11 things that become particularly hellish once you have kids
Once you become a parent, certain experiences become amplified, which is both good and bad. On the good side, simple things like a trip to the zoo or spotting a digger on the street become completely magical experiences.
On the bad side, things like waiting rooms, checkout queues and long car trips become a special kind of hell. Here are 11 things that are particularly hellish once you have kids.
3. Indoor swim centre
Indoor swim centres are like the indoor play centre: on a rainy day, it seems like a good idea. Then you get in there and one million other parents also had the same bright idea. The baby pool is wee-wee warm, the moist air is thick as pea soup, the screaming of children echoes hellishly, the change rooms are soggy and the big waterslide is closed today for no apparent reason.
Then there’s the fact that, for water safety reasons, you have to actually get in the wee-wee swamp WITH your toddler and be on constant vigilant alert for his “poo face.”