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Originally Posted by FlamingLonghorn
I often wonder who you guys hang out with. I have never had any of my single and/or childless friends/coworkers/etc... brag about all the things they can do that I can't.
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Actually it is not really friends per say, mostly articles, news stories and of course CP. Seems lately childless people have to defend their decisions loudly. Frankly I don't care I don't preach nor you (they).
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Originally Posted by fotze
In before the "Then don't ram pics of your precious kids down others throats on your facebook feeds, deal?"
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Waiting for that one. I don't think I have shown a picture of my kids to anyone that hasn't asked, like an old friend. Some do go on facebook but more the random, silly ones.
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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Kind of makes me wonder, too. I have a lot of friends, and we all have a lot of different lifestyles. My wife and I have chosen not to have kids, and that means certain things. Several of my friends have chosen to have kids, with all that entails. When we talk about trips or things, our friends listen and seem to enjoy the stories. When our friends talk about things with their kids, my wife and I listen and enjoy the stories....kinda like one would expect friends to do. We all realize, as adults, that we have made different choices in life, and we choose to remain friends and enjoy each other's lives for what they are.
With the anger and hostility that one fellow expresses to folks, I'm not too surprised he doesn't seem to have many 'good' friends.
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No anger what's so ever if you are referring to me. Really don't care personally just pointing it out. And I have a lot of good friends and you sound like a complete tool. Actually a lot of those "good" friends were the direct result of having kids. Even meet more every week with each new kid activity. Having kids and not having kids does not mean you have to "choose" to be friends. That's, just stupid. You're friends or you are not. Kids, no kids, nothing to do with it.
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Originally Posted by Muta
Well, here's a gripe with your side of things (and in acknowledgement of fotze's post)... but maybe it's not specifically YOU who does it - just in general:
I think baby and kid pictures that nobody cares about are more obnoxiously shoved down our throats way more than a couple on vacation does. Facebook, especially. Every single parent thinks that their kid is the cutest, and for whatever reason, the whole world needs to know. I don't care that your kid is playing with his toys and he's got a meatball stuck to his eyebrow, I really don't. Or, showing pics because it's cute that your kid is sitting in the tub with his willy hanging out playing with a rubber ducky.... I sit on the toilet a couple times a day, why is that not okay to show?
Honestly, nobody cares about other people's children. Especially the way they're being blackmailed and paraded across social media today. That's why they're... YOUR children, so you can care about them and the rest of us don't have to.
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I agree with you and understand where you are coming from. I don't shove anything down anybodies throat, look, don't look, it really is quite simple. Pictures are there for people that want them and will look at them. The rest can scroll by pretty quickly these days with the latest mouse technology. I'm sure there is a meme or something to get to.
I'm not defending anything here, don't feel the need to, this is just discussion on my part. I wanted kids, others don't. Great. I also don't see the point it getting married if you don't plan on having kids but that just me.