To think the world doesn't revolve around you because you've had a child?

[ameliarre]

I don't mean this In a nasty way because I have a child myself.
There's a woman I know who is forever bashing people with quotes like "if you don't make time for my child then your not worthy in my life"
"Friends who don't take time out for my son are no friends of mine"
I just think ..people have a life too,just because you've had a child ....are people meant to just drop everything and be at your beck and call.

Good luck to her with that attitude in life. She wouldn't be my friend any more.

She must be very short of friends by now

PMSL

swingofthings

Well I find it less annoying then dog owners who think life revolves around their dog!

YEP... especially on fireworks night, "no one should enjoy these because my dog is scared on them" ugh.

They are the kind of people who say things like "my kids are my world". Sends shivers down my spine for some reason- it just feels obsessive and Norman Bates like.

To be honest i find a lot of people are just obsessive about their kids in a really disturbing way.

" However, I do expect close family members (DM, DF for example) not to book family meals at restaurants that DC wouldn't like." "

As a Grandmother, I can see your point.

If I want my Family around me, then the venue/situation has to suit everyone.

Her status is probably aimed.

On my Grandchildren's Paternal side they love to pretend that they are involved with them. But they aren't, my Grandchildren could walk past Great-Aunts/Grandmothers etc in the Street and not recognise them.

I suspect she was probably quite annoying before she had children though..?

I’d have deleted her from FB after the first meme

I think we must have the same FB friend...

We all have “that friend”..... I’ve got an acquaintance on Fbk and she often posts about people not giving her children time/attention/likes and I want to reply/scream...... WHY DO YOU THINK WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR KIDS..... ???
Self absorbed much!

@Tobythecat

I agree - whilst DD means the world to me, she is not my whole world, that wouldn't be healthy for her or me..

I agree! A few people I know do this. I don’t expect especially my childless friends to want to know every detail about DD’s development/life & even other mum friends. At the end of the day your kids are your whole world but they’re not everyone else’s... my friends without kids still check in & ask ‘how’s dd?!’ & we meet up solo when we can... I don’t see them as much as I did pre-child but that’s because I don’t have the social life I did pre child! It’s not their fault

You often hear people saying that 'having a child makes you less selfish' whereas in reality it just means they extend their selfishness to include their child as well.

How does one extend selfishness to include someone else? That's not what selfishness means.

Anyway, yes op it sounds annoying. I have good friends that haven't seen my 2yo ds since he was a newborn as they don't have kids so we do adult things when I see them get pissed. Doesn't bother me at all.

I suspect there's a particular person she's annoyed at for a particular reason and is being PA.

I'm going to digress a bit but what irks me (note: 'irk' I don't spend too much time stressing over it) is the ' I can't believe my little Jane is 7 already' cue a million happy birthday Jane. Jane isn't on Facebook . Same with 'ooh look Fred has all the moves' and you are treated to Fred flossing badly in a shaky video. I'm not interested in your offspring FFS.

You can usually tell during pregnancy if they will be like this, they seem to believe they are the first woman on earth to ever get pregnant.

They end up lonely as people will only tolerate it for so long.

'How does one extend selfishness to include someone else? That's not what selfishness means.'

Because they see their child as an extension of themselves, not a separate person

Every week it's some drivel,if she wasn't a person I can't delete she would be gone.
So frustrating.

There's a good chance she was an absolute zilla when she got engaged and got married too.

I had a friend like this.

I cut her off after she told me she should be more entitled to medical treatment as her life was worth more than mine as 'I've got kids and you haven't' when I was unwell.

Her child used to come out with 'Yeah, well my mum has kids. What do you have?' to people!

Hamandcrispsandwich How obnoxious! I bet you just wanted to give the brat and his mother a one way ticket to.....(insert name of favourite distant penal colony/one way trip to Mars/Primark returns queue on a Saturday)

I feel awful saying this but my sister is exactly like this. We both fell pregnant at the same time, was due a week apart...she made sure she had all the attention...and it's no different since her DD was born. I can't breathe a word about my DS without her soon flipping it to be about her and her DD.

Pregnancy and motherhood has changed her...she's selfish and all me me me and DD. I get atleast 5 photos a day of my niece (her DD) sent to me...some days videos too.

Right now she's loving the fact her DD has teeth come through and my DS doesn't.

And as she's my sister I don't have the heart to tell her to back off and to stop acting like she's the only woman to have given birth and raise a child. Instead I'm grateful I have an understanding DH who lets me rant to him...more often than not

I know someone who posts quotes like that.

Basically if you're not all about her children then she thinks you're nasty and cruel. She plays a lot off of the fact her eldest son has epilepsy and uses it as an excuse a lot and wants massive support, but never helps anyone else. It's all about her kids and nothing else.

I can't stand mum bores. People have been having kids for millions of years, you're not the first. Especially those who try to make a career out of being a 'mama'. (not envy)

It aways annoys me when people who’ve had a few kids say “I’ve done my bit for society”.

swingofthings

Absolutely! I hide 'pawrents' who think the world revolves around their pets. When DS was a few weeks old and feeding literally all night every night, one of these such (childless) people posted a status 'having a bunny is even harder than having a child, they demand so much attention but so worth it' I wanted to throw my phone out of the window reading that.

When I was having No 1 I was sailing in races until about 6 months. the club decided that I would then be the regular Officer of the Day, ie I ran the races and usually everyone took a turn. Some of the women were really nasty, they'd convinced their OHs that they couldn't breathe for themselves. Even three days before she was born, should have been 4 weeks later, I ran a major Regatta, up and down to the platform.
Obviously there are sometimes medical reasons etc etc but many women do milk being pregnant and having a baby, I always found baby talk boring, I much preferred being with real people.

Totally agree swingofthings. My whole Facebook was full of my poor dog posts last week (accompanied by onligatory ugly picture)