Robert bears a great resemblance to Don. It's in the shape of his face, his eyes, his fair coloring, even at times in his expressions. Don says, poor kid. I say, rubbish. After all, why would I reproduce with someone, if I didn't want to see their genes represented? Naturally, everybody that sees Robert and knows Don, feels the need to comment on the similarity, which is fine. What I don't get-- what really bothers me-- is this: "Well, Don, there's no denying this baby!" and its many variants. What the hell?
First of all, how is my baby's parentage up for discussion, in any way, shape, or form? Is it my faithfulness that you're questioning, or Don's virility? Do you routinely speculate along these lines about babies who are born into happy, monogamous marriages? It just boggles my mind that this is considered an appropriate comment for casual conversation. Second, what if Robert didn't happen to be Don's doppelganger? What if he looked nothing like Don; if he looked, for example, more like me? Does that mean that Don could deny him? Can men look at their new babies and say, "Sorry, he doesn't resemble me closely enough, therefore I do not accept him as my own?" I hardly think so, especially in this day of paternity tests and child support. It's like there's this implication that men have the option of denying their children's existence.
Lastly, for all of those who can only see Don in Robert, check out this picture of my brother as a little boy:
Clearly, some of my family's genes are being expressed, as well, and I strongly suspect they'll get more obvious as Robert gets older...
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Whenever people tell me that my son looks like me, I say, "That's good, because otherwise my husband would have some explaining to do!"
So far, nobody's really gotten the joke.
People just need something to say. LOL. It is annoying, though. When they held pill up, even the doctor said "well, we know who his daddy is!" they don't mean to be offensive, I hope.
I know they don't mean offense, really. So few people seem to really think about what they're saying, though, and that kind of annoys me too...
When the doctor and the nurse finally got Robert out of me, the nurse exclaimed, "oh my God, he's huge!"
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