awwws, coooos and other such responses to the word "kids"

[Fox in Socks]

todays bitch is about people who coooo or awwwwww at the mention of weans. example, a prof was talking about a patient today being "3 weeks old". suddenly a chorus of "awwwwwww" came from some vapid girls in the room. ugh. stop it. example 2, at the mall and we pass by a wean, the girl im with "awWWWWWwwwwwwwWW" all high pitched and annoying. i just dont get that. i dont get looking at children or hearing about children and feeling compelled to exclaim their cuteness. truly i am dead inside. [robobart]

[nirak]

Eh. I do that with kittens and cats.

But they're so much cuter!

I HATE baby talk. Especially when couples start talking like that to each other. :P

[Fox in Socks]

Eh. I do that with kittens and cats.

But they're so much cuter!

I HATE baby talk. Especially when couples start talking like that to each other. :Pkittens and cats are MUCH cuter than humans. [post85]

[Thom.]

Kittens and cats are the cutest when they get in the crib with a wean.

[nirak]

ok, I have to ask- what's a wean? I'm guessing infant?

[hollerskates]

i have to work a craft table at gigantic easter egg hunt tomorrow. do you know how many awwws and coooos i'm going to have to hear??

[Auntie Laura]

wean is a Scottish word for baby or small child, yep

[Fox in Socks]

ok, I have to ask- what's a wean? I'm guessing infant?yeah sorry. kilts have infiltrated my vocab. [post85]

[Fox in Socks]

i have to work a craft table at gigantic easter egg hunt tomorrow. do you know how many awwws and coooos i'm going to have to hear??and YIKES! thats like when people bring in pictures their 2 year old colored, thats basically scribbles and EVERYONE goes on about it. i KNOW it has sweetness value to the parent, but dont lie and make like its the cutest thing youve seen in the history of cute things:r *continues to be dead inside*

[hollerskates]

and YIKES! thats like when people bring in pictures their 2 year old colored, thats basically scribbles and EVERYONE goes on about it. i KNOW it has sweetness value to the parent, but dont lie and make like its the cutest thing youve seen in the history of cute things:r *continues to be dead inside*

ha! yes. i just got back. it was hell. my job was to guide the children AND their parents as they worked together to make their fucking bunny and jeweled egg. it was not for the parents to drop their children off and have me lead craft time. i am one woman.

the funniest thing was seeing these parents forcing their children to go find eggs.

parents: c'mon, honey let's go find easter eggs!! yay!!
kid: i'm hot and sweaty and whiny and i don't want to do what you say!!(ok, not really, but that was the body language.)
parents: look!! see all the eggs!! let's go!! yay!!
kid: noooo!!! i just want to roll on the floor and kick you while you do nothing about it!!!
parents: awwww.

[Marbs]

Tieing in another thread, I despise the "awwww"s that explode around newborn babies. Please, they all look like scrunchy raisins or Jack Nicholson. Stop pretending you think they're cute and let's call a spade a spade! [pan]

[Morgan]

The only "coo" I have is "ewwww!" you have a three-week old, that means it shits all over itself and you have to clean it up! "ewww!"

[Sulley]

Please. When I graduated high school, our principal had just had a baby like 3 weeks before. So, at our graduation, she's suppose to be making a speech, and then she somehow incorporates talking about her baby. And everyone on the field and in the stands is all "awwwwwwww" and applauding. Like geez, way to steal our thunder.

[Charles:]

God, I just went to a baby shower. If I hear another "awwwwww" or "so cuuuuute" I'm gonna impale someone on a diaper genie.

[Kari]

kittens and cats are MUCH cuter than humans. [post85]

Amen. I saw a little calico named Lucy, about 2 months old, in a window at a cat clinic in Brooklyn. I was talking to her through the window in the most cooey baby voice EVER. I wanted to take her home!!! SO adorable.

[Charles:]

*looks around*
I baby talk to my kitties too!

Shhhh...

[toriwannabe]

God, I just went to a baby shower. If I hear another "awwwwww" or "so cuuuuute" I'm gonna impale someone on a diaper genie.

umm, why were you even AT a baby shower then!? If you don't like the cooing, get out of the nursery [post56] [wink]

[Charles:]

Uh...free food...obvs!

And also, I do have friends who attend. I just smile as the parade of clothes and diapers go by then come here and vent.

[hollerskates]

truly, there is nothing better than good shower food.

[jeth]

But it's fun then they play the "What should we name our baby" game and you throw out the worst possible name to give a child. The parents are never amused by the suggestion, but everyone else laughs.

Plus, like Charles said, free food. And I have a thing for watching people open presents, so a never-ending supply of presents to open makes me giddy, regardless of the contents.

[toriwannabe]

^ I had Aussie friends that told me they were going to name their kid "Angus". Now, apologies to any scottish people on this forum with that name, but I thought they were joking, so I laughed out loud. Not a good idea...

[nirak]

I've only ever been to one baby shower. We had to guess baby names and weight and length, and I had NO idea how long a baby is. I think I said 24". And the name was Persephone.

Too bad they had a boy.

[iciclespark]

^ Maybe his schlong will grow to be 24" and he'll make the Guiness Book of World Records?

I've only been to one baby shower and it drove me mental. I'm sitting there at age 13 and people are already itching for me to spawn. WTF!? No, I haven't thought of baby names, and actually I'm bored as fuck and only here because the baby in question is my future sibling. No, I don't want to play Bingo and no, I don't care about the diaper genie.

The desserts were good though - my dad's family knows how to make pies - so that helped me feel better.

[jeth]

^ See I usually win the prizes at bachelorette parties, wedding and baby showers so I'm okay with being there, especially because at most parties I end up with the sole package containing booze. :p