A lady I met at the hotel asked me what my biggest mommy pet peeve is, while we were playing roulette and chatting. I had to think about it and then another chimed in and made a comment about how crazy her three year old is. "She is like having four kids!" The lady exclaimed as she lost her last stack of chips. As she exited the roulette table, it hit me...
I looked at the lady who has posed the question and said, "That right there was a shining example of what my biggest pet peeve is." She looked at me with a confused look. I explained that it really irks me when another parent says that one of their children is like (2,3....7) of mine. Are they really serious when they make such a claim? Do they have any idea what my children are like at home? Unless that person's child has 14 arms, 14 legs, seven heads and is Satan's right hand man...I highly doubt that the child is anything close to all of mine put together.
I think that people say that because they feel like they have to compensate for only having X amount of kids and still being stressed out. I think that raising any amount of children is stressful. There is no need to justify your parental stress by making ridiculous claims like, "One of mine is equal to all of yours." I would never tell my mother in law that seven of mine are equal to the thirteen that she had, because they aren't. That would be a bunch of bullshit. There is no way that seven kids can be as stressful as thirteen. Likewise, there is no way that any less than seven can equal seven, unless they all have mental or physical disabilities. Then I am glad to give credit where credit is due.
So if you ever meet me on the street, please do not tell me that your child is like having all of mine. Come and spend a week at my house, taking care of all seven and then tell me what you think. I am willing to bet money that you will be counting the hours until you can return to being a parent of your own spawn and that your perceptions will be greatly altered about what crazy really is.
8 guests at the inn:
hell, there isn't enough money to make me come and take care of 7 kids for the day...to me u r a GOD!
Kadi, I've seen you with all 7 kids, running in different directions. Piece of cake. OK that's a lie I got dizzy just watching them all run around.
I'd like to let those people borrow a few kids for a while...I'd bet they'd be singing a different tune!
I don't care how many kids you have, I just like that you use the word 'bullshit' on your blog. The number of times my kids make me swear inside my head or quietly so no one can hear, or typed into my computer is exponentially multiplied by the number of kids I have at any particular time. Case it point: one of my kids right at this moment is jumping up and down screaming "I.want.a.party.boat" over and over.
I grew up in a family with seven kids. That's why I only had two, then a 'whoopsie' many years later for a total of three. 2 out of 3 have been a real handful but I'm 2 down, one to go and still sane, I think. I agree with you, raising children in any amount is stressful, but I do believe stress increases as # of kids increases. I think this is called the Law of Chaos or something like that.
You know,that was what I was thinking too as I read your post. Did you go and find her in the parking lot and hit her? :)
gotta love people like that, they have no clue. I've got a few friends that must be cousins of hers....
Ohh I totally understand what your saying. I get the same thing.. but because my youngest ones are twins... the whole "my daughter/son is like having twins" umm NO its not!! Drives me NUTS!!!
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