Thursday, February 12, 2009

Language

When we were married, it took quite a while to get used to using the words "husband" and "wife" (and, before that, "fiance"). Why does it seem that "Mom" and "Dad" do not require the same transition period?...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is because the sleep deprivation breaks down your mental barriers to the concepts. :)

Anonymous said...

Because they don't carry the onerous, subconscious implications of ownership.