We had children, and then we complained.

[Onkel Neal]

The Idle Parent (http://www.slate.com/id/2216559/)


Oh, how we whinge, we pampered parents of the West, attacked by choices, condemned to strive always to do the right thing, to get it right. We complain about money; we complain about lack of sleep; we complain about our partners, our co-workers, the newspapers, social networking sites, the government. We stamp our feet and shout at the usurers in the banking corporations and the swindlers and avaricious cheats on Wall Street, but most of all we complain about our own children.

We try to "get the balance right" between unenjoyable and enjoyable activities. But we are moaning about the very lives that we have created for ourselves. We took that job, we bought that house, we chose that boyfriend or girlfriend, we had that baby, we bought that car, we live in this city, we live in this country. We were free to go and retire alone in Goa and live on the beach for the rest of our lives, childless and free. But we chose not to do that. And then we complained!

Lol, "attacked by choices" :haha:

[AVGWarhawk]

Like my wife, she hates our house...complains it is too small...well wait...you chose it:doh:

[SteamWake]

Dont you understand? We are no longer bound to the consiquences of our actions.

Buy a house you cant afford? Goverment will help you !

Unwanted pregnancey? Goverment will help you!

Commit murder? Surely your a victum of circumstances, here the goverment can help you !

Trouble in school, cant pass, drop out, now you cant find a decent job or pay your bills? The goverment can help you.

Pay your mortgage, pay your taxes, raise your children right and send them to school ! What the hell are you thinking !

[AVGWarhawk]

No, it is more about the decisions we made on homes, cars, kids, vacations and got it all but now we complain about it. (nothing to really do with affording anything)

My folks would call it "poor little rich girl/boy". Got it all and by decision on their own but still complain.

[HunterICX]

Like my wife, she hates our house...complains it is too small...well wait...you chose it:doh:

and you pay it :88)

HunterICX

[AVGWarhawk]

and you pay it :88)

HunterICX

Well sure...it is in my name:D

[FIREWALL]

I went for the beach in Goa. And have never looked back.

[SteamWake]

Well sure...it is in my name:D

That sir can be adjucated :doh:

[FIREWALL]

That sir can be adjucated :doh:


That right AVG, You listen to SteamWake. :yep:

And when the dust settles she,ll have the house, half of everything else and her Lawer will get the rest. :har:

[AVGWarhawk]

That right AVG, You listen to SteamWake. :yep:

And when the dust settles she,ll have the house, half of everything else and her Lawer will get the rest. :har:

We just celebrated our 15th year of marriage....no one else would have us so litigation will not happen:D

[FIREWALL]

We just celebrated our 15th year of marriage....no one else would have us so litigation will not happen:D


Congrats on the 15 and wish you 15 more good ones. :up:

[Jimbuna]

We just celebrated our 15th year of marriage....no one else would have us so litigation will not happen:D

New starters eh! :hmmm:

Almost newlyweds :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

My wifes mother gave her two pieces of advise...be a lady in the parlor and whore in the bedroom(no joke, she said this)...it works:D Hence the 15th year celebration!

[TDK1044]

If your house is too small, does that mean her legs stick out of the window!? :)

[AVGWarhawk]

If your house is too small, does that mean her legs stick out of the window!? :)

Naw, that means we would be living in a trailer park:88). I don't get it. Three bedrooms and two full baths. How much more does she need:06:

[TDK1044]

One of the many mysteries of women. My wife can spend 3 hours at her hairdresser's and come out looking exactly the same as when she went in....just $100 poorer.

I think it's related to the great design flaw. I mean, if I had a car that whined every day and leaked once a month, I'd take it back. :)

[AVGWarhawk]

I think it's related to the great design flaw. I mean, if I had a car that whined every day and leaked once a month, I'd take it back. :)


:har: I lost me receipt:oops:

[Arclight]

:rotfl:
Ouch, that's just...
:har:

I take it she doesn't visit SUBSIM regularly?

[AVGWarhawk]

:rotfl:
Ouch, that's just...
:har:

I take it she doesn't visit SUBSIM regularly?


Oh hell no. In fact, she might get on the computer once a month. Even then for maybe an hour. Watching her use the computer is excruciating. She is so slow my two daughters go nuts just watching her attempt to navigate. Computers is just not her thing. Lucky for me no?

[Arclight]

Sure beats fighting over time-slots. :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

You're telling me. I had just one computer. My two daughters have discovered Myspace and umpteen other places to visit on the internet. With two computers...they can duke it out on time-slots. No touchy on my computer. Somethings a man just has to have for himself...his wife, beer and computer. :D

[Arclight]

Well played. :salute:

While the girls squabble over who gets to update their Myspace page, you are free to hang back with a beer, spend some time with the wife or keep us riff-raff straightend out. :yep:

Ah, the good life. :)

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Naw, that means we would be living in a trailer park:88). I don't get it. Three bedrooms and two full baths. How much more does she need:06:

A parlor to be a non-whore in obviously :haha:

[nikimcbee]

Congrats on the 15 and wish you 15 more good ones. :up:

May 1st= 10 years:o

[ReallyDedPoet]

Somethings a man just has to have for himself...his wife, beer and computer. :D

Ha, ha.... good one :up:

[HunterICX]

My wifes mother gave her two pieces of advise...be a lady in the parlor and whore in the bedroom

From a Mother in law that's Great advice! :har::yeah:

HunterICX

[Platapus]

My wifes mother gave her two pieces of advise...be a lady in the parlor and whore in the bedroom

Sometimes it is nice when the Frau is a whore in the parlor too. :D

[Digital_Trucker]

Three bedrooms and two full baths. How much more does she need:06:

Just enough so that she can complain about it being too much to clean:haha:

[AVGWarhawk]

From a Mother in law that's Great advice! :har::yeah:

HunterICX

Yep, she was a strange one but this was her advise. Sorry to say she died of cancer at the age of 50. Then my wifes father passed of cancer at the age of 54. I never thought I would be burying my inlaws at such a young age.

[AVGWarhawk]

Just enough so that she can complain about it being too much to clean:haha:

We think alike DT...this was my thoughts yesterday as I typed that post. :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

Well played. :salute:

While the girls squabble over who gets to update their Myspace page, you are free to hang back with a beer, spend some time with the wife or keep us riff-raff straightend out. :yep:

Ah, the good life. :)

Plan your work and work you plan:D

[AVGWarhawk]

May 1st= 10 years:o

Good for you sir! I'm guessing your marriage is like mine...no one else would have us so what the hell, we will stick it out together:D