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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:24 PM Original message |
I hate it when people, especially those who don't even know me, ask if or when I'm gonna have kids. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. I absolutely hate that. It IS none of anyone else's business. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The other lady was saying how "your whole life revolves around |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Good grief! I think kids do better when their parents have a life |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. You know, the best reply is |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I figured she was not too bright by virtue of her asking that question. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah, very rude... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. i have one child and when she was little people would always ask "When are you having another" |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I also said, "You know, we're the ones who would have to raise them." |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. lol |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. no kidding. It amazes that people think that anyone that is married should, no must have children. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Like people don't get married for, say, love and companionship! |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. For real! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. My one and only child was born just in |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. People still ask me why we never had kids. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I wish I could; I haven't been at this company very long. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. My mother used to tell people that I forgot. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. tell her you had them but you sold them on the black market |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That's a good one... |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. She might had said, "Really???" |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. happened a lot when I was younger |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Maybe I should have said, "That reminds me to take my birth control |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. I figured out awhile back |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Tears and a chin quiver!! |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. That bothers me too |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. My husband and I were just discussing this very subject last night. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. a reason why I have to avoid people |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. I wish I had a dime for every time I've been asked, |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. I have the perfect answer for that one |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Excellent |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
26. I show them my vasectomy scars when they ask that |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. "Why do you want to know? " was the answer Ann Landers used to suggest for such questions. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. I have two boys, so now I get: |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Tell them. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. How about this? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. I LOVE it when people ask me that. I answer, "Never, don't like 'em." |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. One of my friends said (on a different subject) that there is a lady |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think questions like those are just plain rude and |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. I became a mother very young, so I never had to deal with that question, but... |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Tell them that, in Japan, 4 is an unlucky number. Families don't have 4 kids.* |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
34. I would love to have had children, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. Seems an intractible part of human nature |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. THere's a lady at my company who is very rude to those who can't have kids. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. My response would be... |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. Priest made a comment at my daughter's christening about when #2 was coming |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. No, I don't think being asked IF I have kids is insulting. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Part of the issue is that there is the assumption by some |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. My daughter's response is |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. This makes me want to carry a speculum around in my purse |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. ... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, ARE YA?! |
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MsKandice01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. Some people just don't have a lot of tact... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. "I can't. I hate them." - Jane Curtin |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
53. Tell you had a baby but Hillary ate it |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-25-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
54. Damn. I just don't get that. |
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twenty4blackbirds (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
55. They're not listening to you, they are just waiting for their chance to talk. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-26-07 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
56. The best reply is silence |
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