"What will she be when she grows up?" Um, a grown-up.
"I have a Thermomix, now I can cook cool stuff!" You know you could have done that before, right?
"Why buy a house? It's impossible to be mortgage free, anyway." Hey, defeatists, watch me prove you wrong.
"My husband won't clean/cook/look after the kids." Don't let me near your husband - my disdain will be far too obvious.
"You can only do that because you have no kids/only one child." You live your life, watch me live mine.
"Travelling with kids is horrible!" Poor you, having a family holiday!
"When you move in together/get married/have kids, the romance will go." Thanks for the positivity.
"Don't take this the wrong way, but..." I love a passive aggressive statement that straight away says it's your own fault if you're offended!
"I bought Abbey a new soft toy!" Seriously, we have so many of the things, we have them stashed under the house. We can't fit them all in here. (And Steve and I have not ever bought her one.)
"She's such a tomboy!" I prefer to think of her as a kind, intelligent, funny, beautiful and well-rounded person with lots of interests. But that's okay, you stick a nice, neat little label on her.
Hee hee, love your rant Megan!!! Some of those things really push my buttons too!!! Especially the negative & passive aggressive comments! I like they way you handle them - I need to remember that and develop a thicker skin!x
ReplyDeleteHaha, love it!!!
ReplyDeleteSome pearlers there all right.
ReplyDeleteMy favourites are "I'm not a racist but....." and "No offence but....."
ReplyDeleteIf you have to precede anything you say by first saying you're NOT something, then you probably ARE.
I don't know what a thermomix is. But I'm fond of telling people who ask if I have a breadmaker 'yes, it's called two hands and an oven'.
ReplyDeleteYou know what the funniest thing is? People who assume (because there are more photos of PIper on the blog at the moment) that I am the mother of one baby and get all condescending about how I'll do things differently once I have to deal with a toddler/preschooler. Actually? Already have one!
Lots of condescending encounters there! We all say them sometimes - it makes us feel better about our own lives when we pass judgement on others. It's just what we do. I try not to listen. x
ReplyDeleteI hate all those things too and I swear I never say them!! I was told that I wouldn't bake bread or cook decent food when I had more than one.... As you say, you live your life & I'll live mine!" love when you have your ranty pants on. Xxx
ReplyDeleteSoft toys!! I know it's horrible but I kept a few for each of my boys and gave the rest to Vinnies. I know people think they are a giving a nice gift but they just take up space!
ReplyDeleteYour son has too much energy you should get him assessed by a behaviour specialist.
ReplyDeleteYour son is wearing a tiara is he gay?
Is that really your daughter ?
You are just lucky.
You should put your mum in a home.
Thanks for letting me vent
Nx
It drives me crazy when people say, "Don't take this the wrong way but..." They always mean it in exactly the 'wrong' way you're not meant to take it!
ReplyDeleteOh my lord soft toys! I have so many, no charity will take them. Such a waste! ( of space in my house)
ReplyDeleteMy favourites are 'oh, I don't have time for blogging/crafting/sewing/cooking' and 'wow, your lovely camera takes really good photos'.
ReplyDeletePeople can be so silly.
My all time favourite - boys are so much harder to parent than girls. Way to pigeon hole kids via gender stereotypes.
ReplyDeleteOr the classic, oh you stopped at two because you have a boy and a girl. Yeah. That's the reason.
Hehehe, I kind of love your cranky pants!
ReplyDeleteAlso...agree with all of those statements. I hate each of them (We instituted a blanket no-stuffed-toy role with our boys (especially Sam)but were ignored. IT's ok. Payback was a bitch when they started having kids. I passed all but the favourites down.
Just love it.. I too have a tomboy and seen as I was one am very happy about it.
ReplyDeleteThe romance may dwindle but the love grows..
You can only do that because you have no kids/only one child....have you tried with two? No? funny that ? ok so shut it...
I WILL be mortgage free one day and Oh my how I want a Thermomix but as far as I know a food processor does the same job just slower :)
My favourite is: "He's so shy!" To which I retort: "Actually, he is simply introverted. It is a very different thing." (out of his hearing, of course).
ReplyDeleteLove your one about travel. I, too, HATE it when people say that. Yeah, people are pretty much idiots. Another one I hate: "You never get your body back". Which totally isn't true. I *could* totally have my body back *if* I bothered to do a few more sit-ups (any). But I don't. It just isn't an impossibility is all. Plus I like chocolate.
ps. I like your blog.