The worst part about having kids...

Jimmymac03 12/09/12 10:08 pm

...when the channel changes while you are watching Sunday night football to record an episode of The Berenstain Bears.

You know you are a goner when you actually think of letting it record and missing the rest of the game.

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mfhgreyboy 12/09/12 10:10 pm

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

+1

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chris_22 12/09/12 10:23 pm

I prefer the Berenstain Bears over football.

Unless it's the real football.

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dave25 12/09/12 10:27 pm

haha this girl im kinda seeing has one from a different dude, and its kinda holding me back somewhat so this thread was super fitting for me, ive already met the lil dude but try to limit my time around him dont want to introduce unecessary peeps into his life... mind you were only 20....

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newoldfiddle 12/09/12 10:36 pm

Those Bears have some wacky adventures brah...

"The Berenstain Bears Go on a Family Vacation to Big Cypress"

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walstib 12/09/12 10:43 pm

I think total lack of appreciation they show after you spend the estimated $200,000 it costs to raise them to age 18, but the football thing is up there too.

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dave25 12/09/12 10:50 pm

If she didnt have the little guy, I feel as though it would be totally different... Sorry to jack the thread @Jimmymac03 but a little advice from elder .netters would hurt!

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walstib 12/09/12 10:57 pm

@dave25 said:

If she didnt have the little guy, I feel as though it would be totally different... Sorry to jack the thread @Jimmymac03 but a little advice from elder .netters would hurt!

Despite my sarcasm in the above post I have step-children. They were 14 and 15 when we met so the situation is a little different than yours. I was certain I didn't want kids of any kind (my own or step). Falling in love makes everything clear. You want to make her happy and that means making her child happy.

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dave25 12/09/12 11:06 pm

Thanks for sharing, were co workers too. The whole things kinda screwey already met the parents on accident haha just going to ride the waves and go with the flow. If something's ment to be it works its way out right? Thanks for letting me vent .net

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Jimmymac03 12/09/12 11:07 pm

@dave25 said:

met the parents on accident haha

That is how they get you.

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walstib 12/09/12 11:11 pm

@dave25 said:

Thanks for sharing, were co workers too. The whole things kinda screwey already met the parents on accident haha just going to ride the waves and go with the flow. If something's ment to be it works its way out right? Thanks for letting me vent .net

Whoa there. You didn't say co-worker. Don't do it man. You've probably already gone too far. Relationships with co-workers end up either as happily ever after or your worse nightmare. There is no in between.

edit - my point is unless you see her as "the one", post break-up work is going to suck everyday. Not only for you and her but very possible your co-workers as well. My horny indiscretions split an entire office once. Bad times. She was CRAZY.

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Jimmymac03 12/09/12 11:13 pm

I have dated two coworkers and married one... don't.

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Jimmymac03 12/09/12 11:14 pm

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dave25 12/09/12 11:43 pm

Ahh thanks for the advice. We got some decisions to make ill let ya know what happens might be a while though

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YorkvilleBeerLover 12/09/12 11:58 pm

DA BEARS!

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/10/12 12:03 am

@dave25 said:

Thanks for sharing, were co workers too. The whole things kinda screwey already met the parents on accident haha just going to ride the waves and go with the flow. If something's ment to be it works its way out right? Thanks for letting me vent .net

You were co- workers or you still are?

Either way, run for the hills. Maybe if you were a bit older, I'd be a bit more for it, but she should be focused on raising that kid, not dating. And the fact that she isn't smart enough to do that says a lot.

You're 20! Don't tell me you're so desperate for sex that you're willing to get involved in this mess.

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dave25 12/10/12 12:24 am

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@dave25 said:
Thanks for sharing, were co workers too. The whole things kinda screwey already met the parents on accident haha just going to ride the waves and go with the flow. If something's ment to be it works its way out right? Thanks for letting me vent .net
You were co- workers or you still are?

Either way, run for the hills. Maybe if you were a bit older, I'd be a bit more for it, but she should be focused on raising that kid, not dating. And the fact that she isn't smart enough to do that says a lot.

You're 20! Don't tell me you're so desperate for sex that you're willing to get involved in this mess.

Holy shit dude is this my conscience? My thoughts exactly I'm not Trying to ruin my youth for this... Can I live while in young ???

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ADAWGWYO 12/10/12 12:41 am

The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup

::legend has it::
::personally uncertain::

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JayDubya 12/10/12 9:57 am

The worst part about having kids doesn't reveal itself until they're teenagers, and by then no one wants to adopt them.

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PhilMcKay 12/10/12 4:13 pm

I'll be honest...as a father of two children...one is 12 and the other is 5...I haven't seen the television in almost 7 years. Sure, I'll reserve the living room for Notre Dame on Saturdays and slide in a White Sox game now and then...but other than that, I'm at the mercy of NetFlix, the XBOX, Nick, Jr., and Disney.

