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Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by Fleur66
How are you defining fun?
You make it sound like one can't have fun in the context of marriage or family.
My fun is going out, drinking, not coming home until 4am, deciding on the fly to drive somewhere for no reason other than adventure, total flexibility on a schedule which is no schedule, just playing video games or watching movies all day, traveling on the road. Can't do any of that with a family in my view.
My fun is going out, drinking, not coming home until 4am, deciding on the fly to drive somewhere for no reason other than adventure, total flexibility on a schedule which is no schedule, just playing video games or watching movies all day, traveling on the road. Can't do any of that with a family in my view.
Do you think you will still consider this the epitome of fun when you are in your 40's? 50's? 60's? Just wondering.
My fun is going out, drinking, not coming home until 4am, deciding on the fly to drive somewhere for no reason other than adventure, total flexibility on a schedule which is no schedule, just playing video games or watching movies all day, traveling on the road. Can't do any of that with a family in my view.
You can't travel on the road with kids?
But if the desire to play video games at all times is what you desire above all else...I'd agree that the single life is what is for you.
You wouldn't want to pesky little one calling out "Daddy, can we go to the park today" while you are hunkered down with video games.
I can sort of understand why average guys get married in their 20s and 30s, but why do so many guys who are or will likely be highly successful (top law school students, med students, Wall Street guys, successful entrepreneurs, etc) marry in their 20s and 30s?
Can someone please explain this insanity?
Someone who works that hard to make something of himself is probably a great deal more mature than your average whoo hoo bachelor for life.
Btw, for a lot of people, success means nothing if you don't have someone you love to share it with.
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fleur66
You can't travel on the road with kids?
But if the desire to play video games at all times is what you desire above all else...I'd agree that the single life is what is for you.
You wouldn't want to pesky little one calling out "Daddy, can we go to the park today" while you are hunkered down with video games.
Like I said, children are a h&*( no for me, PERIOD. Video games aren't the #1 thing in my life but sometimes I just need a day to where that is all I do.
Like I said, children are a h&*( no for me, PERIOD. Video games aren't the #1 thing in my life but sometimes I just need a day to where that is all I do.
Well it sounds from what you have posted that marriage and family aren't for you. Why care what others do though, or assume that it can't be deeply satisfying for someone else.
Someone who works that hard to make something of himself is probably a great deal more mature than your average whoo hoo bachelor for life.
Btw, for a lot of people, success means nothing if you don't have someone you love to share it with.
I agree completely. I could be the richest, most successful woman in the world and it wouldn't mean squat to me with out my family (that's including my dog!).
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