Is this post on the right place?

[Anonymous]

Is this post on the right place? It has nothing to do with TTC or infertility - the OP said so enumerous times that she didn't react the way she did because she is suffering from secondary infertility. Anyways, that post is getting out of hand and disturbing the normal peace of TTC forum.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/36517.page

[jsteele]

I read the original post when it was first created and the original poster clearly indicated that she was struggling to conceive. As a result, I presumed her point of choosing that forum was because she might be more sensitive to a crying baby then others and expected that others in her situation might feel the same. I haven't read the thread since then. But, iif she claims that's not the case, I'm not sure it is the appropriate forum. However, "moving" the thread will still leave a link in the TTC forum, so there's not much advantage to doing that. Its probably best to just ignore the thread until it dies a natural death.

[Anonymous]

I just read the whole thread-Jeff, your honest opinion here-do you think that one poster is arguing back and forth with themselves or do you think it's two or more people arguing back and forth. I know it sounds crazy but sometimes I think this goes on here-am I paranoid?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I just read the whole thread-Jeff, your honest opinion here-do you think that one poster is arguing back and forth with themselves or do you think it's two or more people arguing back and forth. I know it sounds crazy but sometimes I think this goes on here-am I paranoid?

Argh. Now you forced me to read the entire thread. The thread is not sock puppetted if that is what you are wondering. Its a legitimate argument. In my opinion, the thread is a very good example of how multiple people can read the same thing, but understand it differently because they focus on different aspects. I read the original post as a sort of vent from someone whose fertility issues have heightened her appreciation of babies, causing her to react strongly to the sound of a crying baby. Others read the message primarily as a condemnation of another mother and, subsequently, questioned the original poster's right -- or even ability -- to make such a judgement. As a result of my reading, the posts attacking the OP seemed overly harsh. However, follow-up posts by the OP suggest that my reading was incorrect and she really was judging the other mother -- or at least the other mother's comforting techniques. As a result, the thread now seems to be a debate about how to comfort a crying baby. The irony of that is that everyone is an expert about how to comfort a crying baby until they are the one caught in public with an inconsolable crying baby.

[Anonymous]

I thought the same thing too-look, I'm actually writing a Wikpedia page for Sock Puppetting and thought I'd break away from the pack by actually doing some research-sue me. On the serious side, the thread got me thinking of how the sound of a baby's cry can evoke so many different emotions-curiousity, sadness, annoyance, joy, dread-images of a baby being pulled from a mother's womb and promptly spanked so they would cry, this being a good sign(or the lungs filling with air, I can't remember which). I can't think of a more controversial sound.

[Anonymous]

Christ that sounds ridiculous. I'm not going to read the thread. Just know that Amy had nothing to do with it. Nada. Zero. Zip.l

[Anonymous]

Am- if thats you, you should know that 22:00 was Jimmy-I have deep thoughts sometimes too y'know-Happy New Year!

[Anonymous]

Jimmy yes it's me. Haven't read the thread. It sounds obnoxious. But if you contributed I'll check it out. Let's do sushi in the new year!