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All the people that keep telling me to kiss my freedom goodbye. I'm really starting to feel like I'm death row!

Another one I hate is "you will never sleep again"...

I'm not an idio and I know what's ahead but it's just starting to aggravate me to hear it from every single person I know!

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like this?

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I remember feeling that way before I had the baby, and promising to myself that I'd never say those words to a pregnant woman.

Now that I'm on the other side I totally understand where those people were coming from. LOL. I think I was an idiot, because I had no clue how hard it would actually be to have a baby despite all that I had been told.

If the people talking are parents, just take it as a bit of jealousy. They are envying the freedom you still have and are trying to tell you to appreciate it...

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I do appreciate the freedom I still have but i'm just sick and tired of hearing it all the time!

I know what's ahead. I'm not that clueless. Everytime I mention to someone about taking a nap they are like "oh do it now while you still can" I know they mean well. But hearing every single time is starting to get to me!

Message edited 1/11/2006 2:24:47 PM.

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eh, it doesn't bother me, it's just small talk...

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Watch me become a hypicrite and say that when my non pregnant friends get pregnant...LOL LOL LOL

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And then they'll be complaining about me...

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of course its a BTDT privilege

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People need to keep quiet, unless of course you ask them for their opinion...

I don't sleep too well now so I guess I will do just fine without the no sleeping part

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But it still ***** hearing those comments and one of these days I am going to tell them to shut the **** up...LOL

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Posted by MicheleMaBelle

People need to keep quiet, unless of course you ask them for their opinion...

I don't sleep too well now so I guess I will do just fine without the no sleeping part

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I'm with you. Its so annoying- and insensitive.

However, long ago I decided to be amused with the stupid things people say rather than annoyed by it. When my dad passed away my sister and I had a runnign list of the stupid things people say. I know they didn't MEAN to be mean, but some comments were just so absurd.

Also, like Marissa says, its enjoyable. I see my sister with her 6 month old. Sometimes it is tough but that is far otuweighed by the amount of joy and happiness she gets from being a mom. She deals with the lack of sleep when it happens. I slept over last week and my neice woke up once for a few minutes and she and my sister went back to sleep (and we all overslept- of course i was the only one going to work in the morning ) She and DH went to Aruba and Aspen with the baby- bringing the best babysitter (grandma).


Hang in there, soon WE'LL be the ones on the other side. Then we get to hear people comment on how we raise our kids

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Yes I felt this way, the same as when I got married my life was going to be over, The old ball and chain...

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Just wait until you start getting "Does he sleep through the night?" "Is he a good baby?" and the unwanted advice that always follows these questions. Or long rambling memories of when their child cried all the time. I think people like to make themselves feel better by pointing out the negative, rather than the positive.

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I hear more negative comments than positives and sometimes it makes me want to ask these people "if it's so bad then why do people have kids". Well some of my friends pointed out the negatives but they also mentioned positives as well and that's fine. But if all I hear are negatives then it seems like having a kid is the worst thing in the world! Sometimes people say what they want to whether it's wanted advice or not.

And i'm sure that after this baby is born I'll be hearing "so when are you having another one. It’s like people just don’t know when to quit. When you are married it’s “when are you having a baby”, then when you have one it’s “when are you having a second one” and believe it or not, I’ve had some idiot already ask me if I’m having a second one. I was like “do you mind if I give birth to my first one first, I’m not a gumball machine” ". I try to give the bad and good side of Things when I give advice. Like to my friends that are engaged I’ll tell them “marriage life is hard, so much to adjust to but it is lots of fun too”

I guess the best way to handle these annoying people is with a sarcastic remark in return. Like when people used to ask me “when are you having a baby” I would always say “why, do you want to raise it”. Sometimes sarcasm shuts them up. LOL

DH and I have been together for 4 years (2 before we were married and 2 as husband and wife) and in these 4 years we’ve done a lot! I won’t be saying “oh I wish I went on a cruise” we did 3 of them. I won’t be saying “I wish I could have seen a play” We’ve been to so many of them. We’ve been away together so many times. We’ve had a good time and now we want to have some good times with our son. I’m already planning on going to Disney with my son, of course it will have to be when he’s oder so he can remember it. DH is already making plans for little league and going to Met games. I’m surprised he hasn’t signed him up already…LOL

While we are aware of the challenges there are also things to look forward to as well.