Parenthood Got You Down? You’re Not Alone
“A baby is like the worst houseguest ever: endlessly demanding, keeping you up at all hours, needing to be fed and making a mess of the whole place.
Parents allow themselves only the most generic of complaints. This is one reason why there’s so much talk about diapers, which are basically impersonal — no comment on my child in particular — and, ultimately, a fleeting problem.
They may cop to not getting much sleep. But they never follow up by saying, “I’m so exhausted, I feel like I’m not going to make it. I really do believe at this point that sleep deprivation is torture.”
Parents: Let’s make a deal. Let’s be honest with each other, or at least one friend, that there are times when the whole enterprise feels like a bad idea. Let’s be less alone with this and maybe even laugh about it, putting aside for just a few minutes the earnest need always to say, omigod it’s so great.
