Why did you have children?

There are some people which you come in contact with, and after a very short period of time you find yourself questioning why they ever decided to have children.  And not in the ha-ha-funny sort of questioning, but the down right serious, this person should not have offspring sort of way.

I know a lady, and acquaintance of mine who I feel this way about.

She recently had a baby, her third.  I happen to see her one day, and commented that I really like this brand new baby stage/age.  They are just so tiny and cuddly.  Sure they keep you up at night, but there is something just so sweet about a brand new baby.

She response was, "Not me!  I hate this age!  In fact I really don't like little kids at all until they are about four years old."  Okay so those might not be the exact words she said, but pretty darn close.

I was taken aback.  Two of her three children are under four years of age.  So what she is saying is that she really just does not like them.  And as I thought about this, I realized that she really does not like them, and you can tell by the way she treats them.  Even the child older than four, she just does not treat very well.  No she is not abusive, they are cared for, feed all that stuff.  But she has an air about her that these little humans who she called children are just a nuisance to her. 

She recently made a comment about how she had the chance to be away from all three of he children for a short time, and how wonderful it was, and how she had forgotten how much she enjoyed being alone.

Now I understand this, I completely and totally understand this.  Being the mother of three it seems as if I cannot even use the restroom alone.  We have all been there.  But I love my boys, I cherish my boys.  I do not like to be away from them.  I WANT them with me!!  I enjoy their company, their silliness.  Yes there are times when it just gets super crazy and I crave a quiet moment, or a little "alone time".  But on a whole I like them to be with me. 

As your children grow they do become more fun, simply because they are able to do more things.  You can play a board game with them.  After a while you can play a board game that you actually like with them.  :-) 

But children are little for such a short amount of time, it is a shame that anyone would not savor every second of that time. 

I often find myself wondering why people who do not like children keep having children.  If I had had my first son, and realized that I really did not like babies or little children.  That I found that I honestly preferred older children, teenagers.  I think I would not have any more children.  Why would I put myself and the future children through such hell. 

My basic rant today is that some people just should not have children!