- Aug 15, 2006
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Is it somehow wrong not to like babies? I've met a few people who agree with me, but the majority of people think I have some sort of defect or I'm crazy because I don't like babies.
But I don't like babies. I never have. Even when I was a little girl, I never played with baby dolls. I didn't like them. I have this deeply ingrained intense dislike of babies, and I always have. Who knows where it came from. But even just being in the general vicinity of a baby puts me in a really crabby mood.
Just recently, I started babysitting my 3.5 month old niece as a service to my brother, since he and my sister-in-law had to go back to work and they needed someone to watch her. And I must say, it's been hell. If it wasn't my brother's kid, I would've stopped doing it after the first day.
I knew I never wanted to have a baby, but now I really don't want one. I've already started looking into various sterilization methods so that I can get it done in a couple years when I have money.
So yeah, is it somehow a bad thing to not like them? So many people seem to think it is, and they think it's even worse that I'm going to make sure I can never have one. I would think it's a good thing for me to get sterilized, since I would make an absolutely horrible mother, but apparently I'm supposed to have kids anyway and just deal with it. However, now that I've actually taken care of a baby, I can say with certainty that if I had to take care of one nonstop every day, I would sooner shoot myself.
So according to other people, my choices seem to be that I either have a mental defect, an evolutionary defect, or I'm just simply a horrible person.
I definitely disagree with option three, but that's just my opinion. What do you guys think?
Edit: Wow...it sure isn't obvious that it's early and I'm still tired...not one bit...
But I don't like babies. I never have. Even when I was a little girl, I never played with baby dolls. I didn't like them. I have this deeply ingrained intense dislike of babies, and I always have. Who knows where it came from. But even just being in the general vicinity of a baby puts me in a really crabby mood.
Just recently, I started babysitting my 3.5 month old niece as a service to my brother, since he and my sister-in-law had to go back to work and they needed someone to watch her. And I must say, it's been hell. If it wasn't my brother's kid, I would've stopped doing it after the first day.
I knew I never wanted to have a baby, but now I really don't want one. I've already started looking into various sterilization methods so that I can get it done in a couple years when I have money.
So yeah, is it somehow a bad thing to not like them? So many people seem to think it is, and they think it's even worse that I'm going to make sure I can never have one. I would think it's a good thing for me to get sterilized, since I would make an absolutely horrible mother, but apparently I'm supposed to have kids anyway and just deal with it. However, now that I've actually taken care of a baby, I can say with certainty that if I had to take care of one nonstop every day, I would sooner shoot myself.
So according to other people, my choices seem to be that I either have a mental defect, an evolutionary defect, or I'm just simply a horrible person.
I definitely disagree with option three, but that's just my opinion. What do you guys think?
Edit: Wow...it sure isn't obvious that it's early and I'm still tired...not one bit...