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To really rant in response to this wanky facebook update from a friend

111 replies

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 22/10/2010 16:40

Gah I know, I know facebook is evil, I only just reregistered and already I want to break things.

To all the unselfish mums out there who traded
in dark eye liner for dark circles, salon cuts for pony tails, long
soaks in tub for quick showers,late nights for early mornings,
designer bags for nappy bags and wouldn't change a thing, let's see
how many mums will repost this, mums... who don't care what they gave up, instead
... love what they got in return, repost this if your a mum and you
love your children xxx

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HalfTermHero · 22/10/2010 17:14

Good point Schnitzel. Op should call the 'grammer police' on her bounty website using friend's ass.

nikki1978 · 22/10/2010 17:15

Saw this one the other day:-

Please put this on your status if you know someone (or are related to someone) who has been eaten by dragons. My wish for 2011 is that people will understand that being eaten by dragons is not something to be ashamed of. Dragons are nearly unstoppable and are truly terrifying. 93% of people won't copy and paste this... they have already been eaten by dragons

Problem is now there are so many 'take the piss' versions of this they are starting to get annoying too! Grin

HalfTermHero · 22/10/2010 17:17

I can see it now, 2shoes:

'I am a mum and my fanny flaps resemble an explosion in an abbatoir*.....'

*beautiful turn of phrase coined by another lovely munsnetter whose flaps I will not out so openly, lol

Just13moreyearstogo · 22/10/2010 17:23

fuzzywuzzy - reading that made me laugh for the first time today. Cheers!

pickledbabe · 22/10/2010 17:24

nikki, could I have that one please?
[hgrin]

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 22/10/2010 17:24

To all the unselfish mums out there who traded
in dark eye liner for chritmas gift Benefit eyeliner drawn all over the hallway and then eaten, salon cuts for salon cuts where you are thrown out mid haircut because your ASD DS decided scissors are too scary, long
soaks in tub for overflowing kitchen sinks,late nights for early mornings and later nights, then later nights, and even earlier mornings,
designer bags for bags for life with holes in the bottom, to the extent your friends call you 'bag lady' for the amount of shite you have to cart round and wouldn't change a thing, let's see
how many mums will repost this, mums... who don't care what they gave up, instead
... love what they got in return, repost this if your a mum and you
love your children xxx

But despite all this I managed to stay fairly well groomed, and fairly sane.

I think facebook is just not for me.

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pigletmania · 22/10/2010 17:25

What a load of bs, why do these things have to be given up just becasuse you are mum, and are you less of a mum if you still have salon cuts, have a designer bag, and wear make up Hmm. I love my dd so much, but sometimes hate being a mum, especailly when dd tantrums in the shopping centure and all eyes are upon us, dd tantrums in a shop as she cant get what she wants, or is up most of the night ever night for a week, and so am I, so I resemble a zombie not a person.

pickledbabe · 22/10/2010 17:26

HalfTermHero - I have posted "an explosion in an abbatoir".
See what happens....

(I have no first hand experience of this, and I'm a vegetarian, so it might look like I'm planning to actually make an explosion in an abbatoir, in order to save all those poor animals from slaughter. [hhmm] )

TheProvincialLady · 22/10/2010 17:33

How about this one:

"To parents who aren't inconvenienced by their children. Who don't view it as "being stuck at home with the baby" when they can't go out every night. Who value time with their children. Who don't pawn their kids off as often as they can to who ever wants them. Who accepts responsibility and doesn't walk away from family.... Here's to parents who ENJOY being parents. If you're one, repost."

It could be a good first post for a SAHM/WOHM discussion, don't you think?

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 22/10/2010 17:35

PosieComeHereMyPreciousParker I wasn't on facebook at the time but a friend called me last mothers day exploding with rage at an update from one of her friends

"Happy mothers day to all us mommas and to those that are trying, hang on in there guys, soon you'll get to sniff that baby sniff!"

My friend had just started her 3rd round of IVF. Probably well intentioned but argh

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JenaiMwahHaHaHaaaaah · 22/10/2010 17:39

I hate the friendship one that was going round recently. I can't even bring myself to post it here, let alone as a staus update.

This motherhood one really takes the Biscuit though, doesn't it?

MrsC2010 · 22/10/2010 17:41

Yuck. Does the fact I have a new hair cut, nice bags, make up on and a bath most days mean that I don't love DD and being a mum?

stillfeel18inside · 22/10/2010 17:46

fuzzywyzzy - lol at your warning - I have one friend who's always sending me those blimming things, think I'll send her it

RevoltingPeasant · 22/10/2010 17:52

Brilliant name, Devil Grin

VinegaRigamorTits · 22/10/2010 17:52

FB is the mother-ship of shite status updates

DialMforMother · 22/10/2010 17:55

Yuck, yuck, yuck.

Facebook is evil anyway. Delete and be damned. :)

pigletmania · 22/10/2010 18:01

Those stati make me Envy as in boak not envey. My dd has social communication difficulties and at times can be dame hard work, and at times I hate being a parent, I am a STAHM too. Sometimes I like pawning my dd onto her father or her godmother to look after whilst I can enjoy tanrum free shopping and get a hair cut. Does that make me less of a mum. Those status sound so smug and martyre like, they must obviouly have perfect children who bahve perfectly all the time.

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC · 22/10/2010 18:12

I have nicked the dragon one, ta. Blush

I don't like the sickly ones either.

DuelingFanjo · 22/10/2010 18:13

It would make me mad just for the incorrect use of 'your' grrrrrrrrrrrr

peasantgoneroundthebend4 · 22/10/2010 18:22

Could be tempted to post

how does your ladygarden grow and see how many people on my Fb out themselves as MN

mummynumber2 · 22/10/2010 18:31

I don't know, I just read it and nearly cried. Mind you I cried at the hovis advert yesterday and when reading my dsd's English homework today. I'm 7 weeks pregnant.

ComeWhineWithMe · 22/10/2010 18:36

This one is cringeworthy.

I have carried a human life inside my body. I have comforted a baby on my chest. I have been puked peed & pooped on. I've woken up to a hungry baby & stayed up all night with a sick baby, but I wouldn't have it any other way. My body isn't magazine perfect, but when I look ......in the mirror, I see a MOM, and there ...is no greater honor or blessing. Make this your status if you are proud to be a MOM.

AnakisT · 22/10/2010 18:41

I wonder about the people that sit and think them up. Hmm

TubbyDuffs · 22/10/2010 18:42

Oh good God CWWM, wouldn't have it any other way!

I love FB just because its handy for keeping in touch with people as I'm living abroad, but I hate these crappy status updates and bite my fingers not to type an acidic response everytime I see one.

I have a couple of friends who post them, and they are normally down to earth, witty people, so why on earth they think them worthy of cutting and pasting I'll never know!

dolphin13 · 22/10/2010 18:42

nikki spat my coffee laughing at that. Am very tempted to steal that one from you Grin