So lovely and so true. Been through that three times, and as hard as it was, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. Even if it meant having to read "Goodnight Moon" a thousand times more.
It's been a while for me.. my baby is 9 years old now, but I remember those days like they were yesterday. Each season passes quickly. Enjoy every moment and thanks for the reminder. Your 'me' to 'we' illustration is beautiful and spot on.
First anonymous you're right! You're on the Me part! That's the whole point! We(parents) were all there once. Winwin.. I agree a dog is not an object but that is not what he meant. I have a minidachsund and I chuckled when I saw that BC it is true. It's ALL true lol my little one is almost 2
I never heard my parents and parents in law talk about us this way. I am sure it is not that their kids were different. I think they were different!, and most loving! That is not to say parents of today are not loving.
@winwin, Two things: First, it's a figure of speech. Like the other examples, the poodle is an entity upon which the baby is acting which will then react. Second, the choices in the context are Person and Object. The poodle is not a person, therefore it is an object - and here is where I strongly disagree with you.
I loved this cartoon. I pity the poor father!! At the same time its nice that today's fathers' are willingly contributing to raise their kid in a safe environment and the burden of feeding, nappy change is shared by Father's. Well Done!
I loved this cartoon. I pity the poor father!! At the same time its nice that today's fathers' are willingly contributing to raise their kid in a safe environment and the burden of feeding, nappy change is shared by Father's. Well Done!
I am going to be a parent in 6 months time and I am getting jitters .... Many such questions cross my mind, whether I would be a good parent, How will we be able to stay awake through the night and so on..... But seems like God has made this cycle to realize and appreciate our parents....
Perfect demo reaching 'M'-'W'(if) limit 2 saying 'Dilli ki laddu';best entertainment no tools tackles need ;but ,never for awe-inspire remaining childless to enjoy live demo.
Thank you so much for this comic! Coincidentaly our little girl is one year old today, and I really feel the change from "me" to "we" as her personality continues to emerge.
Amazing strip!! I'm there right now, my daughter will be 1 year old in a few days. Everything is so true, I felt as if you were describing my everyday life!
True and nicely described. We are completing that one year tomorrow and can relate each and every moment with these pictures. Me2We was nice. Also i like that 'Nap time' :-). You are a nice guy and lovely artist!!
here is my lessons from a year of parenting: 1. before he cries, he tries. 2. language is utterly and completely unnecessary. my child gets me to do whatever the hell he wants without using a single word.
brilliantly drawn up. I love the bath time-meal time-bed time. lov the "is she warm enough" as I have found myself covering uncovering re covering re uncovering re-re covering and re-re uncovering etc etc so manytimes.. lov the me to we.... lov the everything. I am not the only one whose life has changed from "young me" to "mama we"... with no regrets at all! God bless
Just a quick comment - first for the artist - beautiful. And then one for all the new parents - get ready now! My baby just recently turned 36, and I still have those fears. Being a parent is forever.
For all those folks who read this and feel the need to share that they are never having kids - please, don't have them. No one wants you to. The last thing this world needs is more bad parents. Please leave the parenting to people like Grant Snider, who are good parents.
I have to agree with someone else here that has twins. My daughter has twins and it is an almost impossible existance for her. She is like a walking zombie.
Great father of a 18 monthes old little girl I enjoy to help parents and feel reset time made by the little daughter into her grand-father's clock. Comics nice to read. Enjoyment and happyness.
Totally concur with all of the above... and I wish I could tell ya it gets better as they get older, but alas, I would be lying. At least you have a wife to help you with the baby. I know it's not a competition, but imagine doing that for 7+ years, without a spouse and without financial support from family or the baby daddy, whilst working full time and paying for the obviously needed child care. Oy. I might have to be off to the Looney Bin soon.
