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Its your own fault for having kids!!!

  • 23-04-2011 10:19PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭u_c_thesecond


    I am childless, by choice.:D

    I know people want to have kids and that is their choice also.

    But i am S I C K of my friends and family complaing about their kids! They come for a cuppa and start ...

    Oh Johnny hit someone in school

    Oh jenny asked why doesnt she have a willy like her brother

    Oh David fell and hit his head again even though i told him not to be running and it cost me a bomb to get him checked out in hospital!!!

    I know i prob sound awful but If i went off and CHOOSE to buy a car and it kept breaking down, people would get v sick of me moaning about it! And its the same concept, People choose to bring a child into the world (And before the abortion debate starts- theres a thing called adoption)

    And recently when someone starts banging on "Oh i got no sleep/ Oh they want piano lessons i cant afford / Oh the school want a meeting about their behaviour....I always say that same thing "Its your own fault for having a child".

    I get dirty looks, even abuse! But im sure childless (by choice) people see my point. Im 25, i dont plan on having a kid till im 35ish, and why should I suffer because people i know were thick enough to plan a baby at 20 ???

    Im am expecting a load of abuse from parents on here- but any childless people id like to hear what you think!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Methinks the lady doth "by choice" too much.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭strokemyclover


    Disillusioned OP is disillusioned!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭Sid_Justice


    Why don't you ask them to stop boring you with tales of their children?

    i thought you were going to rant about maternity leave and child allowance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,098 ✭✭✭Pacing Mule


    And what do you complain about ? People complain about life. They have kids - this is their life.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭spider guardian


    It's like people talking about the weather, it's a topic of conversation that most people can relate to. Plus for most (if not all) parents little johnny and miriam are the centre of their lives. Not libya, japan, syria or yemen but little johnny and miriam.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭random10


    usually when we talk to our friends we discuss things going on in their lives, so they have kids of course they are gonna talk about them. slightly harsh to tell them it's their problem. i hope ur friends don't say the same to you if or when you decide you'd like to have kids


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    To be honest it's what parents do.

    But I agree, I'm childless by choice and don't really feel either mature enough or pushed to bring a little spoiled sh*t in to this world. There are enough people here already!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    I'd love to know the ratio of planned kids to unplanned kids in any give year in recent times. My guess is the majority are not planned. Well done.


  • Posts: 3,539 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Parenting is hard, there's nothing wrong with having a rant now and then. I wouldn't hold it against anyone if they said they were having some problems. But it does really get to me when I see parents at their wits end with 4 kids they can't control. If they can't raise their kids without everyone coming out of it driven mental then they should have stopped at the first one. There's a real population problem at the moment, escalating out of control, and people are having families of 4 or more when they couldn't handle the first child. If I'm honest I think it's selfish.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Maybe they just want to vent at a friend. Others do it about work, they do it about their kids.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭u_c_thesecond


    chin_grin wrote: »
    To be honest it's what parents do.

    But I agree, I'm childless by choice and don't really feel either mature enough or pushed to bring a little spoiled sh*t in to this world. There are enough people here already!

    Thank you. People seem to think im being mean, But why does having a kid automatically make them the topic of conversation forever! Jesus they will be in collage and their parents still wont stop yabbn about them!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 447 ✭✭bluecatmorgana


    To be honest OP I feel similiar. I have some people moan to me about how much work they have to do but basically indirectly they are complaining about their children. I dont however say to them that its their own fault, thats a bit cynical if not accurate for my liking. I am 27 and do not want kids ever, I like having my sleep ins, I like having money left over to spend on whatever I chose. Its a selfish life but I feel like theres 2 roads I could take, the hard one or the easy one. The hard one you learn more but I'm good for life lessons thanks.
    I have plenty of children in my life and so get the benefit of having them however I can send them home at night or just say sorry I cant take them today.

    Dont have sex if you dont want children. Period. Remember 100% contraception doesnt exist unless you count abstinence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Voltex


    I once heard a very intelligent man say that people want to end their lives by being more at the end than they were at the start...and that you can only measure that by what you have done or achieved.
    People who have children realise one of the most amazing gifts we have..and thats to create life from nothing more or less...and in my mind if you have been able to create a number of these lives, you most certainly have a very good marker by which to measure your own life.

