We know there are a quite a number of mothers that read the site, so we wanted to bring up this villainous advertisement from Motrin (site down as we speak, probably because they don’t want people seeing the ad).
Did anyone see this on TV? Do you look like a real mom when you wear your baby? Wow…
EPIC FAIL!
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I was driving down Elliot Rd. last night minding my own business, when I saw a man riding a motorcycle with a baby in his lap. They were doing circles around the grassy area outside of the Newplex. Neither man nor baby was wearing a helmet. The mom stood by and watched, clapping and cheering. Also, I saw three cop cars drive by the scene and not stop.
Is it just me? Or is there something terribly wrong with this?
(bigger pictures after the break)
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In case you don’t read the comments, you should read this one from Lys:
I am thoroughly enjoying this post as I am distinctly pregnant at the moment (not that you’d know by looking at me… yet). I too blame the water! The brat I’m currently baking was rather unexpected, but the husband and I are pretty excited none the less, especially as we know way too many people who’ve had fertility issues (which is both heartbreaking and expensive).
/officially joining the dark side
Congratulations! Yay!
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Some people eat babies. I love a good dead baby joke. But what’s not funny, is the number of people I know having babies. My sister is pregnant. Two of my coworkers are pregnant. It seems it’s happening to a lot of people. But here’s the thing, all of the pregnant people I know in Charlottesville are in their 30’s. Charlottesville seems to be immune to the “we’re southern, we should get married and have kids while we’re still really young” syndrome.
My wife and I, both grew up just down the road in Richmond. A large majority of our Richmond friends have children already. Some have multiple. They all got married in their early to mid 20’s and started shooting out babies within a few years. When we go home, all people talk about is their kids and when are Gobblette and I planning on having our own? The answer is “back the F off.” There is a lot of unecessary pressure in that town, which was a big reason we decided not to live there.
Before moving here, we lived in NYC, where there’s absolutely no pressure for anyone to get married before the age of 30, or have any children at all. We liked that. There’s a similar laissez-faire attitude about starting a family here, too, I feel. Are we alone in that, or is it just the people I know that make it seem that way?
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