Dear You 2.0

Talk about anything under the sun or stars - but keep it civil. This is where we really get to know each other. Everyone is welcome, and invited!
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Noodle » Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:09 pm

Dear You and You,

I'm super excited to hear that you both got the gifts! We love you and you mean a lot to this community. This is the absolute least we could do for you.

Me

Dear All Of You,

I'm still here, lurking. Haven't posted in a while for some reasons I can't get into right now. Just know that I haven't left you again, I'll be back, hopefully soon.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Jayelle » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:55 am

Dear you two mommies,

I'm so excited you got your presents. It made me tear up a little just thinking about it, since it meant so much when you all did it for me. I hope you can put it to good use!

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby starlooker » Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:03 am

Dear Tigers,

Thank you for the wrist splint. Please tell your Daddy to stop buying me stuff like that right now when I say I don't need it, though. I know he says it was you, but we both know it was him. And we can't afford it. Hopefully we will soon.

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into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby starlooker » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:41 pm

Dear You,

Everywhere I go online now, there are advertisements for pink knitted boots. I blame you. :stoned:

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Petra456 » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:43 pm

Dear you (also),

Funny, Amazon keeps trying to sell me pink knitted boots.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby starlooker » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:31 am

Dear You,

You are starting to scare me. Knock it off.

Me
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Petra » Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:10 am

Dear you,

Don't act surprised that I'm freelancing. If you take a writer and make her answer your phones and run your schedule, she's going to look elsewhere for stuff to do.

That being said, I like it here. So stop worrying that I'm leaving. I'm just supplementing my life, financially and intellectually.

Regards,

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby VelvetElvis » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:46 am

Dear You,

You make me unhappy to be in the same place as you.
But I'm trying to overcome.
-Me


Dear Cookeville-area radio stations,

It's December. You aren't playing any Christmas music yet and this is a problem. TOE THE LINE.

-me

Dear you,

Drop the attitude or you'll see what a hard-ass I can be. You aren't experienced enough to be acting like this.

-me
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby VelvetElvis » Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:38 pm

Dear patients,

If one more of you seizes today, so help me I will lay a hurt on you so strong you won't be able to sit in a chair for six months.
Yay, I'm a llama again!

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Gravity Defier » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:22 am

Dear You,

You'll never see this but it's pretty much my standard response to things of this nature, by which I mean, it's what I say to people when I feel like they've returned to their "normal" selves after a stint of uncharacteristic behavior: There you are, Peter!

So, yes. There you are, indeed. I've missed you, even if you were there the whole time.

The crazy girl who has shouted "babe," "love", and "give the man a hug, he needs a hug" at you for years,
me



Dear You,

This feels like a very Carrie Bradshaw, very selfish thing to say but here it is anyway: You have to forgive me.

I need that from you. I am begging for that from you.

-Me
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Mich » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:10 am

Dear you,

Hook references make me squeal like a little girl in joy.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Eaquae Legit » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:36 pm

Dear England,

I knew you didn't get peanut butter, and I was depressed to encounter your interpretation of pizza. But your complete non-understanding of eggnog just takes the cake. It's as bad as your perogie ignorance!

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby zeroguy » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:56 pm

I knew you didn't get peanut butter
Everyone I've talked to from outside the US seems to hate peanut butter (haven't talked to Canadians about it; now I assume they get peanut butter ;). Trying to explain things like pb&js and reese's peanut butter cups just results in looks of disgust.
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby LilBee91 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:58 pm

But pb&j and Reese's are the best creations ever.

Who are these foreigners?
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby thoughtreader » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:03 am

Everyone I've talked to from outside the US seems to hate peanut butter (haven't talked to Canadians about it; now I assume they get peanut butter ;). Trying to explain things like pb&js and reese's peanut butter cups just results in looks of disgust.
When I went to Africa they made peanut butter soup... it was basically chicken soup (no noodles) with a few spoons on peanut butter added right at the end, I seemed really odd in principle but It was really good!

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby VelvetElvis » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:15 am

If it weren't for peanut butter I would have died long ago.
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Wind Swept » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:57 am

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Eaquae Legit » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:20 pm

Dear you,

I put something up on Nom's tumblr just for you. Also, I miss talking to you!

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Gravity Defier » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:43 pm

Baby Daddy-finger grabbing?!

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Petra » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:41 am

Dear You,

My bake sale on Monday raised $370 dollars. I coordinated the whole thing.

If your bocce tournament wasn't advertised or prepared for, whose fault is that? I don't care that you're a political appointee and I'm an intern. Stop talking down to me, and stop expecting me to do your work because you don't have a clue about anything.

Also, stop coming behind my desk without asking me, while I'm sitting here. It gives me the creeps. I don't come in your office without permission.


UPDATE: I'm sorry, but you did what?! You told my COWORKERS that you didn't think I knew what I was doing running a bocce tournament? This is YOUR tournament.

