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Post by dapostrophe on May 16, 2018 17:52:31 GMT -6
Understatement of the year. No wonder she's estranged from them, they seem awful. Ha. Yeah I saw where some relatives that weren't invited showed up in the UK to offer live commentary and blog about the event for outlets back home in the US. Ugh. Everyone grasping for their 15 minutes of fame, and likely hoping for a payday. I like to think no one in my family would act that way, but there is one I can think of off the top of my head that might 'show herself', as my southern grandmother would say Just one? I am trying to think of one who wouldn't in my fam 😂 I love them, but they are all crazy.
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Post by klong11 on May 16, 2018 17:54:14 GMT -6
I'm not into the idea of hormone manipulation for height reasons. Medical reasons are more understandable to a degree.
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2018 17:56:45 GMT -6
I feel bad for Meghan. I think her family are fake wh0res but I don't think she's 100% innocent either. This exactly. I really don't know enough about her to judge, good or bad. Anything specific she's done? I'm just tired of seeing her family popping off and/or plastered all over the news. I feel like she's been pretty low-key about everything but I could definitely be missing something. I feel like I need to tag lahdeedah in here to defend herself/explain her side of things Kate is still my favorite, though, mostly b/c I just want her and her children's hand-me-downs.
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Post by dapostrophe on May 16, 2018 18:08:46 GMT -6
Ok, so I may have overdone it a little. I was ok after painting the trim (yay, it's done!), but then I decided to steam clean a spot in the rug, do 3 loads of laundry and make shrimp cilantro poblano tacos and Mexican rice from scratch.
I just had a few really pinchy contractions, so I am sitting down for the rest of the night. I would really like baby to hold on until her due date next Friday!
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2018 18:09:51 GMT -6
I'm not saying Meghan is bad or mean but something must of happened for almost her entire family to have not nice things to say about her.
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Post by wineallthetime on May 16, 2018 18:12:48 GMT -6
Ok, so I may have overdone it a little. I was ok after painting the trim (yay, it's done!), but then I decided to steam clean a spot in the rug, do 3 loads of laundry and make shrimp cilantro poblano tacos and Mexican rice from scratch. I just had a few really pinchy contractions, so I am sitting down for the rest of the night. I would really like baby to hold on until her due date next Friday! Supermom! Now, relax! I'm glad you didn't follow the spring preemie trend!
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2018 18:18:30 GMT -6
Ok, so I may have overdone it a little. I was ok after painting the trim (yay, it's done!), but then I decided to steam clean a spot in the rug, do 3 loads of laundry and make shrimp cilantro poblano tacos and Mexican rice from scratch. I just had a few really pinchy contractions, so I am sitting down for the rest of the night. I would really like baby to hold on until her due date next Friday! Take it easy girl! Your in the home stretch. You can do it!
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2018 18:19:29 GMT -6
I'm currently cooking dinner and waiting for LO to come home to start a load of his laundry. Hoping C notices all the work I did today.
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2018 18:22:19 GMT -6
Ok, so I may have overdone it a little. I was ok after painting the trim (yay, it's done!), but then I decided to steam clean a spot in the rug, do 3 loads of laundry and make shrimp cilantro poblano tacos and Mexican rice from scratch. I just had a few really pinchy contractions, so I am sitting down for the rest of the night. I would really like baby to hold on until her due date next Friday! Your dh better get started on that new flooring asap!
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Post by xolastunicornxo on May 16, 2018 18:30:36 GMT -6
Ha. Yeah I saw where some relatives that weren't invited showed up in the UK to offer live commentary and blog about the event for outlets back home in the US. Ugh. Everyone grasping for their 15 minutes of fame, and likely hoping for a payday. I like to think no one in my family would act that way, but there is one I can think of off the top of my head that might 'show herself', as my southern grandmother would say Just one? I am trying to think of one who wouldn't in my fam 😂 I love them, but they are all crazy. Lol, this. Except I don’t love them all. I don’t think anyone in my immediate family would, but my extended family would have a heyday. My crazy aunt would’ve first in line to tell the world what I had influence I was and *made* her daughter smoke cigarettes. For the millionth time they were hers!!!
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Post by xolastunicornxo on May 16, 2018 18:32:13 GMT -6
Sorry for popping in with random commentary. I feel like there’s no point in checking in sometimes, my days are blurring together: school drop off, nurse, nurse, hold crying/sleeping baby, nurse, clean, school pickup, make dinner, bed...and repeat.
