Where Is The Baby?

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Clarissa

September 19, 2016

When I had Kick and returned to work people would see me on the street and ask, “Where the baby?” It took everything in my body not to respond OH HOLY SHIT. THE BABY. WHERE IS SHE? DID I LEAVE HER IN STARBUCKS? BABY?! WHERE ARE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOU?! THANK GOD YOU NOTICED. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DAYS BEFORE I LOOKED FOR HER.

Oh yes. I love it when this happens. Somebody actually came into my office, asked where Klara was, and looked around the office. Like I was hiding her under the desk or in a drawer during class hours.

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Sternococktail

September 19, 2016

This worked for – 4 million years???

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1. xykademiqz
  
  September 19, 2016
  
  This worked for – 4 million years???
  
  Modern humans as a species are only 200,000 years old. Or are you saying women today need to raise their kids in the way of their prehuman-primate ancestors?
  
  Industrialized society didn’t develop until very recently, so recently that it’s only the blink of an eye on the evolutionary timescales. Heck, the written word is only 5,000 years old! I will go to baby wearing 24/7 if all societies go back to the tribal stage — which means you have to give up your phone and car and the Internet.
  
  No? Okay then. In that case, I will go to work and leave my kids at daycare and schools, where they will hopefully learn the actual timescales for the evolution of different species.
  
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Shakti

September 19, 2016

When I read this quoted passage in the morning before I really woke up, I read it as extreme panic and not sarcasm.

One of my freshman year roommates had a child. My scandalized parents freaked out, because they assumed the baby was going to stay in the dorms with us.

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1. Clarissa
  
  September 19, 2016
  
  Off-topic but it reminded me of how soon after we moved to Canada my parents found out that my childhood friend who lived in Toronto was rooming with 2 guys. I had no idea why they were scandalized until I realized they thought she was having sex with both of them. 🙂🙂
  
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