I guess I could always go ask this lady at work whose daughter was just killed in a car wreck over the weekend what she thinks. But then, I have no idea how long she'll be out of the office so you'd have to wait.
+1
I dont know, havnt had them yet, but I feel like smacking the out of my best friends kid sometimes. I've been around 2 year olds before, quite a few of them, and this one takes the cake by far as the worst. The sad thing is that its his 3rd. The other 2 where great at that age. You'd think he had parenting down by now.
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Last edited by SpursWoman; 05-27-2009 at 01:53 PM.
Next time you've got an irregular heartbeat let me know, I'm sure I can help you out just as well as any cardiologist could. I mean, I've got a heart after all, how hard can it possibly be?
I'm not sure whether all of this disdain you idiots always have for parents is because your own parents were complete failures, or because no one wants to get close enough to you to make you one.
Uh-oh, look out. Different opinions get you called an "idiot" and your own parents "failures". Shocking.
By the way, very poor comparison. Cardiologists go through years of school and specialized training to be qualified to check you out if you have an irregular heartbeat. But just about any two jagoffs with working reproductive parts can crap out a kid and play the "my child is my life" card whether it's true or not.
I have no problem with parents in general. I have a problem with ty parents. Just because you have the capability to crap out a kid doesn't mean you should.
The comparison was meant to be ridiculous, just like this thread ... the "" probably should have indicated that. Sorry.
Last edited by SpursWoman; 05-27-2009 at 04:24 PM.
because parents think their life is worth more with kids. because they think the childless are less enlightened about the meaning of life. because parents think their kids are the best kids (most special) out there. because parents don't acknowledge that making a baby is one of the easiest things you can do. because parents feel like their life is no longer their own. because parents feel like they have joined a special club that only other parents have the credentials to join. because parents think they know more about kids and being a parent than non-parents. because parents feel it necessary to update EVERYONE on everything that happens with their pregnancy and kids' lives. etc etc etcNext time you've got an irregular heartbeat let me know, I'm sure I can help you out just as well as any cardiologist could. I mean, I've got a heart after all, how hard can it possibly be?
I'm not sure whether all of this disdain you idiots always have for parents is because your own parents were complete failures, or because no one wants to get close enough to you to make you one.
So what? Why do you really care ... do you feel left out or something? I'm pretty sure you do have to have a kid (credentials) to be a parent ... and I don't think I'm wrong about that.
And I don't think anyone said ing was one of the hardest things to do ... but making the sacrifices you have to make to try and give them the best life possible can be extremely challenging, to say the least. Do you really dispute that? Of course, if you'd have had to nix your social life one particular night because you had no one to babysit, it might have saved you the hassle of a PI.
Kids are a huge topic of interest to those that have them, and people like to talk about things that interest them ... especially with people that have the same interest. Go figure.
Edit: My son got a 100% on his math TAKS!!! Woohooo! I squeezed out a smart one!!
Last edited by SpursWoman; 05-27-2009 at 06:09 PM.
lol oh snap. The force was strong in this post.
I'm not sure whether all of this disdain you idiots always have for parents is because your own parents were complete failures, or because no one wants to get close enough to you to make you one.
Because i enjoy knocking people off their high horses. You are not special for having a kid and your kid is equally un-special (not just you spurswoman. everyone!)So what? Why do you really care ... do you feel left out or something? I'm pretty sure you do have to have a kid (credentials) to be a parent ... and I don't think I'm wrong about that.
And what i mean by parents thinking they are in a special club is their belief that they now know more than those who dont have kids. Like they are enlightened or something. e.g. "when i held my baby in my arms for the first time, the light came on and i saw the world in a completely different way" (lol)
making sacrifices is a personal choice, i do not look up to those who make more sacrifices than the next person just s they can buy their kid rock band AND guitar hero with a drum set.And I don't think anyone said ing was one of the hardest things to do ... but making the sacrifices you have to make to try and give them the best life possible can be extremely challenging, to say the least. Do you really dispute that? Of course, if you'd have had to nix your social life one particular night because you had to stay home because you had no one to babysit, it might have saved you a PI.
my PI charges were dropped because I'm awesome. i could parent babies every day whilst remaining above the law and not feel like I was better than anyone for it.
people are free to talk about their kids but i'm also free to tell them their is not impressive and that their kid can not be the greatest if there are billions of other parents who think the same thing.
your kids teacher gave him and his other classmates the answer before the test. SOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY SENNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOORRRR!!Edit: My son got a 100% on his math TAKS!!!
what a gay thread
what are you to your parents, alvie?
