Ouch! I think we hurt someone's feelings!
Wow. It seems like the the growing ranks of the childfree have snuck up and bit Australian journalist Paula Pidcock on the sensitive behind! In her painfully defensive column, she tries to paint a rather nasty portrait of your average childfree grocery shopper:
You know the look. You've seen it before. There you are at the shops buying food because if you don't feed the kids the neighbours will call DOCS.
There is no nanny. There is no housekeeper. There is no PA to do it for you. You are just an ordinary person going about your business. So there you are, and you feel it. The glare. The evil eye. You dared bring the children out. I know the child hater; they lurk everywhere. For those unsure of how to behave, here are the rules: the Commandments for the Childless.
What follows is 12 (count 'em, 12) commandments for the childfree, delivered bitter tongue in wounded cheek.
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You know the look. You've seen it before. There you are at the shops buying food because if you don't feed the kids the neighbours will call DOCS.
There is no nanny. There is no housekeeper. There is no PA to do it for you. You are just an ordinary person going about your business. So there you are, and you feel it. The glare. The evil eye. You dared bring the children out. I know the child hater; they lurk everywhere. For those unsure of how to behave, here are the rules: the Commandments for the Childless.
What follows is 12 (count 'em, 12) commandments for the childfree, delivered bitter tongue in wounded cheek.
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8 Comments:
I find it insulting that she believes that everyone who doesn't want children hates them.
She sounds bitter and jealous of childfree people.
She forgot the rules for parents:
1. Ignore the fact that out of 40 sets of parents in the store, they are only glaring at YOU.
2. Pretend it is not because your child is having a screaming tantrum in the candy aisle that you would rather ignore.
3. Be oblivious to the fact that many of the people glaring are parents.
4. Develop a persecution complex that smugly concludes they're only glaring because of their inner problems.
5. Pretend not to hear the compliment the glarer just gave a polite child.
6. If you fail at this, see #1.
Yow! To paraphrase Shakespeare, "methinks she doth protest too much." She is full of the righteous indignation of the perpetually guilty.
It's called "Prozac", lady, check it out.
- Bunnyman (happily childless)
What legally wed said. x10.
I hate having to deal with rude, loud, obnoxious people of all ages.
Being a parent does not put you above the rules of common courtesy and decency. Or it shouldn't.
She forgot to mention that the dirty looks started when her 5 year old ramed the cart into the heals of the child-free person, and in the cereal isle threw themselves on the floor and screamed all holy heck.
I don't mind well behaved children. I don't like rude people period.
Written like a truly jealous, bitter breeder who wants people to be "tolerant" of their little darling's bad behavior. God knows it's too much work to actually teach them manners.
I see well-mannered kids every day. They don't get glares.
Sounds like someone needs to click the link and submit an alternative to heckler.
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