Marrieds choosing not to have kids

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:lmao: That's what you get for going over there! I lurked around yesterday but was brave enought to only reply to the Pussycat Doll thread.
 
What's everyone doing this weekend? DH and I are going to watch a movie tonight, clean up the yard and garage tomorrow and maybe go yard-saleing. Then we're going out to eat that night at a new seafood place in town. Sunday we're taking a little day trip to Nashville.

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What's everyone doing this weekend? DH and I are going to watch a movie tonight, clean up the yard and garage tomorrow and maybe go yard-saleing. Then we're going out to eat that night at a new seafood place in town. Sunday we're taking a little day trip to Nashville.

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LOL If yall post this q every weekend, it's gonna become REAL obvious REAL quick how boring we are. Play Wii & hang out (again) LOL. Nah.. well ya we are gonna do that, but I've got some curtains to hang and a few piddly chores to do around here. We found a tray of baklava (newly turned onto it since F&W) at the grocery store so we're probably going to invade the couch w/ the tray of baklava & wine and watch Star Wars....again... for the billionth time... in a galaxy far far away.

BTW, what's the 200/800 in your siggy?
 
I did it again - expressed an opinion on the CB - I need sane, normal non-judgmental/judgmental to talk to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh- No you were crying for help and no one of came:lmao:

I didnt even notice anyone posted anything-- what did "they" yell at you about??:confused3

ETA-- you should never go over there alone-- without reinforcements- it's a bad bad place
 

LOL If yall post this q every weekend, it's gonna become REAL obvious REAL quick how boring we are.
BTW, what's the 200/800 in your siggy?

Don't worry. DH and I are boring too. Usually I don't have anything to share when the question is posed!

I'm on the W.I.S.H (we're inspired to stay healthy) board and that represents 200 minutes exercised this month out of a goal of 800 minutes. People seem supportive and non-judgmental over there. It's a safe-haven. Of course, all we talk about is diet and exercise so I guess there's not too much to get flamed over! :goodvibes
 
Don't worry. DH and I are boring too. Usually I don't have anything to share when the question is posed!

I'm on the W.I.S.H (we're inspired to stay healthy) board and that represents 200 minutes exercised this month out of a goal of 800 minutes. People seem supportive and non-judgmental over there. It's a safe-haven. Of course, all we talk about is diet and exercise so I guess there's not too much to get flamed over! :goodvibes

very cool.. keep with it! lol i ought to be doing the same, but i'm trying to get done w/ my travel agent classes (to move on & become a disney specialist) so i've been doing 4-5 hours of classes a night and taking a test every day to get done by the end of the month. :scared: have you seen that calories burned per hour page? www.caloriesperhour.com Awesome webpage that helps you track your food intake/portions/calories and calories burned through a TON TON TON of different activities. good luck dude... i'll be joining ya before too long on the move to get healthier & drop some of my sand bags :cheer2:
 
help me out here people, I'm booooooored!!!

I think I'm still recovering from my Friday night out. I think that's when I realized that I was a grown up - when I realized that I can no longer go out & tie one on for multiple nights in a row...At least the dry mouth's finally gone.
 
ugh! Is it Sunday night ALREADY!?

Let's see Friday- did nothing.

Saturday- washed my car while DH helped a friend work on his trailer in the garage and then went to a surprise 40th b-day party for my friend's DH- had fun- seen lots of people that I haven't seen in ages and they had no idea who I was!:lmao: That's the best.

Me and my friend (who gave the party) grew up together 2 houses down from each other- people always said we looked like sisters when we were younger and used to hang out all the time. Well, she had 2 kids and we stopped hanging out- but at the party I can't tell you how many people came up to me JUST to tell me how much we look alike- from people on her side of the family (even her 20 something nephew who sees her ALL the time) to people I don't even know-- later when her and her DH got there, she came up to me and said you CAN NOT believe how many people are asking who that girl is that looks just like you----:lmao:

We have come to the conclusion that "something" went on between 2 of our parents, but we are not sure if we want to know the truth:lmao:

Later on in the night, I came up with a theory and told her why I thought it might have been HER mom and MY dad-- and:lmao: she said "what? are you callin' my mom a floosey?":lmao: hey- one of our moms has to be the floosey:rotfl:

and today- vacuumed my car, did some wash- got some chinese food- and I am now on the interent.

