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To feel like booting people who refer to their pregnancies as 'number 2/3/5/8' and birthdays as being 'the big 3/4/5/6 O' up the jacksy? |
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Not really sure what the problem is with the described behaviour, but I agree that you do need a drink
Why?
What do you want people to say instead?
What do you want people to say instead?
I refer to my hoped for second child as potential number 2, but I too loathe 4-oh and bubba/babba. In fact my PILs still refer to my OH as babba, so as soon as they started also calling my bump it I pointed out that that reminds me of an evil witch (well, Baba Yaga, close enough) and would they please stop, which gave them pause... and they stopped /that/ nickname at least.
Indeed.
Am even more irritated after night out with friend who spent whole evening musing on what she will do for the 'big four O'.
I had to restrain myself from beating her to a pulp.
Am even more irritated after night out with friend who spent whole evening musing on what she will do for the 'big four O'.
I had to restrain myself from beating her to a pulp.
No doubt these things are said by Fat British Women?
Seems a bit of a non annoyance to me.
You think too much!
You think too much!
DS1 was sproggy the whole time I was pregnant and DS2 was bump till 20 weeks when we found out he was a boy, then he was DS2
yes hate bubba
love up the duff
love up the duff
I hate it called 'Bubba', number blah I can handle.
I've never said I'm "the big 40 up the jacksy"
at work where no one knows my family( and people can never remember names of three kids in a family anyway) i woudl say " I am off to the cinema with number three son"
I refered to my pregnancies as no 1/2/3/4 because I don't want to go into the detail of 'when I was pregnant, oh, you remember, that was the one I miscarried over the bank holiday weekend' etc etc
I do just say how old I will be though
I do just say how old I will be though
YABU.
Yanbu to have a wee drink though.
Yanbu to have a wee drink though.
yup
<< passes moondog a large glass of Pimms >>
What are you supposed to say instead? 
This baby is no3. Like mrsmattie says, thats got to be better than 'bean' or 'bubbles' surely.
I actually think no3, sounds quite MN appropriate, so there.
I actually think no3, sounds quite MN appropriate, so there.
Have a drink.
So what's wrong? Are you pg with no 1/2/3/4 etc or is it a Big 0 birthday?
I always called my 2nd baby (when unborn) no.2. I saved my kicks up the arse for people who used sickly names like 'my little jellybean' or 'my little tadpole' or <barf> Junior.
The Big 4-0 is pretty ghastly, though, yeh.
The Big 4-0 is pretty ghastly, though, yeh.
You definitely need a drink.
I think I need a drink.
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