I Probably Hate You

If you are a parent, bad news. I probably hate you.

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No seriously. I most likely do. (Ok most likely not) Want a further explanation? No? Well too bad buttheads you're going to get one.

It dawned on me a few months ago that, god damnit, I don't think I like kids as much as I thought. From my time of working days when stay at home parents descend on the stores en mass with their sometimes crying, screaming, snot nosed little punks  I began to think "Holy nuts are these little turds annoying."

I held on to this thought and came up with the "I like kids if I know them" mentality to make me not feel like such a dick. But then I had an epiphany a few weeks ago. The vast majority of my gripes are not with the little buggers but with their parents. They are the annoying ones who, in a sense, push their kids on me and automatically assume I care about them. Newsflash: I don't. I'll come back to this in a minute with more explanation but...I'm glad I finally nailed it down. I can like kids again! Well minus the exception of just plain terrible children. They do exist. We all know it.

So back my assertion of I don't care about other people's kids. In the broad sense of it all I do. I will never actively work to...negatively effect a child. I'm not gonna be mean to them. But if you think I give a crap your kid will only eat the really small apples and all mine are looking a little to big you are sorely mistaken.  If your kid throws their snack all over the floor and you expect me to pick it up then bitch please. That's not my fault. Clean up after you're own kid.

I guess my bottom line and main point is I do not like it when randos think I care about their kids as much as they do. They are yours, they are not mine. They are your responsibility, they are not my responsibility. It's not like I'm a total ass about kids. I love my niece more then anything. She is, quite simply, amazing. I love all the kids in my family. But if I'm out with Addisyn I'm not going to assume that everyone else around us cares for her as much as I do and she should get the complete adoration I give her from strangers.

Though side note: apparently as aunts are concerned my sister and I can be a little bit of hard asses with her. We don't hesitate to discipline her or give her a time out. We don't take her attitude all that much. Am I complete push over in some ways? You betchya. I still remain a sucker of baby kisses. Addy wants a piece of candy before dinner and she lays one on me? Baby is going to get her piece of candy, believe you me.

Anyway, back on topic. ....Well no, actually I think I've made my points. It might make me seem like an ass but I don't think I really am. I think on some level a lot of people share similar feelings and my mind numbing and painfully routine at times job allows for me to think about stuff like this while working.

I just implore some parents to use the wide lens and see the full picture. Your kids are your world and no one is going to say it shouldn't be that way, they just probably don't mean nearly as much to those you randomly encounter so don't push them on people. They just might write a blog about you.