Obviously i'm no parent. Which is a good thing considering i'm only 17. Anyway I think you've got a point Larry. You don't have to love a kid as soon as they are born, your love grows for them. They grew for your wife didn't they, and probably are still growing.
Don't worry she'll grow up quick enough. In a flash she'll be 17, about to graduate highschool, and you'll be bugging her to pick a college a little *closer* to home. You'll ask "Can you handle being so far away?" And she'll ask "Do you think I can handle it? I know I can do it." And you'll have nothing else to say. Why did I mention this? I have no idea. (Besides the fact that my mom and I had this same *exact* conversation in the car today. Perhaps that had something to do with it?)
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just don't have to listen.
[This message has been edited by Redblueflare (edited 08-17-2001).]