# You're nobody till you're somebody's Mommy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967 "2004-11-16T01:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/61 "2004-11-16T21:03:34Z")
> [@AerynSun](#): > > Don’t forget the listing of each miscarriage as an “angel baby.” I guess whatever helps you cope, go for it, but personally I find that incredibly macabre. Oh, you ain’t kiddin’! There was one woman who named her 4 week miscarriage Colin Michael! I wanted to ask her if she was sure Colin Michael wasn’t just her period. I forget how they make the emoticon of an angel or I’d show you and you’d vomit. ---
**Author:** ![MinniePurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/62 "2004-11-16T21:22:29Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > Oh, you ain’t kiddin’! There was one woman who named her 4 week miscarriage Colin Michael! I wanted to ask her if she was sure Colin Michael wasn’t just her period. > > I forget how they make the emoticon of an angel or I’d show you and you’d vomit. ^i^ They thing I always found horribly nauseating about the parenting boards was the cutesy mispellings of usernames and children’s names. “KieghleesMommie”, etc. Barf barf barf. Wafer-thin mint barf. The “mommie” thing really bugs me-- does no one know how to spell anymore? ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/63 "2004-11-16T21:29:43Z")
I’ve got to admit, the _soandso’smom/dad_ usernames don’t bug me at non-parenting boards, but for some reason, they just annoyed the hell out of me when I used to go to parenting boards. Maybe it was because, not only did I see “Susiesdad” as a usernamer, but I constantly had to read hijacks in interesting threads about how perfect Susie is (Just an example. Anybody named "Susiesdad, I wasn’t talking about you personally) I guess I really don’t have room to talk though, since I named myself after my whole freakin’ family. Peace- DESK( **D** avid. **E** mily. **S** arah. **K** risty) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/64 "2004-11-16T21:39:38Z")
We on this board are quick to pit poor parenting examples we find in the news. Stories of neglect, abuse, freakyness of all degrees. I don’t think it’s such a bad thing that people are proud of their kids. I suspect that pride keeps their kids from becoming the subjects of those new stories. I’m damn proud of my son. He’s got a great personality, and he’s a wonderful person. He’s the best part of my day usually. And I feel that my job as a parent is way more important than my job. I’ll forgive those folks their foibles. That said. Angel babies must die. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/65 "2004-11-16T22:07:59Z")
> [@MinniePurl](#): > > ^i^ My god. Whenever I see that thing, I don’t think “angel baby”, I think “[Trogdor](http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html)”. Though maybe ^s^ would be better. Or a consummate v. – the person who named herself after her addict. . . hobby. Yes, it’s a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/66 "2004-11-16T22:20:34Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Besides, **Bubba Dog** , we need somebody to counteract all those cats and kats! 🙂 Hey! ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/67 "2004-11-17T00:59:27Z")
People, people. Be careful what you say. Don’t forget the [Your Mom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) posts here, heck, even [My Mom Posts Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). [Your\_mom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) is a member here and you wouldn’t want to upset [yourmom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), who might be lurking about. Peace. Hi, [mom](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/68 "2004-11-17T01:28:22Z")
Know what slays me? No, Shirley, what slays you? The idiots who put a seventy five cent bumper sticker " My kid is an honor student at Fartknockle Elementary" on the back of a $35k+ car/SUV What a bunch of maroons. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/69 "2004-11-17T01:46:18Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > The idiots who put a seventy five cent bumper sticker " My kid is an honor student at Fartknockle Elementary" on the back of a $35k+ car/SUV. There’s a school near me that hands those out, and then gives out little square ones that say “And again!” that you’re supposed to put on next to the first “My kid is an honor student at Fartknockle Elementary” sticker. I see a car on my way to work every day with a bunch of the little “And again!” stickers all across the back of her car. Gets a big old :rolleyes: from me. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/70 "2004-11-17T02:08:31Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > In Arab culture, it’s customary for men to take their eldest son’s name and incorporate it into their nickname. I’ve always thought that was pretty cool. > > Therefore, when my first child is born this February (God willing) I may very well change my username to **Abu [baby’s name]**, OP be damned. Hey-congratulations! Don’t forget the Christian boards, where you get names like, “HisGrace”, “BlestbyHim”, “HisLovingServant.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/71 "2004-11-17T02:29:48Z")
If my kids never make the honor roll just like MOM and Dad! Whooooo! I will put a window sign in my car to read: **My kid may not be an honor student, but at least I didn’t ruin my paint job! You Moran!** ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/72 "2004-11-17T02:37:47Z")
First…angel babies. I’d rather see ^i^ anytime than _animated smilies with wings_ in sigs. Second…“beans”. Have the others of you in angel-baby-land run into these in sigs? These are the pre-“angel babies” – embryos that didn’t implant. If you want to believe that your “beans” are watching down on you from heaven, waiting for you to join them, ok…but it probably doesn’t need to be in every message you post. Third…and circling back to the OP. I really don’t care if you make your username **so-and-so’s-mom** on this board or on parenting boards. However, I do think it’s an _unbelievably_ obnoxious thing to do on infertility boards. Fourth…just because it needs to be pitted somewhere. I present to you the most eye-popping development in message board signatures…the [Menstrual Cycle Graphical Ticker](http://www.lilypie.com/trying_to_conceive.php)! Be sure you scroll down to the example where it lists the days until ovulation. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/73 "2004-11-17T03:35:54Z")
