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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 03:43 PM
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Poll question: Mommy Business Cards
Lately I've received a couple business cards from people that say "Mommy Business Card. Ann Smith, mommy of Dick and Jane Smith.

What do you think about mommy business cards?
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 03:57 PM
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1. They're ok I guess if all you are doing is helping get your kid along socially.
I see this more of an upper middle class thing, mothers who have the means to stay at home as full time parents. I also see it as a manifestation of a woman who might have studied to be something in business, law or medicine and who now are full time mothers. They might feel a lack of status.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 03:59 PM
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3. You don't have to be "upper middle class" to be a stay at home mom.
People without the means might also keep a parent home because they don't want someone else raising their kid.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:03 PM
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5. Yes, true, and esp. if one cannot get a job outside of the home.
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:54 PM
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49. I've had cards made for women friends who are stay-at-home wives/mothers, Director of Operations
I figured that Director of Operations was an appropriate title.

I started doing this when one remarked she was envious when a store asked for all my information to deliver a mattress set and I just gave them my business card (I work at home now). She said it would be such a time-saver when she had to give someone her phone number, address, email address,etc.

So, for a Christmas present, I had cards made up for her with all that information one. She loved them!

"Chief Operating Officer" would also be a good title.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 03:58 PM
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2. I think everybody should have a business card these days.
We have a lot more identities than we used to.

It would save time.
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:02 PM
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4. "Look at that subtle off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness of it."
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:04 PM
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6. lol
Great Movie
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Tumbulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:21 PM
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7. it is also a way to give your info to another parent
without giving all this info out about your work/profession- which you may be not at all interested in giving to other parents.

You can get these free from all sorts of places.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:24 PM
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33. Makes sense to me. Avoids the hassle of writing, or typing into a cell phone,
or whatever - and it won't get lost as easily as a scrap of paper. I use my regular business cards in a similar way, but it does feel a bit strange in a purely social type exchange...
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:50 PM
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8. Reminds me of those yellow "Baby on Board" signs
Never could figure out the purpose of those damn things.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:54 PM
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9. To drive carefully
I don't see those any more.
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:07 PM
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12. "baby on board, who gives a fuck"
Edited on Sat May-28-11 05:08 PM by meow mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDs9rQRx0DI
:rofl:
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:50 PM
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24. To warn others that the driver isn't paying any attention to the road
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 09:48 PM
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41. Oh, they're useful
I always try extra hard to avoid running into the vehicles that have one of these.

(do I even need the sarcasm thingy?)
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canetoad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:28 PM
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45. This is on my car


I did once hear a plausible reason for the baby on board signs; just say a car crashes off a cliff and the occupants are all thrown out of the vehicle. If there is a baby on board sign, the emergency workers know to look for it.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:02 PM
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10. Cards were printed up a century ago with a person's name on them
with title, if possible, and many with address. One presented one's card to the butler or maid and waited to be called in or declined.

I'm aroused to a frenzy of apathy by the reappearance of these things. They no longer hearken back to a more formal age because I sincerely doubt any of the card holders have staff, nor do they have announced "at home" days.

I suppose it's easier than scribbling one's phone number and email addy on a napkin when trolling for play dates.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:06 PM
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11. There used to be "calling cards"
Every middle and upper class person had them, regardless of occupation. When you called at an address, you gave the servant or secretary (initially male, btw) your card, it had your name and address on it. Or as now, if you met in the street, you exchanged cards.

The idea is old, but yuck. being known primarily as "mom" to so and so just enshrines a step backward, methinks.

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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:09 PM
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13. you know, some women are proud of their service as moms
and it is NOT a step backward and to suggest so is anti-choice of you.

sP
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:14 PM
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14. Hey, if people want
to be known as their primary identity as living their lives through their children's social lives, that's fine with me. I'm saying I wouldn't do it.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:17 PM
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16. nope, you're calling it a step backward
and it is not about 'primary identity as living their lives through their childs' social lives' as you suggest. but nice job of demeaning motherhood and those who are proud of it.

sP
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:20 PM
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17. Hey, you can always put me on ignore
I'm much more about teaching kids independence.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:22 PM
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18. Nah, I have no one on ignore...
but you're wrong on this one. You miss the point again; it has nothing to do with independence. but you keep on digging for that negative connotation that might stick. You have now tried three...

sP
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:23 PM
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19. Nope
but keep trying.

:hi:
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:24 PM
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20. You deny three tries at finding the negative? Interesting... n/t
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:44 PM
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35. What a disgusting insult to every stay-at-mom on the planet.
:puke:
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:48 PM
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38. indeed...
I guess choice only counts if it is the choice THEY like...

sP
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:53 PM
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:49 PM
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47. oh, please.
overeact much?

