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This might work for some people, but for me it would have been a worthless and tragically misleading signal. I got modest-at-best enjoyment from being around k
by hsm3 7y ago
This might work for some people, but for me it would have been a worthless and tragically misleading signal. I got modest-at-best enjoyment from being around kids before I had one, but the past 10 years with our son has held many of the best experiences of my life. Your own kid is a very different thing than all the other kids you might spend time with.
My experience is more like pg describes, where I had a lot of trouble projecting what it would be like, and in retrospect all the rational pro/con analysis I did wasn't really getting to the core of the matter.
- trolololooo 7y agoThis is absolutely true. I love spending time with my kids and I really don't like being around most other people's kids.
- jessriedel 7y agoDid you dislike it before you had kids?
- jessriedel 7y agoI certainly didn't mean to suggest that you would enjoy spending time around a stranger's children as much as your own! I just mean that if you like spending time around a stranger's children more than average, or if you find babysitting less grating than average, this gives you some info that's specific to you, rather than being at the population level.