Kids can't play on the lawn - are you kidding?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have any kids either but it would be weird to be one here if you hate kids to the point that hearing them is like knives to your heart.

PP sounds like a grump. I don't like hearing bad kids playing, screaming, or fighting with each other outside, but normal kid noises are cool. I like hearing them have fun.

Yeah I agree with you. But all I know is the ones who scream and run down the hallways thats when I get anoyed (live in a condo with DH and pup). If kids are playing nicely outside thats fine but its when they start to get insane without parents watching them and/ or parents are not asking them to play without disrupting everyone around them is the problem

Oh, okay. We have some of those around here, too. I hate those little hoodlums because they are so nasty to each other and everyone else, but I know their parents are to blame. Problem is, their parents are never watching them so I don't know *who* the parents are!

Where else will the little darlings learn to say: "shutup motherfucker" like the students from "Rainy Truthful Tuesday" thread. PLAY IS CHILDREN'S WORK, SHEEPLE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"Yes, this is a parenting site -- and that includes people who want to be parents. It does not include people who think anyone interested in issues like breastfeeding are "boring." why go on a parenting site if you are not a parent yourself, don't want to be a parent, and think people interested in parenting issues are boring? Sounds like good fodder for therapy. "

EVERYONE has been a child.

So? This a site about parenting issues, not about being a grown up. When people make comments about topics other than parenting, the underlying assumption is that those comments are coming from the perspective of a parent. Being a parent changes people -- the way they live their lives and the expectations they have of themselves and of others.

Oh ok, so the beauty, health & medicine, off topic posts those are ALL for parents too right? Oh and the sex forums right...because non-parents do not have sex or lives for that matter?

You really think something like sex doesn't change once you have kids? Your body doesnt' change, your health doesn't change?

Are you an idiot, for real! This is my last post to you. YOU said it was a parenting site and just quoted me when I said how is it for parents only when its about the various subjects above. Then you counter asking me if things dont change. You make NO SENSE. Of course they do but fo those of us with fresh uterus' we also have lives affected by the topic above. NOT JUSTPARENTS! I really wish you had been smarter to hacve a good argument for the can of worms you just opened.

Sometimes their is almost too much beauty on the interwebz.

[Anonymous]

Fresh uterus= young non mother
Old uterus= washed up hag with a pole up her a**

[Anonymous]

I've had children but my uterus is still minty fresh O_o

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fresh uterus= young non mother
Old uterus= washed up hag with a pole up her a**

Ok let me rephrase, not accurate:

Fresh uterus= young non mother or young and nice mothers
Old Uterus= washed up mother who cannot be happy for anyone...oh and has a pole up her a**

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to call this a parenting forum when the title is DC Urban MOM AND DADS. I think that's all the PP was pointing out. And that as MOMS AND DADS, these other areas affect us (i.e. relationships, health and beauty, sex) in a different way, not that non-parents don't have an interest in the global topic. This shouldn't be insulting to people. What's all the fuss about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I also don't expect to go on a parenting site and have someone try to insult me precisely because I am a parent. "

Are you kidding? You just insulted someone for not being a parent. You are also in an off topic forum. Maybe still to the parenting one if you are so worried.

Saying someone is not a parent is not an insult.

[Anonymous]

Huh. Well this discussion has certainly veered off, hasn't it?

Does that mean we have nothing more to say on the actual topic?

[Anonymous]

OP isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

End of discussion.

[Anonymous]

Haven't read all the threads. We used to live in a condo townhome. We had issues with other people's kids playing baseball on the lawn right outside our small townhouse near our new windows. They also played with various other balls right in front of our home. Our window had been hit, but not damaged. I had to dodge a ball while carrying my newborn. My car was dented and while I don't have proof, I suspected it was these kids playing ball. Oh and they were unsupervised and below the age where that is allowed by law. We had to get the condo association board involved since the kids refused to play ball at the park a block or 2 away instead and the parents felt they could do as they please. Luckily the board supported us. Your post initially made me think..wow, let the kids play on the lawns, but then I recalled our own experience and perhaps this is where the issue stems from. We had PLENTY of parks around and these people had a patio and small lawn near their place too.

[Anonymous]

I would say, ignore the rule.
If kids can't be on the lawn, the neither are adults.
A kid is a legal resident, and every resident has the right to enjoy their property and the common grounds.

There really is a limit to what kind of rules the condo association can make

[Anonymous]

Grump here-- I'm on this site because I work with kids. Hence the reason I do not want to hear screaming outside my window on a Sunday morning. I love kids, I'm great with kids WHILE I'M WORKING. But do I want to hear stomping and yelling and fighting in my offtime? No thank you. That's why I live in a condo on the top floor. My condo rules state you can't play in the common areas, and these rules are enforced. I guess the rest of the building is just as grumpy as me.

And I'm on a 'parenting site' because like I said I work with kids, and there's lots of other relevant topics besides TCC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm new poster but to the pp above it sounds like you are having some parenting/ marital issues. I don't think you get it. There is nothing wrong with a woman on here without a child. What if she can't get pregnant what if she is trying. You should ne ashamed of yourself for being discriminatory.

I'm not in charge of this site, I only use it. I already said it was a site for parents or those who want to be parents. Also for nannies or anyone dealing with parenting. I'm not ashamed of not wanting people who I assume are giving me advice from the perspective of someone who has BTDT to actually have BTDT.

I also don't expect to go on a parenting site and have someone try to insult me precisely because I am a parent. Go to any one of the billions of other sites if you don't want to interact with boring people who think issues like breastfeeding are interesting, or who don't have a "fresh uterus" or if you find the sounds of children playing outside annoying.

It's obvious you're not the owner of the site. Jeff Steele has stated that he wants non-parents on DCUM as well.

[Anonymous]

Grump again-- there actually isn't a limit to what the HOA can do, this is terrible advice. They can fine you. Just because you're a legal resident doesn't mean you can ignore the condo rules. My building fines people $50 for every noise complaint (such as loud parties), smoking in common areas, or even leaving storage in your parking space.

[Anonymous]

OP - thank you for wasting our time.