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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar
^^ lol
Kids......sometimes the stength of feeling of wanting to protect them, etc (that paternal/maternal instinct) comes when you don't expect that intensity. I didn't hold a baby until I was 36 (my friend's first child...a daughter). Seventeen months later, her brother was born...and I was later named the godfather. Those feelings somewhat prepared me for how I would feel about the baby my cousin adopted in China, but not really. She is the most precious person on the planet (to me), and there isn't anything she could ever do that would diminish how I feel. She's 11. When I think about what will happen to the world after my life, her welfare is light years more important to me than anything else (no matter how old she is...hopefully middle aged  ....when that happens).
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That's awesome you feel like that! I never have, not even with my 2 young nephews. I have 3 cats and I feel more love towards them. They don't like to ride in my Yaris anywhere, they are homebodies.