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IDK, you can usually duck most of those topics but stating a lack of knowledge or interest. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 01/03/2013 12:56:15 AM

In short, you don't have to be interested in babies (or cars, new jobs, sports teams, health issues, vacations, favorite coffees),
See, you can just say stuff like "I'm not into cars (since I don't have one, that's easy for them to swallow) or "I don't really follow sports" or similar things. And people generally don't feel free to drag them out to rub in your face, like they do with babies. And if you express a lack of interest in most of those topics, people don't look at you like Pol Pot or something. I mean, I don't expect people who tell me they don't like sports to change their tune if I whip out a NY Giants or Dodgers yearbook, or go into detail about Kirk Gibson's home run or Eli Manning to David Tyree.
and no one honestly expects you to be. You do, however, have to feign enough enthusiasm to make people feel good about themselves if you want to cultivate relationships. Blame society or human nature for that, I guess, but not babies. They're just another "thing."

I'm not blaming babies, I just don't like them in the sense of not actively liking them. Also, they hate me, and at a certain point between "infant" and "talking", they either cry when they see or hear me, or bury their faces in other people's legs rather than make eye contact with me. I consider the mortification of the parents that inevitably ensues to be my justice for their earlier impositions and annoyances, but I don't even blame the kids for treating me like crap. Dogs hate me too.

Cannoli
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How do you let a new parent down easy? Cannoli - 26/02/2013 10:14:24 PM 994 Views
Almost as bad as having to put up with new moms on Facebook Nighthawk - 27/02/2013 02:53:02 AM 657 Views
At least facebook gives you the option to stop seeing updates from said person. Lici - 28/02/2013 04:32:01 PM 678 Views
Maybe when you have kids you'll see it differently. Narg - 27/02/2013 06:57:35 AM 915 Views
He'd be Cannoli IV. I'm already the third. *NM* Cannoli - 27/02/2013 03:14:16 PM 444 Views
So you are trying to understand why parents think thier kid is special? *NM* random thoughts - 27/02/2013 01:03:43 PM 368 Views
As you're reaching for it just say, "I really hope I don't drop this one too!" *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 27/02/2013 02:33:51 PM 307 Views
I think you're onto something. *NM* Burr - 27/02/2013 03:08:00 PM 332 Views
That's awesome! *NM* Cannoli - 27/02/2013 03:13:25 PM 314 Views
This really has nothing to do with babies. Aemon - 27/02/2013 05:12:23 PM 788 Views
Exactly. *NM* everynametaken - 28/02/2013 11:49:47 PM 309 Views
IDK, you can usually duck most of those topics but stating a lack of knowledge or interest. Cannoli - 01/03/2013 12:56:15 AM 720 Views
I find it hard to believe this is a problem for you. *NM* Palatine - 28/02/2013 04:24:07 PM 337 Views
I am a perfectly civilized human being, as long as you are not dicussing impositions on my liberty.. Cannoli - 01/03/2013 12:57:20 AM 683 Views
Having a child is easy, yes... Nefarious - 01/03/2013 03:48:57 AM 738 Views
Hand over hand; just cutting the rope causes a sharp bump at the end. Joel - 01/03/2013 08:41:37 PM 819 Views
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