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Post by lindsaywhit on Nov 24, 2022 8:22:50 GMT
^^^ So cringe I literally can't bring myself to watch it again. Her chutzpah in ever showing her face in public again after this public exposure would almost be admirable if it wasn't incontrovertible evidence of extreme narcissism. Seven (7!) children have to deal with this batshit pair every single day.
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Post by tulip on Nov 24, 2022 15:37:20 GMT
Interesting listening to that clip. Her accent definitely ebbs and flows.
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Post by trixie on Nov 25, 2022 5:27:02 GMT
Does anyone know why this baby's ears are pierced? Is that a cultural thing? Does anyone know why this baby's ears are pierced? Is that a cultural thing? Yes but only because she is Spanish. Hilary went on about it being a cultural thing completely forgetting that she's a white girl from Boston who's paternal line can be traced back to the Mayflower. My Oma had hers done as a child + your ears never stop growing so they literally grew out. She wouldn't let mum have hers done + my mother said 16 for us. Yeah in Hilary's case it's a fake cultural thing. I've never known anyone in my personal life who pierced a baby's ears but I would see them out in public and silently judge them. 1. I think it's something they should decide for themselves later, and 2. earrings could get ripped out somehow, especially with the hoop earrings this baby is wearing. My mom thought pierced ears were "barbaric" and when I wanted it in middle school she said no. Back then there weren't any ear piercings done at the mall, you had to see a doctor. So I said well I'll pierce them myself, which I did one night in 8th grade. Ice, needle and thread and a potato. Gold studs I borrowed from somenone. Never had any infection or problem.
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Post by lindsaywhit on Nov 25, 2022 16:14:17 GMT
Does anyone know why this baby's ears are pierced? Is that a cultural thing? Yes but only because she is Spanish. Hilary went on about it being a cultural thing completely forgetting that she's a white girl from Boston who's paternal line can be traced back to the Mayflower. My Oma had hers done as a child + your ears never stop growing so they literally grew out. She wouldn't let mum have hers done + my mother said 16 for us. Yeah in Hilary's case it's a fake cultural thing. I've never known anyone in my personal life who pierced a baby's ears but I would see them out in public and silently judge them. 1. I think it's something they should decide for themselves later, and 2. earrings could get ripped out somehow, especially with the hoop earrings this baby is wearing. My mom thought pierced ears were "barbaric" and when I wanted it in middle school she said no. Back then there weren't any ear piercings done at the mall, you had to see a doctor. So I said well I'll pierce them myself, which I did one night in 8th grade. Ice, needle and thread and a potato. Gold studs I borrowed from somenone. Never had any infection or problem. Silent judging can be so empowering, lol.
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Post by tulip on Nov 25, 2022 16:59:34 GMT
A friend of mine had her 3 month old's baby's ears pierced. She said she was going to wait and have the dr do it, then she ended up with a friend of hers at Claire's. Nothing cultural, she just thought it looked cute. I am surprised that babies don't pull on the studs.
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Post by emkat on Nov 25, 2022 17:35:17 GMT
Why on earth would you post a pic of your baby with a crusty, green boogered nose? And hoop earrings that could so easily get caught and ripped out? Hilary is nuts.
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Post by kittylady on Nov 25, 2022 23:36:50 GMT
I was about ten when I had my ears pierced. Grandma Kitty was horrified and said that the gypsies would think I was one of their own and steal me. Ma Kitty said she couldn't be so lucky...
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Post by MsDark on Nov 26, 2022 0:55:05 GMT
I was jealous of my friends whose ears were already pierced. I had several friends who'd had their ears done as a baby, which was sort of popular here in the south during the time I was growing up.
But my mom said no way. I'd even had cousins whose ears were pierced as babies and another at age 6. But my mom absolutely refused on this one.
When I got old enough to start wanting my ears pierced, I was supposed to wait until I was 15-16. But I ended up getting them done at 13 when I was in East TN visiting my grandmother. I was with my cousin at the mall! I don't even recall any adults being around (certainly not my grandmother) so I have no idea how this happened. My mom was a tad salty but got over it.
At age 16 me and my bff got double piercings at the mall. Again, I don't recall any parents being involved.
We did our own triple piercings at home with a needle and ice I think about senior year!
My third holes are closed I think. But I do still have double piercings in each ear that are viable, even though I rarely wear more than one pair.
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Post by no1novice on Nov 26, 2022 2:30:51 GMT
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Post by lindsaywhit on Nov 26, 2022 2:58:20 GMT
There's something about this picture that bothers me. (I mean, beyond the fact they're bothersome.) Something's off and I can't pinpoint it.
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Post by MsDark on Nov 26, 2022 5:53:31 GMT
The fact that the child has to hold the littlest baby?
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Post by faithanne on Nov 26, 2022 6:30:12 GMT
Yeah I'm getting Duggar vibes, the little girl is being roped into her mother's baby-making obsession. Or it could just be a little girl who loves her baby sister, but this is Hilary so I automatically think the worst.
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Post by loftybike on Nov 26, 2022 7:51:00 GMT
Yeah, Carmen is doing the mothering of the smallest one already. That's what her mother taught her by word and example - a woman's worth is rooted in mothering.
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Post by HWBL on Nov 26, 2022 8:35:25 GMT
There's something about this picture that bothers me. (I mean, beyond the fact they're bothersome.) Something's off and I can't pinpoint it. She's a child hoarder.
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Post by loftybike on Nov 26, 2022 10:23:12 GMT
I don't know, but somehow I get the feeling that most of the boys are just byproducts of her wanting more girls.
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