insult your intelligence? I simply stated the obvious - that we clearly have a different sense of humour. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just a difference in perspective (plus, why is it not funny just because you say it isn't? If I think it's funny then it's funny to at least one person!)
I've quite enjoyed my time on this board but I'm starting to see why it has such a bad rep elsewhere! Best of luck with your TCC journeys, and I'll probably still lurk a little bit, but I think I should look for a better fit elsewhere. See ya.
I've quite enjoyed my time on this board but I'm starting to see why it has such a bad rep elsewhere! Best of luck with your TCC journeys, and I'll probably still lurk a little bit, but I think I should look for a better fit elsewhere. See ya.
For the last week or so you've been here I've seen you write TCC multiple times. WTH does it mean?!
We will miss all your super helpful and thoughtful support.
Oh well - I might go and cry into my ice-cream then. The fact that you don't like a post I wrote has really cut me up emotionally. Boo hoo.
Where did I insult your intelligence? I simply stated the obvious - that we clearly have a different sense of humour. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just a difference in perspective (plus, why is it not funny just because you say it isn't? If I think it's funny then it's funny to at least one person!)
You did go over to another thread and make a passive aggressive post about how we don't have a sense of humor around here and tell us multiple times that we just don't "get" your post because a lot of us are American. And apparently Americans don't laugh at jokes...
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Me: 28 DH: 29 Married: August 2014 TTC #1 Since March 2015 Diagnosed with PCOS March 2016 SA results normal April 2016 3 rounds clomid + trigger + TI = BFN 3 rounds clomid + trigger + IUI = BFN Uterine polyp removed July 2017 Round 1 IVF January 2018
Oh well - I might go and cry into my ice-cream then. The fact that you don't like a post I wrote has really cut me up emotionally. Boo hoo.
Where did I insult your intelligence? I simply stated the obvious - that we clearly have a different sense of humour. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just a difference in perspective (plus, why is it not funny just because you say it isn't? If I think it's funny then it's funny to at least one person!)
I've quite enjoyed my time on this board but I'm starting to see why it has such a bad rep elsewhere! Best of luck with your TCC journeys, and I'll probably still lurk a little bit, but I think I should look for a better fit elsewhere. See ya.
TTC #1 --- BFP #1 5/15, loss at 5 weeks --- BFP #2 12/15, loss at 4+3 --- RE testing 3/16 normal, still trying for our rainbow
I found it amusing to write and I don't remember attaching a note insisting that you will die if you don't read it. You didn't have to read it and could easily have hit the back button if you thought it was lame. What you think is rubbish might quite appeal to someone that is having a shitty day and could do with a laugh at someone else's expense (mine - that's ok!)
Perhaps, I should post a PG test and ask whether I'm pregnant next time. It would probably go down better than this disaster of a thread has done!
P.S. Note I'm not DD this either - I'm hoping people will get some kind of a laugh out of it, even if it's not quite how I intended when I wrote it....
P.P.S. I still don't think you get it..... lol
Me: 30 DH: 32 ~~ TTC #1: Sep 2015 ~~ BFP: Mar 2016 ~~ Daughter: Nov 2016 TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
My dear Aunty Flow,
As I sit here, pouring myself a cold glass of Sauvignon at 3.15pm on a Tuesday afternoon, with half an eye on the rest of the bottle, I take some time to reflect on the day that was. Now, don't get me wrong. I know that if a bun hasn't been firmly placed in the oven, then you must insist on knocking at the door and making yourself at home. You've been shoving your way in like any rude, unwanted relative since I was 14 - spilling stuff everywhere, messing up the living room and generally being a gigantic pain in the uterus. I know it goes with the territory when it comes to being a woman (along with boobs, the ability to cry on cue, higher natural intelligence, and all of those other pretty awesome things).
However, did you really have to show up just as I was starting my Christmas shopping? There I was, ready to take on the swarming hordes of Auckland Christmas shoppers - a scene similar in many ways to the Walking Dead, just slightly more festive - and you loudly announce that you're here, wearing that tacky red dress and a huge grin on your face. You arrived early with minimal warning, so thanks for that. You caught me unaware so I hadn't even packed any supplies to deal with you in my handbag. You also turned up on possibly the hottest day of the year so far in Auckland. You piss me off at the best of times (sorry, it had to be said) - but in blistering sunshine (got to love that hole in the ozone layer!), with temps in the high twenties and the subtropical humidity making it feel 110% hotter......you are practically unbearable. You also seem to have chosen this month to inflict the most amount of pain you've managed all year - aren't you clever!
