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Originally posted by robustpuppy
It's interesting that you say that. I have always wanted to be a mother, but have lately started to realize that I am not that crazy about kids. I do like babies, even when they cry, and when I see them or think about them, I have this very primal nurturing instinct and a strong craving to satisfy it. Ultimately, though, I fear my relationship with my child won't be as satisfying as I've imagined/fantasized.
I always joked that I got a puppy as a trial run for having a kid (and I never meant that to trivialize the experience of child-rearing). But now I'm starting to think that it's a substitute. Taking good care of her satisfies that nurturing instinct to a degree. In return, the dog is reliably cute, sweet, obedient, entertaining, and adoring. My poor kid wouldn't be able to compete!
r("Why can't you be more like your sister?" "Mom, she's a dog.")p
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There is a woman here who refers to her pets are her kids to the degree that someone said to me wait, I didn't know so and so had kids. Now that is a little scary. I jokingly call my cats my kids from time to time, but everyone knows I am joking, and lord knows I hope if I do have kids I treat them with a little more consideration then shoving them off the couch and saying I told you to get the fuck away from me didn't I?
I enjoy kids, but I am not sure I have the patience to be a mother. I also have some concerns about making sure they have a good male role model, but that is a whole different issue.
