Ok, ok........was hoping to not have to do this, but I feel the need to put in a bit of perspective hear. I am a father of two great kids. My wife, in my own opinion, is a great mom. I know, first hand, just how difficult it is to be a mom; dealing with what moms have to deal with is insurmountable for the rest of us...........end of story!
First of all, to Exlawgirl, you are a troll. To post only to call someone cocky and to accuse them and over-generalize, wayyyyy much, is ******ed. You may be a mom, and if you are, THAT is the only reason why you posted in the first place. NOTHING that Docmom said was offensive. That dude/dudette, Northerner's comment was very sarcastic and unfashionable. Because you dont frequent SDN, like Docmom does, you may have missed the fact that many students (outsiders if you call them such) will make posts just to jumble things up a bit...........this is probably what happened.
Next, T-funk..........I am sorry about your son. I worked with two autistic children for 3 years before getting married, and I always remember praying that we wouldnt have to endure what these boy's parents had to endure. It says alot of a person. You brought up the fact, however, that your son had autism without any reason. Personally, I think you decided to talk about it, because you feel a bit inferior to Docmom, and that is nobody's fault but yours. To go on degenerating somebody, attacking them like you are, especially when you dont know them, is F'n ridiculous and pathetic. I cant make myself any more clear when I say this: the ONLY reason why you are getting pissed at Docmom, is because everyone on this thread adores her and looks up to her because of what she is accomplishing. You reading all these posts about how others are astounded by what she is able to accomlish makes you mad, and I can imagine that it begins to annoy you.....thinking to yourself, "how dare them think she is a better mom than me.....I go through more than she does, etc, etc, etc, etc". This is commom among alot of women.......ask around. Being on the other end of this, as a father of two, it would seem to me that having 4 kids would be 2 times more difficult than raising just 2 kids.......just makes sense to me.
Bottom line: just because alot of people think Docmom is delightful, dont get all bent out of shape. I advise you to frequent SDN more often; that way, you surely would have know that her initial, "so called" offensive comments were really NOT offensive at all.
I think its great that you are pursuing a career in medicine aswell. I wish you good luck.
