• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Everyone keeps telling me “you’ll understand when you’ve got one”

    I’m thinking that’s a pretty irresponsible gamble

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        5 months ago

        I have (had- grew up) 3. They are cute - its a natural defense mechanism so we don’t throw them in the bin when they are up at 3am for the 22nd night in a row.

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        5 months ago

        it kind of is, but its instinctual. you suddenly see your own childhood reflected from a new parental perspective, and you suddenly understand countless things you never did. you see yourself as part of a chain of parent/child stretching back a billion years… you see unspeakable purpose in protecting and nurturing and loving and raising this floppy lump of screaming snot into a future lovable thing. they look like you, with the most innocent eyes, and they can not quite hold up their own head.