Here I thought with my sister in law and cousin having babies, I would want a baby. And I kinda did for half a second. And I kinda do when I read this mom's blog about her adventures with her cute kid.
But then, she posted a video/sound clip of a conversation she had with her kid, and now I'm definitely on the "no kids" side of the fence. It was a conversation she had with her daughter before going to bed. Here's the thing: she transcribed the whole conversation so we could follow along. I read the transcript before listening to the video. It was much better reading it. And here's why: I think there is something about kids voices that rub me the wrong way. I just zone out. Their tone, cadence in speech, how they form their sentences and questions, and the subject matter. I can't stand any of it. I think subject matter has a lot to do with it. The same thing happens when the stepson talks. I just completely zone out when he starts blabbering on about Zelda or Uno or whatever the topic of the day is. It's like random fact or obvious observations spewing out of these kid's mouthes.
And you know what, that's what kids do. All kids. And they are kids. They don't have the mental capacity of an adult which I would like them to have. I'm just not wired for kids or maybe the switch hasn't kicked on yet.
Perhaps if/when I do get pregnant, something about the amount of hormones will cause a chain reaction for me to become immune to these asinine kid conversations and then I'll be a great mom! But then you'd think something would have to happen to prompt me to actually try to knowingly conceive a child.
Wow, this post is all over the place. This is the inner struggle I have with the idea of me having a baby and becoming a mom. The current battle right now is "I hate kids" vs "But what if I'm missing out on the greatest adventure of my life".
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