Some things are simply part of a fulfilled life — honestly working for a living, marriage, parenting, etc. They aren’t always fun (God knows), but anyone who deliberately avoids them — not everyone has a choice — dies without ever having fully lived. To paraphrase Bette Davis, life ain’t for sissies.
Just glad to have been there-done all of that (raised 4 kids then divorced and worked full time until my last layoff when I was 66 or 7. Now I just hope that my SS does not get taken away as all my IRAs have lost value and I really want to do art, experiment with cooking healthy etc.
Some people are “kid” people and some aren’t and never will be. I do not dislike kids but I am so glad they belong to someone besides me. Give me my dogs, cats and horses any day and someone else can have the joy of kids.
Life is for those who will live it and have the inate sense to know what kind of things they can best deal with and which are better left to someone else.
Scatty_423 says children make for a fulfilled life. I say that doing animal rescue and saving the lives of countless otherwise abused and abandoned pets is totally fullfilling. At least for me it is.
One person’s “having fully lived” is not necessarily the same for everyone.
And, by the way, Animal Rescue is NOT for sissies either!"
@SCATTY_423 You have a very arrogant attitude, Scatty. As several people have pointed out, just because a person does not have kids or a spouse or both does not mean that that person is not living a fulfilling life or that they are sissies. I want to ask you what you are teaching your children with this attitude. “Everybody must live exactly the same way, the way WE have decided is the only way to live.” What if your own children choose not to follow your definition of “life”? How will you treat them then? I don’t have kids yet, but I am a teacher and I mentor to kids every single day. Sadly, sometimes I am more of a parent to them than are their own parents!
JanLC almost 13 years ago
Love the little “x” of tape on the sleeping bag.
PShaw0423 almost 13 years ago
Some things are simply part of a fulfilled life — honestly working for a living, marriage, parenting, etc. They aren’t always fun (God knows), but anyone who deliberately avoids them — not everyone has a choice — dies without ever having fully lived. To paraphrase Bette Davis, life ain’t for sissies.
vldazzle almost 13 years ago
Just glad to have been there-done all of that (raised 4 kids then divorced and worked full time until my last layoff when I was 66 or 7. Now I just hope that my SS does not get taken away as all my IRAs have lost value and I really want to do art, experiment with cooking healthy etc.
psychlady almost 13 years ago
Pretend the tent is up!
Francine Long almost 13 years ago
Some people are “kid” people and some aren’t and never will be. I do not dislike kids but I am so glad they belong to someone besides me. Give me my dogs, cats and horses any day and someone else can have the joy of kids.
Life is for those who will live it and have the inate sense to know what kind of things they can best deal with and which are better left to someone else.
Scatty_423 says children make for a fulfilled life. I say that doing animal rescue and saving the lives of countless otherwise abused and abandoned pets is totally fullfilling. At least for me it is.
One person’s “having fully lived” is not necessarily the same for everyone.
And, by the way, Animal Rescue is NOT for sissies either!"
coolvq almost 13 years ago
Your plan backfired!
andfor almost 13 years ago
I love FBOFW! It’s about daily life, and to me, it’s so funny and sometimes. Some of the antic’s, and situation’s, they all get into…
jenwithblueeyes almost 13 years ago
@SCATTY_423 You have a very arrogant attitude, Scatty. As several people have pointed out, just because a person does not have kids or a spouse or both does not mean that that person is not living a fulfilling life or that they are sissies. I want to ask you what you are teaching your children with this attitude. “Everybody must live exactly the same way, the way WE have decided is the only way to live.” What if your own children choose not to follow your definition of “life”? How will you treat them then? I don’t have kids yet, but I am a teacher and I mentor to kids every single day. Sadly, sometimes I am more of a parent to them than are their own parents!