Childfree (by choice) Disney Lovers!

[KRIS10420]

Well- my curiosity got the best of me a few weeks ago and I ordered one! Holy mama that crap was SWEET! I took 2 sips and threw the whole thing away! It is like drinking sugar water!

Not sure if they are the same product but I don't find it really sweet up here, not like Koolaid sweet. I use the individual powder packs that you put into water bottles and it's sweetend with Splenda.

FLYERS vs CANADANS tonight- let's get ready to rumble Kris I wish we could have banked all of those goals 2 nights ago.

I saw the score of the last game and Wow, the Canadians are a bunch of useless bums much like the Canuckleheads. Although I have to say the Canucks never disappoint me cause I just expect them to choke. I'm not really a fan of NHL hockey or any team sports for that matter and DH doesn't watch sports either. The closest thing to sports that we watch would be the America's Cup.

PS: I hit the 20 lb. loss mark, woo hoo!!!

Way to go Tammy!!! That's awesome.

 

[maddhatir]

Sweet tea is what Mrs. Butterworth's pee must taste like.

Whaaaaaat??

NO- that's sweet PEE!

 

[maddhatir]

I saw the score of the last game and Wow, the Canadians are a bunch of useless bums much like the Canuckleheads. .

Luv that name

They were useless bums the last game, which most likely means, they will come out busting heads and scoring tonight! But, I hope I am wrong

 

[zima-cheryl]

PS: I hit the 20 lb. loss mark, woo hoo!!!

HOORAY FOR YOU!! I'm so happy for you Tammy!

Sweet tea is what Mrs. Butterworth's pee must taste like.

 

[maddhatir]

Luv that name

They were useless bums the last game, which most likely means, they will come out busting heads and scoring tonight! But, I hope I am wrong

OH I love being wrong!!!!

 

[Bushmills]

wow, great job Tammy! Congrats - you're doing excellent!! Good luck on your goal - keep up the motivation!
Cheers

 

[book_junkie]

so just popping up to vent with people who would understand.... Spent the day dealing with a mom who ignored her screaming child in the stroller next to her for a good deal of time, then a plethora of other kids for four hours .... a rehash of three parents saying you're so good with kids why don't you have any of your own, my sister-in-law emails about my mother-in-law complaining that we (hubbie and I) don't have any kids and that she's saying I'm the problem (weight, career-minded, liberal )........ and then to top MY mom calls and says that her good friend has a friend who works in the Philippines and they have a 6 month old baby boy available- do we want him? But it's OUR decision, and it's OK if we don't WANT the baby, because we NEVER may be ready to have kids, and THAT'S OK, but you know they're not getting any younger and it would be nice to have grandkids at some point....

So I'm trying to decide between whether to get on the Wii Fit and box out aggression or bake cookies... or both.

*sigh*

Sorry, just needed to vent in an area where others would get it.

Gracias!

 

[zima-cheryl]

so just popping up to vent with people who would understand.... Spent the day dealing with a mom who ignored her screaming child in the stroller next to her for a good deal of time, then a plethora of other kids for four hours .... a rehash of three parents saying you're so good with kids why don't you have any of your own, my sister-in-law emails about my mother-in-law complaining that we (hubbie and I) don't have any kids and that she's saying I'm the problem (weight, career-minded, liberal )........ and then to top MY mom calls and says that her good friend has a friend who works in the Philippines and they have a 6 month old baby boy available- do we want him? But it's OUR decision, and it's OK if we don't WANT the baby, because we NEVER may be ready to have kids, and THAT'S OK, but you know they're not getting any younger and it would be nice to have grandkids at some point....

So I'm trying to decide between whether to get on the Wii Fit and box out aggression or bake cookies... or both.

*sigh*

Sorry, just needed to vent in an area where others would get it.

Gracias!

It is tough when no one accepts your choice.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

PS - I vote for baking cookies... but only if you share

 

[Bushmills]

so just popping up to vent with people who would understand.... Spent the day dealing with a mom who ignored her screaming child in the stroller next to her for a good deal of time, then a plethora of other kids for four hours .... a rehash of three parents saying you're so good with kids why don't you have any of your own, my sister-in-law emails about my mother-in-law complaining that we (hubbie and I) don't have any kids and that she's saying I'm the problem (weight, career-minded, liberal )........ and then to top MY mom calls and says that her good friend has a friend who works in the Philippines and they have a 6 month old baby boy available- do we want him? But it's OUR decision, and it's OK if we don't WANT the baby, because we NEVER may be ready to have kids, and THAT'S OK, but you know they're not getting any younger and it would be nice to have grandkids at some point....