I'm pretty sure you had a good laugh as I got my high heel stuck in the pavement walking between shops and yelled out "oh shitting shit!" as it flew off into the crowds ahead of me. Of course, this happened at the precise moment a very motherly looking mother bustled by with her brood of perfect looking children. She clucked at me like a disapproving hen as her angels gaped at me with their mouths open. You definitely had a part to play in my debit card throwing a tantrum and refusing to work at the grocery store. I am also positive that you were behind the trip I took to the British sweet shop. Because of you, I entered this temple to sugar fully intending to purchase delicious, nostalgia-invoking stocking fillers for my DH. Instead, I left with my own weight in British chocolate and let's be honest, it's got a rat's chance of getting anywhere near my husband's Christmas stocking.
Anyway, you have made your point. TCC isn't easy. I secretly got my hopes up, while proclaiming to The Bump and my DH that I truly, honestly wasn't expecting to get KU during the first cycle. I was keeping my dreams to myself, like a naughty child, furtively planning a zillion Christmassy ways to announce that easy, first-cycle pregnancy to hubby!
I've got news for you though. A little, seemingly insignificant object called a BBT thermometer arrived in the mail the other day. You might smirk but this rather dull looking tool will enable me to keep much better tabs on you, my friend. No more pouncing on me unexpectedly, Aunty Flow. Now, I will be able to predict your arrival, before you've even thought about booking a ticket to come and see me.
And if you do happen to be in a generous, super festive mood this year, the best Christmas present you could give me is to not show up at all next month. I think we've seen more than enough of each other for oh, nine months or so. What do you think?
Thank you Aunty Flow - and have a lovely Christmas break. I'm looking forward to drinking ALL the wine and eating ALL the bad food with you.
Your reluctant friend,
KL x
She posted a super long Dear Aunty (her words) Flow post about CD1 and when we tried to tell her that WTO would be a better place she kept saying we didn't get it, because British humor is super hard to get, I guess? Then we have a GBCB.
As I sit here, pouring myself a cold glass of Sauvignon at 3.15pm on a Tuesday afternoon, with half an eye on the rest of the bottle, I take some time to reflect on the day that was. Now, don't get me wrong. I know that if a bun hasn't been firmly placed in the oven, then you must insist on knocking at the door and making yourself at home. You've been shoving your way in like any rude, unwanted relative since I was 14 - spilling stuff everywhere, messing up the living room and generally being a gigantic pain in the uterus. I know it goes with the territory when it comes to being a woman (along with boobs, the ability to cry on cue, higher natural intelligence, and all of those other pretty awesome things).
However, did you really have to show up just as I was starting my Christmas shopping? There I was, ready to take on the swarming hordes of Auckland Christmas shoppers - a scene similar in many ways to the Walking Dead, just slightly more festive - and you loudly announce that you're here, wearing that tacky red dress and a huge grin on your face. You arrived early with minimal warning, so thanks for that. You caught me unaware so I hadn't even packed any supplies to deal with you in my handbag. You also turned up on possibly the hottest day of the year so far in Auckland. You piss me off at the best of times (sorry, it had to be said) - but in blistering sunshine (got to love that hole in the ozone layer!), with temps in the high twenties and the subtropical humidity making it feel 110% hotter......you are practically unbearable. You also seem to have chosen this month to inflict the most amount of pain you've managed all year - aren't you clever!
I'm pretty sure you had a good laugh as I got my high heel stuck in the pavement walking between shops and yelled out "oh shitting shit!" as it flew off into the crowds ahead of me. Of course, this happened at the precise moment a very motherly looking mother bustled by with her brood of perfect looking children. She clucked at me like a disapproving hen as her angels gaped at me with their mouths open. You definitely had a part to play in my debit card throwing a tantrum and refusing to work at the grocery store. I am also positive that you were behind the trip I took to the British sweet shop. Because of you, I entered this temple to sugar fully intending to purchase delicious, nostalgia-invoking stocking fillers for my DH. Instead, I left with my own weight in British chocolate and let's be honest, it's got a rat's chance of getting anywhere near my husband's Christmas stocking.