I let my kids rule the roost while they're awake. I'll watch their shows and play their XBOX games with them. Most of the stuff they watch and play is cool and I know my teams will play again another day. Only things that have really annoyed me are Zach and Cody, the Fresh Beat Band, and that stupid ass Minecraft game. I sip Corwn Royal while my wife and I ad-lib inappropriate language into the other stuff they watch/listen to.

Point is missing a game is not a bad thing and I'd look forward to the smile on the child's face as you turn the channel. Sure, it sucks sometimes to miss a game when you actually have time to sit on your ass and watch one...but life is all good when you have a kid smiling at you while watching his favorite episode of Thomas the Train...will drive me crazy...but the kids will remember the times you sat down and watched their shows with them.

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pnutmcsnappy 12/10/12 4:24 pm

Never ever ever ever getting to sleep in? Ever. No matter what.

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Jimmymac03 12/10/12 4:32 pm

@PhilMcKay said:

Point is missing a game is not a bad thing and I'd look forward to the smile on the child's face as you turn the channel. Sure, it sucks sometimes to miss a game when you actually have time to sit on your ass and watch one...but life is all good when you have a kid smiling at you while watching his favorite episode of Thomas the Train...will drive me crazy...but the kids will remember the times you sat down and watched their shows with them.

In this case the kiddo was sleeping.

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Jimmymac03 12/10/12 4:33 pm

@pnutmcsnappy said:

Never ever ever ever getting to sleep in? Ever. No matter what.

Yeah, setting the clocks back is a sick joke on parents everywhere. All you hear about for days is that everyone will be getting an extra hour of sleep... everyone but you.

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PhilMcKay 12/10/12 5:02 pm

@Jimmymac03 said:

@PhilMcKay said:
Point is missing a game is not a bad thing and I'd look forward to the smile on the child's face as you turn the channel. Sure, it sucks sometimes to miss a game when you actually have time to sit on your ass and watch one...but life is all good when you have a kid smiling at you while watching his favorite episode of Thomas the Train...will drive me crazy...but the kids will remember the times you sat down and watched their shows with them.
In this case the kiddo was sleeping.

Yeah...that sucks and I've had that happen too...I was watching an IU Hoosiers basketball game a few years ago. Game was trumped to record Little Einstein just after halftime. Luckily, I live in Indiana and found the game on the radio.

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DrPeterVenkman 12/10/12 5:20 pm

This is one for the potty trained household.

You go in to the bathroom for the one really good dump of the day, you're pretty stoked because you had a sizable lunch and this will allow you to really peel off a few chapters of that really good book you just picked up. Yeah, we are talking the classic foot number here, maybe even a dry bumhole because you sat there too long. The seat starts to warm, the scent is no issue for this one, so there is no fear of a forced evacuation due to that. You just get to the meat of the chapter and...

The sound of small feet coming up the stairs.
The labored breathing because steps can be hard on a toddler.
The sound of socked feet shuffling right to the edge of the bathroom door.

Dad, I have to potty

"What? REALLY?!?!"

Seriously, you didn't even make it through ONE chapter, not to mention, you still have mail to move.

"Is it an EMERGENCY??!?"

And isn't it ALWAYS an emergency?

There I times I feel as though that maybe I started a trend and they were going because I said I had to. When I'm struck with that notion I will stand with my ear to the closed door and listen to hear just how much of an "emergency" this really was. *tinkle tinkle*, wow, not even a steady stream. As a middle aged male with a partner and two kids the bathroom can take on a "Fortress Of Solitude" type of aspect, that's why I have named this act, "Storming The Fortress"

Yes, I thought of this post while on the crapper, it would have been longer but...

tl;dr, but aren't you glad my son had to pee?

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SconyMack 12/10/12 5:25 pm

I'm a grown man and I'd rather watch the Bernstein Bears than Sunday Night Football.

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the_Crested_Hogchoker 12/10/12 5:51 pm

I'd imagine the various bodily functions and the general cost of maintaining them would be worse.

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BigPimpinNYC 12/10/12 6:03 pm

35 and single and every day you parents remind me why I am the worlds greatest uncle and loving it

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johnnyd

12/10/12 6:07 pm

@the_Crested_Hogchoker said:

I'd imagine the various bodily functions and the general cost of maintaining them would be worse.

According to several of my friends who are very recent parents, the adjustment curve for getting used to explosive bodily fluids is really quick.

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DrPeterVenkman 12/10/12 6:09 pm

@johnnyd said:

@the_Crested_Hogchoker said:
I'd imagine the various bodily functions and the general cost of maintaining them would be worse.
According to several of my friends who are very recent parents, the adjustment curve for getting used to explosive bodily fluids is really quick.

Surprisingly quick.

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johnnyd

12/10/12 6:11 pm

"Dude, you have baby puke all up in your beard..."
"Ehh whatever. Crack me another Harpoon?"

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the_Crested_Hogchoker 12/10/12 6:12 pm

@DrPeterVenkman said:

@johnnyd said:
@the_Crested_Hogchoker said:
I'd imagine the various bodily functions and the general cost of maintaining them would be worse.
According to several of my friends who are very recent parents, the adjustment curve for getting used to explosive bodily fluids is really quick.
Surprisingly quick.

