Am I the only person in the whole wide world?

[manderzpants]

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thanks redhen! would you like to hear a funny story? settle in:

when i was 7, and in my speak-only-when-spoken-to phase, a nice girl at school wanted to play with me. her name was michelle and although i thought of her as a really lovely, nice girl, i wasn't really interested in playing with her. her mother called mine and asked about a play date, but when my mother asked me if i would like to go play with michelle, i said that i didn't really want to. i was asked if i didn't like her, and i said no, she's really nice. and my mom said, but you don't want to play with her? why not? and i did my usual "i don't know" and my mom was like ummmmm......okay. a while later, michelle's mom called again, and it was the same thing, but this time with my mom a bit more exasperated with me. the third time she called, my mom had had enough of my shennanigans and said THAT'S IT, YOU'RE PLAYING WITH HER! to which i wailed NOOOOOOO as if it were the worst thing EVER. i was so nervous when it was time to go play with her and my mom kept telling me how much fun it would be. and she was right, i was scared at first (i was a super shy kid) but then we had an awesome time. when my mom came to pick me up, i jumped in the car all smiles. she asked me if i had fun and i enthusiastically replied YES! and she was like see, that wasn't so bad at all right? wasn't she nice? and i said YES! and then she said, don't you want to do that again, to which i immediately stopped smiling and said NO! as if that would have been soooo horrible. lol she flung her hands up in the air and said THAT'S IT! I GIVE UP! JUST PLAY BY YOURSELF THEN! and i smiled, pleased.

yes i really was that odd. i got sent to the school shrink shortly after that.

 

[duck walk]

I raised six of them...at the time it was way cool but today? I really don't like them very much...I hate it/them most when I am shopping and they are running rampant in the store isles screaming and whining for stuff...oh gag me...I have very few around here at this time of my life but they make me nuts if they come with their parents for eggs, chicks or ducks...mostly they run around acting like idiots terrorizing my animals...I look to the parents to stop them and if they don't, I do...kids are just so all over the place and they are noisy...I like quiet...a goose honk is about as loud as I care to hear anything...I hate it when they come in my house and they are snooping in everything and touching and moving my stuff, like they own it...no manners...if I did things like that as a kid, an adult would have taken my head off...I guess I am just an old crank...I am happier when kids are elsewhere...

 

[HHandbasket]

I am in a quandry with this one. When my children were growing up, I loved/adored them, still do. When my step-children came into my life, I couldn't have been more thrilled, and I was so overwhelmed with their cuteness that it was hard not to just pinch their li'l cheeks constantly. I love and adore my grandson. HOWEVER... I have to admit that now as I am getting older, I have a really, really low tolerance for kids. Looking back, it seems I loved my own children and step-children and all, but I have always been easily annoyed by some of the things kids do. I've never been one of those parents who thinks "My kid is just being a kid" if he acts up in public, and I had people gawk at me and make comments to me when my kid was acting stupid in the mall, throwing things, reached out and hit me, and I grabbed him by his little ear and dragged his screamin' little fanny out to the car & we went home and I didn't want to hear it if he didn't get his new shoes, too bad. Once a lady in JC Penney threatened to call CPS on me for dragging him out kicking and screaming because he had knocked over a rack in another store (the clerk at Penney was unaware). I looked at her and said, "Good. Call 'em."

I am not proud of that moment, but I truly don't believe kids should be allowed to kick and scream and misbehave in public. If they misbehave, there should be consequences, the first of which is that the shopping trip (or movie day or special lunch out at a restaurant or whatever) is OVER. Stare at me, see if I care. I tell you what. My boys are in their 20s and may not be perfect, but they know how to conduct themselves in public.

 

[mississippifarmboy]

Ok, before I get in trouble for joking. I don't hate kids. I don't use shock collars on them. I've never used one in a recipe. I don't even use them for slave labor.

I have five of my own and four others out there that call me Daddy that ain't mine. We raise money for kids every year for Chrismas presents and I donate alot every year to St. Jude's Chicldren's Hospital and the Shriner's Childrens Burn Center.







But most of them are still irratating little creatures. I hear in some countries they send them to the state when they are around 10 and bring them home when they turn 18. Maybe we could do the same thing, except send them to Gritty......

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

No kids for us.............need I say more

I do not mind kids..............just have no drive to have them.


I love caring for our critters and my DH but have had no desire to "produce" or "reproduce".





Sadly, there are many people who I think should not have had children - it is a heavy responsibility that too many take lightly.

 

[NellaBean]

I don't like kids "in general". There are a few kids here and there that I like. Usually the nice well behaved ones. I love my 2.5 year old niece, even though she is a brat sometimes. Doesn't mean I want one though!

Thankfully, my boyfriend doesn't like kids either......first time we "discussed" it he was so relieved to find out I did not want any kids ever. I like my furry and feathered kids instead.

 

[Junkmanme]

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When I was a "Single Father" raising 4 children, I had a girlfriend with an attitude like yours.
She wanted to get married. It seemed like a very poor idea to me.

We parted company. That was certainly BEST for everyone.

-Junkmanme-

 

[Dunkopf]

I've always wanted some shock pads on the kitchen table chairs and in the backseat. You could just give them the look. Next step would be pushing the button. Like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters.

 

[redhen]

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[gritsar]

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When I was a "Single Father" raising 4 children, I had a girlfriend with an attitude like yours.
She wanted to get married. It seemed like a very poor idea to me.

We parted company. That was certainly BEST for everyone.

-Junkmanme-

But here's the thing - I would give up everything I own and then some, to have been able to have children with my current husband. I raised pretty much single-handedly (since their father was a drunk and a coke addict) two kids that grew up to be responsible adults; I think at least in part because I took the time to be a responsible parent.