I had my first when I was 42 and my second just months before my 47th.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Hah.

I often miss the single days. Such a care free lifestyle.

If you both want the same things in life, being married can be care-free, too.

I bet. It's just tough for me to see at the moment. I'm in a relationship with a girl that just sees things differently than me. We're always arguing about something petty... It takes its toll.

would've been ****ing nice to enjoy my evening with some Showtime Anytime or HBO GO or perhaps a little Netflix

thanks a lot loser hackers

There is definitely something to be said for having had the opportunity to sew my wild oats before settling down.

Is the story behind this in the dating thread? I wanna read it.

it was a quick back and forth in the dating thread where Clay went on some sort of speed date or something, really got along with the 'gorgeous' girl he was with, and then when the bill came they agreed to split it

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you know

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because that's what normal people do

Well, there's that, too. :D

For me, it was perfect. My wife and I married in 2001, bought a home and remodeled it, got LASIK eye surgery and traveled. Cabo, Cancun, Vancouver, New York, San Fran, Tahiti, Florida, Italy and more. Road trips and weekend getaways up and down the California coast.

We really did pretty much everything we wanted to do before starting a family and now, we have no regrets. We enjoy raising the kids and everything that comes along with it, easy or difficult.

Not to mention, I would have been a terrible father when I was in my early 20's and probably even my early 30's. I wasn't into to anything but me and fortunately, one never slipped through the goalie.

It starts here.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...&postcount=606

And as it points out, HOOTIE, I was all ready to pay the whole tab until she offered to pay the whole thing. Then we split.

That doesn't make it any better. At all.

It would be like you walking with a bunch of heavy grocery bags into your apartment complex and some gorgeous lady notices your struggles and says, "here, let me get those for you" and then you taking her up on that offer, or giving her half of them.

Man card revoked.

It's neither better or worse.

It's absolutely irrelevant since it has zero bearing on our interactions going forward.

It does indicate that she's a pretty cool gal, though.

I'm sure there is a better analogy out there than that

We really need to get Hootie and GoChiefs to go on a double date together with two females of their choice. It would be the greatest story of all time. Or the worst.