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Post by Darcy Collins on Feb 15, 2021 17:03:54 GMT
I think it is weird that people hate them so much and criticize everything they do. I wouldn't make all of the same choices they do, but I don't dislike them. I have no idea how this is stealing Eugenie's spotlight. I see what other people are saying but it just seems dumb to me. Unless they announced it the day Eugenie had the baby, it isn't a big deal. This is like when people get pissed that someone is having a wedding in the same month they are. You get that day to be the center of attention- not the whole week, or month, or year. I agree with you in theory, but would probably have given them a little extra time with the whole royal name approval from the Queen. I think once the name was announced the spotlight has more than moved on. But if you believe the papers, Harry and Eugenie are quite close which is why they're staying at Frogmore - so I imagine more people are upset on her behalf than it really bothers her. |
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 17:07:16 GMT
A little extra time for what exactly?
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Post by femalebusiness on Feb 15, 2021 17:09:27 GMT
I think it is weird that people hate them so much and criticize everything they do. I wouldn't make all of the same choices they do, but I don't dislike them. I have no idea how this is stealing Eugenie's spotlight. I see what other people are saying but it just seems dumb to me. Unless they announced it the day Eugenie had the baby, it isn't a big deal. This is like when people get pissed that someone is having a wedding in the same month they are. You get that day to be the center of attention- not the whole week, or month, or year. I also think that they probably planned to announce on Feb 14 since Megan got pregnant, as a nod to Diana. They had no control over when Eugenie had her baby. |
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 17:16:47 GMT
Oprah will be interviewing H&M soon. Slated to broadcast on the 6th of March. Hopefully there is no Royal good news planned for that day. 😉
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2021 17:36:57 GMT
At least we'll be spared 12 months of watching her clutch that ever changing bump this time. Her bump clutching drove me insane. Every single time she was photographed, including when she was presenting some award. It was ridiculous. |
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Post by kibblesandbits on Feb 15, 2021 18:48:11 GMT
What a petty, petty thread.
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Post by Megan on Feb 15, 2021 18:55:57 GMT
How/why did the photo get taken remotely by a friend on an iPad? I don't follow the royals but that was an interesting line.
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Post by Megan on Feb 15, 2021 18:59:08 GMT
A little extra time for what exactly? A little extra time to make sure they didn't have a miscarriage? Not 100% sure. |
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Post by myshelly on Feb 15, 2021 19:01:36 GMT
How/why did the photo get taken remotely by a friend on an iPad? I don't follow the royals but that was an interesting line. I can’t help but think of it as being like when you go to a pretentious hipster restaurant and they serve the food on like a brick and a shovel instead of a plate. Look at us, we didn’t have a regular picture taken by a regular photographer with a regular camera. We’re so edgy and cool. |
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Post by gillyp on Feb 15, 2021 19:16:16 GMT
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Feb 15, 2021 19:26:34 GMT
A little extra time for what exactly? Extra time to be the center of attention. Let Eugenie at least announce the baby’s name before you steal their thunder by announcing your pregnancy. To me it’s a pretty silly thing to worry about, I think there’s enough love and happiness for all, but it’s a common issue especially among family members. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2021 19:47:06 GMT
I imagine Eugenie is too busy/knackered/enamoured with her baby to give much of a shiny shit that Meghan and Harry have announced a pregnancy.
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Post by pinklady on Feb 15, 2021 19:56:41 GMT
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 20:12:09 GMT
The stealing of thunder idea isn’t a popular one among Black women probably because we are just so excited the other didn’t die in childbirth and is able to raise their child. I have friends and family who’ve taken maternity photos together. Ones who’ve announced engagements babies promotions retirements etc at the others “special occasion”. It’s all love. www.amazon.com/Ethos-Black-Motherhood-America-Communication/dp/1793601429If you hate the idea of Megan clutching her stomach is it because you really wished you had married Harry or also because you aren’t comfortable with a Black woman enjoying motherhood and womanhood in the same way white women are allowed to. Only white women can be delicate and have miscarriages Black women are mules who can feed their own child and someone else’s. That’s what’s killing us. Think about how you question Black mothers with large families but enjoy the incestuous ass Duggar family on TLC. Or how white women always compliment Black women on the behaviors of their children. Irrational hatred is red flag for I need to do some anti racist work. |
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Post by mom on Feb 15, 2021 20:16:59 GMT
No, I would have always thought it was weird. Sorry to disappoint. It seems everything is always a nod to Diana and it’s weird. It’s weird to acknowledge the dead grandmother? Why? Your criticism has nothing to do with the fact that Harry’s wife is a Black woman right? Its 100% NOT because she is black. In fact, go to the wedding thread and I was an absolute supporter of Meghan and Harry. I had high hopes from them as a couple and for Meghan as an American marrying into the royal family. I think its weird that Diana is brought up at very turn --- and maybe its not the couples fault, but at some point, when you're the one seeking privacy, then maybe dont announce your pregnant on the same day your dead MIL made her public announcement that she was pregnant. |
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Post by Lexica on Feb 15, 2021 20:17:19 GMT
