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10 Reasons I Hate My Kids

Thursday, June 5, 2008
filed under: kid logic

A  mother of two kids under 5, on why she thinks anyone who says they love their kids 24/7 is full of it.

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OK, before you freak out over the headline: "How can you say you hate your kids?? I just LOVE being a mommy!!" Sorry, but you're probably the same woman who said it was "love at first sight" when you laid eyes on your newborn in the delivery room. Come on. How can you fall in love with a shriveled, crying, poop machine? 

If you want to delude yourself, that's fine--maybe you've seen one too many Johnson & Johnson baby lotion commercials. The truth is, having kids is a huge pain in the ass, but most moms are too brainwashed to admit it.

Anyway, that said, here are 10 reasons why I hate my kids:

1. My car consistently reeks of rancid milk. So much for that new car smell.

2. Because of them, I'll never, ever, ever, get my flat stomach back. I know they're to blame 'cause they were the last ones in there.  

3. In order to strap my toddler into his car seat, I have to use every ounce of my physical strength as if I'm subduing a psychotic mental patient. And I have the bites and scratches to prove it.

4. Because changing urine-soaked sheets and comforters when they've wet the bed isn't my idea of a good time. Just once I'd like to hear the sound of my washing machine NOT running.

5. When they spit rejected semi-masticated food into my hands.

6. When my toddler, mid-tantrum, drops to the sidewalk like dead-weight when I'm in a hurry. A walk generally turns into a drag.

7. Trying to pretend I give a sh*t about Pokémon.

8. If it weren't for them, I would never have to set foot in that demonic mouse palace known as Chuck E. Cheese.

9. My once beautiful couch, walls, and drapes are covered in peanut butter and fluorescent Play-Doh.

10. I used to really like to have sex--that's how I managed to pop out two kids in the first place. Now I'm so tired, I'd rather stick a fork in my eye.




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this post IS funny, but i think “HATE” is a strong word to be used about your children, don’t you? i wouldn’t trade being a parent for anything in the world, but of course i get mad sometime or wish i just have a break. don’t we all??? but i wouldn’t say “hate”
- mommyLove
Posted 10/31/08 12:38 AM
 
I think this person is selfish and should of thought about it first before she laid in the bed and popped them kids out. No sense of humor? Nahhh—I do have one but when it comes to saying HATE that just takes away from it. Quit your bitching and be a real mom who takes the time to see the beauty of it all and not all the negativity in life.
- Mamato4
Posted 11/03/08 09:55 PM
 
That’s why I’m “notamom”. Here are my plans for today: Write for 3 hours (my job), then go to the gym, come home and have a leisurely bath, read, take a short nap, then get up to do some cleaning up and make a nice meal for my husband, play scrabble with him after dinner, and then go to bed to canoodle. Hehehehehe, no diapers for me.
- notamom
Posted 11/11/08 05:23 PM
 
I don’t think any of this should be over-analyzed! I’m certain the author really doesn’t HATE her kids. Ya know what’s interesting? I hang out with a bunch of moms who would never say anything out loud that is negative about their husbands or children. They go about life when they are at school and church all smiles. BUT — get them alone for a couple of minutes after they’ve had a bad day…or a frustrating moment, and suddenly the super mom persona is replaced with little one-liners that show us all that we’re not stepford wives afterall…and that most of this stuff is funny…and we all experience it now and then. And it’s ok to laugh and not take it all so seriously.
- Lisa
Posted 11/20/08 12:57 PM
 
that is terriable
- sarah
Posted 11/20/08 02:49 PM
 
I am a 24 yr old mom of 2 and i can honestly say i love my kids all the time but i dont always like them. They get on my nerves. They make me wanna rip my hair out at times but i still couldnt picture life without them!
- Ash
Posted 11/24/08 10:14 AM
 
