Make sure you use REALLY big shoes when you do this, or it might not end up nearly as “fullfilling a feeling” as one might have hoped. At least on the punters end. The puntee on the otherhand…
You know that there are doctors out there who will, for a price, do a little “tighten up” while repairing episiotomies, right? Maybe he did get one back in better shape than it started, who knows? Bet it’s pretty cool when you can throw out the harness with the two by four after the sprog arrives!
Yeah, and some of them have had their asses sued for malpractice when they “tightened them up” a little too much, or without asking the woman if she wanted it first.
Yea, that’s about right. Not to downplay the physical feat that carrying a child to term is or anything.
I just find it sort of, ‘odd’, that it’s so common for people to find the continuation of the species so detestable these days. The thing that keeps me from being totally depressed about it is knowing that the future of the species is in my hands and not the hands of those that find the thought of continuing their genetic legacy detestable.
I’m really not terribly offended by the opinions of the ‘child free’, my attitude is best described as, ‘quizzical’. I just don’t understand it. I’ve always wanted kids and I enjoy having a child, she’s fabulous, one of the most fun people I know. I have trouble fathoming the purpose people find in life without the notion of it’s impact upon the species. Not that I am saying that they cannot find purpose, only that it’s an oddity to me personally.
Perhaps it is a reaction to overcrowding/overpopulation…?
A few people electing to forgo reproduction may be of benefit to a species that is outbreeding its resources. There’s no people shortage, for sure, I’m sure enough people will continue to reproduce to guarantee the next generation.
It isn’t terribly common, as this thread has evidenced. As for finding “continuation of the species detestable”, we’ve had a number of threads on the topic, here is the most recent. Many people have very good reasons for it.
And just because you’ve always wanted a kid and love every minute of it doesn’t mean it will be that way for everyone. As to your opinion that people that don’t like children are subhuman, well you aren’t much better than the nosy bint the OP was complaining about in the first place.
That makes my mother’s experience sound quite pleasant. (I wasn’t properly positioned for delivery, and the doctors didn’t realize it until I was on the way out.) I have heard some real horror stories about post-childbirth incontinence, particularly in third-world countries where treatment of any sort isn’t widely available.
I thought the point of the post was that the nosy bint did it unsolicitated? I didn’t do it unsolicitated, I posted my opinion on a public message board. Also, I didn’t say that there was anything wrong with not WANTING children, only in not LIKING children. I find that life is a lot more enjoyable when you give a freer hand to sophistication in context. You made some nasty remarks about children, I riposted. I think you are the one who is really getting worked up about this. I could care less whether you like children or not in the long run. We’ll fight it out at the polls when we are octagenarians and I am concerned for the welfare of my Grandchildren, and you are concerned for yourself.
SmartAleq I don’t want you think I am lacking in sympathy for your story or the story of whomever you are describing, only that I don’t think that this experience invalidates my opinion.