I was going to post on Eugenie's baby thread that Harry & Meghan will confirm their pregnancy any day now because they won't be able to resist stealing her thunder yet again...but I stopped myself because I didn't want to hijack an otherwise positive thread but I would have been right! Anyone who follows them (either liking or disliking them) has been expecting the announcement any day now - she hasn't been seen from the waist down for a few months and she's already said she won't travel to the UK with Harry in April and she asked for a 9 month delay in her court case, she's made sure to leave plenty of crumbs all over the net for people to pick up and to keep the speculation going. At least we'll be spared 12 months of watching her clutch that ever changing bump this time. But WTF is up with Harry's dirty great foot in the center of the photo? Surely a professional photographer should be able to pose them better than that. At least they photoshopped in some hair for him. As far as I am concerned, any woman who has had a miscarriage is entitled to announce her new pregnancy any time she pleases. They obviously waited until she was well into the pregnancy so as not to announce too soon and then experience another tragedy. Also, Harry's mother Diana announced his impending birth on Valentine's day too. Eugenie may not even have a problem with her cousin, his marriage, his pregnancy announcements, and yet some in the world keep inflaming a rift. I don't like or dislike Meghan. But I respect their right to announce their baby whenever they choose to. My own older sister was pissed that I was getting married before she was. She ended up deciding to take us all to Las Vegas to participate in her quickie wedding 5 days before my wedding, which had been in the works for months. It was only my immediate family and her husband in attendance, none of his family. And there was no reception planned for her for after mine. I didn't care about her getting married on top of my wedding, other than it was stressful to leave for Vegas when I had many things to be getting ready for my own wedding. I know my sister felt she needed to be married first. It didn't matter to me one way or the other and if getting there first made her happy, so be it. At my wedding, I had my new husband come with me to the microphone and announce my sister's new marriage, inviting our guests to celebrate them too. I was happy and I felt her marriage didn't do anything to take away from mine. I could share. And Eugenie may feel the same about Harry and Meghan |
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Post by luckyexwife on Feb 15, 2021 20:18:46 GMT
Maybe it's because I don't follow the Royal family, but this thread is very confusing!
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 20:24:44 GMT
The idea that Eugenia could actually like Megan and not feel threatened by her can’t be true because....projection.
It’s not logical that the couple planned to announce their baby on a day that means something to them and that cousins due date is umm open ended.
Jealousy hatefulness or both. That’s what fuels the people who love talking shit about Megan and Harry.
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Post by mom on Feb 15, 2021 20:32:29 GMT
It’s weird to acknowledge the dead grandmother? Why? Your criticism has nothing to do with the fact that Harry’s wife is a Black woman right? Its 100% NOT because she is black. In fact, go to the wedding thread and I was an absolute supporter of Meghan and Harry. I had high hopes from them as a couple and for Meghan as an American marrying into the royal family. I think its weird that Diana is brought up at very turn --- and maybe its not the couples fault, but at some point, when you're the one seeking privacy, then maybe dont announce your pregnant on the same day your dead MIL made her public announcement that she was pregnant. Quoting myself -- but its offensive you are assuming I do not like Meghan because she is black. I work with Black women (and Hispanics, and Caucasian, Arabs, and just about any other group that is local or a refugee to my area) so that they can have healthy babies and be a healthy momma . I dont give two fucks what race you are, what you identify as or if you if you come from money or not. I want all women to have healthy babies, if that is what they want. And my OP for this thread was that Meghan was expecting, and I hope she had a healthy baby. Period. If Meghan showed up where I volunteer and work, I would give her what she needed, help her with access to whatever resources I had contacts to, give her supplies whether or not she could afford them. I don't care what color you are. I would help you and do everything in my power to make sure you had the best care, information and resources available. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 15, 2021 20:33:16 GMT
The idea that Eugenia could actually like Megan and not feel threatened by her can’t be true because....projection. It’s not logical that the couple planned to announce their baby on a day that means something to them and that cousins due date is umm open ended. Jealousy hatefulness or both. That’s what fuels the people who love talking shit about Megan and Harry. I had to come into this thread because I couldn't figure out who Archie was from the title. I don't follow the royal family so I had no idea. I couldn't tell you the names of his brothers children either. But damn, after reading this thread I'm like...I agree with olan quoted above. So much projection going on here. So much judgement. So much bickering between peas over a celebrity baby? Can't we just be happy they have a healthy child and she's doing well during her pregnancy with what we can all hope will be another healthy, happy child? |
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Post by MichyM on Feb 15, 2021 20:36:17 GMT
Maybe it's because I don't follow the Royal family, but this thread is very confusing! Agreed, part of it is that there are a bunch of deleted posts earlier in the thread, and part of it is people projecting their beliefs about family relationships and/or race into the thread. This is one of the crazier (non-political) threads I’ve seen here recently. |
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Post by myshelly on Feb 15, 2021 20:41:00 GMT
I need to go into the what do you judge people for thread and say I judge people for spelling it “judgement.”
When I was in law school the professors said that’s one of the easiest ways to look stupid in court.
