You have to remember, though, that babies grow older and become children, and then you have to deal with kindergarten, school, teachers, the child's friends and their parents. The happiest time in my life was when my son was small, up until he started school. It was wonderful to have this person in my life who belonged just to me (well, and to my husband, I guess), someone for whom I was the center of the world, someone who loved me and thought I was wonderful. But then he started school, and started wanting friends to come over, or be taken to other friends. Having to deal with the other kids parents is so hard for me. Like, when they bring their kid to our house, they expect to be invited in for coffee and a chat. An absolute nightmare for me :roll: . Now he is getting to the age (he's almost 11) where he is becoming more independent every day, and I can already see the yawning emptiness which will come over my life when he doesn't need me anymore. Then my existence will be absolutely pointless.
