Getting My Tubes Tied

Overheard at the bus stop a few weeks ago:

Little Boy: "Mom, can we play like I'm in juvie?"
Mom: "No, that's not funny, and if you keep going, that's where you will end up."


Reason # 502 that I am thinking of getting my tubes tied.

Don't get me wrong. I love kids. I work in daycare, it's a job requirement, but looking at the tired, frustrated face of that mother at the bus stop, and the millions just like her I see everyday, is all the incentive I need to not reproduce. It almost makes abstinece look like a good idea.

I would like to think that all my years working in childcare would equip me with superstar parenting skills, but I know myself and my gene pool all too well. I would have to work four jobs to pay for all the therapy my children would need.