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Do you still think your adult children are beautiful

177 replies

TheLastShanty · 19/04/2024 20:34

I have little ones who I think are the best looking children I've ever seen 😁 do you still continue to think this as they get older?

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Canthave2manycats · 19/04/2024 20:38

My adult children are beautiful.

ssd · 19/04/2024 20:39

Yes absolutely

AllTheMiniEggs · 19/04/2024 20:39

Yes. They're both gorgeous.

Notreat · 19/04/2024 20:40

Mine are yes, but more importantly I think they have beautiful personalities.

Hepzibar · 19/04/2024 20:40

Yes, they are beautiful inside and out

TFITheWeekend · 19/04/2024 20:43

You just get used to seeing them and they change less than when they’re younger. When they’re older they hopefully have more important things going on than their looks, so it’s just not something I think about unless someone comments on it, which is a bit weird. But yes, my kids are lovely. 😊

BusyCM · 19/04/2024 20:44

Yes of course! They are still the best humans in my life, I still have so much pride in the littlest things they do. The best bit is jow much you get back from them now as well.

Gatekeeper · 19/04/2024 20:44

Yes, absolutely. My daughter is the loveliest English rose and my son is just...beautiful. Not just outwardly beautiful but inwardly as well. I look like a potato scone so it has skipped a generation!

YourNimblePeachTraybake · 19/04/2024 20:46

My mum doesn't. 🤷‍♀️

Lannielou · 19/04/2024 20:46

God yes 100%

Seymour5 · 19/04/2024 20:49

I love how they look, and I’m proud of their achievements. I have teen grandchildren, they’re beautiful too.

doodleygirl · 19/04/2024 20:49

Even more so. My DD is beautiful on the outside and a stunningly wonderful human being. My heart bursts with pride

Newname71 · 19/04/2024 20:50

DS1 (24) is a lovely looking lad but went through some ugly duckling stages as a baby.DS2 (16) has amazing bone structure, fabulous eyes and a shaved head. He’s stunning looking and in my opinion could be a model if he wasn’t such a short arse 😂.
Theyre both beautiful on the inside too ❤️

Tryingtryingandtrying · 19/04/2024 20:51

Do you genuinely think your children are the most beautiful you have ever seen? Most children look like their parents did when they were kids

GemmaFoster · 19/04/2024 20:51

Absolutely. They just get more gorgeous in different ways - even if they annoy you in the teenage years. My daughters are beautiful, I lost my son when he was 20, but he was adorable at that age as he was when he was a toddler.

Newname71 · 19/04/2024 20:52

I’ve often wondered if you’d know if you had an ugly baby/child. You’re going to think they’re beautiful because they’re yours and no one’s going to tell you they’re ugly??? Although my auntie has said one of my cousins was the ugliest baby she’d ever seen 😂

Newname71 · 19/04/2024 20:53

Tryingtryingandtrying · 19/04/2024 20:51

Do you genuinely think your children are the most beautiful you have ever seen? Most children look like their parents did when they were kids

Mine don’t. I’m blue eyed blonde. DH is half Italian. Both DC’s are a mix of both of us but don’t particularly look like either of us.

cheeseandketchupsandwich · 19/04/2024 20:54

My mum thinks my brother is beautiful.

Doesn't think the same about me.

Newname71 · 19/04/2024 20:54

GemmaFoster · 19/04/2024 20:51

Absolutely. They just get more gorgeous in different ways - even if they annoy you in the teenage years. My daughters are beautiful, I lost my son when he was 20, but he was adorable at that age as he was when he was a toddler.

So sorry for your loss. 💐

Afternoonsnooze · 19/04/2024 20:54

I have a DD16 and DS18 and I still pop in a watch them sleep sometimes . Imo, they are the best looking humans who ever walked this earth.

YourNimblePeachTraybake · 19/04/2024 20:55

Newname71 · 19/04/2024 20:52

I’ve often wondered if you’d know if you had an ugly baby/child. You’re going to think they’re beautiful because they’re yours and no one’s going to tell you they’re ugly??? Although my auntie has said one of my cousins was the ugliest baby she’d ever seen 😂

My mum always said what an ugly baby my brother was. And my grandma said she used to be embarrassed to take him out.

flutterby1 · 19/04/2024 20:55

No, they are average. But then again I'm rational and not delulu

Newname71 · 19/04/2024 20:55

Afternoonsnooze · 19/04/2024 20:54

I have a DD16 and DS18 and I still pop in a watch them sleep sometimes . Imo, they are the best looking humans who ever walked this earth.

I do this too! DS2 (16) called me a weirdo 😂

SarahAndQuack · 19/04/2024 20:57

Tryingtryingandtrying · 19/04/2024 20:51

Do you genuinely think your children are the most beautiful you have ever seen? Most children look like their parents did when they were kids

My DD isn't biologically mine and I was still quite certain she was the most beautiful baby ever.

SarahAndQuack · 19/04/2024 20:58

GemmaFoster · 19/04/2024 20:51

Absolutely. They just get more gorgeous in different ways - even if they annoy you in the teenage years. My daughters are beautiful, I lost my son when he was 20, but he was adorable at that age as he was when he was a toddler.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

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