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Originally Posted by allme
I only ask because a friend of mine is a new mum and she talks about the love she has for her kids and how much they mean to her and then I talk about my 2 dogs  I guess I hoped she wouldn't think it offensive me talking about my love for my dogs as she does about her love for her kids in the same conversation. She really has said a lot about this special kind of love she has for her kids...I am just wondering if it's different to the way I love my babies. Anyway, I am curious about the love ppl have for their kids, and I guess even more so since I wont be having any... |
Well, now that's a little different thing. See, women have a connection with their children that nobody will every have. It comes from literally having that physical connection for 9 month. Not a hugging, loving connection like fathers do, but the actual physical blood flow and nutrient flow that they have as the child grows inside them. It's not that they love their children more than say, you love your pets, but their connection is so much stronger.
This leads to an interesting family dynamic as well in that the father doesn't have such a strong connection (let's assume for now that it's a father/mother family and dad didn't bail out). He loves them as dearly, but he'll never have that connection the mother did so he falls into an interesting supportive role. It's not gender role nonsense, but a biological role. Wild, but interesting to observe.