I also wish it was like moving a couch

I loved this quote from DefectiveYeti in this article about becoming a father:

in my mind, bringing a kid in the world would be like moving a couch: each of us would lift an end, and success would depend on our joint effort and cooperation. But now I realize that an unborn child is less like a couch and more like a box of books: very heavy but too small to be ported by more than one person. Essentially you wind up with one person doing all the work while the other ‘supervises’ or just flutters around saying, ‘Jeez, I wish I could help!’ and occasionally opening a door.