But wait, there's more!

Finding strange things in the news is a relaxing hobby for me. Almost therapeutic. So it's no wonder why I chose peculiar postings to be my topic of blogging. I'm very much one to usually, if not habitually complain, or comment, or a strange combination of the two, henceforth known as an opinion. I know many people don't like that sort of thing (opinions), but hey, we all have something to say about something.

Today's post: Ad for Nanny: My Kids Are A Pain. Seriously. I kid you not, some poor, exhausted mother wrote that, in a newspaper, when asking for a nanny. Go ahead, read it, then come back.

So, I guess it's kind of okay. I mean, she's preparing the nanny for what's to be expected. Everyone should do that, seriously, because if some one's going to be watching your kids for a REALLY long time, you want them to know what they're in for RIGHT AWAY. No surprises, no hidden secrets, no nothing.

By now, some people may be thinking: "What kind of mother calls her children a pain? Especially in a public newspaper?" Really? You don't know? The kind of mother who's tired of being rejected because some poor woman didn't know what she was getting herself into! Sure, okay, given, there PROBABLY should have been an interview stating her children's... shortcomings. (haha). Still, perhaps there wasn't time for that. And, okay, the posting was a bit frank and may have sounded abrasive to you (because it sure did to me.). But seeing how kids grow up today, how many things need to be done in order for a household to be functional? Maybe the mother NEEDED to be abrasive. She probably felt like she needed to get her point across the first time, and not have to deal with people who come up to her and completely blow her away with what she might consider ignorance.

No, I don't know this woman, or this family. I just read about it in the news, and it was the one that caught my eye. But if I could put myself in her place, I would be thinking along those lines.

Strange, but true.