So I'm trying to decide between whether to get on the Wii Fit and box out aggression or bake cookies... or both.

*sigh*

Sorry, just needed to vent in an area where others would get it.

Gracias!

I can empathize with your plight, Book Junkie. Mercifully, we’re mostly past the “badgering years”. Now that we’re pretty much past our 30’s, I think people can smell the biological well drying up and have moved on to badgering other people to procreate.

My favourite rebuttal when asked “the question” has always been: “well, we would have had kids, but they passed a provincial law, preventing my procreation”. I’ve actually had people think I was serious. Case in point for NOT having kids.

Good luck and hang in there – the older folks pushing you to have a little pariah or two of your own, only remember the halcyon moments, and the younger ones pushing you, only want to drag you into the 9th level of hell where they reside (the 9th level of hell is reserved for parents and their young offspring – it’s loaded with dirty diapers, screaming children, oddly angled toys you constantly step on, that constant sickening smell of baby powder and warm sick, and endless financial woes of “trying to save for their college fund”).
As a physician, I highly recommend 20cc’s of cocktails, stat.
Cheers,
Bushmills

 

[Bushmills]

It is tough when no one accepts your choice.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

PS - I vote for baking cookies... but only if you share

Excellent suggestion Cheryl! Me Likee cookies.

 

[zima-cheryl]

sickening smell of baby powder

I actually kind of like the smell of baby powder

 

[zima-cheryl]

I'm so happy right now! Chris is coming back to MA tomorrow
It has been just over a month since he moved down to NC for the job & I have really missed him!!!

Saturday we are going to the Bronx Zoo w/FIL & his fiance. I'm really looking forward to that. It will be nice to have a down day where we are doing something fun and that doesn't revolve around the house sale/move.

Big day is next Wednesday. I can't belive it is here. The past few weeks just flew by. I'm ready though... it has been a hard several weeks. I just want to get to the new house, settle in and good lord willing enjoy a few quiet weeks.

 

[HockeyKat]

YAY!! Glad you get some down time together. Btw, I am still so excited you guys are moving down here.

Sorry I haven't been able to get together with Chris but the last few weeks have been crazy-go-nuts for me. I barely even saw my own house, between WDW trips, work trips, etc.


Book_junkie - I feel your pain. I finally have almost everyone in my life accepting that we aren't having kids, but it has taken years. I think they have all just given up, by now. Course, it could also be my claim that our spawn shouldn't populate the Earth!


My big news is that Mr Kat and I giving up alcohol until August, although with going back to the healthy lifestyle we were doing in Jan-Mar. Not sure it will stick, but I am hoping. I still have about 40 more lbs to lose (down ~25, after last month's backslide), and we think that this will help.

 

[zima-cheryl]

YAY!! Glad you get some down time together. Btw, I am still so excited you guys are moving down here.

Sorry I haven't been able to get together with Chris but the last few weeks have been crazy-go-nuts for me. I barely even saw my own house, between WDW trips, work trips, etc.


Book_junkie - I feel your pain. I finally have almost everyone in my life accepting that we aren't having kids, but it has taken years. I think they have all just given up, by now. Course, it could also be my claim that our spawn shouldn't populate the Earth!


My big news is that Mr Kat and I giving up alcohol until August, although with going back to the healthy lifestyle we were doing in Jan-Mar. Not sure it will stick, but I am hoping. I still have about 40 more lbs to lose (down ~25, after last month's backslide), and we think that this will help.

Guess we won't invite you to Margarita night @ El Rodeo
Seriously, once we have some semblance of a house together & things start to calm down for us we should get together... maybe early June?

 

[maddhatir]

so just popping up to vent with people who would understand.... So I'm trying to decide between whether to get on the Wii Fit and box out aggression or bake cookies... or both.

I am sorry you (or anyone else) has to go through this. I cannot offer much advice as our families accepted it early on and never bothered us much about our decision. We knew when we were dating (13 years before we got married!) that we never wanted kids so that gave them enough time to get used to the idea.

Don't people understand how RUDE it is to ask/pressure etc. someone about their choice not to have children? If they think your choice not to have kids is selfish, then what the #e!! do you call that they are doing to you? THEY are the one's being selfish for asking YOU to have a baby just for THEM!

