| | I don't like it, but I figure that's what the ignore button is for. LIZ+5 
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| | I still come here for the bargains...and leave when there aren't any. I do get caught up in a thread here or there. I too love the true debates/discussions. I love to discuss issues when the discussions are civil and worthwhile. Some of what goes on here lately, I could do without, but then I just skip on over it. But if I am ever bored (which is never with my two little ones!), I know where I can get some free entertainment?? Anyway, as with all parenting crises, it's a phase, and it too shall pass. Marla D'Angela ^i^ 9-14-2000 Anastasia 4-12-2003 Eliana 3-4-2005 | |
| | I think the scandals like the exploding Hummer and the fake mansion are hillarious, but I HATE the turf wars and the fighting between spin off boards. It's obnoxious. | |
| | I agree with Wendy. I think it's funny when a faker gets outed for the first time....but when they keep coming back and kicking the dead horse it gets old. The turf wars are really old too. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the middle of West Side Story....
In fact...if I were one of those filthy rich people with more money than I knew what to do with (and no morals to give it all away to starving children) I would totally write my own WSS spoof with BB plot, hire a production company and make a viral video of it.
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| | turf wars . .hehe I'm reminded of "The West Side Story" or perhaps "The Outsiders". Aww . .those were great!!  All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. | |
| | For me, the payoff is about 1400 readers a day and between 2000-3000 page hits. Which equals being nominated for the bloggies. Which equals my blog being a more fun place. Which equals me making more friends and having a good time online. Which equals cool companies like Too Timid wanting to send me a free box of products every month. Which all equals making more money from ads which helps support/justify/validate my internet addiction. Not a bad deal for me.
And really...I've been around for like 3 or 4 threads this weekend? One of which was all about me and a few others that the joke spilled over onto. Definitely not taking over the board, although I'm flattered to be considered an obsession and to be annoying so many with short attention spans...
I'm one of those "any publicity is good publicity" types, so carry on.
To answer the original question, I love the unintentional drama. I do not love the board wars or mean people.
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| | While my 'payoff' question wasn't directed towards anyone in particular, I appreciate the reply. Obviously, in Ashley's case, she does appear to have a tangible payoff so more power to her!  All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. | |
| | LOL...what bargain hunter would turn down monthly boxes of free adult products? See why I'm obnoxious now?  | |
| | I guess I don't understand why TooTimid would send you products? What do they have to gain by it? Just wondering. | |
| | Ashley- I see no problem with your thread, talking about your blog etc. Honestly most of it isn't even you being obnoxious and doing the whole "Ashley, Ashely" thing so don't flatter yourself 
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| | Dawn, I AM OBNOXIOUS. I AM. Clean Queen, they invited me to be on their product review team after the Photowow thing because they like my writing style and because I had done a blog entry about their freebie products in the past and gotten them some good traffic. As an added bonus to them, I talk about the really good stuff on my blog and I have made several hundred dollars in sales for them from that alone. On my site, I will only promote my favorite things that aren't over the top pervy, so that my blog doesn't become one big tootimid ad. They are definitely benefitting, but I think I am benefitting more...beneffited just last night as a matter a fact | |
| | Your poor children. That's all I have to say. Wow! | |
| | I've completely missed the turf wars. I like some of the drama threads that become more humorous than mean. Usually they end up with everyone joking around with eachother and the original topic has very little to do with it. All of the pictures of the kitties are pretty funny. Are those meant to be an inside joke? Would a newbie get the smack down for posting kitty pics? LOL I have NO idea who the "Hoffs" and "Ranters" are though. I guess those are the ones waging the turf wars? | |
| | I am busy this morning so I have not read all of the posts, but I likey to read the drama. I normally do not get involved, I don't find it satisfying to have people angry/upset over something I say. I tiptoe on this board because I also do not want anyone saying something ugly to me/about me. I'm just like that (I'm like that IRL too). Total peacekeeper. It annoys me about myself sometimes. I'm fairly new here, so I usually just sit back and read it. It tickles me.
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| | Hello dearie! How's things? (PS I am just like you about staying uninvolved,but oh I do love to read about it!) | |
| | LMAO...why "my poor children"? What a bargain board thing to say.
What would the problem be? Their mother's healthy sex life? Her ability to make new friendships and enjoy the company of other women? The stress relief she gets by utilizing the writing skills she enjoys having? The fact that she can laugh at herself (and others)?
Call CPS...there is a confident, happy mother out there somewhere. I'd rather have a good sense of humor than a clean house, but maybe that's just me.
Seriously, if you feel so sorry for them...you can have them. At least the little one. I just caught him hiding a stapler beneath his shirt, on his way to stash it in his room.
