#Microblog Monday 468: Ambivalence
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Ann Friedman has a popular newsletter. While she has been off on maternity leave for the past few weeks, she is telling the story of her thoughts about pregnancy and parenthood with deep honesty. I have wondered how her child will feel in the future reading the essays, but in the here and now, they are a frank depiction of a person who doesn’t know how she feels about becoming a parent. It’s full of thought-provoking statements, such as, “Freedom, I think, is choosing the people you will be responsible for and to. This potential kid is a wild card. I’m choosing a type of responsibility, but not the actual person.”
She is currently on Part 5, so begin with Plot Twist.
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I might read the articles and then I might not. But that statement about their potential kid being a wild card is so true, and so interesting. I see so many parents with kids who are the opposite or different to what they’d expected. When really, having any expectations at all is asking for trouble. lol Of course, when I was trying to have children, I had expectations myself!