[Caipirabob]

Despite your best efforts your children are going to disappoint you from time to time. The best you can hope for is that they don't break your heart.

Rita Rudner joking about children:

"What if I go through the years of raising a child only to find out they hate me and blame me for everything wrong in their lives?"

My friend laughed, shook her head and took my hand sympathetically and said "My dear, what do you mean 'if'"?

[gov_bean_ counter]

So true. :)

[Nevadan]

Speaking of Rita Rudner, one of the tongue-in-check jokes I remember her making from years ago was the following: “My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can’t decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.”