BornInDroopSt'54
14-07-2015, 10:35 PM
I posted this in the father son's thread but it got backwatered so here it is:
See the link for great pics:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3159153/This-photo-staged-did-not-actually-walk-like-Young-mum-hilarious-signs-twins-hold-pram-hits-online-critics.html
A Melbourne mum has made international headlines after creating signs to ward off rude questions from strangers about her twin daughters.
Annie Nolan, the wife of Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken, created two signs last Thursday after becoming increasingly frustrated with having to repeatedly answer the same questions about their two-year-old daughters, Delphine and Cheska.
She placed the signs - made with two large envelopes - on her daughters' pram and snapped a photo which she posted on Facebook.
"Yes, they are mine. Yes, they are twins. Yes, both girls. No, not identical. Yes, I know they look alike though. Yes, I'm sure they aren't identical," the first sign read.
The second sign read: "Conceived by f---ing. Born via c-section. You have twins in your family? *Great*. They don't run in my family...until now. Yes, my hands are full (sometimes with two glasses of wine just to get through). Yes, triplets would be harder."
Ms Nolan said she created the signs to share a laugh among friends, without any inclination they would be so widely received.
"I really wanted to leave these signs on the pram today," the mother-of-three and blogger wrote on Facebook.
"As a twin mum, you get asked a series of questions/hear a series of statements every time you go out.
"I know most people are coming from a great place and are just curious however many can be quite intrusive and after a while it's just plain exhausting. And since I was heading into the city, I knew the questions would be coming thick and fast...but I chickened out on the train and took them off! P.S - it is a joke people."
The post resonated with parents of twins worldwide and by Tuesday night had been shared more than 7500 times and received more than 22,000 "likes".
It also caught the eye of Hollywood celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who praised Ms Nolan's honesty.
"Good for you, girl!" Hilton's website reads.
However, not all of the attention has been positive for Ms Nolan, who has found herself having to fend off harsh criticism about her language and attitude.
"I absolutely never meant to hurt a single soul with this photo," she wrote on Monday.
"It was intended mostly for 4 specific friends who have twins, for a laugh. I could hardly predict the reaction it was going to have.
"So the comments made by people who can't conceive a child or have lost a child telling me I should 'be happy that I even have kids' really affected me. I am sorry to anyone that took it this way. It wasn't how I intended it to come across."
Nolan is incredibly candid in her blog, Uncanny Annie, in which she recounts the sudden death of her brother in a car accident in 2011 and the premature birth of her twins two years later.
Ms Nolan also has four-year-old son Malachy with husband Picken.
The 26-year-old mother has insisted she is happy to answer the questions of curious strangers, despite airing her frustrations on Facebook.
"It gets tiring answering the questions all of the time," she told Channel Seven's Sunrise.
"But most people are really lovely."
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-mother-annie-nolans-facebook-post-about-twin-daughters-goes-viral-20150714-giccxv.html
See the link for great pics:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3159153/This-photo-staged-did-not-actually-walk-like-Young-mum-hilarious-signs-twins-hold-pram-hits-online-critics.html
A Melbourne mum has made international headlines after creating signs to ward off rude questions from strangers about her twin daughters.
Annie Nolan, the wife of Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken, created two signs last Thursday after becoming increasingly frustrated with having to repeatedly answer the same questions about their two-year-old daughters, Delphine and Cheska.
She placed the signs - made with two large envelopes - on her daughters' pram and snapped a photo which she posted on Facebook.
"Yes, they are mine. Yes, they are twins. Yes, both girls. No, not identical. Yes, I know they look alike though. Yes, I'm sure they aren't identical," the first sign read.
The second sign read: "Conceived by f---ing. Born via c-section. You have twins in your family? *Great*. They don't run in my family...until now. Yes, my hands are full (sometimes with two glasses of wine just to get through). Yes, triplets would be harder."
Ms Nolan said she created the signs to share a laugh among friends, without any inclination they would be so widely received.
"I really wanted to leave these signs on the pram today," the mother-of-three and blogger wrote on Facebook.
"As a twin mum, you get asked a series of questions/hear a series of statements every time you go out.
"I know most people are coming from a great place and are just curious however many can be quite intrusive and after a while it's just plain exhausting. And since I was heading into the city, I knew the questions would be coming thick and fast...but I chickened out on the train and took them off! P.S - it is a joke people."
The post resonated with parents of twins worldwide and by Tuesday night had been shared more than 7500 times and received more than 22,000 "likes".
It also caught the eye of Hollywood celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who praised Ms Nolan's honesty.
"Good for you, girl!" Hilton's website reads.
However, not all of the attention has been positive for Ms Nolan, who has found herself having to fend off harsh criticism about her language and attitude.
"I absolutely never meant to hurt a single soul with this photo," she wrote on Monday.
"It was intended mostly for 4 specific friends who have twins, for a laugh. I could hardly predict the reaction it was going to have.
"So the comments made by people who can't conceive a child or have lost a child telling me I should 'be happy that I even have kids' really affected me. I am sorry to anyone that took it this way. It wasn't how I intended it to come across."
Nolan is incredibly candid in her blog, Uncanny Annie, in which she recounts the sudden death of her brother in a car accident in 2011 and the premature birth of her twins two years later.
Ms Nolan also has four-year-old son Malachy with husband Picken.
The 26-year-old mother has insisted she is happy to answer the questions of curious strangers, despite airing her frustrations on Facebook.
"It gets tiring answering the questions all of the time," she told Channel Seven's Sunrise.
"But most people are really lovely."
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-mother-annie-nolans-facebook-post-about-twin-daughters-goes-viral-20150714-giccxv.html