• NABDad@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    While I don’t disagree, I have a point to make.

    Recently watched a home movie of our kids when they are little (18 years ago), so ages between 3 & 8.

    It was a little horrifying to hear the absolute despair in our voices as my wife and I kept asking one kid after the other, “please stop.”

    Three kids, all desperately trying to get ALL the attention. It’s amazing the five of us survived.

    I don’t particularly recall the day the video was made. Hearing our voices, it sounds like we were just completely past the breaking point. Yet, consider: that was a moment that we considered adorable enough to record forever. Watching it now, they were adorable. However, it sounds like we were dying inside without realizing it.

    I hear the same voices in every video. I love my kids and I love being a parent, but it’s amazing looking back how much that and all the other demands on us was just absolutely crushing the life out of us.