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Post by dapostrophe on May 16, 2018 18:32:36 GMT -6
Ok, so I may have overdone it a little. I was ok after painting the trim (yay, it's done!), but then I decided to steam clean a spot in the rug, do 3 loads of laundry and make shrimp cilantro poblano tacos and Mexican rice from scratch. I just had a few really pinchy contractions, so I am sitting down for the rest of the night. I would really like baby to hold on until her due date next Friday! Your dh better get started on that new flooring asap! He's picking it up tomorrow! Also, your end table better have gotten on that next truck 😒
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Post by xolastunicornxo on May 16, 2018 18:32:48 GMT -6
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2018 18:42:04 GMT -6
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Post by snoopmommymom on May 16, 2018 18:53:21 GMT -6
As a tall woman, the hormone therapy to slow down a female’s height conversation has me feeling some type of way. Everybody has a “thing” that they struggled with growing up. Being tall is no different than any other physical trait that makes you unique. If my mother had done hormone therapy to stunt my growth as a child, I’d feel completely violated as an adult after i found out. I’d be livid. I don’t know enough about it but i imagine any type of hormone treatment would affect your mood, memory, metabolism, etc. Hard no, unless of course it was a medical necessity. Being tall was an inconvenience at times, but it’s not a disease.
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Post by wineallthetime on May 16, 2018 19:20:58 GMT -6
Sorry for popping in with random commentary. I feel like there’s no point in checking in sometimes, my days are blurring together: school drop off, nurse, nurse, hold crying/sleeping baby, nurse, clean, school pickup, make dinner, bed...and repeat. This is how I feel as well, though replace nurse with bottle and c and L's situation is different everyday often home. I usually read everything but don't quite have the mental capacity to keep up and respond. I start to type and my train of thoughts is everywhere that I wonder if I even make sense! And that's with 3, you have 4!!!!
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Post by peachsmama on May 16, 2018 19:22:20 GMT -6
Re: tattoos- I would love more. I actually really like the idea of a full sleeve and it looks great on some women but I feel like my look is generally too soft and traditional to pull it off. Same. I'm still getting more but where I can cover them.
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Post by peachsmama on May 16, 2018 19:25:06 GMT -6
+1 all my cousins would lol. Ha. Yeah I saw where some relatives that weren't invited showed up in the UK to offer live commentary and blog about the event for outlets back home in the US. Ugh. Everyone grasping for their 15 minutes of fame, and likely hoping for a payday. I like to think no one in my family would act that way, but there is one I can think of off the top of my head that might 'show herself', as my southern grandmother would say Just one? I am trying to think of one who wouldn't in my fam 😂 I love them, but they are all crazy.
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2018 19:33:45 GMT -6
As a tall woman, the hormone therapy to slow down a female’s height conversation has me feeling some type of way. Everybody has a “thing” that they struggled with growing up. Being tall is no different than any other physical trait that makes you unique. If my mother had done hormone therapy to stunt my growth as a child, I’d feel completely violated as an adult after i found out. I’d be livid. I don’t know enough about it but i imagine any type of hormone treatment would affect your mood, memory, metabolism, etc. Hard no, unless of course it was a medical necessity. Being tall was an inconvenience at times, but it’s not a disease. It was brought up WRT to extreme cases (I might have been the one to bring it up, in fact. And I'm tall). I don't think it's something to be taken lightly and I do think the child should be fully involved and engaged in making that type of decision, obviously--if kid isn't on board, it's a no-go flat out. But if my daughter was looking at being 6'4, 6'6, etc, heights that most people would consider fairly extreme, and can make certain aspects of life pretty challenging...or on the flip side, super petite (although I don't think that is likely in our family at this point) and was interested in pursuing something, I would be open to investigating it with her.
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Post by xolastunicornxo on May 16, 2018 19:35:39 GMT -6
Re: growth hormones. We are opposites the side of the spectrum. Lucas doesn’t produce enough human growth hormone, so he’s on HGH. Before he stared it he was missing major milestone and was less then 2nd percent for growth and height. Now he’s 99th for both. Basically the way the drs explained it to us, because it replacing what he’s missing it won’t make him bigger/stronger than he should be, but it will make him as big/strong as he COULD be with every factor working in that favor. I dont know if that makes sense.
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2018 19:50:44 GMT -6
I also submitted my forms to get paid while on maternity leave. So hopefully it goes through without problems.
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Post by jewels on May 16, 2018 20:04:04 GMT -6
As a tall woman, the hormone therapy to slow down a female’s height conversation has me feeling some type of way. Everybody has a “thing” that they struggled with growing up. Being tall is no different than any other physical trait that makes you unique. If my mother had done hormone therapy to stunt my growth as a child, I’d feel completely violated as an adult after i found out. I’d be livid. I don’t know enough about it but i imagine any type of hormone treatment would affect your mood, memory, metabolism, etc. Hard no, unless of course it was a medical necessity. Being tall was an inconvenience at times, but it’s not a disease. I was totally agreeing with you as i read this, but then thought how nice it would have been able to add a few inches to my height (I'm 5'0"). It really is such a pain to not be able to reach things, and still feel like a child standing next to anyone over 5'8". I used to wear heels a lot to make up for it but ever since pregnancy #2 I've striggled to get back into that. (Flats are so comfy!) But to your point, everyone has a "thing". This is mine. Same. I’m 5’1 and look super young, which has always made people treat me like a kid. But snoopmommymom’s post makes a lot of sense. It’s really interesting to think about and something I’ve never put any thought into
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Post by peachsmama on May 16, 2018 20:05:20 GMT -6
As a tall woman, the hormone therapy to slow down a female’s height conversation has me feeling some type of way. Everybody has a “thing” that they struggled with growing up. Being tall is no different than any other physical trait that makes you unique. If my mother had done hormone therapy to stunt my growth as a child, I’d feel completely violated as an adult after i found out. I’d be livid. I don’t know enough about it but i imagine any type of hormone treatment would affect your mood, memory, metabolism, etc. Hard no, unless of course it was a medical necessity. Being tall was an inconvenience at times, but it’s not a disease. I was totally agreeing with you as i read this, but then thought how nice it would have been able to add a few inches to my height (I'm 5'0"). It really is such a pain to not be able to reach things, and still feel like a child standing next to anyone over 5'8". I used to wear heels a lot to make up for it but ever since pregnancy #2 I've striggled to get back into that. (Flats are so comfy!) But to your point, everyone has a "thing". This is mine. I always feel like a child around taller people too. I'm 5'1".
