Can I Rant?!

[Little Lion Head]

So it appears that most people’s reaction (not you guys, obviously, but friends and co-workers) to us getting a 2nd bunny is either:

“Why would you have two?” 

“Oh, are you going to breed them?” 

or

“So, do you guys think you’ll have kids soon?” 

All of these responses tick me off!!!!! Nobody thinks either of the first two when people get a second dog or cat. And just b/c we have two bunnies doesn’t mean we’re not going to have kids!

Rant over! Thanks for listening…..

[Avantika]

They should realize that you and your husband are away from home for more than 8 hours a day and it would be so nice for her if she gets a friend.

[Sarita]

I can understand the responses to the first two but the kids one – that’s a new to me LOL…I’m not sure what people say though when you say you are getting a second cat, dog, bird, etc….

[jerseygirl]

Commiserations !

Tell them you’re waiting to have kids for when interspecies surrogacy is approved for humans.

[Roberta]

Next time one of them announces they are pregnant or expecting their second look at them shocked and say ” What, you’re having another one ? Do you really need two ? They scream and poop and leave a mess everywhere”

[rayray]

I can totally relate to this!! Not to age myself, but as a single female in her 30s the kids question comes up a lot. Lucky for me it’s from people I don’t know too well to I can just ignore them or assume they are jealous because my baby (Ziggy) is cuter than their kids. lol!!! Even my mother refers to Ziggy as her “grandson”. haha!!!

[MoxieMeadows]

LLH— I know it can be so annoying!

[JackRabbit]

“Why would you have two?”
Reply (with perplexed face): “Why would I not have two?”

“Are you going to breed them?”
Reply: Go on and on about all of the homeless bunnies in the world.

“So do you think you’ll have kids soon?”
Reply: “OMG, have you been looking in our bedroom window?”

The worst by far are the sick jokes about eating the bunnies. Profanity and shin kicking are appropriate responses to this!

[Little Lion Head]

Yes Avantika–exactly! And actually more lie 16 hours when you count sleeping! Plus I figure when we do have kids we’ll obviously have less time for her so it’s good to have a friend!

Sarita its really ridiculous–I’m not even 30 yet! But hubby and I have been together a long time and have our s&*% together so people assume we should just have kids by now!

Haha Jerseygirl, I know right?!?

Roberta, I’m dying laughing!!!!!! And it’s my friends w/ 3 kids who are giving me the hardest time!

Rayray-my mom has a picture of Pumpkin up with the other 16 grandkids!! hahah!!

JR-thats literally my response to #1!!! And the thought of breeding bunnies literally breaks my heart. And the jokes are awful. It gets so old!

What’s most annoying is what if I don’t WANT kids???? Or what if I can’t have kids?! I just want to shout that I’m having kids on MY time, not YOURS!

[LBJ10]

The kids question has never come up with the addition of a new pet. No, those questions just come up out of the blue when talking to someone I don’t know. So, do you have any kids? No. Oh…… well, do you want kids? That’s none of your business.

Unfortunately it’s a question that I find myself dodging a lot.

Anyhoo, like Jersey, I can sort of see the other two questions coming. I’ve had people ask me if my rabbits have babies. I’m like, well they are boys and they are neutered so no.

[BrunosMama]

Haha wow, if having two bunnies raises questions, how does having ten sound to people? For us, most people in our lives are long term friends/family and they know we’re weird. So having ten bunnies is not out of the norm of what they expect from us. However, if it gets mentioned to a stranger, I love the looks of shock and general WTF-ness lol. Then when you add “oh, and 4 cats and a hamster.” Boom! Head explosion! Its actually kind of fun.

My father in law nagged us for a pic of my husband and I, so we made a collage of all the animals plus us. He wasn’t real amused lol. He made us give him “a real serious” picture “he can hang up.” Sigh.

My mom is more relaxed about it. She emails her friends/siblings updates about her grandbuns just like they email about their grandkids. Its cute.

If someone mentions eating the bunnies, I usually tell them their kids would be tasty with garlic (or some comment on eating children) Usually shuts them up.

[Deleted User]

Sooooo LBJ…. when are you having babies??? Lol!

I must be at the opposite extreme? I had puppies and I sold them at a reduced price to the elderly or limited income families to provide companionship and security to those who couldn’t otherwise afford it. I even named them (SURPRISE! Lol!) and a lot of people kept their names and even wrote to me along with pictures. I even had one mum (Crystal’s mum) come visit me a few times – I had such wonderful grandbabies! Ha ha ha!
I even called my daughter once and said she was an Aunty! LOL!
What annoyed (upset) me – my family was mortified that I was having babies (sorry puppies, lol!).

Talk about extremes!!! Your being hit up to have baby bunny’s (and babies!) by those you know, and yet I was frowned upon???

BTW – no one, and I mean NO one asks me about my kid’s having babies! I raised my kid’s to do what they want (travel, etc.) and to set themselves up before even ‘thinking’ about having kid’s. I even suggested 30+!??? My daughter won’t even consider the thought till she has a wild 30th birthday bash! I’m so proud! Ha ha ha ha! And I said ‘if you get clucky in the meantime’ (which she assures me she is NOT!) I will get her a pet! Lol!

Don’t listen to anyone Justina! Lets see who’s laughing when you have a comfortable loving home environment full of pets and kid’s (if YOU choose) and your financially secure. I wish the same for you as I do my own daughter.

PS – As the kiddies move out it is so much easier to replace them with pets! We will always have a full house, and except for Henry, they don’t argue back! Ha ha ha ha!

[Little Lion Head]

LBJ that’s usually my reaction. ..like how is my uterus anyone’s business but my own? ?

