While I’m on vacation I thought I’d have some of my friends guest blog. Today’s post is sponsored by the following: Dan Peters. Dan is a realtor extraordinaire, faithful robshep.com reader, and one of my closest friends. Enjoy.
Kids Are MUCH more trouble than dogs…
I could make a list of 50 reasons why the title is true, but in the interest of keeping it short, here are 3 (It’s not that I don’t like kids, I only find it amusing that people who don’t like dogs because of the hassle are often all for kids):
DISCLAIMER: The facebook post at the bottom of this blog is true. I did NOT make it up to make a point. Names have been changed to protect the innocent / keep a good mother from loosing her kids.
1. The cost is astronomical. I’ve read it costs about $190,000 to raise a child to the age of 18 in the US. If you really love your dog, it might cost 2% of that.
2. You can’t cage a kid… at least not and keep them. My dogs are in a cage right now, they will be all day. I’ll let them out, they’ll go to the bathroom outside, run around for 15 minutes and they’ll go right back to sleep. You wish your kid would go to sleep.
3. Kids are at least as gross as dogs (I’d argue much more so). Don’t think so? Enjoy the following excerpt from facebook.
This was posted on facebook on Monday March 31st, 2010:
Unnamed Mother: OOOOOH MY GOOOOOOOSH!!!!! In my efforts to potty train Gavin (naked) i find myself being punished for leaving him unattended. HE POOPED, on the carpet!!! The worst part is: SAM WAS EATING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mon at 6:25pm
My Wife:
Please, please tell me Sam is the dog?!?
Mon at 6:28pm
Unnamed Mother:
oh, no 🙂 my 1 yr old!!!
Mon at 6:29pm
All you Parents have your stories… kids can be nasty. And I don’t mean in a good way. There are many, many more examples of why kids are more trouble than dogs, but this is a good start.
but they add so much to your life…and you were one once too…
Hey kids are wonderful. They talk back, they break your favorite stuff, they destroy your furniture, they leave their toys on the ground for you to step on … errr …. what side was I arguing for?
Brian, I'm not anti-kid… Just pro dog.
Dan, I totally agree with you. That Facebook post is just nasty!
Agree with the post…BUT having two rats (children) under the age of 3 right now…I have the hope and probability that one day they will take care of me…they will go pro in something and buy me a house in Bora Bora…the likelihood of a dog doing this is nearly non existant
so glad i wasn't eating when i read this… lol
I still love both!
Dan, people are going to call us kid haters even more now. It is worth noting that we aren't the kind of dog people that call our dogs our kids. That's just silly.
Word verification: Misti- a good name for a dog, or a dancer.
Hmmm… Bora Bora, I hear ya on that Billy, great dream. You might want to buy lotto tickets though too. You know, give the dream a fighting chance.