Originally posted by ramanth
It really stings though when the subject is brought up and someone is like, "Oh I hate kids. Why would you want to have a baby?" and look at me like I'm going to give birth to a lethal virus.
Kimmy, I'm so sorry some people are rude enough to say something like that. I can understand people wanting kids and I'm actually grateful somebody else wants to so I don't have to.

I'd be curious to see how many of the "young ones" here actually end up with kids. My best friends sister was an adamant kid-hater at one point. She went so far as to actually pop kids balloons with the hot tip of her cigarette at a outdoor fair type thing. She did it for the pure pleasure of seeing the kids cry - now she has two of her own and loves and adores them as much as any mother could. The thing of it is though, that she is still not able to put up with kids' cr*p, so her two are well behaved and actually a pleasure to have around - as compared to most of the brats out there today who are just too precious to be disciplined.

Anyway, didn't mean to go off an a rant, I just wish people could be polite and tolerant of others' choices - no matter if that's regarding having kids or which car to drive or what religion to practice or whether to have a cat or a dog or.....