[ SECRET POST #3246 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3246 ⌋

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Comments

Re: "I hate kids!"

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think most people who say they hate kids actually do, what they hate is: 1. the societal pressure to have children/your life is incomplete until you have children/you don't know what love is until you have children, or 2. badly behaved children.

Unfortunately when you tell people you don't want kids you'll often get condescending remarks on how you'll change your mind some day, life is worthless without kids, it's different when it's your own, etc. So in response to that, people who don't want kids adopt hyperbolic language, "I hate kids" in the hopes their message will actually come across.

Re: "I hate kids!"

[elaminator]

Yea, I feel like that's true too. Not saying that no one hates children, that's just unrealistic, but the vast majority probably find saying "I hate kids" easier than explaining their reasons for not wanting children. (Especially when, like you said, folks will often follow up with "You'll change your mind" (this one I've heard quite a few times myself), etc.)

I've never said, "I hate kids" because I think it sounds incredibly harsh and it's inaccurate, but I can kind of understand how it might be easier to say that then explain their feelings about children.

As for kids themselves, admittedly I'm not around them often, but I haven't enjoyed being around them for the most part. Kids make me feel more nervous and awkward then normal, which is saying something. The thought of having one is a major DNW; I'm not into that level of responsibility, nor do I actually want one around me that often. I don't hate them though, I just...don't want them.

Re: "I hate kids!"

[(Anonymous)]

"Unfortunately when you tell people you don't want kids you'll often get condescending remarks on how you'll change your mind some day, life is worthless without kids, it's different when it's your own, etc. "

Every single time someone tells me this I'm ready to just walk right out of the room in the middle of the conversation(I'm ace). I can make decisions for myself, tyvm. I've heard all three of those responses at one time or another. It's usually some lady my mom is familiar with who brings up the subject in the first place.

I don't care much for kids since the good majority I deal with are brats (screaming temper tantrums, no manners, generally unclean, spoiled rotten, self-centered). I don't mind kids who are very well-behaved, smart, and calm (generally the ones who are picked on by the brats). If I were a teacher like my mom had wanted me to be, I think I'd be more comfortable teaching a gifted class or something more reserved kids would be interested in.

Babies, though, forget them. They're on the same level as mosquitoes to me. Until a kid reaches preschool age I have absolutely no interest in being around them. If you want me to babysit a whole litter of puppies or kittens, I'm down for that, though.