My son shat himself last night while bouncing in his jumper. It squirted out his diaper and he spent thirty seconds flinging watery shit all across our brand new hardwood floor.
Why are you so boring? (to Tabris)
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We call those Lushes.
Skellig Gra
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All the ones I've know certainly start that way. Then they start drinking alone because people don't want to go out every night anymore.
Then they start posting on Facebook about the good old days right after high school/in college when everyone was still cool.
Bro, want to go to Vegas this weekend?
Boring is subjective man, karaoke? shits boring. watching someone desperately try to hook up? fucking cringe worthy.
Once you've partied enough, its boring as shit. It's like no one is allowed to evolve and change what they have interests in, and yeah those interests will end up being boring to someone on the opposite end of whatever spectrum you are on. I really enjoy cooking, shit I'm researching fucking knives because its what I'm into right now, GF is like shit pick this $5 garbage knife, it cuts the same - she just doesn't know better, or she don't give a fuck because she's interested in following some bullshit entertainment garbage. See how that works.
The_Darkest_Red
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First thought reading this as a parent --- thank God it wasn't carpet!
Shuggananas
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superdeluxe
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First thought reading this as a parent --- thank God it wasn't carpet!
Yup. better hardwood than carpet.
The Albatross
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So your friends are talking about the living, breathing organic extension of themselves that they created, pushed out of their vagina, and have raised to turn into a functioning member of baby-society. The creature can use language, communicate wants and needs, and every day is learning to do new things like walking, talking, eating, building things, using its mind, creating things of its own.
You're talking about how drunk you got on Wednesday night ripping fireball shots at the Great Wall of China.
Analyze what's a more boring conversation.
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Joking aside, I get you OP but it's part of life and you're probably able to find other people like you, especially if you live in a city. A few of my close friends have kids now and yeah, you don't see them as much, but you end up adapting. Recently went to my college's home coming and probably half the people in our group had kids, half didn't, and it was a lot of fun because the kids go crazy playing with each other and the parents can hang back and get quietly shit faced and then be dazed through the game. Little Jimmy doesn't know any better because you let him play tackle football for an hour, something he's not usually allowed to do.
You're talking about how drunk you got on Wednesday night ripping fireball shots at the Great Wall of China.
Analyze what's a more boring conversation.
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Joking aside, I get you OP but it's part of life and you're probably able to find other people like you, especially if you live in a city. A few of my close friends have kids now and yeah, you don't see them as much, but you end up adapting. Recently went to my college's home coming and probably half the people in our group had kids, half didn't, and it was a lot of fun because the kids go crazy playing with each other and the parents can hang back and get quietly shit faced and then be dazed through the game. Little Jimmy doesn't know any better because you let him play tackle football for an hour, something he's not usually allowed to do.
FriedConsole
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Yeah a lot of people when they get older realize that talking about politics and religion is just the same talking points over and over no matter the side. Somehow you realize you don't give a fuck about what that person said on Twitter.
Napoleonthechimp
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Neither of them can relate to each other. So boring is subjective.
THIS!
Also ease up Puritan-GAF. Some folks like the atsmosphere of bars and clubs and are not alcoholics. Nothing wrong with going to a club ctach up with friends and dance. Good cardio! Also whats wrong with grabbing a pint and meat pie while politicking at a lounge? Geesh.
The apex of living.
We thought the rustic, grooved look would be a good idea.First thought reading this as a parent --- thank God it wasn't carpet!
Actually, reveling in the sight of someone else's failings speaks to the immaturity that many here have grown out of.
Why is it creepy? People in their 30s are not old.
At some point in your life, you pissed and shit yourself too. So did I. Such is life.
eso76
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True. But getting laid feels so good because it has to be an incentive to procreating.
Like it or not, everything we find fun, good or exciting ties to our main instincts: survival and survival of the species. Absolutely everything we enjoy can be associated with that.
Anyway yes, it pretty much is the apex.
That doesn't mean that everything after that is you going down the curve though.