Ok. So I am having one of those mommy moments where I just can not stomach to be around my children. My emotions are all over the place, they wont listen, the more I clean the more they mess up. I am feeling so stuck in this realtionship and wishing I could get out. Are they 18 yet and going off to school.. I need more than calgon. I need a 2 week vacation with no one calling my name, not picking up after anyone but myself, no paying of bills and worrying about money and everyday stuff. I would love to wake up in the morning and shower at a leisurely pace then put on make up and clothes that match and just do what ever I want.. Is that so much to ask. Evidentaly so. I have no idea how some women seem to have it all pulled together. Always looking their best,spotless home, great kids. Why is it such a struggle for the rest of us? I would love to be one of those moms who just can not breathe with out their kids insted of feeling suffocated.. I DO love my kids and would die if anything ever happened to them.. They are gifts from God- I do get that and believe that.. I hate sounding like a whiney baby but this is how I feel. Some one please relate to me and not badger me..PLEASE!
- Angel
Posted 11/30/08 02:20 PM
 
Anyone who tells you kids are “a blessing,” firmly believes in the phrase: “MISERY LOVES COMPANY.” Don’t believe the hype! Enjoy your life, because once you have ‘da kiddies,’ your life is OVER. THINK ABOUT IT. ~ Childfree and loving life
- Jason
Posted 12/05/08 06:49 AM
 
Well my two under five are now two under seventeen - you think you hate them now just wait! Today I found out that I was the most strict mom around and all of their friends parents are 80 times easier than me. And yeah, I agree with the Chuckie Cheese thing. I was so glad the day my kids told me that Chuckie Cheese was for little kids. And geeze.. lighten up all you SUPER moms. Life is too short to be so dang uptight. I don’t think when she said hate that she meant HATE. It is called SARCASM. If you are so far gone that you have lost all sense of humor and don’t see sarcasm when it exists perhaps you are the ones that need to be fixed. And not believing in love at first sight does not make you a bad mom - it makes you realistic.
- Youthinktoddlersrrufftryteens
Posted 12/08/08 07:54 PM
 
Everyone, be cool, oviously this is a joke, whether you like that kind of humor or not. there are things in this world that everyone hates, you might just be to pampered to admit it. so enjoy the pokemon urine soaaked sheets, while i can easily say i dont want to watch that show or change those sheets. ladies….get a life. morons
- Steve
Posted 12/20/08 12:17 AM
 
Okay, I know I’m not a woman, and I’m not a parent just yet. But I have to say I thought this was a bit silly. Actually I have to say that I don’t truly believe this person really hates her children, either. I thought it was more of a publicity thing as well. However, if I may be so bold, I’d like to share what I hate. My wife has friends and family members that LOVE to talk about the negative ways in which your life changes after you become a parent. It absolutely drives me crazy. My parents did and still do so much for my sisters and me. And now they’re doing a lot for my brother-in-law, my niece, and even my wife. Were there frustrating days for them over the years? You bet. But my parents are good parents. And they have given me the motivation to be just as good. I just get so annoyed by the sarcastic comments my wife’s friends and my in-laws make. I mean, I know they love their kids, but they don’t dote over them the way my mother dotes over my niece and the way she doted over us. It’s like these people want everybody to feel sorry for them because they don’t sleep in anymore and they don’t get away as much and their bills are higher. Well for crying out loud, what did you expect? If all that jazz is more important to you, why bother to go down the road of parenthood? Unless they’re just trying to be funny, but I got news for you, I find it absolutely disgusting! Leave those kids alone! They’re not at fault! I love my niece with all my heart. Is she loud at times? Yes! Does she cause a racket once in a while? Yes. But I wouldn’t trade her for anything. And I hope I love my own kids just as much if not more.
- Not-yet-a-parent
Posted 12/22/08 10:59 AM
 
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- hell
Posted 12/29/08 02:50 PM
 
I admit that, at times, it’s easy to think “what the hell was I thinking?!” This blog is a bit too harsh in my opinion. How can you call your baby a “shriveled, crying, poop machine”? Scary to think of this woman as a mother.
- Anonymous
Posted 01/04/09 12:38 PM
 
