Yeah. What she (GW) said. > GW: > There is no shame in not being comfortable around babies. Unless >you babysat a lot when you were a kid, or had younger siblings, how the >heck >would you have *any* idea what to do? "We'll show you" is not an appropriate answer, either. Especially since I'm betting their idea of 'we'll show you' will be five minutes of "here's his formula, here are his diapers..."
GW again: > What IS it that makes people think that just cuz someone is >female they can automatically have good mommy instincts?? Jeez, I didn't >even play with dolls as a kid, and had *no* interest in babies til I had my >own. I was ok babysitting older kids, but a lot less so with tiny ones. Same here. And believe me, those 'mommy instincts' do NOT come naturally as people say they do! I bet they'd never ask you this if you were a guy... grr... arg... --Phish* (oh, and yeah-- it sounds like a great fic) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Anya Emerson: Well, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like, whoa, I'm eleven hundred years old. I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans. Tara Maclay: I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad, and it's depressing. --Buffy the Vampire Slayer ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Visit "Apocrypha," a mature readers epic TMNT fanfic, and a bunch of other interesting tales at: http://www.geocities.com/phishtar/main.html> Read Phish ranting and get sneak peeks and 'insider looks' at fics at: http://www.phishtar.blogspot.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
