Battered and / or Slapped; Refuses to Eat; etc. **These are the names of people I've said no to over the past year, because: 1) They're not "nice people," as one put it; 2

They don't contribute what I think they should (e.g., in caring for kids); 3), I don't want my kid getting hurt if he gets into some kind of accident; 4) the situation doesn't change at all; we're still going out, doing st; and 5). So now I'm thinking about whether these people are really nice - or just mean-spirited hillbillies who only care how their egos are taken care off ("You know what I hate? People that whine and complain all day long."). I've Edit: formatting Thank you to everyone who took time out of their day to respond.