People’s Opinions Never End! *rolls eyes*
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Topic: People’s Opinions Never End! *rolls eyes*
Posted By: Paws
Subject: People’s Opinions Never End! *rolls eyes*
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:02pm
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Now up for debate is my due date....spear headed of course by the most opinionated person in my office (I think we are all familiar with who I mean by now!).
Apparently I will be at least 4 weeks early simply because I've had bouts of nesting and have been carrying what she considers to be low (what I thought was pretty much smack bang in the middle to be honest but then what do I know!). She completely rubbishes the fact that I've had friends who have carried low and been almost 2 weeks late! It never ends!!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: bekkie
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:07pm
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Stupid woman! Does'nt she know "everyones" different!! And babies doooo move! It will just be fun to bum her out eh? lol
Oh and ive just noticed your name your chosen, thats a lovely name!  ------------- httpw.snu://wwgglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:08pm
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He he ha ha .......who cares what she thinks Right? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:15pm
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That stapler is getting dangerously close to be shoved down her throat!!!
And thanks Bekkie!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:16pm
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I don't think it really matters when you due, as long as bubs arrives healthy and safe who really cares if she is late or early. Xanda was low for the last 6 weeks of my pregnancy and he ended up being 5 days overdue. And as Roksana said, who cares what she thinks, she just trying to be a know it all. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: bekkie
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:18pm
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lol oh dear, i so hate that, im starting to hate everyone opinions really, im starting to wonder if people think im dumb or something or going to be a bad mother!?? I mean to tell me what kind of towels i have to buy?? I mean am i missing something?? How hard is it to buy towels for a baby, i do know there are towels out there for them!
Oh paleese! ------------- httpw.snu://wwgglepie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:25pm
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I'm getting very good at the "ignoring her" technique...the one where I smile sweetly and just say something like "that's nice", " oh? really?" or "mmmmmmm"....hehehehehehehe
Bekkie, you'd better watch out for those towels yeah? I mean buying TOWELS!!! It's hard to do that....you'd best take an expert with you love. Maybe I should too. Hmmmmm.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:41pm
Put your hands up and step away from the stapler!!! He he ha ha ha!! 
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Posted By: bekkie
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:42pm
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lol yeah I reckon, make sure we dont buy too many of them hooded ones aye! grrr I dont know about anyone else but I get annoyed when people tell me "how" to give birth! I think the last thing im going to be thinking of is how so and so told me how i should give birth just cos they did it that way!! Like having someone pushing my knees to my ears?? Im planning on a waterbirth I told her, does she want me to drown in the process??
Sorry for venting in your post lol I shouldve started one myself hehe ------------- httpw.snu://wwgglepie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:43pm
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*carefully puts stapler down and takes 2 steps back sulkily*
Feel free to vent....and what's wrong with hooded towels?? I've got several.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: bekkie
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 1:50pm
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lol stop look at the paper stabber now
Im not completely sure, something like they grow outta them??  but they are a towel? I dont really care im going to get some lol i like them and think they're good idea! Just cos one person has a bad comment does'nt mean they not good. ------------- httpw.snu://wwgglepie.com">
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 2:18pm
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I think photographic eveidence of said bump is in order to ascertain if you are infact carrying low ------------- "> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 2:23pm
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Bugger the stapler i would have gone for the letter opener hehe
Gotta love people like that aye Gen I hate it when its from family mostly tho lol
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 2:36pm
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I like towels with hoods on them...Zaara has long hair and after I wrap her around in it...it gets most of the water out of her hair......