Wouldn't you LUV to walk up to everyone that had a child and ask them WHY in the world they made the decision to have them?! (and be sure to use the condescending attitude while doing it)- That would not go over too well with them now would it!?

I LOL when I read about the baby from the Philippines. Sounds like mom is asking you if you want an old sofa someone is giving away!

So, tell us. Was it the cookies or the Wii. Or maybe you ate the cookies, felt guilty and then did the Wii

As a physician, I highly recommend 20cc’s of cocktails, stat.
Cheers,
Bushmills

OK. Are you really a Doc??! Or is this a fib too just like the "procreation law" they passed just for you?

I'm so happy right now! Chris is coming back to MA tomorrow
It has been just over a month since he moved down to NC for the job & I have really missed him!!!

Saturday we are going to the Bronx Zoo w/FIL & his fiance. I'm really looking forward to that. It will be nice to have a down day where we are doing something fun and that doesn't revolve around the house sale/move.

Big day is next Wednesday. I can't belive it is here. The past few weeks just flew by. I'm ready though... it has been a hard several weeks. I just want to get to the new house, settle in and good lord willing enjoy a few quiet weeks.

Have fun at the zoo! How many hours will it take you to get to NY? DH has probably had enough traveling to last him a lifetime Glad he is "home" though! I am sure you both will be glad to get settled in the new place and call it home!

My big news is that Mr Kat and I giving up alcohol until August, although with going back to the healthy lifestyle we were doing in Jan-Mar. Not sure it will stick, but I am hoping. I still have about 40 more lbs to lose (down ~25, after last month's backslide), and we think that this will help.

Good luck Mr. and Mrs. Kat!!! It's hard to give up the alcohol during the summer. That's when all the good parties are LOL.

Good morning all! How is everyone?

Looks like tomorrow is going to be a beauty for yard saling! Let the season begin!!

 

[Shyvioletisme]

so just popping up to vent with people who would understand.... Spent the day dealing with a mom who ignored her screaming child in the stroller next to her for a good deal of time, then a plethora of other kids for four hours .... a rehash of three parents saying you're so good with kids why don't you have any of your own, my sister-in-law emails about my mother-in-law complaining that we (hubbie and I) don't have any kids and that she's saying I'm the problem (weight, career-minded, liberal )........ and then to top MY mom calls and says that her good friend has a friend who works in the Philippines and they have a 6 month old baby boy available- do we want him? But it's OUR decision, and it's OK if we don't WANT the baby, because we NEVER may be ready to have kids, and THAT'S OK, but you know they're not getting any younger and it would be nice to have grandkids at some point....



Gracias!

I can still feel your pain. While my parents have always been cool with us not wanting kids, my inlaws I think still hold out hope that we'll change our minds. See even though they already have 3 grandkids they just LOVE LOVE LOVE children and really can't understand how we could not want children. While they don't pester us too much about it, they do bring it up every once in a while and it gets annoying sometimes constantly having to remind them that we have no desire for kids.

My big news is that Mr Kat and I giving up alcohol until August, although with going back to the healthy lifestyle we were doing in Jan-Mar. Not sure it will stick, but I am hoping. I still have about 40 more lbs to lose (down ~25, after last month's backslide), and we think that this will help.

good luck Kat!! I would say that should be hard, but this is coming from someone who hasn't had alcohol since November anyway. lol. Not that it's helped us be heathier though! lol.

 

[KRIS10420]

Hello Everyone!
Happy Friday (my monday), although I am looking forward to having the house to myself when I get home from work. DH is heading over to Vancouver to go see Danko Jones........I get the best sleeps when I have the bed to myself

book_junkie: I can relate, although it has been awhile now that anyone has pestered us about it. The last time my Mom asked I just said "Do you want to raise it? cause we sure the heck don't". Anytime people say to us how wonderful it is to have kids and we are missing so much, we just say to them "Who are you trying to convince, me or you?" That usually stops them from saying it again

I'm so happy right now! Chris is coming back to MA tomorrow
It has been just over a month since he moved down to NC for the job & I have really missed him!!!
Big day is next Wednesday. I can't belive it is here. The past few weeks just flew by. I'm ready though... it has been a hard several weeks. I just want to get to the new house, settle in and good lord willing enjoy a few quiet weeks.

A month already! Wow, that has gone fast. So much has happened in such a short period of time, kudos to you for keeping it all together, my head would have exploded I'm sure. Soon it will all be worth it, enjoy your new home and good luck on the move.

