parents and non parents.

By the way, I still love most MAPPERS. I think we tend to agree on things more than we disagree on things. And we get along.

We wont always agree on things (who does?) but.........I still love ya.

xoxo
 
It makes sense, but then my problem with that is that before that thread came about some of the people congratulating him, and indeed some of the first to complain about Blade's comment, were people who up until that point had been ripping into SiB continuously, saying he was an irresponsible person and on a couple of occassions suggested he was flat out lying about who he was and having a pregnant girlfriend/wife.

So then this isn't a question about parents/non parents but one on the social ettiquette side of things, but that seems incredibly two faced to me. No apology or anything, just a straight jump from "lol troll you're such an idiot" to "hey man congrats on the baby hope it goes well"

I'm quite bad at understanding social convention so maybe that's just me though.
 
Believe it or not, Blade, this issue aside, the feeling's mutual.
 
Believe you me...if you are a switched on and responsible couple, that thinks about the future of their child longer than the break between BGT segments, "just having a baby" is a very taxing and involved process.


Durrr....that's an easy one...she buys multiple books and make her husband read them. Then she sulks and eats chocolate.
 
I'm not sure I see that as two-faced. I'm the first person to have called Blade out on this. So that's on me. And I've also questioned some of SiB's claims. (Mind you, I don't think I ever questioned his having a pregnant partner.)

Trolling on a website (assuming for a moment that SiB has, which isn't clear) is hardly so egregious a crime that anybody would wish him ill on the birth of a child. Again, I feel like that's fairly intuitive. It's just the internet, after all.
 
For one thing, I have heard some believe you need to eat much more because you're "eating for two" I dont believe that. Gaining too much weight can be as bad as not gaining enough. So, she should eat the way she does normally (unless her diet sucked before she got pregnant in which cause dont eat normally LOL)

and don't freak out about having an occasional glass of wine or a bite of soft cheese. There is no evidence that one or 2 glasses will give a fetus the alcohol syndrome.There is lots of evidence that being a heavy drinker will do it though.
 
Got that right, son. Mummy is constantly ticked off with me for not reading the books. Mind you, we don't generally seem to adhere to their advice anyway, so I'm unclear on the problem.
 
Yeah. But those are two things out of 9+ months of intense, grueling physical changes. And these particular two are kind of easy. Don't drink too much and don't eat too much. (And many people would dispute that alcohol and cheese one anyway.)

There's a lot more to it than that.
 
I'll happily rip into him when he brings religion into something but I can still recognise the commonality of human experience and congratulate him on taking the plunge into something as rewarding but hard as being a parent.
Equally Blade has said some things to me that flat out offended me but I'll still give her props and thanks if she gets her next grade.
 
That's a science in and of itself. A science that seems to change with each kid. This guy is much harder to calm than the previous two. :\
 
SiB and I went at it hard on a couple of threads.
What makes you think that he didn't PM me and we made our peace out of public view? Not everything on MAP is seen

Now equally, if we HADN'T made our peace I would have offered the same congratulations because arguing about one thing does not exclude accord on another....unless it was Americanofftopic, Sneaky Fart or SBK of course

The second issue is the location of those head to heads - in an open discussion environment. The announcement of a birth in theory should not have generated such debate (MAP's great innnit?)

It reminds me of "Serenity Now" in WoW when they massacred the memorial. Technically they did nothing wrong (and boy was it funny in reflection) but was it necessarily the right place to do it?
 
I thought He probably did. After all, I did say to him to "get to know Hannibal, he really is a great guy and I love him."
 
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