"Blood is thicker than water"

[Me76]

Does this not depend on how well behaved the child/ren is/are?? It would for me. I'd rather spend time with a well behaved happy child whether they are related or not than a spoilt whinger.

Erm, I am not sure to be honest, last time I saw my oldest niece she was really grumpy and ratty cos she hadn't had a lot of sleep but I was still patient with her even through her almost temper tantrums. I really can't imagine me being that patient with my friend's child who I see quite often also, once he starts getting grumpy I get bored straight away.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Entertaining the swimmping pool idea, why not the oceans?

 

[NoEgo]

hmm ok some mixed opinions here.

Let me put the problem another way -
regarding unconditional love that a parent gives to a child, is it easier to love your own genetic kids than it is to an adopted child?

I know of quite few instances where adopted children where not loved unconditionally perhaps becasue of the fact they were not the natural offspring of the parents, but then again I suppose I know plenty of parents who didn't love their own genetic kids...

 

[kyser_soze]

The notion of unconditional love is a revenant of patriarchy - it was only ever associated with mothers, not with fathers, and is a myth that helps to reassert the (incorrect) assumption that being a woman means being nurturing, caring etc automatically is the 'natural' state of mind for women and mothers to be in.

 

[Pickman's model]

True or not? Just curious about members views about this expression....

haven't you people to bore to tears elsewhere?

 

[fractionMan]

Blood is half the price of printer ink.

Hope that helps.

 

[DaRealSpoon]

You're so screwed up with your own perceptions and prejudices mate. I don't support any murderers anywhere, and i'm quite simply not a racist. Such terminology is obsessed over by the likes of yourself and british and australian societies, whereas i just live my life within a fully international community and speak the language of the country i have made my home in. Hardly the stuff of being racist, which just goes to highlight your deficiencies in posting due to your compulsive need to tar other posters with your twisted understandings of their characters which in my case you have got so wrong.

And you see mate, if you get such basic stuff wrong, one wonders about all your other stuff you post up when you actually keep off the need to try and denigrate others.

lol... Owned!

 

[goosegrease]

The notion of unconditional love is a revenant of patriarchy - it was only ever associated with mothers, not with fathers, and is a myth that helps to reassert the (incorrect) assumption that being a woman means being nurturing, caring etc automatically is the 'natural' state of mind for women and mothers to be in.

Face only a mother could love.
Perhaps it's not an incorrect assumption. In evolutionary terms only a mother can be sure of who her off spring are and may have children by different men. None of whom are obliged to care for any of the other men's offspring, or even admit fathering any of them in the first place.
What I'm getting at is if it's our ultimate drive to spread our genes over anybody else's then the only gurenteed blood link you have with anyone is between mothers and their children. Surely there is an instinctual form of "unconditional love" accosiated with that?

 

[Rainingstairs]

True or not? Just curious about members views about this expression....

uhg no. especially when my sister spits this exact phrase out when she irrationally doesn't like one of my friends and is trying to manipulate me away from them.

yesh. she's usually not that bad but sometimes...