The most disgusting thing

[micki76]

Originally posted by ILoveReptiles
And my response to this is - yes, and I was a nasty disgusting germ vector too. I'm not ashamed to admit it. hehehe

LOL! Me, too. And I apologize to all the people like me that were, irritated, grossed out, and/or disgusted by me.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by ILoveReptiles
And my response to this is - yes, and I was a nasty disgusting germ vector too. I'm not ashamed to admit it. hehehe

Although I do get get annoyed by certain kids, I hate that some people say kids are disgusting, dirty, headaches, whatever. If that's what you say about kids, don't get offended when people speak of pets that way. People love their kids. They are their life. Saying something like that is in my opinion, more hurtful that people saying such things about animals.

I think kids are cute, but they can get on my nerves. I blame kids' bad behavior on their parents. Its not the kids' fault. Its the fault of the ones who raise them, just like bad dogs are bad because of bad owners. Its not the dogs, its the owners. Same way, its not the kids, its the parents.

[ILoveReptiles]

PCB - I don't get offended when someone refers to one of my pets as icky or disgusting - they're entitled to their viewpoint. It's what I think that matters.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by ILoveReptiles
It's what I think that matters.

LOL!

I have seen posts here from people complaining on what people think of their pets. Some of those people don't like kids. What I meant is that people who don't like kids but get offended when people talk bad about their pets, should know that people who love kids feel even worse when they say mean things about kids.

As much as I feel like screaming when I see a kid misbehaving, I try my best not to say things like *I hate kids* *kids are crazy* etc. Of course I don't believe those things and I love cute well behaved kids, but when I'm around nutty kids, I sometimes feel like screaming *I HATE KIDS*! Even if its not true. When I'm around good kids, I think to myself, what sweeties they are and that those are the kinds of kids I like. I personally believe its the parents that make kids good or bad. Kids definitely have their own personality and some may be harder to deal with than others, but most parents that have ill behaved children need to take parenting lessons.

[Twisterdog]

Now, I'm one of the strange ones .... I have a child that I love dearly ... but in general I am not fond of children. I am of the old-fashioned (obviously!) school of thought that children should behave, listen, obey and be good .... with ALL adults. I don't like children who run amok. Yes, it's the parents' fault ... but I still don't like those kids.

My son is not perfect, but he has been taught manners and respect. As all children should be.

I own a boarding kennel, and it always makes me grind my teeth when I see mom dragging three dirty, whiny, loud kids out of the minivan and into my office ... just to drop off the dog for boarding. The kids are interrupting, touching things ... bleck. Why not leave them in the car?? I have a sign on the wall that says, "Pets welcome. Children must be leashed." The mom in the above example invariably reads it and laughs. I stare at her and her offspring with a straight face and say, "It's not a joke." It's my business, I can do that.

[CathyBogart]

I don't like kids, but I won't walk up to a mother and announce that to her. I expect the same courtesy to be granted to myself and my pets. If you don't like them, fine, but I don't want to hear about it!

[IttyBittyKitty]

Banged the nail right on the head ...

The problem with many children these days is that they suffer from neglectful parenting. With that said, however, a decent individual should never blame his or her upbringing on what type of person he or she becomes. So, I too, cannot STAND the bratty monsters that trawl the streets these days.

Many (not all! There need to be more Kay-Ann, Jordan and PCB's around) teenagers irk me the most ... they get on the train, drink WHISKEY straight from a bottle, swear, cuss, spit and make fools of themselves. They are inarticulate, indolent, and have no desire to make a positive contribution to society. This is the generation to whom we are leaving the planet? What a depressing thought....

I am not personally an advocate of being Child Free. I've never been particularly broody either. As for having children? I entertain the possibility of having children as being something that I might like to do. But, I'd much rather be Child Free than being an irresponsible parent.

Another thing ... two reptile lovers being CF advocates ... is there a connection or is that pure coincidence??

[ILoveReptiles]

Originally posted by IttyBittyKitty
Another thing ... two reptile lovers being CF advocates ... is there a connection or is that pure coincidence??

