im rather concerned.
every other one seems to be in spanish first off, so how can i comment on what other people have to say!?!?
second off, the rest seem to be these "Leave It To Beaver" families where the parents are just reaching 30 and had their 3rd child 6 months ago. i now know how Juno felt! its terribly creepy and awkward to be reading about how you went on a camping trip with your kids...aptly named "aiden" and the such. you document the lame fish that your husband caught. you have dozens of gushy pictures of your kids and their toothless grins. gag.me.with.a.spoon. if THAT is what family life is like, i will happily stay single until the day i die. i once envisioned married life as quiet dinners, late night movies, and holding hands. now, my mind has been tainted with children, horrible adjective use, and bullshitty blogs about the trip to Monticello.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy my younger cousins, and my friends younger siblings, but the yuppies i have come across on here despise me. Life isn't perfect, so dont try to make it look that way! You dont need to write about how your trip to the smokies was perfect even though "Jackson" cried the entire way and "Miley" peed herself. Oh, and dont forget "Aiden"...he threw up all over the rental van. dont kid yourself. the trip was great, but dont cloud everyones eyes over with perfection; admit the faults, and miraculously, the trip seems a heck of alot better! not only do you actually sound human, but 15 years down the road, those things you covered up would actually be FUNNY!
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Upon reading this...
"its terribly creepy and awkward to be reading about how you went on a camping trip with your kids...aptly named "aiden" and the such. you document the lame fish that your husband caught. you have dozens of gushy pictures of your kids and their toothless grins. gag.me.with.a.spoon. if THAT is what family life is like, i will happily stay single until the day i die. i once envisioned married life as quiet dinners, late night movies, and holding hands. now, my mind has been tainted with children, horrible adjective use, and bullshitty blogs about the trip to Monticello."
I did get quite a chuckle.
My husband and I are expecting our first baby and we have vowed to not let it ruin who we are as individuals, and have a negative effect on our relationship in the sense that we lose our intimacy and stop being each other's best friends. We don't want to stop being what makes us who we are. That we're reduced to baby talk all the time and cannot discuss anything aside from our child. That our life revolves around our child. That we shhhhhush our friends if they come over in the evenings lest the baby should awaken, or we stop watching television past 7 pm for the same reason. That we tip-toe around our one-dimensional life and stop lving. That I am freakishly terrified of letting my baby near a strawberry or a peanut, out of fear that it will die a wretched death because you know babies can't eat those things anymore because they'll become allergic...It's CRAZY how people change when they have kids.
I wholeheartedly believe that in order to be a good parent you must first be a good individual. And as a married woman that means I must be both a good wife and good individual. And I cannot be a good wife without being a strong, independent, solid person. Without having my own sense of identity, how can I be a productive member of a relationship? I quite like who I am and I do hope that I don't lose that person come June when the baby is born.
HOWEVER, I'm ridiculously excited. Right now my life revolves around crochet (as always) and my crochet business, and having a baby. The latter will even out a bit. And while it's unfortunate how some people change so negatively when they have kids, and their life becomes their kids and is never about themselves anymore, it's natural for your life to completely change. Change is normal and good. But the bottom line is, I want my kids to respect me. I want them to see me as someone who is nurturing, intelligent, creative, strong, independent...while also being a good mother and good wife. I want to raise my kid to be someone who strives for it all in life. Not someone who is one-dimensional. But rather someone who is whole. Someone who has a hundred different loves in life and not just one or two. Someone who is really great.
The people going to Monticello aren't lame or freaky. The people who go there and don't appreciate it, take something away from it for themselves, share it with others and with their spouse, and have a good time with their children....the people who only notice their children and not the beauty inherent the thousands of other things around them...those people seem freaky to me. Life is multi-faceted. The people who can see ALL facets...those people are pretty great in my opinion. So while I do agree with you to an extent, I do believe it's fantastic to love your kids and want to show that off. But I think people should love MORE than that. They should be excited about MORE than just their kids. Be excited about it all!
Great blog. Hope I am not being argumentative or anything! :) And thanks for the compliements on my hat. You should completely try to crochet one. It's not difficult at all.
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