So, when are you two going to have kids?
You might think this is a rant about how people need to stop asking me if I want to have kids. On the contrary, its not annoying. People are genuinely curious. I understand.
But, Ill tell what is frustrating: How unattractive mothers make motherhood sound.
The further I am into life, the more I learn because I am told that having kids is going to strip me of my freedoms. Its going to be hard. Ill be more tired than I was during any finals week Ive ever had for a decade. My body is going to be a wrinkly mess. I will never get a second to myself. My kids will be sassy, ungrateful and obnoxious. Ill never get to jump on a trampoline again. Ever. Unless I want to just leak urine for no sane reason.
And speaking of urine, Ill never get to pee alone. Not until my kids are out of the house because, unfortunately, even teenagers need you when youre going to the lou. They simply cant wait. I know this personally because, as a 16-year-old, I remember having several conversations with my mom through a cruddy sliding door while she was on the john.
And then Ill have kids, who will be my offspring. The odds are; theyll get my impatience and my husbands ADHD. *Insert face-melting-emoji here.*
Since being married, I find myself in the middle of childbearing and childraising conversations more often than ever before. Generally, Ill hear one of these numbers at least once each conversation:
Sweety, I havent slept in seven years. Im lucky if I shower, no part of my body even looks kind of the same, I dont remember the last time my husband and I went on a date or had a normal conversation for that matter. And every once in a while, after one of these rants Ill get, But it is so rewarding. So when are you two having kids?
Is it? Is it? Because everything youve just described to me sounds like camping in hell for the next 18 years. To be honest, after hearing all these things I often think, Are you insane? Give me one good reason I should make a child after all that you just said.
Ive heard plenty of times that the most rewarding things well ever do in this life will often be the most challenging.
If this is true, and actually, I believe it is, then why are we always talking about how dang hard things are? Tell me about the first time your children put their arms around your neck and kissed your cheek. Tell me about the first time they made you laugh out loud. Tell me about how fun it is to watch their personalities grow, how you made it work on a tight budget, and how you fell more in love with your husband through it all. Tell me this stuff. Thats what us newlyweds need to hear more than anything when contemplating when to start a family.
I appreciate watching out for us doey-eyed newlyweds, who scarcely seem to have a clue about anything. I know the intentions are pure. I mean, Ill be able to get into the motherhood game and never be able to honestly say, No one told me this would be so hard.
But Im honestly OK with figuring it out along the way. Because, in answer to your frequent inquiries to my procreation, if you dont scare me too much, I might be more inclined to say, We can hardly wait!
You might think this is a rant about how people need to stop asking me if I want to have kids. On the contrary, its not annoying. People are genuinely curious. I understand.
But, Ill tell what is frustrating: How unattractive mothers make motherhood sound.
The further I am into life, the more I learn because I am told that having kids is going to strip me of my freedoms. Its going to be hard. Ill be more tired than I was during any finals week Ive ever had for a decade. My body is going to be a wrinkly mess. I will never get a second to myself. My kids will be sassy, ungrateful and obnoxious. Ill never get to jump on a trampoline again. Ever. Unless I want to just leak urine for no sane reason.
And speaking of urine, Ill never get to pee alone. Not until my kids are out of the house because, unfortunately, even teenagers need you when youre going to the lou. They simply cant wait. I know this personally because, as a 16-year-old, I remember having several conversations with my mom through a cruddy sliding door while she was on the john.
And then Ill have kids, who will be my offspring. The odds are; theyll get my impatience and my husbands ADHD. *Insert face-melting-emoji here.*
Since being married, I find myself in the middle of childbearing and childraising conversations more often than ever before. Generally, Ill hear one of these numbers at least once each conversation:
Sweety, I havent slept in seven years. Im lucky if I shower, no part of my body even looks kind of the same, I dont remember the last time my husband and I went on a date or had a normal conversation for that matter. And every once in a while, after one of these rants Ill get, But it is so rewarding. So when are you two having kids?
Is it? Is it? Because everything youve just described to me sounds like camping in hell for the next 18 years. To be honest, after hearing all these things I often think, Are you insane? Give me one good reason I should make a child after all that you just said.
Ive heard plenty of times that the most rewarding things well ever do in this life will often be the most challenging.
If this is true, and actually, I believe it is, then why are we always talking about how dang hard things are? Tell me about the first time your children put their arms around your neck and kissed your cheek. Tell me about the first time they made you laugh out loud. Tell me about how fun it is to watch their personalities grow, how you made it work on a tight budget, and how you fell more in love with your husband through it all. Tell me this stuff. Thats what us newlyweds need to hear more than anything when contemplating when to start a family.
I appreciate watching out for us doey-eyed newlyweds, who scarcely seem to have a clue about anything. I know the intentions are pure. I mean, Ill be able to get into the motherhood game and never be able to honestly say, No one told me this would be so hard.
But Im honestly OK with figuring it out along the way. Because, in answer to your frequent inquiries to my procreation, if you dont scare me too much, I might be more inclined to say, We can hardly wait!
