"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> Ah, the infinite joys of parenthood: stress, self-doubt, and being 
>>> unappreciated. Yay. :-.
>>
>>    Oh, don't get me wrong, it's great when they're pre-teens
>
> Oh I don't know, I'm not sure I'd enjoy being woken up every 2 hours. ;-)

    Well, I enjoyed it.


>
> ("I slept like a baby last night." "...what, you woke up every 2 hours??")

 Heh, well, I can't ever remember it affecting my work day, so it wasn't 
that bad.


>
> And in general, being around kids just tends to annoy me. Rapidly.

     Maybe because they're not your own. I think it's different when you 
have your own and they're at that age when you can play-fight, and they 
*always* win!  :)


>
>> and then all of a sudden they think they're a 'man' when they get to 18. 
>> How wrong they are. :/
>
> At this point I'd come up with some speech about how people are different 
> and not everyone is like this or something... but then, that's not really 
> much help, is it?

  Not really. It hasn't actually sunk in properly yet for me, but last 
night, *my* life changed, (yet again). <sigh>

   I've got some serious thinking to do, and quite honestly, I'm done with 
thinking.


>
> (Just as one data point... I'm 28, not 18, and I doubt I'll *ever* be a 
> "man".)

     Well, to be honest, I would agree with that. I'm not really sure what 
would constitute as a 'man', but I guess getting through life's struggles 
'yourself' is a good start.

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