Baby Rant

Today I seem to be in rare form and my topic of choice is this recent baby boom we're experiencing. I found out once again, someone is pregnant. That makes.... oh, I lost count after a million. No, seriously though, it's getting rather ridiculous. I mean, winter wasn't even that cold this year! And all this baby talk has almost (ALMOST!) given me baby fever. That is knocking on the door of a miracle if you know anything about me. See, me and my husband have this understanding. We don't want kids. At least not for a decade or so. I'm not sure I want his kids anyway... no offense, babe! But he was a handfull as a child. As most boys are. I keep saying that no matter how good of a kid I was (and I was an angel, of course) it's not going to balance out just how bad he was. Shoot, I'm still having to raise him! And babies are great but I don't know if anyone has noticed yet, but those turn into teenagers with time. Just saying!

On a serious note though, I'm not ready for a kid. I'd like to spend a while just being me and him. We just got married after all! I never understood that trend where people get married and immediately start trying to have a baby. I like the idea of if just being us for now and being able to go and do as we please without having to find childcare. That's another thing that gets me. People who have babies and then drop them off with whoever so they can do what they want. I'm sorry, but you had the baby.. you should be responsible for that and give up your personal life for their wellbeing. That's not to say that I don't think parents should have a personal life but isn't part of being a parent, making the child your life to an extent? I know people who drop their kids off with someone every time the opportunity arises. Just so they don't have to deal with it. That's not right in my eyes. But that's another rant for another time. Moving on...

Point of the matter is, I'm happy for those who are pregnant and wish them the best. I hope no one takes this the wrong way. But in my own opinion, regarding my own life, I'm not at that point yet. I want to spend at least a few years with my husband traveling and spending money on the things we want without a care in the world (well, other than bills and the other adult things, of course.) I want to get a good feel for married life before adding other things to the mix. I want to let this time be about us for now because when a baby is in the picture... it's all about them and honestly, we're a bit selfish haha. Hey, I'm being honest! I really feel for those who never got that chance. You know, the ones that had the "opps" pregnancy and was kinda pushed into it before they were ready. It really forces you to grow up and you lose out on the opportunity to have the marriage before the family. Anyway, I think I have beyond made my point in this post and hope no one holds it against me. After all, this is just MY opinion on the matter and would like to invite anyone who has a strong opinion on it to feel free to add it in the comments.