I will enjoy sharing this with all my friends who THINK they want kids and have absolutely no idea what it's really like. Kudos sir! And good luck to you! :)
As much as I liked the strip, I feel I need to criticize that me->we -part. You might already realize I do not have kids, and those who think I am therefore not "grown-up" and able to have mature opinions, you don't need to read further ;) It _really_ hurts when someone considers the child free/childless persons automatically as selfish (me, me, me..) just because they do not have children of their own. There are also other aspects of life where one can act in a non-selfish way besides parenting. People that don't have children have time and energy for example for volunteering or taking care of other family members besides kids. The world would in fact be a better place if our circle of people that we care about would expand far beyond the walls of our own homes. --Jenni
i feel like i was not like this when i was an infant? But guess what, all the trouble i probably gave my parents, are coming back to me though my kids. Talk about 'Taste of your own medicine.'
Very funny but VERRRY True. I was told it'd be like ds n I laughed impossible..... But eventually reality caught up wit me. I hope some single guys also read this. Congratulations dads...
I see the these comics by a hot link. I am be a father recently. This comic has struck a responsive chord in my heart. Thank you and best wishes to your baby.
I found the last part "from ME to We" horribly offensive for your partner. Meaning that you were not a WE before having a baby? you mean you were all about yourself ME when were only the two of you? Ewwwww I hope the person I will have kids with would never ever do this to me
It would be nice to have a cartoon with more positive aspects of parenting…not only at the end…e.g. the sense of achievements we feel as parents when the child achieves something, the feeling of being proud for small things, the new joy of simple discoveries...
From Kiwi mum and dad.the pics are so real and the WE pic is especially true. Try it with 5 kids,our youngest says we just kept trying till we got one we liked!! But we hung in there and have just celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary with all five and partners and 6 (so far) wonderful grand kids. Life is good and worth all the blood, sweat and tears. Have as many as you can manage, not as few as you can get away with.Keep smiling-
the point of the me to we is that the day you have a child is the last time you wake up and think about yourself first. Even if you have a partner, they (hopefully) are not totally dependent on you. That is the huge mental shift
I am undeniably thankful to you for providing us with this invaluable related information. My spouse and I are easily grateful, quite frankly the documents we needed. Dora The Explorer Finger Family
I love this!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable :-)
ReplyDeleteBut I have to say try it with twins...
Beautiful! My sister had her baby almost a year ago and She will totally agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI felt sometimes as you describe and I'm just his uncle.
This strip is awesome. Living this right now...best time of my life though!
ReplyDeletelove it. the "me to we" thing is beautiful. I'm there right now
ReplyDeleteSo lovely and so true. Been through that three times, and as hard as it was, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. Even if it meant having to read "Goodnight Moon" a thousand times more.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while for me.. my baby is 9 years old now, but I remember those days like they were yesterday. Each season passes quickly. Enjoy every moment and thanks for the reminder. Your 'me' to 'we' illustration is beautiful and spot on.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, this is really cute. That said, a poodle is not an object and I strongly disagree with that part.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful and touching.
ReplyDeleteI love being child free. None of this crap applies. The only thing I get to do is whatever the hell I want.
ReplyDeleteYou are brilliant! I wish you were in the daily paper.
ReplyDeleteThe Dogs mother: We did! Grant is a twin.
ReplyDeleteFirst anonymous you're right! You're on the Me part! That's the whole point! We(parents) were all there once. Winwin.. I agree a dog is not an object but that is not what he meant. I have a minidachsund and I chuckled when I saw that BC it is true.
ReplyDeleteIt's ALL true lol my little one is almost 2
For what it's worth, the author of Olivia (the pig with the stripey shirt) does have a couple of kids.
ReplyDeletei know exactly what you mean! my best friend had her first 3 years ago and I feel ive been through all of that and more
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, your illustration is soooo true. :) God Bless.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. And very true. :) God Bless.
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious. I have a 2 year old so can relate totally.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a parent, but after I saw this I can't wait!
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful :)
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful :)
ReplyDelete"Me to We" is the most beautiful thing yo have ever draw.
ReplyDeleteAnd now in spanish. Tener hijos te vuelve la vida del revés, para lo bueno y para lo malo y hay que saber ver las dos cosas.
my life's summary....
