[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by BigSteph

I understand what you are saying.

The problem with this post is that the reader will personalize what you said and may be offended. If you have kids and grandkids, it will probably offend you.

I think the answer to your question/assertion is that people are proud of their kids and grandkids.

My wife and I decided not to have children. When we gather with others, especially when people are lubricated, they talk with less inhibition about the things that interest them.

I have experienced what you have experienced. People tend to want to talk about how special, in some way, their children and grand children are. I get it, they are proud, and this person is important to them.

Some people love small talk. I like it for a few minutes. If you are going to be social it is just something you that will be part of the conversation -- like taxes, aches and pains, golf swings, those other political people, and children.

It is what it is.

^Concur 100%, am in the same boat as BigSteph. Most people named Stephanie don't like to be called "Big." Perhaps short for Stephen? Or a surname like Jack Stephanovich?