Not me. I can hold her responisble for being in a position where left herself vulnerable to rape, but the blame for the rape itself lies squarely with the rapist.

some skills like the ability to breathe through your ears

What I can't do is give myself a cuddle or a blow job.

That is their parents job, if a child needs attention it is the parents that should be giving it, not a stranger who could end up being a total fruit cake and should be viewed with suspicion if they go around talking to all the attention seeking children they meet, that's how pedophiles lure their victims is it not/ by talking to other peoples children...Really some should be looking after their own or minding their own business !

Some of us are not interested in making an effort with someone else's children and have gone out to have a quiet meal with no intrusions from children or anyone else! As said if the child is attention seeking then its own parents should deal with it ..

Would that include the village idiot? and Rubbish, it takes responsibility and commitment to endure/embrace the trials and tribulations of parenthood, and if everyone went around expecting others to become responsible for their children's actions, then its no wonder the generations that are now finding their feet are turning into a generation of undereducated thugs who think the world owes them...

some of us after making the effort to bring our children up properly, teaching them to say Please and Thank you, to not intrude on other people when out in public and generally behave, are sick to death of all the bleeding heart story's and excuses that are made for badly behaved brats that are dragged up by their apathetic parents.....

The title of the thread states "are parents immune to how annoying their kids are?" with an example of one incident. If that's not generalising and tarring all children with the same brush then I don't know what is.

We're also discussing one person's perception of noise, and inserting our own idea of what noise it. H never gave any real indication of the level of sound. It may well have been the excited chatter of a birthday girl/boy she was listening to, and her ears may be far more sensitive to sound than others.

With all due respect, I stand by what I say: social nicety is a learned behaviour and everyone - adults and children alike - have off days.

Both in title and content, this thread was condescending, but that's just my opinion.

This went on for about half an hour, the parents just completely ignored it, stopping once in a while to feed it pizza and ice-cream.

As for expecations when you start doing someone else's thinking with your head you will invariably always come up with the wrong answer.

If youre prepared to throw a punch, be prepared to take one back. Regardless of gender.

"A divorce can be granted if it is proven that one partner in a marriage has had an affair and committed adultery, defined as having had sexual intercourse with a person of the opposite sex other than their spouse, and if the spouse finds it intolerable for the marriage to continue."

I don't have a problem with accents but dear God, if the word has a 't' in it then please make an effort to use it when speaking... Thing is not Fing .... Something is not somethinK... Thirty is not Furreee...

Apart from a hot man next to me it would take a lot to excite me first thing in the morning as I am a lazy b1tch who never wants to get out of bed. I dont agree that age stops us feeling excitement though, maybe the things that get us going have changed. For example a few weeks ago the new Argos catalogue came out and by God I couldnt get there quick enough.

I think eating healthily is a bit like going to the gym. You know it's good for you, you know you will feel much better for having been, but it's sooooooo damn hard at times to make the effort.

I was surprised at the reaction to my post 26, which was a reaction to an "American" asserting how proud they are of their country, living in England and using the NHS.

Were the situation reversed, i.e. a Brit living in America then all health care would have to be paid, therefore having no effect on the American healthcare service.

I support the NHS, and am very aware of how cash strapped it is, how hard the staff work, and the responsibilities they have. I see nothing wrong at all with the NHS claiming costs for treatment to non resident’s health insurance. How many posters would expect to travel outside the EU without Insurance to cover health care?

Who care's? They're American's. If they want to kill off a load of themselves by not providing healthcare to the most needy let them. They are the highest polluter's on the planet, just withdraw healthcare completely and 'bang' no more global warming.

Should we be able condemn those to death on conviction who have no redeeming qualities based on their character and history rather than just the crime itself?

Have you ever had these sort of messages or would you ever send them? Do you think these people are trying to help or just being as obnoxious as they possibly can?

When you look in the mirror what do you think? Are you happy with what you see or do you long to change the way you look?

Is the other woman not using him to alleviate her own bitterness, inadequacy and insecurity?

I'm speechless! The poster has lived here for 15 years and quite possibly has been paying NI that whole time. There is a good chance the father of the child is from the UK and has been paying NI his whole life. Or ... you could realise that this child was most likely born here and has as much right to medical treatment as mine or yours or anyone else's and why on earth should the poster have insurance to reimburse the NHS?

I hope your health insurance (which I am sure you would need as a proud American living abroad) reimbursed the hard put NHS so they will not have to refuse treatment to yet another UK resident who has paid into our system all their life.

I was married and said 'no'. So the man wasn't a cheater and yes the woman (women) were deserving of blame - and all of it- for trying to entice me to cheat.