I don't get it/we get it?

AllAboutTheBenjamin · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:996b09fb-03ee-4d40-843c-aa35cc5aaf66">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]OH No, adamar! I let my sister cut my bangs once when we were kids. She did it when my hair was wet and cut them super short so when they dried, they stuck straight up.
Posted by ILoveMilkDuds[/QUOTE]

When she was little, one of my sisters was cutting flowers for my mom one day and when she gave the bouquet to my mom, the bouquet also included several locks of curly blonde hair. Yeah, she was mortified.

allisong23 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:b9b1f68e-2f5f-467e-bb22-5f0230ff0b2d">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : I think not, they just picked her as their pet project.
Posted by annakb8[/QUOTE]

Anna, your insensitivity never ceases to amaze me.

Steph0871 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:c717623d-ab82-4137-98ae-a68cf0d4b38b">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : Anna, your insensitivity never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

Is this sarcasm?

krizzo17 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : When she was little, one of my sisters was cutting flowers for my mom one day and when she gave the bouquet to my mom, the bouquet also included several locks of curly blonde hair. Yeah, she was mortified.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

This seriously made me laugh out loud :)

Blueyed228 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Your hair is gorgeous Blue! Anything shorter than shoulder length on me (and by shoulder length, I mean lays over my shoulders not just touches them) and I look ridiculous.
Posted by Girlie1030[/QUOTE]

Thanks, but it needs a few inches cut off and a serious color. Im going back to blonde. I seriously am hating the brown now.

annakb8 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : Anna, your insensitivity never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

<div>What? I think that this story is heartbreaking, and I understand why people on TB were touched by it. I was just answering Chelsea's question about whether or not Tripp's mom was a Bumpie.</div><div>
</div><div>ETA: Yeah, I think it's silly that they want to have some kind of internet vigil and send the link to the mom, but I understand why they are touched by her story. </div>

AllAboutTheBenjamin · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:cdbf5c86-582f-49d1-b14a-c7a2481021fe">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : That's what I meant, though. Alex Scott and Ryan White did something to be inspired by, as opposed to people being inspired because this baby had a disease. Inspired to do what, exactly? I think these situations can make us more grateful for what we have, or give us pause to reflect on how we live our lives, but sometimes I think people go a little far.
Posted by krizzo17[/QUOTE]

I don't think I was inspired but I was definitely humbled. That mom was amazing and I can't imagine what it had to have been like for her to watch her baby suffer like that. And the baby... omg.

maratea · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:b5c81eaa-5420-4d85-9042-01559187c860">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : ...how did he "inspire thousands"? Maybe his mom inspired people to be better moms, but I'm just not getting it. Unfortunately, kids die every day, and it's always sad. I just don't get how some of them become pop culture icons....
Posted by krizzo17[/QUOTE]
Um, I don't think they asked for this kind of attention. If anything, she's trying to raise awareness of EB. Most people have never heard of it. She might as well use her 15 minutes to get the word out about EB.

You should read her blog. It was one of the most heartfelt and touching thing I've ever read.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:6dd97535-7f46-4e6d-87ae-7244f512f751">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]...but it says that Tripp inspired thousands, not his mom.
Posted by krizzo17[/QUOTE]

Maybe because despite how miserable his existence was he could, I dunno, find things to smile about? Shiit.

specialk84 · January 2012

In sixth grade, I cut my bangs the night before school pictures were to be taken. My hair is curly (though not as curly as DJ's), and I cut them while they were wet and pulled taut.

They ended up looking like they were only an inch long, and my mother was so pissed. She'd whip out a print of it every time I wanted to do something to my hair and say, "Make good decisions. Think before you cut."

number55 · January 2012

I feel badly for the mom but I agree to a certain extent that people lose their children every day all over the world, from horrible diseases and just plain horrible circumstances. They just don't all have blogs about it. And yes, she was a single mom, dealing with horrible circumstances, and I feel for her and her horrible loss - losing a child is always difficult. But hundreds of thousands of women have lost children and never received any attention for it. And realistically, he didn't really do anything (the child). She did, but she did what we should expect any loving parent to do - love their child despite the circumstances that they face.

I have no idea why anyone would want to buy/send her a tree. I would think that donating money to research for his condition would be more in line with what the mother would want.

ricksang · January 2012

I guess because, according to the article, in spite of his excruciating pain, he was a playful, happy toddler and that people should be happy with their normal lives and stop complaining all the time about benign crap, IDK, LOL.

Nebb · January 2012

Maybe I'm a bad person but I don't even know what you guys are talking about (like the story behind it, I understand what it is). I don't know why but stuff like that is just never on my radar.

specialk84 · January 2012

I don't think Anna was being insensitive at all.