Hey, that's wild. Maybe there is a connection! I think it's just coincidence though..

[slick]

At the risk of getting rude PM's let me just say....

I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

I loathe children, always have, always will. I knew at 17 I did not want to be a Mom and at 50, I've never regretted the decision. Nothing make my sicker than new Moms coming into the office all goo-goo over stacks and stacks of baby pictures. I just walk away.

And respecting others, I in turn don't show off my cat's pictures to people at work. They just don't understand. **Sigh** I'm glad you do!!

[boscibo]

I don't hate kids, I just prefer to limit my time around them. I love my neices and nephews. I am 37 and child-free. I knew when I was quite young I'd never want my own. Probably when I started babysitting (I was 12, into horses, and needed money for lessons and shows), I babysat a lot, but hated every minute of it.

I got the "You'll change your mind" speech a lot, it got quite sickening. Finally at 37 I don't hear it much anymore. Yikes. I could never figure out why so many people were so concerned about my reproductive choice!

[ILoveReptiles]

Originally posted by boscibo
I don't hate kids, I just prefer to limit my time around them. I love my neices and nephews. I am 37 and child-free. I knew when I was quite young I'd never want my own. Probably when I started babysitting (I was 12, into horses, and needed money for lessons and shows), I babysat a lot, but hated every minute of it.

I got the "You'll change your mind" speech a lot, it got quite sickening. Finally at 37 I don't hear it much anymore. Yikes. I could never figure out why so many people were so concerned about my reproductive choice!

Well not all CF'ers hate kids...

And I know what you mean about the "You'll change your mind" speech getting sickening. To this day, I too still can't understand why anyone feels compelled to make your reproductive choices their personal business. It doesn't make any sense to me and it never will, yet they continue to try to make it their business and convince you that you're wrong.

Whatever...

[kingrattus]

The more I work at the PO, the more I hate kids. these kids r rotten to the core, they break things open things & scream for no reason & some mothers, ok quite a few mothers make their young preteen or younger (6-9) take care of the baby, the darn baby is screaming so horribly I had employees & tones of customes comming over to see what on earth is going on & the poor kids r trying so hard to get their sibbling to calm down, that they look like their gonna cry themselves.

& today we almost hit a toddler that was biking behind a super thick bush onto the road & then he was biking all over thew middle of the road.
THERE WAS NO PARENT IN SIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This kid was maybe 3 yrs old!!!!!

[allanimalswelcome]

I remember my mom told us my brother used to come to the library where she worked. He was supposed to sit behind the desk and draw or whatever.

One day he ESCAPED FROM THE LIBRARY! Just got up and left. My mom was picking up books another kid was tossing on the floor and trying to deal with him.

Luckliy the library wasn't far from my house and luckily my dad was coming home and he saw him. He was like "What are you going?" and my brother said "To buy a birthday cake and some candles and some other things I need"

Hehe just thought that was funny.

~Rachel

[Tonya]

I would never try to talk someone out of their decision to not have kids. There are so many people out there that shouldn't be parents...so why would I encourage someone that doesn't want to be a parent to have children. I do think it is to bad and find it offensive that some of you say you hate kids as if all kids are rotten. That is like me saying I hate all pit bulls.

[Sevens]

Everybody is entitled to their opinions and everyone here who has posted have obviously thought out their course of actions well. I commend you all for standing by your points of view, even if they are not popular.

And I will add my two cents. My husband and I would like to have kids at some point, but we do both have health concerns that need to be addressed in the context of getting pregnant (we are both diabetic, so how would that affect the chances of the baby being diabetic and also how would it affect my health). Or, we may decide to adopt. Either way, we have decided nothing is happening till I am 30 (4 years from now).

What I hate is two things....first, the looks/comments I get about the possibly adopting thing and secondly, I get "30...you want to wait till you are 30 to have kids?!?!?!? That's too old!!!"

When I get the "adopting looks/comments", I usually reference Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias and be like "you want that to happen to me?"

And to the "30 thing", I usually point out that it would be nice to be 4 years into our marriage and have a house before bringing a kid into the world.