ReplyDeletem loving it
Lovely lovely.. How so very true!!!
ReplyDeleteHa ha.. Very very true.
ReplyDeleteI like the ending part, ME to WE
Absolutely beautiful! love it.
ReplyDeleteTutto perfettamente vero!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! Love it!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome
ReplyDeletemy name is Luka I live on the 2nd floor
ReplyDeleteMy live right now... as a comic! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love this! I've been a #newdad for 13 months now and 98.5% of this story applies to me. Wouldn't change a thing, tho. (murakami is the other 1.5%)
ReplyDeletejust awesome truth!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely true!!
ReplyDeleteI never heard my parents and parents in law talk about us this way. I am sure it is not that their kids were different. I think they were different!, and most loving! That is not to say parents of today are not loving.
ReplyDeleteoh my...that is so true...i feel that...
ReplyDeleteLovely :)All the parents will be always caring for their kids even if they grow old.
ReplyDelete@winwin, Two things: First, it's a figure of speech. Like the other examples, the poodle is an entity upon which the baby is acting which will then react. Second, the choices in the context are Person and Object. The poodle is not a person, therefore it is an object - and here is where I strongly disagree with you.
ReplyDeleteMine would be modified slightly to fit my single parent situation. Especially the Me - We part.
ReplyDeleteN Lefer, you and your child (children) aren't "we"?
ReplyDeletebrilliant.. i liked the way it simplified the tough transition from ME to WE
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Grant! You win.
ReplyDeleteSooper awesome !!!
ReplyDeleteLoved it. This is happening with 'us' right now. And I am loving it. I am quite surprised that I am not the only one to think in 'those' directions.
ReplyDeleteThe whole segment is delightful, but your last frame is a wonderful and powerful illustration what it means to truly "grow up."
ReplyDeleteoh my...that is so true...i feel that... hahaha
ReplyDeleteI love the last part...simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteamazing and so true.. jut love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post! Turning the "ME" into "WE" is so clever, I love it :) Thanks for sharing! I really enjoy your work.
ReplyDeleteFunny! And like @the dogs' mother said, try it with twins :) Double the fun!!
ReplyDeleteGenious! Just perfect! Says a dad from south of Brazil.
ReplyDeleteGenious! Just perfect, very realistic! Says a parent from Brazil... So it seems to be the same everywhere.
ReplyDeleteExactly what i felt... Thanks for the drawing.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely right!!!
ReplyDelete... and doesb't get better! :D
ReplyDeleteI don't have kids, but this certainly reached my heart.
ReplyDeleteI also wanna be a parent someday..
ReplyDeleteI loved this cartoon. I pity the poor father!! At the same time its nice that today's fathers' are willingly contributing to raise their kid in a safe environment and the burden of feeding, nappy change is shared by Father's. Well Done!
ReplyDeleteI loved this cartoon. I pity the poor father!! At the same time its nice that today's fathers' are willingly contributing to raise their kid in a safe environment and the burden of feeding, nappy change is shared by Father's. Well Done!
ReplyDeleteThis is the most awesome presenatiaon of Parenthood. Its easy to realise when you are going throught it.....
ReplyDeletethis is truely awesome. U have got it all right. Love this
ReplyDeleteBeautiful .. reality
ReplyDeletewonderfull---> uncle of two nieces n one nephew from working parents....ToT
ReplyDeleteI am going to be a parent in 6 months time and I am getting jitters .... Many such questions cross my mind, whether I would be a good parent, How will we be able to stay awake through the night and so on..... But seems like God has made this cycle to realize and appreciate our parents....
ReplyDeleteI am also a parent like one child you shown....
ReplyDeletei agree with you.. thanx for this
Perfect demo reaching 'M'-'W'(if) limit 2 saying 'Dilli ki laddu';best entertainment no tools tackles need ;but ,never for awe-inspire remaining childless to enjoy live demo.
ReplyDeleteThat's true!!! I was Me now turned to We...
