What have you given up?

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Registered: 07-17-2007
What have you given up?
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Mon, 06-30-2008 - 10:48am
What have you "given up" in order to have and parent children?

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 4:54pm

I really don't think it's this simple.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 4:56pm
Lol--I guess they had to base the Nanny Diaries on somebody.;)
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 5:15pm
Yup! The memory of the French baby nurse still makes me chuckle.
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Registered: 09-05-2007
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 5:50pm
Ok. I'm pretty sure that the examples I gave are quite different than "not wanting to spend endless time with children." I certainly don't want to spend endless time with my children. A household where one parents refuse to take much responsibility for parenting? Close enough to single parenting.
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Registered: 09-05-2007
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 5:55pm
That is true.. but at what point is it enough? If one person thinks the toilet should be cleaned twice a day, and they other one thinks once or twice a week is ok, who is right? There is a point where it's ridiculous, you know. Also.... if one person is cleaning the toilet once a day anyways, then they can clean it once a day when they get back. It's not like cleaning a toilet that hasn't been cleaned in 3 days is that much different than cleaning a toilet that hasn't been cleaned in 24 hrs.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 6:53pm
I think your DH and I would get along great -- fun and relaxation and adventure are my priority -- clean toilets every day...every DAY???? um. no. veggies every day....ever DAY??? um... sometimes....
fun every day? relaxtion every day...you better believe it toots.
"If gay Americans are not allowed to get married and have all the benefits that American citizens are entitled to by the Bill of Rights, they should get one hell of a tax break. That is my opinion,"

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 6:55pm

"I don't think that anyone considers a clean house and daily veggie consumption to be obsessively high standards"

um...except probably me...LOL

"If gay Americans are not allowed to get married and have all the benefits that American citizens are entitled to by the Bill of Rights, they should get one hell of a tax break. That is my opinion,"

- Jeane "Dear Abby" Phillips, in an interview with Lisa Leff.

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 02-08-2008
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 8:23pm
Why not?
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Registered: 02-08-2008
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 8:24pm
How long did you breastfeed?
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Registered: 02-08-2008
Fri, 07-04-2008 - 8:34pm
Your dh sounds just like mine :)

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