As for peas being handslappy about judging in this thread, what the hell would we have to talk about if we weren’t being judgy about something? That’s the whole freaking point of a message board.
People can dislike Meghan and Harry because of their actions, not because of her race. It’s not racist to say “I don’t like them because I don’t like the way they behave.” It’s not judgmental to say “hmmmm, they said they wanted to be out of the public eye and yet they keep making press releases.”
Go suck the fun out of some other thread, ya damn energy vampires.
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 20:42:31 GMT
Its 100% NOT because she is black. In fact, go to the wedding thread and I was an absolute supporter of Meghan and Harry. I had high hopes from them as a couple and for Meghan as an American marrying into the royal family. I think its weird that Diana is brought up at very turn --- and maybe its not the couples fault, but at some point, when you're the one seeking privacy, then maybe dont announce your pregnant on the same day your dead MIL made her public announcement that she was pregnant. Quoting myself -- but its offensive you are assuming I do not like Meghan because she is black. I work with Black women (and Hispanics, and Caucasian, Arabs, and just about any other group that is local or a refugee to my area) so that they can have healthy babies and be a healthy momma . I dont give two fucks what race you are, what you identify as or if you if you come from money or not. I want all women to have healthy babies, if that is what they want. And my OP for this thread was that Meghan was expecting, and I hope she had a healthy baby. Period. If Meghan showed up where I volunteer and work, I would give her what she needed, help her with access to whatever resources I had contacts to, give her supplies whether or not she could afford them. I don't care what color you are. I would help you and do everything in my power to make sure you had the best care, information and resources available. This is a Black woman idiom but if I haven’t sent for you don’t come for me. That means if nothing I’ve said applies to you carry on. My guess it something resonates regardless of the work you are paid to do. No longer are there whips or a man over seeing the work but trust and believe there are white people upholding racist ideals in more workplaces than not. The maternal death rate for Black women is astronomical and it’s not Black medical providers dispensing inadequate care. Now I don’t know what organization you work for and don’t pretend to know ANYTHING about the work you do I just want to be clear you can’t disqualify yourself from needing to do anti-racist work because of your 9-5 and volunteer work. I asked you if you thought your critique of Megan was because she was Black and you said no. Why come back quoting yourself like more transpired between your response and now? Simmer down. I don’t mind taking some of the Megan heat but make it make sense. |
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 15, 2021 20:44:25 GMT
I think its weird that Diana is brought up at very turn --- and maybe its not the couples fault, but at some point, when you're the one seeking privacy, then maybe dont announce your pregnant on the same day your dead MIL made her public announcement that she was pregnant. Why put this on Meghan? Why not Harry? It is his mom and his birth announcement that is referenced, so why is she getting the backlash? If H & M waited much longer making the announcement, she might end up giving birth before Zara. Just to steal her thunder of course.  |
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 20:45:00 GMT
Scale back your offense. It’s about as misguided as your criticism of a newly pregnant woman. Let her be.
You do realize how hard it is being a Black woman right? Why add to it?
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 20:47:19 GMT
I need to go into the what do you judge people for thread and say I judge people for spelling it “judgement.” When I was in law school the professors said that’s one of the easiest ways to look stupid in court. As for peas being handslappy about judging in this thread, what the hell would we have to talk about if we weren’t being judgy about something? That’s the whole freaking point of a message board. People can dislike Meghan and Harry because of their actions, not because of her race. It’s not racist to say “I don’t like them because I don’t like the way they behave.” It’s not judgmental to say “hmmmm, they said they wanted to be out of the public eye and yet they keep making press releases.” Go suck the fun out of some other thread, ya damn energy vampires. Openly admitting it’s fun to pick apart a pregnant woman. Y’all are so open with it nowadays. Hide |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 15, 2021 20:47:49 GMT
myshelly said: Go suck the fun out of some other thread, ya damn energy vampires. Absolutely going. If this is what constitutes fun, I want no part of it. Slightly thrilled about being called an energy vampire, though. Smooches.
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Post by mom on Feb 15, 2021 20:48:31 GMT
I think its weird that Diana is brought up at very turn --- and maybe its not the couples fault, but at some point, when you're the one seeking privacy, then maybe dont announce your pregnant on the same day your dead MIL made her public announcement that she was pregnant. Why put this on Meghan? Why not Harry? It is his mom and his birth announcement that is referenced, so why is she getting the backlash? If H & M waited much longer making the announcement, she might end up giving birth before Zara. Just to steal her thunder of course. You're riight, its both of them. |
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 20:50:39 GMT
I’ll stick around. I like sucking racism out a room.
I’ll see you ladies around 😉
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Post by Olan on Feb 15, 2021 20:52:42 GMT
Why put this on Meghan? Why not Harry? It is his mom and his birth announcement that is referenced, so why is she getting the backlash? If H & M waited much longer making the announcement, she might end up giving birth before Zara. Just to steal her thunder of course. You're riight, its both of them. Because Black women are bossy and responsible for everything wrong in the world. Harry doesn’t make any of his choices anymore. |
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