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What are the biggest sacrifices you have had to make as a parent?
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:18 pm
Was talking about it yesterday with a buddy of mine. We hardly get to play golf anymore since our kids have come. Said kids are 3 and under
I'd say ours (mine and my wife's (no pics)) would be:
-personal space
-a clean house
-a clean vehicle
-time at the fishing camp.
-time on a golf course
I'd say ours (mine and my wife's (no pics)) would be:
-personal space
-a clean house
-a clean vehicle
-time at the fishing camp.
-time on a golf course
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:19 pm to FishinTygah84
quote:
What are the biggest sacrifices you have had to make as a parent?
That first child, but Moloch demands satisfaction.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:19 pm to FishinTygah84
Wife's vagina
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:20 pm to FishinTygah84
So let me get this straight - this is a thread complaining about losing the things you used to do because of children? Really?
Kids are the greatest gift one could have. It takes a short-sighted, narrow mind to complain that one's golf time is not as much as before because you have to take care of the kids. Good grief.
I'm a single Dad with no time to do the things and that doesn't bother me one bit. I prefer it this way. Some people.
Kids are the greatest gift one could have. It takes a short-sighted, narrow mind to complain that one's golf time is not as much as before because you have to take care of the kids. Good grief.
I'm a single Dad with no time to do the things and that doesn't bother me one bit. I prefer it this way. Some people.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:20 pm to FishinTygah84
Time for your own stuff. I used to camp and do a lot out of recreational sports (softball, basketball, kayaking). It'll get better once they get older and I can introduce them to that stuff
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:20 pm to FishinTygah84
Not being a child any longer
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:21 pm to FishinTygah84
$14k a year to send two to private schools hurts my wallet
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:22 pm to FishinTygah84
I'd imagine the biggest is that your life would now come second to your child's. Hence why I don't have one yet - I'm too damned selfish 
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:22 pm to FishinTygah84
money
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:23 pm to FishinTygah84
Honestly nothing. A lot of those things I used to look forward to I'd easily much rather spend with my daughter. Watching her growing up is the best thing I've ever experienced.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:25 pm to FishinTygah84
Money
Vagina
Wife's sanity
Quiet
Vagina
Wife's sanity
Quiet
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:32 pm to FishinTygah84
Financing abortions
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:39 pm to FishinTygah84
Time and money. Money I can regenerate. Time, not so much
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:40 pm to FishinTygah84
Your entire life before you had kids. No more traveling whenever you want, no more sleeping like before you had kids (EVER), house is a constant mess that has to be cleaned, furniture is drawn on, things get hidden, quietness (doesn't exist with kids), watching what you want on TV when they are in the room, etc. But I wouldn't change it for the world.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:42 pm to FishinTygah84
I wouldn't call anything I give up a sacrifice but as the parent of 4 with one being special needs, I have zero personal time. I think it's pretty normal for parents to give up anything that isn't central to the family while kids are in their formative years... at least that's what you should do if you want them to be wall adjusted adults.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:45 pm to FishinTygah84
At the time I said it was a sacrific but changing careers from something I wanted to be doing to a career that is better financially and time. So, I thought it wasn’t fair to me but in the end it’s been a great choice.
Everything else was expected.
I lived a very selfish lifestyle for 10 years, the least I can do now is sacrific some things.
Everything else was expected.
I lived a very selfish lifestyle for 10 years, the least I can do now is sacrific some things.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:48 pm to FishinTygah84
Quiet evenings with my wife
Money
Money
Posted on 9/25/17 at 12:53 pm to FishinTygah84
quote:
-a clean house -a clean vehicle
These are not sacrifices-these are laziness.
I sold my camp on the coast and the boat when mine were young because it was hard to get them all wanting to go and out in a boat all day since my wife fishes as well. Not really a sacrifice as I had it for years and it was time to move on anyway and I still fish when I want.
Money but that is just part of it too so I really can't say anything is an actual sacrifice-just change of habits as most of us do as we get older anyway. I gave up golf not for kids but because it was taking 5 hours to get a round in and I never have that kind of time.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 1:04 pm to FishinTygah84
Not moving away from this hell hole.
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