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Gosh, Ivory...does that mean I should not find a way to casually mention how much money my husband and I made last year while at a cocktail party?? You are such a party pooper
Let's update the no-no conversation topics...
-religion
-politics
-salary
-IQ scores
You can mention those things all you want but don't be surprised when you're brushed off . Some things just dont' make for light conversation.
I can add not talking about my youngest daughter in front of other moms to that list. They don't want to hear your kid is a genius either
Moms are another topic. When my youngest was 1 she climbed to the top of the monkey bars at the park and was just standing there (standing on top holding on to nothing). One of the other moms started to panic and I was afraid if she upset my daughter she'd fall so, just to reassure her, I told her that my daughter had been climbing and walking since she was 9 months old (meaning to reassure her that she had good balance and wasn't going to fall). She shouted "Well, my daughter walked at 8 months and stomped off My daughter climbed down on her own. She was my monkey child. One of her first words was "Stuck", as in she was stuck
Yeah, add anything your kid does early to that list too. Some things just aren't topics for social gatherings. They bring out the worst in people.
I don't talk about education, income or my daughter's abilities. I can't even talk about my other daughter's struggles. There's sure to be a mom there with a kid worse off than mine. It appears to be a competition no matter what your kid does.
Oh, believe me, I know about the kids topics...truthfully, there are times when I find someone talking about their children being gifted as tacky but it usually comes from the same people I know who have kids that have the same personality traits as a serial killer My children are also in the accelerated/gifted classes blah, blah, blah, but that never comes up because people do not like to hear it and it is just not that fun to talk about!
My SIL brags incessantly about her son being on the travel soccer team and last year he did not make the team...everyone knew he did not make the cut but she told everyone he decided not to play that season
I am going to try to find the post by CPG...you will cry from laughter
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Originally Posted by Ivorytickler
You can mention those things all you want but don't be surprised when you're brushed off . Some things just dont' make for light conversation.
I can add not talking about my youngest daughter in front of other moms to that list. They don't want to hear your kid is a genius either
Moms are another topic. When my youngest was 1 she climbed to the top of the monkey bars at the park and was just standing there (standing on top holding on to nothing). One of the other moms started to panic and I was afraid if she upset my daughter she'd fall so, just to reassure her, I told her that my daughter had been climbing and walking since she was 9 months old (meaning to reassure her that she had good balance and wasn't going to fall). She shouted "Well, my daughter walked at 8 months and stomped off My daughter climbed down on her own. She was my monkey child. One of her first words was "Stuck", as in she was stuck
Yeah, add anything your kid does early to that list too. Some things just aren't topics for social gatherings. They bring out the worst in people.
I don't talk about education, income or my daughter's abilities. I can't even talk about my other daughter's struggles. There's sure to be a mom there with a kid worse off than mine. It appears to be a competition no matter what your kid does.
What I perceive here is that you have used indirect wording in an attempt to insult me so that you can later claim that your statements were not personal attacks. I can see right through that. I know that the intention to insult was there.
Do you really believe that it is socially acceptable and ethically justifiable to say all of the following things simply because I mentioned my intelligence level:
A. Insinuate that I cannot cope with stress.
B. Claim that I am so boring as to be totally intolerable to others.
C. Tell me that I am out of touch with reality.
D. Tell me that I am no fun.
E. Call me arrogant.
F. Accuse me of being a fringe religious nut.
G. Question my very humanity with a statement about how I seem robotic.
H. Are you really sure that it is morally okay to suggest to a person that they should consider suicide to be an option in the event that they are so boring that others don't value their company?
Do you seriously believe that it is ethically okay to tell ANYONE that they should consider SUICIDE to be an option???
JeepGirl118, that was wrong.
It wasn't just wrong. It was VERY wrong.
Statements that encourage others to consider suicide as an option have been known to result in the DEATH of sensitive individuals. If you said that to someone with a mental disorder for instance, and they were to kill themselves, YOU could end up being investigated for that! Even if you were not convicted, the media would surely have a field day. Your face would be all over the internet - you would forever be known as the girl who caused a death. Would your customers still buy from you then?
What would become of you?
I am doubting your intelligence and you are way too hyper-sensitive. Ease up, relax, breathe, for once.
Laments terms in regard to the "razor." It's a statement similar to, "I'd rather eat a gun rather than be stuck listening to a brainiac that feels above all."
Don't even go there shaking your finger at me about suicide when you read the whole entire sentence wrong to begin with.
FYI. . . I will state my opinions without worrying about stepping on your toes. Yes, I called you boring, repetitive, and dulldrum. That about sums it up. Welcome to CD.
Can we all please get along and be best friends please?
P.S. Bragging is annoying.
It will vary as to what is bragging. If someone posts about their kids, it could be bragging to someone who has wanted them too. It just all all in the view of the reader.
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. Some things just dont' make for light conversation. 
