What's your pet peeve?

Question

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Answer 1

Lies ... stealing (Burglarizing) ... out-of-control rude and self-absorbed teenagers who can't think of anything else except themselves and what they want immediately -- and will abuse anyone in their way (and are unwilling to get off their backside to do anything to actually work for what they want) ......

Answer 2

Well, I really try to be understanding of others foibles and irritants because I know I have plenty of my own, but I suppose due to my being as human as the next I have a few pet peeves. lol

Well, in all honesty I have several pet peeves. You only asked for one, though you didn't request our biggest peeve! lol That gets me off the hook of speaking of that one if I so decide.

I read the peeves posted before mine and I must say all but one are normal peeves that many people share. It is not so simple as so many things can get on somebodies nerves. I once saw a neat poster which had a fellow with only one or two hairs on his head, a look of disgust, and this caption: You are getting on my last nerve! You have to actually see this as it is actually rather funny because it represents so many in society. We tend to think so highly of ourselves we stop remembering that we all are human and therefor there will be somebody we distress along the way. I doubt there is one sigle person on the face of this earth who doesn't have at least one habit or behavior which fits the peeve on someone else! lol

Currently, my pet peeve are parents who try to be friends with their children. This has so many negitive affects on children I just don't have time to list them all here. Suffice to say children need parents who are really parents, not friends as they already have plenty of friends in their lives who are in their peer groups. Children only have two, and sometime only one, parent, and children cry out for bounderies and rules that are firmly held.

I read a "question" supposidly posted by Obama which asked how to we engage more individuals in the Democrastic process. He supposedly choose a Best Answer and this is one thing she wrote that I just have to scratch my head over: Raise children in a Democratic home enviroment where they have a say in what occurs. This is paraphrased, not a direct quote.

Now, I raised a lot of children and had many more in my home over the years I had children living at home with me. I learned early on that while you can allow your children to voice their thoughts, opinions and ideas, it is vital for the adult to make the final decision based on a firm adult and mature understanding of the consequences of that decision. Children simply do not have the capasity to make educated and mature decisions, and they don't know what is best for them, their futures, or how to grow into healthy, strong, mature young adults who have a firm foundation of morals and ethics.

You can't allow the inmates to run the assylum. lol While I don't pretend to be the best parent in the world as all parents make mistakes, I do know that as a parent I simply could not allow the children to make the final decision, regardless of how many TV shows and movies show children making adult decisions in their daily lives. Those are made up story lines not reality.

It is important for children to know they will be heard and that what they say will be considered. However, parents have to make the final decision and this is NOT a Democratic process. You can't have your children putting crititcal issues to a vote, for crying out loud. As adults, parents are the ultimately responsible party, and anyone who claims they allowed their children to put an important decision to a democratic vote would be laughed out of the room at best, and declared unfit parents at worst.

Lets see, humm, OK, let the children vote on where the family will live. What type of home and where might that home be if children put it to a vote? Now, children are not going to consider if they actually have the income to pay for this home, or all the expenses entailed living there, or even if parents have possible jobs in the area. I am pretty sure most children would love to live at Disneyland! OK, so its teenagers who are voting, then? Now we are qualifying the age we should begin to allow children to have a real say in such decisions?

So, what what teenagers vote on if a parent had a job transfer which will take the family away from the town they have lived in for fifteen years? Do you think they will actually vote for what is best for the family, regardless of how difficult that vote would be? Of course not!! These teenagers would vote for staying around all their friends and all they are familiar with, not move to some strang town where none of their friends are and they would have to start all over again on the social ladder. Would they consider the ramifications finanically for the family? Nope, they wouldn't. They would assume the parent could "just find another job here", mom, dad!! "Why must we move away, why can't we just stay here and you get a different job?" If the kids outnumber the parents well, we can begin to see how disasterous this would be.

So, no, children should not be given equal say in how a family lives, or where the family lives, or any such important decisions. This would lead to horrific consequences. I will leave it to the reader's imagination to try to see how teenagers would vote for other issues!

I have other pet peeves, but you only asked for one so this is the one I am offering today. I love your questions and will answer as many as I possibly can. I wish you a great weekend.

Answer 3

Sitting in traffic and having to drive with out of control people.

Answer 4

Having to wait on inconsiderate people. They could at least phone and tell me they will be late.

Answer 5

people who think that they are better than everyone else.
people who dont disipline thier kids and they run wild.
people who are lazy and live off the gov't when they can get a job.

Answer 6

people that chew with their mouths open... yuck... it makes shivers go down my spine.

Answer 7

people cruching in my ears

Answer 8

anyone pulling on my clothes

Answer 9

racist trolls.