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Originally Posted by ravenne
I love them, especially my own ones. Yeah, I know you probably may call this hormonal confusion, but I don't care  It's just great to see the world through the eyes of a child. At the age of 2-4 life is full of wonders and mysteries. Besides, children are a perfect excuse if you like to do things like playing with cars and trains, buying worms to see them change into butterflies or building multistorey tree houses. |
Hmm, why would you need a kid for that? Not that I liked playing with cars and trains, but I still sleep with my bed full of stuffed animals (and a living one too!)
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i am positive that i don't want children in any absolute sense, just for the sake of having children.
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I once read a newspaper article about a woman who had children just because all her friends had children. She was a successful manager or something and made long hours. Her child was between 3 or 4 when the article was written.
Her schedule:
get up at 7:00, bring the kid to the creche at 8:00, pick up the kid at the babysitter at 20:00 (as the creche is only during working hours) and put the kid to bed.
(don't remember the exact schedule, but this is the short of it...)
Why have kids if you don't want to make the time for them?
My brother was a salesperson, who often went to the clients, all over the country. This meant he was often home very late. As soon as his first son was born, he changed his function so he could do normal office hours. That way he could eat with his son, play with his son and put him to bed.