To think this about parents

[SunshineisSorry]

10 things that piss me off about parents and their children.

1. No, sorry, your pfb is not the centre of MY world and i have no desire to here about his new tooth/bf success or disaster/texture of its food etc ad nauseum.

1. Don't be bashing my ankles with your fecking phil and teds with a baby in the luggage compartment.

1. Do not please let your child come runnig up to my dog and put his face in my dogs face and scare the poor thing.

1. Having to sit at a table in a cafe after a family in which parents think its ok to have a table picnic and then just leave their shite behind for the staff to clear up

1. I am an adult, i do not want to have to rush what i say to you just so your child can tell you urgently that they have just found another stone/bit of paper/seen a bird

1. I dont want to have to smile sweetly while your children are being obnoxious and say things like, its nice to see them expressing themselves freely - it isn't, keep your brats under control in public

Oh.......fuck it, i cant think of ten.......im just no good at this sort of thing, feel free to add your own. Oh and please don't flame me, im joking innit.

No I do not want to hear your nine year old's tuba solo

Whatever number we are on now...

Please do not get snotty when I say that you are obviously too busy to talk and come home when the entire time i have been at your house you have totally blanked me whenever your child wants to say /do something. If you have asked me a question and I am answering, please do not just get up and leave the room mid conversation without a word, with said child who has just loudly demanded a drink NOW, because you cant bear to say "please wait whilst mummy is talking". A child who is ill, in pain, injured, stuck, wetting themselves etc, DOES take priority, but every last little demand/comment does not and its bloody rude to put people "on hold" whenever the little darling draws breath.

redexpat: I don't know if that was a good or bad wow! I genuinely love kids, I just got a little fed up of parents treating me like a pariah on trains. I never start interaction with kids on public transport as I hate it when people get the wrong impression, but if they start interacting with me I'm not going to ignore them! That's just rude!

Another one:
When somebody takes a special needs child to the park, it's fine for you to looked shocked when I reveal the child's age, but it's not fine to then start comparing that child's speech/physical ability/mental ability in detail to your perfect child of the same age, especially after it's explained that she's special needs