Kind of a boring weekend- but I like it that way sometimes. Nothing to do, nowhere to be, no one to answer to, and no one DEPENDING on you!:banana:
 
Today I have done.....absolutely nothing. Had to work Saturday (as I do most), so my weekends are Sun-Mon. Prefer it actually....I can go shopping on Monday & avoid the hordes.

Saturday at work was boring, but then it usually is during the day - evenings can be entertaining, but not this week (I work at a liquor store in a somewhat questionable neighbourhood).

Friday night was actually a pretty big night for me. My company holds a wine taster of the year competition - this was my 1st year in it. Apparently my face was quite amusing when our boss announced I was the winner. :upsidedow It's pretty cool, I get to be a judge at wine shows in Calgary & one in Vancouver! :woohoo:
 
Today I have done.....absolutely nothing. Had to work Saturday (as I do most), so my weekends are Sun-Mon. Prefer it actually....I can go shopping on Monday & avoid the hordes.

Saturday at work was boring, but then it usually is during the day - evenings can be entertaining, but not this week (I work at a liquor store in a somewhat questionable neighbourhood).

Friday night was actually a pretty big night for me. My company holds a wine taster of the year competition - this was my 1st year in it. Apparently my face was quite amusing when our boss announced I was the winner. :upsidedow It's pretty cool, I get to be a judge at wine shows in Calgary & one in Vancouver! :woohoo:

OMG I am SURE you are amused at some of the people that walk in there!:lmao: I would think it would be like a waitress who works in a diner on the weekends after like 2 in the morning:lmao: That is "the witching hour":lmao:

Well congrats on your win! Now what is it that you had to do to BE named winner??

I love red wine. I can't believe it but for years I would always drink white wine- and I didn't really care for it much, never found a white that I would say was incredible. It was only maybe 2 years ago that I started drinking red wine and fell in love with it! I don't touch white anymore.

Right now I am on a Cartlidge and Browne Merlot kick- the last time I went to our liquor store- they had none in stock- all gone. The time before that- I bought the LAST 3 bottles on the shelf. Have you ever tried it??
 
OMG I am SURE you are amused at some of the people that walk in there!:lmao: I would think it would be like a waitress who works in a diner on the weekends after like 2 in the morning:lmao: That is "the witching hour":lmao:

My DFi has better stories than me - he worked at our "scariest" store for 7 years. I think the best was the one where a guy came in, shirtless, then dropped his pants, bent over, & ummmmm, attempted to conceal a mini bottle in a place better not mentioned on the DIS! We don't think theft was the goal. :scared1:

Now what is it that you had to do to BE named winner??

Basically, they "blind pour" 3 whites & 3 reds. They then ask us questions about the wine & we score points. Mainly it's having to identify the grape variety/blend, country of origin/region and who the producer is. :scared: Two of my friends & I were talking when we finished, before they totalled the scores, & we were saying, "Yup, we suck, where's that Champagne they mentioned & bring on dinner!" Apparently my face was quite amusing when they announced me the winner. :blush:

I love red wine. I can't believe it but for years I would always drink white wine- and I didn't really care for it much, never found a white that I would say was incredible. It was only maybe 2 years ago that I started drinking red wine and fell in love with it! I don't touch white anymore.

So many wines, so little time - personally, I drink whatever mood I'm in, at the moment, it's Smoking Loon Merlot.

Right now I am on a Cartlidge and Browne Merlot kick- the last time I went to our liquor store- they had none in stock- all gone. The time before that- I bought the LAST 3 bottles on the shelf. Have you ever tried it??

Never even heard of it, but the liquor biz is a bit different up here. Gov't run is a good system, but not perfect. Our company's "small," only 40 stores, so some wineries won't ship to us, because we can't order enough OR because we're too big for them to supply all our stores. It's a weird situation.
 
I have had the Smoking Loon- I would buy it again.

You should try and get the C&B in your store. The winery is located in American Canyon, Napa County CA- OMG- yummy!

I just said to DH we should take a trip to CA this year to wine country. Maybe rent a Harley and do some riding- it looks beautiful.

We were trying to get a trip together to go to Amsterdam- however- it seems the airfare is crazy 800pp- so we might nix those plans.

I also suggested Biketoberfest in Daytona (we have done that 2 times before- great time) he said- nah! I also want to do Sturgis in August- he will probably say no to that to......men!:lmao:
 
You said it! DFi seems to think I'm not serious about DW next September. I love him dearly, but his idea of a great vacation is puttering around with a new home reno project (so he can play with his "toys") & being able to take a nap whenever he wants.

