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One of the points, if I may steal Ustwo's mike as he gets a cold glass of whatever....is that someone not 'settled down' with that one special SO, etc., may not be considered the best authority on the decision to not 'breed'. Hell, I know I certainly wanted nothing to do with kids as a single, although I had assumed at some point I'd probably be a single mom, not a married one. And I still don't like kids I don't know. Hearing a whining kid at work or in public anywhere makes me cringe, no matter what their age.
I don't really care for babies much either(don't ask me if it's cute, please) and seeing adults get gushy and hearing their voices go up 3 octaves while they try to get a kid's attention makes me want to gag. (I never did that with my kids-it's assinine to me). The only time I even pay attention at all is if I see twins. And don't even get me started on kids allowed to run rampant as mommy or daddy say sweetly, "honey, could we not do that, please?" BLEH!
Being a parent is ALL emotion. It's love, it's stress, it's all-consuming. Some really suck at it. Some don't.
As for the pet substitution, I have friends that do that and it's really embarrassing to watch them babytalk to their dogs or cats, insist on treating them like children and then adding the insult of comparing those animals to my kids. I know you love'em, folks, I loved my dog too, but they're PETS.
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Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.
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