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Originally Posted by irishgrl
there's a HUGE difference between watching a program on tv and actually going thru something first hand. TV is abstract. it cant possibly prepare a person for life because ultimately it isnt real--what is going on onscreen isnt the viewer's reality. You can tell me all about your life experiences but I wont know what the hell you are talking about until I have actually lived thru it myself. (to the degree that I can. obviously there are some things that I can never experience, and vice versa)
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I was referring to the fact that with the widespread communication of today's era, very few women can claim ignorance or the consequences of pregnancy.
I got that.
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but it is a fact that unless you've felt a baby grow inside you, you will have absolutely NO idea what maternal instinct IS.
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I didn't claim to know what it was.
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For you to dismiss it out of hand as "not everything its cracked up to be" only shows the depth of your ignorance about it.
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My statement wasn't ignorant. I've seem mothers do horrible things to their children and create situations for their children that are also horrible. With that in mind, "maternal instinct" is not everything it's cracked up to be.
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I have no idea what it is like to be a male but I dont discount their experiences as invalid.......for SHAME!
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I didn't either. I guess we're reading different posts
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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Well, you already sit to to pee - so . . . . .
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No I don't, Missy! I'm just gonna leave it at that....
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Originally Posted by sparky
Are people that stupid ?
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Yes.