I can only speak for me, but I would choose to save my kids over Mr.Ghoul, and he would do likewise. If he decided to save me over them, I would never, ever forgive him. Part of it is that they are kids and he's grown, and I would expect that he has a better chance of saving himself than either of the chicklets would.
It's also... it's really primal. I can describe it, but it's not the same as feeling it. Before I had kids, I remember wondering if I'd ever be able to do the things a person might have to do to, say, get away from an attacker - the things they teach you in self-defense classes, like shoving your thumb through their eye, etc. I didn't think I had it in me.
I remember holding newborn GhoulChicklet in the hospital, and the realization that not only *could* I maim or kill with my bare hands anyone who would threaten her, but I could do so with a song in my heart and never lose a minute of sleep over it. I knew in my marrow that I would put myself bodily between my baby and harm. I love Mr.Ghoul,and I would give my life for his, but it's nothing like this instinctual mama bear thing that got switched on once I became a mom.
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Date: 2010-12-05 06:52 pm (UTC)It's also... it's really primal. I can describe it, but it's not the same as feeling it. Before I had kids, I remember wondering if I'd ever be able to do the things a person might have to do to, say, get away from an attacker - the things they teach you in self-defense classes, like shoving your thumb through their eye, etc. I didn't think I had it in me.
I remember holding newborn GhoulChicklet in the hospital, and the realization that not only *could* I maim or kill with my bare hands anyone who would threaten her, but I could do so with a song in my heart and never lose a minute of sleep over it. I knew in my marrow that I would put myself bodily between my baby and harm. I love Mr.Ghoul,and I would give my life for his, but it's nothing like this instinctual mama bear thing that got switched on once I became a mom.