Thank GOD I have no kids…or I might have to drown them

March 27, 2007 by annadulcekelly.

Well, they never tell you when they talk about marriage and stuff in school that it’s not really something you want to get into.  They never tell you that marrying someone who’s been married before is a really bad idea, especially when they have brats of their own that they can’t control.  They never tell you not to have kids because it’s too much work, or to have just one so you know you are doing your best not to populate the world with dumbasses.

 What is up with people these days?

 Just what makes it so hard to train your kids the right way?  Why is it so unpleasant to train them for the future?  Why not have rules that they need to follow?  Why say things and not go through with it?  How hard is it?  I know I can do it if I were a parent.  If I had a kid, I would probably spoil it to hell but I would get really mad if my simple rules weren’t followed either.  No kid should ever have to see me mad.  No kid here has…maybe that needs to change.  Maybe that’s what’s missing in this scenario.

 I do the dishes…dishes that people do not take out to the kitchen till days after they’re done using it…dishes with disgusting food stuff on them that have turned moldy…dishes that are stacked together and left that way with food stuck in between in the sink.  Really now, how hard is it to frigging soak them?  I’m not even asking for them to be scrubbed anymore.  How hard is it to run water over things and leave them all there?  Any properly trained 5-year old can do that?  Why can’t teenagers and a husband do that?

It’s such a thankless job.  You want something better, you want a neater house, and everyone talks about wanting the same thing.  And yet, when you try to do your part in it, people just mess it all up.  Not picking up after yourself is one thing, messing up what other people have done to make things better is something else.  It’s a thankless job to start with, why make it more so?  And it’s not like none of them ever had to do the dishes and are just so unaware of what a job it is.  It’s just sheer laziness or stupidity…maybe a little of both. 

So I quit.  If people can get away with doing nothing as far as chores, and making other people’s chores harder…you know what they say, if you can’t beat them, join them.  I would like to beat them, but I need to be in a country where that’s allowed.

So much for the American way of raising kids.  Yeah, teach them to be independent and totally clueless about maintaining a household…oh, and that independence only applies while they don’t need anything from you.  Otherwise, screw that too.  So much scolding and so much threatening…and no follow-through whatsoever.  No wonder they don’t take parents seriously.  And then old parents wonder why their kids don’t visit them anymore.  Well, duh, you raised them that way.

Screw the dishes…they want to use them, they can clean them.  They can’t clean them, they better switch to paper plates and cups, because I’m not dealing with that crap anymore.  And I’m not dealing with someone not willing to teach their kids the right way…beyond telling them a few times.  A lot of good that does.  And knowing that doesn’t work and keeping on doing that…what the hell is that?  If you know your kids won’t do it if you only tell them about it, why not supervise them until it actually sticks?  But then again, too little, too late.  A lot of parents truly shouldn’t have been parents.  Some people just will never be ready for it, and can’t deal with it…sissies.

Oh, well.  At least I haven’t killed anyone yet out of rage.  I guess that’s a good thing.  Someone should really be glad I can’t drive, I don’t have a car and I’m not making enough money to support myself…I’d probably be out of here otherwise.  So much hell on earth…if my life doesn’t get better by the time I’m 50, that’s going to be the end of it.

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