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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No but holy s*** do I think people downplay kids. I never wanted kids and if I wasn’t so old I’d have like 12. I enjoy them more than I’d ever known (only my kids though, still can’t stand other people’s kids). It’s all the cliches come true.  So I’m glad a lot of society feels that way and pressured me into my own. [/quote]

I love this comment. I feel the same way. I totally didn't want kids. I remember at my baby shower everyone cooing at the gifts and me trying to look excited and my mom said later "Are you even excited about this baby?" Actually, not really, I wasn't. But I had hit my early 30s, had been married for a while, and I just felt it would be weird not to have at least one kid. Everyone around me was popping them out and I figured, with some reluctance, that it was time.

Then I had him and it was like choirs of angels emerged and my heart was beaming with passion and pride. I was forever changed. Seriously, I was the girl who would stay in her office when anyone brought their new baby in to show off. Like yeah, that's great, beautiful, now let me get back to work. Now I ooh and ahh at all the babies and at the new mother because I remember how I felt back then. Just awash with happiness and awe and love. I love being a mom. I went on to have two more babies after the first. My younger self would've been stunned (and probably a bit depressed) to see how my life turned out but I would just sit her down and explain to her that these kids are the best thing that could have ever happened. Reason for living, seriously. :)

So yeah, like you, I'm glad I felt like having kids was just the thing to do.[/quote]

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