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 3:13pm
Yeah I really am going to have to do the photo thing aren't I? I have kept avoiding it.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Sarah Beth wrote:Posted By: james
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 3:23pm
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come on paws we want photos e want photos and on the busy body some people r never happy unless they can make outhers fell horrable so ingnore her and whats wrong with hoddie towles james has heaps and i still use them people r so mean and horrable sometimes ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 3:39pm
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I second that motion for photos! Paws I think we need to see said bump. Ofcourse it doesnt really matter where the bump is - aforementioned office menace sounds horrible! Methinks you should keep the stapler on hand just in case... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 4:51pm
| working on that theory this baby is due to pop cos she is so low I can hardly walk and I have been nesting for the last 3 weeks! I was told by my friend the other day how much easier boys are to toilet train than girls, hello I have never ever heard that before, its normally the other way round plus she doesnt even have kids yet, just her partners kids that are there every few weekends. Its like when you get pregnant you also grow a sign that says Im pregnant so dont have a brain. please tell me everything you think I dont know. |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 5:10pm
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Nope, they never do stop. Blimmin other people and their opinions, grrrrrr. I'm seriously considering taking a stapler with me everywhere I go now, just in case I need it for throat shoving!
In the meantime, I'll just keep up the rescue remedy. It is so stupid how people think our expanding bellies are an invitation for them to share their wisdom isn't it? surely they found all the advice and opinions and predictions exhausting when they were pregnant too, does this mean we are all going to become like them in a few years time, berating poor defenseless preggo's??!! I've got an army of people telling me this guy is going to be early because I'm carrying low, I'm thinking that if he's anything like me he'll be late just to spite them ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 5:48pm
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Gosh, I don't know how you ladies control yourselves. I'd be swearing up a storm at them (then using the preggo hormones excuse )
Everyone is a bloody expert on pregnancy and labour I swear!!! (Mind you, sometimes I also think I am one of those, but hopefully I'm not as rude as your lady Paws!) |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 6:26pm
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I mentioned this before, but maybe they should make another sequel - I can see it now... "Latest Hollywood action blockbuster: Kill Lil" !! ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 7:36pm
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ACKKKKKK Jax I love the name!!! Ok I knew Erin was a strong favourite but I love the whole thing!! Looks great!!!!
And yeah I'm kind of hoping our little girl stays in a little longer just to spite her!!! (at least past week 38 as she's picking just before week 36)------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 7:45pm
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wow Jax, you put that up very sneakily! Love it! ------------- ">
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Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 8:35pm
 Jax!! U secret keeper
Re: Hooded towels. They do grow out of them but newborns lose their heat through their head when then are before 6 weeks (i think) so the hoods on the towels help them stay a little warmer. My opinion anyway!! ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 8:43pm
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Me? Sneaky? Never ! Only really just got DH to agree today LOL Was getting fed up of not having a name for our wee treasure. ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 8:45pm
| do you feel relieved now you have a name? I know I did |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 8:48pm
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Yup, definitely relieved ! Now I can finish painting the door properly LOL ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 07 June 2006 at 9:54pm
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With Maya I never nested at all,a nd I carried high, and she was born early. I saw my m/w the day before I went into labour and even she was picking that I'd go overdue. So you really can't tell. Unless the head is sticking out between your legs...
Maya had hooded towels. I bought a couple of fluffy normal towels for the twins, and they can re-use her hooded ones too. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 6:55am
| I have one hooded towel and while I like it for it's fluffiness, I actually don't like the hood. |
Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 9:51am
Erin Alexandra is a GORGEOUS name Jax - I love Alexandra as a first name but dh is not keen on it - will have to work on him a little I think... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 3:49pm
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ella still uses her hooded towels! (she will be 2 on tuesday) they are great for drying her hair, and since she is on the weeny side, not too long for her. go the hooded towels i say!!! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 1:43pm
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ARGHHHHHHHHHH that latest "telling off" I got was because I bought a baby gym that I really liked. I shouldn't have done this because people will have nothing to buy me for the baby shower.....I can't win!!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 1:47pm
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Tell her you are happy to accept vouchers or cash
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 1:52pm
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Oh no Paws - how annoying!! That must be incredibly frustrating for you... I agree with Nikki though. I am off to a baby shower this weekend and we are all putting in and getting the mum a voucher for a spa treat for after baby arrives. We asked her what stuff she still needed and told us she was all set for bubs and didn't "need" anything. I think people can be pretty grown up about these sorts of things... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 2:03pm
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I was not allowed to by any thing for bub before she was born (hubby's religious crap.....) any way so any thing and every thing I got for baby shower was good.
