Question for doper parents of attractive children?

[HumanMonkeyGod]

@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.

[Bites_When_Provoked]

@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!

[Invisible_Chimp]

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.

[mswas]

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.

[Hippy_Hollow]

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!

[si_blakely]

@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

[msmith537]

Clearly the OP has never been to the Deep South.

[Shodan]

@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

[nevermore]

@msmith537

Clearly the OP has never been to the Deep South.

Hilarious. Really. :rolleyes:

[neutron_star]

@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.

[Lamia]

@msmith537

Clearly the OP has never been to the Deep South.

Have you?

[msmith537]

@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: