...contests or drawings often.
I'd say "never" but that wouldn't be completely honest.
Pretty close, though.

I'm not against contests and drawings.
I think they're really cool.
It's just that there's just always something that causes me distress.

Take the drawing over at The Gremlin Wrangler, for instance.

I thought about entering.
I wanted to enter.
And I doubt I'd win.
But on the off-chance, however slight, that I might win I couldn't decide which child I'd want to have a picture of.

Seriously.
Can you imagine the trauma it would cause no matter which child I picked?
I would feel like I slighted a child.
I'd feel like I was saying I loved one more than the other.
I'd feel like I was giving them a head start on having as many issues as I do.
So I've decided I'll save up and buy one of each.

Then I'll have to decide whether to let it be a present to a loving family member or keep them for myself.
But that's a whole 'nother issue.

I'm assuming the rest of the world is more balanced.

(Edited to add:
Congratulations to Jenny of Just Taking Notes for being the winner of the drawing! )