This would be awesome! No it wouldn't. Yes! |
I probably had the shortest consultation in the history of vasectomies. The doctor was being harassed by a drug rep so I was waiting in the waiting room longer than I should have. In the waiting room with me was my wife and four kids and they weren't waiting as well as they should have been. When I finally got back to the room, the doctor asked my why. I pointed to his waiting room as said, "That noise, that's my four kids." Consult over, appointment scheduled. It was easy because he thought I was telling him that I had four kids and I didn't want any more, and that's a darn good reason to have things disconnected. What he didn't know is that I was getting snipped because having more kids actually sounded like a great idea.
For example, my wife went out with friends the other night for dinner. One of her friends is getting close to the 11th hour with her first pregnancy. My wife came home all lovey eyed and said that she'd totally love to have another baby. As for me, there are three new babies that moms have had at preschool in the last few months and quite frankly, another baby sounds awesome! We're both idiots of course. We have four wonderful children and four is quite enough for us and having more would not be a smart thing to do. But every now and again, every year or so, the stars align and we have both been around babies recently and one of us says something and before you know it both of us are saying that it would be awesome to have another baby! We're both idiots. We simply can't be trusted.
So that's why I'm snipped, not because I don't want more kids, but because I do, and I can't count on either my wife or myself to always think clearly when we've been around babies.
Lines like this crack me up, especially when talking about two people who are clearly super-smart (at least in terms of like, G.P.A.s and stuff):
ReplyDelete"We're both idiots. We simply can't be trusted."
I guess that's one reason to stop reproducing (but again, so not true)!