It is called, or so I am told , “Baby Bunching”!
The general idea , as per the author , is to get your quota of kids in a bunch of two in the shortest possible period, to avoid certain ‘rearing up 'hassles'...
Shucks, since when did the birth of your sons and daughters become a 'hassle'?
It seems the trend now among newly married women while planning their families is to produce their first progeny in quick succession like the shots from a James Bond Beretta ... Phut...phut...!
That way you get the chore of baby manufacturing behind you in a jiffy and can attend to the more important things in life like your career !
And if the first delivery happens to be a pair of twins, Lord be praised!
Their approach looks something like this..
> Meet a boy in the office...
> Maybe ‘live in’ for some time, if your outlook is 'modern' enough....
> Satisfy yourself that the guy is workable , viable and pliable …
> Get the marriage proposed...
> Get married ...
> Roll out first baby after 10 months...
> Take a long breath and hold it for 30seconds...
> Go for a second one and flaunt it before the world, 9 months after the first... (shorter if it is premature...)
> Take a bath afterwards with 'fiama di Wills'
> Apply face make-over ,
> Comb the hair …
> Hop into your 'Swift' …
> Get back to your Desk ...
> And be done with the damn baby chore...!
Apparently the normal couples do not undertake this drill, unless it happens by oversight:-) ! Only the sophisticated ones like the techies and the IT bunch go for it …
These 'young things' consider such a ' modus operandi ' an 'economically, emotionally and practically viable option' as the article puts it, without the hassles attending a second production programme launched after a long time gap!
To bring a human being into the world , they argue, is a 'strenuous' process , literally and figuratively speaking ! And it takes a lot of energy and labour ( pun intended ) . And to bring him or her up to an manageable age is still more taxing and time consuming .
So, assume you wait till the 'product' reaches the 'critical mass' ( say 5 years) before having a go at the second one. Then you have to go through all the ‘processes waits’ once again during these 5 years! The consequent second term of absence from the work desk can spell virtual doom of your career because no CEO will ever allow you to vamoos for a second prolonged 'production sabbatical' !
No Siree !
What? You want to take leave for Baby Bunching?
NO...! Off Load it!
NO...! Off Load it!
So the 'young things' have now patented this new method ! They now choose to get it off their chest...ahem... I mean the womb...quite 'fast and furious' . It reminds me of something like batch processing or very close to it! ' .
And the benefits when the job is done...?
The CEO is happy...
The babies are happy...
The Mother is happy ,too, now that the fatory is closed....
And the Hubby? Well , he doesn’t count anyway, because he will have his hands full with two babies taking part in a non-synchronised bawling jugal bandhi !
A win-win situation....!
Or is it?
In the olden days after a baby was born the next few years were the most enjoyable ones especially for the Mum...!
- Rearing it up , seeing it grow day by day...
- Watching it pass through the various milestones of its life ...
- Enjoying its transformation from a cuddlesome , cute bundle into an ‘enfante terrible’ ..
Parents of old loved to savour those happy days for a long period of time before thinking of setting up shop for the launch of another model....
All because for them their kids were more important than their career...
But gone are those days, it seems !
Now it is 'baby bunching' all the way!
Vive la baby crunching...oops!... baby bunching!
And ‘Amen!’ on that !
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