So, there is tons of misinformation spread by parents to non-parents, all designed to entice them into joining the fold. This misinformation comes in two flavours:
1) The optimistic lie. These make child-rearing sound like butterflies and puppies, with never a mention of having to take the puppy outside to pee at -30 weather in the middle of the night, or how badly enough butterflies can mess up an intake vent. "You'll wonder how you managed without them." "They always light up the room." "Have more; they'll play with each other and give you time to yourself."
2) The make-it-sound-awful lie, or the Military Recruitment Pitch. These are designed to make people think to themselves, "It can't be that bad; I can totally do it!" "I haven't slept in 4-6 weeks." "My son just screamed for three days straight." "Better enjoy sex for making them... *spoken ominously*"
This weekend I ran into what I thought had been one of the Recruitement Pitch lies. Last week I had to wake Sam up on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I guess he's been tired; he's probably growing, etc, etc, etc. S'ok, I told him. You can sleep as long as you want on Saturday and Sunday. He was happy at the prospect, so naturally he was up at the crack of 6am. Oh, I thought to myself. Guess he's doing better.
This morning? Drag him out of bed at 7am.
How do they know while they're sleeping??
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