Dustdevil Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 So this dude goes off on pregnant broads... thoughts (other than that he misspelled pregnancy)? http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sea/988349701.html Prenancy (sic) Doesn't Make You Divine... Date: 2009-01-11, 12:40AM PST Yeah, we get it - You're pregnant. BIG FUCKING DEAL. It's not like you went to school for three years and had to take some excruciating multi-day certification. It's not like you saved a Golden Retriever puppy from getting run over by a bus load of Norwegian tourists. It's not like you cured macular degeneration. YOU SPREAD YOUR LEGS AND TOOK A MAN-MUSTARD INJECTION... Wow. Way to go. I am amazed you made it through such a mentally and physically demanding challenge that probably lasted all of 45 seconds (either natural or lab-grown.) And now we are suppose to fawn all over you. We are suppose to act like it's so incredibly difficult to get pregnant, and that you are now this pristine chalice of life -Something that deserves to be worshiped and adored. Feel sick in the mornings? Do your feet hurt cause they are swelling? Gotta buy new clothes because you are 12 weeks along and have already put on 19 pounds? NOT MY PROBLEM. Do your job like you are suppose to and shut the hell up already. …Oh btw - Quit using your pregnancy as an excuse to stuff your gullet each and every chance you get. When you proudly stand up at the staff party and announce that "The baby wants" an entire pint of Ben & Jerry's Super Fudge Chunk, a liter of Dr. Pepper, some curly fries THEN TELL THE BABY TO SHUT THE FUCK UP. Now what exactly do I have to look forward to for the next two or three years..? A constant stream of verbal diarrhea such as "little Bobby went to the toilet and pooped all by himself - But he forgot to wipe and then sat on the floor to pull his pants up! It was so precious, but there was poop everywhere!" or “I'm sorry I'm 40 minutes late, you see I have a four-year-old in potty training and we had an accident." or "I don't feel comfortable doing the speed limit, my baby is only two months old - You can go around." FUCK YOU. Two years after that and now I'm stuck behind you at the concession stand - And guess what? You feel it's important to empower your child. It doesn't matter that there are nine people behind you, you want little Bobby to make his own choice when it comes to artificially flavored processed movie snacks. By God, Bobby is special. He must be because that’s what all the Nike commercials say. There is only one Bobby and he is different from every other person on this earth. He is special by God, and he will be raised knowing he is special. And now, little Bobby has been standing there with his little index finger in his little mouth, staring at all the choices for the last FULL minute. But you aren't the type of parent to acknowledge the fact that many people are waiting for little Bobby to make up his little mind. You don't say something like "Hurry and choose something or I will choose for you" or even better “Other people are waiting, make up your mind” - Not you. Instead, you turn to the sea of humanity that has formed a marginally cohesive line behind you and look at them with an 'I'm sure you all understand' look. FUCK YOU. You are the same people that just can't put their cell phone conversation on hold for 20 seconds while you order your venti no-whip-half-caff almond latte and spinach croissant - Instead you make eye contact with the waiter and raise that index finger. The index finger which happens to be the international signal for 'I am a socially retarded fuckhead.' One time I saw an interview with Hootie (of the Blowfish), with his wife. It was a lovely 'What does Hootie and his wife do when he's at home and not packing fans into concerts at 20 or 30% of capacity' piece on some lame ass afternoon news biopic show. Anyway Hootie’s wife starts talking about kids and how they are such a miracle and (now she is actually tearing up) and she just can't understand how anyone wouldn't want to have children and HOW SHE JUST FEELS SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. Oh yes honey, feel sorry for us. Obviously we are emotionally fractured because we don't share the same fervent desire to add our particular goo to this world's collective semen cesspool... I don't hate children. I hate the parents that think they are entitled because they have children...
scubanurse Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 one has to wonder why dusty is lookin on craigslist..... that is kinda funny though... gotta wonder who screwed him over so badly
Dustdevil Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 I've never been to craiglslist. In fact, I don't even know how to spell craigslist. I just got it off another board. From the tone of the article, my suspicion is that the guy has a pregnant co-worker and is tired of it. I have no co-workers, so it can't be me.
scubanurse Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 haha its funny.... i back tracked on the link and found a whole list of these!
