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Offline Dr Rick Daris

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Re: Kids
« Reply #275 on: February 03, 2012, 05:28:01 PM »

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Re: Kids
« Reply #276 on: February 03, 2012, 05:31:44 PM »

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Re: Kids
« Reply #277 on: February 03, 2012, 05:34:13 PM »
IMO, Rick needs to come to terms with the fact that he's probably the happiest person that he knows and is also a glorious human being, who must of us should aspire to be like.  No joke.  #teamRickDaris

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Re: Kids
« Reply #278 on: February 03, 2012, 05:47:45 PM »
Did anyone plan their children? I assumed most people had kids on accident.
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Re: Kids
« Reply #279 on: February 03, 2012, 05:52:13 PM »
IMO, Rick needs to come to terms with the fact that he's probably the happiest person that he knows and is also a glorious human being, who must of us should aspire to be like.  No joke.  #teamRickDaris

not sure about happy. that's not really me. i'm very content though. idk. stress for me was not knowing if we could have kids and then nine months of not knowing whether things would work out and they'd come out ok. we had some scares. the day they were born and everything was normal was the crest of the hill and the rest is just the downward slope for me. dunno. subject to change i suppose.

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Re: Kids
« Reply #280 on: February 03, 2012, 05:53:11 PM »
Did anyone plan their children? I assumed most people had kids on accident.

100% planned the first. 0% planned the second. i'm still only 95% sure he's mine.

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« Reply #281 on: February 03, 2012, 06:55:00 PM »
Did anyone plan their children? I assumed most people had kids on accident.

100% planned the first. 0% planned the second. i'm still only 95% sure he's mine.

Ditto. 20 months apart. :sdeek:

I went from "let's get the first one out of diapers" to "let's get the first one out of daycare" to "let's get the first one out of college" to "WE'RE rough ridin' PREGNANT?!!?!"

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Re: Kids
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« Reply #283 on: February 03, 2012, 08:39:47 PM »
Did anyone plan their children? I assumed most people had kids on accident.

I'm planning a kid around a trip to Egypt. It's tricky, b/c (predictably) my wife is devoting all her energy to worrying about not being close to family or using US/Western hospitals and doctors (we're actually planning to use our new cc points to fly her current OBGYN to Sharm al Sheikh for the delivery). In the meantime, I'm the only one researching probable birth dates, start times at good local schools, and average birth sizes of newly minted expat parents to statistically determine the best "outlier" time to crank one out over there. It's a delicate process, and there is a probably not a time during which women are more close-minded to just run-of-the-mill optimal procreation logistics. I mean, just try and bring it up. There's not an emoticon here for her or me, but she would be some of  :curse: and   :excited: and  :blindfold: and I'm more  :nerd: then  :party: then  :dunno: then  :zip:
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Re: Re: Kids
« Reply #284 on: February 03, 2012, 09:02:31 PM »
felix, that plan sounds like dogshit

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Re: Re: Kids
« Reply #285 on: February 03, 2012, 09:04:06 PM »
felix, that plan sounds like dogshit

I wasn't gonna say anything, but yeah. That sounds just miserable.  :frown:
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Re: Kids
« Reply #286 on: February 03, 2012, 09:11:05 PM »
Did anyone plan their children? I assumed most people had kids on accident.

I'm planning a kid around a trip to Egypt. It's tricky, b/c (predictably) my wife is devoting all her energy to worrying about not being close to family or using US/Western hospitals and doctors (we're actually planning to use our new cc points to fly her current OBGYN to Sharm al Sheikh for the delivery). In the meantime, I'm the only one researching probable birth dates, start times at good local schools, and average birth sizes of newly minted expat parents to statistically determine the best "outlier" time to crank one out over there. It's a delicate process, and there is a probably not a time during which women are more close-minded to just run-of-the-mill optimal procreation logistics. I mean, just try and bring it up. There's not an emoticon here for her or me, but she would be some of  :curse: and   :excited: and  :blindfold: and I'm more  :nerd: then  :party: then  :dunno: then  :zip:

i feel like your wife is being weak and it is you job as a male to tell her to suck it up. mizpah. joke btw.
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Re: Kids
« Reply #287 on: February 03, 2012, 09:33:52 PM »
Did anyone plan their children? I assumed most people had kids on accident.
I was married for seven years before we decided to have a kid.  We had a house and good jobs so we were like lets do it.  Man it was nerve racking.  Trying to have a kid is kinda stressfull.  When it doesn't happen right away you're like wtf.  Then after you do seal the deal you're like  :adored:.  After that the little guy doesn't keep and you're so  :cry:.  You start wondering" is this even worth the trouble."  But then the next time everything goes according to plan and you're like ok this is good.  When my son was born I remember not ever feeling an emotion like this.  My heart about burst out of my chest.  Yah there's bad days and good days but that's life.  Parents just have other things to worry about on a daily basis than Single/childless couples.

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Re: Kids
« Reply #288 on: February 03, 2012, 09:38:28 PM »
Awesome character development going on here

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Re: Kids
« Reply #289 on: February 03, 2012, 09:40:27 PM »
man, bloodfart really puts this all into perspective

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Re: Kids
« Reply #290 on: February 03, 2012, 09:44:17 PM »
man, bloodfart really puts this all into perspective
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Re: Kids
« Reply #291 on: February 03, 2012, 10:06:45 PM »
man, bloodfart really puts this all into perspective

The fact that Bloodfart has kids really does a number on my faith in humanity.  :runaway:
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Re: Kids
« Reply #292 on: February 03, 2012, 10:11:04 PM »
planned.  I held out for about 2 years had to quit smoking, get some career stuff in order etc.  Tried for about 6 months.  agree on the wtf when it doesn't happen right away. 

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Re: Kids
« Reply #293 on: February 03, 2012, 10:18:04 PM »
good grief.  after 2 months I would throw up my hands and declare that god doesn't will it so let's go to Mexico for 2 weeks and party. 

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Re: Kids
« Reply #294 on: February 03, 2012, 10:35:23 PM »
good grief.  after 2 months I would throw up my hands and declare that god doesn't will it so let's go to Mexico for 2 weeks and party. 

god let ou win in ood last week though so how much faith can you really put in him/her?

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Re: Kids
« Reply #295 on: February 03, 2012, 10:38:10 PM »
good grief.  after 2 months I would throw up my hands and declare that god doesn't will it so let's go to Mexico for 2 weeks and party. 

god let ou win in ood last week though so how much faith can you really put in him/her?

it made me swear off booze until I went to Vegas in march.  i broke that commitment today but made it a full 6 days.  i think of it as a test which i basically passed mostly. 

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« Reply #296 on: February 03, 2012, 10:38:54 PM »
6 days is a long time imo.  good job sd

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« Reply #297 on: February 03, 2012, 10:40:01 PM »
6 days is a long time imo.  good job sd

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« Reply #298 on: February 03, 2012, 10:40:56 PM »
It was really 5 1/2 days I guess.  should count as 6 though.

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« Reply #299 on: February 03, 2012, 10:56:59 PM »
man, bloodfart really puts this all into perspective

The fact that Bloodfart has kids really does a number on my faith in humanity.  :runaway:

You should see my kids they really are beautifull.