Babies or toddlers crying is one of the big reasons I won’t be a parent. My reaction to the noise is incredibly intense and I pretty much lose all sense of thought past getting away from the noise any way possible. People most of my life be like “nobody likes it get over yourself / you get used to it / it’s worth it”. No Susan you don’t understand how badly I’d neglect a child to get away from that noise, it’ll create a feedback loop, and I refuse to do that to a kid. Thankfully in my thirties now and people have for the most part finally stopped trying to convince me otherwise
Its not just the crying for me, its those random shrieks of delight that also get me, especially in supermarkets with all that noise and light reflecting surfaces
There are many reasons I never had children, but the crying would have been a special kind of torture
Yeah, big same. Most noises I can tolerate even though they bother me, but baby cries elicit a similar visceral reaction as what you’re describing. Part of why I hate public transport.
Babies or toddlers crying is one of the big reasons I won’t be a parent. My reaction to the noise is incredibly intense and I pretty much lose all sense of thought past getting away from the noise any way possible. People most of my life be like “nobody likes it get over yourself / you get used to it / it’s worth it”. No Susan you don’t understand how badly I’d neglect a child to get away from that noise, it’ll create a feedback loop, and I refuse to do that to a kid. Thankfully in my thirties now and people have for the most part finally stopped trying to convince me otherwise
Its not just the crying for me, its those random shrieks of delight that also get me, especially in supermarkets with all that noise and light reflecting surfaces
There are many reasons I never had children, but the crying would have been a special kind of torture
Yeah, big same. Most noises I can tolerate even though they bother me, but baby cries elicit a similar visceral reaction as what you’re describing. Part of why I hate public transport.
I don’t like kids so I can relate