Arizonaffcep Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 I can agree with him on his points of inconsiderateness (although it should not specify one "type" of person...but rather all of humanity). I can't agree on the rest...my wife and I tried having a biological child for over a year, tried IUI twice...first failed second was ectopic, and then IVF, which ended in a, for lack of a better term, still-born at 16 wks. So...we tried to adopt and have become foster parents and are now adopting a little boy we've had for just over a year now. And no...at 22months old, he STILL doesn't have a teddy bear! :twisted:
spenac Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 So...we tried to adopt and have become foster parents and are now adopting a little boy we've had for just over a year now. And no...at 22months old, he STILL doesn't have a teddy bear! :twisted: Congrats on your child. Children are a true joy and a lot of work. So I guess that means you won't have to retrieve any teddy bears down an embankment that way.
Eydawn Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Wow, someone's bitter! My only response to that guy is "Well... why don't you make extra sure to wrap it up then, so heaven forbid you end up creating another little cynical person JUST LIKE YOU... wouldn't THAT be special!" Pregnancy makes a woman extremely vulnerably physically and emotionally. Joints get softer, it gets harder to move or flee from someone pursuing you, the hormonal flux causes emotional turbulence... who wouldn't empathize with that? Do we fail to empathize with the chemo patient who's lost all their hair, simply because "you're just another person with cancer and you're not that special! Get over it, who cares that you're distressed because your body has changed and your emotions are out of whack!" Seems to me that this person has no empathetic capability... and would probably react in the way I described above... Of course, there will always be women who trumpet their "special" self no matter WHAT is going on with them... pregnant, ill, promotion, etc. I don't think that's something especially reserved for pregnant women. I think that's something that stupid women do, or self absorbed women... For some couples, it is difficult to get pregnant. It's not a simple thing at all... there are so many things that must go RIGHT for a baby to be carried to term that it is slightly scary to contemplate. Glad the guy got to vent. Don't agree with him, but hey, it's a free country... Wendy CO EMT-B
emtannie Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Pregnancy makes a woman extremely vulnerably physically and emotionally. Joints get softer, it gets harder to move or flee from someone pursuing you, the hormonal flux causes emotional turbulence... who wouldn't empathize with that? Well, for most women, this was a choice they made..... fully knowing that there were going to be significant changes, and not all of them happy warm fuzzy ones. As a woman who was never able to have children, and dearly wanted them, and tried to adopt (but our adoption regulations here are crazy), I do get tired of the women who make their pregnancy the topic of every conversation and use it as a reason to get out of doing their jobs, or to garner attention everywhere they go. I am not saying that ALL women are like this, but the few that are create a picture that does get stereotyped. Just like we all cringe when a medic does something that makes the rest of the profession look bad, women who are pregnant or have children should cringe when another women acts like the one described in the original post. The women who make themselves the centre of attention when they are pregnant are the same ones who assume that the reason I don't have children was by choice, and comment to that effect, with no clue how painful that is. They are the same ones who think that I should cover their workload so that they can take more sick days than they are allowed, without asking if I will cover for them, or thanking me when I do. There is a Canadian national statistic - see www.statscan.ca - that shows that parents with children miss more days of work and take more sick days. I am ok with that - I think kids need a parent to take care of them, and there are always things that come up. BUT - I also think those parents should thank those that cover for them so they can take those days off. I will not empathise with the type of pregnant person, or parent described in the article in the original post. For the rest of the pregnant population, I will. For parents who are truly trying to educate their children and teach them to be members of society, not just the centre of attention, I will be patient. For those parents who were described in the original article, I won't.
mobey Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Annie: Cudos on your post, I love it! I consistantly remind women in my life (wife, sister, etc) that being a mother is a privelage, and they are not the first or only ones! In a non-demeaning manner of course.
spenac Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Annie: Cudos on your post, I love it! I consistantly remind women in my life (wife, sister, etc) that being a mother is a privelage, and they are not the first or only ones! In a non-demeaning manner of course. And that is how the fight began.
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