To not like other people's children very much?

[purplespottedelephant]

Sounds really harsh but I have have DCs who I love more than the world and have endless amounts of patience for them

But lately just seems like every other child I come across irritates me beyond belief and I have zero patience for them!

It's very possible people feel the same way about my kids too though

I'm able to overlook my own children's annoying traits (of which I'm sure there are plenty) because I bloody love 'em.

I'm less able to overlook another child's. So I find them immensely irritating as a result.

However I'm an extremely good liar so nobody can tell. I hope.

I love little babies and toddlers and I've never had to spend that much time with older children, but any time I have I've found them very likeable.

I'm ashamed to say that I seem to dislike a disproportionate number of other parents , (not on MN but in RL, at playgroups etc). I usually love people and find them really interesting, but I seem to meet a lot of parents who I find a little bit irritating. Not sure why that is. I do have friends who are parents of course, but they usually tend to be people I already knew before I had DD.

Often I like other people's children far more than my own I wouldn't like to be expected to look after them for the parents convenience however...