Forget the kids, poor me. Thank God I have my blog and the bargain board.
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| | Darlin', I think you and I are kindred spirits in this way--- we don't want peeps mad at us  Things are finetastic here. Just worn out from the long weekend at home with whiney girlfriends. I was up with the sun this morning, excited to come to work. That's how I roll. Holly | |
| | LOL - sorry, not cleaning all day. Nope, spending quality time with my kids. Which, it is apparent that after spending all of your time creating drama here, your blog, and your sex toys you do not have much time for your kids. That's why I feel sorry for them. | |
| | Just for funny:  moar funny pictures Holly |
| | wow, just wow! I keep the staplers and anything else that would be a "no no" put up. fka tofurkey SAHM***DS 5/05***DD 7/07 | |
| | "If you're going to be a turd, go lay in the yard" Holly I love that quote! | |
| | so typical of ANY thread! ROFL . .see . .post a thread about drama and . ..ta da . .here it comes! hehehe All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. | |
| | LOL...well you sure do SEEM happy an well adjusted. I'm actually a really good multi tasker. I do work just about full time as a children's photographer so I have to be on the computer for work anyway and I often pop here and there as I'm waiting for stuff to load. My oldest goes to pre-k 3 days a week and my youngest still naps twice a day. They both go to bed 7:30-8:00ish. There are 24 whole hours in the day and I stay up until about 2:00am-3:00am. If you took the time to read anything about me before judging me, you'd know that I do all kinds of awesome stuff with my kids. Valentine's parties, active in our playgroup, Tumble time, Library time, lots of outside time on our 3 acres, crafts, cupcakes/cookies. I mainly do it to show up the other moms, but they benefit too. You can still "rescue" them if you want. Surely, with your happy, well adjusted, positive and friendly attitude, you'd make a much better mother than I do. | |
| | Tofu...you're obviously smarter than me and a better mother. Perhaps you could help The Clean Queen raise my heathens.
The stapler was safe on the back corner of Mr. Ashley's desk yesterday...today little kid figured out that he could stand on the chair and reach over. The kid is a genius, I tell you.
Either you've never had a toddler, or you've never had a toddler like mine. He is quick, sneaky and baby gates and locks barely slow him down.
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| | That turd comment has been my favorite for at least a month. I love it. I think CPS should take your kids away Ashley. I mean...with all that sex you must be having (in your house of staplers) you're going to be knocked up again. And again and again. Because I know how careless you are. Soon you'll be another Duggar, minus the Christianity, and no way will you make it then. You're headed down a long road with that nasty sex addiction. Sasha, I'm emailing you for that spreadsheet! | |
| | Yikes! This thread took an unforeseeable turn. I'm going to hide out with my IRL friends, Oh wait...I don't have any Tracy Formerly Known as "Steven'sMamma!" | |
| | yep, I have a toddler...you can see that in my signature. He is very creative as well, thanks for asking! He uses all kinds of stuff to give him a few extra inches so that is why I know to put things out of reach that might be harmful to him. Now you know though so hopefully you will put things like that out of reach. I watch him too so I know what he is up to. fka tofurkey SAHM***DS 5/05***DD 7/07 | |
| | All of the pictures of the kitties are pretty funny. Are those meant to be an inside joke? Perhaps the kitty posters were inspired by all the cat fights on the board. | |
| | I like the drama. I try to follow it. It's way more fun when you can see it coming...then the S*** hits the fan.. Don't like the personal attacks, that's different.. What I can not stand is what it turns into .. "I missed it..fill me in...email me..." 6 pages full.. That's what ruins it for me. ~*Jennifer*~ 
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| | think CPS should take your kids away Ashley. I mean...with all that sex you must be having (in your house of staplers) you're going to be knocked up again. And again and again. Because I know how careless you are. Soon you'll be another Duggar, minus the Christianity, and no way will you make it then. You're headed down a long road with that nasty sex addiction. Could you imagine a temple full of little Ashleys?! She surely wouln't have to worry about Leo's mom anymore! Erin, Mommy to Isaiah 2.3.04 Michael 6.9.05 "Mothers are all slightly insane." ~ J.D. Salinger Some people are like slinkies; not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs!
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| | I love all the moms that are perfect with perfect children who can keep an eye on their kids 24/7. Their kids never get in trouble or get into things they shouldn't. Maybe they should start a thread to show all us heathen moms how to be more diligent.
Kristin - Mom to three 3 and under Kadin- July 6, 2007 Audrey- August 13, 2005 Austin- March 27, 2004  | |
| | Celia came in here with Sweet N Sour sauce because she "haz to have CHINA food for ma bebes!!!!"
