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12-20-2012 at 11:44 AM
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So I was thinking yesterday (cd1, bah) about the silver lining of it not happening this month, and here's what I came up with:

-I can drink on Xmas
-I can drink at a potluck we are having at our house with friends the day after Xmas and not have to worry about them wondering what was up if I wasn't
-We are going to a bar for New Years and I can drink there
(haha, I'm not an alcoholic, I swear...it's just the season)
-If it had happened this month, EDD would have been August 29. Our anniversary is September 2, so it could have meant we didn't get to take anniversary trips without missing our kid's bday
-Another month to save money and work out harder

I know there are lots of reasons why it would have been great if it HAD happened this month, but this isn't the place for that. What are your silver lining reasons? No negativity!
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12-20-2012 at 11:53 AM
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I hate when people say/type "xmas"
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I feel ya! My EDD would've been August 29 too.

DH and I are getting drunk on New Years and getting it on (that's around when I should O again)

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12-20-2012 at 12:09 PM
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I never realized how much people drank before reading message boards.
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Pikachu369:
I never realized how much people drank before reading message boards.

I never realized how much I drank until I started marking it in FF  lol
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12-20-2012 at 12:16 PM
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Pikachu369:
I never realized how much people drank before reading message boards.

Guess we are d@mn dirty alcoholics because we drink on occasion.
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12-20-2012 at 12:23 PM
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I so wanted this month to be it for us, but I have to agree with you that I am happy to have some drinks for the holidays, but would have gladly given them up for a bfp today.
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12-20-2012 at 12:41 PM
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thetruthhurtsyo:
I hate when people say/type "xmas"


Actually our pastor said in his seminary they all use "X" to abbreviate Christ, as it's the first letter in the name in Greek, "chi".
So it's not a secular attempt to "x" put Christ, if you will; but rather replacing the name with a shorthand, as seen here an initial.
Just an interesting fact I thought I'd pass along!
Sorry to ambush the thread!! It always bugged me a little too though, 'til I learned that!
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12-20-2012 at 12:52 PM
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cyndielise:
thetruthhurtsyo:
I hate when people say/type "xmas"
Actually our pastor said in his seminary they all use "X" to abbreviate Christ, as it's the first letter in the name in Greek, "chi". So it's not a secular attempt to "x" put Christ, if you will; but rather replacing the name with a shorthand, as seen here an initial. Just an interesting fact I thought I'd pass along! Sorry to ambush the thread!! It always bugged me a little too though, 'til I learned that!

Yay! Someone else who knows that too! I hate when people say "stop taking the Christ out of Christmas." The things that people"share" on facebook... if only they knew.
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SLBxtreme:

cyndielise:
thetruthhurtsyo:
I hate when people say/type "xmas"
Actually our pastor said in his seminary they all use "X" to abbreviate Christ, as it's the first letter in the name in Greek, "chi". So it's not a secular attempt to "x" put Christ, if you will; but rather replacing the name with a shorthand, as seen here an initial. Just an interesting fact I thought I'd pass along! Sorry to ambush the thread!! It always bugged me a little too though, 'til I learned that!

Yay! Someone else who knows that too! I hate when people say "stop taking the Christ out of Christmas." The things that people"share" on facebook... if only they knew.

I know the meaning but I still don't like it.  Because the majority of the population does not know the meaning.  So in reality it still really is like taking Christ out of Christmas until everyone is let in on this little known fact.

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and:  http://oldlutheran.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=OL&Product_Code=449&Category_Code=

Bam :)
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12-20-2012 at 1:12 PM
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I remind myself whenever I start wishing I'd ovulate and my chart would make sense, that:

1. Not ovulating is nature's way of giving me more one on one time with DS before he has a sibling.

2. We don't really want to start TTC until spring anyway, so it is ok that my body isn't cooperating...for now.

Oh, and the Xmas thing...I love that so many bumpies know their Greek! Good job, ladies!

