I took that to mean she didn’t know if he was a guy or girl. Like s/he.
OK, now I know you are out of your mind. The “guy/gal comment” was in regards to Antinor01 who I don’t know the gender of. How the hell did you get hating gay people out of that???
Wow.
I have picked up an moved to another country, so you are right, it would not be a problem. I mean, you have no SO, no children, do it…
Huh, interesting comparison. Why do you suppose people think your kid might do somethig wrong? It couldn’t be because they have seen other children do so prior to seeing your kid? You know, how some people are biased against pit bull type dogs because so many of those dogs are owned by complete idiots?
I don’t have a husband? Who is it snoring upstairs then?
My neighbors can call the police because my dog barks at them, but I can’t call the police because their kid screeches. The dogs aren’t breeds that are typically considerd to be vicious, but I understand what you mean. I don’t get preemptively angry when I see a kid–it takes too much energy.
It is pretty well known that Antinoir is a guy, and a gay guy at that. See how jumping to conclusions can get you caught? Me, too. Mea Culpa.
I think **keturah **thought you knew **Antinor01 **is gay, and that you were making a comment on his orientation. (At least, I think he is. I can’t keep up with everyone.)
Why not? What is preventing you from calling the police?
Well there are laws against barking dogs, but not against screaming children.
I don’t know how well known Antinoir may be, but I certainly didn’t know any of that. Even assuming it is well known, does it make any sense for you to jump to a negative conclusion and act on it?
And now, I am off to Sacramento for a turn around, so you all carry on. Dunno when I’ll be able to get back to this.
To be clear, I do not own a pit bull type dog. Additionally, I have said that I take my kid in (gasp!), public. I never keep him longer than he can handle, I clean up after him (and yes, that includes the floor). He eats foie, duck, asparagus,butternut squash ravioli, ceviche and what ever else I order. He requies no kid menu and if at any time I think he is at the end of his rope my husband gets the check while I take him outside–if we can get outside. Usually the staff wants to keep him there longer.
Really? I am pretty sure that if you called and said that a child was screaming, some sort of child neglect laws in effect,
So I guess you are still unable to find a law that supports your claim. Also–how is it that you can jump to a negative conclussion about all chldren and admit that you act on it?
Oh, Isn’t that cute–you have worked all your life to be a stewardess, I mean flight attendent. Maybe I will meet you in the air–however, I doubt you are first class material.
Gay people need to be hated. Keeps 'em on their toes.
Actually, I am usually not the one who tells Ed that someone’s called me a cunt. I’ve told him that someone’s called another mod a cunt, not because I’m offended at the word, but because it’s usually someone who is causing trouble for the mod staff. I don’t automatically pull out my packet of pills when I see a kid. It’s when I HEAR a kid, screeching, that I do so, if I can’t leave immediately. And as someone else said, it might be another irritating sound that sets me off.
I find it interesting that you cannot conceive of a normal person who might not think that your widdle shnookums is just the most adorable child EVAH. And, by the way, the reason why the waitstaff are doting on your kid is because they know that cooing over baby=bigger tip. It’s like some female waitresses will flirt heavily with a single male diner…might get a bigger tip, even if they don’t mean it.
Pink collar, BTW, is an old term which originated back when women were pretty much confined to certain jobs, such as teacher, secretary, nurse, maid, etc. The pay was low and the opportunities were limited. I’m old enough that I remember when classified ads had headings such as “Help Wanted-Female” and “Help Wanted-Male”.
I wonder what came out of you as a child? You probably giggled, sang, babbled and cried. You defintely talked crap and practised it lots because you are so very good at it now.
We are constantly having things forced upon us.
You know this little recession? Well it has been FORCED on me.
Tomorrow is Easter Sunday, according to New Zealand law all shops are closed. This has been FORCED on me.
I’m a smoker, I would love to FORCE my right to smoke on you. No such luck.
I am FORCED to pay taxes to provide services I will never need.
Global warming, well it has either been FORCED on me or I have been FORCED to listen to propaganda about it.
Children are not being FORCED on you.
You are just unfortunately (for you) part of a species whose young requires care from the adult form in order to survive. As an adult of the species you are capable of living away from the group, the child is not. If the young of your species offends you so much go away and pretend you are one of the many species not involved with their young.
If it would make you feel better you could even pretend you were one of those species who eat their own young, those creatures are usually solitary and grumpy too.
Same reason they use puppies and kittens in advertising; the young form of most creatures will sell more of anything then the grumpy old bitter version. Try selling toilet paper using a rabid old bitch instead of a puppy!
That may be because they don’t have the best earning potential unless they have some stage mum using them in advertising. 
This is probably less true than it has ever been in human history before and while women may still be asked if they are going to have children not having children doesn’t hold them back. New Zealand’s last Prime Minister (of 9 yrs) was married with no children and has just been given a very high position in the UN.
Not so long back “being unable” to have children may have earned you a beheading.
Adults are not seen as less worthy, it just seems sadder when when someone dies when they are 5 yrs old rather than 45 yrs old.
Why? Because they were still cute and never got the chance to be a grumpy old child hater.
Have you ever watched the news when they tell you “THREE AMERICANS DIED” during some natural diaster that killed 100’s. Are the “others” less worthy than the Americans? No, they just don’t make as good a news story.
I am a mother of a 17yr old. He is a polite, considerate, intelligent, caring human being. He got that way because he was able to interact within his society and learn the lessons that enable him to become part of that society.
You, on the other hand, should be living solo, cannabilising any young who wander across your path.
My point is, not everything was “good in the old days” as people of your generation very often proclaim. In general, dark periods exempted, society tends to evolve.
Meanwhile I read the GD thread on pets=children and all your posts there, which indicate quite clearly that you had a nasty childhood. I actually correct myself: you seem to hold a grudge, not only against the younger generations, but against all people.
From your previous postings in these 2 threads:
- you push the “the glass is half empty” attitude as far as to assume that strangers might be murderers and child abusers, rather than doctors and nurses
- you would rather save your pet than 20 strangers
- you would die and kill for your pet
- you think that people stop to love their children when they are teenagers
- you think that parent’s love for children grows weaker as the child grows up
- you think that children grow up to hate their parents
I think, possibly due to your own experiences, that you have a very distorted view of human relationships. I also think that you built up an Ersatz for these human relationships through your pets, and that you now project your own experiences on others.
That is, however, not how the rest of society thinks.
That pretty much sums up the preferences of our society. Generally we are supposed to cope with children, but not with pets.