He just doesn't seem to understand that now that we're making decent $$$, I want to have the kind of vacation REAL people have!!!

To be fair, we refuse to let ourselves live "on credit," so a lot of things we want get put on hold. We often wonder how people with kids manage to do all the things they do! But then we remind ourselves we have virtually no debt - with the rather large exception of the mortgage!

I think he's accepted that DW is something I really want & because he loves ME, he's going to go along with it. I'm just praying he'll love it enough to go back at least every couple years!
 
Today I have done.....absolutely nothing. Had to work Saturday (as I do most), so my weekends are Sun-Mon. Prefer it actually....I can go shopping on Monday & avoid the hordes.

Saturday at work was boring, but then it usually is during the day - evenings can be entertaining, but not this week (I work at a liquor store in a somewhat questionable neighbourhood).

Friday night was actually a pretty big night for me. My company holds a wine taster of the year competition - this was my 1st year in it. Apparently my face was quite amusing when our boss announced I was the winner. :upsidedow It's pretty cool, I get to be a judge at wine shows in Calgary & one in Vancouver! :woohoo:


I always refuse to do any shopping unless it's the middle of the day middle of the week. Nobody's ever there then.

This weekend I manged to get the curtains up and that's about it. LOL Ok so I actually figured out what I was going to cook for the week (foreign concept to me) and made out the list and got the stuff. Yesterday we had the pleasure (note the dripping sarcasm) of being graced with the presence of a friend who's very pregnant and the type of person who talks about it every 5 mins to draw attention to it if nobody is cooing over her. :crazy2: She came by to drop off invitations to her shower (this is not her first) that she's throwing for herself. The invitations are (and i quote) to honor her mommy... meaning the baby's mommy...meaning the chick throwing her own shower. :rolleyes1 Needless to say I'm not going. I refuse to go to showers after the 1st kid unless it's a freak accident like twins or trips... or something special like "no presents..just a copy of your favorite book as a child" to build the kids library or something along those lines.
 
I refuse to go to showers after the 1st kid unless it's a freak accident like twins or trips... or something special like "no presents..just a copy of your favorite book as a child" to build the kids library or something along those lines.

My lovely cousin (who I really normally like) had TWO wedding showers. So not fair.

DFi & I have been together for 3 years & all our small household appliances, towels, etc have to be bought by ourselves or given as Christmas presents. Why can't there be a "Congratulations You're In A Committed Relationship" shower?

Course, we're planning on eloping, so if I really
wanted the schwag, we could just let everyone know we were getting married!

Why is it that some pregnant women think they're the ONLY ones to ever bear a child????? Lord, the horror stories I've heard - and worse the cuddly-wuddly "my fetus is so advanced" stories! Ack - maybe they all grow up to be Mommy's of....?
 
Dolcezena: Congratulations on your win. I remember you talking about it on another thread.

My wine kick right now is Fume Blanc from Mondavi vineyards in Napa. We tried it when we were out there in Napa with friends from Sacramento. :snooty: (I have been dying to try that snooty smilie) You know us jet setting childfree folks....always running around.

I worked Saturday night (12 hr shift). I am in IT and it is covered 24/7 so I have to take my turn. We went to Home Depot today looking for more things for working on our basement. So a pretty uneventfull weekend.

Don't get me started about people that give themselves showers for their 2nd or 3rd or 10th child. It is not up to everyone else to keep you stocked in baby items. Grrrrrr. Maybe I should throw myself a "I need things to finish my basement off" shower. Bet that wouldn't go over too well. :confused3
 
You said it! DFi seems to think I'm not serious about DW next September. I love him dearly, but his idea of a great vacation is puttering around with a new home reno project (so he can play with his "toys") & being able to take a nap whenever he wants.

He just doesn't seem to understand that now that we're making decent $$$, I want to have the kind of vacation REAL people have!!!

To be fair, we refuse to let ourselves live "on credit," so a lot of things we want get put on hold. We often wonder how people with kids manage to do all the things they do! But then we remind ourselves we have virtually no debt - with the rather large exception of the mortgage!

I think he's accepted that DW is something I really want & because he loves ME, he's going to go along with it. I'm just praying he'll love it enough to go back at least every couple years!

