So a few months ago one of my dogs was attacked and seriously hurt by another dog at the dog park. The owner ran away when she saw that my dog was injured, and when I saw her again, she refused to give me her name because she said her dog only attacks dogs who deserve it, so it was clearly my dog’s fault.

1. The coffin lid was open

My argument seems pretty sound:

If they had stocked up, and scheduled more people per shift, then you would be right. But if everyone is making the same amount, working the same hours, and doing double the work - that isn’t fair. And not having the ingredients for the drink available is just going to cause problems, it’s poor planning - they…

A vast increase in workload without an increase in either salary or help seems like valid thing to complain about. Will these people see a bonus? Will additional staff be hired to mitigate the rush? No? Then why should anyone expect them to be happy?

It’s not coffee. Also the baristas aren’t mad at customers, just the situation and some customers, like the ones who throw things at you when you tell them you’re out of supplies.

As a “non-breeder”, I don’t go out of my way to be an asshole. Do you not like “breeder” because it doesn’t make you sound like a special snowflake who created a little human that is another special snowflake? I don’t try to glorify my childless life. I think there are people with kids and without, and your life is…

I didn’t ask you to? You seem to be taking this very personally. If you’re this aggressive with the childless people in your life, I can see why they’re driven to defensiveness.

Being told that if we’re not procreating then there’s no point to us as human beings? Me too.

We’ll start our own cult, with blackjack and hookers.

Newsflash: 8-month-olds generally do not belong at brunches. Especially without an explicit, kid-friendly invitation.

pushing back on the decision I am happy with making strikes me as a little disingenuous and often makes me feel like some childless people really aren't all that thrilled with their decision. Like, why so defensive? You know

Yeah, I realize this. But I don't understand it. My friends and I all babysat as teens, and these same friends would never leave a teen in charge of a kid (and even teens charge a good deal of money these days.) But, the friends I'm talking about who have kids now also have a good amount of money. And family…

No more than people with kids and religious folks, no.

I'm not saying this is what happened with your friends, but some of us generally don't like being around children and/or the stuff related to spending time with kids. I've mellowed as I've gotten older and acquired a few nieces and nephews, but a lot of the time I'm simply not interested in the drool/crying/keeping…

I've realized anytime somebody I know has a kid I feel slightly betrayed because everything about our relationship is forever changed.

Actually I do, especially when it becomes all consuming for the other person. If a friend moves and then visits the area without telling me I'm often hurt. My sister got married a few years ago and I hardly see her and we live in the same area. For me it's a sign that our friendship/relationship wasn't as strong as I…

Not to excuse any shit behaviours they've had towards you, but the main reason it becomes integral is because we end up hearing it every day. "Why don't you have kids? You're going to regret it! Your womb is soooo empty! Your eggs are dying! Aren't you a bit too old not to want kids?!" — so we're not consciously…

And I miss my friends who have kids, especially one of my closest friend from high school. I have gone out of my way to plan child friendly things so she can bring her son. But something always seems to come up. It eventually gets to the point where you stop trying because you get tired of putting in the effort. And…

As a childfree woman it has to become an integral part of our identities. Just as becoming a parent becomes part of your identity. A lot of us childfree people have to be more vocal about it because it is something we're constantly questioned about. You may not talk about your child around them but the message is…