I Can Relate to Casey Anthony

 

birdsfly, it’s not self righteousness, it’s the love of mothers who appreciate what they have.

- Father of 2

Posted 11/12/08 12:17 PM

 

 

Her parents could have watched the kid if she wanted to party. Have some common sense people. It’s absurd to think she chloroformed her daughter and left her in the trunk so she could go dancing. All she had to do was leave her w/ her parents…

- beth

Posted 11/12/08 12:34 PM

 

 

I became a mother at the age of 19 years old(my daughter is now 14 yrs.old)& there has NEVER been a day that I wanted her gone from my life!!! When I needed free time for myself, I hired someone to watch her.Never once in 14 years have I EVER thought my life w/o her would be better!I think you may need to seek help if you can empathise with Casey Anthony at all!As my baby is getting older,I realize in 4 short years she can decide on her own to leave & I DREAD the day!You need to seek help for your feelings,no normal mother thinks of her child not being there ever as a good thing.God Bless YOUR child!!

- Upset Mother

Posted 11/12/08 01:24 PM

 

 

I suppose you can relate to Susan Smith too? This post is incredibly offensive. There is a HUGE difference between occasionally being stressed out and wanting “me” time and resorting to outright child neglect, reckless endangerment, or possibly even murder. It’s as different as wanting to tell your boss to “shove it” as opposed to showing up to work one day with a semi-automatic weapon and gunning him down. You cannot even compare the two. It’s not even apples and oranges. It’s apples vs. razor blades. All people are occasionally selfish. Only EVIL people resort to abuse or murder. I don’t identify with evil people. How disturbing that YOU do.

- Momof4

Posted 11/12/08 01:54 PM

 

 

WOW! I can’t believe you could relate to Casey Anthony. I am a mother of two and yes sometimes I need alone time for a brief period but I never wish my children would dissappear. That means I go shop, or just go for a walk. Casey had parents who would babysit for her all the time. Casey will pay for the rest of her life for what she has done. How much freedom does she have now?

- Kendra

Posted 11/12/08 01:55 PM

 

 

I have no sympathy for Casey Anthony. What would she be tired from? work? she didn’t have a job, lived at home, her mother paid for everything for Caylee. Plus Casey stole from everyone (family and friends)to finace her life. Yeah, she was tired from partying every night and how to scam people. This woman is a sociopath plain and simple. Prison is to good for her

- BECCA5111

Posted 11/12/08 02:08 PM

 

 

I really disagree with you… Who doesnt like being a mother ??? Thats something that every woman should enjoy.I have 3 of my own a 7 ,4 , 2 and of course not always things r good but there kids n thats y they have us to teach them n to care for them i have to say i love being a mother not 100% but 1000 %. Speacially when ur sleeping them i they tell u I LOVE U mom … thats the best .

- Aris

Posted 11/12/08 02:13 PM

 

 

On a further note, I have been a mother of 19 years. I have four children. No one has ever told me that I had to be happy every minute as a mother. In fact, the opposite has been true. I’ve been repeatedly told over the years that there are times being a parent is difficult, even overwhelming. No one who is rational EXPECTS parents to always enjoy it. What is expected is to be a good parent DESPITE not always enjoying it. The cornerstone of parenthood is doing right by your children even at great personal cost. When we fail it is only right for society to take issue with it. Children are innocent and vulnerable. Someone must take care of them no matter what. If not their parents then who? Wishing your children out of existence is not only abnormal in my opinion, it tells me a lot about your character. Relating to someone who may very well have KILLED their child is not only wrong, it’s pathological. Seriously, get some help. It’s not normal or healthy to wish your children out of existence. There’s a huge difference between wishing they were asleep or on a camping trip as opposed to wishing they didn’t exist at all. If you can’t see the difference there is seriously something wrong with you. Again, get help.

- Momof4

Posted 11/12/08 02:23 PM

 

 

That made me truly sick, I do love being a mother 100% of the time. I’m younger than Casey (21) with and 18 month old, who I love to death. And Casey had her chances to go party, she did it like 5 days a week. She never took care of her child. I never go party, I don’t want to. Oh, and for God sakes, I never wish I could “poof my child aay.”

- CBoldrey

Posted 11/12/08 02:35 PM

 

 

I don’t think I know any moms who haven’t at least considered giving their kid(s) Benadryl for a plane ride, and I know a lot who have done just that. *If* the chloroform story is indeed what happened, it’s only a difference of degree. Either action is still drugging your child to make your life easier. None of us are pure. That being said, the crazy b*tch isn’t getting too much of my sympathy, but this post is provocative — in a good way.

- Karen

Posted 11/12/08 04:01 PM

 

 

there is never a day that i wish i did not have my son!!! he is a gift from god & so r every child born you and casey should feel honored to have a child!! so many people in this world would love nothing more than to be called mommy and can not have children!! maybe you should rethink how you feel about casey!! when you become a parent no matter how young or old the party stops and the real fun begins thats called a parent greatest job ever!!

- hopeful

Posted 11/12/08 04:15 PM

 

 

I don’t think that the writer understands the depth and degree of mental illness that it would take to be able to murder your own child. Even if it was an accidental death from trying to sedate her, again, that stems from some type of deranged mind. I think that what the author is saying is a real stretch. Sure, no mom is happy to be a mom 100 percent of the time, and there are times when we long for our independence—that is normal. It is not normal to contemplate sedating your child, leaving them alone while you go out and party, looking up chloroform recipes on the internet, looking up missing child scenario’s on the internet to help you concoct your story, looking up death penalty information on the internet… I’m sorry, but if you can “relate to that” type of a mom, then maybe you should walk away from your blog and call 911 right now. THAT is not how a normal mom feels/thinks!

