I don't like children.

[Floogeldy]

Does anyone else here not like children? They annoy me. I don't like the noises they make. They distract me. I don't think I would be comfortable caring for one because I have other shit to do. They are too demanding. I can't handle their irrational tantrums. They truly do need to be seen and not heard.

I might feel different if it were my own flesh and blood. I have no idea. But I'm not interested.

Am I all alone with this feeling?

[ZombieNixon]

1. Perhaps it's because I'm really tired,

but this post made me laugh hysterically. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Me too.

:o

[ZombieNixon]

4. For me, it was the "I don't like the noises they make" line.

Just...perfect. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. You know what makes me giggle?

People answering seriously to this post.. I mean this is a perfect example of Floog being Floog. :o

[ZombieNixon]

14. And yet...

someone will try to chew him out. :crazy:

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. Wait for it.... wait for it....

:silly:

[Floogeldy]

17. Heh heh.

Funny how things work out. ;)

[ZombieNixon]

19. No one's really chewed you out yet.

I may have to post a rabid pro-child rant so I don't turn me into a liar. :silly:

[xmas74]

35. I answered semi-seriously

because he reminds me a bit of my aunt in his wording.

No flames for him.

[jukes]

42. i'm afraid i took it seriously

sounds perfectly logical to me. because kids stink.

[SeattleGirl]

3. While I don't feel the same way you do, I do know others who do.

Some folks like kids, some don't. :shrug:

[jadedconformist]

5. I believe....

...that more people agree with you than what you would think.

:rofl:

[Robeson]

6. I'm not sure I would say I don't "like" them, I just don't relate to...

...them. My wife is the same. That was one of the prerequisites for us when we decided to live together. I found someone who didn't want children, as did she.

[ghostsofgiants]

7. That depends...

Are children people?

[StellaBlue]

8. I'm with you on that.

I posted something about this a few months ago, but I can't find it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear Floog.......

I think it's a very good thing that you don't have any kids.....

I happen to love children, and I love being a mom......

I do believe it's a very personal choice. You are certainly NOT alone!

:hug:

[Bucky]

10. Maybe you're not using enough ketchup

(on edit): Oops, I see I should have read the OP more closely. Apparently you don't like them alive. True dat. It's so hard to get them to quit wiggling around in the oven.

[StellaBlue]

12. Bwhahahahaha! n/t

[Sparkly]

13. Depends on the children.

They are people -- just fresh new people.

There are children who are annoying as can be, yes.
There are also children who you can't help love.

Just people! People newer to the world...

I teach children (of different ages, in different situations) and the ones you really need to see are the pre-schoolers who are less products of their environments than of simple human nature. They can blow your mind. They say things, do things, imagine things, create things, and come up with questions that make me laugh, make me think, make me amazed in wonder at what we all might have been like, and still are like, at our cores.

You want to meet some 3 and 4 year olds, and just talk to them. I think they teach me more than I teach them.

[PDX Bara]

15. Children

I don't particularly DISLIKE them, well, most of them anyway. They just make me nervous...too many years in the insurance claims business.

[Kire]

18. I don't like people.

Of any age. lol

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. !

:applause:

[amitten]

20. I like the ones that have been raised by smart people and that

know how to behave.

The brats? I want to set 'em on fire.

[Arugula Latte]

45. As a parent,may I say

I know what you're getting at. However, one of the most humbling experiences of being a parent is realizing how amazingly "set" a child can come into the world. For example, I know a family that had four children. The parents provided a warm, caring, educational environment for all of them. Three of the kids turned out to be just wonderful people. One was a "bad seed" from the start. Sometimes kids are wired strangely, or there's something else going on that makes them resist the influences that would normally produce a stellar human being under most circumstances. Just a little food for thought.

[amitten]

77. True. But many are just never disciplined properly.

It is not the job of the parent to be constantly "friendly". Friendly never puts a stop to truly out-of-control behavior.

[Blue_Tires]

21. never liked 'em

never plan to have them

[XemaSab]

22. I don't like kids with expensive shit

Whenever I see a kid with an ipod or a fancy phone I just want to knock 'em down and take their stuff.

Same goes for kids reading adult magazines.