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12-20-2012 at 2:06 PM
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jefa621:
SLBxtreme:

cyndielise:
thetruthhurtsyo:
I hate when people say/type "xmas"
Actually our pastor said in his seminary they all use "X" to abbreviate Christ, as it's the first letter in the name in Greek, "chi". So it's not a secular attempt to "x" put Christ, if you will; but rather replacing the name with a shorthand, as seen here an initial. Just an interesting fact I thought I'd pass along! Sorry to ambush the thread!! It always bugged me a little too though, 'til I learned that!

Yay! Someone else who knows that too! I hate when people say "stop taking the Christ out of Christmas." The things that people"share" on facebook... if only they knew.

I know the meaning but I still don't like it.  Because the majority of the population does not know the meaning.  So in reality it still really is like taking Christ out of Christmas until everyone is let in on this little known fact.

andplusalso: http://oldlutheran.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=OL&Product_Code=450&Category_Code=

and:  http://oldlutheran.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=OL&Product_Code=449&Category_Code=

Bam :)

I'm secular & I know my Greek (thank you, college religion classes) but I still don't like to see "Xmas" written - it just seems lazy.

My super-long cycle & hesitation with jump-starting (and subsequent long talks with DH) made me realize that we may not be as ready to TTC as I thought we were. So I guess I'm thankful for that.

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12-20-2012 at 2:14 PM
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Pikachu369:
I never realized how much people drank before reading message boards.

I never realized how much I drank until I started marking it in FF  lol

Hahaha!  Yes.  This exactly.

I started cutting back on my drinking because I was getting embarrassed for myself at all those little blue boxes on my chart... 

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12-20-2012 at 2:20 PM
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Well just count me in as one of the booze bags.  H and I are visiting with relative's for the holiday so drinking Yuengling (which we can't get here in MA) is one of my silver linings. 

My friend is getting married on 8/24, so now her wedding will be a little further removed from my due date (though I hope not to be able to drink).

I have also been talking myself into how lovely maternity leave would be in the fall, should we be lucky enough to get pregnant this cycle.

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12-20-2012 at 2:28 PM
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cyndielise:
thetruthhurtsyo:
I hate when people say/type "xmas"
Actually our pastor said in his seminary they all use "X" to abbreviate Christ, as it's the first letter in the name in Greek, "chi". So it's not a secular attempt to "x" put Christ, if you will; but rather replacing the name with a shorthand, as seen here an initial. Just an interesting fact I thought I'd pass along! Sorry to ambush the thread!! It always bugged me a little too though, 'til I learned that!


Yay! Someone else who knows that too! I hate when people say "stop taking the Christ out of Christmas." The things that people"share" on
facebook... if only they knew.


I was going to share this tidbit, too. I learned this as a kid in church, but I am Unitarian Universalist, so I don't know if all churches teach this.
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Kimbac13:

Well just count me in as one of the booze bags.  H and I are visiting with relative's for the holiday so drinking Yuengling (which we can't get here in MA) is one of my silver linings. 

My friend is getting married on 8/24, so now her wedding will be a little further removed from my due date (though I hope not to be able to drink).

I have also been talking myself into how lovely maternity leave would be in the fall, should we be lucky enough to get pregnant this cycle.

Ick!  YUCK!

I will be early in the 2ww over Christmas and just outside of my 2ww for NYE so I can still drink. Whoo! So I guess it's a good thing I had a long cycle?


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12-20-2012 at 2:36 PM
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Upside, if I were KU then I may have been sick during my vacation late Jan. I read that for some morning sickness started w6. And drinking at parties of course.
downside, I was hoping for the whole announcing it over the Christmas thing.
on that note what is the rule on the scanning thing at airports these days. If you are preggers just opt for pat down?
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12-20-2012 at 2:37 PM
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krptcmschfmkr128:
Kimbac13:

Well just count me in as one of the booze bags.  H and I are visiting with relative's for the holiday so drinking Yuengling (which we can't get here in MA) is one of my silver linings. 

