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Post by housesparrow on Sept 28, 2008 6:48:56 GMT
My fears that motherhood is feminism's biggest enemy came yesterday, when I got talking to an elderly man I hadn't seen for some time.
He told me he had spotted a mutual acquaintance who had disappeared off the scene. "She was with her baby," he said "and looking so well and lovely. Her face has filled out, and lost that gaunt look. She was much too thin before she had the baby, and at times looked positively emancipated."
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Post by riotgrrl on Sept 28, 2008 11:08:16 GMT
 (We need a ROFL smiley). My feelings about motherhood are far too complex and contradictory for a light Sunday morning post. Suffice to say it ain't all that. Parenthood is a trap you are lured into. I don't think the trap shuts as tight for blokes as it does for grrls, but my advice to anyone, of either gender, considering procreation is DON'T. The good bits are good, but the bad bits are beyond the worst things in the world.
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Post by Patrick on Sept 28, 2008 14:24:11 GMT
Yes! Helen Willetts of the Weather has been looking increasingly knackered as she pops one baby out after another!  Speaking from a non-child-owning perspective - they say children keep you young - I think the very lack of children allow you to go off and do all the things you wouldn't if you had the responsibility? - At half the price too probably! I do occasionally miss the potential opportunity of passing on all my boring anecdotes to a new generation! Not to mention family memories, but there you go. My Father's sister pointed out once how both myself and my brother have attributes inherited from my Father, with him not being around it would also have been interesting to see what I would have passed on. If ever there was an example of what can be achieved without the burden of children you only have to look at my Mother - Although they did try for one between them it came to no avail, and so they've had a whale of a time holidaying and campervanning over the years - and not putting themselves out for anyone else (much). |
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Post by everso on Oct 15, 2008 18:19:59 GMT
Parenthood can be tough. Grandparenthood is fab. You get to visit them for a few hours, whip them up into a frenzy so they won't go to bed, then depart and go back home to your nice neat and tidy little house knowing that you don't have to get up early next morning.
;D ;D
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Post by Patrick on Oct 16, 2008 11:04:22 GMT
They're not at the rampaging stage yet then?
I recall the grandson of a friend of mine paying a visit once - for two he was bloody enormous - looked about 4 years old! - not fat but certainly big boned, with all the strength that went along with it - put it this way - his Father was a rugby player shaped New Zealander! He was everywhere! pulling things about, doing his best to destroy whatever he could lay his hands on - and without the communication skills that he should have had very difficult to control!
Some folks just shouldn't have children at all!
I've been watching Channel Four's version of "The Family" - I'm pleased they've not gone OTT in the promotion of this, but it's a bit cheeky of them to say it's ground breaking stuff! I await to hear tales of selective editing, but perhaps they actually were responsible for once - in tune with the old fashioned style of the programme. You Almost feel sorry for Dad - as his kith and kin turn against him. Though it's easy to agree with his wife that he is acting a bit of an A***hole!
The sheer terror of having two daughters though! I can only feel for RG as she goes through the roller coaster of life - just watching the toing an froing in that prog alone.
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