I'm not afraid to straight up quit. I've got a feeling I would prefer paying child support to being shat upon by human beings.

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JayDubya 12/10/12 6:21 pm

@MrsDubya was up once in the middle of the night with a kid when they were an infant. Kid exploded shit all over her. Covered her from the waist down. As she was yelling for me the son exploded out the other end, covering her upper half in puke.

Good times

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MaybeSo_MaybeNot 12/10/12 6:26 pm

@Jimmymac03 said:

I have dated two coworkers and married one... don't.

I did this too. Bad, bad idea. It's bad enough when the spouse is crazy, gets worse when you realize your love interest is just as crazy, if not more. Don't do this.

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DrPeterVenkman 12/10/12 6:28 pm

I think the worst thing for me was the first time Max actually THREW UP, no that innocent milk/formula spit up, that stuff is child's play. I was holding him while walking through the front door, I heard this weird gurgling, which was strange because I hadn't ordered a water feature. The I felt all the warm running down the front of me.

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_________________________ 12/10/12 6:29 pm

Kids stole things I needed bad

Kids took what I never had

Pillows for my aching head

A glass of milk next to my bed

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DrPeterVenkman 12/10/12 6:31 pm

@JayDubya said:

The worst part about having kids doesn't reveal itself until they're teenagers, and by then no one wants to adopt them.

And no one accepts the term "retroactive abortion", it's always murder.

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Jimmymac03 12/10/12 6:36 pm

@DrPeterVenkman said:

I think the worst thing for me was the first time Max actually THREW UP, no that innocent milk/formula spit up, that stuff is child's play.

In all honesty the first time I witnessed a real projectile baby milk spew I was shocked. She was sitting up on her bedroom floor totally fine, playing having a good time when she got a strange look on her face. A split second later there is a solid white plume arching across the room. She didn't moved. Just maintained position and it kept coming. I thought for sure we needed an exorcism.

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the_Crested_Hogchoker 12/10/12 6:44 pm

@Jimmymac03 said:

@DrPeterVenkman said:
I think the worst thing for me was the first time Max actually THREW UP, no that innocent milk/formula spit up, that stuff is child's play.
In all honesty the first time I witnessed a real projectile baby milk spew I was shocked. She was sitting up on her bedroom floor totally fine, playing having a good time when she got a strange look on her face. A split second later there is a solid white plume arching across the room. She didn't moved. Just maintained position and it kept coming. I thought for sure we needed an exorcism.

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perhaps you should have her checked for Pazuzu.

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HypocriteOpportunist 12/10/12 6:50 pm

@Jimmymac03 said:

I have dated two coworkers and married one... don't.

Hey now, it's not all bad. My SO and I work together, live together and play together. Still going strong for almost 5 years now. (And we were friends a few years before that after meeting at a previous place of employment)

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thebubba 12/10/12 8:36 pm

Taking your kids to the emergency room is not fun.

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dave25 12/10/12 9:34 pm

Ahhh yes thanks for all the advice all, seriously ever since this has all started the work place has been too awkward for my likeing.. Its like were forced to act different at work... totally wierd. Getting ready to tell her that we can still chill and do stuff but its got to be no strings attached no feelings... that will probably sever the friendship... Whatever you win some you loose some time to be strait up with it about how I feel

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twisty_m 12/10/12 10:37 pm

I grew up with 2 brothers and they peed on the toilet seat every freaking day. Never learned my lesson; never looked down. Always sat on their pee in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning when I woke up. Inevitable shower ensued.

When I had my own son and potty trained him I vowed he would lift up that f*ck*ng seat if I had to whisper it in his ear while he slept in the middle of the night; And he does. Mission accomplished.

Worst part about having a kid? I agree with @pnutmcsnappy - Never, ever, ever getting to sleep in ever again. Even if he's staying the night at a friends house, or with the grandparents, my circadian clock wakes my ass right on up.

@dave25 Just don't. Trust me.

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twisty_m 12/10/12 11:34 pm

@thebubba said:

Taking your kids to the emergency room is not fun.

My son broke his arm in 2 places the first day of kindergarten a couple years ago. He had a cast from his hand to his shoulder; Neon Yellow was the color he picked. Neon. Yellow.

He got it off and re-broke it the same day. All together, cast'd for 6 months.

The year after that my bundle of destruction swallowed a whole lollipop.

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Harry__Hood95 12/10/12 11:42 pm

I think the worst part of having kids is knowing that you will pretty much never have a day that you don't worry at least a little bit ever again. Whether they're 3, 30 or 60 as a parent I will always worry about my girls.

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the_Crested_Hogchoker 12/11/12 12:24 am

@Harry__Hood95 said:

I think the worst part of having kids is knowing that you will pretty much never have a day that you don't worry at least a little bit ever again. Whether they're 3, 30 or 60 as a parent I will always worry about my girls.

When I was a junior in college (2005 or so) I told my dad I killed a guy in Georgia as an April Fool's Joke. I called to ask him what I should do with the body. He's still pissed at me for that one.

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