hrmmm

[2eclipse]

all this crap about spring cleaning has got me thinking about REALLY cleaning...like...my house.
also it's REALLY quiet at work and i am bored.

also i'm really worried i'm going to do something embarrassing like fart in my sleep or something tonight during the sleep study. *shudders*

also i dreampt i had a baby last night and it wasn't a tragedy. i was actually happy even though it was unplanned (just in the dream. i was appalled when i woke up). i think it has to do with all the people around me breeding. i don't understand how i could possibly be happy. stupid hormones in my subconscious. i like OTHER people's babies. doesn't mean i want one.
also in my dream i was a superhero.
that part was cool.

Comments

[librissimma.livejournal.com]

I love dreams, also in my dream i was a superhero. It's funny how these things are just little extras in dreams when in life they would be such a huge deal. If you were a superhero having a baby would seem simple compared to the many other things you were doing.

I spent years not wanting kids. I'm a teacher, so I got all the kid time I needed at work, but about 18 months ago I suddenly felt a huge desire for kids and now I'm actively pursuing it.

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

if i suddenly wanted kids, i would immediately have an obstacle in the form of my husband...who keeps his mind open only because he loves me and wants me to be happy...
so i hope my story doesn't follow yours.
i would like a dog.
and another cat. :)

[librissimma.livejournal.com]

Not that I want your story to follow mine, but the critical change for me was the day my husband looked at me and said, I want a baby.
It was a complete shocker as he was more adamant than I. It was a time when he was in the process of a career change from a job he hated to a job he now likes a lot, so his world view was changing.

[mustardseedsize.livejournal.com]

Babies ain't all bad. Anyway, I really dug being a Dad to my two.

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

having a baby is very VERY bad if you don't want one to begin with.
i enjoy other people's children.
but i like to give them back when i'm done with them.
and i don't think children should have to come into the world un-wanted. it isn't fair to them.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

i like OTHER people's babies. doesn't mean i want one.

I can identify with that! Although, of course, my maternal hormones do kick into overdrive from time to time, and I have to spend ages hugging a puppy or something to get it out of my system.

I think I may very well want to raise children some day. But not my own. Apart from not liking the idea of pregnancy, I have serious moral concerns about bringing another human being into this world. Unless some major social changes occur, I can't quite justify doing that, and it's not like I have super-healthy-happy-smart-person genes that are vitally important to share with the next generation.