Oh well, I don't count my chickens until
they are hatched. Some of them don't
hatch. Good luck for a happy and
successful pregnancy, but it is not up to
me to tiptoe around the fact that some
aren't, just because some members of this
board happen to be pregnant. I'm sorry you
take it personally -- but if you are that
sensitive then perhaps the pregnancy area
would be a better bet.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 06-30-08 06:59am
I'm in the pregnancy area too, thanks.
You don't have to point out to a woman who
wants her pregnancy that it might not make
it, as if she were too dumb to know.
Nobody's asking you to tiptoe around jack
- just have enough common courtesy to keep
rude comments like that to yourself.
Miscarriage isn't something to throw in a
woman's face to make her less excited
about her pregnancy. I don't know what
sensible person would ever think that's an
okay thing to do.
Don't count your chickens if you don't
want to. Nobody's even telling you to lay
eggs. Just don't take stabs at others who
DO choose to lay them by hinting at the
fact that it might not hatch. It's one of
the rudest things you could ever say to a
happily pregnant woman.
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Jincks013
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Posted: 06-30-08 07:47am
meblonde01
wrote:
AyaMiyaki
wrote:
oopoopoop
wrote:
I just can't help thinking
"Don't count your chickens before they've
hatched."
I think this is kind of a rude thing to
say to somebody who is happy and excited
about their pregnancy.
I agree!
It must be one of those summer miracles
because for once I agree with you.
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nightangel73
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Posted: 07-02-08 20:02pm
This is my chicken and he/she very much
counts. If God takes him/her away then it
would count as one my lost chickens in
heaven. Once life is created it counts
regardless of how you call it.
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meblonde01
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Posted: 07-03-08 07:33am
awww thanks for sharing Nightangle.
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aochriss
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Posted: 07-03-08 10:58am
Are some of you purposefully not getting
what was meant by the counting chickens
post?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 07-03-08 12:05pm
Maybe you're the one who's confused,
aochriss. If you're saying the whole point
is "it's a z/e/f, not a baby!!!1!one",
please refer back to oopoopoop's post
where she claims not to care what someone
calls her own unborn child.
And if you're saying that she wasn't
talking about miscarriage, maybe you
missed her last post in this thread where
she said she didn't want to tiptoe around
the fact that some pregnancies end
unhappily. Obviously she WAS talking about
miscarriage if she feels the need to say
Quote:
Good luck for a
happy and successful pregnancy, but it is
not up to me to tiptoe around the fact
that some aren't, just because some
members of this board happen to be
pregnant.
Thanks for playing along.
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Snug
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Posted: 07-04-08 13:15pm
AyaMiyaki
wrote:
Saying "don't count your
chickens before they've hatched" to a
pregnant woman is like saying "don't count
your baby before it's born".
I must be rather dull-witted, because I
thought that was the joke: A poster was
going on and on about her BABY, and
someone used an old aphorism to call it a
chicken.
And I thought that was kind of funny.
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 07-04-08 13:55pm
Yeah, someone made a joke about
miscarriage. How hilarious. It wasn't just
"oh, your baby's a chicken!". It was "your
baby's an egg, and it might not hatch. Ell
oh ell!"
If you want to bring up the "it's a z/e/f,
not a baby" argument pertaining to
abortion, that's one thing. To tell a
HAPPILY pregnant woman to her face that
her unborn child is not a baby and bring
up old sayings that hint quite heavily
that she shouldn't get her hopes up
because "nothing is certain", is just
blatantly rude and cruel. That was my
entire point. It wasn't said in an
abortion context - it was said to a woman
who wants her child and is excited about
her pregnancy. It was a low blow, and my
point was simply that it was
disrespectful.
