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[amberskyfire]

Man. People are just shitty.

I mean, REALLY shitty.

What's up with all of the "I'm not happy and I see that you are, so I'm going to make you unhappy by snarking at you online" crap? Don't people have anything better to do? Seriously? Why do they have to try to make others feel as miserable as they are. It makes me so sad that their lives are so messed up. What must their parents have done to them when they were little to make them turn out that way?

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[nosce.livejournal.com]

I nearly left that community when I read all that BS. It is so so sad that these ladies feel that was an okay thing to do, especially (hate to be all sentimental here) on Mother's Day. I mean, we're all doing our best. They don't know your situation, and the anonomity of the internet often brings out the worst in people.
I wanted to say sorry to you on their behalf, though really you deserve an apology from them. It seems to me that a few people here on LJ-land just love to target you and alienate you, and that is so unfortunate. :/
Amber, I don't know a whole lot about your life and it's hard to see the whole picture through a computer screen. I personally would have a problem if Kevin would rather spend all his free time doing things that excluded me "because he works 6/10's." We all workhard- your little girl is thoroughly exhausting if she's anything like my daughter. A marriage is a partnership and a family is a team. If you are happy where you're and it's working for the three of you than by all means keep going, mama! I think you are a really strong, amazing, talented woman who has done more for her daughter than I ever could, so you be proud of yourself and nevermind the insecurity that showed up a bazillion times on that thread. You're awesome.

Happy Mama's Day, and happy birthday, too. You rock my socks.

[amberskyfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) Yes, these three or four people have always attacked me personally and given me trouble, so it's not like it's new or that it really bothers me that much but DAMN, it's annoying. Like mosquitoes that keep biting the fuck out of you and you keep swatting at them, but always miss, so they come back and bite you again!

No, I love that David plays WoW. We used to always play together until I had Aryquin. Now we can't anymore because she's a handful. I don't care that he still plays, though. It's better than him going out with friends or partying or cheating on me or drinking or playing golf or any of the other things that would exclude him from our lives. No, I like having him right here next to me so we can talk all the time. We do our thing together as a family every day, too. It's not like WoW is ALL he ever does, it's just his main hobby. He loves the game and why not? I love it too :)

[nosce.livejournal.com]

Good for you, staying so calm and collected!

Kevin likes his work- and since the shop is downstairs I often find myself dragging him back into the apartment hours after he said he'd finish up. And he likes his video games. So our solution was that he worked, we all got together on the bed and read books with Iris, I nursed her to sleep while he played his games for however long in the other room. I liked that he wasn't in the apartment distracting Iris, he liked that he could play his games all he wanted. It is a good system. And by no means does it mean that my husband doesn't spend time with me or our baby, or that we don't belong in an attachment parenting community! And you are ABSOLUTELY right- games are so much better than bars, other women, or bars and other women. I would much rather have him at home playing some game and drinking a beer here, where I can holler at him to bring me a fresh burp cloth. ;)

Often times I find myself afraid to ask questions on those communities because people can be so damn snarky. It's so stupid- are they there to help people out or make them feel like idiots because they don't know/can't do something/can't buy $30 each fitted diapers/don't do things the way they do? It makes me crazy sometimes, and I regularly have to stop watching communities for a while just so I can stop bitching to Kevin about how stupid the internet is. His answer, always, of course, is to just turn the damn thing off. ...Men....

[amberskyfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, mine says the same thing. :) Just turn it off! It's amazing how simple things can be for my hubs. And it's true. They don't know me or where I live or what my name is. That makes them anonymous and "not real people." They are just words on a computer screen.

I wish I had the option to turn REAL people off when I want to.

[nosce.livejournal.com]

You and me both, mama. Especially the inlaws.