The Albatross
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As someone without kids, but some of my friends and family have kids, I don't know why it has to be boring to hear about them. I'm really interested in my close friend's kids because I'm like the no-responsibility uncle to them who never gets mad at them when they do something stupid (like throw a ball in my face while I'm watching football at their house, their parents get mad and I laugh and throw the ball right back at them).
With people who aren't my close friends, I really DGAF about their kids but I also DGAF about them so almost anythign that they have to say is relatively dull, may as well be about their babies rather than some other boring topic.
Milksheikhs
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I don't feel like anyone actually thinks that just the process of popping out a baby makes you this wise person with a deep and meaningful life...'cause as people have mentioned it's something that many can do without being responsible. What makes a person "wise" and "responsible" is the whole process of raising that child to be a decent/good human being. This gives one a perspective on life that they may have never had before.
All of that being said..it can still be obnoxious for parents to act as if they hold this parent card that makes them right and all knowledgable on things in life because "you just wouldn't understand since you're not a parent"
However, there are some things that you truly will not understand until you become a parent as first experience is the best teacher sometimes. (But still up to your parent friends to not be a dick about this)
People who choose not to have kids aren't any less content or lead any less fulfilling and meaningful lives than parents. They aren't cold and selfish (or maybe some are in which case it's good that they are smart and realize that parenting just isn't for them). In the same respect, parents aren't inherently these self-righteous boring drones.
Of course, this is all subjective and based on opinions so anyone can disagree and assert their own views.
All of that being said..it can still be obnoxious for parents to act as if they hold this parent card that makes them right and all knowledgable on things in life because "you just wouldn't understand since you're not a parent"
However, there are some things that you truly will not understand until you become a parent as first experience is the best teacher sometimes. (But still up to your parent friends to not be a dick about this)
People who choose not to have kids aren't any less content or lead any less fulfilling and meaningful lives than parents. They aren't cold and selfish (or maybe some are in which case it's good that they are smart and realize that parenting just isn't for them). In the same respect, parents aren't inherently these self-righteous boring drones.
Of course, this is all subjective and based on opinions so anyone can disagree and assert their own views.
The great thing about having kids is y I can now as an adult without repercussion act like a child and do fun kid things with your children and it's perfectly acceptable.
Most people enjoyed their childhood and the fun things they did. Now as an adult you get to do it all over again through you're kids.
Most people enjoyed their childhood and the fun things they did. Now as an adult you get to do it all over again through you're kids.
teruterubozu
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Better to be boring than a shitty bar-hopping parent.
Milksheikhs
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How do you respond to non-heterosexual experiences? Pretty sure they feel having sex is awesome and it isn't with the idea of procreating in mind.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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Yup. They are not spending free time anywhere else. They lucked out finding someone to take their little booger that night, so the last 3 weeks have just been the cubicle and staring at the ceiling in bed.
Mango Positive
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We go out together with the kid all the time. I was referring to the act of getting together with the guys. The kid takes up a lot of time, but we "experience new things together" every day just taking care of the little guy. It sounds terrifying and it is at first. The joy hits hard though and cancels out any of the negatives.
superdeluxe
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My free time 1-2 hours of Fallout 4 after everyone goes to sleep.
Vincent Grayson
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Bodies are still built for fucking. All the sensations are just as fun regardless of the sex of your partner, assuming you are attracted to that sex.
It's like, evolutionarily-speaking, how do our ideas about religion belong there? One idea is that they're just a happy coincidence, and exist because our brains are wired to notice patterns and recognize agency in the environment as a means of predator and prey detection.
LegendofJoe
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This is spot on. My wife and I have a young child and are in the early stages of planning for another, but we still managed to change jobs and move halfway across the country. It has opened up a whole new world of experiences and people to meet. We're probably going to do it again a few years down the line. It's definitely not easy, just like raising a child isn't, but the most rewarding experiences in life rarely are. If you don't believe that raising a child is rewarding you're fooling yourself.
Yep, good point, you could end up raising a child like the OP
eso76
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Wait wait, I didn't say that sex feels good because we "know" we are procreating. In fact, most of the time, we know (we hope!) that won't happen. That's on another level of awareness.
It's "mechanically" pleasing. Hetero, homo or masturbation. If it weren't, we would have been extinct.
