Free Parking is For Monopoly Boards, Not Pregnant Women

Men's News Daily ^ | May 5, 2004 | John Phillips

[freebilly]

Dear John,

Got Asbestos?

Freebilly

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh good grief.

when the breeders get another tax credit

Let me guess, you...um....know what color mauve is?

[Mamzelle]

Was JPhillip's mother a BREEDER? A condom forgetter? Could JPhil's mom not keep her stupid legs together?

That's about the end of that discussion. What a crank. What a fanatic.

The term "breeder" is a disparagement usually heard from homosexual men. JP needs to take his "discussion" to the Gay Blade Blog.

[RansomOttawa]

Was there a point to this tirade? If so, it got drowned out by all the sneering. What a kook.

[kiki04]

Being nine months pregnant, yes, it would be nice to find a space closer to the door but hey, I also need to walk as much as possible, so I won't whine about it and demand special treatment.


The true leeches in our society are those that have children they can’t afford – and then demand that the rest of us pick up their tab.

I have seen so much of this. I post on a board for expectant mothers, and most of these women are home all day like me. The majority of these women are young, have a few children to a few different fathers, use WIC and have been on and off Welfare, and complain the whole time they don't have this or that, and how unfair it is and how they should be able to get it through the government.
Meanwhile I waited until I was married, until my husband finished his PhD, until we worked for a couple of years to buy our house, pay most of our student loans and college debts and save enough money in an emergency fund so I could stay home to raise our kids. I am 30 with my first due any day.
Last time I was at the grocery store, I was behind this big hair/big nails lady who bought a ton of food using food stamps and WIC. after paying for that, she paid over $50 cash for liquor and cigarettes. When I got to the parking lot, she was still loading it up, and into this new cadilac escalade! WTF??? How does this happen?

at least this article was blunt. If you don't vote for school spending, you are not anti child, you are for the schools getting their act together and living within a budget... which most schools *don't* do....

[Gabz]

While I disagree with forcing stores to do this by government force of gun......I sure did appreciate the "expectant mom" parking spaces local merchants had in parking lots next to the handicapped spots when I was nearing my due date and it was 98 degrees with 95% humidity.

With that said........this article is very anti-woman and anti-family and deserves every single flame it gets.

[kiki04]

Oh... I finished reading it :)

man does that guy just need to get laid....

[Gabz]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RansomOttawa]

Ah. Never mind, I figured out the problem. From JPhill9123's user profile: John Phillips is a student . . .

[Darksheare]

My only problem with maternity parking is that very few who really are expecting park in the maternity parking.
I've seen guys park there, and I've seen people who aren't pregnant park there.
This article also dims my view of my gender.

[kiki04]

I have seen this also at the Babies R Us, which is the only place near me that has them. I have also seen the misuse of Handicap parking by people who are waiting for someone and just "pull in for a sec"

[Gabz]

I don't disagree with you - but I admit it was a nice convenience provided by stores for their customers.....not madated by Big Brother.

I ignore the rantings of mysoginists (sp?) - I just focused on the government putting more requirements on private businesses.......that's what bugged me about this piece.

[kiki04]

There are no stores here that have expectant mom parking except the babies r us out here! That must have been nice towards the end...

Of course, men don't know what it feels like the last few weeks of pregnancy when you think your *whole* reproductive system is going to fall out of your cha cha at any minute and you have no balance left so you are waddling like a duck. The will never know how your hips feel like they are separating and you can't get comfortable in any position, sitting, standing or laying down. Lastly, they don't know how grumpy a very pregnant lady can be, especially when living off of about 3 hours sleep each night because the baby's kicks now feel like a jackhammer in your tummy, you have to pee every 5 seconds, and of course, you are never comfortable...

Oh, and the children he so despises I bet when they grow up he wants them to pay for his SS, medicaid, and so on...

[Darksheare]

Don't have a Babies R Us near here anymore, it closed.
*ugh*
The mall has one single maternity space, as if that makes any sense.
Why only one, and it's by the hardware enterance at SEARS.
Expecting mothers are more likely to park near Filene's, JC Penny's, and Target than they are to park near the hardware department of SEARS.
Though I do have to admit that there are plans for more parking spaces elsewhere on site, they just redid the road around the building and are looking at redoing some of the parking.

[Darksheare]

I agree, it's a good idea as a convenience provided by the business.
Mandated by government, it becomes a hassle and a nuisance.
(Who's going to sit there and make sure that only pregnant mothers park there? And how will they verify the previous status? Lunacy.)

It should be a voluntary service by business, not mandated by governmental fiat.
And the misogynists can go jump, they make men like myself look bad and justify the radical feminist view of men as knuckle dragging drooling idiots.

[Gabz]

Then I guess I was lucky :) Late June weather can be horrendous in Delaware (or anywhere when 9 months pregnant), and I was due in early July. The only place I ever saw them was in one shopping center and they had them at both by the supermarket and by the drug store (go figure).

Of course men don't know anything about how we feel, but at least most are willing to try and be understanding........."men" such as those who wrote this will never get it.

Knock on wood, I have never, to my knowlege, met a person like this in real life.

[kiki04]

OK, lady question, did you deliver early or late? I am due June 25th... I know a few more days but I cannot wait anymore! Husband wants a 4th of July baby, if I am overdue I will scream.

Yeah, most men try to understand, and I feel lucky enough to be married to one...

[Gabz]

I'm sick and bloody tired of the government fiats against private businesses..........not only who is going to enforce it - but who is going to be covered and who isn't? Lunacy is correct.

It was a very nice convenience, but one I only used at the very end of my pregnancy and even then on the very rare occassions that I was going to the store alone. If my husband or a friend was taking me to the store they dropped me at the door and then parked. But I don't want to see any business forced to provide it.

You're right about the misogynists...........which is why I'm not bothering to give him the attention he is so obviously craving.

To me the issue is unwarranted government intrusion into private business decisions.....not flaming or coddling some poor misguided soul that has some obvious issues beyond government intrusion!!!

[Darksheare]

I hear that!
I personally wonder what, why, or how people that are misogynistic 'happen' or 'become'.
Not that it's relevant at the moment, btu it's weird.

Wonder how many businesses will chafe at a government mandate to have such parking available or presumably be fined?
I smell parking enforcement revenue generation in this somewhere, and how will one prove to the ticketing officer that one truly is pregnant?
A doctor's note?
A special sticker?
*ugh*
This isn't just a bad idea, it's the Titanic of stupid ideas.