Who Said This?

Wow, that is the first time I've heard that . . . .great quote!

Funny coincidence though -I'm cleaning the kitchen (and checking out allnurses) and I have Dr. Laura on too. The caller she just had on was a young woman who was calling to complain that the man she had an affair with and created a baby with is now coming to visit the child with his wife and that makes her mad.

Dr. Laura said "Chita, is it a good idea to have sex out of wedlock?".
Chita said "no". Dr. Laura said "Chita is it a good idea to create a baby with a married man?". Chita said "no".

Then Chita went on to say she didn't like it that the man's wife was involved with HER child.

Dr. Laura said . . well, get used to it because she is going to be in your child's life for the rest of her life.

In other words . . "Why should your poor *blank* planning (or lack thereof) become the wife's emergency?"

Now "Love Child" by the Supremes is playing . . .


steph

Agreed . . . Who Said This? Come and get your accolades.


steph

I fell in love with that saying about 4 years ago. It's one of those sayings you want to use when mgmt. goes into panic mode days before the JCHAO. I actually wrote the quote on a piece of paper and wore it at work one day while working at a prison on a travel assignment. Got a good laugh from everyone...but the sups.

Reminds me of something a Sargeant said to a guy in my husband's regiment a while back. The guy was complaining that the military life was playing havoc with his going to prenatal classes with his wife. "If the military had wanted you to have a family, we'd have issued you one".

Cold but true.

"If" . . . . .(whine) "If my brother didn't" . . "If my history teacher wasn't" . . ."If my coach would only let me" . . . .

My husband says to our kids when they do the above:

"If a frog had wings, he wouldn't whop his butt every time he leaped".


steph

"Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part"

Loved it when I read it about 10 yrs ago in a high school counselor's office

"Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."

I had that pinned up in my office about 15 years ago. I was SO true. Why should I drop everything I have to do to run around like a chicken without my head because YOU failed to do your part (or plan for it)

Not sure the first person who ever said it and I can't fine it on the internet. It keeps coming up "unknown".

My sister sent me a greeting card (I think it was based on the Cathy comic strip) years ago that showed a frazzled woman shouting a statement similar to this to a group of very stunned co-workers.

I taped it over my desk. It gave me peace of mind on many a bad day!