Roadliner
Well-Known Member
You should look into some sort of graphic arts job... that is some quality work.. I had to look at the original picture to notice the difference.
Can I come swing, friend?
Whoa wait. There are barefoot Brewers running around? Recipe for disaster.
Ugh... foot.
oh come now, that's not ALL that is in Indiana. Best pork Tendeloin Sandwiches anywhere.
On another note, next time I'm visiting Indy, I can probably bring you some cheese.
I find it fitting that both cheese and feet have found their way into this thread together. They look alike, smell alike, quack alike, and probably taste alike.
Someone shop a wheel of cheese on the end of moto's leg. I'm too lazy.
If you are trying to unite the Baby and Anti-Baby coalitions together under an umbrella of mutual hatred for the Cheeseless One, then I think you are succeeding.
Ironically, much like the cheese, you stand alone.
How much ecstacy....err, you have to say "Molly" nowadays...did you eat today??
Mary Jane. Pku.
haha. There's no way anybody still says that, grampa.
He'd have to have kids first to be a grandpa. PKU.
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apparently I'm raising children wrong. I'm not supposed to be able to relax on the patio alone with a beer.
amirite???
The difference is you do that when you can. I do it when I want.
I get to do it with one of the best kids I've ever met.
The difference is you do that when you can. I do it when I want.
I love you Mary Jane.
- Cypress Hill, before half the planet was born. (Probably grossly inaccurate)
Stories like this one scare the bejeezus out of me. One of the reasons why I don't want kids is I'd be terrified of ending up in circumstances like this poor woman, with a child that is entirely dependent on you and who will never be able to function independently. Who will look after the autistic daughter after the parents pass away? The poor woman basically has no life. What a miserable and depressing existence.
One of the reasons why I don't leave my house is I'd be terrified of ending up in circumstances like this poor guy, with a wife that is entirely dependent on you and who will never be able to function independently.
in all seriousness, you have a very, very bleak outlook on life. It seems like you spend your days hunting for the 1% of misery in every situation. I feel sorry for you.
I understand the point you are trying to make, but the situations are not analogous. The husband chose to marry a handicapped woman. Nobody chooses to have a mentally disabled child.
I'm a realist. I seek to minimize my misery and maximize my happiness. If you have a kid, there is a risk of a great many different types of complications. Genetic disorders, disabilities, diseases, behavioural issues, and so on. And the surest way to reduce that risk (indeed, eliminate it altogether) is to simply not have kids at all. I can comfortably know that I will never end up in a situation such as that woman with the disabled daughter, so such fears don't keep me up at night.
she chose to be in a debilitating car crash?
Are you saying if your current wife got injured and was paralyzed you'd divorce her?
Sure, but, what are you going to do about reducing the risk of dying in a car crash? plane crash? eaten by shark?
Listen, you've decided that the potential downsides of having children outweigh the upsides.
I respect your decision-making.
But I'll reiterate that I find your focus on the 1% of misery very bizarre and I really do feel sorry for you.
Nobody chooses to have a mentally disabled child.
Of course not. And that's not the scenario you originally laid out.
? Why not? I respect the decision to not have kids. I can't think of anything that I've said to convey otherwise.Doesn't really feel like it.
I don't "focus on 1% of misery," but I do try to minimize misery in my life when things are a real threat and easily avoidable.
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