'Smug' parent friends

.Lethal said:
"I wonder how many of those preaching this stuff have health problems of their own" isn't obvious? Gee whiz
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"This stuff" we were talking about is breastfeeding. The clue is in the quote you specifically cited and to which you directed your reply, which generally means you are relating it to that very topic. Isn't that obvious?

.Lethal said:
Hopefully you understand irony and can ready the thread title before going over your earlier post :)
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Whatever makes you think I'm being smug? Plenty of people have managed it, so it's not exactly something to get smug about. There are some who simply cannot or should not, but this is about those that don't manage, and not those that can't, because most of these people could if they put in a modicum of effort. Most of the excuses are ********, typical of the sort of people in the OP.
 
ttaskmaster said:
Most of these people could if they put in a modicum of effort. Most of the excuses are ********, typical of the sort of people in the OP.
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Did you use the same bully boy tactics to force the mother of your child to breastfeed? Tower over her, yell at her to put some effort into it?
 
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.Lethal said:
Did you use the same bully boy tactics to force the mother of your child to breastfeed? Tower over her, yell at her to put some effort into it?
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Not at all. Didn't have to do anything more than sit back, play on my GBA-SP and let her decide all that Mumsy stuff for herself. She did all her own reading and research in order to make an informed decision on whether to feed or not. About the most I ever did was drag my bored arse along to NCT classes and listen to all the different anecdotal evidence about the matter.

Happily she'd stopped smoking and drinking before we went down the getting pregnant route, so one of the common 'excuses' didn't even factor into her decision process.

.Lethal said:
Yes mate! I can't wait to see how far he'll push the subject.
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Why, how far do you want to go?

mrbell1984 said:
Come on, arguing on a forum about breastfeeding? Really?
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What... you don't like boobs? :p
OK, let's make it all techy - Which is better: Natural motherboard methods or ROG Formula? :D
 
Pulsedriver said:
Something which has really irritated me lately is a particular set of friends, one couple actually, who are extremely smug about their parenting, I can list some points out that may help with the stereotype;

1) One is a breastfeeding warrior, the type that if you don't breastfeed, you are wrong, and breastfeeds til the kids are about 3, sometimes longer (!)
2) The other, is a dad who does the minimum, you know the type, walks in from work, customary 5 minute sit with the kids, before having dinner served, then the kids taken upstairs by the partner, and put to bed, to which they then watch marathon amounts of TV / Netflix etc etc rinse and repeat daily.

Obviously each to their own, but when they tell you you are 'under the thumb' when you question how they manage to play on their consoles during the day in a weekend with 2 young children around, or how they manage to watch so much tv, and they simply say ' we have a schedule, kids do what they are told' whilst in principle it's a great idea... How many parents can honestly say that would work? Whilst their kids are still young (1 + 5) and both girls (I have boys, maybe they are harder!)I must admit I am really looking forward to when his children decide to not just follow the 'schedule' and raise havoc so I can say 'told you so'

Worse still, said male parent cheated on the other half when the baby was only a few months old for several months :o
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Very similar experience to mine 20 years ago, still get it in different ways now, tbh they can all just f off.
 
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