I am so furious I can't even speak.
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Petra456 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:22 pm

Dear You,

Thanks for the Christmas card!

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Brian » Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:42 am

Dear you,

I don,t know why it hurts. I knew what I was getting myself into but this "not being myself" thing is really f$%*ing me up.
Oh well, back behind my walls.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby starlooker » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:53 pm

Darling Pweb Family,

We bought our carseat using the gift card you sent. It's exactly what I wanted. Can I tell you how much it meant not to have to wonder how on earth we'd afford the cheapest model, but instead to be able to pick the one that seems safest? No, I don't think I can tell you how much that meant. Wish us well on the installation.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Luet » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:15 am

Yay! :thumbs: :love: :grouphug:
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Confessions » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:03 pm

Dear you,

Um. Oops? I guess? Didn't do it on purpose and now I can't fix it. So that's, you know, awesome.
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby thoughtreader » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:17 am

Dear Pweb,
Thank you so much for all the *hugs* and support you have given me these past 4 months and especially today.
it is going to be a hard day and knowing you all are thinking of us helps.
Teresa

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Gravity Defier » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:24 pm

Dear Yous,

Anyone interested in my Chicago adventures so far can PM me their email address if they want access to the blog (which I started years ago, so it's not meant to keep Pwebbers out because of crap months ago); I promise, I'll let anyone in who wants in and I only keep it locked because I don't want random strangers stumbling upon it. I won't have time to post the updates to more than one place and since I wanted something to house all them, from the very beginning, that place wins. Otherwise, I'll do smaller, less picture-y updates here after Friday.

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Dear You,

The difference between you and me is, I make my dreams come true and get what I want. If you must hate me, hate me for that.

Love,
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Dear You,

I think you thought that last confession of mine was for you but I was nervous to tell you it wasn't because I messed up last time...but, it wasn't. I love you, very much, and I sincerely, truly, really appreciate the way you're treating me. I don't deserve it but I promise I want to try to.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby megxers » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:59 pm

Dear you,

You literally inspire me. I hope you don't mind that I have stolen some of your techniques and planning ideas to make myself more accountable to my goals.

Sincerely,
Me
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby starlooker » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:49 pm

Dear Internet Sites and Natural Childbirth Books,

I kind of hate you all. You're so damned invested in making the case for why pitocin is evil, you completely fail to provide any useful wdvice for what to do if it's necessary, or any hope for having an otherwise med-free birth. In conclusion, f*** you and your scary stories and your condescension for anything not entirely med-free.

Damn hippies.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby thoughtreader » Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:17 am

Dear Mommy -to-be,
They really are bitches, stupid hippies.
You are going to be great but I really wish there were more resources out there for you.
Teresa

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Rei » Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:20 am

Dear you,

As I'm sure you are aware by now, the only information out there on childbirth and rearing is for ideal situations. For anyone and everyone who cannot have that ideal situation, there is nothing but condemnation and hatred, and nobody seems to realise that maybe sometimes people don't choose their situation. In my brief, one-time experience, though, things can turn out pretty dang okay.

So yeah. If they're actively opposed to being helpful, they're wrong and not worth the time of day.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby starlooker » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:00 am

Thanks, you guys.

The good thing is that I have found lots of individual stories about using pitocin without other meds. Those give me some hope and encouragement.

What makes me so angry are the way infotmational sites handle it. I have so many questions I think they COULD be helpful with. Are there particular protocols more conducive to an otherwise med-free birth? How much freedom is it reasonable to ask for from the monitor (and, thus, the bed? Etc. Non-natural birth sites obviously have no investment in helping, and natural sites are, frankly, too busy fear-mongering. Which, I am sure, is what they'd say my doctors are doing. But I trust my doctors, I believe this is the right thing, so why no help achieving the most natural birth I can? Answer: zealotry and Brent's observation.

For the record, we aren't doing this so baby won't be big. We're doing it because diabetes this difficult to control does substantially raise the risk of stillbirth, even though the overall risk of that is still really low. But f*** you, judgy-mcjudgies for airily dismissing that risk as one I should be willing to take.

Okay, this wasn't really Dear You, was it?

Dear Yous,

Forgive the crazy typos. Posting via phone is slow and difficulr.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby steph » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:14 am

Dear you,

Those are some of the exact reasons that I loathe all parenting books and refuse to read them. People and the world aren't "one-size-fits-all" and I find that if I trust my intuition and advice from trusted people that things work out. Kids and bodies are resilient, so trust your gut and your research and your knowledge and everything will be ok. It will be ok even if it's not the way you planned it. You'll do great, and I wish I could ease your fears.

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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Luet » Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:08 pm

Dear you,

This is why I don't discuss anything of real importance with you. Everything turns into a drama filled argument. I wish you could react like a normal person for once.

-me
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Re: Dear You 2.0

Postby Confessions » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:04 am

Dear You,

One of the postsecrets this week really reminds me of you. I can't really ask you about it, but I'm so curious!

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