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Non-parents have no clue. Example: a young friend said Let's go to the fair! OK, it'll take some assistance to watch the stroller while changing the baby, some
by JoeAltmaier 1y ago
Non-parents have no clue. Example: a young friend said Let's go to the fair! OK, it'll take some assistance to watch the stroller while changing the baby, some time in the shade to feed her. Get the baby there, in the stroller. Five minutes later, the friend sees other friends, not encumbered, and See you! and she's off. Leaving me to pack up the baby and go back home.
- MisterTea 1y agoI'm sorry to hear that but they don't sound like much of a friend.
- JoeAltmaier 1y agoJust young, and with little self-discipline.
- MisterTea 1y agoThat is not an excuse for their complete lack of consideration. I would have said something as letting them get away with it only reinforces that behavior. If they dont like what you have to say then they are not your friend.
- jaoane 1y ago[flagged]
- BLKNSLVR 1y agoSame thing when your parents retire, they suddenly forget that anyone else still has actual responsibilities that take up about 99% of their time. It's as sad as it is hilarious.
- mooreds 1y agoOne time with we went to brunch with our small children. We were meeting 4-5 folks without kids. We arrived at the brunch place 5 min late, thinking we'd done a pretty good job. One other friend arrived around the same time, but everyone else was an hour late. Because of the kids, we ended up not eating with them at all. It's rude to your friends to be late when you don't have kids, but when you have small kids on a schedule, it's impossible to adjust.
- erkt 1y agoFundamentally the lack of empathy demonstrated by your friends should make it evident that those determined to be child free are really just selfish. Why would you even want to spend time with people with those personality traits? My best friends younger brother was the first to get married and have kids. We only do things that the little dude can come along for, I can't even imagine forcing a decision that leaves them behind.
- y-curious 1y ago1. "Non-parents have no clue" is the kind of rhetoric that pushes people away from you. People generally don't like when they're talked down to. 2. You have bad friends, and generalizing it to "non-parents" will encumber future friend-making.
- JoeAltmaier 1y agoYou are a parent? Or just blowing smoke. That was an anecdote in support of a well-founded generalization, born of twenty years of child raising. Thanks for lecturing me on my friends and speaking style, neither of which you have the tiniest knowledge of. This kind of know-it-all content-free post is something AI should be able to filter in future. I look forward to it.
- y-curious 1y agoNo wonder your friends avoid you. Blame it on your kid if you want, but your attitude is garbage. Bye.
- JoeAltmaier 1y agoThe projection, again. You have lost at least one possible friend this day.