There are hand slappers on every

Wow! Btw, I love American Girl dolls too! Wish DD was still interested in them. I think any photo thread is a fun thread but especially if people share their doll collection. Did the photos include all the doll accesories too?

Human nature. My guess is the hand slapper was jealous that her collection was small by comparison.

You know what's funny, is that I used to be a bear maker (teddy bears -miniatures in particular).  That's the job that made me realize that it doesn't matter WHAT industry you're in, it's always going to be political bullshit.  Who you know and who you blow is all that matters.

The hand slap I hate SO MUCH (and I see it here) is:
"My mom is being so difficult I can hardly stand it!"
"sigh.  I wish *I* had a mom."



Yes, so do I, so she'd tell you to stop making everything about you.

People are so brave behind the safety of their keyboards. Yet so often in real life, so many are afraid to take a stand.

Cr@p I think I may have done this accidentally this week. PLEASE feel free to call me on it if you see me doing it.

Oh I agree with you Caro, about that AG board. I grew to loathe that board, they handslap and bitch so much about the STUPIDEST things.

They are dolls, for Pete's sake...all that PC policing going on over is ridiculous. I went over to watch the Welly Wishers (oh are they cute) news and just rolled my eyes too. SSDD.

I remember people feeling that way - this isn't a keeping up with the Joneses thread - on the old board when a show us your stash/scrap room thread came around. People would show these elaborate rooms with a big island and a hundred cabinets full of scrap stuff and I was like, here's my paper and my two packs of Thickers.

I wouldn't call it jealousy, but I did sometimes feel like there was this divide, like there were the Serious Scrapbook Artistes and the rest of us were just dabblers. I can totally see how it would get that way with AG. We have a friend who collects and she has hundreds of dolls and three dressers of clothes for them. I would bet she's got $50k invested in that stuff. I'd feel a little weak showing off my collection in comparison. <--- said with a little bit of a laugh




You too? Ha ha. I am so grateful most days that I still have both parents to drive me crazy but they really DO sometimes. I have needed to vent too. My friend and I, we are the Insane Mom Posse and I am so grateful to have someone who gets it and isn't all, well, let me tell you how much worse you could have it.

There are about a hundred times I day I read something and think, "Well, at least it's not cancer." I don't say that but I still think there are loads of people who could use a little perspective. 99.99% of the time I keep it to myself though.

Yes.

I don't remember dealing with this before motherhood. Is that what brings it out in some women?
And now have to apologize to those without children.
Help me, it never ends.




Just said a string of F@#K cancer words in your honor.

You know, is a place where you could say it, and we'd understand. You've shared and taught us, Perspective is a good thing.

I don't say it mostly because I hate pissing contests about who has it worse. When my cat finally dies the fact that my mother is still alive isn't going to make me less sad and I'd want to punch anyone who said it should square in the mouth. When you're having a shit day, someone else's shittier day does not make it better. But when I hear people getting enraged over getting unwanted pickles on their hamburger, I still think quietly to myself that they are lucky that's the worst thing they have to think about today. 

I've lost both parents and it annoys me when others use a dead parent to hand slap someone else.  I realize that my parents weren't saints, and neither am I.  I do remember those times when one of them would annoy the heck out of me and I needed to vent about it.  It's part of life.  To forget that and turn around to hand slap others is really uncalled for. 

As for the OP, I've noticed that the same issues I've seen here over the past 12 years show up on pretty much every board I've visited.  Makes me realize none of us, or our issues/problems, is really that unique!
Save

Yep, the Debbie Downer/guilt handslapper thing is the worst.  But I do have to say that the handslappy 'keeping up with the Jones' over DOLLS thing is taking handslappy to Olympic-class levels!