So I totally get what you mean, when you say that your kids don’t affect you the same way other people do. To me that just sounds like you’re one of the good eggs :D

Thanks, but I think what it really means is that the way you relate to your kids is not like anyone else. Like I never imagined that I would be ok with cleaning up another person's shit. People working in nursing homes handle that stuff every day but I just couldn't. But when it's your own kid, it's just... different. Still objectively disgusting but somehow acceptable, in the same way that I'm ok with wiping my own ass because it's a part of me. Well, in some way my kids are a part of me too.