Brain teaser

[mrissa]

Can you spot the differences in these three sentences?

1. I like kids.
2. I want to have kids.
3. I want to have kids soon.

It's tricky, I know. Take your time.

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I do want kids. I don't think that childrearing will be hell, and I don't think my friends and family who say it isn't are fooling themselves. I think it would be hell for some people, and I encourage people not to have kids if they feel that way. But most of the people who bug me to have kids do not themselves have kids.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Well, I remember being a child, and I think I gave my parents a bit of a rough time. :-)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think that "challenging" and "hellish" are not synonymous.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Well, I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole, yes. I'm someone who does not like children, by and large, because I remember what they were like when I was a kid. :-)

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

But most of the people who bug me to have kids do not themselves have kids.

Now, that is interesting. And reflective of my experiences as well. I wonder why that is?

Maybe they're trying to talk themselves into something.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Maybe. Or, in the case of those who don't want kids, maybe they have a hard time imagining themselves in category #2 in the first place, so the distinction between it and #3 blurs.