Marrieds choosing not to have kids

[plgrn]

A little late to this part of the thread, but you HAVE to rent The Descent if you haven't seen it. We're huge horror buffs and caught it in the theater last fall -- it's the scariest movie we've seen in a LONG time. It was made for very little money, but doesn't look or feel like it. It's a British production about six women who go caving and get lost, then stalked by these incredibly scary creatures. Even before the monsters show up, it's so dark and claustrophobic it had me freaked.

We watched "Employee of the Month" last night (lame!) and that was a preview on the DVD. The preview freaked me out! Of course, I scare easily.

 

[LoveStitch626]

We watched "Employee of the Month" last night (lame!) and that was a preview on the DVD. The preview freaked me out! Of course, I scare easily.

You mean Jessica Simpson's acting INability didn't scare the pants off you???

 

[plgrn]

You mean Jessica Simpson's acting INability didn't scare the pants off you???

It was frightening. Believe me.

 

[maddhatir]

A little late to this part of the thread, but you HAVE to rent The Descent if you haven't seen it. We're huge horror buffs and caught it in the theater last fall -- it's the scariest movie we've seen in a LONG time. It was made for very little money, but doesn't look or feel like it. It's a British production about six women who go caving and get lost, then stalked by these incredibly scary creatures. Even before the monsters show up, it's so dark and claustrophobic it had me freaked.

I saw that a few months ago. Those creepy things were scary- but it didn't scare the crap out of me. It takes a lot to do that. But I am still waiting

As far as Employee of the Month- Jessica Simpson is a moron- I used to love Dane Cook but he is becoming to "mainstream" which means I need to say Adios to him

 

[Mrs.Reese]

You mean Jessica Simpson's acting INability didn't scare the pants off you???

You mean she was supposed to be acting???

 

[luvthemouse71]

Ok, I know this was mentioned a while back, but I've been having run ins with the "mommy of..." type posters in the pet peeves thread in the main board. This post is just a rant so bear with me. One of the obsessive types was complaining that adults should let kids and parents sit on the buses..I had presented the view that there are many adults with health problems that may not be so obvious, and I also said that a healthy older kid should if anything, offer his/her seat to the elderly etc. Yikes, you would have thought I advocated making the little darlings walk back to their respective resorts! The "Mommiesof.." descended like a vicious horde! It's good reading for anyone who's interested... PS. there are replies to my last post but I put both "mommiesof" on my ignore list...

 

[plgrn]

Ok, I know this was mentioned a while back, but I've been having run ins with the "mommy of..." type posters in the pet peeves thread in the main board. This post is just a rant so bear with me. One of the obsessive types was complaining that adults should let kids and parents sit on the buses..I had presented the view that there are many adults with health problems that may not be so obvious, and I also said that a healthy older kid should if anything, offer his/her seat to the elderly etc. Yikes, you would have thought I advocated making the little darlings walk back to their respective resorts! The "Mommiesof.." descended like a vicious horde! It's good reading for anyone who's interested... PS. there are replies to my last post but I put both "mommiesof" on my ignore list...

Woo-hoo! I'll jump right on there with you and fight the b@stards. Those are two of my biggest pet-peeves COMBINED. OMG!! Hold me back!!

Headed there now.

 

[Hixski]

Ok, I know this was mentioned a while back, but I've been having run ins with the "mommy of..." type posters in the pet peeves thread in the main board. This post is just a rant so bear with me. One of the obsessive types was complaining that adults should let kids and parents sit on the buses..I had presented the view that there are many adults with health problems that may not be so obvious, and I also said that a healthy older kid should if anything, offer his/her seat to the elderly etc. Yikes, you would have thought I advocated making the little darlings walk back to their respective resorts! The "Mommiesof.." descended like a vicious horde! It's good reading for anyone who's interested... PS. there are replies to my last post but I put both "mommiesof" on my ignore list...

I was reading that one this morning. You're right, they do swoop in like hawks.

 

[plgrn]

Is it on the CB? I can't find it.

 

[luvthemouse71]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. It's in the Theme Parks and Stategies section...

 

[plgrn]

That breeder may as well gold-coat her kids and start praying and sacrificing animals to them. They are her gods. Nothing else matters.

 

[kennancat]

The "Mommiesof.." descended like a vicious horde! It's good reading for anyone who's interested...

That is actually pretty funny. Both posters who went after you were the "momTo.." types, weren't they? Nice to see you had that other person backing you up even before posting here Those "pet peeve" threads can get scary fast, can't they?

