Do parents actually “fall in love” with their children?

David O’Neill: Do parents actually “fall in love” with their children?
My dad said it the other day and I found it very strange. I know he loves us etc but he said to me “you dont just love your children, you fall in love with them” – any parents agree with that??

Answers and Views:

Answer by nadine 🙂
not in the way that you fancy them its just a really strong relationship

Answer by Wifey McBeaty
No, that is kind of sick. Falling in love is for adults, after a prolonged period of dating. Parents should just stick to loving their children.

Answer by upf_geelong
yeah ….
You think parents have a One-Size-Fits-All love for their kids?

Not romance or anything red-neck (incest), but for the dad, the personal relationship with his wife has been interrupted.

Preparing for his child, his wife was throwing up for the first 3 months, getting moody and asking if she looked fat over the next 3 months, then as her mammary glands grew, he was not allowed to touch her because she was too sore.
Then baby comes and she is too tired after 3 am feedings. To try and help her so she’s less tired, he is given the pooping end to take care of.

You don’t just love your children easily at that time. They are cute, but they are the contraceptive!

Some dads have to work at finding something in common (apart from DNA), to be able to REALLY love their kids.

Answer by Super_Star
Well, I can’t speak for your father, but I am guessing he is definitely making a distinction between romantic love and the sort of love that blooms and grows as time goes on. All parents love their children and think they are the most perfect children on the planet. Just like in any other relationship, parents discover more and more about their children as they grow older and realize there’s more and more to love! It seems impossible as a parent that you’d love your child more every day, since you feel as if you love them so much you couldn’t love any more on the day you hold them for the first time, but it does continue to deepen and grow.
Now, if a parent is feeling romantically inclined to their offspring, that is an illness and not normal. If you’re ever uncomfortable by what your parent is doing or requiring of you in that regard, please talk to a respected teacher or school counselor, because that sort of “falling in love” is NOT normal and the child needs guidance and someone to talk to who is an adult who deals with children and their needs.
I hope I drew a distinction for you. I’m a mom and I love my children to pieces!

Answer by John Muirs Ghost
That is a rather odd thing to say, you should ask him to elaborate on that answer and see what he says. Sounds a tad incestual to me.