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    Globetrotter is offline Red Diamond level (10,000+ posts)
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    Enjoy your retirement! Thank you for keeping the board going. I loved the baby bargains book and recommended it to so many people, and I love that this BBB book (and consequently this forum) attracts like-minded people who are detail-oriented researchers for any and everything! It has been such a wonderful resource for me, from vacation planning to the curly girl method to intermittent fasting!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mom2binsd View Post
    Thank you, this was my first internet board I ever used or listed on, seems almost fitting that the Fields are retiring, the baby who was the reason I bought the book and joined the board in 2003, is graduating college. I'm sure all of the OG members of the BBB could never ever have imagined we'd still be around posting!!!! Shows what a valuable and special resource this has been and the quality of the members and for the most part, free of major drama typical of other online boards/communities.

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    So well said, I think many of the OG kids have or are graduating college soon. Thank you Fields and enjoy your retirement!

    ETA: I joined in 2003 and was active for years but had an issue with my username so had to rejoin in 2011.

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    mom2binsd is offline Red Diamond level (10,000+ posts)
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    I know OP didn't mean it, but the post title is a bit of a "click bait", I thought at first the board was closing down (I think I almost forgot they began with the book).

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    WatchingThemGrow is offline Blue Diamond level (20,000+ posts)
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    Thank you for your years of service to the world of brides, parents, and others' lives you touched. Is there a "career memoirs" we can read?

    We can't thank you enough for keeping the boards open. They're a lifeline and something I've not been able to find anywhere, especially with the lovely folk who found this space decades ago.

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    Thank you Alan and Denise. I hope you have been able to follow along and find help and friendship in these boards as much as I have. Like others have said, your books were invaluable to me when I started this motherhood journey. This community is unique and the women (and occasionally men) who post here have become a group of supportive friends that can offer subjective advice like nothing I’ve encountered in the “real world.” I’m so grateful you started this. And I’m so grateful you are keeping it going. Congratulations on your retirement!
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    "This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe. It doesn't solve any problems." Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alandenisefields View Post
    Hello all! Yes, it is true—we are heading off into retirement. But good news: we are keeping the message boards up and running.

    We are retiring from book publishing and the website product reviews updates. Our Baby Bargains book will be going out of print this year. But the message boards will live on!

    Thanks,
    Alan & Denise Fields
    Congratulations on retirement! This board is such a wonderful community and capstone to all of your book publishing work - thank you!
    mommy to DD 1/07

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    Thank you for making this safe place. So many questions and problems over the years, from fertility issues to pregnancy to car seats.... to now college admissions!

    Thank you for being a resource for so many of us.

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    I too started with Bridal Bargains for my 2002 wedding. I remember being at Borders looking in the bridal section and someone recommended it to me. I used so many tips. Some sound crazy now - I ordered my veil from eBay. My very first eBay purchase! I never would have considered that back then if not for your book. Of course I got Baby Bargains a couple years later and then came here. It's been nearly 21 years. It's such a wonderful community to be in. Thank you for everything over the years but especially for bringing this group of moms together.

    Enjoy retirement!

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    Thank you Alan and Denise! I started with the book in 2003. It was such a great resource helping me find the right products for my baby and then I found this board shortly after. This board has been so important to me both in connecting with other parents and finding answers to a wide range of questions. I can't think of any other resource that I have consistently turned to for over 20 years. I love that there is a certain anonymity with our user names but it also allows us to still get to know each other. You get to know people's backstories and their personality. I can't tell you how many times it has helped me out with a problem. I have gained so much knowledge here. My kids are both now in college.

    Thank you for keeping the boards alive! Have a wonderful retirement! All the best!

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