Things that new parents do that annoys us

OldNotWIse

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Cheer up, its Friday!

Thank fook.:D

OldNotWIse

swimming in a sea wrote: »

Funny if I heard a child was called Oisin then that's exactly the kind of parents I'd expect.

Lol me too

OldNotWIse

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Thank fook.:D

Long week? Love Fridays but actually dont like the transition between week and weekend, say 4pm-8pm. Always seem to be in a sort of limbo or something at that time

OldNotWIse

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Long week? Love Fridays but actually dont like the transition between week and weekend, say 4pm-8pm. Always seem to be in a sort of limbo or something at that time

It sure is, but i am a parent, so getting home and getting a hug from the kids makes it all worthwhile.:D;)

OldNotWIse

swimming in a sea wrote: »

My biggest annoyance of drivers, when it goes green bloody go and keep up with the car in front, if I'm behind anybody slow to go I'll give them the full blow of the horn, as another poster said I'll make allowances for L drivers but not for retards with baby on board signs.

Ah you're good I'm on the L plates at the mo (except when I drive on the motorway of course ) and have to say, I was expecting so much abuse and horn blowing from other drivers and haven't had one bad experience! I'm really pleasantly surprised.

iguana

swimming in a sea wrote: »

Funny if I heard a child was called Oisin then that's exactly the kind of parents I'd expect.

Oisín spent the first seven years of his life being raised by deer so I'm betting he had a lot worse to eat, as a baby, than sand and sawdust.

OldNotWIse

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

It sure is, but i am a parent, so getting home and getting a hug from the kids makes it all worthwhile.:D;)

There ya go I can't wait for kids tbh, for the moment I'll have to settle for a dog (though she wont be going anywhere when the kids come along). The good thing about her is I can go home and play with her...then hit the pub. It's great the way society doesn't judge you for doing a "McCann" on your dog

padd b1975

MaxSteele wrote: »

OP I think you over exaggerate these parents. They are new to parenthood after all, give 'em a break. Just hold the dog beside you and let the buggy past.

But I have to agree on the swearing. They're ****ing words, most parents will end up effing and blinding the swear word barrier down at some stage. A child will pick up on swearing by the time they're off to junior infants. Swearing children are a lot funnier too.

Take my 3 year old cousin. Her first word's to my uncle were "AH F*CK IT". I cherish her.

I was at mass a few years ago and there was a four year old a few rows up with his parents.

He spotted his grandad on the other side of the church and decided he wanted to get his attention, he called grandad several times but grandad naturally ignored him hoping he would give up and quiten down.

the four year old eventually gave up trying to get his grandad's attention but not before signing off with the line "well fcuk you anyways, grandad!"

Cool_CM

Push their buggies out in front on oncoming traffic to make it stop so they can cross the road quicker.

zcorpian88

I used to work in a supermarket and I really hated when the children pulled a wobbler at the checkout or on the shop floor. Usually over sweets or donuts or whatever. A lot of children don’t get a clout in the ear for misbehaving both at home and in public. These “celtic tiger career type” parents are pure soft and a lot of them are still well off even in the current climate and they don’t believe in disciplining their children even when they cause havoc in a shop.

I had to work on the hygiene team in the shop and most of the time I was the only one in that was on the "hygiene team" due to the shop being run on skeleton staff and I had days where I had to run between checkouts, bringing in deliveries, do paperwork and do a time consuming H.A.C.C.P check, get trolleys, rotating stock and then have the head wrecking task of clean up litres of orange juice and jars of jam or other messy shyte over these little terrors, all the mother does is stand there most of the time and just saying calmly “Oisin, Oisin stop that now” while they ruin 5 or 6 euro worth of stock. Looking back to when my siblings and I were small, if we did anything like that, we would have got murdered for it on the spot. They don't have to beat the child like, just a quick clip in the ear will do.

namloc1980

zcorpian88 wrote: »

I used to work in a supermarket and I really hated when the children pulled a wobbler at the checkout or on the shop floor. Usually over sweets or donuts or whatever. A lot of children don’t get a clout in the ear for misbehaving both at home and in public. These “celtic tiger career type” parents are pure soft and a lot of them are still well off even in the current climate and they don’t believe in disciplining their children even when they cause havoc in a shop.

