What’s with parents who talk ALL THE TIME about their kids?

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Anonymous wrote:I hate when people talk about their kids. It’s exhausting. No one but maybe grandma cares.

Agreed. I have to do everything in my power not to roll my eyes.

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Anonymous wrote:I knew a woman like this at my daughter's high school. This woman ONLY could talk about her child - for hours.
She was also really tragically unattractive.

God I really hate you people.

Found the professional mommy!

You’re right! I gave up my career to take care of my child and elderly mother. I deserve to be shunned for such a sin.

I love how our society is at the point now where women caring about and being interested in their own kids more than anything else is not seen as completely and utterly normal, but is instead considered laughable and pathetic.

And yet we wonder why everyone is so angry and unhappy.

Whoosh!

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Anonymous wrote:I knew a woman like this at my daughter's high school. This woman ONLY could talk about her child - for hours.
She was also really tragically unattractive.

God I really hate you people.

Found the professional mommy!

You’re right! I gave up my career to take care of my child and elderly mother. I deserve to be shunned for such a sin.

I love how our society is at the point now where women caring about and being interested in their own kids more than anything else is not seen as completely and utterly normal, but is instead considered laughable and pathetic.

And yet we wonder why everyone is so angry and unhappy.

Whoosh!

Not whoosh. Reality. Women pride themselves now on how uninteresting they find being a mother.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, i get it and would be similarly perplexed. I envy anyone who is unbothered by this sort of thing because they a) don’t even notice; b) notice but easily tune out and carry on; or 3) notice but are not bothered because they have total compassion for their fellow humans.

Unfortunately, I also “need” to understand how the offending speaker can have so little regard for those held hostage in conversation hell.

IMO, your yoga mate doesn’t sound like a sweet, benign, empty nester who simply misses her son. People like that are not irritating. In fact, they’re very likeable - who doesn’t love a parent’s genuinely loving story about their child? No, this is different. Your person likely spent years gassing on about a variety of topics, ultimately landed on child-related monologues because they put her in the best light and she has an unlimited amount of source material.

Good luck and Namaste!

How annoying to throw "Namaste" around as if it is your culture, Karen.

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Using namaste after judging another so harshly is kind of clueless.

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Anonymous wrote:I knew a woman like this at my daughter's high school. This woman ONLY could talk about her child - for hours.
She was also really tragically unattractive.

God I really hate you people.

Found the professional mommy!

You’re right! I gave up my career to take care of my child and elderly mother. I deserve to be shunned for such a sin.

I love how our society is at the point now where women caring about and being interested in their own kids more than anything else is not seen as completely and utterly normal, but is instead considered laughable and pathetic.

And yet we wonder why everyone is so angry and unhappy.

Whoosh!

Not whoosh. Reality. Women pride themselves now on how uninteresting they find being a mother.

Enjoy being a mother, but don’t expect anyone else to care in the slightest.

[Anonymous]

I'm more interested in why this is making OP blow a gasket.