Comments on: Time has a way of making us forget the gory details http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/time-has-a-way-of-making-us-forget-the-gory-details/ Life is good above the bridge Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jemima http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/time-has-a-way-of-making-us-forget-the-gory-details/#comment-769 Jemima Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:13:52 +0000 http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=1540#comment-769 Oh man, I feel EXACTLY that way now. Exactly. Exactly. No running, no sushi, no stinky cheese, no beer, oh my god, no beer! I suppose that pregnancy sets us up for what my friend calls the Death of the Self, which most people (dads too) have to go through when the baby is born. It's not about you anymore, and some things are easy (vodka shots) and some are harder to fathom. But after reading this, maybe I'll try harder to be one of those Happy! Kitten! Bicycle Time! pregnant people, who looks all glowy and happy and pats their own belly all the time...wait, I want to kill me already. Oh man, I feel EXACTLY that way now. Exactly. Exactly. No running, no sushi, no stinky cheese, no beer, oh my god, no beer! I suppose that pregnancy sets us up for what my friend calls the Death of the Self, which most people (dads too) have to go through when the baby is born. It’s not about you anymore, and some things are easy (vodka shots) and some are harder to fathom.

But after reading this, maybe I’ll try harder to be one of those Happy! Kitten! Bicycle Time! pregnant people, who looks all glowy and happy and pats their own belly all the time…wait, I want to kill me already.

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