DH is way Disney'ed out. I put him over the edge. From Dec 2005 to Dec 2006 we were there 3 times:lmao:

He likes the "laying on the beach all-inclusive" vacations. However, he was looking forward to Amsterdam but thinks the air is way too high right now. The past few years- we would do Disney for me and then do Cancun (which I do love it there also) for him to relax from Disney!:lmao:

His philosophy is- do it big. He wants a 3 week vacation to Fiji- that would be his ultimate- Me? I would rather take 2 or 3 smaller vacations to some fun places and maybe some weekends here and there. We just can't get our crap together and agree on anything-

I can't believe we have been together for almost 27 years and we are total opposites- I guess the secret is...compromise :thumbsup2
 
Yesterday we had the pleasure (note the dripping sarcasm) of being graced with the presence of a friend who's very pregnant and the type of person who talks about it every 5 mins to draw attention to it if nobody is cooing over her. :crazy2: She came by to drop off invitations to her shower (this is not her first) that she's throwing for herself. The invitations are (and i quote) to honor her mommy... meaning the baby's mommy...meaning the chick throwing her own shower.

How tacky! I wouldn't go either.

Why is it that some pregnant women think they're the ONLY ones to ever bear a child????? Lord, the horror stories I've heard - and worse the cuddly-wuddly "my fetus is so advanced" stories! Ack - maybe they all grow up to be Mommy's of....?

:rotfl: I know! What really drives me nuts is using the word "miracle" in any way related to an uncomplicated pregnancy/conception. "I have a miracle growing inside me" or "a child is a miracle." Um...no...It's biology. It happens everyday to every kind of creature on this planet including cows and rats. Have a nice day! :rolleyes1 ;)
 
He likes the "laying on the beach all-inclusive" vacations. However, he was looking forward to Amsterdam but thinks the air is way too high right now. The past few years- we would do Disney for me and then do Cancun (which I do love it there also) for him to relax from Disney!:lmao:


There's always Adventures by Disney! :rotfl:
 
My weekend seemed very focused on the whole CF decision :) We spent Sat morning wandering around the convention center with a work friend of DH's and his wife. They're probably mid- to late thirties, also without kids. She and I ended up discussing it a little bit, pretty much in agreement on the whole liking our lives the way they are.

Next, we went to a birthday party for some friends. The SIL of the guest of honor had brought her daughter, probably three or four years old. I'd picked up that something didn't seem quite right about the little girl and then one of the other friends asked the SIL if she had decided on a speech therapist yet. Ah - so that was why I felt like something seemed off; she wasn't anywhere near as verbal as I've seen other kids that age. Also, seemed like a nice enough kid, but definitely a bundle of energy - running here and there and nearing pulling a tablecloth off a table loaded with food and drinks. I could tell the parents were doing the best they could, it's just a difficult age to handle.

Left that party and went to another one that our neighbors were having. We got there kind of late, so we ended up being the last to leave and talking to the hosts, who are friends of ours - not close close friends, but definitely beyond the acquaintance stage. They asked us about our kid plans, and we responded with our usual answer. During that conversation, the wife goes on to tell us about how they had a weekend to themselves the other day and ended up really missing their kids and discussing how empty people's lives are when they don't have children :eek: I was a little taken aback and hurt by that comment - I really didn't expect her to say something like that. If it hadn't been late by the time we got home, I probably would have logged in to get sympathy from all of you :sad: DH didn't think she meant it quite the way I took it. I don't remember exactly the way she said it, so my quote above is definitely paraphrasing. I'm feeling okay about it now after having more time to mull it over and think of two things: A) She said that after having a lot of wine to drink. I could easily believe she woke up the next morning and regretted having let that come out of her mouth. And B) this couple has been very open about their lack of religious belief. I know a lot of people who would find *their* lives empty because of that lack of religion, so I think it's just more of an example to me about why you shouldn't judge someone else's life from the outside.

Oh, and then Sunday we went with our friends to the Magic Kingdom to get their kids' haircuts for the first time (really neat little ceremony at the MK barber shop, btw, if you do ever go with friends who have young children). Uh, let's just say that one of their kids turned out to not be a big haircut fan :) We spent a little more time at the MK, but it was really too warm and crowded for the kids to last long, so we went back to our place after that for a while. I was exhausted by the time they left - they clearly have developed much better levels of stamina than I have! ;) All in all, I have to say DH and I have no regrets about our current lifestyle after this weekend, even if others don't agree.
 
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