https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:57:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920436 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:09:00 +0000 ilovepie 2920436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl I noticed too and loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920430 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:11:23 +0000 josina 2920430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: it was so fun signing in and seeing all the movement on the boards! Great idea, I hope we can keep it going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920404 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 22:13:31 +0000 JennyPenny 2920404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: love this! It definitely helped :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920402 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 22:08:55 +0000 Lahela017 2920402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: love it!! So excited about all the boards tonight!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920401 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 22:04:51 +0000 catgirl 2920401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: what an awesome idea! The boards are great tonight and it's definitely a nice distraction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920399 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 21:57:34 +0000 bhbee 2920399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: it was so amazing when I logged on tonight! Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920381 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 21:22:33 +0000 LadyDi 2920381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I noticed the uptick tonight and figured it was people trying to keep their mind off of things. What a great idea, it’s so fun to have new topics and it’s a good distraction. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920353 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 20:18:04 +0000 mediagirl 2920353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, we used to have these things called postathons where the hostesses would pick a week and start conversations one day a week. It was fun so, a few friends who met here decided to pick it up for election night 2020 to take our minds off of this night. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920343 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:40:54 +0000 erinpye 2920343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Posts were never older than a few hours tops on the front page. A bunch of us came here when the site started, and used to post daily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920204 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:11:38 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2920204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bpcmarj: Yes! At one point it was so busy here, the bloggers felt like celebrities. It was like special when they would post or comment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920201 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:08:29 +0000 bpcmarj 2920201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have much to add since I don't know what it's like here now, but it was pretty great back in the day!</p> <p>I really love that grapefruiting is remembered though. That makes me LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920176 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:48:08 +0000 poppygirl15 2920176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Starfish: @Mrs. Carrot: that’s so disappointing to hear that the bloggers are being left in the cold, after all the time you’ve given to this website. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920133 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 08:33:25 +0000 Mrs. Starfish 2920133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel completely the same and I wish there was some sort of closing communication. I even went to so far as to email Mrs. Bee directly when I noticed that my blog posts weren't going up, and I received no response from that attempt either. It's really frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920127 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:43:23 +0000 ChitownRo 2920127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto, hoping for some closure- in the crazy way that the internet is a medium for this - I feel like I sort of know the Bees. I’m also hoping to hear of the outcome of the trial of the murderers of Mr Bee’s mom. Really hoping justice was served and the Bees are happily isolated from CV/at peace on their island. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920124 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:32:26 +0000 Miss Ariel 2920124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skiierchck99: I remember being so excited to join weddingbee after I was engaged. Previously I had just been lurking. I got engaged in 2010, so I’ve been “here” over 10 years too. It’s crazy to think about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/3#post-2920115 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:28:28 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2920115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@poppygirl15: As a (former ?) blogger, I agree. There's a post in the blogger portion of the site that's been asking about whether posts will be published and there's been no response and I'm guessing there's posts sitting in queue a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2920113 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:21:54 +0000 skiierchck99 2920113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@poppygirl15: agree. With Bee would just put up a so long farewell post. It’s wild, I’ve been involved in their boards for more than 10 years, first on wedding we and then here. The end of an era... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2920112 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:13:28 +0000 poppygirl15 2920112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone else wish there was a note of closure about the blog portion of this website clearly being over? The last post was put up in July. It just feels weird for the post to be titled “Hello Again,” but the Bees are clearly done posting content. I have no problem with Hellobee existing for the boards only, but I guess having been part of this community since the beginning, I wish there was “closure,” for lack of a better term. Maybe just so I’d finally stop checking for a new post. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2920004 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:02:21 +0000 foodiebee 2920004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JJ2626: @jennlin821: :heart: I'm always available on my "wall" if you want to chat or need a pick-me-up or even just someone to say "I'm stressed" to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2919970 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:23:28 +0000 JJ2626 2919970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@foodiebee: ha I “try on” new places to live constantly and I’m sure it drives my friends crazy. But-when it was super smoky here in Cali, everyone texted me asking me to tell them more about Vermont! That said, I’m sorry you’re so low and I would also have a very hard time living somewhere that didn’t match my ideals/morals. I love my liberal bubble. I feel super lucky in that way and it’s a major consideration for us in where we move. I’m also anxious and depressed about politics and the election and am really hoping for change which can bring me some peace. Hang in there! </p> <p>@jennlin821: life is rough right now! You are not alone! I’m not super active on here but have been more lately bc it’s a distraction. That said, any posts about family visits or travel are super triggering bc my main source of sadness (other than Trump) right