# Question for doper parents of attractive children? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742 "2009-01-17T15:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HumanMonkeyGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@HumanMonkeyGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanMonkeyGod)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/21 "2009-01-18T16:22:51Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I don’t have kids either, but I do have siblings. Do you? Are you attracted to them? I sure ain’t. One of them is objectively speaking pretty good-looking, but…ew. No. I have a brother, and I’m not gay so… no, N/A. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/22 "2009-01-19T01:27:50Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Totally off topic, but I had a similar experience in the grocery store: I see this woman with an amazing ass bending over some fruit or something in the produce section. I’m thinking “Mmm, that’s nice, I wish I could get a piece of that” when she stands up and … _it’s my wife_! > > Yeah, she likes it when I tell that story. > [@TroubleAgain](#): > > So…did you get a piece of that?;)😃 Probably every time he tells that story! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/23 "2009-01-19T04:32:33Z")
Once, when we were teenagers, my sister came out of the hallway wearing a new bikini and I blurted out “If I wasn’t related…” I left out the rest of that thought. I also had a gay sex dream about my brother. But other than that, I don’t think I’ve ever thought of any family members in that way. IANA parent, but I imagine it’s something like that. You might have moments, but overall you just don’t ever think about them that way. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/24 "2009-01-19T06:12:04Z")
You build a relationship with the person over the course of a decade and a half before you get to that point. The roles are fairly well cemented by the time that stuff comes around. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/25 "2009-01-19T06:41:27Z")
Heh. My kid, I think is good looking, from an objective viewpoint. Random people come up to us and tell us he’s very handsome. The fact that he’s 15 months old, a dude, and looks vaguely like me cuts down significantly on the attraction. And as others have said, he’s my freakin’ son! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/26 "2009-01-19T08:23:51Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Totally off topic, but I had a similar experience in the grocery store: I see this woman with an amazing ass bending over some fruit or something in the produce section. I’m thinking “Mmm, that’s nice, I wish I could get a piece of that” when she stands up and … **it’s my wife**! This happens to me, too, and I’m still thinking “_I wish I could get a piece of that_” 😉 Si ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/27 "2009-01-19T16:05:58Z")
Clearly the OP has never been to the Deep South. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/28 "2009-01-19T17:02:55Z")
> [@HumanMonkeyGod](#): > > Does the “I made that” signal turn off hotness in family? My kids are adopted, so it is not just the “I made that”. I don’t know if I can explain it - I just don’t react That Way to my daughter the way I do to the Lovely and Talented Mrs. **Shodan**. It is like (I suspect) being gay vs. being heterosexual - when I look at a guy, Mr. Happy is out of circuit. And it is not a conscious decision to avert my eyes or change my pattern of thinking away from sex. I do that with other girls my daughter’s age. But with my daughter, it’s different. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/29 "2009-01-19T18:17:36Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Clearly the OP has never been to the Deep South. Hilarious. Really. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/30 "2009-01-19T18:23:24Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I saw a segment on some news magazine, like 20/20 maybe, about a woman who had met her grown son that she had given up for adoption as a baby. As she got to know him, she actually developed romantic feelings for him. I find that really icky. But it does prove that it can happen, if you didn’t know the person as they grew up. I think there might be something to this, as the last time I saw a photo of my only cousin, I found her quite attractive. However, I’ve only met her twice in my life, and the last time was when I was ten. Of course I still wouldn’t do anything with her, but I can imagine the thought of doing so being a lot more gross than it is if I had seen her all the time growing up and treated her like a sister instead of practically a stranger. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/31 "2009-01-19T18:26:02Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Clearly the OP has never been to the Deep South. Have you? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742/32 "2009-01-19T19:33:44Z")
> [@nevermore](#): > > Hilarious. Really. :rolleyes: Oh I’m sorry. The OP is asking a patently absurd question about why people don’t commit more incest and “inbred redneck” jokes are out of line?:rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-doper-parents-of-attractive-children/481742.md?page=1)