Being a kid

[perth]

So, do you have any problems getting sleep?

sometimes. i get home around midnight, he usually wakes up for a feeding at 1, so i stay up until thats over. usually wakes up around 7 hungry, so i feed him then, and he usually sleeps until 9ish. so i get a good 7-8 hours most nights. its nights like last night, when he was fighting a stomach bug, that get difficult.

See, it's this kind of purposeful humiliation that makes me so angry. How can you love someone and then tell them, "i'm better than you"?

im not sure that was a conscious intent, his intent was to instill respect. either way, its still the wrong way to go about it. basilbrush said respect breeds respect, and i think thats true. my father never understood that. i was his son, so dammit, i owe him respect. well, i dont know about respect, but sometimes i feel like i owe him a good asskicking.

Well, i'm 26, and my wife is 27. I do prefer to have my own freedom. On the other hand, I'd hate to be a genetic dead-end. Also, her biological clock is ticking. Like I said in another thread, if we wait 'till we're 40, she might not even be able to conceive at all

but its like warch said, are you sure you really want kids? propogation of your bloodline isnt whats important nowadays, at least thats how i see it. if youre happy just being a couple, and choose to just stay a couple, thats a great decision. my wife and i talked about that too. i wont say youre not missing anything if you dont have kids, but i will say that ive missed things by being a father. i dont regret it, i made a conscious decision to give up that life for the one i have now. some people think its selfish to not have children, and thats bullshit. its your life and you get to decide how to live it. down either path is the potential to live life to its fullest.

please dont take the above rant wrong, its just that ive heard too many people say they want children because they dont want their 'name to die' and mean it in all seriousness. i know thats not your angle. you obviously feel very strongly about it, and i dont doubt that you will be a wonderful father if and when the time comes. being a dad is great, and it gets better every day.

~james