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[quote=Anonymous]Because you lack empathy and have a difficult time seeing anything beyond your own life.  You can't imagine that someone else might have struggles that you don't have and that your struggles are worse than theirs.

I have twins and I could just as easily say that I find it annoying when parents of singletons say they are tired.  They have it easy.  They only had one infant, one mouth to feed, one baby to diaper.  Try taking care of two infants who suffered from two separate digestive problems.

But I don't.  I know parents of singletons that had it more difficult.  Like my friend who had Lupus and struggled with aching and painful muscles while trying to care for her one and only baby.  Or the friend who had chronic Crohn's disease and had to go to work, and had to stay up evenings to care for his two children when he was having stabbing abdominal pains because his wife was working nights because they needed two incomes, but couldn't afford childcare (he was a school teacher and she was a nurse who shifted to night shifts for the schedule and pay differential).  I also know that single parents, single parents by choice and military spouses have had it much harder than I did because we had a partner to switch off with.

There are thousands of stories of people who may look like they have it easier, but I would never have wanted to switch lives with them and I'm grateful that I never had to cope with what they deal with on a daily basis.

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