Comments on: I Couldn’t Make This Up – A Response http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:19:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shinejil http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227549 Shinejil Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:11:27 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227549 NEVER trust someone telling you what to do WITH THE CAPS LOCK ON!!! NEVER trust someone telling you what to do WITH THE CAPS LOCK ON!!!

]]> By: Gabrielle http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227965 Gabrielle Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:52:39 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227965 Thank you all for your comments! Pamela Jeanne, this person just brought me back to that public forum (was it in the Times?) when the comment section just devolved into statement like this with such a quickness that I was shocked. And you are so right, CAPS ARE SO AGGRESSIVE! It's hard not to wince when reading them. Alicia, I can always count on you for summing things up so concisely - "emotions run high when it comes to babies." I don't think truer words have been said. And I LOVE the image you shared. (hope you don't mind. I peeked too) And Megan, you should know better than to p*ss off cloggers. ;-) Thank you all for your comments!

Pamela Jeanne, this person just brought me back to that public forum (was it in the Times?) when the comment section just devolved into statement like this with such a quickness that I was shocked. And you are so right, CAPS ARE SO AGGRESSIVE! It’s hard not to wince when reading them.

Alicia, I can always count on you for summing things up so concisely – “emotions run high when it comes to babies.” I don’t think truer words have been said. And I LOVE the image you shared. (hope you don’t mind. I peeked too)

And Megan, you should know better than to p*ss off cloggers. ;-)

]]> By: Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227888 Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:19:44 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227888 Emotions run high when it comes to babies; so high that unfortunately we sometimes don't take a minute (or 10) to calm down and at least <i>try</i> to understand where the other person is coming from. Kudos to you, Gabrielle, for your well-thought, calm, and rational response. And for refraining from decreasing the strength of your case by resulting to name-calling. And, to Pamela Jeanne - I've been sitting on <A HREF="http://apps.rockyou.com/images/facebook/apps/superwall/2008_01_24_caps_lock.jpg">this hysterical picture</A> for a week now, waiting on the perfect opportunity to pass it along. Thank you (and your comment!) for giving me that opportunity, haha. Emotions run high when it comes to babies; so high that unfortunately we sometimes don’t take a minute (or 10) to calm down and at least try to understand where the other person is coming from. Kudos to you, Gabrielle, for your well-thought, calm, and rational response. And for refraining from decreasing the strength of your case by resulting to name-calling.

And, to Pamela Jeanne – I’ve been sitting on this hysterical picture for a week now, waiting on the perfect opportunity to pass it along. Thank you (and your comment!) for giving me that opportunity, haha.

]]> By: Megan http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227584 Megan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:08:42 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227584 Right, you're such a bad person for wanting to have what SHE already has. I feel sorry for that commenter. And I feel especially sorry for her friends, if she has any. It is not easy to adopt these days -- from my initial research, it seems more difficult and more expensive to adopt a child than it is to go through ART. It's not like there are millions of happy, healthy babies just waiting around in your local orphanage. Those days are over. But ART and adoption are not mutually exclusive. She's just a full-on nutcase. I am impressed with your patience. When a bunch of irate cloggers started flaming me for my bad review of their performance, I just deleted the comments. Right, you’re such a bad person for wanting to have what SHE already has. I feel sorry for that commenter. And I feel especially sorry for her friends, if she has any. It is not easy to adopt these days — from my initial research, it seems more difficult and more expensive to adopt a child than it is to go through ART. It’s not like there are millions of happy, healthy babies just waiting around in your local orphanage. Those days are over. But ART and adoption are not mutually exclusive.

She’s just a full-on nutcase.

I am impressed with your patience. When a bunch of irate cloggers started flaming me for my bad review of their performance, I just deleted the comments.

]]> By: Pamela Jeanne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227862 Pamela Jeanne Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:25:53 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227862 Well said -- and handled with the utmost grace. I was so turned off by the vitriol and yelling (what's with all the CAPS!?) that I couldn't imagine where I would start with a response. You answered it better than I ever could have. thank you... Well said — and handled with the utmost grace. I was so turned off by the vitriol and yelling (what’s with all the CAPS!?) that I couldn’t imagine where I would start with a response. You answered it better than I ever could have. thank you…

]]> By: Gabrielle http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227960 Gabrielle Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:12:44 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227960 "How about free birth control, education, and yes, other choices for women who don’t really want their babies." So agreed. Thank you both for your comments. I hated to spend 2 posts on a little bit of a downer, but it was an exercise in patience and understanding to write a response. 2 things that I think I need more of, so in a way, it was a positive thing. “How about free birth control, education, and yes, other choices for women who don’t really want their babies.”

So agreed.

Thank you both for your comments. I hated to spend 2 posts on a little bit of a downer, but it was an exercise in patience and understanding to write a response. 2 things that I think I need more of, so in a way, it was a positive thing.

]]> By: laurabc98 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227657 laurabc98 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:34:55 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227657 I agree with Jendeis. I would have responded with much harsher words. It is admirable that you took the time to educate a clearly ignorant, bitter woman. Your path to conception is no different that couples conceiving on their own; why are women who need medical interventions separated out for such critique? Oh, because you "are not meant to" conceive naturally. Ah, I see. God is up there making these determinations for you. Don't you know that means you are supposed to adopt all the children in the welfare system? I guess every potential parent should do that, because it's their responsibility to clean up the messes made by lesser educated, less fortunate beings. Bullsh*t. How about free birth control, education, and yes, other choices for women who don't really want their babies. Or how about this - mind your own f*ng business and adopt the free world if you want, but dont' judge other people's choices. I agree with Jendeis. I would have responded with much harsher words. It is admirable that you took the time to educate a clearly ignorant, bitter woman. Your path to conception is no different that couples conceiving on their own; why are women who need medical interventions separated out for such critique? Oh, because you “are not meant to” conceive naturally. Ah, I see. God is up there making these determinations for you. Don’t you know that means you are supposed to adopt all the children in the welfare system? I guess every potential parent should do that, because it’s their responsibility to clean up the messes made by lesser educated, less fortunate beings. Bullsh*t. How about free birth control, education, and yes, other choices for women who don’t really want their babies. Or how about this – mind your own f*ng business and adopt the free world if you want, but dont’ judge other people’s choices.

]]> By: Jendeis http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response-363/comment-page-1/#comment-227656 Jendeis Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:44:30 +0000 http://www.fertilitynotes.com/2008/03/21/i-couldnt-make-this-up-a-response/#comment-227656 Just wanted to thank you for this articulate and compassionate response to such an angry comment that another person might have simply deleted. Just wanted to thank you for this articulate and compassionate response to such an angry comment that another person might have simply deleted.

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