Parking spot rant

[Tarheel Tail-Gator]

Sorry I just need to vent. This is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I have no problem with handicap spots. Those people were born with or somehow acquired a disability. They deserve to park closer to stores. I have a HUGE issue with these "OBTLC" and "Family" spots.

Women CHOOSE to get pregnant and have kids, and because of that I have to park further away?????? I don't like baggage (literally, diaper bag, kids, etc). so guess what......I don't have kids!

If, by momentary insanity, I decided to have them, I would realize that everything in life would become harder because I'd be carrying 30some extra lbs when pregnant, then the kids and all their stuff after that. That's my choice. I'd be walking from the last spot in the lot into the store. I'm not going to put my issues on someone else.

sorry, just drives me nuts.

What if your parents felt about kids the way you do? This post is simply illogical. Babies are God's way of saying the world will go on. God bless women who didn't CHOOSE to be fat and tired for the last three months of their pregnancy, but accept it for the greater good of bringing a blessed child into this world to make it a better place.

Find something more important to drive your silly head nuts!!!

..and remind your self-centered self that these children will one day be the ones helping you walk with your groceries to YOUR handicapped parking space (provided you're still clever enough to grow old)

geez louise

I am actually not self-centered at all; I am probably the most giving person you would ever meet. However I know my limitations, one of which being that I have no patience for children-be it my own or other people's. And no matter what, pregnant, older, whatever the case may be, I would not put my problems on other people. Be it carrying groceries, a parking spot, or otherwise.

And yes, even though physically women are the only ones who can bear children, they still CHOOSE to do it. Even if men could bear children, I still wouldn't want any.

Carey, I'm sure that you are a good guy. But, I think you need to cut the pregnant women and elderly some slack. We'd be in big trouble if there were not any pregnant women.

If you want to get extreme with your thought process, someone could wonder why you burden them with your need to have a car. You could walk wherever you needed to go, but instead you choose to drive a car.

A little compassion towards others in this world never hurt anyone. If you truly are one of the most giving persons, this should be an easy one.

[I'm an Altered Boy]

If you can walk through the store what's the big deal walking across the parking lot?

[CaptainP]

And yes, even though physically women are the only ones who can bear children, they still CHOOSE to do it. Even if men could bear children, I still wouldn't want any.

We didn't want to have kids either. But it happened.


Most of the time, I don't use those spots anyway, if I'm just carrying Elena. But if I have all the extra "baggage" as you put it, YES...THESE SPOTS ARE A GODSEND.

[CaptainP]

I'm going to duck out of this thread now.....before I say something else I really regret............

[Migration Michelle]

Sorry I just need to vent. This is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I have no problem with handicap spots. Those people were born with or somehow acquired a disability. They deserve to park closer to stores. I have a HUGE issue with these "OBTLC" and "Family" spots.

Women CHOOSE to get pregnant and have kids, and because of that I have to park further away?????? I don't like baggage (literally, diaper bag, kids, etc). so guess what......I don't have kids!

If, by momentary insanity, I decided to have them, I would realize that everything in life would become harder because I'd be carrying 30some extra lbs when pregnant, then the kids and all their stuff after that. That's my choice. I'd be walking from the last spot in the lot into the store. I'm not going to put my issues on someone else.

sorry, just drives me nuts.

What if your parents felt about kids the way you do? This post is simply illogical. Babies are God's way of saying the world will go on. God bless women who didn't CHOOSE to be fat and tired for the last three months of their pregnancy, but accept it for the greater good of bringing a blessed child into this world to make it a better place.

Find something more important to drive your silly head nuts!!!

..and remind your self-centered self that these children will one day be the ones helping you walk with your groceries to YOUR handicapped parking space (provided you're still clever enough to grow old)
geez louise

GOOD POINT!!!

[sonofabeach]

I did not know there were parking spots for family or children.
I've seen the ones for pregnant woman and think those are great and we used them back in the day.

[buffettbride]

oh my. i guess how i respond depends on how badly i want to be banned from bn.

i'm so effin' tired of the not-having-kids-better-than-art-thou attitude, and yours especially.

you're going to be so unconditionally f*cked when you're old and dicrepid and someone from my children's generation has to care for you because you are going to be a nasty, bitter, old cat lady who is p*** because some higher-than-thou, pitbull totin' beyotch parks in your handicapped spot.

i bust my ASS to have a great family and great career. i don't have to apologize to anyone for any of my baggage. i will take advantage of every tax break, parking spot, or time off of work because i can and because i've earned it.

so there.





