I’ve re-written this a number of times because I can’t quite capture what I’m trying to say. I’ve decided to go the blunt route:
Is it just me, or do the majority of the posters seem like total fucking idiots?
Seriously, between the inability to separate paragraphs to the whining and stomping feet about Not. Getting. The. Perfect. Baby. Shower. to the “Help!!! I haven’t moved in a half hour because of severe stomach pain-should I call doc?” threads, I weep for the offspring.
Further proof that some people should Just. Not. Reproduce. 
Never been pregnant beyond a few weeks myself, but I know for a fact that pregnancy basically makes you lose your mind. You become an emotional basket case, many women develop unreasonable fears and your hormones are fluctuating to the point where you might cry hysterically over something like a dust kitty getting on your shoe.
Luckily, for most women this is temporary. In the meantime many of them rely on their husbands, mothers, and each other because these are the people who understand best what they are going through.
So please have a bit of sympathy before you write off the pregnant women on these message boards. Just like people do here, I bet quite a few of them use the boards to vent things they would never say in real life.
No, it isn’t just you. The majority of the women on bride boards, pregnancy boards, and parenting boards are total fucking idiots.
OK, maybe not the majority, but enough that you leave with the general impression that the majority are.
My favorite is the parenting boards. Because, you know little eight month old Aydian’s ability to poop once a day at precicely six pm has everything to do with your superior mothering skills.
It’s because it doesn’t take any special skills to get knocked up. Almost anyone can do it, and as we know, the majority of people are idiots. So there ya go.
BWAHAHA
Every time I post something on one of those boards, I end up in a major fight. On the twin board someone who claimed to be a psychologist called me names because I wrote that having twins doesn’t mean you have to use Babywise (which seems to be the most popular resource as far as these Mommies are concerned). Then over on the AP board they’re so smug and condescending towards anyone who uses a stroller or bottle feeds. If they could see my babies in their mismatched socks picking Cheerios off the floor, they’d flip.
So, Sat on Cookie, how far along are you? How are you feeling? Is this your first child?
I beg to differ on the above. Personally, I think the pregnancy = losing mind is an unbelievable exaggeration but that’s another subject.
Plus, it really doesn’t seem like the women are hormonal; it seems like they are morons.
There’s only one parenting board I’ve been able to stomach, and that’s because I know everyone on it, pretty much. (In person.) Eventually, when more women join, I will leave, because it will become like all the others.
The thing that gets me is the appalling use of huge animated .gif signatures. Worse, on the boards where anyone is experiencing any kind of fertility issue, the huge, animated .gif signatures that tell the world about the status of the poster’s ovaries, cervix and more. The mind boggles at the idea that this is appropriate.
Yes, it’s our first. I’m feeling tired but that’s about it so far (knock knock) – Thanks fer asking! Seven months and counting. 
I was always partial to posters who created threads describing their cervical mucus in great detail, and asking people if they thought it was fertile mucus or not. Oh. My. God.
Everyone on most message boards are idiots. You’re just spoiled from having been here.
:smack:
It always seemed that way to me, too. I was on an iVillage one when I was pregnant, but one day all the stupidity just got to me*, and I flipped out. Posted a big rant againt the stupidity, and left.
*(Most of all the god-awful stupid mispelled stripper names that people want to name their poor innocent children-- no child deserves to be named Maddycynne, for God’s sake.)
If you don’t mind a slight change of subject -
You’re due in January, then? My twins were born in early February, so I know how it feels to be huge and exhausted at this time of year. Last Christmas sucked for us. And New Year’s - forget it!
Did you find out if you’re having a boy or girl? My twins are one of each, so either way I can relate. Having kids is the biggest shock - it only recently started being fun for me. Of course, it’s still easier than being pregnant. Having your body taken over by aliens is so difficult. Hang in there! Lots o’ chocolate for you!
Mean old Eve stole my answer. Meaniehead.
Women?
We bought some pregnancy and child rearing books because we’re trying for our first. I picked up one and it had “helpful hints for the father to be” interspersed throughout it. One of them - I swear to God - read as follows:
Wow! No SHIT, huh? You mean having another human being growing inside her just might possibly make her belly get a little bigger? Well, ain’t it a world of wonders! I just never would have gussed that, because I am Mr. Clueless Z. McFuckwit, and I’ve managed to go my whole life not noticing what pregnant women look like!
:eek:
Must - fight - the - urge -
Getting - weaker -
Can’t - hold - out -
Link?
Regards,
Shodan
Unfortunately the main board I frequented requires a membership to view the message boards, but on this ivillage board forum for people Trying to Conceive (TTC), you’ll see lots of threads with crazy people wanting their mucus evaluated. I didn’t want to link to any particular threads in case there are privacy issues or something.
Ivillage Trying To Conceive Boards
It always drove me crazy when someone wanted the whole board to look at their “chart” and comment if they thought she ovulated or not.
I just had to jump in and say that is the absolute best name ever.