tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post6238357868556352624..comments2023-10-29T08:17:42.840-07:00Comments on Childfreedom: More Baby Mama Facebook DramaChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-81130954612203035012009-10-17T05:32:14.087-07:002009-10-17T05:32:14.087-07:00Perhaps if she was actually AT home looking after ...Perhaps if she was actually AT home looking after her children she wouldn't have to whine about the high cost of childcare?<br /><br />Sorry but nothing I dislike more than people who pop sprogs out and then bundle them off to daycare whatever their age!<br /><br />I've defriended friends off Facebook too, they just became too much!an insight into mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365625596614780273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-49164909265202726592009-09-19T22:21:27.472-07:002009-09-19T22:21:27.472-07:00Shrodinger's Kittens said it best. There does ...Shrodinger's Kittens said it best. There does seem to be a conspiracy. There were so many things that I had to find out after becoming a mother. Parenting is hard. No doubt about it, but she's here now and and she didn't ask to be so I do what I have to do.<br /><br />Daycare is expensive. I don't understand what's so upsetting about discussing it. Even people who have no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-59618038883497566872009-09-19T11:15:24.864-07:002009-09-19T11:15:24.864-07:00This was good. I loved the comment about posting u...This was good. I loved the comment about posting updates about your cat's daily routines. lol,https://www.blogger.com/profile/04001994250295004483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-60943182231857960642009-09-19T03:07:58.322-07:002009-09-19T03:07:58.322-07:00You guys make the most awesome (and at times enter...You guys make the most awesome (and at times entertaining) points! I thought many of the same things about the situation. It's okay for HER to delete my comment, but not okay for me to tell her her posts are a bore. And why are parents complaining about the cost of daycare? Think it's too expensive? Then don't have a kid. It's NOT too expensive - what do they EXPECT to pay - $Childfreeeeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-546914484343805092009-09-14T21:51:45.347-07:002009-09-14T21:51:45.347-07:00The 'hide' function has served me very ver...The 'hide' function has served me very very well on facebook. :) Almost all of the people I've hidden are because of their nonstop child updates.<br /><br />And you could have really got her going by mentioning how expensive it is for the rest of us to subsidize her kids through those child tax credits we don't get to claim. ;)Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744988620717201253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-22199567509344072572009-09-13T12:06:49.755-07:002009-09-13T12:06:49.755-07:00I had a similar situation when a former HS friend ...I had a similar situation when a former HS friend on FB was complaining how haaaaaaard it was to take care of a baby (it was no accident, she wanted it). So there goes a pitty party with other mommies, and they all say it's worth it when they say "I love you mommy!". I had to chime in and say : "But remember, they will one day become teenagers who say 'I hate you!' &Mrs. Ogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177329053197737284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-57950168721065707732009-09-12T15:40:07.334-07:002009-09-12T15:40:07.334-07:00Your ex-friend's actions almost seem like anot...Your ex-friend's actions almost seem like another instance of that "conspiracy of silence" you've talked about before that makes women to say things like "I wish people had told me what it was REALLY like to have kids because I might have done things differently." Which they then disregard and tell younger women that motherhood is the bestest, most wonderful thing <i>Schrodinger's Kittenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05254361271490888350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-35573749049502108882009-09-12T11:35:05.428-07:002009-09-12T11:35:05.428-07:00Speaking both as a childfree woman and as someone ...Speaking both as a childfree woman and as someone who's mother operates a home day care for a living I just have to say that the cost of child care, at least from what I've seen and experienced watching my mother provide day care for almost thirty years, is that the cost of day care is far from being too high. My mother has eight kids in her day care and she still struggles to pay the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-16308302009374300692009-09-12T09:25:13.107-07:002009-09-12T09:25:13.107-07:00Wow....that chick should have taken your first hin...Wow....that chick should have taken your first hint! LOL!<br /><br />I thought your cat play-by-play was hilarious!!!CFVixenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777723818313211020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-8187432679531838502009-09-12T03:24:41.839-07:002009-09-12T03:24:41.839-07:00Another reason I am happy I don't have a Faceb...Another reason I am happy I don't have a Facebook account :)Enola Kneževićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185738216980090742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-88207561459139632682009-09-11T20:39:13.823-07:002009-09-11T20:39:13.823-07:00That was great! I wish I had the guts to do that. ...That was great! I wish I had the guts to do that. Maybe next time I'm in a mood I will.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791516784117331911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-22446645390988425992009-09-11T15:54:40.353-07:002009-09-11T15:54:40.353-07:00OF COURSE you're cats can't be compared to...OF COURSE you're cats can't be compared to kids! Your cats are well behaved! Your cats can find the litter box! Your cats don't poop themselves, spit up on other people, scream at the top of their lungs, or cost half your salary for day each week. <br /><br />AND, when you travel, you can put them in a crate! <br /><br />I agree with Firefly - this woman deserved what she got. Youredwings19https://www.blogger.com/profile/10181928000013448805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-67507024009241932312009-09-11T15:45:23.803-07:002009-09-11T15:45:23.803-07:00I always find it extremely offensive when people w...I always find it extremely offensive when people with kids whine about how much it costs for childcare. Hello, aren't your children worth it? Is bargain hunting in the best interests of your children? They never complain about the price of cable or internet -- they'd pay ANYTHING for those things, don't you know. But when it comes to their kids, they get all cheap? Assholes.Phoenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05174871050139515912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-48295824594676825232009-09-11T13:17:13.336-07:002009-09-11T13:17:13.336-07:00There is a disconnect in this woman's thinking...There is a disconnect in this woman's thinking. It's okay for her to delete comments if she thinks they'll make someone else unhappy, but it's not okay for one of her audience to say her updates themselves are bothersome and might benefit from a little judicious editing? Hello? Anybody home?<br /><br /><br />To be absolutely fair, we have CF friends who overpost minutiae too -- fireflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288800598812287691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-66620541809415234432009-09-11T12:54:14.830-07:002009-09-11T12:54:14.830-07:00Well it seems someone got a little defensive and o...Well it seems someone got a little defensive and overreacted to this whole drama (clue: it wasn't you, Childfreedom). Jeez, I've got all sorts of friends on FB as well, some of whom have children and wouldn't you know, the majority of them may post occasionally about their kids (first words, first steps, funny-but-not-STFU Parent-worthy incidents), but that's not all they post The Pinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987851778195111585noreply@blogger.com