Honestly, stuff like that is why I'm taking a bit of a break from the rest of the boards. I've subscribed to this thread and I plan to keep up with it, but a lot of the other areas just seem to have gotten mean lately. I feel like a lot of posters (or maybe I should say a few particular prolific posters) automatically assume the worst about people - there's no giving anyone the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it's because it's March and everybody up north is tired of the cold and being trapped in their homes I think part of it too is I usually visit these boards for one of two reasons: to learn information or to try to offer useful advice where I feel I can help people and I forget that not everyone has those same motives. Frankly, I think there are some posters out there who use these boards to put other people down and make them feel better about themselves.

 

[Mrs.Reese]

That breeder may as well gold-coat her kids and start praying and sacrificing animals to them. They are her gods. Nothing else matters.

Ah yes, these are often the mothers have made it so the kids can no longer play tag at recess and are often the reason that we must give 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th place ribbons for everything!

I once had a convo with a mom in which I was trying to explain that children need to experience both success and failure in school. Heck I even had the research to show her. I really should know better.

 

[plgrn]

Honestly, stuff like that is why I'm taking a bit of a break from the rest of the boards.

Yep, the community board especially can get scary. I usually don't touch it with a 10-foot pole or get involved in any debates. I couldn't resisit this one though!

 

[maddhatir]

I know a few people that have said the same thing, not just about the CB but about DIS in general-- most over on the CB has stick up their butt and they have to JUMP on you as soon as you say the smallest thing! And everyone lust lets it happen-

But of course if you are part of the CB "click" you can do and say anything you want.

Sad.

 

[Hixski]

I know a few people that have said the same thing, not just about the CB but about DIS in general-- most over on the CB has stick up their butt and they have to JUMP on you as soon as you say the smallest thing! And everyone lust lets it happen-

But of course if you are part of the CB "click" you can do and say anything you want.

Sad.

This has been a while back. I don't remember what thread this was on, but it was complaining about people jumping all over others. Someone posted that they thought there were alot of angry SAHM's. Of course then it got really ugly. Funny thing was the ones that were peeved the most had already stated they were SAHM's. Go figure.

 

[LoveStitch626]

I know a few people that have said the same thing, not just about the CB but about DIS in general-- most over on the CB has stick up their butt and they have to JUMP on you as soon as you say the smallest thing! And everyone lust lets it happen-

But of course if you are part of the CB "click" you can do and say anything you want.

Sad.

That's why I didn't join Dis until I found this particular thread (you guys are cool). Everything I'd ever read about (tales from other people) or directly FROM this board (those other threads) were always so mean & nasty I just stayed put on my OTHER Disney board.

 

[kennancat]

Someone posted that they thought there were alot of angry SAHM's. Of course then it got really ugly. Funny thing was the ones that were peeved the most had already stated they were SAHM's. Go figure.

You know, I really do try to avoid making sweeping generalizations about people, but I've kind of come to this conclusion as well. After my last bad experience on the CB, I did tell DH that if I ever posted a potentially controversial thread on there again, I was going to wait until after 6 PM to start it

I really do think this kind of thing goes in cycles - back when I was doing my wedding planning I remember the wedding channel boards would just get ugly for a while, everyone would step back, and then it would be okay again for a while.

 

[HockeyKat]

In my experience, most message boards follow this pattern unless they are heavily, heavily moderated, and the moderators are not regular posters or in a "clique" of can-do-no-wrongers.

I have over my internet lifetime been a member of disney, wedding planning, broken engagement, and hockey boards, and all wind up pretty much the same.

I have come to the conclusion that the internet world is made up of a few types of people. Pollyannas, who *always* give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Bitter angry people, who do the opposite, and are usually your standard troll. Stupid people, who usually post inane things like "r u go to disney?" or post questions like "do I need to book Christmas dinner at Disney World in advance" without reading anything about WDW. Very opinionated people, who think that anyone who doesn't share their exact brain is wrong and needs to be told so as harshly as possible (can also be trolls but in a different way than the BAPs). And your normal types, who can occasionally be provoked by any of the former types into flame wars, but mostly just stick to their own opinions and roll their eyes a lot.

Disboards is waaaay too big for me to get involved in much other than this thread and the DVC boards. My opinions are wildly unpopular, usually, and especially so in a "kid-friendly" environment, so it is best for my own sanity to stay away.

 

[plgrn]

(you guys are cool).

We know.