I had to work on the hygiene team in the shop and most of the time I was the only one in that was on the "hygiene team" due to the shop being run on skeleton staff and I had days where I had to run between checkouts, bringing in deliveries, do paperwork and do a time consuming H.A.C.C.P check, get trolleys, rotating stock and then have the head wrecking task of clean up litres of orange juice and jars of jam or other messy shyte over these little terrors, all the mother does is stand there most of the time and just saying calmly “Oisin, Oisin stop that now” while they ruin 5 or 6 euro worth of stock. Looking back to when my siblings and I were small, if we did anything like that, we would have got murdered for it on the spot. They don't have to beat the child like, just a quick clip in the ear will do.

I just don't get people who think the best/only to discipline a child involves hitting them. If you can't discipline or control your child without resorting to hitting them then you're a pretty poor parent in my book.

bbam

westies4ever wrote: »

i dont like children - when I call to your house will you put the kids outside???:rolleyes:

Ha Ha.. I see what your doing there..
Comparing Children to Dogs.. really clever :rolleyes:

zcorpian88

namloc1980 wrote: »

I just don't get people who think the best/only to discipline a child involves hitting them. If you can't discipline or control your child without resorting to hitting them then you're a pretty poor parent in my book.

Well sometimes just standing there like a ejit just talking calmly to them when they aren't listening to you, more than likely because the parent constantly gives them what they want and its turning the child into an undisciplined brat, a clout in the ear does no harm. I would have got it if I got out of line hasn't affected me anyway.

namloc1980

zcorpian88 wrote: »

Well sometimes just standing there like a ejit just talking calmly to them when they aren't listening to you, more than likely because the parent constantly gives them what they want and its turning the child into an undisciplined brat, a clout in the ear does no harm. I would have got it if I got out of line hasn't affected me anyway.

Again if you can't control your child without hitting them you're a poor parent in my book. As you say standing there like an eejit while they are running amok, is also bad parenting.

RaRaRasputin

Reading this thread fulfilled all my expectations...I'm so glad I don't socialise with parents.

BBDBB

they believe what they read in books




but babies cant read

iguana

zcorpian88 wrote: »

I used to work in a supermarket and I really hated when the children pulled a wobbler at the checkout or on the shop floor. Usually over sweets or donuts or whatever. A lot of children don’t get a clout in the ear for misbehaving both at home and in public. These “celtic tiger career type” parents are pure soft and a lot of them are still well off even in the current climate and they don’t believe in disciplining their children even when they cause havoc in a shop.

I'd lay more of the blame for that at the feet of the people who designed the shop in such a way that they put the sweets right by the till in a calculated plan to tempt small children and cause these tantrums so the parents will be embarrassed and buy items that they originally had no intention of buying.

RaRaRasputin

iguana wrote: »

I'd lay more of the blame for that at the feet of the people who designed the shop in such a way that they put the sweets right by the till in a calculated plan to tempt small children and cause these tantrums so the parents will be embarrassed and buy items that they originally had no intention of buying.

I think this is one of my favourite templates for parental excuses. Aren't those things usually up around check out height to tempt the paying customers? It is called a marketing ploy and not another parental burden.

RaRaRasputin

Deleted User wrote: »

I love my dogs. But they got put outside any time friends/family with small kids visited. The dogs can be overly curious, kids can maul the dogs, some dogs can get jealous. Not an unreasonable request IMO.

That's EXACTLY what I always say but never got anyone else who confirmed the viciousness of children

iguana

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

I think this is one of my favourite templates for parental excuses. Aren't those things usually up around check out height to tempt the paying customers? It is called a marketing ploy and not another parental burden.

