Today, my mom decided I should study to be a nurse that specializes in caring for the elderly. There was something about that in the news.

I believe, for most of you it sounds like a grand, humane and most of all glorified job. For minimum or below wage.

I never claimed to be nice, warm, cozy and well... a good person. I'm about average, personality-wise.

And damned if I ever imagined myself working as a nurse washing soiled bedclothes, dressing up batty old women and trying to reason with old men to put on their pants... or taking them off when they have soiled them. Not to mention all the whining and well... simply everything that comes with nursing the elderly.

Yes, I'm a total bastard for seeing the bad things in everything, because we can learn so much from the older generation, because they are so wise... Well. Let me tell you something. Just because they are older it doesn't mean they are wiser too. Not all of them are even in their right mind. And I'm not Peter Petrelli to revel in my nurturing nature and nurse old people. Because not everybody is a nice old man with a sound mind, who is already bedridden and thus catheterized.

So. No. NO! NO! NO! Hell no, fuck no, I'm not doing it!!! I don't care if I sound shallow or sheltered or simply spoiled rotten (something I definitely am not btw), but I'm not changing diapers until I have a kid and never ever after. And I don't even think I can deal with kiddy poop even. I mean just the thought makes me nauseous. I didn't go and study two different professions just to take care of soiled bedclothes!

You know why I don't want to take care of the elderly besides the cleaning up? Because kids you can tell off. Elderly, who have the mental state of kids you can't shout at or tell off and whatever, because it's not polite. I'd sooner deal with kids than elderly. I'm older at least and they respect that, or might. I'm younger than the elderly and they don't care about any sort of authority. You are never allowed to slap an old person, ever, even if it's the softest, most careful slap ever. Fuck no. I never wanted to be a nurse. It never appealed to me. I am NOT gonna do it!

Oh and yes, I am speaking from experience.