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busymum 
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:33pm |
I keep coming across this issue, particularly with health stuff lately because the only people (bar my aunt, who I've seen about 3 times since my marriage 5 yrs ago) who I know with gluten intolerance are on OB. And I know one person IRL struggling with endo (which my dr first thought I had), and now Mummy_Becks, but everyone else is on here.
So my dr asks how I'm getting on with sorting out what products have gluten in them, and I say that I've been asking "a friend of mine who is coeliac" all my questions and miss out the "that I've never met except on an online forum" part!! 
At other times when I talk about friends who get pg on the IUD or have twins etc, I refer to them as "a friend of a friend" so I don't sound corny having not ever seen/met them!
Do you quote your OB friends?
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:34pm |
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Yep pretty often actually, I too just skip out the part that its forum advice lol
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:40pm |
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I do all the time esp at work I pass on loads of info to mums I see about tried and true things that help people here. Its great. Like Teresa I miss out the online forum info too
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:41pm |
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na im a geek and say my friend off the net... lolololol. (only sometimes, tho...)
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:42pm |
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why dont you mention it is on line - are you ashamed of it.
i always tell people that i get info from a message board...
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:43pm |
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Same as Bizzy... Everyone already knows I'm a geek!
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:50pm |
The girls from Ohbaby, then they say who? then I have to explain! 
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:51pm |
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depends who I'm talking to. if it is someone I know, i'll say one my friends fromOhbaby, or from "My website". if I don't know them so well, i'll just say "a friend" - not cause I'm ashamed just cause a friend is a friend right?
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 8:55pm |
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I don't mention ohbaby to the older generation of peeps like 50+ like my parents who are like internet is full of pervs and nothing can be right and good on it lol
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:09pm |
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I tell people, but then this is my job so most people know about it anyway.
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:15pm |
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Yep I tell people all the time .. and I call all of you my friends *hug*
The plunket teacher just raised her eyebrows when I said I got heaps of great info/advice from our forum ... but then Id probably trust oh baby more than most plunket nurses (not including our very own special oh baby plunket nurse of course!)
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:15pm |
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I'm not ashamed so much as, associate with a lot of old-fashioned people. My parents are a bit like the ppl that Stacey suggested, although younger!
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:16pm |
Lol, sometimes but only to people who know we're ttc and I just say people from 'my baby website' (those who know are aware of what this is, and poor DH - I'm always talking about 'my baby site') Ha ha 
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:28pm |
Yeah, I just say a friend or if people know my on line addictions I would say 'someone I know on line'.
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:35pm |
yeh - depends who I'm talking to whether I say "a friend said..." or "one of my mates online said..."
Those who know nothing about Oh Baby don't appreciate the support and advice we get from each other, we're not one of those forums with dirty old men pretending to be 16 year old girls!
Most of us are pretty savvy when it comes to that stuff anyways and usually manage to weed out the freaks
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:37pm |
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Actually ,.....i say (for example) my friend on Ohbaby, her real name is ****** and is located in (eg) Auckland , her DP is **** and her DD is ******** and she is due end of August with her 2nd a boy they are calling ******* and her email address is , her phone number is , and she prefers (for eg) cloth nappies to disposables .....
naaaaahhh..
But i do say" my friend on the parenting forum i go on "(sorry but if I say ohbaby they think im talking about a porn site-i have immature friends )
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:45pm |
 caitlynsmygirl wrote:
But i do say" my friend on the parenting forum i go on "(sorry but if I say ohbaby they think im talking about a porn site-i have immature friends ) |
Wouldn't that then be www.Ohhhhhbabyyeahbabyyeah.co.nz
**has an immature giggle to herself in the corner**
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:45pm |
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Yeah I mention friends from 'a message board I belong to'
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:48pm |
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Actually some people wonder how come I have so many friends who all freakishly gave birth in the same month as me!
When I talk to DH or someone else who knows about my oh baby compulsion about something .. I usually say the Oh Baby Mummies.
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Posted: 04 June 2008 at 9:49pm |
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Do you quote your OB friends?