:eek: Lilly, that is possibly the scariest thing I’ve seen. And it should be on every teenage girls T-shirt, like a news ticker. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/74 "2004-11-17T03:42:17Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > :eek: > Lilly, that is possibly the scariest thing I’ve seen. And it should be on every teenage girls T-shirt, like a news ticker. Heh, I’ve been sorely tempted to mail it to one of my ex-gfs, who’ll be needing to worry about that after she squeezes a pup out some time in the spring. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/75 "2004-11-17T04:13:17Z")
I wonder if some people call their abortions Angel Babies. Just to sneak a little bit of extra coolness into their sigs. Whenever I see those “my kid is an honor student” bumperstickers I always get a suspicious feeling like maybe the person driving doesn’t even have kids and just got the sticker to be ironic, like those American Eagle Tshirts for pizza parlours that don’t exist. You know, just to be kitchey. Also, I usually figure when someone calls themselves something like “Tyler’sMom” it means that Tyler is someone very popular who posts on the boards and his mom is trying to ride the coat tails of his popularity, and that if I haven’t heard of him it’s just because I’m such a newbie. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/76 "2004-11-17T05:17:30Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > My kid may not be an honor student, but at least I didn’t ruin my paint job! You Mor **a** n! ha Worse than the “honor student” ones are the ones that say “My dropout beat up your honor student.” They’re trite and stupid and they annoy me. And they are always either on twenty-year-old station wagons whose exhaust pipes are held on with coathangers, or on ratty old pickups with camper shells. And they’re sold at Hot Topic for crying out loud. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/77 "2004-11-17T13:41:07Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I for one, welcome our new baby overlords. They’re so cuuuuuuute! I like that. 🙂 When I first finally finally caught that blasted egg, let it get inseminated, and was certain it had started eating its way through the juicy yummies I’d lined its trap with, I gave some thought to the phenomena … some people do derive their entire identies on being Mrs Puggle Pants or Mom of Genius Gal. Some of them just aren’t creative with their user names. Between Alaska, Tananda and Bubba, I was pretty boring myself for a while. But now I’ve started up online again, and wha’d I do? I’m \*\*\*\*\*mom. Because what I am and what I’m doing now has been revived by the recent &#@#\*@() election and my perspective has changed a bit now that the little tapeworm is here - and I couldn’t think of any other vaguely creative name. I’ve been a “mom” of one sort or another to legions of people hwo needed a shoulder to cry on, someone to talk to, etc. So it fits. Kinda. But it works. As for the momy mommiee phenom … maybe there are six Kaylieghs out there so you need Kaylieghs\_mom Kayleighs\_mommy and Kayleighs\_mommeiieee. Prolly won’t do the bumpersticker thing because I’m a bit leery of my vehicle being too identifiable, but if I do, I’ll stock up on the goo-gone to get it off and my bumper looking like new again. As for the obsession with tickers and cycles and everything else - been there, done that, designed a teeshirt. When your body is completely going bananas and you can’t figure out why you aren’t getting pregnant, then lump in all the insanity that is hormone-shot induced … some of us never come back from that obsession.Not sure how it hurts you - a lot of places you can turn off viewing other people’s signatures. For them, it’s a handy place to keep it when you barge in on a new section of a board to ask a fertility/development question. But I do like the menstrual charting - intend to teach it to my teenagers as a daily bit of their lives keeping an eye on everything - not as a method of birth control yet. Temping and charting is a bit better left to longer term monagamous relationships. If only I’d had this information when I was young, I would have been able to pinpoint my female and fertilty problems over a decade ago and saved myself a lot of money on uneccessary birth control methods. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/78 "2004-11-17T13:45:12Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > – the person who named herself after her addict. . . hobby. Yes, it’s a hobby. Don’t feel bad. I’m thinking I might change my name to Knitty von Knitstein. In real life. End of hijack. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/79 "2004-11-17T18:51:08Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > – the person who named herself after her addict. . . hobby. Yes, it’s a hobby. I like your username. I think it’s clever without being cutsey. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967/80 "2004-11-17T19:23:11Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > First…angel babies. I’d rather see ^i^ anytime than _animated smilies with wings_ in sigs. > > Second…“beans”. Have the others of you in angel-baby-land run into these in sigs? These are the pre-“angel babies” – embryos that didn’t implant. If you want to believe that your “beans” are watching down on you from heaven, waiting for you to join them, ok…but it probably doesn’t need to be in every message you post. Are you fucking kidding me? That’s sick. I’ll tell you, I went through the whole infertility thing. It took me 18 mos. and some pills to get my son. I had a second trimester miscarriage after that - I never called it an angel baby though. Then I did the injectibles and intrauterine insemination three times (with no luck or much luck, depending on how you look at it) and I have never heard of beans before. Beans, indeed! How would you even know? Are these women who’ve all had failed in vitro or do they just know fertilization took place? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-nobody-till-youre-somebodys-mommy/274967.md?page=5)