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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 8:51:26 GMT -5
DFs stepkids aren't Jewish. The EX converted so his family would accept her, didn't work, and the bio dd is one.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 8:53:56 GMT -5
Oh, the EX hasn't stopped foot in the temple, not that I'm sorry about that, since the divorce. The thing about converts is that it just isn't real if you do it for the wrong reasons. I have a guy friend who converted to catholic and since their divorce, hasn't stepped foot in either but he only did it because his wife wanted to be married in Catholic Church and then you had to convert. Now I guess you just have to agree to raise your kids catholic. His three boys went through the rituals and then left as well as adults.
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Post by busymom on Feb 10, 2014 8:57:20 GMT -5
Congrats Zib! There's nothing like a new baby to spoil!
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 9:17:03 GMT -5
I know! Although we ALL wanted a girl, DF said he'd have to work forever because I'd spend him into the poorhouse. But the other was an August baby and in the north that means something so we get to buy new winter clothes for the new baby. Already got him his first MSU SPARTAN onesie!
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Post by CarolinaKat on Feb 10, 2014 9:20:15 GMT -5
YAY!!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 10, 2014 9:44:52 GMT -5
Congrats Zib! And kudos to your DF's stepson! I'm curious about the middle name business though ... generally Ashkenazi Jews do NOT name a baby after anybody who is still living. (Although Sephardic Jews sometimes do). Maybe that's changed? I'm Catholic so this is news to me. I'm very interested in hearing the reply though. Congrats on the new grandchild Zib! I'm glad DF's son put his Mother in her place. She sounds like a piece if work. The traditions are changing, but in general: Jews do not name their children after living relatives, which is why you never see any with a Jr., Sr. or numeric suffix after their names, either. The naming does not have to be an exact correlation; you can use derivatives of a relative's name. My middle name is a derivative of my great-grandfather's name, for example.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 9:50:15 GMT -5
I named my son, well his middle name, after my dad, who was dead. But his first name is the male versions of my grandmas and she was alive at the time. Dad was Jewish. Grandma most definitely not. Geez, I miss my dad. DF and I were talking about DSs name last night and I named him after the two people I loved most in the whole world.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Feb 10, 2014 10:29:31 GMT -5
Congratulations Zib! (Beth grins evilly and thinks about sending a Badgers onesies over)
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 11:01:32 GMT -5
Congratulations Zib! (Beth grins evilly and thinks about sending a Badgers onesies over) Wouldn't bother me any!
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Post by genericname on Feb 10, 2014 12:02:48 GMT -5
Congrats, Zib!
I just had a little on in November. She's on her SECOND set of LSU onesies! I got her a little summer dress to wear too. I can't wait to see her in it. It's so much fun to dress a girl!
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Post by wyouser on Feb 10, 2014 12:36:15 GMT -5
Congratulations!! (Grandkids are great)
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 13:51:50 GMT -5
Congrats, Zib!
I just had a little on in November. She's on her SECOND set of LSU onesies! I got her a little summer dress to wear too. I can't wait to see her in it. It's so much fun to dress a girl! I know.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 13:56:45 GMT -5
Super envious of those with granddaughters. Sigh. Envy is such an ugly trait!!
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 10, 2014 14:00:27 GMT -5
Congratulations!
You get even more envious when you go clothes shopping and there are 10x as many girl's clothes to choose from than boy's clothes.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 14:01:44 GMT -5
Not helping any.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 10, 2014 14:07:07 GMT -5
Sorry--I'm living it 2x over. If I were a clothing designer, I'd design little boys clothes that were cute and didn't have skulls all over them.
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Post by genericname on Feb 10, 2014 14:41:48 GMT -5
Not helping any. I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to make you feel bad.
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Post by raeoflyte on Feb 10, 2014 15:20:45 GMT -5
Do you have a hannah anderson near you? My in-laws get really cute boy and infant gender neutral clothes there. Plenty of stuff that we have dressed dd in but was bought for ds and still looks cute.
ETA: That sounds kind of weird as I read it, but what I mean is they have really cute baby and kid clothes. It isn't just the trucks, bull dogs, and sport team boys clothes that you find everywhere.
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Post by NastyWoman on Feb 10, 2014 15:27:47 GMT -5
Not helping any. Well look at it this way: at least you had a chance when DD was little.I had 2 boys and my 3 week old grand baby is, you guessed it, a boy. So I went and bought him a Darth Vader onesie . This probably will be my only grandchild too, so I better make the most of it
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Post by CarolinaKat on Feb 10, 2014 16:10:38 GMT -5
Sorry--I'm living it 2x over. If I were a clothing designer, I'd design little boys clothes that were cute and didn't have skulls all over them. We found a romper with a hood and dino horns for my nephew. Cutest dinosaur EVER!!!
