Kids of EB

[knight1fox3]

I'll LMAO when you accidentally get Ladyfox pregnant. Then buy you a beer to congratulate you and give you unsolicited parenting advice and make Ladyfox a diaper cake for the baby shower.

Well there are ways to prevent that from happening, so there wouldn't be any accidents. Though Ladyfox (I like the name) has been pushing the issue. I've been trying to come up with a list of reasons why kids wouldn't be ideal. Both of us being in grad school for starters.

you learn quickly, grasshopper.

See! MA knows where I'm comin' from!

No. It would be that you can do both! At least that's what every one here seems to be saying...

I know Tex. I envy those that can do both but I simply wouldn't be able to stay focused. There would be too many distractions.

 

[knight1fox3]

And as for kids and hobbies, here's a series of quotes taken from a hobby thread that was created not so long ago. Not very convincing, LOL.

I have an 18 month old kid. If I had any free time, I'd be sleeping.

Like MS, I've got a soon to be 2 year old and Mrs. Ble is getting ready to pop with mini-ble2 right now, so my hobbies focus around my family.

I studied for the PE (passed) and I have a 2 year old, so one hour of tv and a little internet, and that's it.

I have an 11-month old, so not much time or money for hobbies...

I'm in the has-an-almost 2year-old-club, so don't have much time for it...

Ever since mini-Kevo came into this world my hobby is napping.....

Not much time to do anything else with the two kids (6 & 4yrs).

Well I certainly see the trend here. Might have to submit this as "exhibit A" to the wife who has been pushing the kids issue. Certainly seems like a lot of "fun". :screwloose:

 

[YMZ PE]

Interesting how depressing those posts start to sound when you dump em all together like that.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

But on the flip side, there's not a moment I regret doing what I've done. I give full credit to my kids for why I am where I am today. If I hadn't found out mini-Dex #1 was on the way, I'd be living in Seattle right now. Mini-Dex is who really inspired Mrs Dex to go back to school and leave her Home Depot job for a career in nursing. Without needing to look for nice schools, there is no way I would be living in house I do now.

I love my kids.

 

[knight1fox3]

Interesting how depressing those posts start to sound when you dump em all together like that.

I know, right?! My thoughts exactly. So when I continue to read things like that and hear very similar stories from co-workers, that really puts me off the issue entirely.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I'm not going to say there weren't times when things were difficult, or that I wonder "what if", but I wouldn't trade any of it. Only you know when (or if) you want kids. We have neighbors who waited until their 40's, and others who are like us and had their kids younger. From a financial standpoint, there have been several times when having kids made things challenging, but I really look forward to the fact that I'll be 45 when Mini-Dex #2 graduates high school.

 

[MA_PE]

you learn quickly, grasshopper.

See! MA knows where I'm comin' from!

Ah yes, but it depends on what you want to do. Kids are a "hooby" in the sense that raising kids is (overall) a fun thing to do with your time. Also, you'll never be "prepared" to have kids, so you might as well dive in when you're young. I know people that had their first kids well into their 30's and even into their 40s. 1) kids will wear you out fast and 2) you don't get your own time back (when the kids fly on their own) until your too old to have your own fun again.

Like Dex said, I love my kids and wouldn't change anything if I did it again.

Also, I'm convinced you'll see envy in the childless couples eyes as their friends with kids host B-day parties, graduations, and other ecelbrations of their child's success. When you reach old age, your kids will be ther to help you out. I believ it's called the "circle of life".

Oh and kids are fun to make, too.

 

[knight1fox3]

but I really look forward to the fact that I'll be 45 when Mini-Dex #2 graduates high school.

So you can foot the $25000 bill for college?

 

[MA_PE]

but I really look forward to the fact that I'll be 45 when Mini-Dex #2 graduates high school.

So you can foot the $25000 bill for college?

1) no one says you OWE your kid a college education. If you can do it, then do it. Otherwise you help them as best as you can to get it on their own.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I plan on helping my kids in any way I can, but I also know that they're smart and they'll be able to work things out regardless of how much I can help.

 

[EM_PS]

So you can foot the $25000 bill for college?

Well, you'd want them to go more than just a year...

 

[knight1fox3]

So you can foot the $25000 bill for college?

Well, you'd want them to go more than just a year...

LOL, well I was just using what my total bill was for my undergrad.

 

[YMZ PE]

So you can foot the $25000 bill for college?

Well, you'd want them to go more than just a year...

LOL, well I was just using what my total bill was for my undergrad.

You're old.

 

[Master slacker]

:lmao:

 

[knight1fox3]

You're old.

Negative, just found reasonably priced schooling in Wisconsin. Graduated '04. YOU'RE OLD! AND A MOM! LOL

 

[YMZ PE]

You're old.

Negative, just found reasonably priced schooling in Wisconsin. Graduated '04. YOU'RE OLD! AND A MOM! LOL

I'm 27 and I've never seen The Breakfast Club.

 

[kevo_55]

I'm 27 and I've never seen The Breakfast Club.

hmy:

 

[FLBuff PE]

You're old.

Negative, just found reasonably priced schooling in Wisconsin. Graduated '04. YOU'RE OLD! AND A MOM! LOL

I'm 27 and I've never seen The Breakfast Club.

Grounds for dismissal.

 

[snickerd3]

You're old.

Negative, just found reasonably priced schooling in Wisconsin. Graduated '04. YOU'RE OLD! AND A MOM! LOL

I'm 27 and I've never seen The Breakfast Club.

Grounds for dismissal.

during a college visit through SWE when I was a senior in HS...the girl who's dorm room I was staying in had me watch it. That night we had gone to a hockey game that went to double OT, a frat party, food at Labamba's, then back to dorm and watched the movie. I didn't get to bed until like 3 am and had to be up and at the next days visit activities by like 7am...

 

[knight1fox3]

You're old.

Negative, just found reasonably priced schooling in Wisconsin. Graduated '04. YOU'RE OLD! AND A MOM! LOL

I'm 27 and I've never seen The Breakfast Club.

Grounds for dismissal.

BANNED!