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OMG, really?
preeeeeeeety sure the 10 years I was a stepmother of 4 gave me more parenting experience than the 3 years you've been a mother of one. Not that it's a contest. It's not. And not that being a stepmother is the same as being a mother. It's not. But you learn a fuckload of a lot about parenting from it.
I really fucking hate "when you're a parent...." Fuck you. Do I know everything? No. Have I seen enough to know that there are a *very* few select things that I will insist on? Yes. Do I also understand that I may well change my mind about those things? Yep.
I think it's stupid that my aunt insists that my cousins will neverever play soccer (and maybe hockey?) because parks and rec soccer leads to club soccer, and she doesn't want her family's entire life to revolve around travel soccer, but hey, that's not my family. That's one over her very few things she has always insisted upon since before my cousins were even born that she's actually stuck to (so far), so...whatever.
For me, I can already tell you it's gonna be shoes. When my kids are old enough to buy their own shoes, they can do what they want, but I'm not buying them flip-flops, jellies, or other crap shoes that are awful for their feet. The End. I suppose if I have a kid with some kind of sensory issues or something that honest-to-goodness couldn't stand hardly anything on their feet, then MAYBE, but even then, I have a hard time imagining a situation where Tevas or Crocs wouldn't work out instead.
But again, I really, REALLY hate "when you're a parent, you'll understand." Fuck you. I understand better than you will ever know, because you haven't lived my life.
preeeeeeeety sure the 10 years I was a stepmother of 4 gave me more parenting experience than the 3 years you've been a mother of one. Not that it's a contest. It's not. And not that being a stepmother is the same as being a mother. It's not. But you learn a fuckload of a lot about parenting from it.
I really fucking hate "when you're a parent...." Fuck you. Do I know everything? No. Have I seen enough to know that there are a *very* few select things that I will insist on? Yes. Do I also understand that I may well change my mind about those things? Yep.
I think it's stupid that my aunt insists that my cousins will neverever play soccer (and maybe hockey?) because parks and rec soccer leads to club soccer, and she doesn't want her family's entire life to revolve around travel soccer, but hey, that's not my family. That's one over her very few things she has always insisted upon since before my cousins were even born that she's actually stuck to (so far), so...whatever.
For me, I can already tell you it's gonna be shoes. When my kids are old enough to buy their own shoes, they can do what they want, but I'm not buying them flip-flops, jellies, or other crap shoes that are awful for their feet. The End. I suppose if I have a kid with some kind of sensory issues or something that honest-to-goodness couldn't stand hardly anything on their feet, then MAYBE, but even then, I have a hard time imagining a situation where Tevas or Crocs wouldn't work out instead.
But again, I really, REALLY hate "when you're a parent, you'll understand." Fuck you. I understand better than you will ever know, because you haven't lived my life.