Interesting poll over on Facebook right now

**Hobbermittens** · May 4th, 2012, 07:06 PM

Yikes. I was hoping my next baby would be a little easier than my others (I deserve it!!!!) but maybe the year of the Dragon will make the baby more wild. My youngest is year of the Tiger, and she is wild wild wild!

**atomic sagebrush** · May 6th, 2012, 01:11 PM

I do think it's the individual kid and it totally varies over their lives. I have two very easy boys, one moderate-who-turned-out-good-in-the-end (he was my first so I did everything wrong on him), and one difficult boy who I pray daily lets up as he gets older. My brother was a sweetheart as a little boy but kind of a sh-- as a teenager. I was a super quiet and well-behaved little girl (natch!!) but struggled as I got older and made my mistakes once I left home. My sisters were terrors when little but very respectable as teens and adults.

I think the nice thing about the poll is not so much that it "proves" girls are hard and boys are easy, but more that as a boy mom sometimes I feel a vibe or perception from society as a whole that boys are destructive, unpleasant monsters that no one likes or wants, while girls are desired, preferred, and better in every way. It's just nice to see that isn't always true. I hope no girl moms take offense at that.

I totally know that people are VERY rude to girl moms too (and maybe more so) it's just our perception as boy moms that the world dislikes our boys. I think it can sometimes help to see the other side of the fence.

**atomic sagebrush** · May 6th, 2012, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Ribbons

I do the same thing with DS1!!! But he won't let me leave for long, he'll follow me into the other room, arguing until I either lose my temper or give in. sigh.

That will get better as he gets older - that's how my DS 1 was also.

Always remember, strong kids grow up into strong adults!!

**atomic sagebrush** · May 6th, 2012, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Yikes. I was hoping my next baby would be a little easier than my others (I deserve it!!!!) but maybe the year of the Dragon will make the baby more wild. My youngest is year of the Tiger, and she is wild wild wild!

My "Rat" is the worst of the lot LOL!!!! A rat, how bad can that be right?? o.O twitch, twitch...

**Hobbermittens** · May 6th, 2012, 01:23 PM

Oh I looked into the Year of the Dragon, if anyone is interested--and it turns out that this year is the Water Dragon, which means that it is a mellower version of the Dragon sign. I guess each year has a different version--Water, Metal, Fire, Wood, and Earth. Here is a site that talks about it...

Chinese Zodiac - Chinese Astrology from ChineseZodiac.com

**Hobbermittens** · May 6th, 2012, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

My "Rat" is the worst of the lot LOL!!!! A rat, how bad can that be right?? o.O twitch, twitch...

I am the year of the rat, and I was a complete turd as a child, so I can see that.

**atomic sagebrush** · May 6th, 2012, 01:52 PM

Aw Hobber, I doubt that!!!

**atomic sagebrush** · May 6th, 2012, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Oh I looked into the Year of the Dragon, if anyone is interested--and it turns out that this year is the Water Dragon, which means that it is a mellower version of the Dragon sign. I guess each year has a different version--Water, Metal, Fire, Wood, and Earth. Here is a site that talks about it...

Chinese Zodiac - Chinese Astrology from ChineseZodiac.com

Thank heavens!!!!

**Hobbermittens** · May 6th, 2012, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Aw Hobber, I doubt that!!!

Oh, you have no idea! I was funny, a smart ass, class clown, and very artistic, so I think people enjoyed me on some levels, but I was a total shit. I was disobedient, selfish, sneaky, talked back, was mean to my siblings, and probably made my parents' life very difficult. I have ADHD, and I was very energetic and wouldn't shut up; I had a horrible negative attitude (some things never change, ha ha) and I stomped around when I didn't get my way. The thing is , my parents remember NONE of it!! The older they get, the less the recall of the bad stuff. Now they only remember me having a lot of energy, and being "spunky". I remind them of some of the crap that I pulled and they poo-poo it, like I am exaggerating! It is hilarious.

Anyway, I think my own difficult children are my bad kharma, a pay back for how awful I was.

**Butterfly Spirit** · May 6th, 2012, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Oh, you have no idea! I was funny, a smart ass, class clown, and very artistic, so I think people enjoyed me on some levels, but I was a total shit. I was disobedient, selfish, sneaky, talked back, was mean to my siblings, and probably made my parents' life very difficult. I have ADHD, and I was very energetic and wouldn't shut up; I had a horrible negative attitude (some things never change, ha ha) and I stomped around when I didn't get my way. The thing is , my parents remember NONE of it!! The older they get, the less the recall of the bad stuff. Now they only remember me having a lot of energy, and being "spunky". I remind them of some of the crap that I pulled and they poo-poo it, like I am exaggerating! It is hilarious.

Anyway, I think my own difficult children are my bad kharma, a pay back for how awful I was.

Hobber, I laughed until the last sentence :P
I think we just needed to be shown all that our parents did or did not do for us!
It's so overwhelming at times, and I know I was a HUGE pain in my mom's rear also! bahahaha

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