Why should I suffer just because their parents weren't smart enough to snatch 'em inside the house when they saw me coming down the street?

[fleabert]

23. depends on the day for me, and the parent.

I get along great with kids, and when they are under my care, they generally behave. If they don't, they will after a bit, because I am great with kids.

Some parents though, suck, and I cannot stand to be around them or their kids.

[bridgit]

24. whatever dude...

[mykpart]

25. In the words of W.C. Fields,

"I like them fried."

[donheld]

26. Then eat something else

Nobodies forcing you to eat them :evilgrin::silly:

[Mutley]

27. A lot of people don't like kids.

I mean, I do, but I know plenty who never want kids. My stepmother never had a kid of her own. She said I was enough. :D

[driver8]

28. I don't like "grown ups".

Does anyone else here not like grown-ups?? They annoy the shit out of me with the noises they make -- the whining, the cell phones, the rudeness. They distract me and they are too demanding. Also, I cannot handle their irrational tantrums. They truly do not need to be seen nor heard.

I don't think it would make a difference if it was my own flesh and blood.

Am I alone on this?

[seaglass]

31. It is funny. All kids can be annoying at times but I'm willing to

cut them some slack - they are still learning. And in fact I'd say their behavior really isn't irrational, there's always a reason for it - just not necessarily an adult reason. Rude, obnoxious adults - there's no excuse.

[nutsnberries]

41. i'm with you!

:)

[Kajsa]

50. NO, you are not alone.

I feel the same way

Some "grown ups" drive me nuts.

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. That reminds me more of some adults I know...

:hi:

I'm proudly bestotted with my kids.

[China_cat]

30. Me either

I had my own and, while I love them dearly, there are lots of times I don't much like them. And 'grandma' don't babysit. Ever.

[Fleshdancer]

32. my kid is the only one that doesn't bug me

but other people's kids get on my nerves...especially the loud obnoxious ones. Or maybe it's the parents that bug me more? I don't know. All I know is that there are waaaay too many bad parents out there.

[xmas74]

34. I felt like that until I had one of my own.

I'm not saying to go out and have a kid-just that some people do change.

My aunt is not a kid person. She's nearing her 60th birthday and never did like them. She can handle them in small doses but no more. She says that she likes the questioning and the wonderment over even the simplest things but cannot handle the behaviors.

Maybe you are more like her. She loves watching a child w/ a coloring book, coloring things whatever color they damn well please just because they think it would look nice. She loves hearing the silly things that kids say to her. She loves to take them to a movie or out for ice cream. She says that she can feel young for a couple of hours but after that it's time for them to go home.

(just wanted to add that it's better you know how you feel and avoid them then to feel forced to be around them and resent it. Not everyone can be a kid person in the same way that not everyone likes the elderly or likes/dislikes cats. It's personal preference.)

[Iniquitous Bunny]

36. I love children and they annoy me sometimes.

They're needy quite frequently.
Most of the time I'm to busy to worry about what the rest of the world thinks about it. My advice is to get snipped and not worry about. I doubt the population of humanity will cease either way. :shrug:

[Misunderestimator]

37. I used to be annoyed with them... but not anymore.

I absolutely adore this one, how could I not?

[tigereye]

40. aw

he's adorable!

[wildhorses]

38. the funny thing is I have a bumper sicker on my vehicle

saying: "cleverly disguised as a reponsible adult"


children don't bother me...guess cos I am a child at heart:shrug:

[tigereye]

39. boy, there's a surprise....

[Deep13]

43. Don't like rug rats?

How 'bout curtain-climbers?
yard monkeys?
ankle biters?
crumb snatchers?

[RandomKoolzip]

44. The votes are in:

It's official: Children hate Floogeldy, too.

The score is:

Floogeldy: 1
The Rest of the World: 50,000,000,000

[Nye Bevan]

46. I hate when people bring their kids to the office

and they run around and cry and everyone is expected to stop work and go and admire them because they are *so* cute and adorable.

What I do now is to tell the proud parents that they probably shouldn't come near me because I have a nasty cold. That generally gets rid of them.

I do think my own kids are the cutest in the world, but I know that this is because I am genetically hard-wired to think that, and that to everyone else they are probably annoying little brats.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

47. I'd be baffled if you DID like children.

Or puppies. Or kittens. Or happy endings. Or Mom. Or apple pie.