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Post by jewels on May 16, 2018 20:07:10 GMT -6
Re: growth hormones. We are opposites the side of the spectrum. Lucas doesn’t produce enough human growth hormone, so he’s on HGH. Before he stared it he was missing major milestone and was less then 2nd percent for growth and height. Now he’s 99th for both. Basically the way the drs explained it to us, because it replacing what he’s missing it won’t make him bigger/stronger than he should be, but it will make him as big/strong as he COULD be with every factor working in that favor. I dont know if that makes sense. Yes that makes sense. And this is the type of usage I’m familiar with. I have a childhood friend who did this for her son. He started around 7 and he was the size of a year old. He’s still very small (he’s 11 now), but she says he’d be off the curve if he wasn’t on the hormone therapy. Edit - at 7 he was the size of a 4 year old. Not a year old. That would be very extreme
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Post by peachsmama on May 16, 2018 20:09:14 GMT -6
The decision definitely needs to be made with the child. A girl I knew growing up was 4'6" and stopped growing after puberty. Her mom was super self conscious about it and forced her onto growth hormones. It didn't work and gave her horrible side effects. It really wrecked their relationship.
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Post by wedding on May 16, 2018 20:12:17 GMT -6
The hormone thing for being too tall is really interesting and it kind of opens a Pandora’s box of things. Like if my child had a super large nose, would I be ok with plastic surgery? Do those fall under the same category or is it just a slippery slope?
I agree with snoop and I worry that even if I let my child have input on that decision, are they really mature enough to live with that decision or would it be something they regret?
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2018 20:20:26 GMT -6
The decision definitely needs to be made with the child. A girl I knew growing up was 4'6" and stopped growing after puberty. Her mom was super self conscious about it and forced her onto growth hormones. It didn't work and gave her horrible side effects. It really wrecked their relationship. Yes, of course. From what I understand it has to be done before puberty but we're not talking about preschoolers here (unless it's a situation like what Unicorn described)...it's usually when you're tween/early teen-aged. I don't know why they would put you on growth hormones after puberty, it's really too late at that point b/c the growth plates start fusing. So sounds like physician and mom were not too bright!
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Post by dapostrophe on May 16, 2018 20:20:33 GMT -6
Did I ever tell you guys that I have a cousin who briefly dated Drew Peterson? Yes, this was after his 4th wife disappeared.
I can't even imagine what prince level publicity would bring about. I feel Meghan's pain!
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Post by Sunny41 on May 16, 2018 20:26:33 GMT -6
Did I ever tell you guys that I have a cousin who briefly dated Drew Peterson? Yes, this was after his 4th wife disappeared. I can't even imagine what prince level publicity would bring about. I feel Meghan's pain! Lol I love this randomness. I can't imagine being attracted to him but I also think he's probably a huge manipulator.
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2018 20:34:48 GMT -6
The hormone thing for being too tall is really interesting and it kind of opens a Pandora’s box of things. Like if my child had a super large nose, would I be ok with plastic surgery? Do those fall under the same category or is it just a slippery slope? I agree with snoop and I worry that even if I let my child have input on that decision, are they really mature enough to live with that decision or would it be something they regret? I don't think there's a one size fits all answer, it's provoked a good discussion for sure. I personally think the difference b/n a nose job and something like this is that plastic surgery (in your example) is cosmetic and typically not time-sensitive...you could make a case for waiting until you're 'X' age or whatever without consequence, whereas the height thing has a finite amount of time where you can intervene. I think there are some parallels b/n the height question and a transgender child officially transitioning while still a juvenile. I'm not trying to say it's the exact same issue at all, but I see similarities in certain respects. I actually read a study about the growth hormone thing--they followed a group of 500ish women in the years after some of them opted to slow their growth and some did not. Of the ones that did (I want to say it was about 300), 80% of them were happy with their decision a couple decades later. Of the 200ish that did not, 70-someodd % were happy with their decision years later. So odds were, you were going to be happy with the choice you made. I do think it largely depends on the individual.
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