On 11/24/2013 4:04 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Gary wrote:
>>
>> Jill never raised a child so she just doesn't realize that it's not so
>> simple as she thinks. What she remembers is NOT all that went on. That
>> doesn't make her a potential bad parent, she's just guessing how to
>> solve a problem that she's never encountered. If only it were that
>> easy.
>
> For many people it's better not to have children, only they don't find
> out until after the fact. Knowing what I know now I'd not have
> children. In most instances that I've encountered children do a lot
> of taking and very little giving, they use up a parent's and society's
> energy and resources and then go off rarely looking back unless they
> want something. Not all, but for most people I know their children
> return very little pleasure... many parents simply won't admit that
> their children are leeches, but I see it. I get far more happiness
> from my cats, and they ask for very little, they give a lot more than
> they take. Jill is a good citizen, there are way too many people on
> this planet, most leeches. Unfortunately, like others with no
> children, Jill is paying a goodly portion of raising all the overly
> prolific douchebag's little leeches.
>
Um, thank you, Sheldon. I think. <G> The way I look at it, my parents
took care of me. And when they needed me, I took care of them. Not for
as many years, no. It's a shame my mom waited so long to ask for help.
By the time she asked, Dad was so far gone he didn't recognize me.

Jill