HIGHLIGHTS: Someone asked parents to name things they secretly HATE about their kids. Answers include your weekends are forever ruined . . . they follow you everywhere . . . and there’s a constant worry any mistake will scar them for life.
FULL STORY: We all love our kids . . . or DO we? Someone asked people to name things they secretly HATE about their children. Here are the highlights . . .
- Your weekends are ruined. There’s no sleeping in when you have kids. And even when they’re older, you have to shuffle them around to soccer games.
- How “cute” milestones can make things harder. Like, they can talk . . . great, now they’ll never shut up. Or, they can walk . . . now I can never sit down.
- Having to be nice to them when you’re in a bad mood. People without kids don’t understand how daunting and endless it is.
- The mess. It’s a lot harder to keep your home clean once you have kids.
- Mindless playing. Like when they want you to play with their dolls or action figures with them, and you have to fake like you’re having a really fun time.
- It makes work harder. Whether you’re at home or in an office, it interferes.
- All the extra cooking. Then half the time, they complain or won’t eat it.
- Working all day, then having to go to a play or band recital. Another example of never having enough free time.
- Dealing with other parents’ nonsense. And also having to pretend you like them, or that you’d hang out even if you didn’t have kids.
- How touchy-feely kids can be. Sometimes they can’t keep their hands off you. And those hands are rarely clean.
- One mom admitted she secretly hates her kid for ruining her body. Quote, “I love my kid, but my body will never be the same.”
- You can’t leave the house once they go to bed without getting a babysitter. It’s almost like being in jail, or on house arrest.
- Not being able to take a day off when you’re sick. You don’t really get to rest. You still have to cook, clean, and help them with whatever they need.
- They follow you everywhere. Say goodbye to privacy for a few years.
- The pressure that every little mistake made as a parent could scar them for life. It’s mentally draining, and you constantly feel guilty.
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