Anybody join due date groups on Facebook? These women are something...

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I'm on wedding bee and the Facebook groups are fantastic. Small, intimate, educated, suburban-urban, mostly liberal, international women in their 30s.

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Anonymous wrote:The mommy wars and mom shaming start early, OP. Check your judgement of these women, because soon you will be on the receiving end of it, on every choice you make about your birth, your parenting, how your child is fed, if you work or don’t work, and more.

OP here. In my post I mentioned that this is my 3rd. I'm well aware how this stuff works. But thanks. And yes I'm judging the women who are smoking pot while pregnant, clearly don't have the resources be having another child, have no common sense whatsoever etc... For example, for my last point a woman was posting that she was declining all ultrasounds because "she doesn't want to radiate the baby". Or another one who is refusing NIPT testing for fear of miscarriage. I mean, these aren't parenting differences they are simply just examples of stupidity.

And what exactly does judgement do for you, OP? Does it make you feel superior? Does it make you feel better than someone else? Does it make you feel smug and privileged? Does it make you feel smart, because all those women are “so dumb”? Does it make you feel like a lion, basking in your glory above the sheep? Why exactly DID you start a nasty judgement thread about other moms? I think it says much more about you, than it does them.

Cool. Go make your own topic about how 19 year old Madisyn from Georgia is such a good mom and you’ve learned so much from her and even donated to her GoFundMe for Christmas presents for her 25 year old boyfriend’s 2 kids!

I hope you realize how classist, racist, ageist, and lacking in compassion you sound. Not everyone was born with a silver spoon in their mouth, the good fortune to have access to education, or the privileges of being an affluent, married, educated, working professional woman. Having worked and volunteered across the country with plenty of folks with low income and who live in poverty, I can assure you that most people do the best they can with the resources they have been given.

For your children’s sake, I hope you raise them to have empathy and compassion for others and to be aware of their privilege and not lord it over others.

Op here. Just to be clear the most recent comment you are replying to wasn't me. But regardless, what I have the biggest problem with is their lack of interest in at least educating themselves using google about how an ultrasound does not "radiate their baby" or that an NIPT test won't cause a miscarriage because it's literally a blood test. They just don't even seem to care. And they are posting in a Facebook group so it's not like they lack access to the internet.

Also racist? You are clearly the one who fits that category as I never mentioned one thing about race and it's clear you are making the assumption that I'm white. I'm not.

Plus these are the mothers who become anti-vaxxers. Lack education.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like babycenter! That place is insane and makes me worry for the next generation. No one is married, no one works (sah girlfriends?), and they have too many kids.

I was with you and then the "nobody is married," as is the case for half of children so BFD. I'm not married, but my kid has a normal name, his parents love each other. I don't understand why you spend time on babycenter if its so awful for you.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm on wedding bee and the Facebook groups are fantastic. Small, intimate, educated, suburban-urban, mostly liberal, international women in their 30s.

That’s where mine originated as well. I love both of my groups. Non judgy, normal late 20s-early 40s moms with good advice and easy to vent to and support.

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Anonymous wrote:My cousin just named her son Cashton. I can’t even.

Mine named her son Cash. Which I thought was pretty bad, but I think Cashton is worse.

She actually named her son Cash??? That is awful.

[Anonymous]

How do you find a due date group on Facebook? That seems helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you find a due date group on Facebook? That seems helpful.

Search for "October, 2019 due dates" or "November, 2019 babies" etc...