Things Only People With Kids Understand

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Star one oh five point seven with feel good variety
of the eighties till now good morning. It's Schmitty still
fighting this thing, right, you can probably hear it in
my voice. And I don't want to blame my kids,
but the first day of Christmas break morning one there
I am the walk in hours at the pediatrician because

(00:23):
I feel like people without kids just don't understand the
German the full the full limit of the germ factory
that your kids can be. That's what I want to
talk about six one, six, four five eight, one oh
five seven what people without kids just don't understand. From
your opinion, because this came up we were talking obviously
everybody kind of back to work this week, and it's

(00:44):
so interesting because we're probably about half and half here
in iHeart West Michigan of people who have kids and
people who don't, and it seems like those of us
with kids, you know, it's like.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Oh, how is your Christmas break?

Speaker 1 (00:57):
It's like, you know, good, good, See we had a
Z pack moxacillan, picked up some robituss and like, you know,
because with kids, you're just become accustomed to the fact
that I don't know, every few weeks or so they
catch something.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
It might not always be serious.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
And please don't come at me with the essential oils
and stuff like that. Okay, I got it under control,
but you can't tell me that you know your kids
going to school doesn't bring something home. And now we're
all nervous parent wise.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Maybe this is just me.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
You tell me that I got us all healthy, right,
because moms, you're always the last one to get it.
That's why, right, I got mine on New Year's Day,
which is why I'm still like fighting with this ridiculous voice.
But now we're all nervous because we've got them healthy
and now they're now they're back to school.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
You're just waiting.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
I was at pickup yesterday and I saw like three
kids coughing, and I'm like, not even covering. I'm like,
come on, vampire into the elbow. You know the rules
six one six, four five eight one oh five seven.
What is it you think people without kids don't understand?
Because the conversation can get so heated sometimes And I'm

(02:07):
not saying you need.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
To have kids.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
I'm just interested in what you think people miss. Maybe
and kidless people chime into talk to us about you know,
the brilliance of your life and your spontaneity without having
to worry about littles.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Four five, eight, one oh five seven. Curtis is listening
in Grand Rapids. What is it for you the value
of a good, nice sleep? I feel people without kids take.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
Sleep for granted. Even when your kids are older, you
never really get the deepest sleep.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
You're always worrying about them. I've heard that so much.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
I work with someone who's got sixteen year old and
then one in college, and I was like, man, I
can't imagine, he said, it never stops though you're still worried, Like,
you know, my daughter will go out and I will still,
like even if I doze on the couch, be in
the living room waiting for her to get home safely.
I'm like, Megan, you put your heart out into the
world and it's walking around like a little human. It

(03:01):
just never stops, you know. Four or five eight, one
oh five seven, Hate Teresa.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
How loud that silence feels when the.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Kids are gone. It's unsettling. You know, you missed the
chaos you swor was driving you insane?

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Isn't that so annoying? Oh?

Speaker 1 (03:18):
Like, I can go like three days that's my tops.
And I get so excited, like my husband will take
the kids up north for you know, hunting season, or
to hang out at the his family's farm, and I
get excited, like, oh my gosh, I can catch up
on this, or I can have some time to myself
or read my book. And it's barely twenty six hours

(03:39):
in and I'm like, dang it, I miss those little nuggets.
People without kids, I don't know your dogs think of
it like that. How how long can you be away
from your pets? Six one six four or five eight
one oh five seven?

Speaker 2 (03:52):
I love this?

Speaker 1 (03:53):
What do you think people without kids don't understand? And
my kidless folks, I would love to hear from you too.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Give me a call. Good morning.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
It's Schmidty talking about what you think as a parent.
People don't understand until they have kids. It was a
conversation that came up after the holiday because so many
of us got sick, and again, like you just.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Immediately go, well, you wouldn't know how bad it is
without kids.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
I mean, right, And I'm not saying anything bad to
our childless people.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
It's wonderful.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
It's just sometimes you realize, ooh, that is quite a
life lesson six one six, four five eight, one oh
five seven Tony's listening.

Speaker 2 (04:31):
What is it for people without kids when the kids
come over with the grandkids, the grandparents remember how busy
everything was, constant motions, pens and activity, feeding, keeping them
occupied all the rest of its crazy.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
No, you are so right, though, because I have a
seven and a four year old, and my brother and
sister in law came over for the New Year. But
they're eighteen month old, and I forgot. You don't sit
down like you're constantly monitoring, Like they're not putting anything
in their mouth, they're not sticking their finger anywhere, and
it's like, I love my dogs, but I can like
put my dogs in a bedroom and be like, you
guys are good here, watch the animal planning. You can't

(05:04):
always do that with the kids, do right

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Oh, Tony, thanks so much for the call.