I love my kids more than anything but here's the 8 Things I Hate About Parenting. (In the interest of balance, I've already posted my 10 Favourite Things About Parenting.)
1.THE NEVERENDING RESPONSIBILITY
You’ve had a shit day in work. You’re tired, frustrated and
on the brink of snapping. All you want to do is lie on the couch with a glass
of wine and enough chocolate to make Augustus Gloop blush. But you can’t
because you’re a responsible parent and despite technological advances babies
still can’t bath themselves.
Sleep feels like a hobby I used to really enjoy but have
recently drifted away from. Like skiing, I’ve still got all the gear but never
get the chance to use it these days.
3.GETTING FATTER AND FATTER
When I’m tired my resistance to sugary shite disappears like
a fart in a wind tunnel. But it’s not just sweets - finishing off their meals,
eating double choc chip cookies at 3am while sobbing in the kitchen in my
undies, or just doing fuck all exercise for the last 19 months - I’m piling on
the pounds like an actor who’s been cast for the live-action role of Mr Blobby.
Once you’ve bought all the initial gear, babies don’t cost
that much week to week. But ours are now in nursery two days a week and growing
quicker than Super Mario after one of those weird mushrooms and these days I
can’t afford basic essentials like new trainers and Amazon Prime.
5.YOU CAN'T DRINK PROPERLY
I still have the odd glass of wine but I’m talking about
proper drinking. The kind where you start so early you’re dancing to the
National Lottery theme tune when your taxi arrives. Even given the chance to do
that now I’d end up in bed by 8.30pm due to my alcohol tolerance dropping lower
than a grasshopper’s ballbag.
6.CONSTANTLY WORRYING ABOUT THE WORLD
The world is TERRIFYING. It always was but before I was a
parent I didn’t notice or care. Now that my kids are here it feels a lot more
real and immediate. From racial hatred to climate change, nuclear war to Donald
Trump, I’m gonna buy a job-lot of cotton wool to wrap my kids up in.
7.HAVING NO NICE CLOTHES
I’ve got two nice shirts and neither fit me. (See point 3.)
The rest of my stuff is stained like a peep show floor. Worse still, I don’t
even CARE. If my standards continue to plummet at this alarming rate I’ll be
wearing Crocs before Christmas.
8.YOU'VE GOT NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT
What did I talk about pre-kids? Was I a mute? Even on the
rare occasion when the wife and I get out for a meal we spend the entire time talking
about them. (Which is really nice unless you’re with someone who doesn’t have
kids and they couldn’t give a flying fuck about your son’s first smile and how
wonderful it made you feel.)
I'm a stand up comic and dad to toddler twins. I post all new blogs to my Facebook page.
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