jmcquown wrote:
> 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
Sounds like you really did a fantastic job of keeping in touch!