My friend recently had a baby. Everytime she speaks about her it goes something like this... 'She's not sleeping too well but I love her' or 'had me up all night but she's worth it, I adore her'. Posts on FB are similar in that it will be a photo of said baby with a caption like 'love this girl 😍'. My friend isn't the only one. I often see MNetters say things like 'he's hard work but I love him' and so on.
I suppose I find it strange because it is already assumed that ppl love their child, it's not something that needs to be confirmed regularly. Also, it doesn't happen with any other family member, for example you don't hear ppl say 'oh my mum had a go at me earlier but she is my world' or get ppl posting photos of their DHs with captions like 'love this guy' (although, I can imagine some ppl do that).
So what is it? When does it stop? I don't see many ppl regularly updating their friends/colleagues with how much they love their teenagers or grown up children, so is it a child thing? And I don't mean ppl now n then saying lovely things about their children, I mean daily updates that you love your child.
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PowerStranger500 · 11/06/2016 22:06
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