Why don't Friends with Kids have time... a poignant response :)

[Bathsheba]

Oh my that is soooo true Sammy!!! I find taking toddlers to the beach quite stressful... especially if they are bolters.

[suse]

Heh Sammy - at the moment I find going anywhere with my toddler that isn't fully enclosed or supplied with a peg in the ground and a bungy cord I can tie him to be either an exercise in conflict resolution or just simply exercise. Either way, it's never 'relaxing'.

We were at the playground the other day (fully enclosed and gated), and some utter numpties just stood there holding the gate wide open and having a chat whilst my two year old sprinted through in a bid for freedom. A bid that almost ended up on the road by the time I could catch him.

It's not always just non-parents who are completely oblivious, but parents of compliant (and slow moving LOL) children can be just as bad if not worse, because they set the benchmark by the ease with which they interact with their kids.

[amberj]

Hilarious response!! Particularly love her closing line "...keep your snit to yourself!"

I remember posting on facebook about spending an hour at the beach one arvo with dd - a childless friend posted "oh, wouldn't that be nice" - this same friend goes on holidays at least 3 times a year! The last 'holiday' we had was a weekend camping, and when you've still got to worry about sleeps, or safety, or food, or entertaining them, it isn't really a holiday! I don't think she gets that even doing something as relaxing as going to the beach, when you throw a toddler into the mix, its not relaxing!

SOOOO true. We had some "holidays" over xmas, and while it was a nice break from work, it was NOT holidays. It was constant entertainment of a delightful but typically demanding child, without even the usual variety that works give us. I was actually really drained by the end of it!

[Alipralli]

My DH loved it so much HE posted it to facebook!

[~Hestia~]

That was great, thanks for sharing

[MummyNaomi]

We had some "holidays" over xmas, and while it was a nice break from work, it was NOT holidays!

AGREED!! We went to the Gold Coast with our 7 month old in Nov and it certainly didn't feel like the old relaxing holidays pre-parenthood, It was just normal life in more luxurious surroundings LOL

[Cherished]

I haven't joined the mothers club yet so my comments might sound nieve But I do (did) have a best friend of 10 years who had a baby 3 years ago. We saw each other if not talked to each other every day, until she got pregnant. She is always 'too busy'. When I see her now it's when I run into her down the street and she looks so unhappy. Perhaps all those things in the article are going on with her... But I would have been more than happy to 'help' her not be a hindrance! I extended my hand in friendship several times, perhaps if she had of taken it she would have had more than 10 minutes to herself while I watched her little one, heck maybe she could have even enjoyed a 20 minute soak in the tub reading a magazine! Maybe people with children can appreciate their childless 'friends' rather than pushing them away.... Gosh my sister was just the same when we went to stay with them for a week... Always complaining but when help was offered with an open heart and love it was not accepted