The "I got bingo-ed" thread

*sigh*

Okay, so the Lazy Breeder Bitch at work threw the whole "Hottie Warehouse Supervisor Guy wants a couple of kids" cockblock at me, several times... unsolicited, of course. Then, someone else tells me that he DOESN't want kids... in which case, I was like, woo-hoo! But, then... Hottie and I were joking around about something, and I said since I broke a promise, I'll do him a big awesome favor, like NOT bear him any children.

He actually said, WHY NOT? And... "What would it take? What if you met Mr. Dreamy?" I said, there IS no such man that would make me want to have children. Recreational area only, I said, as I indicated my pelvis, generally. Not for rent.

Besides, "Mr. Dreamy" will be dreamy mainly because he DOESN'T want to knock me up. I'm so tired of "WHY????" and "When/what if you meet the right guy..." bullshit. Oh, and the "must be a selfish bitch" assumption... got that yesterday, too.

Hottie supervisor guy's hotness just went down a notch.

Maybe he thinks because he's beautiful it's his duty to breed?

There's just no guarantee - Rumer Willis (Demi & Bruce's daughter) is proof that even the best genetics can and do fail.

I know! That was a scary outcome. She's full-on Monet.

Should've turned that shit around on him and asked HIM why he would want to have kids. And what would it take for him to NOT want any. Unfortunately, it's going to have to be a BML lesson, for him.

Monet? From far away this guy's okay - up close, he's a big old mess!

LOVE CLUELESS.

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Hottie supervisor guy's hotness just went down a notch.

Maybe he thinks because he's beautiful it's his duty to breed?

There's just no guarantee - Rumer Willis (Demi & Bruce's daughter) is proof that even the best genetics can and do fail.

However, she is much more attractive than the anorexic crackheads or methheads normally found in Hollywood. I would bang her without a second thought.

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nightshade
Hottie supervisor guy's hotness just went down a notch.

Maybe he thinks because he's beautiful it's his duty to breed?

There's just no guarantee - Rumer Willis (Demi & Bruce's daughter) is proof that even the best genetics can and do fail.

However, she is much more attractive than the anorexic crackheads or methheads normally found in Hollywood. I would bang her without a second thought.

I hear ya, I like that she has curves and meat on her bones! From an outsider view, I think Demi is a PNB who has tried to raise her kids well and not exploited them like others have. As a single ma, gotta give her props for taking a toyboy, even if it wasa douchebag like Kutcher. Seriously why this dude is still famous, let alone the highest paid tv actor escapes makes my mind boggle.

I seriously hope Kutcher is shooting blanks or CF, for the world's sake.

Finally, a place where I can rant about this sort of thing! Just got bingoed by my friend from college. We were talking about people our age (I'm twenty-three) married and having children already, and somewhere it got how he wanted children when he was older, how many do you want?
"I don't want any children."
"You'd be a great parent, so I doubt that assessment, cause you'd challenge them intellectually"

...bzuh?

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elaphe_guttata
Finally, a place where I can rant about this sort of thing! Just got bingoed by my friend from college. We were talking about people our age (I'm twenty-three) married and having children already, and somewhere it got how he wanted children when he was older, how many do you want?
"I don't want any children."
"You'd be a great parent, so I doubt that assessment, cause you'd challenge them intellectually"

...bzuh?

Gee, that isn't condescending or anything...

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"A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter." -Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

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elaphe_guttata
Finally, a place where I can rant about this sort of thing! Just got bingoed by my friend from college. We were talking about people our age (I'm twenty-three) married and having children already, and somewhere it got how he wanted children when he was older, how many do you want?
"I don't want any children."
"You'd be a great parent, so I doubt that assessment, cause you'd challenge them intellectually"

...bzuh?

how to intellectually challenge something that doesn't even have intellectual capacity? oh no, the best question is: how to intellectually challenge something that doesn't even exist?

I keep getting the "your not a mother so you don't understand" crap. There is nothing special about motherhood, and I really doubt most of these breeder bitches have the intellectual capacity to understand anything except changing diapers. I understand perfectly well the horrors of sprogging and thats why I don't have kids.

I would be happy to never understand changing 5 shitty diapers a day. The Moos can have all that knowledge. If a Moo told me I'd never understand, I would be happy that I never will.

In response to the "You're a mother, so you wouldn't understand" thing... I give thee... the Reverse Bingo:

"On the contrary; I understand, and that's why I'm not one."

BURN.

I think we need a bingo list with the best retorts to said bingos. It would be highly useful.

Some people are like slinkies. They're really good for nothing, but they can still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

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I think we need a bingo list with the best retorts to said bingos. It would be highly useful.

Sounds like a great idea. I'll start one.

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michaela

"A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter." -Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

I was at the market buying some vegetables. The guy at the stand started talking to me after I finished the purchase. He said he was from Bangladesh and asked if I knew where it is. After I correctly described it as east of India, I commented about how it was a lot like the Netherlands, in that there are a lot of people in a small area and it is prone to flooding. He pointed out that the Netherlands is a rich country and can do more to prevent the flooding, and mentioned that he'd left Bangladesh for economic opportunities. After a little while, we reached this part of the conversation:

Him: Do you have any children?
Me: No.
Him: Do you plan to have any?
Me: No, I don't want any.
Him: Why is it that European women don't want kids?
Me: I live in a small, overcrowded country. Why would I make it worse?
Him: If you have just one kid, it's not a problem.

