Nice quote

[andrewducker]

Living with one child is like living with a demanding, but mostly reasonable, roommate who really likes spending time with you until she goes to bed early.

Having two or more children is like living in a circus where all the performers are deaf.

From this HN discussion of how having a baby changes your life.

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[drdoug.livejournal.com]

Also, the total Wrongness of the circus simile has been bothering me all evening. It'd be a v crappy circus that relied solely on audio cues to synchronise a performance - the acoustics of a crowded big top would see to that. And you could all lean BSL if you didn't already know it, for rehearsals. Which is another thing - you don't get to practice before the performance with parenting. And circus performers' interests are all reasonably well aligned - they all want to put on a good shownthat people will come back for. And the ringmaster can sack recalcitrants if push comes to shove.

Hmm - actually that's given me an idea ...