"I have kids, therefore your argument is invalid."
Apologies if already bindun here, but if there's one thing guaranteed to make me want to murder someone, it's the good ol' "If you had kids, you'd understand!" defence, which all-too-often gets used to justify Every Little Thing, Ever.

"I'm tired today, I only got three hours' sleep---"
"NO YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU HAD KIDS, THEN YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND!"

"My boiler broke down again, and the washing machine has packed up---"
"OH, THAT'S NOTHING, IF YOU HAD KIDS THEN YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND."

"My rectum has become inverted, I lost broke legs in a freak toaster accident and my wife has left me for a nipple-clamping expert who lives in Outer Mongolia---"
"REALLY? THAT'S NICE, BUT LITTLE TARQUIN LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH TODAY, SO YOU REALLY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND."

Alright, so maybe I DON'T understand, but perhaps I don't really WANT to, either...
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 18:49, 5 replies)

I understand all too well.
Which is why I deliberately made the careful decision never to have any children.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 20:26, closed)

Exactly!
I don't need to father or give birth to a child in order to understand that it's akin to shitting out a large watermelon through the eye of a needle. It's something I am quite happy to never have to experience, thank you very much.
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 14:53, closed)

Ah I remember those days.....
Getting all twitchy, thinking, why can't those people keep their horrible spoilt brats under control. Now I have two little monsters of my own, but then, until you've had kids, well...:-P

Incidentally, if anyone says you can't possibly understand because your not a *blank*. I think a good comeback would be:

"That's why human beings evolved language so they could communicate abstract concepts, Fuckwit!"
(Nitrous Nitrous, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 21:45, closed)

was going to post something like this
i have a friend who disregards my opinions on peadophiles and thier treatment (medicaly speaking) on the basis that i have no kids, surely my opinion would be more valid than his for the very same reason?
(fluffyfangs drinks, smokes and hangs round with strange women, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 12:36, closed)

Agreed.
That's like saying someone's opinions on car crashes is invalid because they can't drive. You don't have to be in the driver's seat to know that car crashes still fucking hurt.
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Sun 3 Apr 2011, 14:54, closed)