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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 01:59 PM Original message |
Egad. And my wife wants to have another kid... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Uggghhhh... |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. second child is cheaper |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. We WOULD need a bigger house. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. get less crap |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I love my crap. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. i love mine, too. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You only think you can live in your current house |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. You cannot have a larger house unless you are carbon neutral |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Lordy. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. YOU THINK BUYING 5 MEASLY BULBS IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE CONCERN TROLLS? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Did you see Idiocracy? |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. I thought about Idiocracy, too... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-27-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Hell no. |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Think long and hard about it.... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. ahhhh, the gift that keeps on giving. . . |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. glad that you enjoy it so, but honestly, not everybody is cut out to be a parent--and your last |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. true, there are millions who should never have kids, let me amend. . . |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. thank-you, no. |
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m_welby (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I don't think that's necessarily true |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. i had a love-less childhood. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. "Everyone should have at least one"? Thanks, But No |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yeah - I'd rather have a child as a cat. |
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RC Quake (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. With as hard as it is to accept, |
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The Cleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Take heart, you're not the only one... |
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DUgosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. We had two but lost one at age 20 |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I'm sorry for your loss |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Very sorry. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is that how much you can sell your kid for? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. So much depends on your age of the "other child" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. that's actually cheaper than i thought -- bwtn 6k and 13k per child.. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. That's from 0-2 years of age. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. I guess I am fortunate. I never wanted kids.I don't have them. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. i have two, and wish i had another. started earlier. money isnt |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. money is an issue when there isn't enough of it to care for one's children properly |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. For us it's really the time more than the money, honestly. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It nedver really "gets easier".. One day you will realize that your "baby" is a teenager |
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dae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. My wife and I have four now ages 34, 32, 30,& 28 with 5 |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. i think this is the bigger issue. the time spent connected and with the child |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm on the flipside |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. My youngest is now 11th grade and I cannot WAIT for him to graduate HS |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Ha. I'm 47 (my wife's ten years younger). By the time our 2-1/2-year-old |
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RC Quake (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. My Spouse is 10 years older than me, |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Glad it worked out for you. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. It's the energy level that goes. Hubby and I were just talking about it at dinner tonight. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Who The Fuck Are They Getting To Provide Child Care For $840 A Year? Costs Me 11 Grand Per Kid LOL |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Let's see-- |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. My wife and I have 3 soon to be 4. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Meet her half way and adopt a 17 year old. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Why not. Or just hire one. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Yup. Earn their keep. It's what kids ought to do anyways... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-26-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. Blech. Well. As if my fears about the future weren't enough reason for me to have decided |
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