My big news is that Mr Kat and I giving up alcohol until August, although with going back to the healthy lifestyle we were doing in Jan-Mar. Not sure it will stick, but I am hoping. I still have about 40 more lbs to lose (down ~25, after last month's backslide), and we think that this will help.

Good luck with that! I'm with Tiffany, alcohol would be easy to give up, it's the other vice that gives you the munchies that's the hard one to surrender.
I'm finally consistantly back on my diet/exercise program after a huge backslide. The clothes are getting a little snug but when I lost the 50 lbs last year I packed away all the clothes that were to big and I refuse to go look for them.

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

 

[maddhatir]

wow! That's awesome Tammy! COngrats....

I'm still trying to find something that works...I walk 2 miles a day, have cut down on my eating and still haven't lost anything Maybe now that it's getting hotter and I'm sweating more with walking that will help..

Tiffany, have you tried Weight Watchers? I ask only b/c a friend of mine bought me a WW points calculator and it is great to just keep track of your food intake thoughout the day. I LUV it!

I lost all the weight I needed to by going on Jenny Craig- but I want to be sure I keep it off by eating real food and not depending on Jenny food. That gets very boring for a vegetarian since Jenny has such limited options for us

I just put in my total daily points in the calculator for the day and then deduct them as I eat. (I tend to forget what I've eaten throughout the day- so this keeps me on track)

I take the calculator to the grocery store with me and I use it to see how many points snacks, veggie burgers, breads, cheese etc will be before I buy them. I am never hungry either! I do cheat sometimes, but I expect that will happen from time to time. We do not eat out often so it's easy to stay on track.

I like that I CAN eat what I want, but I have to use the points. The other day I SO wanted this huge double chocolate cookie from Panera Bread. Well, I broke it in half and only ate the half. I took the 5 points and deducted it from my daily allowance (of 18 points) and just adjusted what I ate for the rest of the day!

 

[perdy1234]

Hey everyone my dh and I have been married for almost 6 years. We have never had any desire to have kids as a couple and i never have wanted kids my whole life. We are very content with our life and the freedom we have to travel when and where we want. But we are viewed as being abnormal and selfish. So upon finding this thread i breathed a sigh of relief knowing there are others out there like us lol. I really felt like we were alone. WE get so mush grief from people about y we would go to disney when we don't have kids. People like that don't know how to truly enjoy disney. We have been there 6 times now in the past couple years and it is the truly most romantic place on earth. My dh family doesn't get y we don't want kids. It is very frustrating telling people we just don't. Sometimes i think it would be easier to just say we are unable to than people would back off. So thanks to all of you fellow childless people for your wonderful thread. You have truly spread some pixie dust on my day! Look forward to getting to know you all!

 

[maddhatir]

Hey everyone my dh and I have been married for almost 6 years. We have never had any desire to have kids as a couple and i never have wanted kids my whole life. We are very content with our life and the freedom we have to travel when and where we want. But we are viewed as being abnormal and selfish. So upon finding this thread i breathed a sigh of relief knowing there are others out there like us lol. I really felt like we were alone. WE get so mush grief from people about y we would go to disney when we don't have kids. People like that don't know how to truly enjoy disney. We have been there 6 times now in the past couple years and it is the truly most romantic place on earth. My dh family doesn't get y we don't want kids. It is very frustrating telling people we just don't. Sometimes i think it would be easier to just say we are unable to than people would back off. So thanks to all of you fellow childless people for your wonderful thread. You have truly spread some pixie dust on my day! Look forward to getting to know you all!

We are here for ya!!!! Welcome to the bunch!

I always find it funny when people say this about having kids, "but it is ALL worth it when they give you a hug" mmmmm, No........I can't deal with the BS, giving up my money, the headaches and such just for one hug- count me out

I must say I do love Kris' comback "Who are you trying to convince, me or you?"

You know, I said people do not ask us about not having kids but, we do get the sarcastic "MUST be nice....." comment once and while when we mention we are going on yet another vacation. Of course, I have to add "It SURE is!"

ITA Perdy- Disney is the most romantic place on earth. I really feel sorry for people who will never get to find that out.

Ya know, I am sitting here thinking about my family (my brother, cousins, aunts, uncles) and how many of us do not have kids. Out of my 12 first cousins, 6 of us do not have kids and 2 of my aunts/uncles never had kids. Another cousin of mine just had his first child a year ago, when he was 43! Very odd.