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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Myself included. I find the opposite, most parents I know don't bore chidless people with endless accounts of their children's exploits. Parents may share experiences with each other, since children are a major part of their lives. It seems odd that you find most parents to be insufferable bores?
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Consider yourself very fortunate then. My wife and I are of the age (early 30s) where many of our friends/family are starting to have children, and that's
all they talk about now. People who used to have really interesting conversations about politics or art or literature now only want to beat us over the head with stories about how their kid rolled over or vomited or ate solid food or whatever. My Facebook newsfeed has more or less turned into a baby album.
I get it. Having a child is a huge life-changing event. I GET IT. But while your child is the most unique and precious and marvellous thing in the world
to you, it's just another baby to everyone else. To the rest of us, there's nothing particularly special or interesting or different about your kid compared to the millions of other babies in the world. Maybe as an adult your child will cure cancer or win a Nobel Prize or something, and
then I'll be interested, but there's nothing more boring than hearing about how your baby slept through the night for the first time or pooed on the potty or any of the other inane stories you want to share with the world.