Thursday, August 05, 2004
Post dinner party
Well it all went fine. You can't really go wrong with chicken, new potatoes, salad and ice-cream. OK you can't really go wrong with ice-cream, the rest depends on the audience. Have, in light of the contents of the evening, had to add to an email (randomly) to the chap with the information:
"If you ever ever decide you do want kids, sit me down, explain the situation to me as nicely as you can, walk out the door and never come back. Lovely as my friends can be, and entertaining as J is to play with play dough with, when people look as confused as SP did when you say "yes it's true,most people do have children and GOOD otherwise people like me couldn't afford the luxury of being only an auntie" then you know minds are never going to truly meet again. Of course if the hormones get me and I make that decision I respect you enough to do the same in return".
I feel this is fair. People who do and people who don't just have to accept their differences. As a person who doesn't (although I accept this could change, whilst feeling it's currently unlikely), it really annoys me when others who don't want kids are all "blah blah blah kids =evil" do they not understand without people wanting children they will be the last of their species? There will be no one to invent interesting things for them to do/complain about when they are old. (Hmm you just know the "blah blah blah kids =evil"kind of people are not going to do much but complain when they are old... Am I a little harsh?)
"If you ever ever decide you do want kids, sit me down, explain the situation to me as nicely as you can, walk out the door and never come back. Lovely as my friends can be, and entertaining as J is to play with play dough with, when people look as confused as SP did when you say "yes it's true,most people do have children and GOOD otherwise people like me couldn't afford the luxury of being only an auntie" then you know minds are never going to truly meet again. Of course if the hormones get me and I make that decision I respect you enough to do the same in return".
I feel this is fair. People who do and people who don't just have to accept their differences. As a person who doesn't (although I accept this could change, whilst feeling it's currently unlikely), it really annoys me when others who don't want kids are all "blah blah blah kids =evil" do they not understand without people wanting children they will be the last of their species? There will be no one to invent interesting things for them to do/complain about when they are old. (Hmm you just know the "blah blah blah kids =evil"kind of people are not going to do much but complain when they are old... Am I a little harsh?)
// posted by Bitvacuous @ 11:22 pm 
