go fourth and multiply
i was telling hubs the other day that if i had a buck for every person who said,"you're pregnant AGAIN!", i'd be a rich woman. hubs said to alert him when we hit our first grand. but i digress ....it seems that the "normal" family size for most is 2 adults + 2 kids (and maybe a token dog, hamster, fish). families that push the boundaries have 3 kids. but families who have four, are looked upon as freaks.
it's like X-treme parenting, a road less travelled by the sane. only the couples who are screwed have a fourth (and there is some truth in that .. hahaha) people say we're so brave. most talk about finances/standard of living and the need to lower it coz of the new addition ... coz kids are so expensive. and so the truth comes out. it's about whether people want to pop their comfort bubble.
adjustments will need to be made, and it's not just about tightening the purse-strings. it's also about time management and a shift in priorities. and it must be the feel-good endorphins at work again but i have to say that i'm so looking forward to all these. we'll create a new comfort bubble and it'll be fun.
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posted by shoesthatfit @ 4:04 PM
4 Comments:
shoesy, aren't we scorps supposed to be selfish!
I am not ready yet for a kid. I don't know. just the thought scares me shitless.. what!!! I have to compromise? and sacrifice? what is that word...
I am still a kid myself I think... I don't know... wife wants to start at least considering it... I don't want to hear nothing about it...
dunno...
it's the fence i'm telling you. it really depends on which side you are on. there are days i feel that if we din have our first one (by surprise) we prob would not have had any to date (we are both scorps remember). selfish is our middle name.
but having said that, we're glad we've had 4 surprises (we really should kick up a case with durex). coz i swear, if we had to plan for kids, we'd have a state of the art apple home entertainment system and would have been around the world at least once instead of having to pay for milk and diapers.
so i get the sacrifice thing. i really do. i must have digressed from my original intent of content if i came across complain-y like.
re you .... you know you're never really ready to have kids till you have that first one. instinct will kick you in the arse and nature will take it's course. aside from that initial kick, the rest is quite pleasant) and what a looker your wife is ... i'm sure your kids will be beautiful : )
:)
I'm glad you feel that way about your kids. They should never be about the money in the first place. That's the problem with everyone nowadays. It's always about the money.
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