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Do you like being around children?

Generali
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Do you like being around children?

Do you like being around children? 160 votes

Yes
44% 71 votes
No
55% 89 votes
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  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Do you like being around children?

    That question just looks slightly odd when posed with no real context.

    It all depends on the place, my mood and the child in question. Very similar to my feelings on adults basically.
  • lvader
    lvader Posts: 2,579 Forumite
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    I like Children but I couldn't eat a whole one.
  • vwelsh13
    vwelsh13 Posts: 259 Forumite
    only when I am being paid!
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    The question is what it is. It relates to the 'Whipped them all soundly' thread.

    I thought I'd forgotten how much many English adults hate children. I've been reminded.
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    edited 20 November 2010 at 2:17PM
    No.

    Horrible little things, as a rule.

    But then again, as I don't particularly like being around most of their parents either, I may be biased. ;)
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • Jennifer_Jane
    Jennifer_Jane Posts: 3,237 Forumite
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    Define 'children' - anything screaming and having a tantrum (like I used to) then no. Angelic things on 'You've been framed', then possibly. How old etc?
  • Jennifer_Jane
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    Generali wrote: »
    The question is what it is. It relates to the 'Whipped them all soundly' thread.

    I thought I'd forgotten how much many English adults hate children. I've been reminded.

    Oh, you're serious. Ah....
    Not really statistically significant though, is it, your poll?
  • Snooze
    Snooze Posts: 2,041 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Do you like being around children?

    NO. Horrible creatures. Anyone that has kids should be deported - along with their kids - to some far away remote island to give the rest of us some peace and quiet. :mad:
  • Degenerate
    Degenerate Posts: 2,166 Forumite
    I like being around well-raised children. Which rules out 90% of the screaming brats in the UK.
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    The question is what it is. It relates to the 'Whipped them all soundly' thread.

    I thought I'd forgotten how much many English adults hate children. I've been reminded.

    I wouldn't fall in to the trap of thinking that this forum is a representation of the thoughts, feelings and opinions of the general public of England. I think we've established many times that a lot of the people on here have quite skewed view of a lot of things. Take the following quote from Snooze. It's a view I'm sure you'd find some people share but, for whatever reason, it's a view you could find more more easily on here than you would in the real world.
    Snooze wrote: »
    NO. Horrible creatures. Anyone that has kids should be deported - along with their kids - to some far away remote island to give the rest of us some peace and quiet. :mad:
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