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[jianantonic]

Dooce's latest post had me laughing uncontrollably here at my desk.

Seriously, probably the number one reason I don't want kids is that I don't ever want to have to clean up someone else's puke.  Parents say that "When it's your kid, you don't mind."  There is a fatal flaw in this logic, of course.  I do not want to live in a world where someone pukes on me and I don't mind.

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[hikerpoet.livejournal.com]

Oh. You would not have been able to handle my last job. And I would not blame you.

I've never been particularly squeamish anyway, and had had jobs that involved cleaning kid puke already (camp counselor and the like). But I managed a large urban touristy bookstore. It was super fun! Being higher up, it was a lot of challenging work with good pay. Major contracts with elite universities, major libraries, and huge conventions! We had special events with major celebrities several times a week! Really exciting!

But! It was so busy. Good thing overall, right? We were super successful! But people puked like crazy. Overheated tourists? Aforementioned little kids? Drunk or bulemic college students? Exhausted Boston marathoners? Stray junkies? You name them, they puked. I was lucky to go a day without cleaning it up. In most ways it was a high powered job that looks good on my resume But I got so inured to the puke scrubbing it got to be the worst part wasn't actually cleaning it up, it was listening to the verbal abuse from the people who were screaming at us while we were down on my hands and knees because we had to temporarily close the super busy bathroom. I am glad I got blood tests at the start of the pregnancies, though, to make sure I didn't acquire some strange disease. That's why I was questioning your husband's odd boogie addition, because I WAS the person on the other end, lol.

Cleaning up my kid's puke twice a year truly is nothing now. But sadly I'd be in that "don't mind" stage whether I ended up having them or not.

Totally not questioning your child free status, but do or have you had pets? I find cat and dog puke much grosser than my kids both because their food is generally grosser overall, and because there is something grosser about the non-human aspect.

[jianantonic.livejournal.com]

I have had pets, but never on my own. Since my husband and I are both kind of icked out by the whole excrement-cleaning business, we're not likely to ever get pets (though I do want a fish tank). When I shared pets with family or roommates, I would always let them handle any ickiness.

I don't mind blood or poop or anything, but just seeing another person's vomit is too much for me to handle.

[hikerpoet.livejournal.com]

I bet fish puke isn't so bad, and it is unlikely to land on you! At least any kind that'd fit in a tank. Sharks are probably a different story, but then you have bigger problems.

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

I am convinced while we are of different ages, we are twins seperated by birth. We live to work out, have the same birthday, and abhor kid puke and the idea of having kidlings. I belong to the childfree community you should join it if you're not already a member. I rant and rave there all the time LOL.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I wasn't familiar with that website before, but it's kind of awesome, so thanks for the link! And I agree, I don't even WANT to be okay with being thrown up on, even by a smaller version of myself.