Worryingly, I have become really fucking hormonally pathetic since giving birth.
I do not like this weak, placid state. I watch the news and it's horrible and people are mean or dying or both and I feel an overwhelming urge to protect my child from the awful world. I want my cynicism back.

Alternatively, I would like a news channel devoted entirely to penguins. Happy news. Headlines like "today, a penguin was rescued by a puppy" - and then there'd be a montage of penguins and puppies and Jon Snow smiling happily at the camera. I could raise a child in that world.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 9:21, Reply)