I lived like a "rock star" in my 20's & 30's....now in my 40's and have 2 kids. I understand both sides of the lifestyle & certainly would never say one is better than the other. For me...having kids was something I ultimately wanted and was eventually blessed with. I wouldn't change a thing. Not to mention having kids later in life...I was much more prepared financially and mentally.

I will say, when i was single w/ no kids....I used to bite my tongue and think F-U to those who wanted to project their "happiness" and kids "BS" on me. It is what it is...and people should do what they want and not project their wants and their ideas of needs & happiness on to others. I still have a few buddy's who are in their 40's with no desire for kids and I could not care less. It does give me that "ughh" feeling from time to time as they freely go here & there...but then my kids say "daddy will you play trains with me".....or something like that...and I wouldn't want anything else. Kids are fleeting...they grow up fast...so I'm absorbing everything I can...while I can.

If you don't want em...don't have them please. It is a lifetime commitment.

me neither - luckily we got hers on sale for $190. no way id go $200, thats nuts.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

That makes sense. Im looking at it like its just 4X the first kid, but opf course a lot of the stuff is already paid for.

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

I lived like a "rock star" in my 20's & 30's....now in my 40's and have 2 kids. I understand both sides of the lifestyle & certainly would never say one is better than the other. For me...having kids was something I ultimately wanted and was eventually blessed with. I wouldn't change a thing. Not to mention having kids later in life...I was much more prepared financially and mentally.

I will say, when i was single w/ no kids....I used to bite my tongue and think F-U to those who wanted to project their "happiness" and kids "BS" on me. It is what it is...and people should do what they want and not project their wants and their ideas of needs & happiness on to others. I still have a few buddy's who are in their 40's with no desire for kids and I could not care less. It does give me that "ughh" feeling from time to time as they freely go here & there...but then my kids say "daddy will you play trains with me".....or something like that...and I wouldn't want anything else. Kids are fleeting...they grow up fast...so I'm absorbing everything I can...while I can.

If you don't want em...don't have them please. It is a lifetime commitment.

Im pretty hammered right now.

It's the first kid that slaps you in the face cost-wise.

Then there is college savings............

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Cowboys suck.

Yeah, I'm in the sweet spot right now, with kids in public grade schools. But I'm dreading how much college is going to be in another decade...100k per year at this pace?

Really hoping there is some kind of bubble to pop for tuition soon. Something has to give at some point. Allowing it never to be discharged any in capacity is really going to fuck things up.

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

In the next 18 years, something will give. The current model is going to implode soon, we are at the tipping point now.

Another fine example, sitting at my friends house, his kid playing some video game. The kid does not take his eyes off the TV, doesnt say a word, just holds up his empty Capri Sun. My buddy gets up, takes the empty and comes back with a full one, Straw already in! (because the work of putting in the new straw is too much)....his son is 32 years old (just joking, he is 9)

After having one child I don't know how people do it a second time.

Wow. Has he given up and just decided to let the kid call the shots? I'm trying to think what's more disturbing, the son with the "another over here, barkeep" attitude or the dad who allows it.

Vaginoplasty might help.

I had that as a kid. It could bounce real high or you could get the picture peeled off newspaper comics with it.

I lived like a "rock star" in my 20's & 30's....now in my 40's and have 2 kids. I understand both sides of the lifestyle & certainly would never say one is better than the other. For me...having kids was something I ultimately wanted and was eventually blessed with. I wouldn't change a thing. Not to mention having kids later in life...I was much more prepared financially and mentally.

I will say, when i was single w/ no kids....I used to bite my tongue and think F-U to those who wanted to project their "happiness" and kids "BS" on me. It is what it is...and people should do what they want and not project their wants and their ideas of needs & happiness on to others. I still have a few buddy's who are in their 40's with no desire for kids and I could not care less. It does give me that "ughh" feeling from time to time as they freely go here & there...but then my kids say "daddy will you play trains with me".....or something like that...and I wouldn't want anything else. Kids are fleeting...they grow up fast...so I'm absorbing everything I can...while I can.

If you don't want em...don't have them please. It is a lifetime commitment.

They arent though. I know these families. The husbands have decent like 60-80K a year jobs and the wives work part time.


Still doesnt add up

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

yeah we all aren't on welfare.

It is not easy at times. But I wouldn't change it for anything.

For us going from 2 kids to 3 kids was probably the hardest.

If you hate Laurence, then don't listen - don't comment. When he co-hosts the B&B show, take that day off ... listen to an old podcast of a Bernstein solo show and jerk off all day.

With my friends and family, they say the same thing. the jump from 2-3 is when it really gets crazy. You cant play man defense, have to switch to zone and it aint easy.