11 Step Program for those thinking of having kids

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Tinawina

That was hilarious! And pretty true. LOL

Before we had kids some friends told us to buy a puppy first as preparation. I thought the idea sounded stupid. But I'll be damned if waking up at all hours to take that thing to pee, cleaning up all kinds of unexpected messes, losing a few of my prized possessions to the puppy's antics, having to think ahead before going away for the weekend or out for a night, and having to learn to toughen up in order to properly train that damn dog didn't mirror a lot of the skills I would end up using as a parent. Heh.

Not long ago I read an interview with a woman who summed it up perfectly. She said when she was pregnant, she pictured her life, with a baby in it. But in reality, the baby IS her life. Everything else loses priority.

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by DewDropInn

We were far from rich but we always had a sports car. Even when the kids were little. (They weren't upper end Porsches.) One car to haul the family in and one car because, well just because that's our family. Gear heads. Same when I was a kid. My dad always had a pretty cool sports car and my mom drove the station wagon. Your budget gets adjusted in other places when you are totally car-oriented as my family is.

(DH could also name every sporty car (V-8, turbo) that had a backseat that would handle car seats.)

We did, just for fun, go to the Porsche dealership to take a look at the new Panamera. Four doors and four seats! Anybody have an unlimited budget?

me too! I was brought home from the hospital in a 911. After that my dad still had 2-seater sports cars for years. On the rare occasion he had to take us somewhere, one of us kids would sit in the hatch back!

[thatsong64]

Hilarious! I liked the feeding the melon thing the most.

oh and the recording of fran drescher saying "mommy" hahaha