To think that mothers should realise that other people do not see their sprogs as the most important people on earth!

[Reallytired]

lol... my son is the centre of universe. Physics has yet to prove it though.

But seriously, I am interested in friends'/ relatives children, but my interest is only so much. I do not want to read tedious long letters on the details of little of Jonny's potty training. I do not want to watch a two hour DVD of Prunella's school play.

Why can't people sense when I am bored
sh!tless about being shown all of three year old Lucinda's art. I don't mind the odd picture, but why not leave it up to me to ask to see the whole art gallery.

My good manners are being strained. I have a stinking cold and feel like telling all the yummy mummies to pi$$ of.

ROLF!

This thread is hilerous. I now realise that I get off lightly.

Prehaps I am jelous that my son never gets a lead role in school plays. I agree that school plays in most primary schools including my son's are boring.

The nativity play in the special school where I work are far more interesting as the kids are less predictable. One year, Mary was played by little girl who was visually impaired. The poor little girl was groping about to find the doll (ie. baby Jesus) The doll was beside her, but she couldn't see it. The girl shouted out in front of the audience "Sh!t where's the doll?"

You lot are meanies! I love nativity plays!

Sadly, none of my 4 children have ever been in one, because they haven't done them in any school we have been in.

lol at the cat.

This sounds horrible (probably because it is) but i don't like other kids, even my own nieces and nephews, they get on my tit's the things they do annoy me, but if my boys do it it wouldn't annoy me as much.

There is nothing like the high pitched voice of someone elses child that cuts right through me, older kids i am fine with from about 7 upwards before that then no!

How bad is that?

Remind me to nevr become a chid minder.

Reallytired. I went to a special school nativity this year where one boy decided that he was going to monitor the vicar's every move. He stood right next to him, saying 'Right, is it time to pray now? Is it? OK everyone, time to pray - be quiet, hands together - praying time!' etc etc.
I enjoyed it much more than Ds1's play at mainstream.

Children's photo and art gifts should only be legally sold under the proviso that they are strictly for parents, grandparents and maybe, in exceptional circumstances, for godparents.
Other than that they should be banned.

Sprogs is an outdated term imho. I don't think it was used derogatively in my circle of friends/ family but it just sounds a bit last century!

My sprogs R gr8 kidz, doncha KNOW?

We should have a chat thread on that, See how many pet grammar/language peeves you can stir up with the fewest words.

what exactly prompted this thread? how long did you have to coo over something that Prunella did?

I sort of know what you mean. I used to (only slightly) know a mum at school and she needed my Email address once for something.

For a good 2 yrs after that (because I was added to their hummungous mailing out list) we got very frequent updates of her dc sent as photos with twee headings. It was so toe curlingly awful.

The pictures could only be of interest to close family members, but nope we all got the full monty.

It wasn't as if I don't already have the 3 most beautiful children on earth myself anyway . I assume many others on the list had children too but she churned out these pictures like press releases.

We blocked it in the end. She is the only person I have ever met who went ott like that though. I have another friend whom I have learned to tune out a bit sometimes, but nothing major. Then again, I guess we can all be a little bit like that at times.

I am another who doesn't really like other peoples children..

AND I now cringe at the fact that when DD was born and up to about a 1 year old I sent out emails with updates and photos on to all and sundry.. Friends, family, hockey team, ex work colleagues.. I generally thought they would be interested.. Then it dawned on me one day, I couldn't give a flying Feck about anyone elses child so promptly stopped.

DD is now 5 and I get the odd email me asking me about her (as we have moved away) but funnily enough no-one has asked why I stopped sending quartely reviews and photos...

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind other people's children, however my interest in them only goes so far. Like a normal mother, I love my own child in a way that I love no other.

I think its natural to have less patience and tolerance for other people's children than your own. Unlike your own children or husband love does not make you blind to other people's faults. When my son's little friends come round I am often glad when its home time, even when the child in question is extremely well behaved.

I am sure that we all talk and think about ourselves a bit too much occassionally. However I hope most of us can read body language or have the common sense to know when someone is really not interested in something we aren't passionate about.