ReplyDeleteYou win my day. Such a nice thing..
ReplyDeleteRock on, mah man!
ReplyDeleteSo true! Love!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thank you for this piece of poetry...
ReplyDeleteyes, true!
ReplyDeleteall true! :D
Now my kids are both grown ups I MISSED the situations.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the brilliance of your pictures! Nothing could describe better.
beautiful :D
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this comic! Coincidentaly our little girl is one year old today, and I really feel the change from "me" to "we" as her personality continues to emerge.
ReplyDeletei'm never having kids
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the ending :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing strip!!
ReplyDeleteI'm there right now, my daughter will be 1 year old in a few days.
Everything is so true, I felt as if you were describing my everyday life!
one of the coolest thing I have ever seen and oh-so-true! low the me to we. i am your new fan - and re-blogging this! :)
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ReplyDeleteTrue and nicely described. We are completing that one year tomorrow and can relate each and every moment with these pictures. Me2We was nice. Also i like that 'Nap time' :-). You are a nice guy and lovely artist!!
ReplyDeleteReally its very nice which i am going thru it in real life.... .Thanks for sharing..Deb
ReplyDeleteWhat, I'm not the only one with the "Is she still breathing?" :)
ReplyDeleteGenious! Beautifully captured both in words and in pictures
ReplyDeleteLove it. Greetings from Nairobi Kenya.
ReplyDeleteit has been forty years since i became a parent - and this still makes so much sense!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Greeting from Tuscany!
ReplyDeleteamazing! WE!
ReplyDeleteNice Strip!. For twins, just multiply it by 2.5. That .5 is the "do things twice BUT at the same time AND in different places".
ReplyDeleteEnjoy those unique feelings
Moral of the story is always use a condom. Always.
ReplyDeleteSimply great and realistic! Greeting from Bologna (Italy)
ReplyDeleteAbsolute delight and simplistic approach to real life...
ReplyDeletethis is superb especially ME went WE awesome idea and true
ReplyDeleteso so true !
ReplyDeleteWow. Spot on. Thanks for writing from a dad's perspective. The ending is exactly how I feel about my wife.
ReplyDeleteThe Universal truth for both of them
ReplyDeleteFunny, I came to a similar conclusion after having a kid. http://jasonsturgill.com/96613/862211/work/we-not-me
ReplyDelete"the dogs mother"
ReplyDeleteTwins? try it with three kids...
three kids? try it with 4 kids...
etc etc
IT'S NOT A COMPETITION!
Four facts: 1) you're a genious 2) I love my wife 3) I love my daughter 4) I love WE :)
ReplyDeleteLove this! Someone shared this as my first kid turned 1. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThis is a comic about my life .... only 6 months and already upside down
ReplyDeleteGreetings!!!
here is my lessons from a year of parenting:
ReplyDelete1. before he cries, he tries.
2. language is utterly and completely unnecessary. my child gets me to do whatever the hell he wants without using a single word.
Thanks for all the comments! I appreciate the overwhelming response to this comic. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the comic. Thats so true.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I read this laughing and crying at the same time. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMake this a poster, please!
ReplyDeletethis is dreadful, I rather have dogs..
ReplyDeleteMe to We, simply genius! teared up when i saw that frame..compliments from a proud Bolivian mommy :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely agree with this, it's been my life frame to frame. My tot is now 5 years:-)
ReplyDeletelove it too much, thank in advances
ReplyDeleteWonderful!! Especially the last one, so beautifully said.
ReplyDeleteIt's gonna be one year of parenting in 5 days and every single bit of this strip is so true! Thanks to make it funny! :)
ReplyDeletesooo true :)) 8 months now and rolling :) :)
ReplyDeleteThanks.
ReplyDeleteLeaves me sit straight and think.
The last piece is the best.
