Sometimes, I'll write something and forget I wrote it, but I stumbled across this and it's funny...
Of course, all parents think of their little darlings as being the most beautiful beings on earth, especially new parents. This, I think, becomes less true the more kids you have and the longer you've been a parent.
We've all heard/told stories of how we thought our baby was beautiful, only to look at the pictures years later to realize that they were in fact barely human-looking.
Plus the more you gaze adoringly at your baby, the more imperfections you're bound to notice.
Then the blame game starts.
Accusatory tone "Wait, is that YOUR horrendous feet she's inherited?"
Off-put tone "Well, of course, he's always hitting his head, he's got YOUR huge forehead."
Sadly, baby M inspired this post, months ago, with his uncanny resemblance to Jabba the Hut. Happily, he's much better looking now, and on an unrelated note, looks less and less like my dear hubby.
Hahaha. Thanks for that. Parents are always retarded with their perception of what their children look like. I've often felt that perhaps they were only keeping up appearances. You know, they think their baby is ugly, but feel it is taboo to admit to it.
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