The Awkwardness of Not Being a Parent

I have been to two baby showers in my entire existence. One was when I was in high school and I had two young women's leaders who were due about a week apart. That baby shower really was like a party to me because the young women had been invited so I just sat at the "young peoples" table and talked about clearly not babies. I was completely oblivious to any other conversation that could have been going on. Which is why I was completely unprepared for what was to come. The second baby shower I've gone to was last week, and it was for my beautiful "sister-in-law". Do you know what people talk about at baby showers?!? Not fun things people. Not fun things. I am terrified to have children now. I don't want to go through labor. It sounds terrifying and horrible and disgusting. And then there are repercussions for months afterwards. Horrible, horrible repercussions. Why does anyone want to do this? Why can't men have babies? I'd much rather they do it than me. Just sayin'. The only good I found in this is that women do do this. And then they do it again. And again. And sometimes again. So, there must be something pretty amazing about having a baby that makes all that misery okay to deal with. I'm not saying I'd like to jump on the pregnancy band wagon anytime soon but I am really glad to have family and friends who have gone before me to show me that even though they pretend it's horrible it is still a pretty amazing thing. And I can't wait to meet my little nephew or niece.