Am I wrong? I’ve had multiple kids and love them dearly……but there is absolutely nothing beautiful in the traditional sense about watching a small human exit a woman’s body. Fascinating is a far better word to describe it.
But to answer your question, probably my parents and maybe most of my peers in grade school.
I don't think anyone means the process is beautiful in the literal sense, because objectively it is not. But when people refer to the miracle of childbirth being beautiful, they're talking about the beauty of a brand new human being being brought into the world and all the implications that comes with that. They're also talking about the whole process of creating, growing and birthing that new human.
I totally understand that and did a poor job conveying it, I just disagree with it. It’s fascinating, awe inspiring, gut wrenching, horrifying, amazing, and incredible, but not beautiful IMO.
Sure but I think people's negative reaction to you now is cause you swung a little too far in the other direction. It is a little bit more objectively beautiful than "shitting out a different orifice", however literally correct that assessment may be lol
If people have a negative reaction due to a description that is more representative of the truth than the colloquialism we typically use, then that is on them.
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u/Sergeant_Turkey Apr 24 '26
Dude who hurt you?