They didn't used to be, they've only changed them in recent years due to complaints. When I was a kid those sweets at the checkouts were from floor level to about 3ft high. Adults would have to bend over or crouch down to choose something, they were very specifically at child level in order to tempt children and cause 'pester power.' I used to work on a checkout and see exactly how it would work. Young kids would run over and find their favourite and hold them up delightedly, not quite understanding the concept of shopping. Their parents would tell them no and put the sweets back and more often than not the kid would lose it.

Parents who were on the ball could distract the kids and cut off the tantrum but they were rare. Most parents were busy and harried and would ignore the child as they started to howl, then they'd either just let them howl throughout the whole transaction or let them howl up until they'd give up and buy them what they wanted to shut up. Yes the latter in particular is bad parenting and the parents are making a rod for their own back as all they have done is teach the child that a tantrum will get them what they want. But the shops were very specifically aiming for this result and I'd blame them more for what is a calculated ploy than a stressed parent making the wrong decision.

Madam_X

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

Reading this thread fulfilled all my expectations...I'm so glad I don't socialise with parents.

It's the people on this thread who detest children that come across as far worse IMO.

RaRaRasputin

Madam_X wrote: »

It's the people on this thread who detest children that come across as far worse IMO.

It's the parents that are the annoyance, not the children, my dear.

RaRaRasputin

iguana wrote: »

They didn't used to be, they've only changed them in recent years due to complaints. When I was a kid those sweets at the checkouts were from floor level to about 3ft high. Adults would have to bend over or crouch down to choose something, they were very specifically at child level in order to tempt children and cause 'pester power.' I used to work on a checkout and see exactly how it would work. Young kids would run over and find their favourite and hold them up delightedly, not quite understanding the concept of shopping. Their parents would tell them no and put the sweets back and more often than not the kid would lose it.

Parents who were on the ball could distract the kids and cut off the tantrum but they were rare. Most parents were busy and harried and would ignore the child as they started to howl, then they'd either just let them howl throughout the whole transaction or let them howl up until they'd give up and buy them what they wanted to shut up. Yes the latter in particular is bad parenting and the parents are making a rod for their own back as all they have done is teach the child that a tantrum will get them what they want. But the shops were very specifically aiming for this result and I'd blame them more for what is a calculated ploy than a stressed parent making the wrong decision.

That just proves the sheer amount of "inadequate" parenting that many "parents" have. My brother had one tantrum in a shop and my mother left him lying on the ground screaming and walked off and he never did it again. Problem solved, no need to indulge your brats all the time.

iguana

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

That just proves the sheer amount of "inadequate" parenting that many "parents" have. My brother had one tantrum in a shop and my mother left him lying on the ground screaming and walked off and he never did it again. Problem solved, no need to indulge your brats all the time.

Obviously but a lot of people are way too easily embarrassed to do that in public, especially when they are right at the till, trying to complete a transaction and have 20 people giving them the evils for letting their child scream. As I've already said, there is no denying that giving into a child in that scenario is bad parenting and will only lead to more tantrums in future. However the people who deliberately setting out a system with the intention of increasing the likelihood of a child having such a tantrum in order to profit from it are much worse than being a parent who makes a bad decision under pressure.

RaRaRasputin

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

Reading this thread fulfilled all my expectations...I'm so glad I don't socialise.

I bet you are.

OldNotWIse

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

I bet you are.

I like socialising with my own parents, does that count?

Peanut2011

Sappa wrote: »

Ohhh I see now you have one on your car,hence the defence of these silly signs.
What about an elderly person should they have a sign Senior Citizen behind the wheel of this vehicle please do not beep at me when the lights turn green.
Everyone should be alert and follow the rules of the road.

Actually I don't have one, but when the time comes I might have or might not have one. Will see when the time is right!

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Listen, I couldn't give a flying fcuk whether they had a sign saying "Dead body in trunk" or "Getting a blowjob", as long as their driving wasn't adversely affected.

