Some of us without kids DO understand how having kids will change you and your priorities.
We also think some of you become so centred on your kids that you forget that YOU are a person as well, not just a
servant to your new offspring.
I totally lose respect for people who completely dismiss their previous friends, hobbies and other aspects of their lives the second they have a child. YES, having a shild changes your life drastically, and your responsibilites and focus of your life change, but if you let this new addition to you life completely change what you love about your life, and who you are, I have no time for you.
I don't have kids, and my wife and I have decided that we never will. I understand and respect that someone needs to produce the next generation of doctors, lawers, garbage men and hookers, and I applaud the efforts of the procreating masses!:rockin:
We have friends that turned into totally self centred a$$holes when they had kids. We don't speak to them anymore.
We also have friends that are well balanced, intelligent, understanding people that appreciate us for who and what we are and socialise with us, both with and without their kids. They don't treat us like freaks because we don't plan to have children, and they don't bore us with the amazing stories of how their supergenious kids are smarter than everyone else in the entire school and **** golden eggs!
We in turn show the same interest in their kids as we would in any other aspect of their lives, like their jobs, their parents, their hobbies etc.
Having children doesn not mean evey other aspect of your life becomes irrelevant eh? They are just another addaition to your lives to make it more full and enjoyable.
That's just my opinion, I could be wrong!