My friend is getting married on 8/24, so now her wedding will be a little further removed from my due date (though I hope not to be able to drink).

I have also been talking myself into how lovely maternity leave would be in the fall, should we be lucky enough to get pregnant this cycle.

Ick!  YUCK!

I will be early in the 2ww over Christmas and just outside of my 2ww for NYE so I can still drink. Whoo! So I guess it's a good thing I had a long cycle?

 

haha, I never realized I would miss Yuengling til I moved somewhere where I can't get it. 

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12-20-2012 at 2:40 PM
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Kimbac13:

My friend is getting married on 8/24, so now her wedding will be a little further removed from my due date (though I hope not to be able to drink).

 

oh yeah. I also have friends getting married on 6/11across the country, so I probably wouldn't have been able to go.

 Like others are saying, obviously I would have given all those things up happily for a  bfp, but I didn't get one. So why not enjoy them?
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I hate opening posts with ambiguous titles that lead me to believe something else. Thought this would be a thankful Thursday as I am with colerose on that I am positive I wanted to be ktfu this month.


Anyways, I'm thankful for snow days. Amen.

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I hate opening posts with ambiguous titles that lead me to believe something else. Thought this would be a thankful Thursday as I am with colerose on that I am positive I wanted to be ktfu this month. Anyways, I'm thankful for snow days. Amen.
Wouldn't a thankful Thursday post have the title Thankful Thursday? What was confusing to you about a post titled Positivity Thread?
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bexsd:

So I was thinking yesterday (cd1, bah) about the silver lining of it not happening this month, and here's what I came up with:

-I can drink on Xmas
-I can drink at a potluck we are having at our house with friends the day after Xmas and not have to worry about them wondering what was up if I wasn't
-We are going to a bar for New Years and I can drink there
(haha, I'm not an alcoholic, I swear...it's just the season)
-If it had happened this month, EDD would have been August 29. Our anniversary is September 2, so it could have meant we didn't get to take anniversary trips without missing our kid's bday
-Another month to save money and work out harder

I know there are lots of reasons why it would have been great if it HAD happened this month, but this isn't the place for that. What are your silver lining reasons? No negativity!

I needed a post like this today, thanks. Yesterday, after AF being borderline late, she showed up. So it was CD1 for me too. :( I agree with all of your reasons - now I have more time to lose weight and drink that bottle of wine I was saving for Christmas (but drinking at home, not in public, as my face tends to react in an embarrassing way).



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I am positive that I would have rather ended up KU last cycle than not. Boom.

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I'm actually glad it didn't happen last month because I don't want my inlaws to know until we are close to second tri. They have big mouths. It would have been hard to explain not drinking on Christmas Eve.

That being said I've got my fingers crossed that this is the cycle!
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Meh, I would rather have been KU last cycle. I'm just not that interested in this one (would rather not have a September birthday), but maybe, hopefully, the month I don't care so much will be the month I get my BPF :) 

I get bummed with BFNs, but I always try to tell myself that that's one more month of money we can save.

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cyndielise:
thetruthhurtsyo:
I hate when people say/type "xmas"
Actually our pastor said in his seminary they all use "X" to abbreviate Christ, as it's the first letter in the name in Greek, "chi". So it's not a secular attempt to "x" put Christ, if you will; but rather replacing the name with a shorthand, as seen here an initial. Just an interesting fact I thought I'd pass along! Sorry to ambush the thread!! It always bugged me a little too though, 'til I learned that!

Yay! Someone else who knows that too! I hate when people say "stop taking the Christ out of Christmas." The things that people"share" on facebook... if only they knew.

I was going to share this tidbit, too. I learned this as a kid in church, but I am Unitarian Universalist, so I don't know if all churches teach this.

 

DH and I have been thinking of trying out a Unitarian Universalist church.  He was raised Catholic and I went to a non-denominational church when I was a teen.  We're not terribly religious at this point in out lives, but the UU principles seem like something we could get on board with. 


 
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