My first kid never got into a thing. It's a personality thing. Your kid gets into stuff, or they don't. If they do, you get a blog to keep your sanity.
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| | I think it's funny most of the time. The personal attacks and stuff is uncalled for. Most of the time it's just obvious that there are too many SAHM's with too much time on their hands. | |
| | The turd comment came right from my DH's mouth. Feel free to use it as needed. Make it yours. Holly | |
| | I'm usually a lurker but I will say that the drama these days is a bit ho-hum. I totally miss the old days of SwoozieQ and the waaahmbulance, Anna (warehousemonkey - I *hearted* her posts) and the good old Anna/Zen war. Now THAT was some drama. Good times. Good times. Maggie Alyssa 9/13/02 Colin 7/28/05 | |
| | TAKE MY KIDS....PLEASE!!!
If I were to get pregnant again, I'd have to track down Clean or Tofu and leave the baby on their stapler-ess door steps. I'm too busy playing with sex toys and starting threads about myself online to even deal with the two I have now.
The turd thing is my very favorite phrase on all of BBC and I'm warning you now that I will use it on my blog at some point. Probably soon. I'll try to give you credit.
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| |  Well don't I feel like an airhead now LOL
DUH! CATFIGHTS=Kitty pictures. Thanks for being my brains today!  | |
| | Yikes! This thread took an unforeseeable turn. I'm going to hide out with my IRL friends, Oh wait...I don't have any I copy that.. ~*Jennifer*~
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| | oh boy...here we go...degrading the SAHM's....yep, we do nothing all day long. I'm glad you are getting paid to sit on the computer all day at your job! fka tofurkey SAHM***DS 5/05***DD 7/07 | |
| | I almost told DH the turd thing yesterday....but instead I told him next time he had the stomach flu I was going to bring a big plate of pickles, olives and raw meat into the room and make wretching sounds. He was facetiously picking at me, when I'm STILL having Lexapro withdrawal. Nasty man.
But then he looked like he was going to cry so I decided I'd probably never do that. Oh who am I kidding. He gets sick and I baby him to no end.
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| | Nope, not perfect and definitely do not claim to be. My kids aren't perect either. I just don't understand how people can have like this alter-ego online personality and then turn around and be a perfectly normal person/mom/wife. How can you make the switch like that? Just curious!!! | |
| | I like a good debate, even a little bit of non specific poking fun, but when people start digging into posters personal life, hacking into their photobucket accounts and photoshoping rude and lude things of their children, I think it becomes out of control... | |
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| | Sigh, Ashley Love! You don't have to worry about getting pregnant! Honey, sex toys can't get you pregnant!!! As for me, I don't have a stapler in my house, but when my oldest was two, I learned that superglue is NON TOXIC!!! Is it bad to laugh that she once superglued her mouth shut? (though, it was terrifying at the moment!) 
Formerly Known As SunGoddessMommy | |
| | well come on..."ashley" knew posting the stapler thing would get a few ladies going...she knew what she was doing. fka tofurkey SAHM***DS 5/05***DD 7/07 | |
| LOL Holly. Your DH's quote is currently gracing a place of honor on my computer desk. He should copyright it or something because it will end up as t-shirts and bumber stickers before too long. | |
| | The turd thing is my very favorite phrase on all of BBC and I'm warning you now that I will use it on my blog at some point. Probably soon. I'll try to give you credit. Glad you love it.... DH does not even know that I stole his words for all of BBC to love. He also loves telling me that he's going to "Go take a Holly and wipe his Maxwell." (that's my maiden name there). I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be an insult, but every time he says it I laugh outloud. And I pee my pants a little bit. Holly | |
| | Well, i was planning to post and say I could take it or leave it (the *drama*, that is). But the insults/attacks on this thread are the type that renew my love for the ignore button. Holly, just want to third, or fourth that I love that quote as well. | |
| | I'm usually a lurker but I will say that the drama these days is a bit ho-hum. I totally miss the old days of SwoozieQ and the waaahmbulance, Anna (warehousemonkey - I *hearted* her posts) and the good old Anna/Zen war. Now THAT was some drama. Good times. Good times. OMG I was just thinking that..no wonder I have no friends IRL ~*Jennifer*~
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| | What? You mean that young children aren't supposed to play with staplers? How are they supposed to make crafts? Oh my gosh - don't tell me that scissors are dangerous too! My 3 year-old has been cutting for nearly 2 years. Better call CPS. Sharon
Mom to 2 girls, March '03 & November '04 | |
| | Well don't I feel like an airhead now LOL DUH! CATFIGHTS=Kitty pictures. Thanks for being my brains today! Oh, it was just an uneducated guess on my part. Still... there is a feline connection between the two. I'll try not to think so deep next time. lol | |
| | Nooooo, we're degrading holier than thou moms.
