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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My children make my life much harder, they're very expensive and I spend a lot of my time doing things I don't want to. Sometimes, they're REAL a-holes.

But they are also the two best people I've ever met, and I'm very happy to have them around. More vacations would be nice, but I still have no regrets.

I can't explain it and don't expect people without kids to understand, but they should also get that when I politely tell them how luck they are, I don't really mean it. I'm just being nice.[/quote]

Maybe just...don't lie to people. 
Are these people asking you what you think of their lives? I doubt it. If you're randomly lying to them that they're lucky for no reason, you are NOT being nice. You are being passive aggressive. Just keep your thoughts to yourself. [/quote]

DINKS very casually tell you that[b] your children are "crotch fruit", deride you as breeders, complain about kids they have had to see in public places, mock you for your future tuition payments [/b]and then talk AT LENGTH about their vacation plans. Instead of shoving them away and shouting "I LOVE MY CHILDREN", I nod politely as I look for someone else to talk to, and say "Oh you're so lucky to get to travel that much."

NO one is lying or being passive-aggressive, it's a conversational way to politely deflect the eternal bores that DINKs tend to be. [/quote]

I highly doubt that anyone has ever said these things to your face. If they have, you should just turn on your heel, walk away and not speak to them again. [/quote]

Thanks, I don't need advice from you. But if the question is, are people with kids ACTUALLY jealous of DINKS, the answer from me is absolutely not, even if I'm occasionally polite to the rude ones who won't shut up about it. [/quote]

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