Aaah, the empathy

[andrewducker]

nickys pointed me towards this:

Children, on the other hand, have been the bane of my life ever since I first turned up at primary school and found myself surrounded by the little buggers. And as American writer Florence King so rightly points out in her autobiography, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady, "The worst thing was, it appeared that I was one of them. I hadn't known that before. I thought I was just short."

which pretty much sums up how I felt (not like a child, just short) as I spent 18-odd years forced into the company of people with whom I shared little but height.

green_amber keeps trying to assure me that kids are a good thing (no, not in that kind of way), but while I find them an amusing distraction for a few hours, once every few weeks, the thought of having to deal with them on an on-going basis fills me with dread, horror and complete bafflement.  I mean, looking after anyone is a pain in the neck - I can barely be bothered looking after myself.  Looking after Denver is only really feasible because she spends most of her time asleep on the sofa and Ed's the one that feeds her.

I don't have a problem with kids, in general.  Much in the same way I don't have a problem with Christians in general.  Both can be fun to spend a few hours with, both can make you think and both can tell you lots of interesting things that don't really stand up to closer examination ("My Daddy created the Whole World!  In 7 days!").  But I wouldn't really want to share a flat with either of them.

Oh, rest of the amusingly written article is here.  Very snarky in places, but dreadfully amusing.

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I love that article, it is wondrously funny and largely sums up how I feel about children. Unlike you, I loathe them without reservation. They are at best mildly annoying and more commonly a stress-inducing mixture of terrifying and vile.

[lproven.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! [Applause]