by rebel8 103 Replies latest social relationships
I love my kids, but I can definitely say I won't be dealing with the "empty nest syndrome". I can hardly wait for them to leave so I can come home to a clean house, things are where I left them, and then finding things that aren't suppose to be on the floor and when asked you always get the "it wasn't me", well then who was it, the Dogs!
If I had known 25 years ago, what I know today, I would have done things a little differently, with respect to how many children I had and when.
cj
Ford Explore??????? NO! I did have a Expedition though....lol
Right not I have a Honda CRV...I love it it's so cute and it comes with a picnic table...never used it but I will because it has it.
When the kids get older I don't know what kind of car I will have. Maybe I will get a Fast car with a stick shift like I had before. I miss my TA!
Brooke
Dr. Laura, though she has a pretty straight-forward non-sensical style, is sometimes, to me, a bit harsh. I noticed that you quote her alot. Sometimes she is a bit harsh. She also lied. When it came out that she posed for a certain set of photographs for her radio personality boyfriend, she lied and said it wasn't her, and it was. They were all over the Internet. She came back later and said that she was the subject of the Xrated photographs, but that she wasn't likethat now. That changed the definition of hypocrit.
Don't get me wrong, I like Dr. Laura. I think she is very smart on most things, but sometimes she is just a bit to brash and harsh. All kids are not like that.
CG
Yeah...ask Dr. Laura about her relationship with HER mother.
Oh, that's right their estranged. She's a loud mouthed idiot who's been caught in so many web of lies it ridiculous. Cheap, 2-bit psycho babble beats real mental help any day of the week. NOT.
yer right, Evil Force, she does not have a good relationship with her own Mother. Apparently, her Mother lost her "parent card." I think a good relationship with one's parents can be forged if both people jusforget how it was, but concentrate on how it "will be." I am of the belief that one's blood relatives are very important. That's just my own idea. I was raised in a Greek house, and there is always lots of arguing and mess, but we always work it out.
people that don't *want* children of their own should be left alone. It's not imperative that they keep DNA going, except what 5heir parents say...
cg
I've never listened to Dr. Laura myself. I'm only repeating what the have-a-baby-right-now-no-matter-what people in my life say Dr. Laura says, actually.
Personally, I really resent the rude folks who make it their business to comment about others plans to either have kids or not. I purposely held off on having kids until I was financially strong enough to do so. Along the way, I can remember the rude comments; "maybe it's all that cycling he does that prevents him from fathering children," or "when are you ever going to have any kids?" I wish folks would learn to mind their own business when it comes to matters as personal as reproduction. To me, nosy busy bodies who want the dirt on someone else's family plans are no more polite than the humbug that asks you how much you earn on an annual basis.
144001.....stamps foot....here...here.
Having a child is no one's business. It's probably the most thought about decision anyone makes. Even if it's a "whoops" the decision to have it vs. aborting or putting it up for adoption are very serious, sober decisions. Commenting on other's choices is a bit like commenting on their sexual preference. Nobody's biz.
As far as Dr. Laura.... She is just a quack with a knack, a physiologist with the glib analysis that always leaves her callers thinking that they’d be fine, if only they were as smart as she is. As you can tell I think highly of her. LOL
I'm childfree by choice, and loving every minute of it. I mean, it's just grrrrrrrrrrreat not to have to worry about kids of my own.
Now, don't get me wrong. I have adorable nieces and nephews that I enjoy a lot when in their company. However, when the right time comes, they go home to their parents and everyone is happy.
There's one particular aspect of my life that I wouldn't change, even if the circumstances were ideal to have and raise a family. I've even gone as far as telling other JWs that if in 'paradise' I could be happy without children, I wouldn't have any there either!
Some believe I'm just the most selfish person they've ever met. It's not so, though!
I just enjoy immensely my lifestyle without children of my own in it. It's just so........ stress free, and peaceful!
DY Green with envy yet?! Just kidding!!!
Oh, and another thing....
If not for the pressures of society and other members of the family, such as parents pressuring their children for grandchildren or girlfriends/sisters pressuring one another to get pregnant together, etc., the childfree community would be much, much larger.
Children are soooooooo cute... and more so when they're other people's children!
DY
