What would you think if you received this?

Lizbethann55;
I chuckled when I read what you said about birthing plans, because I wrote down something similar myself but crossed it out as I couldn’t face the GN flak. Even more interesting a situation is where author of said birth plan has instructed the baby’s father to enforce the “no pain relief, no Caesarean, plan” when she has had a change of mind and is yelling for an epidural…….
Sometimes wiser not to set plans too much in stone.

I agree with you elderlyperson. And I know you werent making fun of it, but others were.

This is a very serious topic when it comes to the youth of today. They literally have entire conversations in emoji. It is like a learning a different language, and then learning all the alternative meanings of each one again. It is also very interesting when you think that emoji really weren't used regularly before 2011.

I had to learn some of it because I have teenagers. I consider it an adapt or be left behind scenario, like any other advancement throughout history.

freedomfromthepast

Chewbacca

am glad I live in the real world where we dont live our lives though social media. ?

And yet here you all are, in an online forum, making fun of an entire generation because they do things differently than you do.

No, not making fun at all.

People study this sort of thing as cultural.

I am beginning to think it possible that the emoji in the message have been used in a manner of a language with which the writer of the message is familiar and perhaps uses often, not at all as random decoration, not realising that the recipients of the note do not all understand the meanings intended.

For example, the heart at the end of the line about covid. Is it grey? Perhaps it is intended to mean "please be careful" or something like that.

I best be more careful choosing my emojis. I've always chosen them on it being cute or suitable. Never intending anyone to read meaning into the colour.

Chewbacca

^am glad I live in the real world where we dont live our lives though social media.^ ?

And yet here you all are, in an online forum, making fun of an entire generation because they do things differently than you do.

www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/yellow-heart-emoji/

> The yellow heart emoji, ?, can convey love, just like any other heart symbol or emoji, but its yellow color often gets used to show liking and friendship (as opposed to romantic love).

> Its color also works with expressions of happiness—and with all things yellow, from sports team colors to dresses.

rafichagran

Black hearts can mean sorrow or morbidity.

I really doubt the mother to be was thinking of that. I think she was just using different random colours.

Interesting the life this thread has taken on.

So it appears that the intended meaning might well be like adding some kisses at the end.

Thanks for searching that out ElderlyPerson, it was good of you to find it and post. ? (what's this one?)

I have just found the following web page

emojipedia.org/black-heart/

That page has the following.

> A heart shaded completely black. May be used to express morbidity, sorrow, or a form of dark humor, but despite the color remains most commonly used for love and affection.^

So it appears that the intended meaning might well be like adding some kisses at the end.

Black hearts can mean sorrow or morbidity.

am glad I live in the real world where we dont live our lives though social media. ?

Wow I think your niece is being unbelievably controlling and cruel to be honest. Just a quick 30 minutes for both sets of grandparents to say hello to new baby is not going to impact on a new schedule, I kind of pity the new baby having such a strict set of parents. I honestly think they’ll regret this as grandparents will feel put out by this attitude. When they do need support or baby sitters I hope the grandparents say no! What does a black heart ? mean?!!!

VioletSky

Oh yay another "hilarious" thread takeover

How much more can anyone say about the subject?
People are coming at it from different viewpoints.
Mine will be different to yours, so we could argue about it for years, but neither of us will suddenly capitulate.

I am surprised this thread is still going, I am so grateful I know no one like this Mothers daughter, my immediate family, my friends, people I work with, no one talks about boundaries and rules, and they certainly would not have sent such a stupid text.

My Grandchildren, my friends children are a joy and we were welcome to go and see them when they were born. I am glad I live in the real world where we dont live our lives though social media.

Oh yay another "hilarious" thread takeover

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Well, I'm not surprised as she's your DIL and not your DDIL.

To a certain extent this missive reminds me of the mums to be who write their birth plan in great detail, citing where when and how they will have their perfect labours, usually calm, meditative (after all haven't they been to all those hypno classes), pain free and needing no intervention. Yet a few hours in are screaming for whatever pain relief is the strongest and yelling "just get it out".
Having idealistic plans is all well and good, but no one knows how labour and the early weeks of parenthood will be. Cooing babies and serene bonding parents is a beautiful idea, but in reality the sight of a beloved parent on the doorstep with home cooked meals and cakes to pop in the freezer and the offer to take baby for half an hour so the parents can have lazy baths , long overdue naps without having to listen out for every tiny whimper and then being told to sit down while the GP makes and serves coffee, is the sort of bliss that the idealistic parents to be can't yet imagine longing for.
I do understand where they are coming from, but I think they have approached it wrongly.

I phoned my DIL this morning to remind her that I'm not speaking to her at the moment. She had the gall to say "Who is this?" and I had to remind her "I'm your mother in law!" She's a cheeky madam Callistemon She knew fine well who I was when she asked me if I'd just got back in from Trick or Treating last night just because I'd got no makeup on!

You'll catch a cold in your kidneys!
Sorry, I don't have a kidney emoji.

Lovely long nails? Just what I need!

I must remember not to say
"Remember I'm your mother"
"Mother knows best"
"I never did that when I was young" (fibber)
"Are you wearing a vest?"

There's so many of them Callistemon! ???? no idea what these mean but you can have them anyway

I'm trying to remember all these new roolz, Chewbacca
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What's with all the emoji all of a sudden Callistemon? Don't you be getting down wid da kidz as well!

Chewbacca

I was going to give up too Lucca but MissAdventure's posts are too good to miss!

Love them!!

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