Comments on: You Get What You Get http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/08/you-get-what-you-get/ The Mabelhood is the sum of all blogs, combining posts from Mabel Labels' bloggers Julie Cole, Caitlin Madden and a cast of guest bloggers. The Mabelhood documents the daily dramas of a group of people raising families and a label making business, plus everything else in-between. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Linda http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/08/you-get-what-you-get/comment-page-1/#comment-8474 Linda Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:12:35 +0000 http://www.mabel.ca/wordpress/?p=1141#comment-8474 When I was pregnant with my 3rd, most people asked (and assumed) I was trying for a boy (already had 2 girls). When I said "no", they assumed it was an accident. For some reason they couldn't accept that I just wanted a 3rd child. Drove me mad. And another comment I got with all 3 pregnancies...which amazes me...is "Oh, were you trying?". Uh, do you really want to know those details?? When I was pregnant with my 3rd, most people asked (and assumed) I was trying for a boy (already had 2 girls). When I said “no”, they assumed it was an accident. For some reason they couldn’t accept that I just wanted a 3rd child. Drove me mad.
And another comment I got with all 3 pregnancies…which amazes me…is “Oh, were you trying?”. Uh, do you really want to know those details??

]]> By: Renee http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/08/you-get-what-you-get/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 Renee Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:30:06 +0000 http://www.mabel.ca/wordpress/?p=1141#comment-2164 So as I said earlier tonight to something else... what is wrong with people??? I am excellent at sticking my foot in my mouth, but those types of comments... UNBELIEVABLE! So as I said earlier tonight to something else… what is wrong with people??? I am excellent at sticking my foot in my mouth, but those types of comments… UNBELIEVABLE!

]]> By: Can Can (Mom Most Traveled) http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/08/you-get-what-you-get/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Can Can (Mom Most Traveled) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:53:15 +0000 http://www.mabel.ca/wordpress/?p=1141#comment-2082 I felt the look of pity when I was pregnant with my second son. I WANTED a second boy, what a shocker! And yes, I wouldn't have chosen a child with ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder, but he is who he is and I love him that way! I "got" him and he "got" me! :) ps, I had a friend w/ the twin boy scenario on her 4rth pregnancy, making her a mother of 5 boys! Wowza! I felt the look of pity when I was pregnant with my second son. I WANTED a second boy, what a shocker!
And yes, I wouldn’t have chosen a child with ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder, but he is who he is and I love him that way!
I “got” him and he “got” me! :)

ps, I had a friend w/ the twin boy scenario on her 4rth pregnancy, making her a mother of 5 boys! Wowza!

]]> By: Scattered Mom http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/08/you-get-what-you-get/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 Scattered Mom Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.mabel.ca/wordpress/?p=1141#comment-2023 I absolutely get what you were saying about screaming the mantra at yourself in the mirror. When my son was diagnosed with learning disabilities and a motor coordination disorder, I did much the same thing. Feeling sorry for myself (and him) was not going to help either of us. Great post! I absolutely get what you were saying about screaming the mantra at yourself in the mirror. When my son was diagnosed with learning disabilities and a motor coordination disorder, I did much the same thing. Feeling sorry for myself (and him) was not going to help either of us.

Great post!

]]> By: Lee http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/08/you-get-what-you-get/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 Lee Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:20:51 +0000 http://www.mabel.ca/wordpress/?p=1141#comment-2001 Thanks for the reminder that life isn't about being dealt a winning hand. It's about how you play the cards you are dealt. Thanks for the reminder that life isn’t about being dealt a winning hand. It’s about how you play the cards you are dealt.

]]> By: Carrie http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/08/you-get-what-you-get/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 Carrie Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:06:29 +0000 http://www.mabel.ca/wordpress/?p=1141#comment-1994 how dreadful to be told 'oh how awful' that you're having two blessings instead of one!! i confess i respond to twin pregnancies with a 'wow! so exciting' followed by a touch of jealousy!!! whatever happened to the old adage of our great-grandmothers 'if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.' ?? i've decided (ever since a PRIEST came up to me and after congratulating me on my second pregnancy, asked if it was planned) that people feel just so compelled to comment on pregnancies that they just gush out the first idle thought that comes into their heads. how dreadful to be told ‘oh how awful’ that you’re having two blessings instead of one!! i confess i respond to twin pregnancies with a ‘wow! so exciting’ followed by a touch of jealousy!!!

whatever happened to the old adage of our great-grandmothers ‘if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.’ ??

i’ve decided (ever since a PRIEST came up to me and after congratulating me on my second pregnancy, asked if it was planned) that people feel just so compelled to comment on pregnancies that they just gush out the first idle thought that comes into their heads.

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