Polls: Family & Friends

I never understood people like this. It's like they weren't grown up to be an individual, and every time you think of them it's not just them you think about it's their family because they always involved them in everything and talked about them. It's kind of annoying to be honest.

I have always hanged out with men more than women. Women have always been toxic like we competing or something when I just wanna be friends.. I had 2 male friends and 2 female friends. One I have to skip cause she stood me up and ghosted me now she wanna come back 2 months later.. no thanks. So basically I have 2 male friends in real life and thats it. Online is different.

And the other one I would love to still talk too. She was my friend since kindergarten but since she met my male best friend she started flirting with him a lot infront of me and hasent spoken to me sense. She writes him but never me. He asked me if it was ok for him to respond I said yes. I even told him she likes him but he said he isn't intressted in her like that. I think they would be cute together. I just wish we could all hang out smh😶

In your personal opinion?

I'm NOT the first-born child, but I probably have the best name out of all of my parents' kids (and I don't even like my first name.) All of my siblings have boring, basic ass names compared to my name. 😂

Pretty sure I know how this will turn out but curious to see how many have a best friend of the opposite sex.

i feel like i kinda am which is weird to think about

To expand on this, there is this idea that being a parent is very different from wanting a baby.

To want a baby is to want to have something adorable to take care of, something cute that looks like you, that you can dress up how you like, that's completely reliant on you to teach it what it needs. Wanting a baby is wanting something that looks like you that you can bond with on a one-sided basis as babies are not smart enough to comprehend what a bond is, only that you provide them with food and love and shelter and give them what they need when they need it. They are totally helpless and you are helping them happily and find reward in taking care of them, but once the child begins to show signs of their own autonomy that begins to change.

Being a parent means being ready to help a child discover who they are, build on their autonomy, support them and learn new things about this child as they discover these new things, guiding them towards the path that is right for them even if it's one you disagree with on some level (i. e. religious parents helping their queer child be more comfortable being out to them). Being a parent means understanding that you are sacrificing for the sake of someone else and not only willingly accepting that but embracing it because watching your child become an adult is rewarding, despite all of the time you spend losing sleep, losing money, and losing energy to help your baby grow into a child, then a teenager, then an adult.