You're not your mother. You'll love your baby enough. I don't know you, but I'd bet a lot of money on it. On the other hand, if it doesn't work, it won't be the worst thing ever. Try to be a little kind to yourself.

Part of the reason you find it awful is because it's so alien to your current experience. Once you're in it, you'll find that stuff more interesting. I used to hate listening to my husband and friends talking about a TV show that they all loved but I didn't watch, and then when I finally caved and watched it, I also…

I have two kids, and believe it or not, we even manage to have lengthy conversations with other parents about things other than children. It will happen.

"I'm really irritated at people's assumption that because I'm having a baby that I'm excited about it." Uh, that's a really, really fair assumption to make. I think it's totally reasonable to assume that an intelligent, mentally healthy person would not put themselves through pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood if…

Sounds like you're maybe better off not having these people as "friends?"

My husband and I vowed that my stepdaughter would watch no TV during the week, and then as she got older, she moved into the Will Not Stop Talking, Ever stage, and we've become Those Shitty Parents who plop their kid in from of the TV just to get a hour of silence.