This Huffington Post article by an anonymous writer is one of the most brutal examples of what a lot of parents think but don't say out loud. Here's how "My Wife Is Expecting Twins and I Am Not Happy About It" opens...
I've been doing some spying lately, casually asking friends and acquaintances about their experiences with having twins.
A buddy from college said of the first year: "Think of the worst thing you can imagine. That's what it was like."
An industry contact back from maternity leave said: "I literally couldn't wait to get back to work. Every weekend is way too long."
A former colleague was more blunt: "Twins were always my worst nightmare."
And now it's my and my wife's nightmare; we're expecting twins this August.
Read the rest. It's heartbreaking.
As a pastor and a dad of twins (that were #'s 3 and 4 for us), I would like to say that this is not really true. I've noticed a trend of parents saying terrible things about parenting being the worst thing ever, but it seems like more of a rant than real truth. Sure having twins is really hard, but its also really good. Sure sometimes I wish we didn't have twins, but most of the time I love having my kids. As they grow older, I know things will just get easier.
The reality is that having young kids is a very hard time of life. But it leads to great things.
Posted by: Kyle | 04/30/2013 at 06:47 PM