DISer chapter of NKOTB anonymous...join the party *ahem* intervention!!!

[hmdavid]

Angela and Shelby... isn't it nice to have our little group of friends and we can be so open about things? Who would have thought 5 months ago we began this thread just as fans of NKOTB and now we have this little circle of friends that we would have never "met" otherwise! Thank you NKOTB and thank you to all of you who I look so froward to chatting with every day!!! Excuse me while I get a little weepy!!!

OK, carry on with on topic chatter!

 

[danalee]

Hi You Guys

Shelby & Angela god love ya and your wee ones.

I have jumped on here and there but as you guys know our household is a little topsey-turvie at the moment!
But that said Eric is doing a little better everyday, its a s l o w process but the main thing is he is still with us. so we take it day by day.

I have been seeing all the dates getting posted and can I say "what is wrong with Pittsburgh"
alas Erie is about 3 hours from me so I will wait closer to the concert to see how things are going here with Eric's recovery then I will do as some of you have suggested, ebay or stubhub.
Maybe they will do Pittsburgh in the summer and I can get my shot at 5* I just dont want to go to far from home just yet~

Heather you are so right! I love this thread, I might not get a chance to post everyday like I use to but I still pop in when I get chance, its still my favorite thread~

So again Hi to all I missed and Hello to anyone thats come aboard lately, the Dis and NKOTB, well it dosent get any better than that

Take Care all and hope to chat again soon
Dana

 

[hmdavid]

Hi, Dana! Missed you!!! So happy to hear that Eric is on the road to recovery! If you are on facebook you need to get involved in the super secret group!!!

 

[N&B'smom]

Dana! So glad to see you. I've missed you and been thinking of you. Glad to hear Eric is improving all the time. That is WONDERFUL news!!!

Heather, you're so right. I love this group too. I was thinking about that last night as I poured my heart out. We're a great group!!!!

 

[T16GEM]

One of my friends thinks that I have gone completley mad since I went to see them, she thinks that I am re-living my youth, just because I'm mad on NKOTB and am watching the new 90210!! ha ha

How do you like my newly designed signature! Still had to keep my kids in there too.

Shelby - Your story was heartbreaking, I cannot imagine going through that kind of thing with your kids. You have the same name as my DD too!!

 

[lovemickeya]

Shelby, Thank you for sharing your story.

Dana, so happy to hear that your husband is doing better.

As for this group as a whole- It is awesome that we can just say say something off topic and know that we are going to get the support of each other. I know I sometime feel that I am the only one in the world that has to deal with all this random stuff that is associated with Autism (I know I am NOT but that is the way it feels somedays). So it is great to just be able to "say" it out loud and get it off my chest, sometimes. I am a firm believer in GOD only gives us what we can handle. So I look at the challenges of my daily life and know that I was given the amazing gift to teach other around us. And to know it has helped my older son(10) be grow to a compassionate young man.

thank you again

 

[N&B'smom]

Your DD's name is Shelby too?? There aren't too many of us, especially up here in the Northeast.

Yes, I LOVE 90210 too. My friend cracked up because she called and asked what I was doing...without thinking I said I had just listened to some NKOTB and was getting ready to watch 90210. She asked if I was having a mid-life crisis.

 

[N&B'smom]

Something else I wanted to say about meeting groups like you ladies. I was in a group of ladies on a pregnancy board. It was actually a site for people TTC and pregnant people. We met about 6.5 years ago because my DD is now 5.5 - I'm still in contact with several of the ladies. As a matter of fact, they're my friends on FB!!

So, it just goes to show you can have something like NKOTB in common and you will form wonderful friendships because of that.

Donnie even talks about it. He always says how it's great because we're all getting out and networking. He's a smart guy. With a big spud...

 

[hmdavid]

And Donnie knows all!

 

[T16GEM]

Your DD's name is Shelby too?? There aren't too many of us, especially up here in the Northeast.

Yes, I LOVE 90210 too. My friend cracked up because she called and asked what I was doing...without thinking I said I had just listened to some NKOTB and was getting ready to watch 90210. She asked if I was having a mid-life crisis.

Yeah, I am in the UK, so we don't hear that name very often, we wanted different names for our kids so DD is Shelby and DS is Harley Jay. I think it's a beautiful name!

I think maybe I am havinga midlife crisis! Oh well it's turning out to be fun!

I was also a member of a group on the DIS for pregancy etc, I am still in touch with about 6 of the original ladies - we have our own private Yuku board too as some of them don't post that often on the DIS anymore. Infact I met up with two of them at Epcot last month when we were over there on vacation. It's nice to meet like minded people through something like this.

 

[Krispy]

I know I don't post a lot but I'm always "lurking."

Can I join the super secret club too?? My email on fb is kristinaduttlinger@yahoo.com

 

[angey77]

Wow! This thread has been busy!

About the relationships formed on this board, Jason is getting used to coming home from work and hearing me say "Shelby on the Dis" or "Heather from out little NKOTB thread" and stuff like that.

It is kinda funny. In the last five-six years, I have met most of my "newer" friends through the Dis and other WDW-related sites. What is most interesting is I have lived in Katy for almost two years now and have a whopping one friend here (the other moved to India). All my other friends live all over the country, with two of the best ones living in Chicago and Washington, and all are from the WDW obsession.

