(March 10, 2019 at 7:42 pm)fredd bear Wrote:I have found that people don't like it much when you say you don't much care for children.(March 10, 2019 at 6:38 pm)Fireball Wrote: Human babies, bird babies, what's not to like?((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((9)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
You ARE joking
I am the eldest of 4. I was 13 when by baby sister was born.I got to change a LOT of nappies (diapers)All I can say is that I was most grateful that we never had pumpkin soup in that couple of years.
A good friend once told me, with incredulity, of a major discovery he had made: People are really not at all interested in other peoples' children.
That was such a relief , because I've never liked children. As infants there is" a load noise at one end, and a complete lack of responsibility at the other" (Ronald Knox)
Once they stop projectile vomiting and learn to control their bowels, they become boring little psychos** until about age 12, when they become capable of abstract though.
OF COURSE, I never had children. There is no doubt in my mind that MY offspring would be so close to perfect it wouldn't matter.
Thought for the day; Bigot: "One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain" (Ambrose Bierce)
** No empathy, no conscience, how else would you describe them?
But I totally get it. Babies...no thanks. Toddlers...extra no thanks as they are mobile. At about 10 I can become interested if the kid has some signs of intelligence, a sense of humor, and a personality.
Yeah, yeah...I had three kids and that's a big part of how I know that I don't like the company of young children.
