Parental Guidance
When you're of a certain age, it's not all that uncommon for you and your spouse to start talking about having kids.
No, Nena's not pregnant. But we are thinking about having kids sooner rather than later.
Anyway, when you're thinking about the whole having babies thing, all sorts of bizarre things pop into your head. "Will they love me?" "Will I love them?" "If we name them after Nenie's grandfather will that cause them to have big ears?" And then there's this morning's thought, courtesy, of course, of Nena.
"So what are we going to tell our kids they have to be when they grow up?"
"They'll be whatever they want to be," I say, thinking I've just squashed the conversation.
"Of course they will baby, but, like, what will we pressure them into thinking they have to be so that they get all screwed up? Cuz, we're going to fuck up our kids no matter what we do, so why not try and figure out how beforehand?"
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Yeah, after that, you're totally ready to have kids. Just make sure you pick some obscure profession like long haul truck driver or sanitation engineer.
nail technician.
comic book store guy.
Word.
Also, HA!
Hey! My boyfriend wants to raise one Democrat and one Republican and, when they get old enough, make them have a cage match! Glad to know we're not the only ones planning the screwing-up in advance.