Poll of the Day > Why is it expected in society that we praise someone who has or is having a kid?

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It's polite to praise people's accomplishments. People are generally proud of their kids and like being congratulated on them.
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Far-Queue posted...

Took my wife and I almost a year to get pregnant with our first. We got to the point where we were consulting fertility docs and considering our options. Wife went to an acupuncturist a few times and bam she got pregnant. Second kid it happened almost immediately once my wife got off birth control lol

Now that's a pretty unique story. The human body is so damn strange.

A lot of thankless work comes from raising a baby to adulthood. Nice of people to say "Good job." now and again.
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SpaceBear_ posted...

A lot of thankless work comes from raising a baby to adulthood. Nice of people to say "Good job." now and again.

But it's still a choice for normal couples. I'll say congrats of course, but anything after that is just not needed, IMO

I think saying "Congratulations" isn't really the same as praising in this situation. When someone says "We are having a baby" they are usually happy to announce it so you have to say something. Silence is
weird..."Congratulations" is safe.

"Well, whoop de doo", "Good for you", and other things might come off as being smartassery, especially if I were to say it.
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Never understand it either. It's just take a genius to insert tab A into slot B. Oh, and enjoy having to spend about a quarter million dollars raising your offspring. Enjoy having no free time and having your own flesh and blood say he/she hates you. Enjoy it all you crazy masochists!