tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post7872551279367321158..comments2024-03-12T15:28:22.012+01:00Comments on The Poet Laura-eate: Maternity in the 20th CenturyThe Poet Laura-eatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-92083165173272199802011-07-18T00:11:55.864+02:002011-07-18T00:11:55.864+02:00Steerforth, I'm glad you enjoyed the book and ...Steerforth, I'm glad you enjoyed the book and learned to love children in the end, even if they have to be genetically yours! Personally I still prefer dogs and cats if I'm wholly honest! Capable of unconditional love and they don't demand expensive trainers!<br /><br />Steve and Sagittarian, I'm heartened to hear it. One can definitely be tooo cynical!<br /><br />Notabene, yours sound a delight, but I can see it's wise to keep them on their toes!<br /><br />WWW - those corsets are scary!<br /><br />Sawlau, there's helplines for people like you! Probably.<br /><br />Yes Lucewoman, adults can be pretty ghastly in their own right. The really astonishing thing is how many completely bonkers adults there are walking around!The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-89348661460307906952011-07-10T21:15:45.665+02:002011-07-10T21:15:45.665+02:00May I buck the trend? I very much enjoy the compan...May I buck the trend? I very much enjoy the company of (everyone's) children; it's adults who drive me insane. Especially pregnant/lactating adults - I usually find them self-absorbed, self-pitying and self-righteous. I've only ever worked with children, have three and would love more (if my OH liked kids). People assume I'm a bore because I like children (don't say it!) and it seems fashionably intelligent to say they "drain your brain". I say we can learn far more from them than they can from us.<br /><br />What bloody ridiculous photographs though! Mind you, underwear for the lady who is 'with child' has not improved much.lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-55872179434439829062011-06-29T15:21:46.462+02:002011-06-29T15:21:46.462+02:00So I can't be the only reader turned on by tho...So I can't be the only reader turned on by those pictures, right?saw-lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345243164632987080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-68944072877851245062011-06-29T00:51:04.911+02:002011-06-29T00:51:04.911+02:00One has to love those enchanting corsets! Wow!
As ...One has to love those enchanting corsets! Wow!<br />As to your FB friend, yeah, I totally get it.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-78695448453248500132011-06-28T13:47:18.943+02:002011-06-28T13:47:18.943+02:00There are days when I agree with your facebook fri...There are days when I agree with your facebook friend.Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-53041447934204095752011-06-28T01:38:11.112+02:002011-06-28T01:38:11.112+02:00I found myself nodding in agreement with Steerfort...I found myself nodding in agreement with Steerforth...but I wouldn't change it for the world, when we live in a day to day mode (as we do here at the moment) my kids are the most precious things to me and if our house falls down in the middle of the night but the kids are ok then I will indeed consider myself lucky. :-)The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-20442482997599765452011-06-25T10:44:22.691+02:002011-06-25T10:44:22.691+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-81878677711449316832011-06-25T08:47:03.777+02:002011-06-25T08:47:03.777+02:00"A rather cynical Facebook friend recently de..."A rather cynical Facebook friend recently declared children to be the worst sexually transmitted disease you can contract..." Ah but they can also be an instant cure for work / life woes and a great help when you need to put things into perspective.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-3478878989377347032011-06-25T08:45:50.938+02:002011-06-25T08:45:50.938+02:00Thanks for posting these hilarious photos - I love...Thanks for posting these hilarious photos - I love the author's name too!<br /><br />Re: children, for years I was very anti-children and got terribly annoyed if they appeared in adult environments like pubs and restaurants in the evening. To make things worse, children seemed to like me, in the same way that cats and wet dogs always make a beeline for me.<br /><br />Then I had my own children and discovered the simple answer: it was other people's children that were awful. Mine were enchanting. Or, to be more precise, I didn't love other people's children, so what might be heart-warming exhuberance in my son would be annoying loudness in someone else's.<br /><br />When I was at the children's party last Sunday (the one I mentioned), one little girl nestled up to me and started chatting. To my great shame, my heart sank and all I could think was "Please go away!" But as I remember occasions when adults were kind to me when I was a child, I gritted my teeth and started talking.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.com