You're not a monster. You know the scene in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Ron pulls a baby mandrake out of the ground? His face in that scene is my exact reaction to babies.

I might have agreed with you before my grandson was born. Grandson-6...680bf2.jpg

Nope. i'm the same. When I hit the age where most of my friends were having babies I got quite good at saying "awww so cute!" without really looking. I thought all that was over but now my friends are becoming grandparents and it begins again...

I feel exactly the same way. I have never in my life had any sort of maternal instinct or pull and I find babies repulsive. You’re not alone.

If you are, so am I. Baby animals are every shade of cute, even baby birds. Human babies, no thanks! I want to run away screaming when people ask me if I want to hold their babies!!!

I know that feeling. I have never had any desire to be a mother in any way. I don't need the stress of that in my life. I already have anxiety issues and I know having a kid would just make it worse.

No you are NOT a monster! I have several children and I promise you they are not very cute! Especially at/after birth. While they grow on you shortly after - that does not change the fact that they are crying, squirming, smelly, annoying little blobs for a looong while after they’re born! ☺️

Definitely not a monster. Sometimes, I'm worried that people see me as a monster. I adore babies, and have done for as long as I remember. I have two of my own, who I am in love with. However, I don't feel any connection with pets. To some people, pets are their family. But I just see an animal. I don't find anything wrong with them, and I'm glad the most are in loving homes. But I've never felt any bond with them. I never tell anyone this.

I'm with you, $cagsy. Look at your little finger. Do it. Did you do it? That's as much emotion as I feel looking at people's babies. pictures or having to hear endless gushing stories. It doesn't register. I have zero connection. I even have to get away from it as it's like seeing people getting drunk, the louder the stories and more open-mouthed-hysterical-laughing-with-head-thrown-back over every. any. thing. the child.is.doing. I assume it's an issue with me, but I just can't handle any of it. Best friends of 15 years turned into strange creatures incapable of speaking of Life or anything else except the Brilliant Baby. Nothing else. it's just so weird

This is pimarily why I don't have children!

Heeeeellllloo nooooo! Team Puppies!!

Don't feel too bad. I used to do photography and had to take pictures of the newborns. Always thought they were damn ugly right out of the box.

Not a monster. When moms ask me, 'Isn't he/she the cutest?' I just respond "What a baby!" Because I CANNOT LIE and call an ugly baby cute.

Oh, you are not a monster, you are just honest...I like that (I also have the same opinion on babies :D )

I have two kids. I completely understand what you're saying. My own weren't nearly as disturbing as other peoples (because chemicals and love and all that) but...yikes. Your average kitten So Cute, your average human baby? Not so much.

No, you disike babies just like me, i will never have kids and also don't like them at all

Don't forget they also have sticky hands that they always try to put on your clothes. And I do agree with you on all of the above. But I don't feel like a monster. At least, I guess you don't smash them like many people do with spiders when they see them, only because they think they are ugly creatures.

When the poor thing looks like a bloody potato and family are like "OMG! It looks just like mom!" Conclusion? My wife looks like a bloody potato. But I'm not telling her! LOL!

see, I have mixed feelings about them. I both love and hate small children (kind of like my relationship with humanity in general). obviously right out of the womb they're wrinkly and disgusting but once they hit a certain age, like a few months i think, THEN I'm like "omg it's adorable i would die for you" but at the same time "ew get away from me you creature" plus babies can be actual monsters to take care of, so...

Not at all a monster. Just another human who has their own choices in life:)

Not a monster. But most of how you described a baby is of when it is at its worst "noisy, angry, mucous-splattered creature which smells of sick and has a disproportionately large head". You will probably view them differently when seeing them after they have been freshly bathed, feed, pampered and currently laughing their cute laughs.

Not a monster, I don't particularly like babies or small children either. 🤷‍♀️

Go to the Oatmeal's site and look up his cartoon about why cats are better than babies. I just about died laughing the first time I read it.

Same with me. When they say the eyes are dad's, the lips are mom's while I'm sitting there finding how those match. New born babies look the same, like potatos or that dough

Nope, just not a baby person

If it helps some of those folks saying how cute the baby is or how it looks like mom are likely just paying lip service. No one's going to go up to a mother and say "Oh wow your baby is really ugly!" It's just a default reaction, like when someone gets their haircut and you say "Oh that looks nice" even if you don't really like it.

I'm so happy seeing how many people agree with us, $cagsy! 🙌

It's (usually) different when it's your kid. The body releases chemical hormones like oxytocin. It's really apparent when people show you pictures of the ugliest kid you've ever seen and asking you, "Isn't she just adorable???" However there are people that it doesn't happen to. It's not terrible to not like other people's kids.

So many nurses told me that my ultrasounds were cute, my newborns were cute. And I'm like...that blob looks like a demonic terminator and all newborns look like wrinkly squished old men and/or aliens. Funny, yes, not really cute. My youngest, who is a super cute toddler, looked like an annoyed obese middle aged woman's face had been shrunk for the first 8 months of her life lmao

No!!! And you are allowed to not like babies. It's totally ok, and normal.

i’m being 100% honest right now: babies aren’t cute. they scream and are annoying

My wife knew in high school that she didn't want kids for all of your reasons and more. My only son was already grown when we married 21 years ago, so she was ok with that.

Just means you probably don't want to be a mom! Don't let anyone pressure you either....

Yes

In a word YES 😃

You do not have to have babies. It's not a law - all humans need to procreate. If you don't like them, don't make them. Just get all the puppies and/or kittens :)

If so, I too am a monster. Lol. Like others have said, baby animals yes, baby humans no.

You are not a monster. Other people just lie.

my own kid as a baby, the most beautiful thing ever. any other baby i have ever seen, wrinkly nasty, goofy-looking, snot and poop factories!