Just thoughts on why pregnancy seems so attractive to some women October 07, 2020 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 9,972 |
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How about our "debt free" leaders like Dave Ramsey start telling people that kids cost money?
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twocents
Was going to post this as a main topic but it will work here...
My guess now, due to covid, the udder rubs are waaay down.
They really can't get to ultra sound facilities to have their pics of their trophies..
Now, they have an in house service to come to this sows and ultra sound the uterine contents.
Name of business? (proves the entitlement worship of the almighty moo)
W.O.M.B (Wonders Of My Belly)
Like I give a freakin damn about your W.O.M.B.
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Techie
Cambion, as always, you nail it. Your description of child birthing and child raising is spot on, although we all know that what you described isn't even a tip of an iceberg. We live in a relatively educated society, in the time when one can do a lot of research just with a smartphone. Yet, so many people sign up for parenting and desire with which they do it is very similar to a desire that a hungry tiger has when it chases a gazelle.
I lost count of how many people have spoken a complete indifference to parenting, yet, they agreed to breed because that's what their partner wanted. These are the same people who ask for a pitty party when their relationship goes south. They whine how they "did everything" for their partner and that wasn't good enough.
Our education system is often being bashed because it lacks financial basics. Well, how about that it costs close to 200k to raise a HEALTHY kid? How about our "debt free" leaders like Dave Ramsey start telling people that kids cost money? We hear how much Obamacare costs but nobody ever questions that Obamacare charges the same premium whether an adult insures 1 or 5 kids. Someone is paying for extra kids, somewhere, somehow
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Techie
Cambion, as always, you nail it. Your description of child birthing and child raising is spot on, although we all know that what you described isn't even a tip of an iceberg. We live in a relatively educated society, in the time when one can do a lot of research just with a smartphone. Yet, so many people sign up for parenting and desire with which they do it is very similar to a desire that a hungry tiger has when it chases a gazelle.
I lost count of how many people have spoken a complete indifference to parenting, yet, they agreed to breed because that's what their partner wanted. These are the same people who ask for a pitty party when their relationship goes south. They whine how they "did everything" for their partner and that wasn't good enough.
Our education system is often being bashed because it lacks financial basics. Well, how about that it costs close to 200k to raise a HEALTHY kid? How about our "debt free" leaders like Dave Ramsey start telling people that kids cost money? We hear how much Obamacare costs but nobody ever questions that Obamacare charges the same premium whether an adult insures 1 or 5 kids. Someone is paying for extra kids, somewhere, somehow
Re: Just thoughts on why pregnancy seems so attractive to some women October 16, 2020 | Registered: 16 years ago Posts: 3,454 |
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I have a plan through my employer and it actually will cost more for me to add my wife to the plan than it would if I were single with kids! It make no sense. She's out of work right now and we're not sure we can afford that amount so she's getting a short term policy with another company. It shouldn't be this way.
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reeniebessagain
yep, my ex and I ran across the same thing. He got a "great job with the neighboring county" and it turned out they wanted MORE to insure just the two of us that if we had a dozen kids! I complained to the benefits office and their excuse was that "mere" couples tended to be older and require more medical help than breeders did. Umm...huh???
Re: Just thoughts on why pregnancy seems so attractive to some women October 19, 2020 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,712 |
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JohnDrake
I have a plan through my employer and it actually will cost more for me to add my wife to the plan than it would if I were single with kids! It make no sense. She's out of work right now and we're not sure we can afford that amount so she's getting a short term policy with another company. It shouldn't be this way.
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Cambion
I've said it before and it bears constant repetition: a LOT of people want to have kids, but very few of them want to be parents. Having a kid and raising a kid are two very VERY different activities. Having a kid is great right up until labor starts - you get your brains fucked out, you can eat like a pig, you get to go shopping for all new clothes (and maternity clothing has come quite a long way and you can get decent looking stuff now), you can do one of those horrid professional photo shoots where you stand out in a field wearing a sheet while cupping your fat gut, you will get more likes than ever any time you share anything baby-related on social media, you can get people to do stuff for you, and the trade off is huge boobs, an altered center of gravity and some puking. I know people who would tolerate far worse for far less.
Not to mention that a pregnancy will eclipse ALL OTHER achievements in either the woman's life or any other woman's life. Graduation, marriage, winning the lottery, buying a house, landing a record deal, completing chemo, surviving life-saving surgery, buying a new car, opening a business - NOTHING is more monumental than making a brat. Even though out of all those things, reproducing is the one thing anyone can do with zero effort or cost (usually), often times completely by accident. Breeding is a way for someone with no talent or skill to be treated like someone who does without a lick of effort.
It's sickening and sad that some women only feel like they matter when they're pregnant or parents, and it's equally sickening and sad that people will often only treat women like they matter when they've had or are going to have kids.
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Which brings up, where the man who created the pregnancy in on all this? For example, Aaron can work more hours and fill more prescriptions and make more money and buy a car seat. Why should other people pay for what Aaron created and he get out of more work?
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She sounds like a real peach. Assigned? Her husband is a pharmacist, they can afford to buy their own crap and stop expecting other adults to meet her spending standards. $275 for a baby gift is insane!Quote
mr. neptune
Kate gave out a list of gifts and my mother who is 93 years old and on a fixed income is assigned to give a car seat that cost $275.
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mr. neptune
I will research this but I wonder if showers started in the 50s when every woman seemed to be having kids everywhere.
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She sounds like a real peach. Assigned? Her husband is a pharmacist, they can afford to buy their own crap and stop expecting other adults to meet her spending standards. $275 for a baby gift is insane!Quote
mr. neptune
Kate gave out a list of gifts and my mother who is 93 years old and on a fixed income is assigned to give a car seat that cost $275.
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mr. neptune
Why do so many young doctors and medical students have kids? It seems that if they are busy and exhausted as they say they are, when is there time for any sex? Whatever happened to actual sleeping in bed?
Re: Just thoughts on why pregnancy seems so attractive to some women October 25, 2020 | Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 5,629 |
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cambion
It's probably easy for Moos to get whisked away in dreamy visions of building a cutesy-wootsy room just for babby with proper color coordination top to bottom. Why is this even a thing? I mean sure, have a room to store the loaf in and put a crib, changing table and rocking chair in there too. But do these people really think a baby will care if the whole room is full of shit all in matching shades of blue or pink? That crap is just another way for Moos to feel unnecessarily special.
Plus if the kid is going to stay in that room indefinitely, all that nursery crap will have to be removed eventually anyway to make room for whatever the kid is into as it gets older, so it's a waste of money and time to make a loaf room.