о детях (англ.)

[avva]

Тим Крейдер зажигает (англ.) в блоге NYTimes о своей холостяцкой бездетной жизни:

Most of my married friends now have children, the rewards of which appear to be exclusively intangible and, like the mysteries of some gnostic sect, incommunicable to outsiders. In fact it seems from the outside as if these people have joined a dubious cult: they claim to be much happier and more fulfilled than ever before, even though they live in conditions of appalling filth and degradation, deprived of the most basic freedoms and dignity, and owe unquestioning obedience to a capricious and demented master.

I have never even idly thought for a single passing second that it might make my life nicer to have a small, rude, incontinent person follow me around screaming and making me buy them stuff for the rest of my life. [Note to friends with children: I am referring to other people’s children, not to yours.]

Еще он в начале заметки забавно описывает себя как "... respected cartoonist, whose work is beloved by hundreds and has made me a thousandaire".

Comments

[ygam.livejournal.com]

Я жену задрачиваю этой песенкой:

[marusja.livejournal.com]

Я всегда говорила, что это культ!
:)))

[vsopvs.livejournal.com]

The whole was tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. - "Sense and Sensibility"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_navi_/]

отсюда (http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=22&editionID=174&ArticleID=1493):

[nine_k]

Let's walk one step back. Joys of sex are equally intangible and generally incommunicable to non-participants. [Add a rhetorical question to taste.]

сначала хотел написать гадость, но начав читать понял

[pingva.livejournal.com]

отличнейшее!

> Some people flirt briefly with being freethinking bohemians before becoming their parents.

Re: сначала хотел написать гадость, но начав читать поня

[avva.livejournal.com]

да :)

детиэтажещастье

[silly_sad.livejournal.com]

заметил своём окружении (и в реале и в ЖЖ) все чайлдфришные дискуссии ВСЕГДА затевают детные.

всё-таки им не даёт покоя их статус. они не находят для него логичного объяснения и идут ПРОПОВЕДОВАТЬ. и это ещё больше роднит их с религиозной сектой.

и вот в этом показном истовом наслаждении жизнью: "счастье! счастье!" -- трудно не заметить попытку самооправдания.

conundrum

[goosya.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Mr. Kreider ends his essay with a beautiful allusion to Greek mythology. Bringing up the stories of Lot’s wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, he illustrates that looking back on life with regret is unwise. True, but I wonder what he would think about looking forward – would the self-assured 42-year-old man dare to imagine the possibility of a mind change? What would Mr. Kreider do if he met the woman whom he wouldn’t mind referring to as Mrs. Kreider and not think of either his mother or his cat? And, to create a hyperbole, what if Mrs. Kreider peed on a plastic stick one day only to discover a red plus sign which he’d agree to coddle and mold and support through college? Twenty years from now, would Mr. Kreider reread his essay with shame and chuckle? Or would he sigh and wistfully reminisce about his youth?