Great68 | 05-05-2017 08:24 AM | Quote:
it's pretty intense, you have to REALLY want to have kids and be super invested in that process, otherwise it's just painful to sit there on one side of a window watching single or non-child rearing friends traveling wherever at a whim and taking whatever opportunities in life come their way.
| Maybe this is more applicable to younger parents who jump in the game too early.
At 35 with a 1 week old, I feel like I've taken many the opportunities I've needed to become successful, as has my wife for her career (Having a partner who's willing to wait is helpful, I know there are many women can't control their clocks).
I've already done a buttload of travelling in my life, now I just want to focus on home.
I never had a huge urge to have kids. Seeing the family and friends have their babies never really did anything for me, I didn't really care to hold them or anything.
It wasn't until one night I was at my cousin's place working on his car his 3 year old boy was in the shop, super inquisitive, wanting to help daddy, holding the wrenches wanting to be right in the engine bay, that it tugged at my strings and I knew I wanted a little buddy I could teach everything to for myself.
The day you see your little human be born, It changes you. I don't regret it for one second. |