Let it out.

[betplom]

G I Joe's and Barbie both had the same genitalia

 

[Boner_18]

I can't stand it when people claim that having a child changes everything. Like "wait til you have a child then you'll understand." Like that is the one life experience that 1) changes EVERYTHING or 2) cannot be fathomed without ACTUALLY experiencing it.

I don't know why we let people who haven't had a child opine on/do ANYTHING. If these child-having people are so qualified at life why aren't they just telling us all what to do and think? Why would we let anyone who doesn't have this (admittedly) unique and valuable experience do anything?!?! It's surely to be wrong or fail since someone who has yet to procreate is clearly severely lacking in some sort of intellectual and experiential development that can ONLY be fulfilled by having and raising a child. Fucking tools.

 

[sadcat]

Are you shooting blanks Boner?

 

[Matty]

It doesn't change *everything*, but it is more transformative than you expect.

Personally, I'm glad that there are childless people around, they tend to be workaholics and they pick up the slack for us underslept zombies.

 

[Mudcat]

The mind boggles. The laziest, most useless, oafish, lummoxy guy in this joint has been childless all along but now his wife is pregnant.

Is it possible for him to become worse?

Guess we'll see.

 

[Boner_18]

Rape. I think it's heinous and disgusting and intolerable. But if you have a daughter you think all these things on a whole 'nother level? People without daughters should never even think about how terrible rape is, they're wasting their time. Their unenlightened view of love for a female simply cannot support the horror that is rape. "Just wait 'til you have kids."

Get out of here with that business. You're a fucking idiot (not addressed to anyone here).

 

[Tron]

Like that is the one life experience that 1) changes EVERYTHING or 2) cannot be fathomed without ACTUALLY experiencing it.

Definitely no argument from me in reference to the 2nd paragraph of your post but, yup, definitely the one life experience that changes EVERYTHING and cannot be fathomed without ACTUALLY experiencing it.




Having more than one child magnifies the aforementioned things.

 

[MrMonkey]

It doesn't change *everything*, but it is more transformative than you expect.

This probably says it best for me!

 

[MrMonkey]

cannot be fathomed without ACTUALLY experiencing it.

Agree here too!

 

[Boner_18]

I didn't expect you guys to understand, you simply can't. You've never lived in New York [if you have, insert something you haven't done here].

 

[MrMonkey]

Boner, become a foster parent! Might be a good way of finding out if it is for you or not without getting in too deep!

 

[Tron]

Understand what?

I've lived in NY so I'm running through a list of things I've never done.....

 

[Boner_18]

Owned a goldfish, been to Greece, cut your own Xmas tree. Doesn't matter, what ever it is you haven't done it, and therefore you don't have the life experience so you can't understand anything I say you can't.

 

[MrMonkey]

Boner, I didn't think you would give up so easily! Maybe in your case it might be different cause of all the book reading you have had to experience in becoming a lawyer! Lots of child rearing books out there for you!

Like I said totally agree with Matty and to a lesser degree Tron!

 

[FairWarning]

Two things I'll never do:

- be a parent (much respect to the ones who can do it, I couldn't)

- live in the NYC area.

 

[reno cool]

I didn't expect you guys to understand, you simply can't. You've never lived in New York [if you have, insert something you haven't done here].

all I can say is you people with your wondefull experiences and kids and jobs have managed to create kind of a foked up world

 

[Matty]

Understand what?

I've lived in NY so I'm running through a list of things I've never done.....

Boner knows more than you about living in NYC so your thoughts are null and void.

Kindly yours,

-housepicks

 

[Tron]

K.