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newbie00
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10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
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Posted 7/9/12 9:19 PM  |
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Lisa
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
Love it especially the one that said when you are a mom you will know.
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| Posted 7/9/12 10:00 PM |
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KittyKatCopper
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
I loved #9.
Imagine someone telling you, "One day you'll change your mind about keeping your children and want to trade them in." Making similar comments to your childless friends is insulting, says Carroll, because it suggests that deep down, they want kids—they just don't know it yet. (But you magically do!) 
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| Posted 7/10/12 4:52 PM |
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marianne13
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
The one that irks me the most is #9.
I hate when moms say "YOU'LLLLL SEEEE..JUST WAIT!!"
I actually wouldn't get insulted by #5. If someone told me that they excluded me from a bbq because there was going to be tons of kids there, I would laugh and say "good thinking! thanks!"
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| Posted 7/10/12 11:14 PM |
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blondiebabyZ
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
Love it!! #9 is the most common though as soon as they hear that you dont want kids...the tangent begins on how you will down the line.
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| Posted 7/12/12 3:36 PM |
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PennyCat
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
 I have heard many of them, except 1,6,7, and 9.
The one that stuck out the most is not being invited to things where there will be kids. I at least want the invite... I can decide if I'm up for going. It's isolating enough being in this position, going through a protocol to get pregnant- a path that none of my other friends have traveled.......... but then to be excluded from things outright because I don't have kids? That's isolation to it's fullest, and it hurts. 
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| Posted 7/21/12 11:06 AM |
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
Posted by KittyKatCopper
I loved #9.
Imagine someone telling you, "One day you'll change your mind about keeping your children and want to trade them in." Making similar comments to your childless friends is insulting, says Carroll, because it suggests that deep down, they want kids—they just don't know it yet. (But you magically do!)
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| Posted 8/2/12 10:32 PM |
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Mushesgirl
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
Posted by marianne13
The one that irks me the most is #9.
I hate when moms say "YOU'LLLLL SEEEE..JUST WAIT!!"
I actually wouldn't get insulted by #5. If someone told me that they excluded me from a bbq because there was going to be tons of kids there, I would laugh and say "good thinking! thanks!"
yes to #5 all the way! i'll keep my headache meds for a tension headache not your party thankyouverymuch
And if i had a dime for every time my mom USED to tell me "you'll change your mind when you meet the right guy" i'd be RICH. Well now that i've met the right guy, she's kept her mouth shut and bugs my brother
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| Posted 8/4/12 8:52 AM |
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luvsbob4603
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
I hear 2, 3, alot! I cant have children but not by choice because of medicine.
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| Posted 10/13/12 8:48 PM |
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AletheaCrowe
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Re: 10 Things Never to say to Childless friends
Posted by Mushesgirl
Posted by marianne13
The one that irks me the most is #9.
I hate when moms say "YOU'LLLLL SEEEE..JUST WAIT!!"
I actually wouldn't get insulted by #5. If someone told me that they excluded me from a bbq because there was going to be tons of kids there, I would laugh and say "good thinking! thanks!"
yes to #5 all the way! i'll keep my headache meds for a tension headache not your party thankyouverymuch
And if i had a dime for every time my mom USED to tell me "you'll change your mind when you meet the right guy" i'd be RICH. Well now that i've met the right guy, she's kept her mouth shut and bugs my brother
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