At that point I changed the subject to "I'm going now, bye." I wonder why it is so difficult for people to consider that there 'might be' a correlation between low birth rates and quality of life.

I just fucking love shit like that from total goddamned strangers.

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I just fucking love shit like that from total goddamned strangers.

At least 90% of the bingos I get are from total strangers. I don't know if this means that I pick my friends well (and got lucky with my family), or that there's something about me that makes strangers yearn for me to breed.

When strangers say 'you'd have such cute baybeees' or something like that I think "how the hell do they know what my husband looks like or that 'ugly ' doesn't run in my family and I just lucked out. LOL

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When strangers say 'you'd have such cute baybeees' or something like that I think "how the hell do they know what my husband looks like or that 'ugly ' doesn't run in my family and I just lucked out. LOL

Similar to the bingo I've gotten about "Oh but don't you want to see what a kid who's half you and half (Spouse's name) would look like? Wouldn't you want to see if they get your eyes, or (Spouse's name)'s? "

Yeah, idle curiosity about phenotypes. Sure, that's a GREAT reason to create another human being and sign up for a two decades of grunt work and financial drain. Isn't there computer software that does that kind of crap?

I have an older "friend" who takes so much joy in reminding me how "everyone wants children" and basically telling me I will not find anyone to settle down with if I don't cave and follow the life script. They claim to be looking out for me but I have to admit their constant "advice" gets me a little bit down sometimes.

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I have an older "friend" who takes so much joy in reminding me how "everyone wants children" and basically telling me I will not find anyone to settle down with if I don't cave and follow the life script. They claim to be looking out for me but I have to admit their constant "advice" gets me a little bit down sometimes.

Don't listen to them.
It sounds like you might need to trim the friendship bush or tell someone to fuck off, they don't know what everyone wants.
That and if they're looking out for you, they should worry more about how their condescending, patronizing, and annoying "advice" is getting to you at times.
Don't worry, you'll always have a support system here. c:

We don't need MORE people on the planet, we need BETTER people.

“I don’t have pet peeves, I have major, psychotic fucking hatreds.”
— George Carlin

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I have an older "friend" who takes so much joy in reminding me how "everyone wants children" and basically telling me I will not find anyone to settle down with if I don't cave and follow the life script. They claim to be looking out for me but I have to admit their constant "advice" gets me a little bit down sometimes.

Don't listen to them.
It sounds like you might need to trim the friendship bush or tell someone to fuck off, they don't know what everyone wants.
That and if they're looking out for you, they should worry more about how their condescending, patronizing, and annoying "advice" is getting to you at times.
Don't worry, you'll always have a support system here. c:

Thanks. It seems like with the upcoming birth of his third child he has gone more baby rabid then usual. He seems hell bent on making me cave to the lifscript so I may have to let him go as a friend. Though I am currently hoping that a straight forward talk about his constant bingos will help.

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starvingauthor
I have an older "friend" who takes so much joy in reminding me how "everyone wants children" and basically telling me I will not find anyone to settle down with if I don't cave and follow the life script. They claim to be looking out for me but I have to admit their constant "advice" gets me a little bit down sometimes.

Don't listen to them.
It sounds like you might need to trim the friendship bush or tell someone to fuck off, they don't know what everyone wants.
That and if they're looking out for you, they should worry more about how their condescending, patronizing, and annoying "advice" is getting to you at times.
Don't worry, you'll always have a support system here. c:

Thanks. It seems like with the upcoming birth of his third child he has gone more baby rabid then usual. He seems hell bent on making me cave to the lifscript so I may have to let him go as a friend. Though I am currently hoping that a straight forward talk about his constant bingos will help.

Well, no wonder.
Yeah, you may have to consider that option, sadly.
It sucks to lose a friend to breeding but it's gonna happen.
If a stern talk doesn't help, I'm not sure what will at that point.
Hope everything gets better though, whatever ends up happening.

We don't need MORE people on the planet, we need BETTER people.

“I don’t have pet peeves, I have major, psychotic fucking hatreds.”
— George Carlin

http://www.leadpaintcomics.com/

Didn't want to start a new thread. The comic seemed relevant here.

Got bingoed by someone I didn't even know today. Though granted that happens to a lot of us. My roommate took me to her family's new years gathering because I didn't have anything else to do today. I was talking with her older brother, who I'd never seen before, despite living with her for several years. I mentioned how my family is small and I've never seen a family gathering this large. "We have kids prolifically," he says. "What about you?"
"Don't plan on having any, thanks."
"I'm sure you'll change your mind someday."

Man, why do they all *say* that? Also, you're sure? Dude, I just met you today. How are you sure? Also, why do you want me to change my mind?
I don't *get* these people