• explodicle@local106.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    18
    ·
    1 year ago

    Anecdotally my spouse and I know this; our kids are just extremely energetic. We aren’t simply uneducated on how ears work, and getting unsolicited tips from childless people while already busy with our kids is just another stressor.

    Call me a dick if you want, but sometimes flying noisily is the only practical option. No we’re not going to drive cross country to grandma’s funeral.

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      We aren’t simply uneducated on how ears work, and getting unsolicited tips from childless people while already busy with our kids is just another stressor.

      Well… considering I have 2 kids. You can put your bullshit “tips from childless people” garbage argument away. The source of the information is irrelevant if the information is true regardless.

      Regardless that doesn’t negate the overall “common courtesy” theme of my post.

      • explodicle@local106.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        I apologize if my reply came across as an attack against you personally. I thought you were suggesting that anyone reading your post (not just you) should go up to stressed out parents and explain how ears work.

        While other parents do sometimes chime in with unsolicited tips during stressful situations, they seem to (usually) be more aware of whether or not their actual information is relevant, and not just a distraction.

    • AeroLemming@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      10
      ·
      1 year ago

      Then maybe you shouldn’t go. It’s a funeral and they’re children. When my uncle died when I was young, my grandmother made me look at his dead body and it was terrible. I wish I had never gone to that fucking funeral. Nothing about it brought me any sort of closure and the only real memories I still have from going are purely negative.

      Children have no place in funerals.

      • explodicle@local106.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Ok, then replace “funeral” with any family function you need to attend. Should your kids miss school on Friday and Monday to drive to and from a weekend wedding?

          • SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            It’s already parents vs childfree in this thread, and I have to admit it’s a bit entertaining, but do we really want to bring the fuckcars people into this as well?

            • AeroLemming@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              It’d be fun, though. Road trips were always more enjoyable than sitting on a fucking plane for hours when I was a kid.

              • ANGRY_MAPLE@sh.itjust.works
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                4
                ·
                1 year ago

                Yeah, I don’t care either way on this “kids vs no kids” on a plane, but I used to love road trips SO much. It let me see many new cool things that I wouldn’t have otherwise.

      • Kanth@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        Kids exist in the world. Get over it. You’re the adult in the situation.