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I would be a worrier and also very stressed out because I wouldn't have any time for myself. My boyfriend would be slack and leave everything for me except the fun parts...much like he does with my animals!! Haha.
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I'd be a GREAT parent until I went to jail for tearing my kids' a ss up the first time they needed it!
Fire [color:"orange"] Sediments exactly!!!!! [/color]
If motherhood doesn't interest you, don't do it. It didn't interest me, so I didn't do it. Anyway, I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him."
--Katherine Hepburn
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Terrible. I'd be on antidepressants, cry all the time, and I'd probably get fat and I'd turn into my mother. My life would be one long drudgery of cooking, washing and cleaning. The picture is bleak and I can confidently say that I want no part of that thank you very much!
When I got on the bus the other day a young mother got on with her child and as soon as the bus started off the kid started screaming and it carried on like that until she got off at her stop. The shrill sound was actually hurting my ears, a bit like when you hear a fire alarm going off really close to you. I remember thinking to myself that there was no way on earth I would be able to cope with that. Like you said, Karen, being stuck with a kid 24/7 is just frightening.
I'm completely anal about being on time and having everything "just so". Various people have said "you'd make a great mum" and I think, "you obviously don't know me very well." I also don't like the idea of my life revolving around someone else, I want my life to revolve around me. Of course this would be construed as being selfish, but do I care? Not one jot. It's my life and I can do what the heck I like with it. [color:"orange"] Your NOT the only one. Oh and btw, just watching over my nephew makes my skin crawl. What a nerve racking mess!!!![/color]
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If motherhood doesn't interest you, don't do it. It didn't interest me, so I didn't do it. Anyway, I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him."
--Katherine Hepburn
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Isn't it funny that almost everyone said they would be overprotective, a basketcase, a worry-wart, super strict, a control freak, etc?
I wonder if that's why we all don't want kids in the first place? Because we all see ourselves dying early from anxiety!
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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I worry neurotically about my husband, too! He works 1 mile away from our house and even though the speed limit from here to there isn't more than 35 mph, I obsess that he'll get into a car accident. I don't let him drive when it's snowing. One weekend he was going camping with his friends and it was practically a monsoon out. I could barely see trying to make my way home from work. I called him and asked him to please wait about 2 hours before heading out so the rain would pass because it was like driving through a carwash outside. He had to call all his friends and say he'd be late because "his wife didn't want him driving in the rain". His friends still make fun of him about it!
If I actually had a kid, I would install GPS and video surveillance on him, give him a shot of every vaccine on the planet daily, and wrap him in bubble wrap and a hockey helmet before he was allowed to leave the house.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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wow...why were you babysitting if you don't like babies? The last time I babysat was for a 17-month old who drove me crazy. I'm ashamed to say I started getting really angry at him, especially because he kept throwing blocks at me. It scared me because it made me realize I had the potential to be abusive. I didn't hit him, but I could feel this rage building in me because I couldn't make him understand me. Plus I was bored to tears and exhausted from trying to entertain him. I know child abuse is wrong, but that evening, I got a glimpse into why people do it. And that was only for three hours. The thought of being stuck with a child 24/7 really frightens me.
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[color:"orange"] We went to the state fair with my parents and they brought my nephew with them, so he could see the animals.
Yeah, I would DIE of anxiety, and probaly have plenty of axiety attacks if I was a parent. [/color]
If motherhood doesn't interest you, don't do it. It didn't interest me, so I didn't do it. Anyway, I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him."
--Katherine Hepburn
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It's a long story, but basically, a former friend of mine became an entitlement breeder after she had her kid. I had volunteered to babysit once before when she had a job interview (they were having serious money problems and I wanted to help). I'm not longer friends with her...I realized that her friendship had become toxic and she was manipulating me (her attitude was, I've had a baby, so the world owes me a living, including my family and friends). She had also joined a home-based business where they encourage their members to use aggressive tactics, including manipulation. I put up with a lot from her because I felt sorry for her, but after that experience, I decided the friendship needed to end.
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