BellaOnline Forums Relationships Married No Kids Do you like kids?

Generally i don't much like being around kids. However, it's really the parents that annoy me most often. People who expect you to gush over their kids, who let them run around unchecked in public areas, who bring them to adult-suited movies and restaurants, who insist on sharing every boring child-related story with me! I don't hate all parents, far from it. I admire those who plan their families and bring them up well, it takes a lot of work. It's people who have the kids and then expect others to be inconvenienced by them that irritate me. I also get p****d off when i see people having more children than they can afford; my taxes go to fund these people. It's not just a biological imperative to have children - it's a lifestyle choice too.
Of course there are some kids out there who have great parents and still manage to be a pain, but not too many....

Now, I will admit, there is something in me that wants to hold a really cute baby. But, I don't want to take it home and raise it.
I taught one year, which is the year I decided a tubal ligation would have to be done.
In thinking, I don't like babies once they start to want to walk or wiggle too much to let you hold them, toddlers, 'tweens, teens.....I guess, I really don't like kids now that I think about it.

[color:"purple"] Dito. [/color]

[color:"blue"] I like iguanas, and I think they are cute, but I'm not going to have one in my home. So, I hear you there, dstlady6. [/color] <img src="/images/graemlins/rolling.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

You and I are thinking the same thing. Just because it is cute don't mean I need it in my home. I like that quote by Katherine Hepburn too.
More and more studies are being done to support that people are stressed and unhappy when they have kids so I am not sure where the confusion is. It makes perfect sense to me.

I love kids! I love having them visit. I love doing things with them. And most of all, I love sending them back to their parents at the end of the day!

Except for teens... they're just too weird for me. My SO's eldest niece is happy one minute, angry the next, sad, agitated, etc. You just sit and watch her head spin.

[color:"blue"] I love that Katherine Hepburn quote, too.
I love pets, but only will allow dogs/cats but not certain animals.
I'd say I'd rather have pets than babies/kids.
You are right, WildFern, it's great when you can hand them back. hehe. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> [/color]

I shocked a woman once where I worked. One woman's daughter brought in her newborn & all the woman were all over her. I didn't even get out of my seat or look at the kid. She said I've never seen a woman not interested at all in a baby. I said I told you I don't like kids. I pointed out the men took an obligatory look & then went back to their desks. Why, just because I'm a woman, is it supposed to be a given? All I see when I look at one is that the parent's life is a serious drag from here on. And since most people don't make their children behave even remotely like civilized people, it's just another future monster.

[color:"blue"] I agree. I think it is intensely degrading to have a woman think she has to get all goey over some baby. I have more to myself (such as MY inteligence) than my female organs.[/color]

the only kids I like are my nieces and nephews. Maybe I feel I have too but they are good kids and well behaved for the most part (they are still kids). I really don't like parents. Not all parents of course, just the ones who stop everything because they've produced a needy brat who must have their undivided attention regardless of what they may be doing at the time. Nothing like having an adult conversation and all of a sudden you here, "mom, mom, hey mom" and rather than asking or telling them you're doing something, just a minute, everything has to stop mid sentence and the little brat gets whatever they want. It wasn't an emergency, it was where's my game, what's for dinner. anything to get the parents attention. Its hard not to scream sometimes. My parents never would have stood for that. It was called manners and respect!
Sorry so long, been wanting to get that out for sometime!
I'm so glad I found this place!!!