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prime example of what is wrong with this country these days
thankfully some of us see parenthood as a joy and a precious gift
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Gifts from
whom?
I made them myself.
Are they supposed to be gifts from me to myself, like a home pedicure or a batch of brownies I bake when nobody's home, so that I can scarf them down all by myself without having to share them?
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Originally Posted by Summerwind  I think generally women are more likely to remember the "realities" of children/parenthood whereas most men (who generally had little to do with the daily rearing of them) would find them and parenthood in general "precious". This is a generalized statement, not referring to individual exceptions that I am sure exist in both directions. Children, just like spouses/weddings/marriages, are double edged swords. I think it is the better parent that recognizes that, rather than hanging on the the pipedream of "preciousness". |
Indeed; I'm sure someone who claims to find parenthood a unadulterated "precious" gift probably saw his children- at best- two weekends a month, and for two weeks in the summer.
Children, with the proper incentive, may be capable of impersonating "precious gifts" for up to two week at a time, although generally not much longer than that.