THAT would be like, say, arwalden saying he found Jesus and is saved. Or Mika deriding Fidel Castro for being a dictator.

[Left_Winger]

49. Or Bu$h admitting he has ever made a mistake

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[SOteric]

48. Have you tried them sauteed in butter?

Or maybe covered in a light cheese sauce?

[Kajsa]

51. Reminds me of

Hansel and Gretel


http://www.mordent.com/folktales/grimms/hng/hng.html

;-)

[progmom]

61. just about everything is good sauteed in butter!

:thumbsup:

[fishnfla]

52. They truly are a lower class that should be discriminated against

I dont believe they desrve any rights, let alone equal rights

[Thtwudbeme]

53. I DO like children; but I am sick to damned death

of parents who can't teach them any manners.

[progmom]

54. no kidding?

;)

[Thtwudbeme]

55. I am; it's horrible. I have always liked children

but these new freakazoid moms with the straight blond/brown hair held back in the ponytail that drive stylish cars and stay home with their kids (and for what? Those kids are the worse fucking brats I have ever seen in my entire life---jesus, go to work and put them in a day care with a teacher that will teach them some manners) have me flipped out to hell and back.

Mother of God, I am sick of them. Eugenics is starting to sound like a normal idea to me: Spay neuter clinics.

Listen, prog....I can't even go to the Harris Teeter anymore here in the South. It's bad.

[Left Is Write]

57. Thank you for not generalizing.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

62. The parents would have to have manners to teach them any...

Most people wouldn't know please and thank you if they had it shoved up their asses and rotated. People, in general, suck, and then they breed and the rest of us have to suffer.
Duckie

[progmom]

63. some people are awful

i still can't understand why parents in general get such a bad fucking rap here. there are insufferable parents, yes. there are insufferable christians. insufferable atheists. insufferable new non-smokers. insufferable cycling enthusiasts. insufferable beanie baby collectors. there are insufferable people of all types. in the mean time, those of us struggling to try to do it responsibly get lumped in with the "bad parents" constantly, and hated just because we reproduced. i'm sick to death of this shit.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

65. So parents with fucking miserable brats aren't to blame?

That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You are responsible for the behavior of your children. And if you don't like that, then too bad.
Duckie

[progmom]

66. where did i say that?

you're drawing a bizarre conclusion from my post. all i am saying is that you can't paint all parents with the same broad brush.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

68. I don't believe I was...

I was talking about the ones with miserable brats with no manners. That's not all parents. I realize that.
Duckie

[Misunderestimator]

70. "People, in general, suck, and then they breed and the rest of us have to

suffer." Sounds like you are saying that most parents suck and you have to suffer their children to me. :shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

75. Most parents do suck, and we do have to suffer their children.

Take a trip to Target. You'll see what i mean. VERY FEW of them have children who are well-behaved and not throwing a fit in the middle of the aisle. On my last trip to target, I saw no fewer than five children pitching a fit because their parents said no to them. Not all parents suck, I realize that. But you start to wonder if the good ones are few and far between.
Duckie

[Misunderestimator]

79. *Most* parents suck? Wow.

Guess I'm lucky to live where I do. I see very few really bad parents. And I was just at Target the other day. :shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

81. I live in a very red city....

And most of the butt holes here are very incompetent. Maybe I'm just negative. :shrug:
Duckie

[Left Is Write]

83. I'm at Target frequently...

I'll say that in the last, oh, maybe 25 trips to Target, the only kid I saw pitching a fit was my own. (And he was removed from the store by his father.)

I see a lot more reasonably behaved kids while out shopping than those who are "having fits" or otherwise misbehaving. And even then, I'd bet that most of those can be chalked up to a child who is tired or hungry or both, and not necessarily a bad kid or chronic misbehaver.

[progmom]

72. ah - i think maybe the fact that I posted my rant to you made it seem like

....I was speaking only to you. My bad.

