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kooka
You can feel for the wife and kids (and make a report to police or social services if they are being abused)and it's okay to be happy that you are not that guy. I met a guy like that once. I pulled into a parking space in front of a music store. Apparently this guy had his eye on the parking spot, and became enraged when I got there first. He stopped his car and right in front of his wife and two kids, acted like he was gonna kill me. I told him he could have the parking space and my car if it was that important to him. Some soldiers are happy right after a buddy dies, and they hate themselves for it and don't understand that they are happy because they did not die. I was happy that day. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 29, 2005 at 1:30 PM
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Madame_P.O.
I guess there are some people out there who should not have kids.
I personally have never been happier in my life and I know it is because of my two boys. They bring a joy to my life I can not describe.
Most of the people I am friends with feel the dame way. My guess is the guy form my post had kids because it was his duty to his family and not because he really likes kids. I known others like that.
Basically if you do not like kids or do not think you would enjoy raising kids, don't have them. Leave that to those of us who really enjoy it.
posted by
kooka_lives
on July 29, 2005 at 1:29 PM
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I recently too notice of a similar situation
We just went to my husbands family/work picnic, and almost everyone that he works with showed up. It looked like the ones that bragged about everything at work were truly the unhappy ones when it came to real life. I have heard that when people brag about a specific thing in their life that it is usually quite the opposite, and bragging is just their way of making a dull situation seem better.
posted by
Sherri_G
on July 29, 2005 at 7:31 AM
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Despite what you say,
still sounds like
schadenfreude to me. (A german word ... look it up.)
P.S. I am lost as to how someone
with kids could ever be happy.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 29, 2005 at 7:19 AM
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