Anyway, you have made your point. TCC isn't easy. I secretly got my hopes up, while proclaiming to The Bump and my DH that I truly, honestly wasn't expecting to get KU during the first cycle. I was keeping my dreams to myself, like a naughty child, furtively planning a zillion Christmassy ways to announce that easy, first-cycle pregnancy to hubby!
I've got news for you though. A little, seemingly insignificant object called a BBT thermometer arrived in the mail the other day. You might smirk but this rather dull looking tool will enable me to keep much better tabs on you, my friend. No more pouncing on me unexpectedly, Aunty Flow. Now, I will be able to predict your arrival, before you've even thought about booking a ticket to come and see me.
And if you do happen to be in a generous, super festive mood this year, the best Christmas present you could give me is to not show up at all next month. I think we've seen more than enough of each other for oh, nine months or so. What do you think?
Thank you Aunty Flow - and have a lovely Christmas break. I'm looking forward to drinking ALL the wine and eating ALL the bad food with you.
OP posted a funny (to at least one person) dear diary post. People pointed out that it was a dear diary post and that it would have been better to turn it into a GTKY post so that people couple participate, instead of just being a speshul snowflake (or however we're supposed to spell that). OP reiterated that it was funny, and we didn't get it because we were American, and swore she wasn't going to DD. People pointed out they understood that it was supposed to be funny, but still had issues with it. OP DDed.
That's the abridged version.
Me: 30 DH: 32 ~~ TTC #1: Sep 2015 ~~ BFP: Mar 2016 ~~ Daughter: Nov 2016 TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
I wouldn't have even had an issue with the Dear diary post if it HAD been funny. I will usually cut someone slack for exceptional wit. This was just corny and poorly written. But that same cheesy, low level humor is very much appreciated on babycenter so off you go!
I just want to say that I read the original post last night, thought, "that's weird..." and went to sleep. When it was gone this morning, I thought I had dreamed it (you know you're on TB too much when you dream about it...). I love it when people flounce. This might be my favorite DD/GBCB ever.
Re: The largest penis in the world is 18.9" and belongs to a guy in Mexico! :-o
xx
Perhaps, I should post a PG test and ask whether I'm pregnant next time. It would probably go down better than this disaster of a thread has done!
P.S. Note I'm not DD this either - I'm hoping people will get some kind of a laugh out of it, even if it's not quite how I intended when I wrote it....
P.P.S. I still don't think you get it..... lol
It's ok - there is clearly a rather large sense of humour divide between us. Not saying either is better - just different! I will do better next time
Also, insulting our intelligence because your joke fell flat really isn't going to help the situation.
Married May 2012
TTC#1 July 2013 - July 2015 (no success)
Again TTC#1: Dec 2015
First RE visit: Feb 2016
BFP: 9/16/16 EDD:5/26/17
Oh well - I might go and cry into my ice-cream then. The fact that you don't like a post I wrote has really cut me up emotionally. Boo hoo.
Where did I insult your intelligence? I simply stated the obvious - that we clearly have a different sense of humour. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just a difference in perspective (plus, why is it not funny just because you say it isn't? If I think it's funny then it's funny to at least one person!)
I've quite enjoyed my time on this board but I'm starting to see why it has such a bad rep elsewhere! Best of luck with your TCC journeys, and I'll probably still lurk a little bit, but I think I should look for a better fit elsewhere. See ya.
We will miss all your super helpful and thoughtful support.
ETA: Spelling.
Me: 28 DH: 29
Married: August 2014
TTC #1 Since March 2015
Diagnosed with PCOS March 2016
SA results normal April 2016
3 rounds clomid + trigger + TI = BFN
3 rounds clomid + trigger + IUI = BFN
Uterine polyp removed July 2017
Round 1 IVF January 2018
TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
LFAF Summer 2016 Awards:
Didn't expect a DD or I'm sure we would have QFP
ETA @ashbear720 FTW
Amazing!
That's the abridged version.
TTC #2: April 2018 ~~ BFP: May 2018 ~~ EDD: January 2019
That was the weirdest GBCB I have seen in a while.
We need a translator!
Low progesterone
Baby boy born 01/2016
Currently: NTNP
LFAF April Siggy: TV/Movie BFFs
BFP #4 1/2016, DD born 10/2016
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Started TTC #1 November 2015
BFP 6/10/2016 - EDD 2/22/2017