Blueyed228 · January 2012

I didnt know what EB was until just now.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In sixth grade, I cut my bangs the night before school pictures were to be taken. My hair is curly (though not as curly as DJ's), and I cut them while they were wet and pulled taut. They ended up looking like they were only an inch long, and my mother was so pissed. She'd whip out a print of it every time I wanted to do something to my hair and say, "Make good decisions. Think before you cut."
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]

One of my cousins cut her bangs the night before she was supposed to be a flower girl in a wedding. She cut them right to the scalp. She had a row of really short fuzz across her forehead.

krizzo17 · January 2012

Anyway, back to the original point, sending her a tree is probably a bad idea.

Nebb - I never heard of him before just now, either.

number55 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Maybe I'm a mad person but I don't even know what you guys are talking about (like the story behind it, I understand what it is). I don't know why but stuff like that is just never on my radar.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

<div>I only know about it because someone from here posted it on TK the other day and I read the blog. Otherwise I would have no idea about it. </div>

Blueyed228 · January 2012

I dont think there is anything weird about a bump board who has toddlers the same age as this boy, wanting to do something for the cause. I wouldnt call it a "pet project". They have kids the same age.

allisong23 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:19220910-e670-4095-baa8-8020a487fa71">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : What? I think that this story is heartbreaking, and I understand why people on TB were touched by it. I was just answering Chelsea's question about whether or not Tripp's mom was a Bumpie. ETA: Yeah, I think it's silly that they want to have some kind of internet vigil and send the link to the mom, but I understand why they are touched by her story.
Posted by annakb8[/QUOTE]

No, you said that it was a "pet project" of people on TB. Stop backtracking.

I think the tree thing and the moment of silence is ridiculous. But why anyone would think it is strange that TB posters, of all people, would be following the story and express grief over his death is assinine. It is a baby board, with mothers and mothers that have expereinced loss. The story is heartbreaking.

specialk84 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:a35fa492-458a-479c-b6bd-a93187040d4c">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]Maybe I'm a bad person but I don't even know what you guys are talking about (like the story behind it, I understand what it is). I don't know why but stuff like that is just never on my radar.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

<div>This is the first I've heard of it, too.</div>

Steph0871 · January 2012

Numbers/krizzo- I really hate that mentality.

YES. I get it. Someone else in the world is dying. Some other mom is grieving for her child. But, so is this mom. And she did something about it- she shared her story with the world, bringing attention to EB, showing that her son could survive all this shiit (he was basically allergic to life.)

So, because someone else out there might have it worse, this mom can't blog about it? wtf? She never set out (that I can tell) to be a 'pop culture icon'. good grief.

allisong23 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : This is the first I've heard of it, too.
Posted by specialk84[/QUOTE]

It probably wouldn't be if you don't hang out on TB or pregnancy boards.

LDYGTR13 · January 2012

I always thought "Pet Project" meant something akin to "more important to us/me than other people so I'm paying special attention to it" - which if that explanation is correct, would be right, correct? More important to the Bumpies because they have kids that age and what not?

But my definition is probably wrong.

annakb8 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_dont-itwe?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:bf438891-33f5-4940-a29b-deecd3c84cffPost:0677c32d-5a3b-4f79-a929-3c6513d1342b">Re: I don't get it/we get it?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I don't get it/we get it? : No, you said that it was a "pet project" of people on TB. Stop backtracking. I think the tree thing and the moment of silence is ridiculous. But why anyone would think it is strange that TB posters, of all people, would be following the story and express grief over his death is assinine. It is a baby board, with mothers and mothers that have expereinced loss. The story is heartbreaking.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

<div>Um, I agree with all of this. I didn't know the term "pet project" was so negative? The board as a whole seems to have taken this family up as their cause. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. It's a neutral statement. </div>

ErinG93 · January 2012

Nebb, I just had to google it. What a sad thing.

maratea · January 2012

I think TB posters' hearts were in the right place, but a tree?? I'm sure they are going to receive overwhelming amounts of food, flowers and plants. Send money or donate to the charities/organizations she talked about. A fucking tree?

number55 · January 2012

I am figuring that lots of the women on TB read a shitton of blogs about being moms. At least, this would be my guess based on the women on the H&F board on TN who all write and read a shitton of blogs about running/eating clean/yoga/etc... It doesn't surprise me that there is a lot of attention for it on TB. The same way one of the bloggers I follow has cancer and her blogger friends started a whole raffle/fundraiser to help raise money for her cancer drugs and they raised the 7k she needed. I think online communities are very close knit - be it healthy living blogger or moms on TB.

Steph0871 · January 2012

Also, I get it. LDY and SpecialK only post on SB to defend other "E regs".

Nebb · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Numbers/krizzo- I really hate that mentality. YES. I get it. Someone else in the world is dying. Some other mom is grieving for her child. But, so is this mom. And she did something about it- she shared her story with the world, bringing attention to EB, showing that her son could survive all this shiit (he was basically allergic to life.) So, because someone else out there might have it worse, this mom can't blog about it? wtf? She never set out (that I can tell) to be a 'pop culture icon'. good grief.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

Noone said it was wrong just that they didn't get how one story gets focus and thousands others don't.

(I took "chill" out, it didn't come off how I meant it and sounded rude)

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