Thanks for scaring me with all your horror stories guys. I am happily childfree and I plan to remain so, thanks very much. Parenting is really, really, hard and it’s not for everyone. But I admire good parents who go through all the miserable stuff with their never ending patience and still manage to raise good kids. I don’t see what’s so funny about this article. Most people don’t realize that having children is a choice and the biggest one you’ll ever make. ‘Cuz once you’re a mom or dad, you’re a mom or dad forever, there’s no going back!!! So should have thought it over carefully beforehand. What the hell did you expect?? “Ooooh I’m gonna have a baby and it’s gonna be so lovely, and everything’s going to be sooo wonderful.” Bullshit!! Snap back to reality and check out pros and cons. Parenthood shouldn’t always follow marriage. This article is totally distasteful and horrendous. I don’t see what’s there to laugh about?? I bet Erin regrets not taking her pills before doing the dirty. Still, there was abortion too!! And I bet she’ll raise horrendous kids, because she hates being a mom so much. Nobody’s kids deserves that, it’s not their fault you decided to be braindead and breed. Seriously, I don’t see what’s so funny about all this!! Shame on you, Erin!!
- brownchick
Posted 01/16/09 06:46 AM
 
Thanks for scaring me with all your horror stories guys. I am happily childfree and I plan to remain so, thanks very much. Parenting is really, really, hard and it’s not for everyone. But I admire good parents who go through all the miserable stuff with their never ending patience and still manage to raise good kids. I don’t see what’s so funny about this article. Most people don’t realize that having children is a choice and the biggest one you’ll ever make. ‘Cuz once you’re a mom or dad, you’re a mom or dad forever, there’s no going back!!! So should have thought it over carefully beforehand. What the hell did you expect?? “Ooooh I’m gonna have a baby and it’s gonna be so lovely, and everything’s going to be sooo wonderful.” Bullshit!! Snap back to reality and check out pros and cons. Parenthood shouldn’t always follow marriage. This article is totally distasteful and horrendous. I don’t see what’s there to laugh about?? I bet Erin regrets not taking her pills before doing the dirty. Still, there was abortion too!! And I bet she’ll raise horrendous kids, because she hates being a mom so much. Nobody’s kids deserves that, it’s not their fault you decided to be braindead and breed. Seriously, I don’t see what’s so funny about all this!! Shame on you, Erin!! You disgust me!
- brownchick
Posted 01/16/09 06:56 AM
 
I don’t feel that a good mom or a good person would write something like this. I love my kids. Yes sometimes they do stuff that isn’t exactly sweet and nice of them I would never say that I hate them. Making a list just makes it even worse because that means that you sit and think these things up. I actually feel sorry for you and your children.
- Jill
Posted 02/04/09 02:45 AM
 
Wow, this has been posted a while ago but I want to respond anyway. You need to relax and take a weekend off with you and your husband, send the kids to a relative. You need to read the book “to train up a child” by debi and michael pearl. You obviously aren’t raising your children right if you have to drag them around, or they aren’t telling you when they spill things, the list goes on and on. The washing machine being on all the time, that’s part of motherhood, if you don’t like your car being stinky, clean it up, and make some rules no eating or drinking in the car… duh. I fell in love with my kids the moment I was pregnant. Some women can’t because of their mental issues,or post pardum depression. Gues what? Ppd doesn’t go away after the baby is born, it can last years until treated. Your life changed since you became a mom, it doesn’t mean its over. Grab the reins and hop on again. Take the weekend off for you and hubby, think of some rules, post them up where they can see them, for every rule they break (like bringing a juice in the car) have a punishment for it, if they want to pull a scene and fall to the floor while leaving or in public, leave tell them “fine act like this and ill leave you right here” Then leave, while secretly looking back if he follows (works for us). You sound angry and depressed, seek Jesus… really. Good luck
- Anonymous
Posted 02/04/09 12:35 PM
 
Rocking.I feel the exact same way many days, and I love my kids more than half the haters here. Just because you want kids, love them, and sacrifice to raise them, doesn’t mean you always have to like it. I think some of the uptight Mom’s here need to take a pill and stop wearing perfectionism as if it exists. Hacks.
- erin miller
Posted 02/06/09 09:38 AM
 
I don’t like kids either, but I don’t have any. I find this list highly appalling. Why did you have them in the first place if you are just going to write about how much you hate them?
- anyonymous
Posted 02/24/09 05:14 PM
 
oh dear, Luv, you need to get shagged, have a gin and tonic .
- gertrude
Posted 02/27/09 10:57 AM

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