Guess that must make me someone the Wall People approve of then? Omfg it’s crazy I constantly just have random kids come up to me and just chill with me. Just randomly at Doctor’s offices, grocery stores, waiting outside my kids’ schools, sitting at the park, basically anywhere. It’s like that scene in the Santa Clause where Scott’s just starting to turn and kids start coming up to him to tell him what they want for Christmas just… obviously less exaggerated.
It gets awkward sometimes because I’m 6’2" tall, built like a fridge cosplaying Bigfoot, and look very male. Despite being nonbinary and asexual, I’m very aware that I look exactly like the kind of person that people think shouldn’t be around children. I dreamed of going into like childcare for a career, even had a little baby doll I’d take care of while my Mom took care of my baby brother doing things I couldn’t help her with.
But between my Dad “not wanting (me) to grow up to be some kind of f(slur),” and thus getting rid of the doll the first chance he could, and learning very quickly the hostility the world has to amab people caring for young kids, I didn’t have that career ambition for long.
God, it’s remarkable how similar that is to me. I’m not ace, and I’m only NB in secret, but holy shit. Same. My dad’s reaction was less awful, though
This is the same logic as taking the battery out of the smoke alarm to stop the noise
One of mine flunked out and false positived every few minutes after midnight. After the third time I accepted the risk and took the battery out for the night. The next day it went back to normal.
I mean, yeah. We all do that.
Lit fam 🔥
As a parent to five kids (too many, don’t be me) I’d welcome the Wall People over some.of the things I’ve had to deal with. Weird I can deal with, gross on a long term consistent basis drives me nuts.
I knew a large family with 10 kids growing up. The last 4 called themselves the “too manies”.
I had a classmate who was the youngest of 10. Always smelled bad, but otherwise an okay kid. I think the family was poor. Not surprising, having had to feed 12 people. I wonder how many of them have had kids of their own by now and if any chose to have many or none at all.
When 10 cents for a condom is too much, but 18 years is just fine
The were like the quiverfulls but didn’t call themselves that. I can’t remember the name. The parents* believed every child that could be born, should be born. It was their duty.
I knew some Pentecostal families like that. They didn’t call it anything but they definitely believed every child that could be born, should be. Didn’t practice any sort of birth control and had a dozen kids over 20 years.
Yeah, it wasn’t Pentecostal, but had a name. I wish I could remember it. The kids were nice but always were tired and had that look of abuse. I don’t think they were abused like hitting, but they all had to take care of the younger ones or themselves. They were always tired. Funny, but tired.
Ask not what the wall people can do for you. Ask what you can do for the wall people.
Anyone else see Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” movie & immediately think of faceless children upon reading this? Those are “The Wall People.”
I guess I’m one of the only people watching SNL now and then
I was thinking of the Pillar Men.