The only "sign" I take heed of on a vehicle is the only legal one, the L plate. I'll afford these drivers the time and space they need.

Well not everyone drives like you and everyone is entitled to drive at their own speed and comfort. The maximum allowed limit is not the speed limit you must drive. Weather or not they have the sign up makes no difference all drivers should be given the time and space they need. But hey as long as you are fine who cares. Right?

swimming in a sea wrote: »

My biggest annoyance of drivers, when it goes green bloody go and keep up with the car in front, if I'm behind anybody slow to go I'll give them the full blow of the horn, as another poster said I'll make allowances for L drivers but not for retards with baby on board signs.

Just as my last response above. Even now if I am driving in a reasonable manner any such actions or tailgating result in two things: 1. Me slowing down even more or 2. completely stopping to see what the problem is.

What you are forgetting is that you do not set the pace I am driving at!

sensormatic

i hate it when they say looks she's beautiful when its a fact she's one ugly baby
So ugly they should be curtains around the pram

Gurgle

swimming in a sea wrote:

My biggest annoyance of drivers, when it goes green bloody go and keep up with the car in front, if I'm behind anybody slow to go I'll give them the full blow of the horn

I love when people do this to me.
If I have started to move, I stop and wait for an orange light

If the light's green and I'm not moving, there's a reason for it.
Beeping doesn't make the reason go away, it adds another reason.

Tarkus

The opposite:

Parents who decide to be their children's buddy instead of parent, insisting kids have rights & a say in everything they go thru growing up.

Kids raising kids... :rolleyes:

Giselle

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

That just proves the sheer amount of "inadequate" parenting that many "parents" have. My brother had one tantrum in a shop and my mother left him lying on the ground screaming and walked off and he never did it again. Problem solved, no need to indulge your brats all the time.

I don't have kids but I don't think they're brats if they have a bad day, or that parents are inadequate because they don't handle things optimally all the time.

I'm glad your mothers tactics worked for your brother, but everybody is different and sometimes, its possible that a kids actual parents might know them better than a judmental bystander who considers all kids to be brats.

Boombastic

bbam wrote: »

Feckin dogs in the house!!
Never mind the kids... When I call, I want them out too !!

Dogs are not suitable to be round strange children, or any children for that matter.. If you don't respect your guests enough to put the dog out, start telling people you'd rather they didn't call..

Maybe if the children weren't so strange the dog would have no problem.:pac:

Boombastic

seamus wrote: »

A quick google could have prevented you from making yourself look kind of silly.

The signs were introduced in the US with the intention of asking following drivers to keep their distance.
It's an urban myth that the signs were developed to alert emergency services to the presence of a child in the car.

If it were truely for the Emergency Services, wouldn't the parents take it down when the child wasn't in the car, not to confuse the Emergency services?


The marketing dept. done well with this one:pac:

Satindress

Find this post funny as I've just had a baby myself a few months ago, was overprotective with people holding her at first but because she came a month early I was very afraid something would happen, even though she was only in scbu for few days. Im a nurse myself and cannot count how many times I see parents in a&e with baby's who have been jumped on by a family members dog and hurt, it's not a big ask to put a dog outside , it's an animal.. You never know how they could react you can't read their mind. I suggest you steer clear of parents and their new bundles of joy , just incase you taint the happy time with your misery

fasttalkerchat

I hate it when new parents ask me who their baby looks like.

It was born 2 days ago, it looks like a ****ing potato.

sunflower27

New parents........... groan. That is all.

FionnK86

Leaving their kids in the room with ye and then giving out to you when they come back and the walls covered in crayon...i was only trying to add some colour to the room:(

Paddy Cow

iguana wrote: »

Young kids would run over and find their favourite and hold them up delightedly, not quite understanding the concept of shopping.

