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Opinion on Babies?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by MysteriousMadam, Jul 17, 2015.

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Opinion on Babies?

  1. I love babies/I like babies for the most part

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  2. I hate babies/I'm not a fan of them

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  3. Meh...I'm pretty indifferent overall.

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  4. Well...this is an odd question...

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  1. Queero

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    I love babies. I just do.


    I work in childcare, so I guess that's a good match.

    I'd like to adopt pretty much as many babies as my future partner is willing to put up with.

    Yeah, I know, that does sound crazy.
     
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    I hate kids, and have sworn them off. My brother was bad enough to have to deal with growing up, with all of his behavior problems and stuff. I don't have time for that, and I don't want anything to do with that. No, no, no, no, no.
     
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    I love babies and I am a natural caregiver. I always feel very motherly and peaceful around them and it makes me really happy when I can hold them in my hands and calm them. One of my happiest experiences was when I volunteered in a communication kindergarten as I felt alive and as myself around the children instead of the numb and disconnected person that I usually am outside of these forums... :slight_smile:
     
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    They're so cute!!! I love babies so much.
    Having a child in the future? Eh probably not.
    But I still love taking care of them from time to time
     
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    13 kids! Wow! That seems like a lot to me! :eek:

    I kind of have a strange background when it comes to babies/kids. I was at a daycare until like 11 years old and there were always a few babies around, some newborns even. I feel kind of awkward around kids that young at my age now, but am not opposed to dealing with it, since everyone starts from there.

    However, I really try to avoid kids (of all ages!) when their parents are showing them off. This internally disgusts me a little. Yes, we get that you had a kid and this is now your main focus in life, but you don't need to shove it in our faces and expect us to ooooh and ahhhh. Sorry if this is offensive to anyone, but I find this really annoying.

    I think babies are all pretty similar to some degree, though I'm sure parents will strongly disagree (I don't have any kids). For the longest time I was really anti-having-kids, but I think I would be open to this at some point when it was possible for same-sex couples. I do think the act of raising babies to kids to adults is actually something that makes you a better and happier person if you have the resources/tools to do so.

    However, at the same time, I think "having kids" has a religious connotation, which I am quite against, but I just have to accept people will view it this way. It definitely has a deep meaning to the humans that have the kid together, but this doesn't need to be misconstrued to be a religious meaning.
     
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    They are cute, but I am afraid of them getting sick on me, biting me, or peeing on me.
     
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    I agree with this so much! So I try to do my "ooooh" and "aaaah" in private :lol:

    I have a nephew who I find really annoying. He's 4 and he's...not the brightest kid.
     
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    Let's see: screaming, pooping, crying, peeing, and throw up. Nope.
     
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    I love babies as long as they will never be mine and I'm no where near the nappy end lol
     
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    I hate babies. They creep me out with their big head, big eyes and tiny body. They're like mini aliens that cry, scream and make a mess with their bodily functions.
     
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    I don't really like taking care of babies, only to look at? They can be pretty cute and chubby but plonk a crying one onto my lap and the kid'll cry even louder. I can't take care of em. At all.
     
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    Honestly, not a fan...
     
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    Can you explain to me what is there to like about babies? I think I've offended my friend when he had a baby- I just could not get excited about it at all.

    Babies

    * They look all the same
    * they look like they have no idea what is going on around them
    * they are neither cute, nor ugly, just kind of like very old people with smooth skin
    * you cannot communicate with them in any way

    The only thing I can think of as nice about them is that you get to look after them- cuddle them, feed them etc., but that's about it.

    I've met my friend once with the baby when he already was a toddler- and all he wanted to do was to stare at the grass- did not respond to any of my attempts to engage with him. I was never more bored in my entire life.


    I like little kids- from like 4 years old maybe- they look cute, you can communicate with them somehow, you can play with them, you can tell them stories, they ask questions etc. Kids- yes, babies, no.
    I'f I had my own I'd love it of course- but not because it is a baby.
     
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    I like them. They are really cute and very easy to teach and very innocent. I would like to have kids in the future, but I hope my partner knows how to deal with baby shits (literally) because I cant stand shits, literal shits. But other than that, Im good with them :slight_smile:
     
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    Rather not interacting with them, but I can tolerate them, and I may even able to babysit someone else's kids without setting them on fire and throw them to the alligators. But that is as far as I can get. I can actually deal much better with teenager, as angsty as they are.
     
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    In my developmental psychology class, it was explained this way: when a baby cries, you instinctively have a reaction of alarm. When my kitten starts mewing in a distressed way, I can't sit still! I have to check! That's because my instincts have made the sound, while not necessarily one that is unpleasant, one that makes it impossible for me to be in a state of rest.

    The reason that some women don't want to have this happening to them, when they have not volunteered to become that baby's "mommy" or supplementary community care-giver, is similar to the fact that they don't like unsolicited sexual overtures. They want to focus on other things for a while, and the fact that nature is conscripting them into becoming "mom-bots" unwillingly, when they had hopes and dreams, is upsetting.

    Notice, guys are more likely to say, "What baby?"
     
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    I hate babies
    I think it's related to the fact that my father used to hit me when I was a kid.
    Perhaps they remind me this period ?
     
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    This pretty much sums up how I feel about babies.
     
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    Human babies are evil, and to be avoided.

    I like kids once they get to an age where you can talk to them sorta normally; if I ever had kids, I'd adopt them at around age 6 to 8...anything much below that = evil baby.
     
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    They're cute but I'm not crazy about toddlers.