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 16:55:48 GMT -5
I know but when she was little I didn't have much money to buy her cute stuff. I wanted to live vicariously!
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 10, 2014 17:24:58 GMT -5
sorry!!! don't know how I didn't see this thread - HUGE CONGRATS to you and your DF. I am not going to comment on the whole girl/boy thing...
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 17:31:13 GMT -5
I know. I know. The baby is healthy. Hopefully he will survive the name they named him. Ugh. I'm thinking its really my sour grapes that after 3 grandsons by people DF raised and supported, that somehow he should get mentioned somewhere but it seems the stepkids have other ideas.
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Post by raeoflyte on Feb 10, 2014 17:42:08 GMT -5
I know. I know. The baby is healthy. Hopefully he will survive the name they named him. Ugh. I'm thinking its really my sour grapes that after 3 grandsons by people DF raised and supported, that somehow he should get mentioned somewhere but it seems the stepkids have other ideas. If they have parents, step parents, and all the family that comes with it, its entirely possible that there is just no way to keep them all happy. Easier not to use any family names than deal with the drama if they had. It sounds like their mom comes filled with drama just be existing. My FIL asked us to name our son after him--first, middle, and last. Different situation considering how FIL has treated dh and I, and my dh still would have done it but I just couldn't. My grandmother spent my ENTIRE pregnancy telling me, 'I thought you could name him Teddy, Theodore, Theo' etc. after her dad. I loved naming my daughter because there wasn't any pressure.
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Post by midjd on Feb 10, 2014 19:15:42 GMT -5
Not helping any. If it makes you feel any better... Baby girl clothes are cute, but almost everything I've seen for ages 8+ seems to be covered with animal print, stupid phrases, or is just skanky-looking. Not looking forward to those years!
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 10, 2014 19:18:37 GMT -5
Oh, yuck.
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Post by toomuchreality on Feb 10, 2014 20:46:22 GMT -5
When my daughter was born, a dear friend took me to a very nice clothing store and told me I could pick any article of clothing I wanted, for her. I chose a boys blue and green rugby shirt! -heh. (Where would we be without boys?! )
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Post by toomuchreality on Feb 11, 2014 6:38:16 GMT -5
Hey! My post above was supposed to show the original post for this thread, in it! What The HECK?!?! Sorry, it doesn't make much sense without it. (just sayin' congrats!)
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Post by milee on Feb 11, 2014 7:25:44 GMT -5
Not helping any. If it makes you feel any better... Baby girl clothes are cute, but almost everything I've seen for ages 8+ seems to be covered with animal print, stupid phrases, or is just skanky-looking. Not looking forward to those years! No kidding. One of my friends took me with her to get something for her 9 year old daughter... to a store called "Justice." OMG. I have never seen such an extensive collection of horrifying clothing in one place. At first I thought she was joking and that this was some sort of awful elaborate prank, poking some fun at the people who dress their young daughters as color blind street walkers. But no. It's not only a store, it's a popular store (with girls around here anyway.)
So don't worry, if you absolutely have to dress your third grade daughter in a skin tight, leopard print top trimmed with neon pink sequins and cut low enough to show her training bra - there are ample choices available.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Feb 11, 2014 7:55:28 GMT -5
If it makes you feel any better... Baby girl clothes are cute, but almost everything I've seen for ages 8+ seems to be covered with animal print, stupid phrases, or is just skanky-looking. Not looking forward to those years! No kidding. One of my friends took me with her to get something for her 9 year old daughter... to a store called "Justice." OMG. I have never seen such an extensive collection of horrifying clothing in one place. At first I thought she was joking and that this was some sort of awful elaborate prank, poking some fun at the people who dress their young daughters as color blind street walkers. But no. It's not only a store, it's a popular store (with girls around here anyway.)
So don't worry, if you absolutely have to dress your third grade daughter in a skin tight, leopard print top trimmed with neon pink sequins and cut low enough to show her training bra - there are ample choices available.
Justice makes my eyes hurt. My nieces love it, they drag me in there all. the. time. However my cousin (12 alomst 13) has a nice sense of style and wouldn't wear anything that looks ghastly (i do believe she'd rather die than be seen in pink zebra stripe), so there's some hope for mini-mid!
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