Things only people without kids would say...

[dodi1978]

For example: wouldn't it be great if he ate some vegetables? (About DS, 2.5)?

Hollow laughter.

[howcanikeepdoingthis]

I had a 19 month old and newborn twins. Some lunatic relative said, I bet someone cries everyday, hahahahaha!! If only one is crying at any given minute I'm doing ok!

[antiqueroadhoe]

Some childless people will be thinking how lucky you are to have children when they can't.

[antiqueroadhoe]

Some will never have the chance to name a child and have one call them Mum.

[howcanikeepdoingthis]

Antique, I cant profess to have any idea how hard that must be or what that feels like. However I'm not sure of the relevance to this thread. Surely parents venting together to support one another is one of the benefits of a site like this.

[antiqueroadhoe]

Surely "childless" people deserve a voice, too?

[lateforeverything]

I agree how I enjoyed this light-hearted thread.

Dss lives with us and calls me Mummy etc and when he's poorly with a fever etc I'm like a zombie at work. He's never been a great sleeper anyway so when he's sick it's a nightmare.

Cue childless colleague: Really? Your tired? But you're not ill are you?

Ffs!

[afussyphase]

You can sleep or catch up with reading and work on long-haul flights! Hahahahahaha....
(I do read and work on flights now: flights that the DC aren't on).
FWIW I think the light-hearted intent of the thread's fine and all in good fun, or at least that's how I interpreted it.
at "I bet someone cries every day". Every 5 minutes?

[Milzilla]

Perhaps we should have an offshoot thread of all the stupid things parents' have said to childless people.

Or would that be a bit unpalatable?

howcani, this site also has conception, miscarriage and infertility boards etc so I guess it's intended for us child'less' folk too.

[lateforeverything]

Of course childless ppl deserve a voice too antique. Arguably I'm one... I have a foot in each camp I guess.

I have a sense of humour about parenting even though I have no bio dc

[Trills]

I have no children.

I enjoyed the lighthearted posts on this thread.

Some were a little unkind, but I dind't think it an unkind thread in general.

Saying "shouldn't childless people have voice?" is very silly. This is one thread in thousands. It is on a particular topic.

[lateforeverything]

Milzilla I could lament about how much it gets on

[lateforeverything]

Sorry!

My nerves to be told that I have no kids despite raising dss since he was 2 but I choose not to dwell on that tbh

[howcanikeepdoingthis]

Of course you deserve and have a voice but I'm not sure here is the best place to express the pain of not having children for whatever reason. It does feel like people having a light hearted whinge which they are entitled to. Parenting is hard.

From my experience it is extremely supportive on mn and if you wanted it people would offer kindness and sensitivity and a space to talk.

[CauliflowerBalti]

Definitely, positively 'I won't let it change me!'

Hahahahahahaha!

[antiqueroadhoe]

I think I can post wherever I like? Not looking for support or kind words at all, just expressing what "childless" people might be thinking (since the discussion is what they say!).

[howcanikeepdoingthis]

I'm sorry, I genuinely didn't mean to be offensive. I think a great thing about mn is that it is for anyone and everyone. I'm just not sure how sharing something so painful on what is a jokey thread is going to be helpful?

[lateforeverything]

You were by no means offensive how, coming from a sm with no dc but who has suffered a particularly horrible mc and is regularly told that I'm not a 'real' mum. (Ummm... define please?)

I hope we can get back to the humour soon

[antiqueroadhoe]

You weren't being offensive and feel free to continue making the jokes. I was just giving the other perspective.

I do have an issue with "childless" because the connotations are horrible, but I do recognise that those who don't have any children will never really be able to fully empathise with those who do.

I'll disappear off now!

[WelliesTheyAreWonderful]

Said by my boss about a few weeks before I was due:
'Urgh, some women just let themselves down in labour. All that swearing! Terrible! And some poo themselves! Don't poo yourself, whatever you do'.

[howcanikeepdoingthis]

Antique, I hope you don't disappear off. I don't like the term childless either and actually the uncle in my anecdote does have children. I'm probably particularly sensitive as I feel guilty for not appreciating what I have a lot of the time. I reacted to your post because it made me feel guilty. Maybe that is a good thing and I should consider myself lucky more often. But then having three children under two is hard and its helpful to rant about that. I don't know, but I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset anyone.

[DollyTwat]

I remember reading the GF book and just supposed my baby would do the routines. I was already a bit horrified at the amount of time I wouldn't get to myself at all. Then ds1 wouldn't do the routines, and never slept, and when I went back to work I had to sleep in my car at lunchtime!

I still laugh at my friend who proudly showed me her completely white sitting room saying 'this will be the adult's room' a few years later I used to remind her whilst several toddlers smeared jam over her not so white settee

[mrsjskelton]

There's always a Buzz Killington on these fun threads

[magratsflyawayhair]

"My child was potty trained at 13 months " bollocks. You ran around with a potty literally everywhere, including supermarkets, so they could pee immediately even in the aisles! That's not trained.

As my three year old was really struggling and I was concerned about her as she was upset by it (not because I was worried it wouldn't ever resolve). Huff.

And antique. Not being able to have kids must be horrendously hard. I can't imagine. But parents are allowed to talk about their kids. We are allowed to complain too. I'm sorry this thread is hard for you. Could you hide the parenting topic of its so difficult?

[ItsLikeRainOnYourWeddingDay]

"Im so exhausted"

Really

[GeoffreysGoat]

Moonsand! What a brilliant idea for a present!