(btw--does anyone know where i can find me one of those "family" parking spots????)

[carey24]

Sorry I just need to vent. This is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I have no problem with handicap spots. Those people were born with or somehow acquired a disability. They deserve to park closer to stores. I have a HUGE issue with these "OBTLC" and "Family" spots.

Women CHOOSE to get pregnant and have kids, and because of that I have to park further away?????? I don't like baggage (literally, diaper bag, kids, etc). so guess what......I don't have kids!

If, by momentary insanity, I decided to have them, I would realize that everything in life would become harder because I'd be carrying 30some extra lbs when pregnant, then the kids and all their stuff after that. That's my choice. I'd be walking from the last spot in the lot into the store. I'm not going to put my issues on someone else.

sorry, just drives me nuts.

What if your parents felt about kids the way you do? This post is simply illogical. Babies are God's way of saying the world will go on. God bless women who didn't CHOOSE to be fat and tired for the last three months of their pregnancy, but accept it for the greater good of bringing a blessed child into this world to make it a better place.

Find something more important to drive your silly head nuts!!!

..and remind your self-centered self that these children will one day be the ones helping you walk with your groceries to YOUR handicapped parking space (provided you're still clever enough to grow old)

geez louise

I am actually not self-centered at all; I am probably the most giving person you would ever meet. However I know my limitations, one of which being that I have no patience for children-be it my own or other people's. And no matter what, pregnant, older, whatever the case may be, I would not put my problems on other people. Be it carrying groceries, a parking spot, or otherwise.

And yes, even though physically women are the only ones who can bear children, they still CHOOSE to do it. Even if men could bear children, I still wouldn't want any.

Carey, I'm sure that you are a good guy. But, I think you need to cut the pregnant women and elderly some slack. We'd be in big trouble if there were not any pregnant women.

If you want to get extreme with your thought process, someone could wonder why you burden them with your need to have a car. You could walk wherever you needed to go, but instead you choose to drive a car.

A little compassion towards others in this world never hurt anyone. If you truly are one of the most giving persons, this should be an easy one.

I'm not a guy. I'm a woman that decided a long time ago kids aren't for her. As I said, IF I were ever to be pregnant, I would accept everything that came long with it, including walking further into a store.

[green1]

I am actually not self-centered at all; I am probably the most giving person you would ever meet.

Anyone else call out BS? Or am I the only one? You make this statement as though you have forgotten the very first post you made in this thread. That post completely inavlidates this statement.

[Skibo]

(btw--does anyone know where i can find me one of those "family" parking spots????)

It's the space that has my SUV parked in it.

[sonofabeach]

oh my. i guess how i respond depends on how badly i want to be banned from bn.

i'm so effin' tired of the not-having-kids-better-than-art-thou attitude, and yours especially.

you're going to be so unconditionally f*cked when you're old and dicrepid and someone from my children's generation has to care for you because you are going to be a nasty, bitter, old cat lady who is p*** because some higher-than-thou, pitbull totin' beyotch parks in your handicapped spot.

i bust my ASS to have a great family and great career. i don't have to apologize to anyone for any of my baggage. i will take advantage of every tax break, parking spot, or time off of work because i can and because i've earned it.

so there.





(btw--does anyone know where i can find me one of those "family" parking spots????)

Bravo Flopsy!!

[buffettbride]

(btw--does anyone know where i can find me one of those "family" parking spots????)

It's the space that has my SUV parked in it.

Ohhh. You must mean the one with the key marks down the side.

[buffettbride]

oh my. i guess how i respond depends on how badly i want to be banned from bn.

i'm so effin' tired of the not-having-kids-better-than-art-thou attitude, and yours especially.

you're going to be so unconditionally f*cked when you're old and dicrepid and someone from my children's generation has to care for you because you are going to be a nasty, bitter, old cat lady who is p*** because some higher-than-thou, pitbull totin' beyotch parks in your handicapped spot.

i bust my ASS to have a great family and great career. i don't have to apologize to anyone for any of my baggage. i will take advantage of every tax break, parking spot, or time off of work because i can and because i've earned it.

so there.





(btw--does anyone know where i can find me one of those "family" parking spots????)

Bravo Flopsy!!

