Just to set the record straight...

Apparently, to people who do not know me, my last post came across that I don't like children. This is not the case. I am a firm believer that there are some people that are meant to be mothers. For example...

Mother of Three - She is a wonderful mother. She has a wonderful family and I really do need to spend more time with them.

Doodlebug - Another awesome mom. All three of her Little Doodles are great, and I have come to look at them as my little nieces and nephews.

My sister - One of the best moms I've ever been around. She has sacrificed a lot for her kids and has been very supportive of Thing 1's soccer, Thing 2's karate and we haven't found out what Thing 3 is going to be into. (Although, I really think she needs a tapper in the bunch. Hey, Aunt Single Girl can dream.)

Hoochie - Another good mom. She's had to deal with her little girl's dad for the past nine years, that right there shows that she has the patience of a saint.

My mother - The BEST mom I have ever seen. Others should aspire to be the kind of mom I had growing up and the kind of mom I have as an adult.

I also know that there are some people that are not cut out to be a mother. For example...

Me.

I had an anonymous person post a comment on my last post saying that because I don't want kids, people don't look at me like I'm a freak. Well, I beg to differ. When you are a woman and you make the comment that you don't want kids, people automatically assume that it's because you don''t like kids. Just to set the record straight; I love kids and usually kids love me. The reason for this is because I am a big kid. I will get on a trampoline and jump as long as I can with children and laugh the whole time. I have taken Thing 2 to Moody Gardens just the two of us and we ran around the whole aquarium part like we were both 5 years old. I will sit there and sing Old McDonald's Farm in the car for hours making up new sounds for all the animals. Another thing people say when you don't want kids, "You should try it, just have one." What the hell kind of statement is that. Do they not realize that when you have a kid, you can't give it back? It's not like you have a choice in the matter. Can you imagine if I went to work and someone asked me, "Hey Single Girl, how's the baby doing?" And I came back with, "Oh well you know, I took your advice and I tried it and decided being a mother just wasn't for me, so I dropped it off at one of those safe havens." Why is it so difficult to understand when a woman has made the decision to not have children. So, to say that people don't look at you like you're a freak when you say you don't want kids is a little on the ridiculous side. I will say this...just because I like kids, doesn't mean I like all the things that go along with the kids. Like diapers - yuck, spit up - yuck, crusty booger nose - yuck. Other things that I don't do...Baby Showers. A dreaded event for most of the singletons I know. People ooohing and ahhing over little socks and onesies, don't get me wrong their cute...but I don't think I've ever felt the need to oooh or ahhh over tiny clothes.

Now for some things that annoy me about people with children.

1. When you are at a store and your child is screaming or yelling "momma, momma, momma, momma" Please answer your child. Just because you can block them out, does not mean the rest of can. We would like to enjoy our day of shopping too.

2. People with children in a restaurant that allow them to scream the whole time they are sitting in a booth, allow them to stand in the booth and stare me while I am trying to eat, and my favorite when the parent allows the child to start throwing food. Those of us without the children would like to enjoy our meal too.

3. People who take their children into a grocery store, or any store for that matter, with no clothes on. I have issues with parents dragging their kids around in nothing more than a diaper, crusty snot nose, and dirty knees and feet.

When I referred to the Duggars as freaks, that is my opinion. For one thing, I don't see how a mother can nurture 17 children all at once. Let's just say that the whole family sleeps on average of 7 hours a night, that would leave 17 hours left in the day. If my math is correct, each child would receive about 1 hour of attention a day. Now, those of you who are parents with small children know that a small child requires more than just 1 hour of attention throughout the course of the day. So, the older children don't get their hour. How is that fair to the older kids?

Why is it that married couples with children can look down their nose at singletons, such as myself, but if you are single and don't have any children and you make one comment about a family, that by today's standards is a little odd, you get people like anonymous that assume you don't like kids or there is something wrong with you?

Think about that kiddos.

Until next time...

Single Girl