Thanks again.
brilliantly drawn up. I love the bath time-meal time-bed time. lov the "is she warm enough" as I have found myself covering uncovering re covering re uncovering re-re covering and re-re uncovering etc etc so manytimes.. lov the me to we.... lov the everything. I am not the only one whose life has changed from "young me" to "mama we"... with no regrets at all! God bless
ReplyDeleteWonderful! My baby is 9 months old, and it's really like that! But it's incredible feeling to be a part of WE. I wish everybody to have that!
ReplyDeleteawesome !! "ME to WE" is the best part.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Truly brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI really love this!!!!
ReplyDelete<3
Really Loved this..... Am going through the same situation now..... Enjoyin each bit of this...
ReplyDeletebeautiful!
ReplyDeleteCan't stop reading!
ReplyDeleteLove u
ReplyDeleteJust a quick comment - first for the artist - beautiful. And then one for all the new parents - get ready now! My baby just recently turned 36, and I still have those fears. Being a parent is forever.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!!
ReplyDeleteFor all those folks who read this and feel the need to share that they are never having kids - please, don't have them. No one wants you to. The last thing this world needs is more bad parents. Please leave the parenting to people like Grant Snider, who are good parents.
ReplyDeletei really loved this alot :)
ReplyDeleteCame across this on 9gag. So beautful, Grant! Thank you for this! - A Loving Mom to a Loving Father
ReplyDeleteP.S. - The "We" frame....amazing to show the transition into parenthood/marriage.
Wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteAgree with CFG
ReplyDeleteBaha this is great! Love the last set of frames.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but second time around you know better.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI teach AP Lit and find your literary drawings fantastic. Can I post a few on my class blog?
Almost all happening..she is only 16 months..lot of things to learn
ReplyDeleteGood job thanks
ReplyDeleteBetter be single.Such a horrible experience.No life atall :(
ReplyDeleteLoved it,,,true indeed :-)
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I especially like the "ME" which turns into "WE". I will share this with several of my already/soon to be parents.
ReplyDeleteit's adorable huh..
ReplyDeletehttp://mfhadil11u.student.ipb.ac.id/
Having a child changes YOU!!
ReplyDeleteParenthood changes YOU!!
ReplyDeleteEs genial, tal cual. Sobre todo el tema del miedo y del ego. Saludos.
ReplyDeletefunny and touching.
ReplyDeleteOMG I love the "me to we" at the end… Congratulations, and best wishes for the next year!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with someone else here that has twins. My daughter has twins and it is an almost impossible existance for her. She is like a walking zombie.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely loved this illustration. The fears section is so me! And love the 'Me to We'. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteReally nice comic:)
ReplyDeleteMy children are teenagers and I almost has forgotten how this is in the beggining:)
Still if you have 2 or more children, with second, third,... things change.
As Keli said: Enjoy every moment while they are so small. As they grow, they spend less and less time with us (and that's ok).
Great father of a 18 monthes old little girl I enjoy to help parents and feel reset time made by the little daughter into her grand-father's clock.
ReplyDeleteComics nice to read. Enjoyment and happyness.
This is so so true...loved this strip :)
ReplyDeleteBellissima.... Il finale è geniale e ti scalda il cuore... Bravo!!!
ReplyDeleteVery Nice indeed... The finale part is great and warm up your heart!!!
Bravo!!!!
Amazing.. and super True!!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the animated way of how i Feel everyday as a parent!!
Totally concur with all of the above... and I wish I could tell ya it gets better as they get older, but alas, I would be lying. At least you have a wife to help you with the baby. I know it's not a competition, but imagine doing that for 7+ years, without a spouse and without financial support from family or the baby daddy, whilst working full time and paying for the obviously needed child care. Oy. I might have to be off to the Looney Bin soon.
ReplyDeleteI will enjoy sharing this with all my friends who THINK they want kids and have absolutely no idea what it's really like. Kudos sir! And good luck to you! :)
I certainly can relate this stuff!
ReplyDeleteberk!