Maybe I didn't make cause and effect clear enough in the previous post.
It scares me how a lot of people think the second you have a kid your life is over.
You do know it is perfectly legal to still have fun. One time I felt adventurous and had a beer while bottle feeding my son and watching football........oh man did I feel like a rebel.
Then..then the other night my wife went out for the night and I stayed home played with the kid and then video games when he went to sleep then I went out the other night and hit a cigar bar.
You do know it is perfectly legal to still have fun. One time I felt adventurous and had a beer while bottle feeding my son and watching football........oh man did I feel like a rebel.
Then..then the other night my wife went out for the night and I stayed home played with the kid and then video games when he went to sleep then I went out the other night and hit a cigar bar.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Feeling that people become boring as they prioritize the kids in their life is common. To some extent, that's how society is set up at present - you get 2 decades of relatively (and racially and socioeconomically varyingly) easy times, where you get to explore yourself and develop a wide variety of interests, then you spend 3-4 decades accruing more and more responsibility so you can contribute as much or more than you got as a child, then you get a little time at the end of your life to enjoy what remains of yourself, hopefully.
I tend to think, though, that people that become JUST parents, to the exclusion of basically any other interesting facet of themselves, probably didn't have a whole heck of a lot going on in the first place.
I tend to think, though, that people that become JUST parents, to the exclusion of basically any other interesting facet of themselves, probably didn't have a whole heck of a lot going on in the first place.
Be honest. When was the last time you two did anything exclusively together?
Milksheikhs
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I wasn't really clear on what you were saying before, but yeah I get it now. Thanks for the clarification!
I don't know if you're asking him specifically or in general. Parents still do things. Having a child does not preclude you from having a life, as long as you have help. My wife and I went to an advance screening of Brooklyn last night. This Friday we might go see a hockey game. We have an available babysitter, so don't have to worry about finding someone to watch our son. For people who lack help, being social will not, and cannot, be a priority. It's not fair to judge them.
Dr. Buni
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So I guess I am not human, since I can't make children. Thanks for dehumanizing me.
I like this post a lot.
Damn. I don't see how the OP is an asshole at all. Kinda crazy how people here offend others like that out of nowhere.
Warm Machine
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A few years back we took our then 1.5 year old to Paris and Bruges. When he turned 2.5 off to Mexico. 3.5 years old he spent three weeks in the Mediterranean on a cruise ship with us and other family. These trips were not designed around his enjoyment, they were designed around ours but there was always something for him to do.
Children have a way of turning people's focus away from themselves which I think is a classic mistake. Maintaining a certain level of selfishness is important to retain self.
When I'm with friends I barely talk about family. Conversation usually covers all things that are shared interest. We arrange get together to escape parenting.
Children have a way of turning people's focus away from themselves which I think is a classic mistake. Maintaining a certain level of selfishness is important to retain self.
When I'm with friends I barely talk about family. Conversation usually covers all things that are shared interest. We arrange get together to escape parenting.
Shuggananas
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But he's dating younger girls than him ! Can you imagine that ?
People have to wrap their heads around dealing with a screaming red dung troll all day. I could understand getting testy if you perceive someone as trivializing all the nasty doldrums you deal with every day lol
Yup, on my way to get a vasectomy now.
This man understands life!
and he's 30 years old and still has the time to go to the bar. What a creepster!
Your Entertainer
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They were probably boring before. Lots of people are boring. I see it all the time.
"Hobbies: Running, hanging out with friends, watching TV, reading"
ugh
if they were interesting before, they'll more than likely stay interesting.
"Hobbies: Running, hanging out with friends, watching TV, reading"
ugh
if they were interesting before, they'll more than likely stay interesting.
Vincent Grayson
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Are there seriously people who don't do this as parents? I mean, my parents didn't even have friends, and they still made sure to go out every once in a while.
I think my wife and I would be miserable if we didn't get out and do shit on our own from time to time.
Case in point, she's going to a company Christmas party while I'm home with the kids. Lucky me, it's the day Xenoblade X is out, so I couldn't care less about being "stuck" at home.
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