Annoyance of the Day, #531:
Got my last essay back. A B+… I had expected that, seeing as how I’d had to edit and chop down so much from my first draft. My writing style is just way too informal nowadays! Anyway, at the end of the essay, our conclusion was supposed to be whether or not we’d want to “continue this family tradition with our children.” I thought that was a silly way of saying it… why not just say “continue this family tradition in the future”? And what was I supposed to say? “Heck no, I don’t think I’ll be continuing it with my non-existant children.” No, I can’t say that. So I said something firm and simple, “I’ll not have children, but I look forward to continuing our Christmas vacations throughout the years to come” or something to that effect. I get my essay back and she had written, “It’s safer to say, ‘I don’t PLAN to have children!'”
Isn’t that the wya?
Me: I don’t want kids.
Older Person: *wry smile* Oh, you’ll change your mind.
I’d rather ram my foot through my skull.