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- From: carlson@ab24.larc.nasa.gov (Ann Carlson)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Congratulating (het) parents on their new baby
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 12:41:43 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA
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- References: <Bzo2DH.DFx@cs.columbia.edu> <1h7g64INNsh7@rave.larc.nasa.gov> <3@bbx.basis.com>
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- In article <3@bbx.basis.com>, scott@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker) writes:
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- |> I offered a flip response to what was obviously a flip question.
- |> I find it revealing that a couple of posters flew off the handle
- |> on this subject.
- |>
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- I didn't think it at all obviously a flip question. Or rather, the
- feeling I got was similar to my response when people tell "dead baby"
- jokes and then blame the listener for being humor-impaired when
- offended by the subject matter.
-
- |> Have we discovered a new sacred cow?
-
- Are you so suprised that the subject of babies and birth announcements
- is an intensely emotional one for many people? How many new parents do
- you know? Or people who are trying to have a baby?
-
- My sis-in-law just had *another* miscarriage. She has them about the
- forth month every time she gets pregnant. 4 months of pregnancy is
- plenty of time to begin all sorts of hopes and dreams for the baby and
- the family. If she ever manages to carry a baby to term she and her
- husband will be estatic, proud, joyful, awed, and probably
- self-congratulatory. I am sure they will announce the
- event to the whole world - or as much as they can reach of it.
- If anyone mars their joy by making comments like: "10 pound baby -
- hardly big enough for a pot roast," they'll have a lot to answer for
- in my opinion.
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