Goddammit, elf6c, I thought that was going to be a real website. I was all set for the hilarity of making fun of ugly babies a la Cliff Yablonski Hates You. :mad: 
Tell him you’re pregnant. Then don’t say anything else about the non-pregnancy. When he inquires about the pregnancy later, just tell him that was the only way to get the emails to stop. When people say “I heard you were pregnant!” just tell them that you don’t know what they’re talking about.
Scarlett’s suggestion is probably better, but mine is funnier.
I thought it was about some kid screwing around with her mailbox, (vandalizing it), and when she confronted the parents, they denied it, or got upset at jar.
Uuuhhhhgggg.
Are you sure you value this relationship all that much?
Do you have pets? Start sending him pictures of your ‘babies’.
I guess I should get of that domain and set up a web page. I am just afraid of angry parents of ugly babies showing up at my house with pitchforks and torches. . .
Here you go - tell him you’re pregnant. When he next asks, break down in tears, tell him you lost the baby, and him sending pictures only causes you hurt and pain. Then ask him never to speak of it again.
Esprix
That’s what I thought too, until I actually clicked on and read the thread.
Or, if you’re not as good with the dramatics as Esprix, just tell the guy that having all these pictures shoved at you all the time just underlines how hard it is for you to get pregnant. It’s like twisting the knife, yadda yadda yadda. Lay it on as thick (or not) as you like. If he’s not a total asshat, he’ll stop.
Just imagine - if this had been even just a few years ago (before digital cameras), this guy would have been coming over every weekend to show you an entire new album of baby pictures. That is definately not pleasant.
Good plan, with 3 major flaws:
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If jar manages to get pregnant, the e-mails will start up again.
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If the guy really believes his e-mails to be good luck, he may decide to redouble his efforts.
Of course, I shouldn’t have hit submit without at least a passing greeting to Opal.
tdn,
1)If she gets pregnant, she bombards him with pictures of The jarBelly. Here’s the JarBelly in a sweater. Here’s the JarBelly in a tank top. Here’s the JarBelly with a print of the ultrasound taped to it… He’ll get the hint.
2)If the guy is too stupid to stop doing something he knows is hurtful to her, regardless of what he believes, he’s not fit material for friendship anyway.
- Hi Opal!
And this guy is a friend of yours who knows how much you want a baby and how hard you’ve been trying to get pregnant? I admire your restraint in not cockpunching him; I know I’d have a hard time holding myself back.
Or, better yet: HOME MOVIES. Be amazed as Baby stares and drools. Get your “Aww!” voice ready as Baby picks up and aimlessly drops toys or smears creamed peas in his hair! Marvel at the astonishing brilliance of the child who can not only say “Bwoothhh, whaa unga gee!” but can * sit upright unassisted! *
Countless hours I have spent watching these things, precious hours of my life which I will never get back. The only good thing I can make of it is that they certainly taught me to appreciate how amazingly long an hour of time really is.
I wonder how his wife feels about him trying to knock you up like that.
Instead of replying to him to provide your feedback, FORWARD back to him to include the originals. That way he gets everything back again and may appreciate your frustration at large attachments clogging the box.
My lord. I’m the youngest of 3, and this never hit me before. My folks have a zillion pics of my elder brothers (born within a year of each other). There are -two- pictures of me (born 5 years later). Never even fathomed why that might be.
As for the OP, well, just say “Hey, some of those pictures were cute, but I can see the kidling whenever I want. I don’t wanna get my mailbox so cluttered.” Not overly harsh, and :eek: the truth!
Similar problem for me, made worse by the fact that my friend lives several thousand miles away, so he feels it more necessary to send the pictures.
I started deleting them w/o reading them, but this backfired in a BIG way:
He sent a picture of Michael Jasckon’s courthouse closeup where his nose looked like it was dripping off. The subject of the Email was “CUTE!!” and the bmp was called “adorable.bmp.” I deleted it immediately. Next time I was on the phone with him, we had this exchange:
“What did you think of the “Cute” picture I sent you yesterday?”
(Not wanting to get busted) “Oh, that was priceless. She gets bigger every day.”
(Long pause) “You thought it was a picture of our baby and didn’t open it, didn’t you?”
“Uh…well, I might be mistaking it for another Email…what was it again?”
(Pause) “It was a picture of a guy with an exposed skull with maggots eating his brain. It was called ‘adorable.bmp’”
“Oh yeah - I remember now - the subject was “cute” - that was disgusting, dude.”
(Long Pause) “That’s not what it was. It was of Michael jackson’s nose. You didn’t open it b/c you thought it was a baby picture. (Another pause, while I can’t think of anything to say) Sorry I wasted your time by thinking you maybe wanted to watch how our daughter was growing up.” <click>
:smack:
It took a year for that one to get smoothed over…
Dooku: Goddamn! I was in a position similar to his, once, but at least I had the grace to be embarrassed when I realized I was boring people’s hair out!