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ltl/fb · 06-05-2003, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan

*he comes into my office and sits with his video gams, toys and books and bothers not a soul.

Is one of his toys some kind of ball-type object? Does he bounce it off the wall? Do his video games make bleeping noises? Then he is bothering a soul, even if the soul doesn't complain about it to you.

They should all be put in big sheds until age 16.

ThrashersFan · 06-05-2003, 06:13 PM

New Jersey Devils center Joe Nieuwendyk won't be in the lineup for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on Thursday, said coach Pat Burns.

purse junkie · 06-05-2003, 06:16 PM

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Originally posted by fufu
I just tell the parent unit that I have a cold/cough/sore throat/pink eye or something equally contagious and never have to deal with the issue. It also helps to close my office door if I hear possible rug-rat sounds. I admit it - I don't like kids in the office.

I will have to try this. It seems like a more polite brush off than screaming "DON'T YOU GET IT? I CAN'T STAND BABIES!"

I am such a wuss.

Tyrone Slothrop · 06-05-2003, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by fufu
I just tell the parent unit that I have a cold/cough/sore throat/pink eye or something equally contagious and never have to deal with the issue. It also helps to close my office door if I hear possible rug-rat sounds. I admit it - I don't like kids in the office.

The Wee Slothrop has been in my office several times, but almost always on the weekend, when they are empty. At such times, offices can be a lot of fun for a wee person -- except for the part about locking yourself in someone else's office. On the one occasion when em has come with during the business day -- the result of avoidable judicial caprice in scheduling -- em was terrified by all of the people who clustered around and wanted to see em. Since beating my co-workers back with a stick wasn't an option, we had to hide in my office. Later, I smuggled em out in a box. I haven't seen anyone here thrusting their child upon unsuspecting and industrious lawyers who are only trying to work hard for the man, but maybe I'm on the wrong floor.

robustpuppy · 06-05-2003, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
Who in the hell are you guys talking about?!?

(This is probably answered later, but I'm soooo confused!)

I may be wrong, but I got the impression that RT just found out an old beau got married, and they had had a connection of the sort where it was unlikely, but not unthinkable, that they might someday have given it another go. You know, the if you ran into him unexpectedly you just might get flustered even though you have thought many times about what you would say if you ever did run into him unexpectedly kind of ex.

But I could just be romanticizing it beyond the point that was warranted by the allusion to, uh, Casablanca.

ltl/fb · 06-05-2003, 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
There is an age below which not inviting the baby means disinviting the mother, assuming that breast-feeding is involved, and I think two months is below that. NTTAWWT, but it may mean the disinvitation should be more delicate.

WTF, she's going to be feeding it during the ceremony? I should hope not. If the kid needs to eat during the ceremony/reception, and she doesn't pump because she's not spending more than a few hours at a time away from the kid EVER, she should go get the kid from the hotel room or wherever to nurse.

Replaced_Texan · 06-05-2003, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
Who in the hell are you guys talking about?!?

(This is probably answered later, but I'm soooo confused!)

No answer. Just a realization that the ones that the "maybe we'll meet up somewhere down the line" doesn't happen very often.

To be more clear, I found yesterday that the first guy I ever fell in love with (and who I've been still sort of holding a torch for ever since) got married.

robustpuppy · 06-05-2003, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
... nurse ...

Hmmm. Does it seem like somebody's missing?

ThrashersFan · 06-05-2003, 06:25 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Is one of his toys some kind of ball-type object? Does he bounce it off the wall? Do his video games make bleeping noises? Then he is bothering a soul, even if the soul doesn't complain about it to you.

They should all be put in big sheds until age 16.

No ball-type object. The video game is fairly quiet. I have a corner office, the neighbor office on one side is empty and the other office actually has outdoor space between it and mine so really no neighbors to bother. In my three years at this company I think my son has had to come to the office with me 3 times and usually I try to cut it as short as possible and finish the day at home.

str8outavannuys · 06-05-2003, 06:26 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I don't think she was being obtuse. It seemed like a passive-aggressive way of informing Str8 that if she couldn't bring the baby, she couldn't come at all, and she would just hate to miss it, all the more so in light of how little trouble the infant would be and how considerate the cousin would be.

Of course, she should just have said so, rather than write an email that forces Str8 to play the ogre.

Edited to add: Str8, I think it would be best for you to hire a babysitter for the reception, you will save yourself a lot of heartache and finger-wagging about proper etiquette, etc.

I forgot to mention that in my first email, I informed the addressees that we were renting out a room at the hotel where our wedding is taking place and hiring babysitters.

ltl/fb · 06-05-2003, 06:28 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
WTF, she's going to be feeding it during the ceremony? I should hope not. If the kid needs to eat during the ceremony/reception, and she doesn't pump because she's not spending more than a few hours at a time away from the kid EVER, she should go get the kid from the hotel room or wherever to nurse.

And, to continue the anti-cousin rant, and in response to all the people who have said, set up a babysitting place, the cousin said in her email that her older daughter (3 yo) will have a great time playing with the other kids -- which tends to indicate that there is some kind of collective babysitting set up. Which in turn indicates that she was saying w/r/t the baby that she wasn't going to use the babysitting, because she wanted to keep the kid with her and the kid wouldn't be any trouble. Which finally means that she is a very bad selfish inconsiderate human being and should be shot, along with her progeny (to make sure those genes aren't passed on).

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 06-05-2003, 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I forgot to mention that in my first email, I informed the addressees that we were renting out a room at the hotel where our wedding is taking place and hiring babysitters.

And with that bit of additional information, I'll reassert by original answer.

BTW, Str8, when did you become a "Homeowner"? Did you cut a better deal on that litigation trap?

robustpuppy · 06-05-2003, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I forgot to mention that in my first email, I informed the addressees that we were renting out a room at the hotel where our wedding is taking place and hiring babysitters.

Well then, clearly, she should use the spouse trade-off method recommended by the Chief Justice. Why don't you email her a link to this page?

ltl/fb · 06-05-2003, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I forgot to mention that in my first email, I informed the addressees that we were renting out a room at the hotel where our wedding is taking place and hiring babysitters.

It was obvious from the context, but it is nice of you to clarify for people who apparently ignored the information about the older child. How the hell did you people get through law school? All of you are big fakers, 12-y-o kids at home getting your kicks playing on the internet for lawyers.

Jack Manfred · 06-05-2003, 06:36 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
"no children/babies at the ceremony or reception" policy. v. cousin's reply

POLL:
Is this response an example of:
a) passive/aggressiveness
b) rudeness
c) stupidity
or d) other?

It's either A or D) all those other children are noisy and uncouth but my little wunderkind is amazing and perfect and everyone should see em and everyone should love em.

This is one of the disadvantages of getting married after other friends/family. Outside of the underused solution to all wedding problems (eloping), I think that couples should get married in bars instead of churches. Anyone can go to a church/synagogue/mosque, but bars have bouncers and check ID's.

How much would it cost to rent out Skybar on a Saturday afternoon? Guests stay at the hotel, catering by Asia de Cuba, after the (short) reception, your guests can stay for the aspiring models or decamp to the Strip for fun and frolic.

I think the only solution to the whole children at weddings thing is to have a chldren's room for them. But with babies, toddlers, and just plain kids, that would be expensive.

I once had a co-worker of Mexican extraction react with shock that I wouldn't want kids at my wedding. She claimed that as Mexican weddings were all about family, you had to have all family members there, including their kids, and if that made for a noisy wedding, so much the better. That sort of scenario makes even Salma Hayek seem unattractive. A two-hour Catholic wedding filled with munchkins? Does this really happen? Hoe do people get through them?