Can't relate to ppl without kids

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I'm a mom and is HARD. If I could I would have waited to have children much older age. I wanted to enjoy life a bit more. Maybe I'm depressed. Idk.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't relate at all anymore to my friends who don't have kids, especially the ones who treat their pets like kids (like I know someone who baby-wears her dog in a babybjorn-type thing), and feel like I'm letting those friendships fade and don't even really care... Is this common?

This wouldn’t bother you if you weren’t insecure. Work on yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:OP: Understandable. Raising children requires a different level of maturity & responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Going here let's me think twice and I concluded I don't wanna have kids. For now. Most women here have ugly persI'll.

ities ugh

OP is so pretentious. My mommy friends acknowledges me and I do acknowledge them. It's their choice to wake up 3 am to feed baby, not mine. I'm good with my pets

Your choice. My body, my life.

Gross that you feel pets are similar to children, they are not. Please make sure your friends with kids know you feel this way!

Mind your own business? This is all because OPs rude post. Do you like to feel acknowledge right? Well it goes with everyone, parents and people with pets. Some chooses to have babies and others chooses pets.

Mind your own business. I bet you are against gays too. They do nothing to you. Go watch your kids better

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Anonymous wrote:OP: Understandable. Raising children requires a different level of maturity & responsibility.

Yes. That is why there is a foster care system because of all the mature and responsible so-called parents. 🙄

And why abused, neglected and ignored children don’t exist. Frigging utopia out here.

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OP go learn some good manners. Your friends deserves better friends

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Anonymous wrote:I probably wouldn't be able to be friends with someone who carried their pet around like that, even before I have kids. But no, I've remained friends with childfree people since DS was born (he's 10 now). Our lives are different, yes, but we still have stuff in common and we still enjoy each other's company. I wonder if your friends without children were more superficial friendships. I found that once I had DS, a lot of my superficial friendships ended just because I didn't have the time or energy to dedicate to them.

Yep, this. I would not be friends with a weirdo who baby-wore their dog before I had a child. But I will definitely be friends with childless/free people now that I am a parent provided they dont' consider themselves a "dog mom". Shudder.

The Dog Mom Mother’s Day posts are coming soon. Cope harder.

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Anonymous wrote:OP: Understandable. Raising children requires a different level of maturity & responsibility.

LOL. So parents are more mature than childfree people now? Give me a break. I’m childfree and not out drinking every night. There are a plethora of reasons for me to not have kids- money, my own deteriorating health, the climate, and more. I actually like kids a lot. But being a parent isn’t my path. And that has nothing to do with maturity or responsibility.

Not disagreeing with anything you’re saying why are in a forum called infants, toddlers and preschoolers…

I was on recent topics when I saw the post

Oh, alright then.

So glad you granted your totally unnecessary permission. Buffoon.

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Since OP is rude AF. There is a saying for OP.

You wanna ruin your life or ruin your carpet? 😃😀

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Anonymous wrote:It just means your life is too evolved around your kids. Def not good. You become one of those parents who talk nothing but your kids. Boring as hell. Try to remember no one gives F about your kids other than you.

I mean…my friends and I who have kids around the same age talk about our kids all the time and it’s great to have someone to share that with. Maybe you hate your kids?

Yeah but do you really honestly love hearing them talking about their kids? I think not. You just want to tell them how great your kids are.

Nah I’m not the bragging type. I don’t talk about how great my kids are, I’m usually just explaining issues that have arisen and we brainstorm how to resolve those issues. Or we commiserate about how tough it is being parents.

Yuck. Get a personality.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, as a single, childless woman, I have to say, this is a mean thing to do to people you considered friends.

However, you are not alone. Many of my friends have dropped me once they have kids.

I now consider baby showers to essentially be going away parties for my friendship, because I know there is a good chance my friends will drop me and focus on only having mom friends.

It's pretty mean.

What the everlasting f are you doing on a toddler forum?

Already been covered. Do try to keep up.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t relate to people without special needs kids anymore. When you’re in the thick of an experience, and it’s an incredibly intense experience, it can be hard to relate to people who aren’t in it with you. I still have friends with typically developing kids or who don’t have kids at all, but honestly they all sound like they are complaining about NOTHING all the time to me, just irrelevant nonsense. I can’t relate.

I think what OP is saying is normal. I’m not sure why people are pouncing on her.

People are pouncing because no one's life should be 100% about being a parent. You need to make yourself think and talk about other things sometimes!

I'm childfree and have friends with kids, but we hardly ever talk about that. They spend time with me because they need time away from their kids and parenting.

OP and PP, I strongly recommend that you cultivate at least one friendship that doesn't revolve around talking about your kids.

Ma'am, what in the everlasting flames of hell are you doing on a parenting forum? SEEK HELP.

Why are you gatekeeping an Internet forum you don’t moderate and why are you so hysterical? SEEK HELP.

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Anonymous wrote:To the childless lady who has pitched her tent to squat in this thread like a hobo under a bridge-- I suspect many of your friends ditched you when they became parents because it was a convenient and natural excuse. They wanted to cut ties with you much earlier, but you know, your intensity and rage issues pose quite the dilemma.

You are speaking to multiple people. Simmer down, Becky.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, as a single, childless woman, I have to say, this is a mean thing to do to people you considered friends.

However, you are not alone. Many of my friends have dropped me once they have kids.

I now consider baby showers to essentially be going away parties for my friendship, because I know there is a good chance my friends will drop me and focus on only having mom friends.

It's pretty mean.

What the everlasting f are you doing on a toddler forum?

For the love of god, why don’t people like you understand that people read the “recent topics” forum? That is the only one I read. And this topic relates to me.

Right, but this is still a forum geared towards parents. It is bizarre that you read and post here. It is deeply, deeply pathetic to frequent a forum for parents when you are childless. Serious question, do your friends who have children know you post on here?

There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with you that you are getting this wound up about a stranger’s internet posts. Go touch grass,

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Anonymous wrote:OP, as a single, childless woman, I have to say, this is a mean thing to do to people you considered friends.

However, you are not alone. Many of my friends have dropped me once they have kids.

I now consider baby showers to essentially be going away parties for my friendship, because I know there is a good chance my friends will drop me and focus on only having mom friends.

It's pretty mean.

What the everlasting f are you doing on a toddler forum?

For the love of god, why don’t people like you understand that people read the “recent topics” forum? That is the only one I read. And this topic relates to me.

Right, but this is still a forum geared towards parents. It is bizarre that you read and post here. It is deeply, deeply pathetic to frequent a forum for parents when you are childless. Serious question, do your friends who have children know you post on here?

I do wonder about that. Is DCUM meant for parents or does the name need some updating?

The moderator says all are welcome, so whew!