Let me just vent a little...

I will start off with a disclaimer. This is a vent, a vent usually consists of a one sided arguement that can easily offend others, especially if you caused or are the subject of said vent. So if any of that applies to you or you are just easily offended, please stop reading now....thanks.

I've expressed numerous times that I hate mother or parenting boards, for sooo many reasons, but for two in particular.
First, if a mother is doing something in particular in reference to child rearing, she usually thinks she is the best. Which, in some case, is fine, that's an opinion, and you are free to have it, but please, keep it to your self, because honestly, we care less. Also, it's just plain annoying when you gloat, because again, we couldn't care less that you are still rear facing your child in the their car seat, or you only feed organic or whatever. It doesn't make you a better mother, only a loud mouth that looks to put others down and put your self on a pedestal.

Second, well this one is kind of a two-fer. First, are the mothers that are totally oblivous to the things they are doing that are wrong in a sense of either health wise or just plain stupid. For example, one mother stated how she gave her baby ben.adry.l every night to put her to sleep.....and the second part of this two-fer kind of goes hand in hand with the first, not a SINGLE PERSON said what she was doing was wrong, but OH god forbid you say that you started giving you baby cow's milk at 11 months, and they jump on you like a herd of hungry hyena's! Another example is pretty common, a mother constantly complains about her relationship status. Her boyfriend is always wishy-washy, never see's them, blah blah blah or the husband might be cheating, they are getting a divorce blah blah blah. And then, what happens? Her period is late and she is/might be pregnant. Please don't complain about it if you voluntarily spread your legs and made a baby with the man you constantly seek consoling support from other people with. You are an adult, you know how babies are made, either you are having problems and need to repair your marriage/relationship and I understand, you can shortly make up or your nether regions get the best of you for a minute, but here is a crazy, outlandish concept: USE BIRTH CONTROL! If you are having severe enough relationship/marriage problems that you feel is completely necessary to complain about your significant other to complete strangers ALL THE TIME, you are not ready to bring a child in to the enviroment, it's possible damaging and possible will hinder any chance of the relationship healing or getting better. Be an adult, please. Someone in the situation needs to be. I mean if you can procreate, it should be required that you act like an adult, right?

Now I know that I am completely guilty of lurking on these sites. And I know what you are muttering to your computer screen right now. "Why or why Larissa, are you lurking if it bothers you so much?" Well, ladies, I feel as a mother, I have a right to lurk or maybe even particpate in conversations pertaining to my child to seek advice or give others advice that I may know one to two things about, WITHOUT having to hear or read rather, stupid stupid stupid post. I am just asking for mother or just parents in general to act decent, treat a board decent, treat others decent and please for the sake of your children ACT LIKE AN ADULT.
Anyways, when these mothers, complain or talk about their relationship problems, others are usually sympathetic, which is fine. But as soon as she makes a mistake, instead of giving her some real advice they do the politically correct dance. Which as I was lurking recently, have seen happen, and I noticed that someone made a Anon post and kind of said, what others where probably thing. I'm pretty against anonymous comments or replies, I figure, if you have something to say, you shouldn't be scared, and if you are, maybe you shouldn't say it in the first place. But I believe her comment wasn't totally wrong, now she could have phrased it a little nicer, but her point got across and instead of others saying what they were thinking, they were all sugar coating the situation. I digress. All in all, I got my vent out.


That's all. You don't even know how much better I feel....woooosaw.