Believing in yourself

[MarcusA]

To be a parent is to believe in yourself.

[The Magic Pudding.]

            

[No one]

To believe in yourself, is a mayonnaise sandwich.

[MarcusA]

If you didn't believe in yourself, you wouldn't become a parent.

[No one]

That's not how it works.

[Tank]

If you didn't believe in yourself, you wouldn't become a parent.

I don't agree. We are evolved organisms that exist for the sole reason of making more of us. Anything else is really just fluff. Reproduction is our only 'purpose'.

[Asmodean]

If you didn't believe in yourself, you wouldn't become a parent.

My first sexual encounters were not precisely self-assured. Thinking back, they could have resulted in a pregnancy or two as well. Happened to one of my classmates when he was about 16.

Believing in yourself can certainly help when it comes to the number of potential pregnancy-inducing encounters, but it's not required.

From there, there is also a matter of relevance. How relevant is believing in yourself to making babies? I'd say "not very."

"Sex is good. Let's have some. Ooh! a baby. Well, now we're fucked!" Is this course of events implausible? I think not.

[MarcusA]

I don't believe in myself. I don't have any children of my own.

[Asmodean]

Conversely, I'm an arrogant SOB, yet somehow also childless. Perhaps there are priorities there far ahead of self-image?

[MarcusA]

If I teach children anything, it is how not to behave.

[Asmodean]

Eh... In the immortal words of philosopher Dr. Gregory House, "all parents screw up all children." It's an accurate enough statement. Me? I just try not to "help" overmuch.

[The Magic Pudding.]

/

[MarcusA]

/

Slash and Burn, Magic Pudding.

[MarcusA]

Self-belief is all you need.

[No one]

i don't believe that.