I don't like babies

[barbzilla]

So when a baby is brought out, I feel pressured to act like I care. I feel like Elaine from Seinfeld when she is around babies. Who else?

Consider this - maybe it's everybody. Nobody actually likes them but they all have to pretend in order not to make the others think they are weird. That would certainly be ironic. Or whatever it would be.

I think it is usually more geared towards people who have had children of their own. I am not positive of this, and it is purely speculation, but I think that once you have had a baby, you may have an emotional connection to babies as a whole. Similar to how if you are in love you see other couples and think they are cute, but when you are single you tend to feel a slight twinge of jealousy (not everyone, I know, but many people feel these things). So once you have that emotional connection to the situation you might get the babies are cute thing. The rest of the world just pretends to so they aren't cast out of society for being heartless cruel baby haters.

 

[Aariana]

I can't stand babies. They do nothing but eat and poop and cry. They have no personalities, and they're boring. Once they are able to move around themselves, and react to the environment, however, they become awesome. I'd say I like kids that are between 9 months and 5 years old. They have personalities, but haven't become jerks like older kids and adults have. (yeah, I'm lumping myself in this too)

So no, I don't think it's odd at all that people don't like babies. I'm a girl, btw, and I'm 30 years old. My boyfriend actually wants a kid more than me, and I think that's just because he wants someone to be able to play with in games that I don't particularly like.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

 

[Daverson]

The only appeal I can see of babies is they're "Little people". I suppose some... less...capable... individuals would find this a constant source of amusement.

I can't say I dislike babies. Now, what I don't like, is when parents insist on bringing their screaming offspring into situations where screaming offspring really shouldn't be. Such as restaurants or long train journeys.

 

[Andalusa]

I am a girl, I don't like babies either. I really don't like them. They're disgusting. I know they can't help it, but they poo and wee in their pants, they smear food all over their face when they eat, they drool and try to put their own feet into their mouths. And the crying. Dear god, it's the most awful sound I have ever heard.
My plan is to not have babies, I couldn't deal with it full time and I'll never be able to afford a nanny. I can just about deal with kids. So if I feel that maternal instinct kick in at some point, I'll probably adopt or foster children. The likelihood of that happening is very slim though.

 

[RandomMan01]

Some of these responses kind of scare me. I mean, if you don't like babies, fine, I personally love them, but that's my opinion. But all these people saying they'd want to punch a crying baby until it shuts up scare me. I mean, COME ON people, they're babies, they have no idea what they're doing. All the annoying things they do are simply means for survival.

 

[Bifford]

It's OK to hate babies. It's also perfectly OK to hide your hate, and just make up excuses to avoid dealing with babies.

 

[Compatriot Block]

Some of these responses kind of scare me. I mean, if you don't like babies, fine, I personally love them, but that's my opinion. But all these people saying they'd want to punch a crying baby until it shuts up scare me. I mean, COME ON people, they're babies, they have no idea what they're doing. All the annoying things they do are simply means for survival.

Seriously. Does the "cool to be cynical and jaded" trend on this website now extend to interactions with babies? Because to me talking about babies as if they're a malicious entity signifies some sort of psychological issue.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

I find the funny thing is that people 50 years old are probably saying the same thing for us now. Even if we can take care of ourselves, we're still bumbling through life with our 'Oh so hip' disdain for anything that we don't deem cool or whatever. We seem childish to them. But fuck 'em, right? We can focus our anger so we're better!

Baby lover. I like to be reminded there's innocence in the world. And if you raise it right, it can defend those ideas. That's worth a lot.

 

[lacktheknack]

Let's face it, people like a good tabula rasa.

I won't judge you if you don't find babies appealing, but I do. They're adorable, it's rewarding to watch them figure things out as they grow up, and it's interesting to interact with them as they develop personalities and learn new things.

Interestingly, these are also all the same reasons one would raise a child in "The Sims".

 

[lacktheknack]

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

Together in liking children, alone! D:

It's mostly gamers who dislike kids, as far as I've seen. I'm not sure why.

 

[Compatriot Block]

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

Together in liking children, alone! D:

It's mostly gamers who dislike kids, as far as I've seen. I'm not sure why.

