Yes, but priorities are different from satisfaction. Iona acknowledges the drive to have children - this is probably not socialised - and the gladness of having had them. This is very different to finding them the most satisfying thing ever.https://twitter.com/JYuter/status/957550741450870784 …
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I’m much better with older kids, that’s for sure. All the people who complain about teenagers baffle me. Teenagers are fine. They keep to themselves. The JBP rule I wholly endorse is ‘do not bother children when they are skateboarding’.
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It is certainly much easier since mine became a teenager, developed her own interests and stopped rabbitting at me all the time.
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This strikes me as the most obvious thing ever. Surely you & I aren’t the only people to have noticed it?
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Other problems arise tho. Mine is not too bad but: My cousin: I've got a pizza which you can share with your sister. Her teenager: WHY DO I NEVER HAVE ANYTHING OF MY OWN? WHY DID YOU EVEN HAVE ME IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH? (Runs to room sobbing.)
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In which case she can stay there and sob until she’s ready to stop.
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Yep. It can just end up feeling like living in a minefield. My teenage angst tended to sullenly staying in my room believing I was punishing my parents with my absence (lol) but many teenagers, particularly girls, insist on having highly verbally all over the house.
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I find a two hour visit to friends who have small children once a month to be sufficient. But my adopted daughter is likely to sprog soon and then I will be having the child maybe one night a week and one weekend a month. This will be fine because I will be fully invested in it.
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Or, rather than doses, I can like children selectively. I love my god-daughter dearly. She brings out a soft squidgy side of me, in a way that I really couldn't muster towards other kids, and I will happily spend any amount of time with her. Some kids I like, some I really don't
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My dislike of children increases with the increase of their number.
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