I may have a problem, but egg cartons made from hay aren't it

[thistlechaser]

These egg cartons are both cute as heck as well as Earth-friendly!



Apparently they're made by molding hay in a hot press. I had no idea you could even mold hay!



And on to the problem...

I ran to the store on my lunch break, and stopped my car in the middle of the parking lot to let a man and his young son walk by. The kid was SO cute. I found myself smiling and thinking I maybe wouldn't mind having one. WAIT WAIT STOP HALT BACK THAT TRAIN UP I've never wanted kids (not since I was 5 or 6 and didn't know any better). I've never had a desire to spend time with kids. I really really don't want one of my own... so where in the world are these feelings coming from?

If it's my biological clock, it's running more than a little late. (Apparently biological clocks are really a thing -- I googled it!)

That little boy may have been the cutest thing I ever saw. I couldn't even compare a puppy or a kitten to him (which is just wrong; everyone knows that nothing is cuter than a kitten!).

Comments

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

Belatedly, GIRL I FEEL YOU, I think we are about the same age, and I had an absolutely CRUSHING biological hormone smackdown earlier this year. Put me in a blue "Nooo, I have to meet a dude and fall in love and have babies IMMEDIATELY OR IT WILL BE TOO LATE" funk for like three days.

And then I realized oh shit, oh fuck, if I did that I WOULD HAVE ONE FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS AND I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT READY FOR THAT. However, I do enjoy meeting and interacting with my friends' and brother's kids, and I am grateful some of them are giving me quite a substantial role in those kids' lives. My brother and his wife actually told me when they learned the gender of the baby that they were glad she would have me as a strong female role model that did what she wanted and didn't take no shit. They are also wildly opposed to spending their vacation taking a kid to Disney, so HOLY SHIT WILL I EVER TAKE THAT ONE FOR THE TEAM, COME WITH ME TINY NIECE, I WILL DISNEY THE SHIT OUT OF SOME VACATION.

Sometimes I feel guilty that I am not really interested in raising kids, because I am SMRT and have my shit together, and you hear so many stories about kids from families that don't, and foster kids who had terrible experiences and ran away and were trafficked. But you also hear a lot of stories about kids who are unwanted. So.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Funny, I think mine lasted for three days, too. I'm quite over it now. THANKFULLY

if I did that I WOULD HAVE ONE FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS AND I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT READY FOR THAT

So much this. And it's eighteen years AT THE LEAST. Do kids ever really grow up and stop needing things? My sister is 40 and my mother just had to fly across country to her to help during/after a medical emergency. A KID IS FOREVER

I totally feel you on the last paragraph, too. I feel like I'd (probably?) be a good parent for a kid. I'd make sure they were educated well, I'd show them how wonderful books are. I'm financially stable and would certainly share interests with a kid (YAY SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH).

If I were going to do this (NOT THOUGH), I'd adopt or take a foster kid. The idea of a baby growing INSIDE me (HI PARASITE) and me giving birth? OH HELL NO THANKS