I don’t have kids.
I probably won’t have kids
I don’t really know a lot about kids – and I don’t really want to know about kids.
What’s my point?
Well, I do know that you’re not supposed to have favourites, and that most parents when asked will say that of course they don’t have favourites.
But is it possible not to have a favourite?
A parent would probably say that they love Fanny their little first born, but then when little Willie is born a couple of years later, they’ve learned from their mistakes.
They know what to avoid, what to do more of, and more importantly which shops sell the most flame-retardant clothing
Little Willie is just better. Child 2.0.
It doesn’t mean they don’t love Fanny, they just prefer Willie.
And part of them probably does wish they could start again with Fanny, but they got it wrong at the beginning and they’ll probably never invest in Fanny as much as they should.
On the flip side, Fanny hasn’t done anything wrong, she’s just got the unfortunate happenstance of having come first.
Lucky Willie didn’t come till later.
Like I said, I don’t have kids, but I do have experience in this area.
I like Facebook, I don’t want to delete Facebook, but I’d rather spend my evening with Willie. I mean Twitter. It’s just better.
It’s exactly the same.
Prompt: Facebook or Twitter?
Ramblings of a(nother) Frustrated Writer 