The Devil sent me a message

[ed_rex]

Pardon me, sir, but that's a beautiful baby you have; can I interest you in exploiting her for $$$money$$$?"

Truth is, I started my daddy blog with at least half an eye on the idea of, somehow, earning some income through it. Hence the Ko-Fi link below most of the articles, though so far, that has netted me precisely zero coffees; between that and

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[jamiewho]

Personally, I don't think I would feel super comfortable with the idea. My dog? Sure. My kid? Ehhhh. But then again, I have the (relative) financial privilege that I don't need to consider it that hard. You do what you gotta do under a capitalist society, right?

"Right?" I dunno about that!

[ed_rex]

You do what you gotta do under a capitalist society, right?

Well, that's the thing, isn't it? We certainly don't need to. Raven is a civil servant and we live very frugally (no car - though every so often we think of that - and we seldom eat out, etc), so she earns enough that I will be able to stay home with Baobao when she goes back to work. (That I am able to stay home now is one of those silver linings adages tell us are always hanging around: thanks, Covid19!)

My dog? Sure. My kid? Ehhhh.

The counter-argument, of course, is that all babies more or less look alike for the first few years; my current intention is to shut down Papa Zesser when she turns five or so, so that I don't abuse her privacy once (or even before) that starts to matter to her.

Re: "Right?" I dunno about that!

[jamiewho]

The counter-argument, of course, is that all babies more or less look alike for the first few years

This is very true, actually!

my current intention is to shut down Papa Zesser when she turns five or so, so that I don't abuse her privacy
I have taken the approach to sharing some stuff on Facebook because it allows me to reach my far-flung extended family across the world, but I keep my profile locked down and I try to consider if it is something they will find embarrassing later on - e.g. recently, in wanting to proudly exclaim about Phoenix's potty-training successes, I was careful not to get too graphic about it, LOL.

Re: "Right?" I dunno about that!

[ed_rex]

Holy moly! Potty training success already!?! (Or have I so lost track of time that Pheonix is older than I think? Not-quite-two years?) Gives me cause for optimism, at any rate. (Not, somewhat to my surprise, that I mind the diaper changing, except when she refuses to stay still!)