Jabberwocky
24-08-2008, 11:06
Ok, you just had your little bundle of joy, youre fresh home from the hospital after the three days from hell, you fed baby, cleaned him up, got him to sleep, put him in his crib, youre feeling a bit strange and a little depressed but youre now sitting with a cup of tea on the settee, feet up at last, relaxing and...
The boor bell rings...
From then on in it seems as if the entire planet are visiting you, from friends you havent seen for ages (and rather hoped youd never see again) to family, friends of family, that strange uncle Ray with the huge teeth and the swept-back forehead, that aunty who likes to pluck poodles with eyebrow tweezers- EVERYBODY seems to be at your door and no sooner have you got rid of one lot, another lot appear within minutes.
The baby is disturbed and cries and one of them usually says "Ohhh he cries a lot doesnt he?"
Then theres the usual remarks like "He looks like a little old man!" or "Ohhh isnt she old fashioned!" among the constant noisy babble of background noise thats certain to keep the baby awake all day and your nerves fried to a crisp.
This usually goes on for about a week - or until mum finally snaps, bursts into tears and begs them all to go away, THEN shes called unreasonable or mardy or selfish behind her back...
We have all this to come sometime in the next few weeks... Ok, we`ve been through it before- Ive been through it before in my last relationship too, so Im used to it...
Well, as used to it as anyone can get, but Im a bloke (or so Im told) so it doesnt hit me as hard as it would a new mum.
Mummys... MUMSYS!
Tell me, is this a time that you dread?
Do you look forward to it? (You LOONY!)
Do you try to avoid it by locking the doors and hiding behind the settee? Or do you buy a machine gun and DARE them to visit?
The boor bell rings...
From then on in it seems as if the entire planet are visiting you, from friends you havent seen for ages (and rather hoped youd never see again) to family, friends of family, that strange uncle Ray with the huge teeth and the swept-back forehead, that aunty who likes to pluck poodles with eyebrow tweezers- EVERYBODY seems to be at your door and no sooner have you got rid of one lot, another lot appear within minutes.
The baby is disturbed and cries and one of them usually says "Ohhh he cries a lot doesnt he?"
Then theres the usual remarks like "He looks like a little old man!" or "Ohhh isnt she old fashioned!" among the constant noisy babble of background noise thats certain to keep the baby awake all day and your nerves fried to a crisp.
This usually goes on for about a week - or until mum finally snaps, bursts into tears and begs them all to go away, THEN shes called unreasonable or mardy or selfish behind her back...
We have all this to come sometime in the next few weeks... Ok, we`ve been through it before- Ive been through it before in my last relationship too, so Im used to it...
Well, as used to it as anyone can get, but Im a bloke (or so Im told) so it doesnt hit me as hard as it would a new mum.
Mummys... MUMSYS!
Tell me, is this a time that you dread?
Do you look forward to it? (You LOONY!)
Do you try to avoid it by locking the doors and hiding behind the settee? Or do you buy a machine gun and DARE them to visit?