[EBKatie]

Do childless people make you feel like your kids are an annoyance when you go out to restaurants or take them on outings to museums and the like?

Victoria Birch is tired of the intolerance.

"It would make such a difference if people ditched the misanthropy and accepted children as part and parcel of everyday life. Yes they're noisy, yes they're messy but they're also enormous fun and have the ability to make your day significantly brighter if you engage with them."

What do you think?

[Ireckon]

I have 3 kids, and I find some peoples kids annoying. I think it's more of a personality thing though. Some kids have a pretty established personality at a young age. Dang, there are times I find my own kids annoying - I really struggle to eat a meal with them, because I cannot stand eating sounds, and mealtime means I am surrounded by 4 others. They have great table manners, I jjust cant handle normal eating sounds - drinks being swallowed, food being chewed....

Anyway, I have a friend who is childless, and she has a sleep over every month or 2, so we can catch up etc etc. Would you believe, every single time she stays, my kids turn on their most angelic behaviour, they don't fight, they listen, they do as they are told, and they go to bed like it's their favourite time of day. My kids are lulling her into a completely false sense of what kids are like. ...Bwahahahaha...

This post has been edited by Ireckon: 29/03/2012, 01:07 PM