to hate car stickers saying 'Baby on Board'

[Dorothyredboots]

Sorry but they drive me mad. I drive carefully all the time so I'm not going to take special care if there is a baby in the car in front of me. Or are they alerting me to the fact that the person in front of me is likely to drive erractically as they are a parent and therefore have much more important things on their mind than driving safely? Or are they, as I suspect, just a way of saying 'Hey look what I made...'? And don't get me started on the ones that say 'Princess on Board'. They don't even make me laugh.
Anyone else want to put them in Room 101?

*didn't mean to write the any, whoops.

I saw something even wankier! Grandparents with a metal wheelcover on the back of their 4x4 that read, 'Aaron and Abbie on board'.

BARF.

sterrryerryoh...but why celebrate your son in such a public manner? The sign is for other people to see.
A) why do you think that complete strangers care if you have a child? and
B) How does a silly sign "celebrate" your son??

I always thought they were very tacky, but now I've read people's reasons for having them, I think they're bizarre and very tacky!

Honestly can't believe people bear such ill will towards a sign which is there for either safety reasons or just a fun way of celebrating your baby!

BoojaB Because I waited a very long time for my son, and wanted everything I possibly could get my hands on - most of which is daft or pointless, but meant a lot to me. And to be honest, most of my friends have them and all think it?s just fine. I don?t really care what strangers think - I know other people can see the sign - but so can I. It?s absolutely not a face-rubbing exercise for anyone else. I don?t even notice it any more really.

Me either girlwithsparklyhair

We should all invest in "People on board" signs. Save all this bickering.

I don't particularly like them "baby on board" signs, but we should perhaps save the vitriol for those arseholes that make people feel the need for the signs in the first place. No one should tailgate anyone, regardless of who is in the car.

YummyMummy1208 Fri 20-Aug-10 17:00:02
Dorothyredboots Fri 20-Aug-10 16:24:16
"Just for the record I am childless and therefore the 'don't buy one' comments are irrelevant."

Enough Said!!!

Ik I thought the comment about your hideous hubby driving like a moron so long as your kids was safe was bad enough. But then that line. Talk about proving Dorothyredboots point as these signs as a shallow look at me accessory. For what it's worth I'm not desperately, desperately envious of your white van man/yummy mummy lifestyle and kids. I've sprogged and I still think you look like a chav with one of those in your car.

Oh my fucking giddy aunt - what a load of fuss about nothing.

Who cares who has them and who doesn't? If you want one - get one. If you don't like them why waste time emotion and be so vitriolic about people who have them?

People stick all sorts of cack in their car - just because someone has an RNLI or National Trust sticker in their car does not make me go off on one about how they are trying to show me up for not supporting these causes. Get over yourselves.

It?s a bit insulting to call people ?chavs? just because of this. Goodness me, can?t we all just live and let live? Who are they harming?

"fertility boasts"

That is utter utter bullshit

in fact it borders on the psychotic

do you really think that parents buy these thinking "so hahaha if you can't have a baby, I've got one so ner"

or is it that you think people should not daw attention to the fact that they have a child in case it upsets someone who doesn't? That's insane, you can't expect people to live like that

how weird

And quite honestly, if seeing an innocuous little car sticker upsets you because of your infertility, may I suggest the problem doesn?t lie with the owner of the sticker?

YummyMummy

What a shit attitude you and your DH both have.

Superfly, sticking a charity sticker somewhere public is totally different. Good causes benefit from advertising. Baby on Board just advertises "Chav on Board" with no benefit to anyone.

I?m not a chav

Neither am I. A chav.

Oh I love these mumsnrt threads. It's like parent and child parking spaces all over again.

I never knew that people could get so riled about such a silly thing.

twoistwiceasfun - That?s what I was trying to say, but you said it much more eloquently

well it is normal and natural to be proud of and pleased with your kids but you wouldn't put a sticker on your car saying 'happily married couple on board' would you? Or 'person with a fab job'??? It might just seem like a slap in the face to those not in either of these happy situations. And yep I did have a big chip on my shoulder during the long ttc years - but I think that's pretty normal.

Neither should people expect others to drive any differently just because their baby on board - obviously everyone should drive carefully all the time whether it is baby on board, or Cousin Fred, or Great Grandma Irene!!

I am genuinely surprised at the amount of people who seem to have a problem with these stickers. It?s just not intended to rub anyone?s face in it - if we all had to be concerned about that all the time, we?d stay at home and never talk about ourselves for fear of upsetting some poor insensitive soul. I?ve given up living my life for other people?s comfort (obviously I don?t mean I shall wilfully go out of my way to upset/annoy anyone) but I have a car sticker, and I?ll damn well have it on my car. Bloody hell

poor sensitive soul, not insensitive