Actually you are, by definition, special. The state that a human comes into this world is as a non-parent. Then when one has a child, they join the "parent's club." You can debate which club is better (parents or natural state), I won't because it is subjective, and until you have experienced both, you cannot know which you like better, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
They DO know more than those who don't have kids, about being a parent. I state the previous with the caveat that I am excluding bad parents, because they aren't actually parenting. It's like someone who says they are a basketball player because they bought the jersey, the don't practice, aren't on a team and don't even own a basketball, they aren't really in that "special club" of basketball players. As far as your quote at the end. This is true for a lot of people, and how do you know that no light came on and they didn't see anything differently. My buddy was totally ragging on me when we found out that I was going to be a dad. He was so happy that he wasn't going to have to deal with it, etc. Then a year later he knocked up his (then) girlfriend. TWINS. He is the most sarcastic to dry humor type person, doesn't take much seriously. He makes fun of people who care to much about something, you get the picture. We were talking on the phone the other day and he said that one of his sons had laughed for the first time. Then he sighed a big sigh and said "you know all that stuff that parents talk about that is just stupid ridiculous that is unimpressive and they think it is totally magical?? You know, that stuff that makes you just want to punch them in the face because they won't quit talking about the fact that their baby did some mundane thing??" I said "yes." Then he got real silent, let out a big sigh and said in a very sad voice "It's magical." Then we talked about how us 4 years ago would beat up us now.
I agree. I make sacrifices, but not because I want to by some stupid that kids shouldn't be playing with yet (though mine is only 22 months), but we are buying non Dora, non-name brand stuff. She can get caught up in all that later, but won't learn it from me.
I honestly don't understand what you are trying to say here. The way you told the story your PI was undeserved, so I am assuming that is the reason it was dropped, not anything to do with your awesome to lame ratio. I don't feel better than anyone who doesn't have a child, but I do know more about being a parent than people who don't have a child
You are absolutely right about the freedom thing, and then they are free to think that you don't know what you are talking about without having experienced the necessary prerequisites to make such a judgement call. As far as the greatest thing, once again this is a subjective observation, why are you getting your panties in a bunch over an obvious opinion.
Mine isn't in school yet, so no comment.
Funny .... I have about 14 years of 24/7/365 hands-on, round the clock, no holiday or summer vacation, specialized training on how to be a parent and everything that's involved in being so. Would you think, given these cir stances, that I just might know more about being a parent than say, someone who might have just babysat a couple of times at the most?
your kids teacher gave him and his other classmates the answer before the test. SOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY SENNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOORRRR!!
Meh ... according to him, his teacher is mean and must hate his guts or something ... so I don't think this could be the case.
My 3 kids mean everything in the world to me, and I do everything I can for them so that they have a good foundation to begin thier lives.
The important word in that statement is THEIR. My kids aren't there to make up for some kind of shortcoming or unachieved goal in my life, they aren't there to support me emotionally or financially. They are in my house so that I can hopefully give them a positive adult role model to look at for when they reach adulthood. They are there so that I can answer their unending questions to the best of my ability.
The priority in my life remains today and in the future my wife and our marriage. If my marriage isn't the priority in my life, then my kids will suffer. They'll most likely experience divorce, horrible arguments that go on in front of them, substance abuse, etc.
So, while I love my kids with all my heart and will do anything and everything to protect them, love them, and be consistent for them-my priority is my wife and our relationship together. Because after the kids all move out, we've got a lot of life and time together.
my google phone is my heart
i can post on the drive while spraying huisache
talk to me in ten years pego, then we'll see if you still think the same way
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