I do agree that mum's hardly ever get any thing! I got clothing vouchers (which I still havent spent) and some of those nice bath packs...(which still havent used)...he he ha ha I wish I got that spa voucher tho.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 2:08pm
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Ohhhhhhh spa voucher would be nice!!
At my friends baby shower last week she just got all the usual clothes, toys, baby bath stuff....not a play gym in sight!! I wouldn't expect people to spend that sort of money quite frankly!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 3:18pm
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Surely if someone was going to spen alot of money like that, they would check with you first? Or osmeone who knows what you have already got? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 3:32pm
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Like I said to you in email Gen, there are NO guarantees in life, so even if I was having a baby shower I wouldn't rely on what other people may or may not get me ! I think you need to keep that stapler within arm's reach to be honest, you might need to use it sooner than you thought ! ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 3:54pm
yeah well this is exactly what I thought, I honestly thought baby shower gifts were small useful for the things for mum and/or baby...not a $70 play gym!!!
Oh and I've also been informed that because certian irritating person went off CSI when she had her baby and found it too gory, I will too....huh??? I thought everyone was different according to her???------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 4:40pm
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Oh Paws - she sounds awful!!
Yeah I hope that I get nice things for me when I get pregnant as, like you Jax, I don't like to rely on other people and would ensure that I was totally prepared. For another of our friends, we all put in and got her a voucher to get her hair cut and coloured. We did that as she was so upset during her pregnancy that she wouldn't be able to afford to get her hair done. She was so appreciative of that. I think those are the best kind of baby shower gifts. When you are a new mother, it's hard to remember to take time out and look after yourself and a voucher is a nice way to be reminded - that's what I think anyway ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:44pm
| What do you think about this? my sister-in-law got an invitation to a baby shower and was told to buy a cot duvet set. apparently each guest was told what gift to buy. personally I think it's rude. What does everyone else think? |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:49pm
| hmm yeah I think thats a bit rude, at the most I would do a wish list something kind of like a wedding gift registry but not specifically tell someone waht to buy |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 8:02pm
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What about if your financial situation doesn't allow to buy a cot duvet set??? Do you know how expensive those things are?!?!?
I'm with Robyn, if I was going to do anything remotely similar I'd have a gift register thingy |
Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 13 June 2006 at 10:18pm
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Super rude, no question about it. ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 7:37am
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Yep that is very very very rude!! That is so rude. I would think that if the mum had made a list of things she still needed that they might circulate it and people could tick off what they would buy to avoid double ups rather than tell people what they were expected to buy. And I agree with Nikki - those are really expensive!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:39am
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Totally rude!!! Like others have said, sure have a wish list or let them know what you need but not tell them what to buy!!! Especially with such expensive items!
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 8:50am
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I'm with everyone else - that's really rude! If you are after specific things then either create a gift registery (Baby City does them!) or a wish-list type of thing... or do what I'm going to and ask for gift vouchers so you can combine them for the more expensive things! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 9:23am
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Yeah thats so rude! The gift vouchers are a great idea, and so is having a wish list/gift registry. If she wanted a whole cot set, she could list each item, so that people could buy as much or as little of it as they chose, and she could still end up with a matching set!
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 11:10am
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So lame!! That would make me want to buy something else instead ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 11:22am
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RUDE!!!
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 14 June 2006 at 1:37pm
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Yap rude....very rude!!
I got what I got and had loads of dauble ups when Zaara had her Hair cutting ceremony.....I didnt care. Its only close people who asked what I need and I told them and if they thought they could afford it they bought it for me. However my MIL bought us a pram, BIL bought us a changing table, work mates baught us a bassinette etc etc. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 17 June 2006 at 2:32pm
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If u do double up u can always put it in he cupboard and give it to the next person who has a baby as long as its not the person who gave it 2 u lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 10:03am
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I just gave some of my double up stuff to a baby girl (Atish's cousin had a baby girl a month ago)....yay!! About six more gift/packs left to give away!!!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 19 June 2006 at 10:11am
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Its very rude i agree! I cant believe they would do that its insane crazy!
I had a lot of people asking me what i needed for ella and i just said well i have alot of stuff but i dunno and they asked questions and got what they wanted to get her and i still get the questions. |