ReplyDeleteAs much as I liked the strip, I feel I need to criticize that me->we -part. You might already realize I do not have kids, and those who think I am therefore not "grown-up" and able to have mature opinions, you don't need to read further ;) It _really_ hurts when someone considers the child free/childless persons automatically as selfish (me, me, me..) just because they do not have children of their own. There are also other aspects of life where one can act in a non-selfish way besides parenting. People that don't have children have time and energy for example for volunteering or taking care of other family members besides kids. The world would in fact be a better place if our circle of people that we care about would expand far beyond the walls of our own homes. --Jenni
ReplyDeletei feel like i was not like this when i was an infant?
ReplyDeleteBut guess what, all the trouble i probably gave my parents, are coming back to me though my kids. Talk about 'Taste of your own medicine.'
I am going through that phase and I am loving it.....,,,happy,sad,and funny moments of life..
ReplyDeleteVery funny but VERRRY True. I was told it'd be like ds n I laughed impossible..... But eventually reality caught up wit me. I hope some single guys also read this. Congratulations dads...
ReplyDeleteSimply awesome and so very true.
ReplyDeleteGreeeeat!
ReplyDeleteI see the these comics by a hot link. I am be a father recently. This comic has struck a responsive chord in my heart. Thank you and best wishes to your baby.
ReplyDeleteSpot on - 6months in and I can completely relate. Despite the sacrifice and tough days it is the best thing in the world to be a Dad.
ReplyDeleteI found the last part "from ME to We" horribly offensive for your partner. Meaning that you were not a WE before having a baby? you mean you were all about yourself ME when were only the two of you? Ewwwww I hope the person I will have kids with would never ever do this to me
ReplyDeleteCouldn't have said it better, such a fun wrap on the journey of parenting.
ReplyDeleteHow did you know about my life?!! It's the same :o)
ReplyDeleteso true
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to have a cartoon with more positive aspects of parenting…not only at the end…e.g. the sense of achievements we feel as parents when the child achieves something, the feeling of being proud for small things, the new joy of simple discoveries...
ReplyDeleteIt is really true.
ReplyDeletei love it beb, true mostly
ReplyDeleteAwesome and so true...
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning work, yet another one on my 'need to buy' list!
ReplyDeleteReally an astute noting & expression exact of the experience / observation!!!
ReplyDeleteOnly in the pic showing 2 parent but in real live most of the time only one parent do all of it.
ReplyDeletelol... its awesome...:)
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic. Great work!
ReplyDeleteAnd it all starts with sexy time!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic, and I absolutely love the ending. So sweet and well done.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I've shared on Twitter and Facebook.
ReplyDelete"Me to We" is the best way to summarize it, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat last 3 panels was a brilliant finishing touch X) Lovely insight into parenting, and told beautifully.
ReplyDeleteTry it with twins, you say? Try it with two sets of twins, and two other children, I say. :)
ReplyDeletethank the goddesses I'm a lesbian!!
ReplyDeleteFrom Kiwi mum and dad.the pics are so real and the WE pic is especially true. Try it with 5 kids,our youngest says we just kept trying till we got one we liked!! But we hung in there and have just celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary with all five and partners and 6 (so far) wonderful grand kids. Life is good and worth all the blood, sweat and tears. Have as many as you can manage, not as few as you can get away with.Keep smiling-
ReplyDeleteSo true :)
ReplyDeleteI return again and again to this comic, it is so brilliant - simple yet to the point and funny. I just adore your comics!
ReplyDeleteSoo true!! No complaints though.:)
ReplyDeletethe point of the me to we is that the day you have a child is the last time you wake up and think about yourself first. Even if you have a partner, they (hopefully) are not totally dependent on you. That is the huge mental shift
ReplyDeleteA year of parenting .. indeed it looks funny but that's the real story.
ReplyDeleteI am undeniably thankful to you for providing us with this invaluable related information. My spouse and I are easily grateful, quite frankly the documents we needed.
ReplyDeleteDora The Explorer Finger Family
Still one of your best comics, Mr. Snider!
ReplyDeleteNice work
ReplyDeleteI like your comic strip pictures!
ReplyDeleteSo, so true!
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