To say that if you can’t take a simple pregnancy test without help, you shouldn’t be considering parenthood.

[TottieandMarchpane]

What is it with all the numerous “can you help me with a pregnancy test?” and “line eyes!” threads?

Parenting is much harder than PingOAS and looking for a line. If you can’t manage this, you’ve fallen at the first hurdle.

This week of all weeks too - just fucking nasty

I doubt most people even know it's pregnancy loss awareness week/month. It's still such a taboo subject that people don't like talking about. Which is why it's so important that we do in my opinion! (And show compassion towards people experiencing it!).

And why do people test multiple times far too early

In desperation as has been explained multiple times. Is so hard to grasp that some people might be so very desperate to be pregnant that they will test the minute they can just in the hope that they see something. That they may literally count the days past ovulation until it's possible to get a positive test. That not everyone gets to a few days past their period due date and thinks 'oh no, I forgot I was supposed to come on last week better do a test'. Some people know their cycle to the day because it's all they've been thinking about for years.

Is it really so hard for people to understand?

YANBU

I have been thinking exactly the same.

I don't get the "find a name for my baby" thread either. It's your child, no one knows your background, history, taste, are they so insecure that they a stranger to ensure they chose right? Puzzling.

And why do people test multiple times far too early

Many reasons including the need to know ASAP you’re pregnant for further treatment.

@GinDaddy thank you for you kind words. We are all good now two beautiful boys. But it was not easy, and I see you have had the same issues. Makes no difference who had the miscarriage both of you feel the pain. Hope you too are OK.

And if I had a pound for every time people refused to listen to sense because a man is speaking, I'd be rich. No more time for OP, now I've read the rest of her posts.

What a silly post!

My lines were always so incredibly faint that my husband couldn't see them.
Trying for a baby is such a rollercoaster of emotions, let people be. Has no impact whatsoever on their future parenting skills.

I don’t mind the line eyes threads.

The ones I think are ridiculous are

• my periods due tomorrow and I feel pregnant but I have no tests at home and I can’t afford to buy one for a week, am I pregnant?

• I slept with my awful ex on days 11-15 of my cycle and with my supportive partner who works away on day 28, I have a positive test now, who is the father?

There are much worse traits in a parent than being unable to read a pregnancy test result - eg judgmental twatiness, sexism, rudeness etc

you knew you would attract angry reactions from the guilty posters, didn't you?

you knew you would attract angry reactions from the guilty posters, didn't you?

Yes. Because there’s only two options isn’t there 🙄

I’m that type of poster that finds threads I’m not interested in easy to avoid. Nor do I think the board should be a perfect user-experience for me. It’s not JacquesHammernet. That would be dull.

you knew you would attract angry reactions from the guilty posters, didn't you? gringrin

Never posted a line thread in my time on MN. I just have something called empathy.

but isn't there more than 2 options?
yes, you can easily avoid a thread but you can still shake your head about it being written in the first place.

The OP would have been better asking
AIBU to be fed up of the amount of “Is this a line” threads rather than what she said.

She wouldn’t have been unreasonable in that.

you can easily avoid a thread but you can still shake your head about it being written in the first place

And of course make yourself look a wazzock by pretending to “not understand” and trying to police the boards.

Both of which the OP has achieved most successfully.

that's your opinion JacquesHammer, and I completely disagree with you.

Don’t worry, like calls to like

Don't be a dick.

Blimey @JacquesHammer you’re beginning to sound a bit obsessive now.

And thanks but I’m low-carbing

That explains it. Go eat a biscuit and give your head a wobble OP.

you’re beginning to sound a bit obsessive now

By replying to a thread? You know like you said you did for "three hours" earlier.

Snigger - I'm sure you'd trying to disabuse me of the notion but you're really not doing a terribly good job.

TottieandMarchpane

‘Obsessive’.

Says the person who started a thread as they’re so ‘baffled’ by non-events and continues to try and push it 8 pages later. Ooooook!

By replying to a thread? You know like you said you did for "three hours" earlier.

You’re posting more regularly on this thread than I have, I think.

Snigger - I'm sure you'd trying to disabuse me of the notion but you're really not doing a terribly good job.

Huh? What notion?

Maybe just take a breather for your own sake? It’s just a thr ea d.

*It’s just a thread”

Indeed. Like the ones about pregnancy tests are you mean?

No thread is worth getting in that kind of state over.

@TottieandMarchpane

It's fascinating how you switch tack to deliberately provoke and/or criticise the perceived traits of posters who disagree with you.

JacquesHammer writes some criticism...you point out she's "obsessive". No answer to said criticism, just a personal, nasty deflection away from her points and onto her as a person.

It's a shame because there's probably a genuine debate somewhere in here.

Also this "You're over-invested" is classic distraction tactics.

It is a vain attempt to remove the sting out of anything someone says, by criticising their perceived level of emotion and making them look foolish.

Not impressed, but then again perhaps I'm "over invested" so my point of view is also null and void!