I'm a SAHM, and my kid still manages to get into a lot of crap.
And uh....Ashley has one kid in preschool just a few times a week. So i think that makes her a WAHM. So she works, with her kids around.
But one day they sex toy pyramid scheme will pay off and she'll be able to afford a nanny to watch her grossly unsupervised kids. To really, soy girl, for the benefit of her children yout ought to be SUPPORTING Ashley here. In her own sick way, she's trying to help her neglected children.
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| | CPS should definitely get called on me. Reese manages to get into things that no child in history has ever managed to do. I should totally offer her services to the FBI because girlie is a mini houdini/magician at the age of 2 and that must be some kind of record. The best mom in the world couldn't control my kid. Oh, and Ms. Maxwello. you are famous! And I can say I knew you when (1st grade to be exact, in your little blue Hawaiian shirt with a comb in your back pocket!) | |
| | Sharon - We might be able to excuse your recklessly allowing your children to play with scissors and staplers, if you can testify that they have never played with GLUE! That stuff is TOXIC! And may cause you to have to sue some glue corporation when it gets stuck on thier hair and creates mystery bald spots.
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| | Since when are staplers a life threatening hazzard? I only have so many high cabinets to hide cleaners, medicine, knives and sex toys. Maybe PP would like to take my kids too since I am such a careless mother. *eye roll* I like the drama until it gets personal or reference boards other than this one. I love it when someone gets their panties in a wad over nothing (see stapler discussion above). Makes me giggle. I also love the drama when I am sick and can't do much else, like I have been the last three days. (Thank gawd I got my house clean before it hit.) Someone once said a million monkeys using a million keyboards could reproduce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Thanks to MySpace, we now know that to be entirely false. | |
| | Sigh, Ashley Love! You don't have to worry about getting pregnant! Honey, sex toys can't get you pregnant!!! As for me, I don't have a stapler in my house, but when my oldest was two, I learned that superglue is NON TOXIC!!! Is it bad to laugh that she once superglued her mouth shut? (though, it was terrifying at the moment!)
Formerly Known As SunGoddessMommy | |
| | well come on..."ashley" knew posting the stapler thing would get a few ladies going...she knew what she was doing. fka tofurkey SAHM***DS 5/05***DD 7/07 | |
| | Oh heck - not glue too! I was liking the glue because it is easier to get out of their hair than the gum (sugar free mind you). Oh well, if none of their fun activities are safe, I guess I'll just have to let them go back outside and play by themselves. You'll have to forgive me for letting them run so wild - I'm a WOHM, you see, so evidently I'm allowed. Sharon
Mom to 2 girls, March '03 & November '04 | |
| | Hmm, is it bad now that I'm dreaming about my into everything toddler gluing my talk a lot ten year old's mouth shut.
Ah....a mother can only dream.
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| | I like some of the drama.I think its funny and interesting when someone gets caught in a lie.I like it when a troll starts a really funny thread. But i do not like it when people get mean or rude or extremely immature. And oh,I am so glad to finally find out what the whole Ramon thing was all about.I have hear dit referenced so many times. Elyse | |
| | Ahh, yes, I see. You're already allowing someone else to raise your kids...so you have to responsiblity for any glue, staples, or cuts they may get from crafting. Dang...you ought to just open a little kiddie scrapbook sweatshop over there.
sharon and anyone who doesn't know me...I'm totally joking by repeated the crap sentiments that have been spewed on this board. I've been a SAHM and a WOHM, neither is easy and I love them both.
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| | Windex is also fairly harmless . . .or so I've heard . . . Oh, and Tums too . . . acck . .the horror! All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. | |
| | I love it. The only thing I don't like is when regular posters get stalked or feel like they have to leave the board because things got too ugly. | |
| | Ok, so I can be a good mom here, I can leave out the super glue, Windex and Tums, but I have to hide the stapler? Man, I've been doing it wrong all these years. Someone once said a million monkeys using a million keyboards could reproduce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Thanks to MySpace, we now know that to be entirely false. | |
| | Rebecca - no worries - I totally know your joking. And I have nothin' but lurve for SAHM's. I got to stay home for a year with each of my babies and loved it, challenges & all. ETA: while we're talking about harmful things that are actually harmless, those little packets of silicone beads that they put in shoes and stuff (the ones that say DO NOT EAT all over them) are actually benign. I learned that one from poison control, after my then 10-month old got into one and ate the little beads. (While I was SAH on mat. leave). Sharon
Mom to 2 girls, March '03 & November '04
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