I would not have the patience.
Nobody has the patience to be a parent before they're a parent. It's sort of like saying, "Well, I can't become a professional tennis player because my forearms aren't freakishly asymmetrical."
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jul 26, 2010 4:02:41 pm PDT #14732 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
billytea - Jul 26, 2010 4:17:35 pm PDT #14733 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Nobody has the patience to be a parent before they're a parent. It's sort of like saying, "Well, I can't become a professional tennis player because my forearms aren't freakishly asymmetrical."
Thank you, Hec. I now have a mental image of Nadal and Federer signalling to each other across the net like fiddler crabs. (Rafa's still grunting.)
sarameg - Jul 26, 2010 4:25:07 pm PDT #14734 of 30001
So of course when I go over in trashy clothes to deliver a package to my neighbor, get to meet his girlfriend for the first time. Covered in cathair. Yay first impressions?
Typo Boy - Jul 26, 2010 4:26:08 pm PDT #14735 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I bet being a good enough neighbor to deliver the package when you were obviously busy beat the cat hairs.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2010 4:33:55 pm PDT #14736 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not only have I known consummately patient non-parents, I know excellent tennis players without noticeably asymmetric arms, Hec. I'm not sure your metaphor is sound.
And I also know parents who lack patience to do it well. But, by definition, I guess it's getting done.
Cashmere - Jul 26, 2010 4:36:21 pm PDT #14737 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I understand people worrying they won't have the patience to parent. Fortunately, Mother Nature has hedged her bets by poisoning us all with hormones to insure some sort of attachment to the little buggers.
Fucking oxytocin.
Amy - Jul 26, 2010 4:42:38 pm PDT #14738 of 30001
Because books.
Fucking oxytocin.
Right? Sara was chattering so nonstop the other day when we were out doing errands, my head literally almost exploded. And then she put her hand in mine and looked up at me and smiled, and poof. Okay, you get to live another few minutes, kiddo.
msbelle - Jul 26, 2010 4:45:09 pm PDT #14739 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Bad evening. Grandma and I both got bitten, furniture was thrown, I lost two handsfuls of hair. I put mac's hands in a zip tie because we couldn't control him. Hell.
How am I supposed to work tomorrow? I just want to get in the car and drive until it stops running.
Cashmere - Jul 26, 2010 4:45:20 pm PDT #14740 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, yeah.
I get:
"Mommomomomomomom!"
"WHAT?"
"I love you! You're the best mommy ever!"
*sigh*
Cashmere - Jul 26, 2010 4:45:52 pm PDT #14741 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, hell, msbelle. I'm sorry.