I was reading up on a post on blacktating, about the use of the word "intimacy" while referring to breastfeeding. I think it is silly to have the word be put into question when it has a whole lot of meanings...
To me it's like saying I can't say I love my children because I love my husband. Love has a lot of meanings, I love my children, I love my husband, I love chocolate, doesn't mean it's all in the same context.
Wikipedia has an elaborate page on the word intimacy, the first lines state the following, "Intimacy generally refers to the feeling of being in a close personal association and belonging together. It is a familiar and very close affective connection with another as a result of a bond that is formed through knowledge and experience of the other". Wouldn't you agree that is something that is experienced while feeding your child?
Anyway, this is not what I am going to get into.. the whole post got me thinking..
NIP is PDA!
PDA originally refers to people being amorous in public. "public display of affection" be it kissing, holding hands, hugging... sure people think of it as a sexual term but if you think about it we as mothers when we nurse in public are displaying how much affection we have for our children.
Enough affection to not whisk them away to a bathroom, or a hot car or to keep them indoors because of what others might think.
So from now on I will say PDA not NIP ;)
GREAT POST!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like your way of thinking!
ReplyDeleteGreat way of putting it! I didn't even realize it was an issue until I started reading your FB stuff.
ReplyDeleteI see 300 pound girls with daisy dukes and I personally think thats very offensive but I'm not freaking out over it.
If moms want to breast feed their kids in public I got no issues at all with that. In this day in age it's a bonus for kids to have parents that care!
How cute! It is PDA and I'm as proud of it as I would be of my relationship. Love is something people should see.
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