[ashleney]

This kind of thinking very much reminds me of those parents who view the children they chose to have as nefarious evil leeches.

[prmoustache]

Well first thing they do even before birth is starting sucking your energy out so there is that. Now that they are gently reaching teenager years, I call them roomies. They eat everything that is available in the fridge, don't want to help with cleaning, interact less and less with me, invite dubious people and listen to loud music in their room.

[doubled112]

I'm reminded of that scene in House M.D. where he tells a patient she has a parasite, but she might learn to embrace it and dress it up in cute outfits.