PPOTW: Terms of Endearment

Even though this post will be nothing but a rant, I must say that you readers are very lucky - I did not wait another 3 months to post this time. Only 2. Go me!

Now, back to the topic at hand...

My current Pet Peeve of the Week:

I hate it - I mean really haaaaate it - when women who are younger than I am (in addition to any male that I am not dating) call me "honey," "darling," "sugar," and the like. Really!? I do not know you. I am not a food, nice person, or your friend. Save your terms of endearment for people who appreciate them. I most certainly do not.

PPOTW: Parental Complaints

This PPOTW was suggested by my bff Cassie.

PPOTW: Parents who complain about how they're so tired because they have a newborn child at home.

Well no shit.

Babies are used to doing what they want in the mother's womb. Remove them from that element, and they need time to get adjusted. This child spent 9 months in your belly getting used to things; don't you think it'll take him/her at least that long to get used to the external environment?

If you can't handle the late nights, midnight feedings, constant screaming, and dirty diapers, then do everyone else a favor and don't have children!

Like the nuns in school used to say, "Abstinence is the best form of birth control."

PPOTW: System Maintenance

I understand that all systems require maintenance, especially these days given that everything is technologically related. What I don't understand, however, is why some system administrators insist on performing this system maintenance during normal operating hours.

I understand that these people probably work the same hours that I do. But you think that they could come in an hour early or stay an hour later or HEY! maybe even have an automatic maintenance update installed so that everything takes place in the middle of the night when no one is working.

PPOTW: Unruly Children

Has it been a week since my last Pet Peeve posting? If it hasn't, oh well. If it has, YAY!

This week's pet peeve: Unruly Children

I really feel that people's parenting skills have fallen off the map over the past decade. The lack of parenting has resulted in the absolutely horrendous youth that fill the streets of the world.

In my opinion, parents these days are lazy and selfish. They are too concerned with how much money they are making, where they are going to travel to next, what kind of car they drive, who is hosting the next social event, etc. All of this "worrying" doesn't leave much time for parenting.

Where are your kids when you are at work for 16 hours a day? Where are your kids when you are out drinking at a couples event? Where are your kids when you spend 2 weeks in the south of France? Do you know the grades that your children are bringing home? Do you know what sports they play? Do you know what they're eating?

Dropping your kids off at the YMCA or their high school gymnasium with $5 in their pocket is not considered parenting.

Because you have been so lazy and selfish throughout your child's entire life, you have failed to instill the core values of respect and manners into these children.

If some of the children that I see/hear in this town were raised by my family, they would probably want to commit suicide. I am by no means saying that I had a rough childhood, but I am saying that I was raised to respect my elders (even if that elder was only 2-3 years older than I), treat others as you would like to be treated, and to always be polite. If I did something wrong, I was disciplined.

Yes, I sometimes have an attitude. Who doesn't? Yes, I sass. And that is what I'm known for. But that is because people and their children are so stupid these days! If I said/did something stupid, I would want someone to tell me. (That goes back to the whole "treat others how you want to be treated" thing.)

Maybe I have these views because I was raised in a military family. Or maybe I just have these views because I possess common sense. Call me crazy, but I think that children need to be spanked and disciplined and grounded. They need to attend etiquette classes and be taught manners. From day 1.

If your children are running around the house, yelling at you and not listening to you when you ask them to do something, then you have a serious problem. If they don't respect you, as their parent, then why should they be expected to respect the rest of the world's population?

Pet Peeve of the Week: Overly Cheery People

I've decided to start a weekly rant about a selected pet peeve of mine. If you know me at all, you know that I have many. If you do now know me, please let me preface this series of rants by saying the following:

I am not a negative person. I surround myself with only the most positive people and influences. I do feel, however, that there are little ticks that annoy everyone. I am using this as a forum to voice said annoyances. Feel free to add your thoughts as well!

This week's pet peeve: overly cheery people

Again, I am not a pessimistic/sad/depressed person. I just don't like it when people get all up in my face with cheer. Seeing as how the holiday season is upon us, this cheer is unfortunately everywhere I turn. Are these people not happy every other season of the year? I wonder.

It also drives me insane when I log into Facebook to find people who say the same thing on a daily basis. "I love my husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/child!" or "I have the best husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/child!"

Obviously, you love your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/child - otherwise you wouldn't be with that person! It technically is their "job" to make you happy. So why on Earth do you feel the need to publicize that to all of your FB friends?!

It's like Chris Rock said in one of his skits, "...people are always saying they do things that they're supposed to do. 'I take care of my kids, I take care of my kids.' Fool - you're supposed to take care of your kids! You want a cookie?!"

That's what those statuses remind me of. They also kind of make me want to vomit.