This reminds me of one of my earliest memories. I was at the supermarket with my mother and came across the icecream freezer. I thought I was in heaven and simply picked one out, opened it and started to eat it. One of the shop assistants told my mother and my ice cream got confiscated, my arse got a slap and I couldn't understand for the life of me why they would have so many delicious things on display if you couldn't take them I never did it again though lol

Back on topic. It's never come up in my news feed and I'm hoping it's an urban myth but I've heard of excited mothers posting pictures of their toddlers first wees/poos in the potty on facebook :eek:

gobnaitolunacy

Doting parents asking me to hold their kid.

I can't handle a china cup without dropping it ffs.

cruais

Parents who constantly compare their kids with other kids. I don't care if johnny started doing hand stand at 18 months....:rolleyes:

HeyThereDeliah

New parents are proud of their new babies and can't help talking about them it's natural but admittedly it is annoying after awhile.
My only grievance are the parents who expect everyone to change to suit them and the baby their lives might have changed but mine has not.

Jimoslimos

Peanut2011 wrote: »

Well not everyone drives like you and everyone is entitled to drive at their own speed and comfort. The maximum allowed limit is not the speed limit you must drive.

No. You are not entitled to drive at your own speed and comfort, you are required by law to drive in an appropriate manner, that is not to break the speed limit AND make reasonable progress.

Galwayguy35

It's people who bring their kids into my house and let them run riot and go where they like in my house that annoys me.

I like my stuff the way it is and not thrown around the place by some kid who is having a hyper day.

BOF666

Paddy Cow wrote: »

This reminds me of one of my earliest memories. I was at the supermarket with my mother and came across the icecream freezer. I thought I was in heaven and simply picked one out, opened it and started to eat it. One of the shop assistants told my mother and my ice cream got confiscated, my arse got a slap and I couldn't understand for the life of me why they would have so many delicious things on display if you couldn't take them I never did it again though lol

Should have thrown a tantrum :P

fortwilliam

Parents of under 18 year old children (And the children themselves) who think their opinon has an equal weight with their parents/supervisors/gaurdians.

Shut yer stupid cakehole, I am the adult, My opinon is the only one that matters.

Peanut2011

Jimoslimos wrote: »

No. You are not entitled to drive at your own speed and comfort, you are required by law to drive in an appropriate manner, that is not to break the speed limit AND make reasonable progress.

Your definition and my definition of reasonable progress is different obviously? So do you beep at the loaded truck that can't do 0-60 in 2 sec?

And again what is and appropriate manner??

If I am in 100kph zone and driving 70kph am I not making reasonable progress?

Sappa

Peanut2011 wrote: »

Jimoslimos wrote: »

No. You are not entitled to drive at your own speed and comfort, you are required by law to drive in an appropriate manner, that is not to break the speed limit AND make reasonable progress.

Your definition and my definition of reasonable progress is different obviously? So do you beep at the loaded truck that can't do 0-60 in 2 sec?

And again what is and appropriate manner??

If I am in 100kph zone and driving 70kph am I not making reasonable progress?

No keep up to the speed limit.

Peanut2011

Sappa wrote: »

No keep up to the speed limit.

That is maximum speed allowed, not the speed I must be doing! See that is the issue exactly!

JustAThought

O0oh : all the cranky people are up & out!!! So we love our dogs & babies!
It's polite not to bring your pet to someones house when they have a baby. Equally, it's polite to ask in advance, if you are planning to visit with a baby, if the family pet could be put in another room/the garden when your baby is there... Courtesy & manners... Dosnt cost much. Then everyone has a fair playing field & arrangements can be made in advance that will suite all.

New babies; everyone involved's sleep deprived, excited, anxious & enthusiastic ... Sure give a bit!

But the pram bullying others off the street & bashing into people because "you" feel you're entitled, or more important, & not acknowledging or apologising after having to stop & shift to avoid driving over your foot ( again)/ through you because Yiu wern't looking or caring/etc ; now that's a disgrace ; & it happens often . I live close to a village/town; you encounter the same angry aggressive baby-pushers often. It's really not acceptable ; ever.

Kwiecien

Kids are like farts, you can only tolerate your own:pac:!