Unpopular Opinions Society

[Moll Flanders]

of course. with parenting issues, parents viewpoints hold more water for me.
BUT, even if i wasn't a parent, i'd assume that parents would value other parents opinions on that issue as well. they're in the trenches. they get it.

Holy fast reply Batman!

I know it is unpopular but I think parents are entirely too coddled in society, nothing they ever do is wrong because they have such a hard job, blah, blah, blah.

 

[uno]

Holy fast reply Batman!

I know it is unpopular but I think parents are entirely too coddled in society, nothing they ever do is wrong because they have such a hard job, blah, blah, blah.

Maybe there, but not over here.

I get a sense that unwed and nonchildren families feel persecuted. that's weird and i think not accurate. i was single and no kids for a long time and never noticed that.

are you trying to say that parents aren't persecuted for doing things wrong?? i could pull up hundreds of stories here that would contradict that statement.

 

[Freesia]

It is not a case of feeling persecuted, it is like there are certain expectations of you and like society behaves as if single people dont really exist and are some kind of subculture. It is ok living in big cities but if you are a single person living in suburbia it is HELL.

 

[uno]

It is not a case of feeling persecuted, it is like there are certain expectations of you and like society behaves as if single people dont really exist and are some kind of subculture. It is ok living in big cities but if you are a single person living in suburbia it is HELL.

I think that can be turned around on married/parents as well. very very easily. there are expectations of all groups of people.

 

[Moll Flanders]

Maybe there, but not over here.
I get a sense that unwed and nonchildren families feel persecuted. that's weird and i think not accurate. i was single and no kids for a long time and never noticed that.
are you trying to say that parents aren't persecuted for doing things wrong?? i could pull up hundreds of stories here that would contradict that statement.

I don't feel "persecuted" but I have met a lot of parents that constantly ***** about how hard it is to be a parent and how terrible their kids are when the UK has a great system for contraception/abortion if you don't want to be a parent. It's annoying.

 

[uno]

I don't feel "persecuted" but I have met a lot of parents that constantly ***** about how hard it is to be a parent and how terrible their kids are when the UK has a great system for contraception/abortion if you don't want to be a parent. It's annoying.

and that's what you're basing this on? people bitching about something that doesn't involve you at all???? and you have no idea if they didn't want to be a parent. that's very presumptuous. i love my kids and always wanted them, but it is hard.

 

[Moll Flanders]

and that's what you're basing this on? people bitching about something that doesn't involve you at all???? and you have no idea if they didn't want to be a parent. that's very presumptuous. i love my kids and always wanted them, but it is hard.

Er, no, my original point was that I think society is too geared towards parents.

 

[uno]

Er, no, my original point was that I think society is too geared towards parents.

maybe yours. not mine.

It's equal here as far as i know. and i've been on both sides of the fence.

 

[Freesia]

I think that can be turned around on married/parents as well. very very easily. there are expectations of all groups of people.

Yes that is true of course. I am just speaking for someone who is stuck in their suburban hometown. It is funny here, if you know people you will be happy but if you dont know people it is extremely insular and your chances of meeting anyone are pretty small.

Also the neighbourhood here is full of people walking around with their kids and I am just not part of that demograph. I think it would not be so bad if I could move somewhere else...

And I cant afford my own place as houses here are basically designed for 2 or more people, so if I were to somehow get one I would have to share with strangers... I guess that is an inevitability but it concerns me because I have had problems in the past with housemates.

I believe strongly that if you are single you need to live somewhere where there are a lot of single people otherwise you just will not feel good. Ie big cities, or university towns. Unfortunately I am stuck here for now and cant afford to go anywhere else.

 

[uno]

Yes that is true of course. I am just speaking for someone who is stuck in their suburban hometown. It is funny here, if you know people you will be happy but if you dont know people it is extremely insular and your chances of meeting anyone are pretty small.

Also the neighbourhood here is full of people walking around with their kids and I am just not part of that demograph. I think it would not be so bad if I could move somewhere else...

I believe strongly that if you are single you need to live somewhere where there are a lot of single people otherwise you just will not feel good. Ie big cities, or university towns. Unfortunately I am stuck here for now and cant afford to go anywhere else.

idk.

perhaps. i guess i just dont' care about societal stuff like that. doesn't matter much to me. but,if it did, then i'd have more to say about it.

on the other hand, being a parent with kids is the same when we go places. i'm VERY aware of their behavior in public. i don't like bad kids in public. doesn't work with us. and i can tell you that single people judge for sure when people have kids around. particularly younger people.

 

[Freesia]

Im sure they do. But there are also tons of other people with kids everywhere so even if your kid is screaming and projectile vomiting everywhere, you would hardly be a minority anywhere you go.

 

[uno]

Im sure they do. But there are also tons of other people with kids everywhere so even if your kid is screaming and projectile vomiting everywhere, you would hardly be a minority anywhere you go.

same thing can be said about single childless folks. there's as many of them as well. opposite side of the fence.

 

[Freesia]

Yes there are a lot of them around. Under the age of 30. But my age, no.

 

[Alice-Bee]

Bill Bailey

There’s this one celebrity, Rosie O’Donnell, a talk show host, and she said this: “I don’t know anything about Afghanistan, but I know it’s full of terrorists, speaking as a mother.”

What the holy Hell does that mean...My opinion is valid because I squeezed a baby out...Jesus.

 

[Moll Flanders]

^ What the hell does that mean? It barely makes any sense, she shouldn't speak in public.

I believe strongly that if you are single you need to live somewhere where there are a lot of single people otherwise you just will not feel good. Ie big cities, or university towns. Unfortunately I am stuck here for now and cant afford to go anywhere else.

I think it must be the same for single people as they are overlooked and there is an expectation that everyone needs to be coupled off with someone.

I hate the old James Bond films with a passion.

 

[Digger]

^ What the hell does that mean? It barely makes any sense, she shouldn't speak in public.

Rosie O'Donnell should pretty much just not speak, period.

 

[Alice-Bee]

I have no idea who she is. But when I read the above all I could think was Bill Baileys stand up and that gag...

 

[KLS52]

I like Rosie O'Donnell. Guess I'm in the right thread, at least!

 

[Renee1]

I like Rosie O'Donnell. Guess I'm in the right thread, at least!

So do I, generally. I think she kicks *** more often than she doesn't.

 

[kazyeeqen]

I've got no problem with Rosie O'Donnell. I don't watch her television show though. Doesn't she have a show? I don't watch that kind of show.