you ever walking down the street in a bad mood...
DB_Cooper
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...and see a baby and think "Man, that is one dumb, ugly baby" and part of you is like "Not the baby, man, you're just in a bad mood" but the other part of you is like "Maybe I wouldn't be in such a bad mood of that baby wasn't so dumb and ugly" and you're like "Touche."
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So, no, I don't think you were just in a bad mood. And yes, "Touche".
At one point, after he'd been talking for about ten minutes, he pointed at my son and said "Is boy? No, is girl?".
After the boy's gender was confirmed, the priest said "Ohhhh, yes, OK... but he is very good-looking!"
Not knowing what else to say, my wife thanked him, and then he went on... "yes, yes... because, you know, some babies are very ugly".
I don't remember what was said after that, because that one sentence kept repeating itself in my head and it took a great deal of focus to not laugh.
The other one? SUPERVILLAIN.
Does this make me a bad person? #contemplating
Unless they come ready-made with a head of hair and/or have that look some babies have that you can tell they will look exactly the same at 5, 15, and 75 - they are just not attractive or interesting to look at. They become lovable and kin because it's that caveperson thing of extending one's tribe, but cute...not so much.
I love them from 1 to 5 and really have nothing to say to them or any patience for their defiant or wacky ways until they are about 13. Then they get really interesting in a you-are-amazing-but-I-want-to-throttle-you-and-then-hug-you kind of way.