Comment by solfox 6 days ago
Looks amazing! Reminds me of a funny reddit thread about a man who built a fiber optic star ceiling for his daughter. The top comment was "First child?". :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/8g8pce/fiberoptic_star...
Hi Brajeshwar (back to the old flashcoders days). Children grow up and in the end you get the full orchestra ^^
Those were the days. It was blunt, wild, and erratic but we had fun.
When I first saw the starfield post, I had one kid. I was building her all sorts of cool stuff: brio table, custom childrens book, etc. So naturally, I disbelieved the assertion that my second child would get anything less than my first. Alas, the insight is spot on - for all your good intentions, the second child gets shafted. I think it's just one of those things you have to experience to get it.
I do get your sentiment, but you could have picked some better examples:
> Could be an only child
In which case, odds are that they're also the first child ;)
> or the spouse is stay-at-home
Which is a full-time job in itself
> or the author has family wealth and doesn't need a full time job.
which is far far less likely than the assumption you're rebuttelling
And then the things you do to redeem your guilt for the second child is a whole interesting area.