Two parents compare what they expected from raising kids to what actually happened. Speaker A thought children would stay obedient, but they develop their own minds. Speaker B faced financial stress and the raw work of keeping a newborn alive, not the fantasy version.
One of the expectations that I thought being a parent, or as, you know, becoming a parent, that I was completely wrong about was expecting my kids to stay perfect. I thought they would always stay perfect, you know, and just do everything perfect, you know, but, you know, ultimately, you know, they're not. But at the same time, they are, you know, they totally are perfect. But that is definitely something that becoming a parent or as they grew, you know, of course, as babies are perfect, right? They don't say anything, right? They don't have any opinions, you know? They just follow your lead. But as they grow older and they start to mature and they get their own mind, which is exactly what we want them to have, it's like, hold on, you're not thinking like me, right? That's not perfect, no. But that's exactly it, right? They totally are But that would be, that would be something.
Yeah, I think for me, one expectation that I had that I was completely wrong about, when I think about that, I actually didn't have any expectations. I think I was more worried than anything else, especially because we started off with not being able to afford anything. You know, we could barely put a roof over our head and keep the lights on. And so not really in the beginning having any expectations, it was just kind of, 'Can we keep this baby alive?' You know, like, 'Are we going to be able to provide for this child and, you know, raise this child up right?' So it was more, I think, the expectations of myself being able to be a parent, you know. And then now watching our 3 beautiful daughters grow up, and they are just one of our biggest blessings in our life.
100%. Biggest, strongest whys, for sure.