Nah, I like babies too, especially once they can roll over on their own.

I'm pretty sure that at least a big chunk of gamers who say they dislike kids do it because it's an easy way of appearing trendy and "young." Nothing says "old-fashioned" like parental instincts.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

Together in liking children, alone! D:

It's mostly gamers who dislike kids, as far as I've seen. I'm not sure why.

Maybe it's because they get so much attention!

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm pretty sure that at least a big chunk of gamers who say they dislike kids do it because it's an easy way of appearing trendy and "young." Nothing says "old-fashioned" like parental instincts.

And here I was, thinking that parental instincts said "I care about people that are not me". Heh.

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

Together in liking children, alone! D:

It's mostly gamers who dislike kids, as far as I've seen. I'm not sure why.

Maybe it's because they get so much attention!

Wouldn't that become self-defeating after more than half of the forum proclaims "I don't like kids"? I think we're the minority here, and thus, the more likely attention-whore candidates.

 

[Compatriot Block]

I'm pretty sure that at least a big chunk of gamers who say they dislike kids do it because it's an easy way of appearing trendy and "young." Nothing says "old-fashioned" like parental instincts.

And here I was, thinking that parental instincts said "I care about people that are not me". Heh.

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

Together in liking children, alone! D:

It's mostly gamers who dislike kids, as far as I've seen. I'm not sure why.

Maybe it's because they get so much attention!

Wouldn't that become self-defeating after more than half of the forum proclaims "I don't like kids"? I think we're the minority here, and thus, the more likely attention-whore candidates.

I don't think we qualify for that any more than someone who posts here that they enjoy Call of Duty.

Unless you aren't actually a baby-liker, and are only pretending to be, which seems like a somewhat pointless idea. So there's that.

 

[Luciean]

Ever watched the George Carlin rant on other peoples' kids? You are definitely not alone in your dislike for babies. I don't mind kids, as long as they can sort of function by themselves and tell you what is wrong. Sort of fits my personality as a problem solver; tell me your problem and I'll solve it. I can't stand the crying and the crying and the crying..... sorry, got caught up there for a second.

Really I think the like or dislike of babies comes from the fact that they are not yours. People keep trying to tell my aunt to have a kid, but her view of babies is about the same as yours.

 

[370999]

I think babies are all right, much prefer toddlers.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm pretty sure that at least a big chunk of gamers who say they dislike kids do it because it's an easy way of appearing trendy and "young." Nothing says "old-fashioned" like parental instincts.

And here I was, thinking that parental instincts said "I care about people that are not me". Heh.

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

Together in liking children, alone! D:

It's mostly gamers who dislike kids, as far as I've seen. I'm not sure why.

Maybe it's because they get so much attention!

Wouldn't that become self-defeating after more than half of the forum proclaims "I don't like kids"? I think we're the minority here, and thus, the more likely attention-whore candidates.

I don't think we qualify for that any more than someone who posts here that they enjoy Call of Duty.

Unless you aren't actually a baby-liker, and are only pretending to be, which seems like a somewhat pointless idea. So there's that.

I'm not saying we are attention-whores, I'm just saying that we're more likely to get attention.

No rivers of white-hot rage yet though, so it appears the Escapist has mellowed out since last year!

 

[Colour Scientist]

I'm pretty sure that at least a big chunk of gamers who say they dislike kids do it because it's an easy way of appearing trendy and "young." Nothing says "old-fashioned" like parental instincts.

And here I was, thinking that parental instincts said "I care about people that are not me". Heh.

I feel like a freak here for liking babies.

I mean, I like being able to give them back but they're very sweet and innocent. They've never done anything so I don't get why you'd hate them, unless you hate that people expect you to love them as much as they do.

Together in liking children, alone! D:

It's mostly gamers who dislike kids, as far as I've seen. I'm not sure why.

Maybe it's because they get so much attention!

Wouldn't that become self-defeating after more than half of the forum proclaims "I don't like kids"? I think we're the minority here, and thus, the more likely attention-whore candidates.

No, I mean maybe they hate babies because the babies get so much attention, silly!

 

[Cutter9792]

I don't like babes in that they are loud, smelly, helpless and frail. I like children once they can go to the toilet by themselves.