    But I agree somewhat OP...parents do whinge a lot about their kids...but you would probably be also aware we waffle about 10 times how great our kids are!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda



    Dont have sex if you dont want children. Period. Remember 100% contraception doesnt exist unless you count abstinence.

    Up the bum, no harm done!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭Feeona


    I always say that same thing "Its your own fault for having a child".

    Yeah it's a pain to listen to other people complain/chat about something you've no interest in, but you'll either have to develop an interest in what they're talking about or avoid them. Although saying 'It's your own fault for having a child' will go some way towards helping you avoid people, because they certainly won't want to be around you!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Up the bum, no harm done!

    Or Oral.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Dont have sex if you dont want children. Period.

    To be fair nobody likes having 'period' sex, ruins the sheets and there's an awful 'bang' off the gee too :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    kfallon wrote: »
    To be fair nobody likes having 'period' sex, ruins the sheets and there's an awful 'bang' off the gee too :pac:

    What about this?


    :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭u_c_thesecond


    To be honest OP I feel similiar.

    Good- Was starting to feel on my own lol
    I am 27 and do not want kids ever
    Thats where we differ a bit. I want a child, just one child- At 30+ My point was people who wanted a baby at 20 and are now bawling to me about them!
    I dont however say to them that its their own fault, thats a bit cynical if not accurate for my liking.

    The reason I say that to them is because these people were thick enough to have a child when they had no money, and still have none and I have to listen to them moan. They say "Oh accidents happen" Ah funny it never happened to me because i took extra precautions and didnt say "Oh never mind the condom, it wont happen me" in the middle of sex!
    Dont have sex if you dont want children. Period. Remember 100% contraception doesnt exist unless you count abstinence.

    And sterilisation lol


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭Boxoffrogs


    Dont have sex if you dont want children. Period. Remember 100% contraception doesnt exist unless you count abstinence.

    Ha ha, get up the yard!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭7sr2z3fely84g5


    i feel sorry for some kids,there seems to be alot of obese ones around :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    Voltex wrote: »
    People who have children realise one of the most amazing gifts we have..and thats to create life from nothing more or less...and in my mind if you have been able to create a number of these lives, you most certainly have a very good marker by which to measure your own life.

    what a load of b0ll0x, any dumbass can make kids

    creating art , music, saving lives , is a measure of a life .
    if you do that , and raise good kids fair play

    but creating kids is no acheivement.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭spider guardian


    DaDumTish wrote: »
    what a load of b0ll0x, any dumbass can make kids

    creating art , music, saving lives , is a measure of a life .
    if you do that , and raise good kids fair play

    but creating kids is no acheivement.

    true, wasn't there some skanger d1ckhead in england who had kids with 12 different women, it wasn't for the miracle of life he was at it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9 bitzi


    I have three kids, and love being a mother. I detest other parents who constantly give out and complain about their kids. After all they raised their own kids so they are to blame for their own childrens behavior , I had kids in my 20's, and now as I reach my middle 30's my kids are at a great age, so it's kinda nice having them young! I had such fun raising them! Great memories, and no regrets! Oh and good kids!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,036 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    i feel sorry for some kids,there seems to be alot of obese ones around :confused:

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Kevin Myers..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭spider guardian


    bitzi wrote: »
    I detest other parents who constantly give out and complain about their kids. After all they raised their own kids so they are to blame for their own childrens behavior

    surely a tad simplistic, kids are moulded by their environment as much as by their parents. we all remember times when we went bushing/smoking/wearing shoes with flashing lights because the cool kids were at it.

    but a heart-warming post all the same


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 420 ✭✭whiteboy


    Oh jenny asked why doesnt she have a willy like her brother

    legitimate question


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9 bitzi


    I agree that surroundings and environment do help to influence kids but really childrens first and foremost example in life are their parents. Proven.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 410 ✭✭JohnathanM


    efb wrote: »
    Or Oral.

    Just so long as you don't get knifed just after... stay out of Limerick, maybe? :)

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/02/01/ncbi-rofl-thats-one-miraculous-conception/


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,036 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    JohnathanM wrote: »
    Just so long as you don't get knifed just after... stay out of Limerick, maybe? :)

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/02/01/ncbi-rofl-thats-one-miraculous-conception/

    :eek:


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