Responsibility? What’s that?

17 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment

by secretsouttamyhead in Mother of the Year, Stories of Insobriety

If you live in the St. Louis area, I’m sure you’ve heard about Tyler Dasher. If not, follow the link and read up on the story so you have some frame of reference as to what the crap I’m talking about here.

I sincerely hope when this bitch goes to prison, they put her in the general population and not ad seg. Inmates don’t take too kindly to baby killers. Those bitches will have a field day with her… (I may or may not watch entirely too much Lockup on MSNBC.)

I don’t know if anyone informed her or if she was too dumb to figure it out, but babies and small children don’t give a shit about what you were doing the night before and you’re too tired to get up to take care of their needs. All they know is the sun is up, they’re hungry, need a new diaper and want you to love on them. Damn your hangover. They don’t have any understanding of how shitty you feel. They just want you.

This bitch just wanted to sleep. I know the feeling. I was a former drunken mother. When Allie was up and ready to take on the day, I got up. Hungover and/or still half drunk, it didn’t matter. I got my ass out of bed and did her bidding. Luckily for me, she is a fan of television and always has been. I would make sure she was dry, fed and had some PBS to keep her occupied… and then I would chill out on the couch. I knew that kid was going to be taking a nap in a couple of hours and all I had to do was wait her out until it was nap time for both of us.

This doesn’t exactly make me mother of the year, but I didn’t lose my shit and beat my kid to death because she had the audacity to scream and cry because I didn’t want to take care of my responsibility to her. I still had some semblance of responsibility as a parent. Sure, my priorities weren’t 100% in order, but at the beginning of the day, I knew she came first.

Also, who beats the shit out of a BABY? Babies don’t understand corporal punishment. All they know is that they’re being hurt… by the person who is supposed to be taking care of them. They don’t have an understanding of right and wrong. They just want what they want and they want it now. They are self centered and selfish because they are defenseless beings who depend on adults to take care of them. I’m not saying this in any derogatory way. It’s life. Babies shouldn’t be punished, corporally or in any other manner, for wanting what they want. Whether or not they actually need what they want is another story; however, in the end, they do need what they want, even if it is something they don’t really need, for the purposes of exploration. Baby doesn’t need beat because it got its hands on something it’s not supposed to have… take it away and say, “no.”

guh. As per usual, I digress.

Any time there’s some dumb shit “mother” who comes across the news because she killed her kid, I just want to hunt them down, shake my fist at them and yell, “IF I CAN DO THIS PARENTING THING, ANY DUMB ASS CAN DO IT. YOU FUCKING RETARD. SERIOUSLY.”