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Q. Do you like kids? A. Mostly No.
I like SOME kids, mostly in small doses.
I prefer kids who are potty trained. Ages 5 and up are best.
I don't even think that most babies are cute - mostly they are not very attractive to me at all.
My nieces and nephews were fun to treat on a weekend, but it was very nice to send them home.
Even when I was a kid I did not have many friends and the other kids were mean to me.
In general, I think that most kids are mean to other children. They are also noisy, destructive, rude and disrespectful of others.
Nice kids are few and far between.

No, I do not enjoy children at all. I am a very clean person and most children that I encounter are like little germ factories. They will touch anything, they wipe noses and food off faces with bare hands. The site of a child with a runny crusty nose is vile and makes me ill. For the most part I think children smell bad. I can't enjoy a nice dinner or movie with my husband without a child screaming or throwing a tantrum somewhere in the vicinity. On a rare occasion I find a well behaved, clean child but again, VERY rare. They all seem to be getting worse too! Bad attitudes and a general feeling that the world owes them are becoming prevalent among kids. I shudder to think what the world will be like in 50 years.

Even if there are good kids, there are just too many bad ones. And I don't want kids because even if I raise my kid right, he or she would have to suffer by going to school with these other dysfunctional kids.

With that, I'm so glad I've reached adulthood and can enjoy my life for once without having to worry about living the same depressing life again with a kid of my own. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

most of the time I don't like humans in general--I do not discriminate because of age. I don't automatically like or dislike, it depends on the individual. I do have a unique way of communicating with babies--but I can't say I have liked everyone I have ever met! And I don't love anyone I don't know. This does not mean I can't be charitable to thehuman race as a whole and feel a certain fellow feeling and affection--but again, I have to be in a VERY expansive mood to feel like that! I don't know, I think I AM the alien....sometimes I totally dispair of ever being 'normal' and 'good'....I think I must be related to Darth Vader or a Sith or something. White light and lollipops and the smell of baby powder makes me sick (and since when would anyone want to put baby powder smell under your arms? yuk! yeah I WANT to smell like a diaper after I work out! gag.)
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It's funny you mention Darth Vader, Ravyn. I sometimes imagine being seduced by the Dark Side and being able to use the Force to "teach" these people a lesson.

Seriously, it is very frustrating to have most of society against you because of your beliefs.

[color:"purple"]My husband loves kids, but doesn't want any of our own. Whereas my main reason is that I really don't like kids. I feel weird around them and am not sure how to talk to them really. I can't stand the screaming and crying and the constant attention that they need. And the interrupting. They're always interrupting their parents when they're in a conversation. There are a lot of reasons I don't like kids, but I'll just keep it simple and say that no, I don't like kids, and that is the main reason why I don't want any. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />[color:"purple"] [/color]

It depends on my mood. I don't mind meeting them, especially if I'm meeting them for the first time and they seem happy and innocent. Sometimes I am not in the mood to even greet them even if they are happy and innocent. I am too moody of a person to deal with children any longer than say 20 minutes. And if I know I do not like their parents - then their kids don't have much of a chance of me liking them. I'll greet them in a courteous friendly manner, then turn to an adult for conversation.

I like looking at cute kids in person or in a magazine, but I don't particulary like being with kids. They are too demanding of my attention.

I used to detest them as a teenager. The noise, the demands for attention - ugh. As i've got older I don't mind them so much - well actually, to be more specific, I have had the opportunity to meet kids who have been well brought up (as opposed to being dragged up) and these I don't mind spending a bit of time with (so long as there's always an open door - LOL). I still detest brattish kids just as much although now I've matured enough to blame the parents instead of the kid <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I find that it really winds me up how they are always the centre of attention, how it is impossible to have a reasonable conversation with a parent if the kid is in the room and how you always end up getting sucked into a conversation about them chiefly because the parents often have so little else in their lives that they've nothing else to talk about. I don't bore people with endless tales of my interests and I fail to see why I should endure theirs, frankly.

Also the fact that they are seemingly able to produce constant noise and how that only seems to irritate me (parents seem oblivious), because I really value my peace and quiet.

So in summary I'd say I don't mind well brought up kids in small doses, but that's about as much as I'm able to offer.

Just wanted to say that I think this was very well said and I do agree that parents seem able to only talk about their children and seem oblivious to any loud noises or bad behavior.

I like kids when they cant talk back or run away javascript:void(0)<img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I dont like be`be` kids the ones that have parents who dont care.