BM lol at the kids with garlic comment!!! Ironically enough i got an email from a co worker last night about how my “bunnies would be on the menu in some restaurants” ha. Ha. Ha. You are so funny I’ve never heard that one. ….insert sarcasm here. ..

Andi i turn 30 this year and i have the same plan as your daughter. Throw a raging party then have kids! ! Haha i don’t think I’ll ever look back and regret not doing it sooner. We would have never been able to afford a house if we had kids already!

[JackRabbit]

LLH — that was kindof our plan except we hadn’t bought the house yet so I was 30, pregnant, and trying to find and close on the house and get moved in and set up before our son was born! I was determined to have a house before a baby!

[Deleted User]

Not wanting to get to personal and bore everyone Justina, but I had my first at 19 (married at 18 – gee that worked out, NOT!) and was finished when I hit 24. It was so hard – my memory was being tired all the time – no fun! Working to pay the bills, braces (I am still waiting for my daughter to thank me for her beautiful teeth, ha ha ha!) ballet, gymnastics, swimming…. oh! You want me to stop now??? LOL!

Then making lunches, homework, keeping the house clean, washing – yep, I was tired ALL the time! Lets not forget staying up all night with a sick child….
Honestly, from when my daughter was 8 or 9 – I drilled it into her to be independent and to have a career. Babies are something you do when your 30+ and your set up and had your fun. The few friends I still have (from not working anymore) shudder at my attitude but guess what? It paid! I cringe at my friends and their 30yo (older than mine) kids.

Have a raging ‘rockin’ 30th Justina! I know my invite will be coming in the mail, but on the chance I can’t make it, I’ll send you a playlist of the coolest song’s to play, he he he he……

And don’t ever let anyone make you feel bad – I reckon your the bestest!!!

[kirstyol]

People are always weird about the fact that I don’t have kids. I have been with my partner for just about 7 years and am just coming up on 29, people find it really weird when they find out I don’t have kids. So now when people ask if I have kids I say I have two babies – Freddie the hamster is almost two and Bramble the bunny is just coming up on one year old. Since no one knows if I am a ‘crazy animal lady’ or not they usually don’t have much to say to that and it ends the conversation there.

I would love a second bunny as company for Bramble as I am out of the house a lot just now with my final two placements for uni but I have decided to wait till I finish uni so that I have more time to bond etc before I start my full time job (hopefully). Although I don’t know what Bramble would do with a second bun, he doesn’t seem to even understand that he is a bunny, I swear if it wasn’t for the long ears and hopping people would think he was a small dog.

[LBJ10]

LLH – No, it isn’t anyone’s business. I find it extremely rude when people ask questions like that and then look at me weird when I say no. They don’t know my circumstances and I don’t feel like explaining the complicated reality that is my life. And I certainly don’t want them to feel sorry for me. That’s even worse.

[MK]

I hate it when people comment about bunnies being ‘eaten’ ugh. I agree, its none of anyone business if you are going to have kids, but I on’t think the appropriate response is to bash THEIR kids. That seems very rude to me. In their defense, rabbits are just animals to them, while EVERYONE knows that kids are important and precious PEOPLE.

[Little Lion Head]

Andi–I’ll be patiently waiting for your playlist. There is a country song by Dierks Bentley called “Backporch”–hubby said we are just going to send the song to our friends and say “30th Bday Bash-our place. See song lyrics for details”

Some of the lyrics:
Ain’t no line around the corner, no security,
No velvet rope, no dress code, everybody’s VIP,
You can wear your hat, dance in your bare feet,
No credit card, no roll of cash, just BYOB

[MoxieMeadows]

LLH—- That would be a perfect invitation to send out! I’m going to be humming that all night now!

[Little Lion Head]

Just realized the “Dance in your bare feet line”…you definitely gotta come Andi!

[LongEaredLions]

Posted By Little Lion Head on 3/11/2015 6:04 AM

 Andi i turn 30 this year and i have the same plan as your daughter. Throw a raging party then have kids! ! Haha i don’t think I’ll ever look back and regret not doing it sooner. We would have never been able to afford a house if we had kids already!

If anyone besides Andi here understands me, I swear it is you, LLH!

[LongEaredLions]

Andi’s line would be more like….
“Dance in your shoes or atleast your slipperrrrsss…”

[Little Lion Head]

But it would be waaaay more fun watching her deal all those barefeet hehe Glad we get each other LEL!

[Deleted User]

How fantastic is your invitation idea??? OMG it is so brilliant, I am prepared (only this once!) to forgive the line of dancing in your bare feet, GASP! Ha ha ha! And I could just see myself running around telling people to ‘put your shoes back on, your feet will get dirty!’, LOL! I’ll be exhausted before the night is out…. ha ha ha!

And I will always stand by having babies (if you want) in your 30’s Justina and Amanda. I look at people who did this and life is so much easier/comfortable compared to how I did it. Honestly, do your education, get a great job, have FUN and set yourself up financially. Then you get to relax and enjoy your kid’s.
In the meantime, you get to share all your love and resources on your pet’s (BUNNY’S – YAY!!!) and I love having babies AND pets – no family home is complete without a pet or two (or more! he he he).

PS – And I only had puppies because I ‘wanted’ to and I could! But once we were done, our dog’s were fixed. I think my family (extended) were mortified at me cause they thought I had enough on my plate? But when something makes you happy and brings you so much joy it never feels like hard work. Seeing them grow in such a short time period of time and having puppies playing/sleeping all over you in bed – pure HAPPINESS! But once they left home for their forever homes, it was good to get the house clean again and my bed back to myself! Ha ha ha!

[Little Lion Head]

Hahah Andi, I love that you were excited to get your house clean. I’m excited to get these two rabbits bonded so I can have a bedroom without hay again!!! I can’t stand a dirty or messy house! Speaking of that…off I go to clean up last nights mess!

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