This thing is going too be so 'tricky'

[Mom2Brendan]

The things that came today are not supposed to come til Brendan is in School but then the lady 'showed up with the package of unwrapped things that he's not supposed to 'see until Christmas Morning ! So he goes Why can't I open it ? Are you opening it ?  I go it's a Secret that I can't even open it so hopefully the next one won't show til sometime during school time next week.

[meemee]

mama i am confused here too.

what is the point of this post? it reads like a facebook update. 

it is not a conversation starter. 

what kind of responses were you looking for?

apart from 'sure i hope not'. but that is so obvious its not a response at all. 

[deuxceleste]

Was there a prior post in another thread that we missed?

[MamitaM]

Another confusing post from this mama. I don't really know how to answer either,sorry, Just tell your son that Santas Elves dropped things off early b/c Santa will be very busy Christmas eve maybe.

[crystalface]

Christmas presents, yes? I agree with the Santa/Elves idea.

Why haven't you fired this horrendous woman?

[MamitaM]

I'm confused by this poster. In one thread she complained about a taxi service in NYC,saying she was frequent user of their service and then in another thread she says she does not live in NYC. So why is she taking the NYC taxis on a regular basis?

[crystalface]

Originally Posted by MamitaM 

I'm confused by this poster. In one thread she complained about a taxi service in NYC,saying she was frequent user of their service and then in another thread she says she does not live in NYC. So why is she taking the NYC taxis on a regular basis?

Uhhh... I thought she did live in NYC?

Either way, its confusing...
 

[MamitaM]

There was a very confusing post before by her where she complained about the woman doing cleaning for her,one person thought she lived in NYC and that maybe English was her 2nd language. She said no it wasn't and that she did not live in NYC. I checked another thread she started and she said she lived in NYC. So I have no idea where she lives or what she's trying to explain.

[laohaire]

Some of the responses to this thread bothered me.

I really enjoy MDC because it feels like a community to me - we are a group of women who value attachment parenting at some level, and I really enjoyed how inclusive of people with similar values it felt. I feel pretty safe here. This mama should fit in fine, yet she's been picked on for her writing. Oh, I'm no angel, I get cranky about bad spelling or grammar (and I was an English major) - but I know I live in a glass house so there's nothing to say. It's fine to ask for clarification (and some here have done just that) but some of these posts are bordering on mean, because some comments are not at all helpful.

Obviously this mama is not trying to be obtuse, she's doing her best. I fear she will feel excluded from the community and leave. Which is really too bad, because I'm sure a single mama could use all the support she can get. Any mama, really. Asking for clarification is potentially helpful. But just picking on her is not, it will not lead her to be able to write better, it will just serve to make her feel excluded. Just like we were some middle school girls or something.

I've been on MDC for 5 years, and believe me, I have more than one "thread dud" under my belt (threads I've started but nobody replied to). It happens. You don't have to reply and tell the person their thread was pointless. Just don't reply and let the thread die a natural death - like you all did my own thread duds (thank you). I happen to agree this is a thread dud, but I didn't plan to post. Any more than an aunt of a 12 year old should tell her neice that she hates her artwork. There's just nothing helpful about that.

And, on the taxi thread at least, she didn't say she lived in NYC. I could be wrong but she *might* live in New York - but NY is a big state and NYC is only a little part of it.

[laohaire]

I obviously have too much time on my hands, but wanted to put the whole NYC thing to rest. I've looked through her posts. She doesn't live in NYC. She doesn't even live in New York State. What people are remembering is another poster who provided a NYC link and mentioned it's for NYC but she can use it as a jumping off point to find her own area. She is not confusing anyone on this point.

[MamitaM]

I must have misunderstood about NYC and NY then,sorry.

[pupsnelda]

Sorry, but people are confused and are asking for clarifications. That is not mean. How are you supposed to have some sort of dialogue if you refer to the points the OP writes and ask questions but never get proper answers back?