The whole not meeting people in Katy thing kinda bums me out though. I have no social life but I work for a social magazine!!! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore living here. I love working from home, but it does nothing for my social life. My friend here, I met her from a good friend I've had for 12 years. I know quite a few people from Louisiana who moved here after Katrina, but they are in the burbs on the other side of Houston, which is around 50 miles away.

I'm about to start signing up for cooking classes at a local kitchen boutique. I would love to volunteer my time to get out there, but my work really keeps me busy at home! And with the economy going all crazy and us wanting to be safe and just save, I'm going to put off a YMCA membership or any other local gym for that matter. I was plotting to make that my social networking this year.

Katy is mommy, political and religious group central too, and I don't really qualify for any. I have four cats, two dogs and am independent and agnostic. We are members of the LSU alumni association, but the monthly meet-ups are happy hours around Houston that we can't exactly make. But the next function we go to, I do plan on finding someone in charge and volunteering for something!



Anyway, thanks gals for making my days brighter!

 

[jenny105]

Shelby and Angela - to you ladies and to your kids!

Dana - I'm glad to hear your husband is doing better! I'm waiting for the Kids to come a little closer to home too...I'm hoping they will.

Are they going to continue to tour through May or are they picking it up again this summer?

Angey - You always have us! People I meet on here understand me better than my friends IRL.

One of my friends thinks that I have gone completley mad since I went to see them, she thinks that I am re-living my youth, just because I'm mad on NKOTB and am watching the new 90210!! ha ha

Nothing wrong with that! I'm addicted to the new 90210. And I can't wait until Melrose Place comes back!!

I will die if Michael Mancini makes a cameo.

 

[cruiserkaren]

Awww!

I'm glad I found you all too. I don't really have a social life either. Having 2 young kids and being a SAHM doesn't really lend itself to being a social butterfly. I just simply do not have the time to go out and such. By the time the kiddos are bathed and in bed I'm exhausted. Over the last 4 years my best friend since 6th grade and I have really distanced ourselves from each other. She is single and a career gal and does not want kids. She just does not have any concept of what it means to be a mom. The responsibilities, the work, the exhaustion. She just never "got" why I couldn't go to (or didn't want to go to) a bar on Saturday night. So I finally decided to distance myself from her. I was tired of her making me feeling inadequate. So it took about 2 years but we no longer talk at all now. All that history gone. It took it awhile but I'm at peace with it now.

So anyway, it's nice to have found you guys. People I have things in common with and know what it's like to "just" be a mom.


I guess it's pour your heart out on the Dis day?

 

[N&B'smom]

I feel a gigantic group hug coming on!!!! It's nice to have this as our little home. (and on FB too!!)

 

[angey77]

We all seem to be a bit sentimental today!

I know what you are saying about the distance in friendships throughout life. Sometimes I think it would be fun to meet up with some of the old friends and do a girls' night out, but then I think about all the idiot guys hitting on us, breathing in smoke, having to drive home with all the drunks on the road, my clothes and hair smelling like smoke, shelling over $7 for a martini, having it spilled all over me because of drunk people running around ... it's just not appealing anymore. And since it's not, I have lost touch with some friends, ones that are not married (even though some have kids and I think they are acting irresponsible, but that's a different story).

 

[T16GEM]

which FB group is everyone in then?

 

[Brae's Mom]

Can I join in on this group hug. You guys are all great. My husband is starting to get used to me talking about all of you too!! He thinks I'm crazy.

BTW.......I finally got my 5* tickets!!!!! WooHoo Now where is that dancing twix when I need it.

Gotta get back to work, but just wanted to hop on and say hi!!!

 

[Marshmelo]

Awww.....you guys..... I want in on the group hug too It's amazing how much alike we all are. I also am a SAHM with little to no social life. My DH came in to the office on Sunday while I was on the computer and "informed" me that I had spent a lot of time in here that day and shouldn't I be in the other room with my family....we had a discussion and I ended up really upset and just because I was trying to explain to him that my only friends are online and I'm stuck in that living room 24/7 except to go to the grocery store and Dr's appointments, except when I can get online while Nicolas is napping or DH is watching him. I was trying to tell him that I love my family and was not trying to escape my life, but I just needed to connect with people. Anyway....I'm glad I'm not in this boat alone!

 

[N&B'smom]

Awww.....you guys..... I want in on the group hug too It's amazing how much alike we all are. I also am a SAHM with little to no social life. My DH came in to the office on Sunday while I was on the computer and "informed" me that I had spent a lot of time in here that day and shouldn't I be in the other room with my family....we had a discussion and I ended up really upset and just because I was trying to explain to him that my only friends are online and I'm stuck in that living room 24/7 except to go to the grocery store and Dr's appointments, except when I can get online while Nicolas is napping or DH is watching him. I was trying to tell him that I love my family and was not trying to escape my life, but I just needed to connect with people. Anyway....I'm glad I'm not in this boat alone!

Oh my goodness. Did he understand after you explained it to him?? If not, you tell him he can take it up with ME!!! I'll have a wee chat with him.

I've said things to my hubby too about our little group. I left out the part about me being the oldest. (do we have a smiley with a walker???)