not a pessimist, just someone who chose not to have kids and now has to justify that choice to friends and family who insist he’s missing out and selfish for wanting his life to be about he and his mate….
Here he had to frame his justification as a question in order to discuss.
@SQUEEKY2 – I just got done with three days of exclusive child care, waking on her schedule, singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star over and over, then reading Green Eggs and Ham until I can actually recite it from memory.
Did you know a caterpillar can eat one apple on Monday, and still be hungry, have two pears on Tuesday and still be hungry, have three plums on Wednesday and still be hungry, have four strawberries on Thursday and still be hungry, eat five oranges on Friday, and still be hungry. It’s incredible.
If I had a kid for my own enjoyment and selfish reasons, I’m an idiot. She’s amazing and I’m blown away by her on a daily basis, she makes me a better person. But it’s more like a farmer was given the seed to an unknown plant and only has one shot to see what it can become. He may be enriched by the process, but it’s work, and long term work at that.