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I have to be honest, what I never imagined was what kind of wedding I'd have. When I was briefly engaged I tried and even then it was like meh.

I babysat a SHIT ton in high school. It actually impresses me now that I think of it. Nowadays kids are mostly uninteresting, annoying (when crying, etc) or momentarily cute - when they're someone else's problem, basically. I don't mind spending time with kids, I guess, and I'd babysit again if I got paid for it, but that's kind of where the line draws. I'm fine with kids so long as they go back home to someone else at the end of the day. AND so long as they're in the appropriate social setting.

On a midnight train back from Boston (8 hours) a family brought a baby who cried all night (midnight - 8 AM) and round about 5 or 6 I was no longer interested in politely refraining from calling little kids spawn and other similarly choice nouns. I kept the comments between me and my similarly-awake friend but I was more than cross.