Sunday, February 19, 2006
Having children
This piqued my interest.
Well I didn't think I'd be addressing this issue today, but I came across the blog posts above while surfing the web about dogs. Go figure.
Of course, the notion of having kids is a frequent topic between Mopey and me of late. That biological clock tick-tocking I suppose. I have to admit that I have felt less frantic/distressed about the subject in the past year or two. Maybe I've passed that high-pressure early '30s decision-making point and all our friends and family have already asked us whether we're having kids, we've told them our thoughts, they can see we're not eager/are wishy-washy on the subject, and have lost interest in this aspect of our lives and have "moved on" to other issues.
Which is OK with me, because I've never liked being the object of public or family scrutiny, and have more recently started to care less about what everyone else thinks/does in general. Not that I'm not interested in what people think- I just don't internalize their value judgements. It's like I only want to be around people who are open-minded and in cases where there is mutual respect for lifestyles. So it could be that I have just shed contacts with people who are too opinionated/are negaters. Maybe I am realizing finally that "nobody DOES care" in the sense that they are indifferent to the OUTCOME of our thinking, but are just interested in comparing notes on various subjects.
Or maybe it's all the money in the bank. :)
-Moops
Well I didn't think I'd be addressing this issue today, but I came across the blog posts above while surfing the web about dogs. Go figure.
Of course, the notion of having kids is a frequent topic between Mopey and me of late. That biological clock tick-tocking I suppose. I have to admit that I have felt less frantic/distressed about the subject in the past year or two. Maybe I've passed that high-pressure early '30s decision-making point and all our friends and family have already asked us whether we're having kids, we've told them our thoughts, they can see we're not eager/are wishy-washy on the subject, and have lost interest in this aspect of our lives and have "moved on" to other issues.
Which is OK with me, because I've never liked being the object of public or family scrutiny, and have more recently started to care less about what everyone else thinks/does in general. Not that I'm not interested in what people think- I just don't internalize their value judgements. It's like I only want to be around people who are open-minded and in cases where there is mutual respect for lifestyles. So it could be that I have just shed contacts with people who are too opinionated/are negaters. Maybe I am realizing finally that "nobody DOES care" in the sense that they are indifferent to the OUTCOME of our thinking, but are just interested in comparing notes on various subjects.
Or maybe it's all the money in the bank. :)
-Moops
# posted by Moopy and Mopey @ 1:53 PM 
