The Adventures of Baby Arthur: Am I An Annoying Online Parent?

by Lincoln

I just saw this post titled: Facebook's Five Most Annoying Parents, by Elina Furman, on Babble.com. Well since I'm annoyed about getting back home from work about 10 minutes ago (11:51pm), just in time to miss my personal Wednesday night blog posting deadline (and NOT getting to spend any time with Arthur at all today!), I figure it's a good time to find out how annoying I am to all of you reading this post.

The Bragger Parent: GUILTY as hell. How many posts have I put up about how proud I am of Arthur by now?

The Whiner Parent: Mildly guilty. I've definitely posted about some tough times, but I don't think those posts were too whiny and I wrote them in case they might help anyone else out there going through the same thing. I can't speak for the other parents on my FB list though. ;-)

The Cool Parent: Hell no. According to Elina, the Cool Parent is the one who still hits the town and brags about it on FB. Since I was never cool to begin with, I am innocent of this one.

The Obsessed Parent: I may not have given up my FB identity to my offspring, but I have this blog. Guilty As Charged. Again, I can't speak for other parents on my FB list!!

The Zen Parent: The "life is great, parenting is a joy" parent? Since I normally get yelled at by Liz for writing anything remotely negative, I guess I may come across as a Zen parent. But I may be one of the least Zen people I know. I teem with frustration and rage!!! AARRGHH!!

Now that I've gotten through the five most annoying types of parents, I'm really not sure what kind of parent is left. I'm a combination of almost all five. That either makes me uber-annoying or this post is just like a fortune cookie with a message that applies to just about EVERYONE. But you know what, I don't really care if I'm annoying anyway. This blog is my microphone so you have to listen to me!!! :-)

P.S. Now it's time to cyber-stalk Elina Furman. Who is this person and why is she writing this post? Is she even a parent? I don't think this is the right Elina Furman. Strangely enough, Elina is not listed under Babble's contributors page at this time. Well this facebook page comes up in relation, and there's a link on the wall too. But is this FB page related? The info page doesn't say much, but what's this Mamaista business? Mamaista is a slick little site with a really nice design.. mom related, Elina looks like she might be a mom. But the about page still doesn't confirm it's her. Who own's mamaista.com? Ahhh.. Leah Furman, same last name. And someone who appears to be my neighbor. I see... a feature on Mogul Mom about Elina Furman of Mamaista.com, with her sister Leah.

Ok Elina, you're legit. Nice article and good luck with your business! :-)

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