lostonearth35
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25 Jan 2017, 4:04 pm
I know, but don't really care, that they're at a stage in life where they can be very disgusting and loud and destructive and demanding, which is generally accepted because they're too young to know better. Or maybe really because they look "cute". Yeah cute, especially when they soil themselves or vomit, usually without warning and in the worst times and places to be so. And they are little petri dishes of germs. One of the best ways to stay healthy is to avoid places where there are crowds of kids. Of course if you're a teacher or day worker that's pretty well impossible, makes me wonder how can stand it, especially since they can't afford the health care in certain countries on a teacher's salary.
I once read about why cats always seem to like people who hate them - cats feel less threatened by such humans due to their lack of eye contact, making little noise and sudden movements. Do toddlers have a similar attraction to autistic adult people? 
26 Jan 2017, 6:51 am
Fraser_1990 wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
Fraser_1990 wrote:
Can't stand it. Especially when i'm trapped on a bus with them. What's worse is that I sit at the back to get away from them....but as soon as mothers spot where i'm seated, the decide it would be a good idea to come and sit next to me with their 5 sugared up s**ts. 
Yes, yes, yes, EXACTLY the same with me! I even try to give a facial expression to make it look like I'm a grumpy old hag who doesn't like children, but I don't think they notice, and they just come and sit near me anyway.
Also when I get people without children sitting behind me, I feel ''safe'' and know that that means people with children obviously won't be able to sit there and kick my seat, and then a couple get on the bus with several children under 4 and sit away from where I'm sitting, and then suddenly halfway through the journey it suddenly turns out that the person sitting in the seat behind me actually knows the couple with the children (even though they hadn't spoken to them throughout the journey), and then they decide to let the kids move seats to sit next to the person behind me. THAT really annoys me.
Also I worry about getting planes because of this exact reason. I do not want to be seated in front of or next to a small child. I remember I was the last time I got a plane, and although it was only a 40-minute journey, I still felt uncomfortable, and was glad it wasn't a longer plane ride. I felt enveloped by the window and a woman came and sat next to me with a 7-month-old baby on her lap. The baby was sweet, as I do like babies of that age, but they still can be unpredictable, especially when the plane takes off or lands and the baby can feel the pain from the pressure in their ears, which causes them to cry. Some babies cry louder than others. Lucky for me this baby didn't really cry, just whimpered a bit, and was otherwise rather happy and quiet. But it could have been worse. I remember my auntie saying that when she was on a flight from the UK to the Caribbean, she was sat in front of a 2-year-old, and the whole journey this kid was whining, crying, kicking the seat, and kept pooping it's pants, making my aunt feel sick and annoyed. It's a long flight to have to endure a kid behind you like that. I really think all people with young children should be allocated certain places to be seated, like at the back of the plane, because not everybody wants to or is able to endure someone else's child right near them during a long flight.
What really irks me is when it's an empty bus. I've been in situations where i'm sitting in the far back corner of an empty bus. Then as soon as people with their kids come on the bus, they decide to pin me into that corner by sitting right next to me and directly in front of me, despite there being a bus full of empty seats!
That happens to me a lot too. One time I was sitting upstairs on a double-decker bus, and I was literally the ONLY person up there. Then some chavvy women got on with a load of kids, all under the age of 4. At first they didn't come upstairs, but a few stops later they decided to change their minds, and up they clambered up the stairs. I didn't mind so much because I knew there would be plenty of choice of seats, but, lo and behold, they literally came and sat all their offspring literally next to and behind me! I couldn't believe it. So I got up, mildly showing how annoyed I was, and I moved to the back. One of the women looked at me as if to say ''why did you get up?'' I felt like yelling ''sorry, nothing personal, but I just do not feel like having your noisy brats around me when you have the choice of all these seats!'' I just felt like my personal space was invaded.
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That's just how they do. They don't have a lot of logic or politeness at that age.
I KNOW that, and that's WHY I don't like them. It's nothing personal. My opinion and feelings about toddlers is the same as those who don't like cats. People who don't like cats say that cats come into their garden and pee or poo, and also kill innocent mice and birds and that's why they don't like them. I love cats, and I have one of my own, and I could sit and say ''well, that's what cats do, it's their nature, they don't know any better, so please tolerate them and love them.'' Non cat-lovers know that, and that is why they don't like cats. So same reason with toddlers. I would never hurt a toddler, and I think they are cute, and if I got to know a relative's or friend's toddler I would probably love them, but my tolerance for them in general in public places is low.
27 Jan 2017, 2:18 pm
Joe90 wrote:
That happens to me a lot too. One time I was sitting upstairs on a double-decker bus, and I was literally the ONLY person up there. Then some chavvy women got on with a load of kids, all under the age of 4. At first they didn't come upstairs, but a few stops later they decided to change their minds, and up they clambered up the stairs. I didn't mind so much because I knew there would be plenty of choice of seats, but, lo and behold, they literally came and sat all their offspring literally next to and behind me! I couldn't believe it. So I got up, mildly showing how annoyed I was, and I moved to the back. One of the women looked at me as if to say ''why did you get up?'' I felt like yelling ''sorry, nothing personal, but I just do not feel like having your noisy brats around me when you have the choice of all these seats!'' I just felt like my personal space was invaded.
Do you ever feel like your noise space if being invaded as well? Even when I can't see people, just hearing them makes me feel like my space is being invaded. My neighbour is a good example. He lives directly under me and is one loud bastard. He puts evil thoughts into my head at times.
