Holy crap! It's Friday!
I am suspicious.
Well, last night was SO much fun, don’t you agree? I have a few final thoughts on the matter, now that I’m much more calm and rational.
1. I am not sorry for what I said. I’m only sorry I said it in mixed company, where I could get such a bad backlash. The gist of it was something that should only be shared with people who really know me, understand the subtext behind what I say, and/or think similarly. I don’t talk religion or politics with people I don’t know, and I shouldn’t talk about reproduction either.
2. I do actually believe that way too many people (of all races, creeds and nationalities) are having kids. I think at this point we’ve gone WAY past the point where people should only be having two kids (one to replace each parent) and into the place where we need to institute drastic measures to control our population. I realize that people dislike this because it limits their freedoms. Well, personally, I’d rather run the risk of denying someone the joys of parenthood than allowing more Octomoms to spring forth. This is obviously just my personal opinion.
3. As I said in my footnote, I do NOT think that anyone already living should be killed or told they have no right to exist. The choice has been made, there are already a ridiculous amount of people, but as soon as your mother chose to carry you to term, you officially got your “right to exist” card in my eyes.
4. That doesn’t mean I’m going to magically start liking babies and small children. Dude, they freak me the fuck out. They’re like aliens to me. They smell weird, they look weird, they emit odors and noises that cause me a LOT of discomfort. And holy shit, WHAT IF I BREAK IT?! I don’t have much of a tolerance for weird noises and smells anyway (ask me how I do on public transportation) so babies are right the fuck out, as far as I’m concerned. I am thrilled that you are happy you have a new munchkin in the family. PLEASE do not show me pictures or worse yet, expect me to interact with it. Bring it back once it’s old enough to tell me how awesome Pokemon is, I will totally talk Pokemon and video games with it. I… still don’t really give a fuck about pictures, though. Sorry. That’s just a personal thing.
That’s really all I have to say. As far as I’m concerned, the matter is closed.
Now, let’s move on to what’s really important: CINCINNATI OPERA IDOL COMPETITION IS TOMORROW OMG OMG I’M GONNA DIE. x.x
EDIT: I just got a private message on the site where the original drama of yesterday was, telling me that since I’m such a fatass, I use up enough resources for 12 small children. XD XD XD How fucking ridiculous is that?
Do you find that you know a lot of people with 3+ kids? The majority of people I know have 1, maybe 2. I have one niece with 3, and a coworker pregnant with #4, but those are honestly the only two I can think of.
I do think that people shouldn’t have 3-4-5 kids, but as in most things in my life, I don’t feel like what other people do is any of my business.
(Also, a quick websearch says the number of children per household in the US is a number south of 2 – somewhere around 1.8.)
While our parents and especially THEIR parents seemed to have large numbers of children, I really can’t think of too many people in my generation who have had more than two kids. I have another friend with 3, but her first one and her second two are over a decade apart, and with two fathers, so that’s still only 3 kids to three parents.