Today when I was out (shocker that i left the house today, isn’t it!), there were lots of kids around me other than my own. Two kids kept coming up wanting to chat. There was one in particular that would not shut up.
“Look at this toy.”
“This is a blaster.”
“You blast from this end.”
“Look at it”
“This toy is white.”
“I can stick my tongue out.”
“I like to play with this toy.”
No matter how much acknowledgment I gave this kid, he wouldn’t leave. I have no idea if its some ingrained motherly instinct to not let your own kid get on your nerves, but I wanted to lock this kid in a closet with duct tape around his mouth.
In Siberia.
If we still had that whole “it takes a village concept”, I would opt out.
~Trisha
I hate other peoples kids so much it hurts sometimes. LOL
I was just talking about this earlier today. Other people’s kids just seem to have no manners! No I know Kelsie and Aubrey drive me nuts but there are so many others that I just want to slap their parents! In particular, I took a friend to the ER (not knowing that I was taking children with when I picked her up) Her kids would not stop YELLING. I had to do the “We don’t talk like that when we’re in a hospital” They got LOUDER. I just don’t get how kids can act like that. And the kids that won’t hush no matter what the acknowledgement? It drives me nuts. I’ve been mid-conversation Hey Hey Hey and just wanna go “SHUT UP!”
OMG I feel the same exact way! I really LOVE my child, but other people’s kids make me crazy!! Oops, I hope none of my daughter’s friends’ moms read your blog as I just sent out invitations for her Birthday party — none of the kids will show up now! Ha ha
LMAO … I have been approached by those kind of kids too but it never really bothered me. I guess I am a sucker! LOL
OMG! I am SO there. I HATE going to Chuckee Cheese for that very reason. Kids running around acting a fool. I want to trip them and yell “Here he is! Come get your kid!” lol
Kas
LOL! I hate pesky little kids. Obviously his mom gets tired of it, so he needed to rattle on and on to someone else!
OMG!!! I am so with you! Why are they so mean to other kids too? I don’t get that!
(shhhhh…..I’m a daycare provider!!)
Oh, so totally agree! I just went to visit my SIL and her daughter’s whining, crying, and getting her way was getting on my nerves something fierce. It was at that moment that I realized, I hate other peoples kids. Even the ones who are technically related to me annoy the shit out of me. I think it’s definitely a mothering quality that makes your own child tolerable although there are times when a closet in Siberia sounds appealing for my own offspring.
Yup, I’m not a fan of other people’s kids either.
Heck, some days I’m not even a fan of my own.
Oh I HATE it when that happens. My oldest can be one of those kids sometimes. Not because we don’t pay attention to him, but because he’s a Chatty Cathy and he’ll just talk to ANYONE. I have to watch him when we’re out and if he starts getting chatty I make him go play.
I’ve had a couple kids that have leeched onto me like that when we’re out, and when we’re getting ready to leave I ask them “Where is the person who brought you?” then we walk over and I say “I think this belongs to you. We’re leaving so I can’t babysit for you anymore.”
Yeah, I don’t do other people’s kids either. That’s why I’m on the parent list for school that I can contribute things, but not my time to the classroom. Need craft supplies? A snack? Sure, I’ll be happy to get it together and drop it off. Just don’t ask me to stay. This is also where having a toddler comes in handy. No one wants him running amok.
OMG! I’m bustin a gut over here!!!
I Love kids. I would much rather have a conversation with a child than many adults. They are so innocent and things that adults just totally take for granted, they get so much joy out of.
Wow… I’m not the only person who hates other people’s kids? There are a few that I like, but only a few. For the most part, I grit my teeth and say really nasty things about them when they can’t hear me.
You made me feel so much better!! Thanks!
I have 7 kids, and I would gladly welcome 7 more. Of my own. I don’t want other people’s kids. I can stand my friends’ kids, but I don’t want them hanging on me and expecting me to play with them.
Boy can I relate to that! Thanks for being brave enough to share this with us. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Kids are different. Some are talkative while others are observant. Although locking them in the closet and putting a duct tape on their mouths would be an excellent idea, we just have to tolerate their noise despite our annoyance.
an old saying comes to mind…..
Kids are like farts. You can stand your own but everyone elses are just foul.
yes, you can call me Confucius
I have no desire to ever hold someone’s baby. No desire to talk to or play with your toddler. No desire to engage you elementary school age kids about their day. As for your snotty teens I would really like to tune them up.
I have raised two sons whom I adore and spent lots and lots of time with talking about anything and everything. My own kids yes, other peoples NO!
Ha Ha I have the opposite problem, I tend to like talking to everyone else kids, it’s mine that annoy me.
OMG I thought I was the only ONE LOL!! I love you CAT!!
LMAO!! Thank god i’m not the only one who feels like this!!
hahaha!
I am realizing that I am so not a “kid” person. But I LOVE my own! lol
That is to funny. Most people can’t stand other peoples kids. I have 3 of my own so you think I would LOVE all kids. NOPE. All kids even my own sometimes are annoying. LOL. Just the way it has to be!
I love my kids. I even like my friends’ kids. I don’t like strangers’ kids when they are obnoxious, demanding, and self-centered brats. I also hate the concept that, because I am a mother/woman, I must automatically have compassion for all children. I don’t. Not that I want harm to come to anyone, mind you. I just would like to shop in peace without becoming some other parent’s babysitter because he/she chooses to ignore their child completely, or eat a meal in peace without some kid coming to my table and trying to engage me in conversation while the adults talk, or….
Too funny, I do like other people’s kids generally speaking, but I’ve meet a few that just needed to much entertaining! I’m fine with entertaining kids but it’s no fun when they have al these tricks like you mentioned, and there is a time and a place. Walmart is not one of these places. I’m too busy shopping, kid put a lid on it!
Other kids I can tolerate but my own I can’t sometimes because I’m home with them all day long.
LOL This used to be one of my taglines on my bio years ago. We somehow have an uncanny ability to attract other people’s kids – who’s parents ignore them – when we are out as well. Especially in pools it seems. I just want to relax and/or have fun with MY kids, not watch another child kick and splash and show me tricks because their parents are off in the bar somewhere. Ugh. I feel ya, sister.
I can’t stand other people’s kids either. LOL
And mine gets on my last nerve on a daily basis. My Husband says it’s because she is just like me. I say it’s because she acts like him more.
HMMM.
My neighbors were talking about they wanted to volunteer at our kids school and do this and do that and I said “you can all volunteer for me too cause I don’t like other people’s kids”.
Some people are cut out for it, some aren’t.
When I admit that I mostly don’t like other peoples’ kids, I get one of two reactions from other moms – either shock that I would say such a horrible, antisocial thing!! or that sigh of relief as the other mom relates that while she loves her own kids, most kids drive her nuts.
I never thought I would have a child. We were convinced we’d remain childfree when we got married. I wouldn’t trade my daughter for the world. I sometimes shudder at the thought of having missed having her in my life.
That said, most other kids drive me freaking crazy. Mostly because their own parents ignore them, they see me engage with my daughter, and ‘adopt’ me as their new-BFF-adult who might possibly pay attention to them. Ugh. Go find your own parents and bug them.
I’m so with you on this.
thank god im not alone. Atleast didnt write what i was really thinking which was…. get the fuck away from me.
(running)
You are fully entitled to think that way, Trisha. The obvious question that comes to mind to ask the child…where are your parents or whomever you came to the store with???
Some parents can just be idiots…
LOL