When I had my children, I was unaware that what I birthed was actually a ticking time bomb, and that as soon as they no longer needed me, I was going to be shuffled into a retirement home until they could legally have me put to sleep.

Why do you seem to think that having children means you can never do anything interesting again? That armless and legless man that swam the English Channel? If you're speaking about Philippe Croizon, he's married with two children.

I confess, I have occasionally been jealous of my single friends. And when I spoke to them about this, they've confessed their jealousy of me. For every time I've wished I could spend an evening in a club listening to an awesome jazz band, they've wished they had someone to curl up on the couch with, and a smiling child in their lap.

Do you know what the advantages are to having children in your early twenties? By the time we're 45 both of our kids will be through with college. That leaves plenty of time to do things we want before we're living it up in the old folks home. We already have plans.

But until then, we're not exactly spending all of our time sitting round the T.V. waiting for the moment we can kick the kids out.
(ladydyani, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 19:39, 1 reply)

Oh that Philippe Croizon
he shouldn't drink you know, he is always leggless but, even so, he is pretty armless.

Where is my hat?
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 6:16, closed)