A Conversation About Babies
Apr. 8th, 2009 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo"Now there are real babies around," says Ailz. "I can see that my pets are simply baby substitutes."
"That's a woman thing," I say. "Women must have something in their brains that makes them respond to small helpless creatures. I know I don't have it."
"The need to have something totally dependent on you," she says.
"For me," I say, "babies are just potential human beings. I value them for what they're going to become. The sooner they're out of the drooling, up-chucking, helpless stage the better."
"I suspect the babies feel that way too," says Ailz.
"That's a woman thing," I say. "Women must have something in their brains that makes them respond to small helpless creatures. I know I don't have it."
"The need to have something totally dependent on you," she says.
"For me," I say, "babies are just potential human beings. I value them for what they're going to become. The sooner they're out of the drooling, up-chucking, helpless stage the better."
"I suspect the babies feel that way too," says Ailz.
