[geeks] baby stuff

[Beth Roberts]

Amy wrote:
> Case in point, my sister just had her second child.
> Yippee-fucking-yee-haw,
> IMO. During the 9 months previous, she called me numerous times to gloat
> (there is no other word for it) over being pregnant, being able
> to be pregnant,
> telling me every detail and saying how it would be just sooo nice
> if I could have a child one day, knowing damn well i can't, shouldn't,
> and don't want to breed anyhow.

Oh, *geez*. And for some reason I get the impression that she probably
thinks she's being *extra super-nice* to you by trying to share the whole
pregnancy experience with you.

Kids are too much work (when done right, that is. Anyone with the right luck
can squeeze 'em out and neglect 'em - just look around you).

Gimme a cat over a kid (almost) any day of the week.

Or even a *really* good book. Now _that_ is something special.

Genetic legacies are overrated, methinks. (Easy for me to say, I'm already
covered, of course...)

-Beth