Favorites
By STOUTjodee
@STOUTjodee (3572)
United States
February 23, 2013 2:54am CST
If some one asks you to pick a favorite thing that you like or you may have to choose between two things, is it easy for you to pick a favorite? I have a hard time choosing between things especially when they are things I both like. I have a hard time choosing because both of the things I like both have different qualities. One might have a certain quality that the other doesn't have and vice versa, so it's hard to pick a favorite. So when some one asks me what my favorite is, I have a hard time deciding.
Some people pick a child as their favorite and being a mother of three children, I don't know how they can choose a favorite. Each child has their own unique individuality,so one shouldn't be compared with an other. So with different uniquenesses, each child should be treated differently.
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13 responses
@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
23 Feb 13
I wish I could decide easily on clothing! I'll see something that I like and put it in my cart and then I'll go to a clearance rack and find things that I like better and that are cheaper. Maybe that has nothing to do with favorites just frugal shopping.
Thanks for responding!
Thanks for responding!
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
23 Feb 13
I cannot choose between two favorite things or two favorite children, or two favorite best friends. You see, I like the two favorites equally and will not sacrifice one for another. I cannot say to my grandchildren of which there are five now, say that I love one better then the other, so when it comes in my house, I cannot say I love my piano more then my Tv, or my ipad more then my Macbook. I cannot say I love my woolen scarf more then my jeans. It is impossible, because going without one thing, impacts on the one thing remaining.
@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
23 Feb 13
Totally agree with you,that's what I'm talking about 
"going without one thing, impacts on the one thing remaining." You put the words to what I was trying to express! Thanks for responding
"going without one thing, impacts on the one thing remaining." You put the words to what I was trying to express! Thanks for responding
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
23 Feb 13
picking a favorite child is just wrong, a child is not like a thing, it is not like picking a favorite flower and flavor of ice cream and so on.
I don't have trouble picking a favorite thing but I would not answer pick a favorite child I would say to the person how can you even ask me that question.
my sister has three kids all grown but when they were young the baby who was the only girl asked her mother when she was about 9 was she her mother's favorite she was sure that she was.
My sister answered you are my favorite because you are my baby girl. But then Michel is my favorite because he is the oldest, and then Denis is my favorite because he is my baby boy.
That was not the answer France Helene was looking for lol
@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
23 Feb 13
Thanks winterose for sharing how your sister handled answering to her child who was the favorites amongst her brothers and her! I'm sure that wasn't the answer she was looking for!
You're right about choosing a favorite child,it's not a thing, it's a unique individual!
You're right about choosing a favorite child,it's not a thing, it's a unique individual!
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Feb 13
I'm that way about movies I want to watch on Netflix. I keep going through the movies and TV shows trying to pick the one I want to see. I can decide on lots of things but what I want to watch is usually quite difficult. It's like I hit OCD.
@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
23 Feb 13
Also, when deciding a favorite such as movies, it would depend on the mood I'm in. So I wouldn't be able to make a good decision of what would be my favorite. Thanks for responding!
@Arieles (2473)
• United States
23 Feb 13
It really depends on what it is. Favorite cartoon? Flintstones! Favorite food, to many to mention. Favorite time of day? Morning! Favorite time of year, it's a toss up between spring and summer. Kids? How can you just pick one? I share to many things in common with each one of them to pick favorites. Sometimes I may be upset with one, but that doesn't in any way indicate they are not my favorite, because I've been upset with each one of them at some point in time.
@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
23 Feb 13
See, there are some things that would be easy to make a decision on a favorite,but then if some one would mention some thing else that you never thought of you might change your mind. Flinstones was a good cartoon, but I think Popeye, The Sailorman would be better. Thanks for responding!
@extremefun4fun (2908)
• India
23 Feb 13
I do also can not choose between two things that I like them both, and as the matter children I do not think for a mother feeling that has for her children are same, mother love all of her children and looking at them with the same love, no diffrence for that but I have seen some parents who make diffrence betweent their children, they love one more than other one. and it is not good.
@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
23 Feb 13
I agree with you, some people as parents pick favorites of their children and it's not fair for the one who isn't the favorite. Each child has some unique quality that is different from their sibling. Every child is different. Thanks for responding!
@AmbiePam (85541)
• United States
26 Feb 13
I am asbolutely stunned when people admit they have a favorite child. Just stunned. Maybe I'm naive. But my parents did not have favorites. My dad's parents had 16 children and they didn't have favorites. I know my mother's parents didn't have a favorite between her and her brother. Now I didn't get along with my dad as well as my sister did, but I don't think that was a favorite thing. Her personality was just more like his.
@yogeshdhusa (2236)
• India
23 Feb 13
hi, very true.. i am facing this situation now, i was been asked to select one of them however i have decided that i am not going to live without both of them ! It may be hard to workout but its impossible to stay without both of them. i cant write whom i am talking about. happy mylotting
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
23 Feb 13
I hate it when people show partiality to their children or grandchildren. My mother did that to my two sons & i hated it.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
23 Feb 13
I don't think that there should be any favorites among our kids. each one should be treated equally. It may give a boost on a "favorite" child, but there could be a negative effect on the other children that might lead to some problems in the future. That is one thing that I tell my kids. All four of them are loved equally. And if they feel that they are sometimes being left out, they should think hard what could have happened to make him feel that way.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
24 Feb 13
I used to think how come some parents have favorites? They are after all their children, so they should be treated equally.
We only have one child, so we definitely don't play favorite.
But i also wonder, if ever i was given 2 or 3 children, would i have a favorite too? Oh , i don't like that, because it will hurt the other children.
But i also wonder, if ever i was given 2 or 3 children, would i have a favorite too? Oh , i don't like that, because it will hurt the other children.
