# What are things that non-parents cannot understand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-non-parents-cannot-understand/942756 "2021-05-23T20:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 53
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-non-parents-cannot-understand/942756/53 "2021-05-24T20:45:43Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > > [@TokyoBayer](#): > > > > My daughter (Beta-chan for those who remember) is already 12 and has her moments. > > Wow… 12??? Where did the time go??? Now I feel old. I had the exact same thought. I remember the long tense lead-up, the birth announcement, and the early days. > [@A baby, our baby! Beta is born!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-baby-our-baby-beta-is-born/466826): > > Shout it from the rooftops, sing it from the trees Yell it in the streets, Skype it overseas This is not what we thought would happen. (Can someone link to my post in the OMG thread? I’m posting with a PDA and it’s ackward.) A little drama, down to the wire. Such a strange turn of events, to be ready for labor and then to have it all happen behind closed doors. An emergency c-section to save our little one. But she’s here! And so pretty! Born Oct 7 at 5:26 pm, at 3226 g 7 lbs More later, bu… > [@digs](#): > > I mean, would you tell a woman “Oh, you’ll never understand \_\_\_\_\_ , 'cause you’ve never been a man.”? It sounds a little like that. You mean it’s parentsplainin’. Or ‘rentsplainin’ 😉 Don’t matter whatcha callit, \_\_\_\_\_splainin’ ain’t nice and ain’t right. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-non-parents-cannot-understand/942756)._