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Giving birth is without a doubt one of the most beautiful miracles to occur every single second in this life. Side-note: Isn't that crazy? However, even though it is a precious thing, it is uncomfortable, painful, and gooey. I don't know about you, but my mom loves to remind me of that too. I guess childbirth/raising children are both one of those things that you never fully understand until you give it a go.

Each week, we collect the top weekly shower thoughts, giving you a taste of the philosophical strokes of genius that this generation's smartest minds could muster. Some of them are truly deep. Others are less so. But they will all get your brain juices flowing and make you think about life's weird ways. And when you're done scrolling through these, you can check out last week's in case you missed them.

Whether you like it or not, there is proper texting etiquette. You don't need to use periods or capital letters, nothing fancy like that. But you shouldn't send 8 messages in a row, especially unsolicited. No need for incessant amounts of emojis or lol's. The more succinct the better. It might seem complicated, but to every art, there is a technique. Lol. But seriously, not everyone understands how to text like a regular person and it really shows.

Dating is really fun, most of the time. Okay, maybe only half of the time. Regardless, every successful relationship started with cringy dates, so they must work sometimes. However, for a lot of us, the never-ending small talk, combined with the weird mix of emotions, as well as the fact that neither of us knows each other well enough to fully make fun of the situation, can lead to some painful awkwardness. But the plus side is that they are almost always hilarious in retrospect... Just give it time!

Crushes are harmless, right? I mean, if someone is genuinely interested in pursuing things with someone would they still refer to them as their 'crush'? It was definitely a phrase that was passed around much more often in grade school. But I suppose adults still get crushes, and then the only difference is they can actually marry their crush, like even that day if they were feeling it.

With everyone's information all over the web, it almost feels way too easy to unintentionally slip into stalking someone. First, you see them on someone else's Instagram post, then you look up their own page, but, oh no, they're private. So it's time to go on Facebook, let's see, maybe their mom's profile is public.

See how quick that was? Being a stalker can easily be a part of someone's everyday routine!

Believe it or not, not all sex ed's are created equal. Some school districts have their teachers skim over all the juicy stuff and preach abstinence, while others will force their poor teachers to get into all the nitty-gritty details and answer each and every question. I remain slightly scarred from my sex-ed course since we were forced to watch a 35-minute slide show of every kind of STI, on every kind of genital, oh and right after our lunch period.

A child's job is basically to just make a mistake, then learn a lesson, then make a different mistake, and learn a different lesson. They are adorable little sponges that absorb everything around them and eventually gain enough confidence to make their own decisions. So sweet isn't it? Well, spoiler alert, the mistakes never really stop, it's kind of a central part of being a human. But if we're lucky they might be a little less silly than the ones we made we were itty bitty.

Haven't come up with a name yet for your best girlfriend? Well, you are in luck because apparently there is a trend going around where people reveal the names of their cooters based on the last TV show they watched/binged/hated, it doesn't matter. Before moving forward maybe you should think back to your name. I'm pretty proud of mine: Love Island.

Being a woman can feel weird a lot of the time. There are things that we all go through that we just straight up don't talk about sometimes and that's just the norm. We get one stern talking to about our periods when we're like 12 and then that it... go and fend for yourselves! Well if you think you go through some strange sh*t as well, maybe you can relate to some of these posts!

Okay, we are all awkward at times. We all have questionable judgement when we're not paying attention, or reading the room quite right. It happens, it's life. You may want to crawl in a hole, but eventually, after you have some time to distance yourself from the event you may realize what you said was f*cking hilarious. Hopefully whoever witnessed the moment with you is able to laugh at it too and not hold it against you. 

Every culture is rich with unique traditions. It is amazing to be able to hear how somebody else was brought up completely different from you. All cultures should be celebrated and loved. But let's be honest, whatever culture you grew up with: Western, Eastern-European, Asian, Middle-Eastern, etc, there are some questionable traditions that you never found weird until you grew up and realized not everyone could relate. Some just seem downright silly, but hey, a part of loving your culture is laughing at your culture!

It takes some serious guts to go up and approach a woman in public, but unfortunately, it doesn't always pan out. It may be that the club is too loud, she's might be hard of hearing, or maybe... you were just too dang awkward — which we are all guilty of being from time to time. It's natural, she's beautiful, you're nervous, you think you planned everything out, but y'all make eye contact, and BOOM! Nothing but nonsense begins to spew out your mouth. Sound a little too familiar? Well, if you made it in this list that means you definitely made an impression.

Kids are extremely curious. Sometimes it's rather unbearable. They will willingly ask 100+ questions a day until they exhaust every adult around them. Sometimes though, they will find the answer on their move on with their little lives. The only issue is that that answer may be complete nonsense, and eventually that little kid will grow up to be a big adult and they will have to actually understand what is going on around them. Hopefully, somebody corrects them before it's too late.

Guys are always on about how girls aren't funny (which is a whole other conversation), but then they can get so angry when a girl doesn't laugh at their jokes. Women really can't win, if they don't laugh, it's not that the joke isn't clever. It's just that they 'simply don't get it,' or they 'have no sense of humor.' Or maybe she's just tired of you recycling the same four Family Guy references, Brad!

Welcome to this week's batch of top shower thoughts. These are the philosophical strokes of genius that this generation's smartest minds thought up. Because in today's crazy world, when do we ever get to stop and think about the big stuff? OK, fine, they're just the nonsense musings of the average Joe, but you get the idea. Scroll through these deep thoughts and decide how smart they are for yourself.