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What People are Saying about KidFreeLiving on Facebook, Reddit.com, and various other forums and whatnot…
- It was such a good read. I’m hooked on Kid Free Living, and I have 3 kids WTF?
- brilliant writing
- Dave Barry move over ’cause this writer is definitely First Class!
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You are fabulous! We need to get you to Philly and address the masses of “our Kind”. Thank you for making me smile.
- What a condescending pile of trash this article is.
- If you’re the author of the linked article, great writing. I linked your blog and will continue reading. Your style reminds me of violent acres.
- That is soooo hysterical! I almost peed in my pants from laughing so hard!
- I wish you could have been here to hear me laughing. My coworkers think I’m a loon! That was so freaking funny!
- I’ve got no jokes. Just wanted to say that it was very nicely written.
- That is a great post. That might explain a few things about the people I know.
- Sometimes when I am reading your stuff I get a wow feeling. Nothing you do is ever bad…just a sliding scale of great. Love, your mom
Some of the more popular postings:
1. Amazon PayPhrase Gets Nasty - Still cracks me up because it is true.
2. Target Turned me Into a Redneck - Something about Target and Rednecks set the world on fire the day I posted this one. I received over 15,000 hits. I loved that some people posted that they thought I was “bragging about my disposable income” because I bought a pool at Target. Right. That was what it was about.
3. Chesapooch Bay – Not all water dogs are created equal. - Originally printed in Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Sept. 2011.
4. Life’s Suggestion Box: To the Bird Who Repeatedly Defiles My New Mailbox - Last seen still defiling my mailbox.
5. When Aesthetics Get in the Way of Larceny - Originally seen on McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies
I can’t stop laughing.. its good to know we arent alone! I love my furrkids!
Thanks! I’ve go two more Gordon the Labradoodle stories coming soon!
I enjoyed this, you should write more. I found particular resonance with the pity gazes we get from people when they hear we have no kids/are not having any kids in the future. My fiance and I made a conscious choice not to have them based on parameters known only to us, for the most part. And yet…we are often met with those gazes before we even have a chance to say “but we are FINE with not having kids. It doesn’t make us any less happy.” So…thanks:)
I feel you, Ophelia. (that’s just a saying, I in no way am comparing you to neurotic Shakespeare character). I try to make it clear I’m not on some childless soapbox – I don’t want people to not read because they have kids and they think all I do is make jokes about how “cool” it is to be kid free.
But you made your point very eloquently – rarely have I ever answered “do you have kids?” with “no” that I don’t get THE LOOK. But in all fairness, I give that same look to people who tell me they don’t like dogs. Just can’t help myself.
You’re funnier than a toothache and wittier than a zombie. I like every word.
freals, you’re awesome, Amy. Robots stick togetehr forever.
Add your Twitter: CeeMacE
Why is your Twitter bird so buff?
Because that’s how he rolls…
Amy Vansant is incredibly funny and smart. She is Erma Bombeck, Lenny Bruce and George Karlin all rolled into one, a true raconteur for the Age of the Internet. I will stay tuned to Kid-Free Living even though I am a hopeless “breeder.”