Here's something for all of you who have kids or are thinking about having kids.

[Lizzard[MPE]]

Re: Here's something for all of you who have kids or are thinking about having kids.

Originally posted by Joel
-Giggles under the covers every night.

-More love than your heart can hold.

-Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.

-Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

-A hand to hold, usually covered with jam.

-A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sandcastles, and skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain.

-Someone to laugh yourself silly with no matter what the boss said or how
your stocks performed that day.

-You get to finger-paint, carve pumpkins, play hide-and-seek, catch
lightning bugs, and never stop believing in Santa Claus.

-You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
watching Saturday morning cartoons, going to Disney movies, and wishing on
stars.
Joel

hey i did all these things with my bestfriend this winter, hehe, guess i dont need kids :P

[DuRaNgO]

-A hand to hold, usually covered with jam.

care to explain this one
jim

[XHotKolaX]

Originally posted by Dilitante1


I know what you mean in that all children have to grow up, daddy's girls grow to like boys etc....

but I have a son who bonded to his grandparent instead of me due to continued presense while I was always at work, my son was always gone with him to my in-laws (wife's fault)he ecventually moved out of my home for better school system aka kindergarden (supposedly but is still there 6 years later) and is and he doesnt care about me except if there is something in it for him

I have to fight to get him to visit me......

as for the custody battles, it was listed only as a reminder that no matter how much you love your kids, they will go away with the parent they feel most loyal to.........or who the courts decide who is better (usually with mother even if she is worthless as a parent)

-Dil

My parents have been fighting on and off since however long I can remember. The Custody battle thing..God, making you pick b/w both parents you love? That's insane! I refuse to fuel either ones ego. I told my parents if that ever came up again I'd leave. At 16 I left and haven't been back 'cept 1 or 2 days a year.

As parents you guys should act like the responsible grown up. Don't think it's only you that is the one getting hurt. Pain like this is always shared. It's just some people are better at hiding than others.

[Wombat]

Lizzy:
<I>-A hand to hold, usually covered with jam.</I>


care to explain this one?
jim

<I>Cue Rick James:</I> She's a very kinky girllll, the kind you don't take home to moth-a ....

[Lizzard[MPE]]

Originally posted by DuRaNgO

care to explain this one
jim

HAHAhahaaa. ha . even funnier when read while vbuzzing . ha


lors where to begin.

pleasding the 5th i suppose.


)( i hadnt realized taht one was left in there() ha funny though

[Lizzard[MPE]]

Originally posted by Wombat


<I>Cue Rick James:</I> She's a very kinky girllll, the kind you don't take home to moth-a ....

!!!! OMg . lol. .. parents love me.. i am sweet .. and innocent.. and sweet. . and. hmmm. innocent ! heh e

[Wombat]

Well, here's <B>my</B> baby:

[Gurm]

Custody battles suck. It's not the child's fault that the parents are so damn selfish. And that's all it is - selfishness. Several people I know finally had to say to their parents "you deal with this. Let me know when it's over."

- Gurm

[Dilitante1]

OK................

Custody battles suck. It's not the child's fault that the parents are so damn selfish. And that's all it is - selfishness.

Get a clue Gurm. People change constantly as they age.....my wife and I knew each other 7+ years (and had 2 children) b4 we tied the knot. As soon as we were married I started getting accused of cheating on her, which made no sense (I was faithful, just working 7 days a week to keep bills paid) and she sought comfort on AOL, where she met her current boyfriend and walked out of our marriage on our second anniversary. I have said more than I feel comfortable speaking out here on the 'Net. But I do it so you realize that there is more to life than your narrow vision. No the kids arent the cause for divorce, but the legal system and life force them to choose if possible, and force a decision if not, to where they will live, and all the loyalty demands and bullsh1t that goes with a broken home.

I love my kids, nothing will change that. The sad thing is my youngest would live with me if it werent for the head games the wife pulls on her. Loyalty issues forced on her have her tied in knots on the inside, so I dont push the subject and let her vent about anything she's up to talking about when she visits. I cant stand head games, PERIOD.

/educate Gurm mode

-Dil

[ahartman]

Dil, I think what Gurm said meshes well with your story... your WIFE is being selfish, not you nor your daughter. Your wife is putting her feelings before your daughter's. She wants your daughter to love her more than you. I believe that's what Gurm was referring to (and don't make me defend Gurm again... )

When I was 17, I fathered a daughter. She's turning 16 this year and while her mother and I don't necessarily get along, she has been way fair with things like visitation.

I don't believe she ever says anything negative about me around my daughter and I certainly don't badmouth her mother in front of her. Her mother and I have a liveable animosity for each other, but we're both smart enough to admit that our daughter comes before either of our feelings/egos.

Not the best situation, but far from the worst.

Dil, I feel for you man. I can't imagine being kept from my daughter or having her doubt my love for her because someone is telling her untruths or making her question what I tell her. I hope things work out for you.

[agallag]

None of my own yet, but here's a recent picture of my niece Rachel. She's 3 1/2 months old now, and quite devastatingly cute...

[Gurm]

That's EXACTLY what I meant.

Dil, it isn't YOUR fault. But ONE of the parents was obviously being selfish, no?

- Gurm