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Also, SMG? Listen. There are lots of "selfless" things a person can do. One can volunteer their time to helping others, advocating for a worthy cause, donating money to charity, or choosing to live in a socially-aware way. Having a child can also be one of them. Seriously, I'm glad you're happy, I wish you lots of happiness and love and all that good stuff, but having a baby =/= selfless. Having a baby = having a baby. Lots of people have kids and don't become selfless.
I shouldn't even post this comment - it feels really mean and self-centered, but it just pisses me off when people have kids, and then tell me how awesome they are for it. People donate time, love and goodness in all sorts of ways. You don't have to be a parent to be selfless, and you don't have to be selfless to be a parent. #sarahjessicaparker
11/06/09
I love SMG but that comment bothered me. Even just the idea of her saying that people aren't capable of being good parents in their 20's. You might have not have been but others are capable of that - we all grow at different rates. #sarahjessicaparker
11/06/09
Good for her, she's happy with the choices she made. That's really wonderful. But I wish she didn't have to imply that people making different choices aren't as perfect as her. #sarahjessicaparker
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As for the age thing... I've been a young mother and an older mother - had my first kid in my early 20s and my last kid in my late 30s. There are pros and cons to both, and a good parent works with what they've got. Yeah, I was more patient as an older mother but I had a lot more energy as a younger mother. I'm more stable now, I was more adventurous then. Different, not better. #sarahjessicaparker
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@AnotherJenn: This is also true! Some 2o-somethings are great parents. I just didn't like how condescending it sounded, I guess.
@metalkate: In a way, having a baby is completely unmiraculous - it happens every day, around the world, it is needed for the continuation of the species, etc., etc. I know when it happens on a micro level, it's totally different, but I hate it when parents act like they are the only ones ever who have experienced such a thing. It's like, on a macro level, this is nothing. Don't start lecturing people just yet. :) #sarahjessicaparker
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And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is given this day in the city of Los Angeles a Stinker, which is Labor Pains, the movie.
-Luke 2:9-11 #sarahjessicaparker
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I swoon. #rosieodonnell
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Growing up in the LGBT community (because of my lesbian mother), I always felt like there was this unspoken pressure to always put on the best front for any aspect of relationships, family, and behaviour, as if any conflict within your personal interactions and actions could cast shame on the gay community as a whole. Rarely did anyone say explicitly to my mother, "If you air your drama with your girlfriend to the public, you are doing your peers a disservice", but I could see she felt like she had to keep any 'negative' emotions to herself, lest she be responsible for someone thinking poorly of homosexuals overall.
In a similar vein, I was never comfortable talking about problems at home, because I felt as if there would be immediate judgment--well, no wonder your child is doing poorly in school...look at the home she's being reared in.
It's stupid. I KNOW it's stupid, in part of my brain. It boils down to my own selfishness, really--I don't want to have to defend the LGBT community from pinheads. But the same cultural meme that makes it known that same-sex PDA is unacceptable, even when heterosexual public affection isn't, and a delinquent child is caused by being raised by homosexual men, not because those men are just lousy parents overall, is the same one that makes me wince when I see a story like Rosie and her wife's. I want them to work it out, selfishly, so I don't have to deal with anyone's I told you so's. #rosieodonnell
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But even my (well meaning) friends say things like "Oh, you guys are so cute. You're the perfect couple!". Which is totally sweet, but not accurate, of course. We're just humans. And we love each other, and I hope we're together forever, but what if we aren't?
I do worry about perceptions. Plus, of course my parents think this is "just a phase" so I'm determined to prove them wrong too. Instead of, you know, just living my life. #rosieodonnell
10/21/09
this sentence makes no sense to me? does it mean their divorce has been finalized? confuddled #rosieodonnell
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WHYY ANGEL??? #rosieodonnell
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And speaking of Trump, I want to see the cancelled check from the bank to the Miss California organization, preferably with "reimbursement for implants" written in the memo. Otherwise, STFU Carrie and co. #rosieodonnell
10/21/09
Is it weird that the fact he cheated on his wife makes me feel cheated on as well?
(Also, Buffy would be so disappointed...) #rosieodonnell
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