EVERY stay-at-home mother on the planet?
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 07:07 PM
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40. I don't think that's really what it's about.
I don't think it's about living their lives through their kids social lives. I think there's some pretense to it and some of it is convenience. I wouldn't go out of my way to make those cards, but I guess others do.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:53 PM
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25. Agree.
Edited on Sat May-28-11 05:53 PM by REP
One's primary identity shouldn't be dependent upon having reproduced or relationship to another.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:55 PM
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so no one should carry a business card
because that is exactly what they show...your relationship to your company.

sP
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:58 PM
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28. Sigh
Well, if you think being Senior Vice President is more than a title, have at it. If you think Graphic Designer is more than a job description, great. If you think having children is simply an occupation, well, okay.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:00 PM
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29. I was just echoing your sentiment
Edited on Sat May-28-11 06:01 PM by ProdigalJunkMail
that no one should allow their identity to be expressed as a relation to another. But based on your other comments, I can see how much you love kids and people who are proud of them and their relationship to them...

Sigh all you you want. Your feelings are clear. You see something that is perfectly harmless and can be beneficial to the parents' desires to communicate information and you piss all over it...like so many on this board, you are about as negative as can be.

sP
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:35 PM
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34. Thank you
for getting it.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:48 PM
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37. yes, peas in a pod...both missing the point n/t
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:15 PM
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15. Maybe it's a good way for young Moms to get to know each other.
I don't have a problem with it.
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:42 PM
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21. Me, neither. Being a new at-home mother can be pretty isolating.
Edited on Sat May-28-11 05:43 PM by pnwmom
This is easier than trying to write each other's names on grocery receipts while trying to hang on to a small child.
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:45 PM
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22. Hey, it could be worse.
At least it's not

Alexia's Mommy
Mrs. Johnson
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Sen. Walter Sobchak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:47 PM
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23. I have seen teenagers with business cards
Edited on Sat May-28-11 05:54 PM by Sen. Walter Sobchak
High school, Cell phone number, facebook page etc. A pink playboy bunny silhouette seems particularly popular.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:55 PM
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26. Do they say "Daughter of Robert and Julie"?
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:17 PM
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31. It's that not unusual for parents you've only seen in passing to
remember you as "Julie's mom" and not as Mary.
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Chorophyll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 05:57 PM
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27. When my son was younger I ended up with other parents' phone
numbers on post-its, napkins, random scraps of paper. Cards would have been easier, but I somehow doubt I would get along very well with anyone who actually had them. ;)
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marybourg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:08 PM
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30. I have a "retired" card with phone #'s, e-mail. How else would
I remember all that?
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:22 PM
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32. Great idea. I'm all for people connecting on any level they can. We need more of it, not less.
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 09:51 PM
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42. So, then
What's wrong with having one's name, phone number, email address, and physical address (if so desired) without the "mommy" stuff? Why should it make a difference to me if someone handing me their card has reproduced or not?
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:10 PM
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44. Why does it bother you if someone does?
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:45 PM
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46. Now that you mention it, I notice there's no email address on the example in the OP
Avenues for direct person-to-person communication only - I like it! (And I agree with you.)

It seems that there are two basic mindsets in this thread: to some, business cards are markers of status and identity; to others, they are merely handy little tools to foster future communications...
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 06:45 PM
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36. Cool idea.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 09:58 PM
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43. Stupid. I hate it when women identify themselves through
their husbands and children. Yuck.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:51 PM
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48. ha! you know how it could be worse?
If there were an email address that was her husband's name!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:05 PM
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:31 PM
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55. Uh...OK. I have two kids. I don't call them that, but, whatever.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 12:37 AM
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61. exaggerate much?
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 10:58 PM
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50. defines the woman by her relationship to another person.
"mom to so and so" why don't I hand a card that says "sister to xxxx, friend to yyyy"
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LetTimmySmoke Donating Member (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:03 PM
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51. We're corporatizing the schools, why not the parents.
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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:05 PM
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52. LOL...so much fuss.
:) Seems useful to me.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:06 PM
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54. Some people think it's some attack of feminism, LOL.
:crazy:
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These Eyes Donating Member (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:37 PM
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56. Bizarre, isn't it?
Up until my son was about 10 years old, his classmates would refer to me as "Walter's mom". It didn't diminish me. Children often have a hard time remembering last names, especially if they are uncommon. Truth be told, I have a hard time remembering last names as well. The cards are just a way to connect the child with the parent in case you're making play dates, etc. Judging by the way some people have responded, motherhood should be something to be ashamed of.
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aaaaaa5a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:39 PM
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57. Ridiculous!


but hey, its a free country…. if people don't value being a mom to their children and don't view the job as important enough on its own merit, and thus need more validation for their lives… go right ahead and be foolish.
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 11:53 PM
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58. It seems pretentious.
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Sen. Walter Sobchak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 12:34 AM
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59. I think these are stupid, but I think the complaints are even stupider
It is all about context, one could make a similar argument that your business card defines yourself by your relationship to your employer or perhaps one could say it is defining yourself by your personal chains of capitalist bondage.

It is all about context, passing these to a teacher, babysitter, coach or social contact could be appropriate.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 12:36 AM
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60. Stupid.
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Unrepentant Fenian Donating Member (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 02:37 AM
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62. I guess if that is the sum total of your life. nt
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