On the other hand...you do seem to share the strong "breeder" hatred a lot of DUers have been showing lately. :shrug: It's frustrating, because I'm trying my best to raise a kind, considerate, gentle, liberal kid. And to have people talk about parents with such digust...it's demoralizing.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

76. I'm sure you're a great mother.

When we vent, I don't think it's because we think YOU are a bad mother. It's the people who have like 6 or more kids.
Duckie

[seaglass]

67. When I first came to DU in 2001 I really believed liberals were

better people than conservatives - in fact I've believed it all my life. Until I saw my first I hate children and parents suck thread (and they used to be much worse).

I was naive. I'll never believe a generalization like that again.

[progmom]

74. sigh....

:hug:

[Left Is Write]

56. You must be really, really bored today, Floog.

[Thtwudbeme]

58. Actually, I doubt s/he is: this issue is really getting to some of us

I had PM's from people who had worse stuff to say than me after my post in GD.

I really believe that parents have become so enthralled with their kids and their "stuff" that they don't realize how other's percieve them.

I don't think you realize the hatred that is growing for women who have the "mommy virus" or whatever the hell it is. There is an article in Oprah's magazine about women who have to work with "mom's" and how bad it's grating on their nerves.

It's a real issue.

Sorry if you have kids, and think this is a slam on you personally...it's not.

[Left Is Write]

59. I'm familiar enough with Floogeldy's posting and style...

I'm pretty sure this is run-of-the-mill, grab-the-popcorn flamebait.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

64. With kids/stepkids, there are 5 people aged 4-14 in our family.

Plus, I used to teach. Plus, I work in pediatrics. I don't take it personally. I talk about my kids when it applies to the conversation, but I have lots to talk about. I have opinions. I have goals. In other words, I have a multi-faceted life. In other words, it's hard to fit in as a woman interested in politics who is also career driven to fit into the whole "mommy-world" with those moms that seem to talk about little else besides their kids and other assorted shallow crap.

I don't get threatened by this stuff because I'm secure enough in the way I parent not to. My kids aren't perfect, but they have responsibilities and consequences. If they are rude, they are to make amends for it. Sometimes, they fight at home with each other, but in public and at school, they are well-behaved.

I always hate the restaurant argument too. If I'm paying to go to an adult restaurant and it's 8:30 at night, the last thing I want to hear or see is someone else's screaming two year old. I NEED my grown-up time when I have it!

[gollygee]

80. Oooh poor people who have to work with moms!

how difficult that must be for them.

And how dare people give kids stuff! What do they think they are, people?

[skygazer]

82. This is an age-old gripe

It's nothing new. When I was a kid, parents bitched about "kids these days" and how they didn't have any manners and they dressed like slobs and the boys wear their hair too long and their grammar is atrocious and on and on.

And when my parents were kids, their parents bitched about "kids these days" and how they listened to that no good Frank Sinatra and wore their skirts too short and were having sex with their boyfriends before marriage and going out unchaperoned.

And when my grandparents were kids, THEIR parents were bitching about "kids these days" and how they weren't nearly as respectful of their elders as they used to be and women want to have JOBS and VOTE and marry whoever they please instead of letting their parents choose a suitable mate for them.

And ALL those parents were blaming the other parents and society in general for its permissiveness and for the parents lack of control over their kids. It's nothing new and it's going to be the same when this generation grows up. No matter what Oprah says. :eyes:

[JVS]

60. Kids are lame

[tonekat]

69. Me neither

don't want any, and neither does my spouse, and we are fortunate to have a lot of friends who don't either. We have a wonderful UNchildproof house, with lots of sharp edges and other hazards.

[slide to the left]

71. But you have to have kids

we can't let the messicans take over

[BlueStorm]

73. I have a hard time with children

now don't get me wrong, I do love my nieces and nephew, but when children scream or act up, it really gets on my nerves. I know I would never be a good mom.

Blue

[Dukkha]

78. wow 77 posts and not one single

:popcorn: ?

you disappoint me DUer's. You're slipping in your :sarcasm:

[Merrick]

84. My cousin's 4 year old sucks at pool

I tried to show him a few things, but all he did was walk around the table, using the stick like a broom, sweeping the balls into the holes and saying "YAY!" what an idiot.

[Book Lover]

85. And yet, somehow, someone forgot to kill you when you were an

annoying runny-nosed 8-year-old. What's up with that?

(We need a :risingtoflamebait: smilie)