Free Parking is For Monopoly Boards, Not Pregnant Women

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

[wildearp]

Most with handicaps do not choose to have them. Pregnancy is chosen. Make good use of your tax credits and purchase your own special parking space. Singles and those who choose to not have children should not have to pay for your special parking space. I pay exorbitant tax rates and get no credits and have very little tax shelter. I could have written that article, many are thoughts I have at tax time. Another good comparison is a woman with a 50 pound bag on an airplane. "Can you put my bag up for me sir". No. Pack lighter next time. I am not responsible for the consequences of your personal decisions.

[grellis]

Welcome to Free Republic, mom-to-be! We have a thread each Friday, "Freeper Family Table," just for us breeders. Let me know if you'd like to be added to the ping list and keep us up to date on your condition!

BTW--somewhere around my 20th hour of labor with my firstborn, my OBGYN finally made me realize that having an epidural isn't any more unnatural than not having one and then screaming, barfing, and writhing in agony for hours on end. The result is the same! Bets of luck and God bless!

[kiki04]

that would be nice thanks! Yeah, I am opting for the epi, I am not really good with handling pain!

[Sloth]

[tsn]

I am offended and dismayed at your misogynistic tone. Particularly because you apparently have a column of some sort and some people, somewhere may actually read what you write. Telling pregnant women to "keep their legs together" reveals not only your anti-life disposition, but also your juvenile mindset.
I pity you for your pain.
good luck.

[guruvee]

To group mothers who found ourselves with a narcissistic man who flew south as "breeders" is incorrect. You sound very angry and you must hang out with my son's educated father, who, despite his good white-bred upbringing, used to call all people with children "breeders". Wow, now he's one and where the hell did he go? We're still looking for him to help pay for a pack of diapers now and then, so you don't have to! And yes, because I waited to have children, I'm 39, I had a hard time walking in that last trimester and it was really disgusting to get cut off trying to pull into a "primo" parking space by some man, who probably thought of me as a "breeder". Too bad the innocent baby I was carrying had to endure mom's breathless walk to work downtown, NOT Macy's.