Whenever pictures of a baby are brought out, I feel awkward. Society says as a woman I should gush and be enthralled by them spitting up their food while eating. I especially feel almost broken when there is a baby present and everyone around me is jiggling things in its face and doing "baby talk". Youtube videos of babies doing things reach millions of views and I wonder why I don't have that maternal instinct.
I should have prefaced this saying that I would love my future child, but I wouldn't expect people to be amazed with my child either, especially after something banal like them using a diaper. Baby animals of all kinds are very cute to me. Perhaps that is because when I see a human baby, I can see them growing up to be self centered, whiny, cruel, and selfish. At least sharks don't grow up to bully and be cruel; they just hunt, because it is their nature.
Then there is all the marketing that uses babies and play on people going crazy over them.
So when a baby is brought out, I feel pressured to act like I care. I feel like Elaine from Seinfeld when she is around babies. Who else?