A reoccurring fear of mine is that I'm not really going to like having a kid around. I know that everyone says that it's so great being a parent, but all of the positives seem intangible whereas all of the negatives seem very tangible. Example: Pro: you're going to feel good nurturing another human being; Con: you have to clean up poop, a lot of poop, all the time. This was getting me a little down, but then I realized it probably is going to happen that I do form an irrational bond with my child resulting in my willingness to clean up all sorts of crazy poop, vomit, spittle, etc.
To put this in perspective, I channelled my feelings about the cat. Before we got her I was not really a cat person. Now, however, we have like 200 pictures of the cat, we really like her, and I find myself telling stupid stories about the cat that I'm sure are less interesting to the recipients of said stories than to me. That's parenthood, right? Replace "the cat" with "the baby" and you have the legacy of generations of irrational attachments to screaming, pooping, helpless beings. My fears have been assuaged.
(I'm crazy cat beard man, give me some candy!)
No comments:
Post a Comment