- mary

Posted 11/12/08 07:06 PM

 

 

This post is not provocative, it is RECKLESS! People should be responsible with their actions & words. What happens if some misguided mother reads something like this and feels it as acceptance for their negative feelings towards their children for what ever reason? How about they may not drug their child and kill it, but read this and feel it is understandable to shake that baby out of frustration, or leave the young age children lock in the house while they go out for awhile? We as a society have the burden to help someone feeling those frustration to the correct way to deal with it. As others have commented person feeling such need to seek help. But to write about it as if it is understandable and relatable is completely reckless and will surely give someone the permission they were seeking to do the unthinkable. Mothers need to help each other through hard times with guidance and encouragement, not give acceptance to horrible acts of selfishness on the part of a lost soul.

- Tara

Posted 11/12/08 07:11 PM

 

 

I am a a single mother who runs my own household, works a full time job, and is currently a student. Okay now that I’ve introduced myself I would like to explain something with my 28 years of knowledge; I am all the roles I need to be 100% of the time. Our imposed and chosen roles cannot be divided by percent. It is a ridiculous excuse for human tendencies speaking as though being a mother 100% of the time denotes some unhappy moments. I am a housekeeper, an accountant, a handy-man, a mechanic, a nurse, a provider, a sister, a niece, a grand daughter, an auntie, an employee, a car detailer, council to a growing mind, come on now if all I had to be was a mother 100% of the time I would be nothing but happy. Mothers and Fathers alike need to strive to reach a harmonious balance of WHO they are. If you can’t do that responsibly I hope you seek help. There is no need to, “wish your kids away” although there is a need for me to wish you could find some better coping skills for your own life as well as the one(s) you brought into this world.

- Mother of EVERY YEAR

Posted 11/12/08 07:41 PM

 

 

WTF!!! I can not believe that someone who would like to call themselves a mother would take the time to sit down and write this crap! YOU NEED THERAPY! YOU CAN RELATE?? It is people like you that throw out warning signs left & right and nobody does anything until it is to late. Just like this case. This poor little girl goes missing because of a selfish, ungrateful woman like YOU. I am a mother, a career woman and a wife and the most rewarding part of my day is being with my children. I would never think to drug my child for a few minutes rest. Maybe you should be drugged. Try loving your children the way they need to be loved opposed to thinking of ways to get rid of them. Congratulations if you wrote this to get people going. I feel sorry for your child or children they deserve a better mother then you. Casey Anthony will get hers in the end and hopefully so will other selfish, ungrateful parents just like you!!

- NLH

Posted 11/12/08 07:56 PM

 

 

Sisssy, you obviously are not a parent….

- Mom of 3 young kids

Posted 11/12/08 08:44 PM

 

 

I am a single mom of three, I have zero help, I am alone with them 365 days a year. Never a night, day - save for school, or weekend alone. That’s not what bother’s me about them, because when they are behaving, they’re great, but sometimes, (especially my oldest she can be my actual nightmare she’s becoming a teen and LIES about absolutly everything) I PRAY to find a way to send them off to a year round boarding school. ( there are such things, I went to one) I don’t want to kill any of them, as what infruriates me about them is they buck every attempt I make at times to form them into decent, honest, properly functioning adults. I mean look at Casey, how long do you think her lying was allowed? Her whole life, my guess. And Casey first off, I feel, in the picture used, was crying more for the loss of her freedom, she doesn’t strike me as one who thinks farther then her own nose. So it was her, her, her. What I would give for a mom of my own to help me out, even for an hour!!! Or a dad to come and watch them for a few hours, a brother, a friend. She had all of these. I also find it alarming how many commenters are finding the writer’s view alarming, as raising your kids with the mentality that they are perfect little angels, is a recipe for a disaster. Just ask Casey’s mom.

- cara

Posted 11/12/08 09:56 PM

 

 

I am a mother of 3 wonderful children ages 2,3 & 4 and I agree they can definately get on my nerves. I would could not imagine what was going through Casey’s head and when I see pics of Kaylee, it saddens me to know how her life ended so terribly. If you feel like you should not have kids, please don’t. If you decide that you made the wrong choice and already have them, seek help. There are so many people that would love to be a mother/father 100% of the time. I wouldn’t change a thing in my life with my babies! -Sue

- Anonymous

Posted 11/12/08 10:28 PM

 

 

I can not relate to Casey because I chose to bring my children into a supportive family. When I’m tired they help me out, they give me a break. My husband doesn’t mind if I need a girl’s night out once in awhile. When my husband and I need a break together we have grandparents who keep their grandkids for a sleepover. Kids need a break from Mommy and Daddy too. I don’t lie to my family and I have nothing to hide. I tell them my mistakes and worries and they don’t judge me for not being perfect. Casey was hiding EVERYTHING from everybody. It seems like her family pressured her into having Caylee but did not help raise her, as they should have. They should have known their own daughter was a liar and not to be trusted in caring for a child. I just can’t relate to a liar and I think that is why I am so intrigued by this case.

- Natalie

Posted 11/13/08 01:41 AM

 

 

Cara, many people understand the hard times of raising children and teenagers. It is a difficult time for the parent, but a even more difficult time for the teen. Make sure you tell your teen that you love her(even when she has just lied) make sure you explain your reasons you differ with her views are because you a looking out for her best interest(even when you feel your the parent & don’t have to) and understand that teens (especially girls) have a very difficult time these day. It is likely very hard on her to not have anyone to turn to when you both get in arguements as well. I do not know where you live, but there are great counselors for teens that help her to work though some of the issues she may feel she can not tell you about, that may be bothering her and therefore causing issues at home. Believe in her and yourself and do not ever feel helpless, there are people out there that just listen and help you think clearer, they can help.

- concerned for Cara

Posted 11/13/08 08:20 AM

 

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