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They're cute, smart, interesting, kind, bring you back to the present like nothing else, and there's so much you can live with them, from quiet to high energy moments.
Working with them (the right way) forces you to learn patience, communication, emotion management and to curb your ego.
I would say, of all the strong defining events in my life, horses brought me the most and the best.
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
I'm about to be a dad this year. Every day as the date approaches, I am getting more excited and scared at the same time. Never felt anything like this. I recall the pure happiness without an ounce of worry when I was a kid, and I also get happy that I might have a chance to give this to my kid. At the same time, I feel a lot of pressure that I will fall short of being a good dad. I am yet to experience being a real…
It might be. The child lasts far beyond 20 years and within that time frame there will be ups and there can be downs. Really bad downs. A child can grow up to hate you, be your enemy, become a criminal, become addicted to drigs. It is not a guarantee for happiness. Statistically speaking though, when measured scientifically people in general are actually found to be overall less happy with kids. This is the scientifi…
In your study parentd give a lower 1-10 ranking when asked how they feel in a particular moment, on random timers.
When cleaning up shit of someone you love, sure it sucks at that particular moment but your life's full of meaning.
Cliche, but good family time. Nothing beats a weekend where all my cousins, nieces and nephews are together. Its particularly fun now when all my cousins and siblings have kids and they’re all under four. It gets chaotic but also so much fun
This really is the best. It’s hard to describe why, but for me it’s some combination of freedom (from work and some childcare), nostalgia (from reliving old times), catching up, and just general family time.
And of course with all the toddlers around, its just all around adorableness everywhere
Music comes second, especially live.
Both are usually improved if I’m with people I’m close to.
Making love and romancing a good woman.
Me and my buds drinking the good stuff and eating pizza.
Taking the kids out for ice cream
Drinking a good cappuccino with a croissant after a hard workout in the early morning
Swimming alone in the pool/ocean and just enjoying being alive
Going on a hike in the forest on magic mushrooms
Making music with my friends
Earlier quoted context omitted.
- If I were offered the choice to wind back the clock and have her not exist, I wouldn't choose it, even if it would make me happier on the whole. - If I were to travel back in time and convey that information to my past self, it would make him want a child more, not less. - If you were to travel back in time and tell my past self "I talked to your future self, he said he'd probably be happier without a kid," and he…
>Once you're a parent you can never not be a parent again, not even in a hypothetical multiple-worlds time-travel scenario. This is not true at all. It's not a logical answer. Based of what you just said above, I believe you are being honest but I believe your biases are creeping into the answer and therefore cannot trust it. I'm sorry. The reason is because if you erased your memory of being a parent with time trave…
It's a simple sentence. Your comments feel tiresome and pushy.
Once you're a parent you can never not be a parent again because that kid is simultaneously a part of you, potential manifestation of all your dreams and hopes that you can't or won't accomplish, they're your friend, companion, confidant. They're here to stay. You understand them and they understand you like no one else does. You're same blood. It's powerful, deeply ingrained set of thoughts and feelings that you can get a hint of sometimes but can never experience fully until you make your own kid.
All previous statements have varying degrees of truth for most people, hence the fear of having family and children, esp. coming from non ideal backgrounds.
Music, hikes, painting.