I'm cool like 'dat. I'm a mean, lean, G-cup treadmill machine. (okay, if i were mean and lean I wouldn't have a G-cup).

[Migration Michelle]

Someone sent this to me once, I thought I would add it here... (I think the price may be off, but not the comments!!)

THE COST OF CHILDREN
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family Talk about sticker shock. That doesn't even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into
$8,896.66 a year,
$741.38 a month, or
$171.08 a week. That's a mere
$24.44 a day! Just over a
dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice says don't have children if you want to be "rich." It is just the opposite.

What do you get for your $160,140?
Naming rights. First, middle, and last! Glimpses of God every day. Giggles under the covers every night. More love than your heart can hold. Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs. Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies. A hand to hold, usually covered with jam. A partner for
blowing bubbles,
flying kites,
building sandcastles,
and skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain.
Someone to laugh yourself silly with no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to
finger-paint,
carve pumpkins,
play hide-and-seek,
catch lightning bugs,
and never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to keep:
reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
watching Saturday morning cartoons,
going to Disney movies,
and wishing on stars.

You get to
frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and
collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.

For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for
retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
taking the training wheels off the bike,
removing a splinter,
filling a wading pool,
coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs,
and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

You get a front row seat to history to witness
the first step,
first word,
first bra,
first date,
and first time behind the wheel.

You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God. You have all the power to
heal a boo-boo,
scare away the monsters under the bed,
patch a broken heart,
police a slumber party,
ground them forever,
and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.

ENJOY YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.
The best things in life are family and friends.

I think I made a smart "CHOICE!!"

[LIPH]

oh my. i guess how i respond depends on how badly i want to be banned from bn.

i'm so effin' tired of the not-having-kids-better-than-art-thou attitude, and yours especially.

you're going to be so unconditionally f*cked when you're old and dicrepid and someone from my children's generation has to care for you because you are going to be a nasty, bitter, old cat lady who is p*** because some higher-than-thou, pitbull totin' beyotch parks in your handicapped spot.

i bust my ASS to have a great family and great career. i don't have to apologize to anyone for any of my baggage. i will take advantage of every tax break, parking spot, or time off of work because i can and because i've earned it.

so there.





(btw--does anyone know where i can find me one of those "family" parking spots????)

Come on Mal, tell us how you really feel.

[sonofabeach]

I'm cool like 'dat. I'm a mean, lean, G-cup treadmill machine. (okay, if i were mean and lean I wouldn't have a G-cup).

aint nuthin' but a G Thang baaaaaaby!!!
great....now I'm gonna be singing that damn song all day!

[Tarheel Tail-Gator]

I'm not a guy. I'm a woman that decided a long time ago kids aren't for her. As I said, IF I were ever to be pregnant, I would accept everything that came long with it, including walking further into a store.

My apologies.

[popcornjack]

If the biggest problem in your day is walking an extra 50 feet, consider yourself lucky.

[sonofabeach]

If the biggest problem in your day is walking an extra 50 feet, consider yourself lucky.

Yeah tell her man!
Maybe she should try carrying one of these around all day

[carolinagirl]

I'm not a guy. I'm a woman that decided a long time ago kids aren't for her. As I said, IF I were ever to be pregnant, I would accept everything that came long with it, including walking further into a store.

So because you choose not to have kids, it's alright for you to begrudge cutting someone else who is in pain or out of breath or struggling with children a little slack. I didn't have kids when I was 31, and didn't know what being pregnant was like, but I know I didn't have your know-it-all attitude either.

When I WAS pregnant at age 34, they didn't have temporary handicapped parking places for pregnant women, but I remember wishing they did. I now weigh more than I did at the peak of my pregnancy and have more stamina and energy than I did then.

It's something about having a living human being inside you that has first dibs on your nutrients that makes it hard for you to walk as far as you could otherwise. I can remember sitting in the mall and wondering how on EARTH I was going to get to the exit, let alone walk across the parking lot to my car.

So maybe I shouldn't have gone shopping, to make it easier for those who could move more freely than I did? When I was blessed with pregnancy after six years of trying, I didn't sit and think about how incapacitated I would be nine months later trying to get around, and decide maybe it wouldn't be worth it!

Just one more thing... I applaud you for seeing your limitations and deciding not to have children. Children require more than anything else putting someone else's needs ahead of your own -- something your post indicates you are unable to do.