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My sister has a kid that's 10 now and as much as I enjoy more and more being the cool uncle as the kid gets older as much I would probably kill myself if I had to take care of that 24/7, there is permanently something else. Next door to my condo there lives an old couple who never had kids either (no idea about the reason, none of my business) and they're basically traveling non-stop which I imagine to be nice. Downstairs on the other hand there lives an even older couple who has two kids. The woman is very hard to get rid of because she has nobody really to talk to since her husbands mind is slowly going because of Alzheimers. One son doesn't really talk to them anymore, the other low-key already thinks about shoving them off to some retirement home to get the nice condo. He doesn't even allow them to put pictures up because he doesn't want to have holes in his walls. They went months without a stove until I couldn't watch it anymore and installed it for them, something he kept promising over and over but was "too busy" to do. If I ever meet him I'm probably going to punch him in the face.
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Feb 19, 2017 11:02
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ballistics statistics posted:You realize there's a group that deals with elder abuse, right? You're supposed to call them when this happens so they step in make sure this gets fixed. Nothing illegal about being a lovely kid who eyes his future inheritance. It's their condo. He isn't obliged to do anything except wait until they can't be on their own anymore to upgrade his living arrangements. It's as counterpoint for all the people that tell themselves "my kid will be my retirement insurance one day". How much do you feel like taking care of the everyday problems of someone who's 75+? Yeah, I thought so. It is not a very good plan, especially if you are from a culture that doesn't put much stock in family and caring for elders.
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Feb 19, 2017 14:08
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Universe Master posted:Good luck with the future oven planet, Muslims and Africans. Forgot about that whole angle. Yeah. I hope my religious ex was wrong about everything, don't feel like explaining that one to somebody E: oops, there's jesus and he looks kinda pissed
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Feb 19, 2017 14:37
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the good fax machine posted:"I'm child-free and my nipples are like silver dollar pancakes!" words to live by E: The human brain is amazing at telling you you did the right thing as defense mechanism for your psyche. You can have people shooting up heroin they whored their 5 year old out for and tell themselves that it probably was not the worst thing to do and they kind of had a point doing it. It's just how the human brain works.
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Feb 19, 2017 16:45
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man it's almost like having a kid is a very individual thing, dependent on the personality and experiences of those involved. Who would have thought
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Feb 20, 2017 22:50
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Pitdragon posted:um, actually, there is an objectively correct way to live your life, and that would be the way I live my life. anything else would just be flat-out pathetic! hosed up, *if* true my bat mitzvah ROCKED posted:im all the salty responses from the self righteous about non procreation crew lmao I think it's funny how the topics on SA shift as the crowd ages. Ten years ago goons were all about getting laid and losing their virginity. Now it's kids. Another ten years it'll be midlife-crises, the olden days and bodies failing. Ah, the circle of life. Police Automaton fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Feb 21, 2017 |
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Feb 21, 2017 00:04
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Hardawn posted:I'm 7 years younger than my brother that was good since by the time I was in middle school he was gone. rip
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Feb 21, 2017 19:20
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you dont need to be very smart to figure out how to make a kid, if that was the case hoo boy we'd be in trouble
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Feb 21, 2017 22:35
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maturity has nothing to do with age and/or life experiences i'm the living proof on the other hand, some of you 30-somethings here sound ancient
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Feb 22, 2017 14:54
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:It's definitely not a great idea to have a kid in your 20s unless you are somehow filthy rich and met the absolute most perfect significant other in the world. Even then there's really no downside to just enjoying a less hectic life for a while. Man I could never imagine being so bored that I'd consider having a kid just to fill that time with something, but it takes different kinds I guess 
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Feb 24, 2017 19:15
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Burt Sexual posted:Imagine having kids in your 40s! My father was in his 40s when I was born. We ended up having little of a connection because he grew up in a completely different world. Didn't even really understand that until I was an adult myself. Times have changed since then and continue to change. He also was not a very flexible man, it usually was his way or no way. That is not a question of age. The other day I read that developed countries will start pushing an average life expectancy of over 90 in the next 20 years. (probably excluding the US because of widespread obesity&lack of a good level of healthcare) So being 40 doesn't really mean anymore what it meant 20-30 years ago. Hell, being 30 doesn't mean what it meant 20-30 years ago. People even look a lot younger nowadays on average. So honestly, can't imagine. I suppose it's possible! Uncle at Nintendo posted:It wasn't really boredom, it was more "what exactly are we saving money for other than vacations and retirement which we can also do with kids". That's not really something I could catch myself ever thinking to be honest, but I guess we are just very different people. Which is fine!
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Feb 24, 2017 19:43
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Benny Harvey posted:Imagine having sex in your 20s now lets not get crazy
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Feb 25, 2017 12:52
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