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I can speak for myself when I say I envisioned parenthood looking a lot differently from how it actually looks IRL. I love being a mom so incredibly much, but there are plenty of things that are far from my idealized, pre-baby vision. So I was intrigued when I saw that Redditor Kitkatcreature asked, "What was your parenting delusion you had before having kids?" Here are the ways people envisioned themselves as parents.
..before they had kids of their own.
3. "I didn't understand why people would use leashes for toddlers. I’d ask myself, 'What kind of monster would chain their kid to a leash!' No,w I have a toddler, and I can totally see why people might need a leash in public places.
😂" — Ordinary-Broad 6. "I guess it never occurred to me before I became a parent that young kids and teens could be so chronically mentally unwell and how much it would take to monitor that and attempt to keep them well." — anonymoususer37642 8.
"I swore I'd never use the phrase 'because I said so.' As a parent, I would explain things to my kid instead. And I do.
But after the third or fourth time explaining the exact same thing, you just have to take a bath because I said so." — LuuluSoul 10. "I thought movie nights would be fun.
But my kids want to watch the same movies over and over again, and most of them were never interesting to me to begin with." — JoyceReardon 12. "I thought that I would magically come up with daily creative activities that my child would love.
Turns out my brain is too sleep-deprived to think of anything other than a trip to the park and reading the same books over and over again (by request.)" — ButterflyNDsky 14. "I thought my life would be more or less the same but with a baby strapped to me.
That delusion was broken the first time I, a 5-foot-tall woman, attempted to wash dishes while baby-wearing." — meekonesfade 16. "I thought I would be able to get work done on maternity leave.
LOL." — Moritani 18. "That my kids would be cool, and I’d be a cool parent and able to hang, like 'dinner’s at 8 at a restaurant, yeah, I’ll bring my kid along!' or to the music festival or whatever lol.
" — NectarineJaded598 Do you have one to add? What delusion did you have about parenthood before you had a child and realized that the reality is entirely different? Tell us in the comments or in this anonymous form..
