I would like to apologize to all my friends and family who had kids before me. I judged you. I rolled my eyes at you. I talked about you behind your back. That was before I had my own children. I am so sorry. I had no idea.
I’ll give one example so you know what I’m talking about. Nicki is always bringing some ‘project’ for us to work on for her kids. “We need to fix this toy.” ” We need to find such and such.” While fun to work on together, these ‘quick’ or ‘little’ projects always turn into day long or even multiple day long projects. I’ve always said, “Once my kids’ toys break, we’ll just have to do without or buy a new one. No way I’m going to always fix them. It takes too much time.”
I am so sorry. I had no idea. There has been a pile of stuffed animals at our house that have tears and holes in them. So today, I got out my sewing kit and fixed them. I’m not about to spend my hard earned money and replace them all! As I was sitting there sewing each one, I thought back to my words to Nicki. “No way I’m going to…”
I am so sorry. I had no idea. This is not the first time I have found myself eating my words. During the 5 years we’ve had kids, I think I’ve done everything I swore I wouldn’t do. I wasn’t going to have kids that talked back. I wasn’t going to spoil my children. I was going to limit their technology intake. I could go on, but I think I’ve made my point.
I am so sorry. I had no idea.
yup. i’m with you. i’m thinking of starting a new theme on my blog where i discuss each of these so called “things i’ll never do”. haha! at least now we know! we can laugh at ourselves and politely smile and nod when the non-parent shares their emphatic someday parenting decisions with us. 😉