Wishin', Hopin', Dreamin'

For the first time in a long time, J and I have been allowing ourselves a little dreaming.  He's named the embryos Jedi 1 and 2.  Last time it was Blob 1 and 2 so we're moving up, I think!  We're enjoying thinking about the possibility that this could actually work, which has led to some interesting conversations.

We were at the store this morning and there was an eyeglass frame display.  We got a little silly and were trying them on.  We've both worn glasses since we were children.  I had Lasik about 15 years ago, but still wear glasses for distance and driving because my vision was that bad (that and I had a weird reaction and won't do it again, but that's another story).  You know the "big E" when you get your vision tested?  I couldn't even see it.  The screen just looked like a white blobby part of the other color blobs that were my world.  J's vision is a bit better, but he doesn't really have an interest in Lasik and is happy wearing contacts.  His parents wear glasses, and my whole family has vision like mine.  If we have biological children, they are pretty much guaranteed to be strapped with glasses at an early age.  So we started talking about the less than stellar traits we carry that our children would inherit, starting with vision.

We both have super sensitive skin.  Ours is a fragrance free lotion and detergent house and our list of available soaps is really short.  Speaking of short, our kid would obviously be vertically challenged.

Of course we do kind of like ourselves and have good traits we hope to pass on, but when we're thinking about bringing a perfect little munchkin into the world, it's kinda fun to teasingly think of the less desirable traits they could end up with that would be totally on us.

What traits do you share with your partner that you hope don't rear their ugly heads in the next generation?