OPK - the sequel that's better than the original

In a brilliant response to my post about OPK (Other People's Kids), Amy submitted the following...further reinforcing why she is my BFF!!!

I do not like them on a plane
I do not like them on a train
I do not like them in a mall
I do not like them running down the hall
Not in a restaurant!
Not answering the phone
Other People please--
Leave your kids at home!
I do not like them at films R-rated
I do not like to hear them uselessly berated
I do not like parents thinking their kids can do no wrong
I do not like videos of kids singing little songs
I do not like OPK, you see
I do not like them--so leave me be!
As an addendum:
Now that my kids are teens, their friends are too
Feed them, feed them, it's all I do!
That is, when I'm not driving them to and fro
To and fro and fro and to,
Feed them and drive them, that's what I do.
And listen to the texting, and talking in code
Add spying and decoding to my resume load
Now OPK are nicer to me than my own
So I feed them and drive them and take them into my home.

Di

Comments

[Jennifer]

LOVE IT. This is great!

I also love the new layout :) very nice!!

[leigh]

And here is also what I dislike: this strange belief that all women, once you have a child of yourown, automatically love other children, are great, willing babysitters, and enjoy being with lots and lots of kids. This "belief" is never extended towards men, but only towards women. So irksome...