[Antoninus]

Should we be blessed with ankle-biters, he will be the father and I will be the mother. (At least, that's what we discussed.)

Good heavens! Wasn't it you who, not long ago, was saying what an awful parent she would make? Now you're getting married and talking about having kids? Deo gratias!

As someone who was uncertain about how he would be as a father, let me just say that the mere anticipation and arrival of the baby must trigger something instinctual in both mom and dad. Now after three kids, I simply can't imagine life without them anymore. It's more joy than I deserve, frankly.

Have kids. I think you'll be a great mom.

[Xenalyte]

You're sweet!

That was indeed me. I'm still pretty sure I'm unfit for motherhood, but since the potential exists, we had to cover it.

[Gabz]

As someone who was uncertain about how he would be as a father, let me just say that the mere anticipation and arrival of the baby must trigger something instinctual in both mom and dad. Now after three kids, I simply can't imagine life without them anymore. It's more joy than I deserve, frankly.

You have that so perfectly right....I never had any doubts about my husband, but I sure had serious ones about me as a mom - they changed pretty quickly!!!! We may not be perfect parents, but we do the best we can, and we love it!

[dsc]

"It's more joy than I deserve, frankly."

I think that's one of the most evil things about the pervofascist agenda. It persuades people to foreswear life's greatest joys permanently.

They try to counter that with the push to legitimize child-raising and even adoption by pairs of sodomites and lesbians, but that's where that "something instinctual" you mentioned kicks in. It just ain't the same.

The ideal is father, mother, and their own children. Nothing else can rise above second-best.

(Disclaimer: nothing in the above is intended in any way to denigrate or devalue the noble sacrifices of the many married couples who adopt and raise children.)