now is that we cannot see our families across the country right now bc of Covid and likely will go 2 years without seeing them. I cry about it daily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2919969 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:47:35 +0000 jennlin821 2919969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@foodiebee: Thank you for this! I appreciate you validating my feelings and I hope you don't mind me using your thread as an example. I love HelloBee as I don't have any friends- so this is my only mom group. I desperately miss the lighthearted fun days - but as you said even your thread has an unspoken undercurrent of desperation and despair! </p> <p>I'm clinging to election day as a beacon. I will feel such relief if Biden is elected. But I don't dare to hope - Trump and the Republicans have stolen than from me. </p> <p>I'm so tired of being tired sad and angry. </p> <p>I want people to keep posting light happy posts and angry struggle posts. I want to keep this space alive. I just can't participate as much as I want until there is hope again. </p> <p>@Chuckles: Thank you for the validation. And if you have the ability to post, please keep posting. I do still check the site several times a day and read most boards. I just can't participate as much as I want to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2919967 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:07:50 +0000 foodiebee 2919967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jennlin821: I 1000% get your thoughts here, and I imagine this sentiment or something similar is contributing to the slowing of participation for others too. </p> <p>What I didn't say in that moving thread (that I started!) was that I am miserable most of the day, with no sense of self, a complete loss of whatever life we'd built up here that I enjoyed, and my in-laws living with us for reasons I can't even bear to get into right now. Part of the reason I think I might feel like such an outsider where we live right now is for political reasons. I just feel like I perhaps have different morals than many of the people around me, or at least, I'm not willing to turn a blind eye/turn the other cheek for some things like others are. Some days I feel like that less true than others, but some days are also just far harder than others. </p> <p>I "joke" with DH that I just need the country to get past the election so that I can know what we're dealing with and if we *need* to move. I think I posted that thread as a coping mechanism. My friends are tired of hypothetically "trying on" different places to live with me, but it's my only escape. I actually *do* have family who have moved away from the US because of the climate here. I have friends who are preparing to do the same. It's pretty real for us and those around us.</p> <p>I suppose all of this is to say: You aren't alone in those feelings, and I wanted you to know that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2919966 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:06:03 +0000 Chuckles 2919966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jennlin821: I'm so sorry that you are struggling. It's so hard when the division of labor at home is so uneven. And, yes, I find that I can't think too much about the election and the future of the country or I start to go down a rabbit hole. DH and I have been semi-joking about a civil war if Trump loses, but it's obviously not really funny. I'm sending you lots of caring thoughts.<br /> I've been able to to post more recently because I have a much quieter job where I'm at my desk more instead of running around like crazy with my busy classroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2919963 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:37:08 +0000 jennlin821 2919963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that the state of the world has also contributed to the slow-down of the boards.<br /> I used to be able to pop-in and ask light-hearted questions and participate in fun threads (like the one about hypothetically moving posted yesterday). But I just can't now. Between Trump, the Republican Party, the erosion of women's rights, BLM, and then the entire should-have-been-preventable pandemic, I don't have the capacity to participate. </p> <p>In fact, it hurts. If I think about replying to something it brings up all the related thoughts. To continue using the moving thread as an example - I thought about replying. But that caused me to think about our cross-country move 3 years ago which was extremely stressful, and we moved away from Texas because we couldn't stand be surrounded by Republican 'Christians' who agreed that Moses was a founding father and Trump was worthy of praise. We decided that we would not raise out child there, and moved back home to New England. The move was stressful, with temporary living spaces and a 9 mo old. Plus it caused some HUGE fights between DH and I. The following year we bought a house, which I did 99% of while having pnumonia for 8 weeks. My husband then got a job where he has chosen to work 12+ hours per day which has caused a rift in our relationship as I also work full time. Then the pandemic hit - we are both considered essential (but not front lines) so I took on 90% of the childcare AND working remotely full time, while he still went into the office.<br /> So I couldn't reply to a lighthearted thread about hypothetically moving because it makes me spiral. On a daily basis I'm doing everything I can to just keep it together, I don't have the capacity to be fun or lighthearted when the entire world is spinning out of control. </p> <p>I wish I did. I really miss it. </p> <p>At this point I'd be hypothetically moving to Canada - without my family :wink:<br /> And if Trump is reelected or if the Senate isn't flipped, it might not be hypothetical... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2919944 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:06:36 +0000 arosebyany 2919944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This makes me so sad. I was on HB back in 2014 at the height as well. Once my son was diagnosed with autism I moved over to babycenter. The main boards get wild but the Autism support groups are gold over there. I still lurk on here every now and then when I’m feeling nostalgic. It’s been probably a year since the last time I checked in, I didn’t realize the boards had slowed so much. I do see some names I remember though. :happy: I definitly miss what this board was at a specific time in my life. Good to see some of y’all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2918984 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 03:55:29 +0000 turquoisemama 2918984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: yep! I remember being able to constantly refresh the page and there were new replies and topics started. And pretty much chatting back and forth. So many Pee on a stick, due date boards and bump pic boards too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2918957 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:50:36 +0000 pastemoo 2918957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: There was a contast "buzz." Someone was always online and you could spend hours just on the boards.<br /> And more bloggers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2918340 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:12:37 +0000 graceandjoy 2918340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi! I've literally been MIA since pandemic started. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2918263 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 09:22:53 +0000 808love 2918263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Hi!<br /> Can’t believe I still know how to do this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-hello-bee-different-years-ago-to-now/page/2#post-2918207 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:20:45 +0000 mrsjyw 2918207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hi old friends :) </p>