tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post8909033290003201971..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: Child-Free AmericanThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-12890210680145768502007-08-15T16:10:00.000-05:002007-08-15T16:10:00.000-05:00I don't think it hit me until Sunday. But, yeah, ...I don't think it hit me until Sunday. But, yeah, it was interesting to see that I've now been popped outside of being Johnny Average. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to a lifetime of rolling my eyes and politely laughing when the label is applied.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-43313491175893812342007-08-15T11:49:00.000-05:002007-08-15T11:49:00.000-05:00I love this post. Like CB, people are always askin...I love this post. Like CB, people are always asking when we're going to have another. As if having a gaggle of kids is our social responsibility. We've recently been thinking about the environmental impact of having lots of kids, and it really makes us pause.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I sort of love that you, of all folks, now have a PC label. Does it make you a little itchy?Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950739063400464205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-32515265736693499922007-08-14T23:07:00.000-05:002007-08-14T23:07:00.000-05:00I believe when one types in "Melbotis" in Google, ...I believe when one types in "Melbotis" in Google, most roads lead back here whether I like it or not. I do plenty of ego searches.<BR/><BR/>Hey, if you can afford it, go nuts and have a million kids, or... try to help out some poor kid without parents and open your house and heart.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-82156126338951833572007-08-14T18:23:00.000-05:002007-08-14T18:23:00.000-05:00Here's something related to this conversation ...h...Here's something related to this conversation ...<BR/><BR/>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12513004<BR/><BR/>ALSO! When you're at Google, and type "Melbotis" and click "I'm feeling lucky", it takes you straight here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-55693613670045711812007-08-14T15:32:00.000-05:002007-08-14T15:32:00.000-05:00Anonymous, to answer your question:http://xenafan....Anonymous, to answer your question:<BR/>http://xenafan.com/movies/ghostbusters/crowd.jpgThe Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-1360117403713982272007-08-14T15:24:00.000-05:002007-08-14T15:24:00.000-05:00Surprising what a touchy issue having or not havin...Surprising what a touchy issue having or not having kids. Even down to how many to have in order to propogate the species. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps what complicates things all the more is the biological imperative at play versus my love of Silver and Bronze Age back issues which complicates things so.<BR/><BR/>Now, Jamie and I COULD have possibly adopted if not for Jamie's lengthy criminal record, so I think that still qualifies us as Child Free. <BR/><BR/>As per the dogs, Mel runs ahead of the horses on look out, and Lucy runs behind picking up quail and doves I shoot so we can all have a good dinner.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-28394060235569029382007-08-14T14:59:00.000-05:002007-08-14T14:59:00.000-05:00I wonder how a "McLeague" would have turned out.I wonder how a "McLeague" would have turned out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-48672087613905085152007-08-14T14:55:00.000-05:002007-08-14T14:55:00.000-05:00I gotta admit, too, that this is a strange post. ...I gotta admit, too, that this is a strange post. I can't quite figure out if your dogs have saddles or if you have a saddle made of dogs.<BR/><BR/>I like to think it's the latter, that you ride the wasteland of a Cormac McCarthy-esque West with Lucy and Mel quite literally at your sides, a shotgun clamped tight Lucy's mouth and Mel on the lookout for murderers and bandits.<BR/><BR/>If, by chance it is the former, and your dogs have saddles, why don't you have a monkey to ride them? For shame, sir, for shame.JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17879630166417997627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-76602026028384600612007-08-14T13:44:00.000-05:002007-08-14T13:44:00.000-05:00This is a great post.I think you are Child Free in...This is a great post.<BR/><BR/>I think you are Child Free in that you choose not to have children. Being able to or not doesn't matter. Or it shouldn't.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of breeders want company. Misery loves it. Not that kids are misery, it just puts you in a category where 9 pm is late and spit up on your clothing is an accessory. You want other people to be in your circle. <BR/><BR/>We are catching a lot of peer pressure for only wanting one child. Everyone with more than one, which means everybody, tells us to have more. It's crazy. <BR/><BR/>And I don't mind pet to children comparisons at all. I sometimes in a stressful situation almost call X-man my old dogs name, Sprocket. This actually happens more than I'd like to admit. <BR/><BR/>And I must remind you that diapers are in your future. YOUR future. We will all end up back there. But I guess the point is that you won't have to change them. That will be up to McSteans or the aggressive underpaid nurse. :) <BR/> <BR/>I'm sure I've pissed off a bunch of people and I'm sorry. Didn't mean too.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02078268714821565805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-25817105560284851832007-08-14T12:56:00.000-05:002007-08-14T12:56:00.000-05:00What a strange post. By the way, I think you were...What a strange post. By the way, I think you were mislabeled. Given the fact that you can't have kids, you're still childless- not child free. The child free label is meant to respect the decision of people who choose not to have kids- not to protect the feelings of people who can't have them. Of course, I guess you could be both childless and child-free. If you want to be put in this category I think you have to own up to not wanting kids, though (and I'm still not clear on whether or not you would want to have kids if it were possible after having read your blog).J.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03903186469796595837noreply@blogger.com