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04-15-2013, 12:27 PM | #61 |
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I've talked with my boss about it and he said to enjoy the young years because when they're teens, they won't even want to bug you. They'll wanna be left alone. I'm sorta ready for it though, I'm ready for them to be in school and/or be able to be alone when I want to go to the gas station. Or send them to soccer so I can go golf. Anything to get a semblance of my freedom back.
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04-15-2013, 12:28 PM | #63 |
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04-15-2013, 12:30 PM | #64 |
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No....it was an honest question. If you were living it up without kids.....why have them? It's not like it's not common knowledge that your priorities change when you have a kid. It's pretty well known that your free time goes out the ****ing window after they're born.
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04-15-2013, 12:34 PM | #65 |
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And I haven't denied that there are positives and minuses to being a Dad. But I haven't really seen you talk about one positive yet. It's all about how you can't wait until they're older so you can go do whatever it is you want to do.
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04-15-2013, 12:35 PM | #66 |
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Well I was wondering what people were doing instead of watching the lousy Chiefs last year...Chiefs fans are having kids left and right. All kidding aside, GRATS !
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04-15-2013, 12:39 PM | #67 |
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Do you have family members, inlaws etc, that help out?
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04-15-2013, 12:43 PM | #68 |
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Yes. And by help out....I mean that when they want to see my kids....they stop over and see them. They don't offer to watch my kids over night. My Dad watches my kids during the day while I'm at work...and he gets paid for that.....just like a daycare. I don't pawn my kids off on my parents so that I can go out and do whatever I want.
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again, i'm not saying one of us is right and one is wrong. different strokes and whatnot. I just never went through any time where I thought I was missing out on anything. maybe I was just tired and thought I was content? sec
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04-15-2013, 01:00 PM | #72 |
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I don't quite have as harsh of an opinion as PB but I agree that the first few years with the kids were the toughest. I never really related well to small children and that included my own. It was much better once they were around 8 or so on.
I dreaded the teen years but that has been my favorite time. My oldest is graduating in a month and half and heading off to college in the fall and I'm kind of bummed about it. |
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As for going out, we weren't jetsetting around the world or anything but we just took the kids with us. They behaved well in restaurants and traveled well. Other than hauling all of their crap around, it wasn't a big deal.
Then, once they were out of diapers, we hired the neighbor girl occasionally to babysit so my wife and I could go out alone. |
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It's pretty hard for boys to sit still though when they're in a movie or restaurant. Although I remember them watching the movie "Cars" in rapt attention. They didn't flinch for 2 hours straight. It was really mind blowing how that movie made them finally sit still. I'm ready for the neighbor girl to come over and meet my needs. |
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