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What's missing?; in your life
Topic Started: Aug 8 2008, 08:06 AM (480 Views)
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I have never really travelled outside the US. I really want to get out and see some other places.

Is there a aspect to your life you wish was different?
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Kara and I would love to have children.
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

- Cecil Lewis
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Aug 8 2008, 12:06 PM
I have never really travelled outside the US.

Never really? Did you sort of travel outside the US?
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Aug 8 2008, 08:14 AM
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Aug 8 2008, 12:06 PM
I have never really travelled outside the US.

Never really? Did you sort of travel outside the US?

I say never really becasue I have been to Montreal a handful lof times when I lived in Northern Vermont....and that's like a 2 hour drive.

I yearn for different cultures...new vistas...even different stars at night.

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I've pretty much gone everywhere I've wanted to go and done everything I've wanted to do. The last two things on "The List," are skydiving and hang gliding. Once I've done those two things, I can't think of anything else left, really. I'll be ready to settle down a little, after that. Maybe.
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I want someone to come home to every day. The past 5 weeks have been nice, being at Soak's.

Travel. A lot.
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Aug 8 2008, 12:16 PM
Riley
Aug 8 2008, 08:14 AM
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Aug 8 2008, 12:06 PM
I have never really travelled outside the US.

Never really? Did you sort of travel outside the US?

I say never really becasue I have been to Montreal a handful lof times when I lived in Northern Vermont....and that's like a 2 hour drive.

I yearn for different cultures...new vistas...even different stars at night.

I would start saving up now for a trip when your son is 3 or so.
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Aug 8 2008, 08:17 AM
I'll be ready to settle down a little, after that. Maybe.

Yeah.....right!

Frank's definition of settling down is to scale back just a notch from SKY-DIVING!
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Aug 8 2008, 08:19 AM
I want someone to come home to every day. The past 5 weeks have been nice, being at Soak's.

Travel. A lot.

has it ever occured to you that Mr. Soak may just be Mr. Right?

it's none of my beeswax...just askin'. :wave:
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My husband had more weekends off.
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The lack of being taxed based on my income is missing from my life.
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Aug 8 2008, 11:19 AM
Frank_W
Aug 8 2008, 08:17 AM
I'll be ready to settle down a little, after that. Maybe.

Yeah.....right!

Frank's definition of settling down is to scale back just a notch from SKY-DIVING!
:lol:

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Aug 8 2008, 12:21 PM
dolmansaxlil
Aug 8 2008, 08:19 AM
I want someone to come home to every day.  The past 5 weeks have been nice, being at Soak's.

Travel.  A lot.

has it ever occured to you that Mr. Soak may just be Mr. Right?

it's none of my beeswax...just askin'. :wave:

He absolutely is. I just want him to get his butt to Ontario so I can spend my life with him. :)
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Aug 8 2008, 08:21 AM
My husband had more weekends off.

awww

Youse guys...
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Aug 8 2008, 08:23 AM

He absolutely is. I just want him to get his butt to Ontario so I can spend my life with him. :)

Dol that's so great...I hope you can work it out.
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Aug 8 2008, 08:13 AM
Kara and I would love to have children.

RR

Is Kara your wife? Sorry...I haven't been around here long enough to know everybody. Also because having children is a topic that can become emotional I totally understand if you do not want to discuss.

As a new father I can say it's been quite a eye-opener and I cannot imagine life without Zack...I love him so much.

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Aug 8 2008, 12:22 PM
The lack of being taxed based on my income is missing from my life.

Let me show you the way. ;)
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Aug 8 2008, 08:27 AM
RR

Is Kara your wife?  Sorry...I haven't been around here long enough to know everybody.  Also because having children is a topic that can become emotional I totally understand if you do not want to discuss.

As a new father I can say it's been quite a eye-opener and I cannot imagine life without Zack...I love him so much.

Kara is my wife. (I still get a kick out of saying that!) We were married in February. She's in nursing school as well as working as a surgical tech, so we're not quite ready for kids. But we'd like a bunch... at least four. Your experience with Zack is what I'm looking forward to. :smile:
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

- Cecil Lewis
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Aug 8 2008, 08:31 AM
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Aug 8 2008, 08:27 AM
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Is Kara your wife?  Sorry...I haven't been around here long enough to know everybody.  Also because having children is a topic that can become emotional I totally understand if you do not want to discuss.

As a new father I can say it's been quite a eye-opener and I cannot imagine life without Zack...I love him so much.

Kara is my wife. (I still get a kick out of saying that!) We were married in February. She's in nursing school as well as working as a surgical tech, so we're not quite ready for kids. But we'd like a bunch... at least four.

Wow! Newlyweds!

Congrats...a little late.

I am old for a new dad...41 yrs. I do not think I will be having a bunch...1 more if I'm lucky.

So maybe in a few years when both of you are more solid in your careers you'll start a family. Cool.

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I don't think I've reached my professional peak yet.

I took time off / scaled back to have kids (also very important to me).

I'm still feeling my way around. I worry that I may never find it.
"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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Aug 8 2008, 11:34 AM

I am old for a new dad...41 yrs. I do not think I will be having a bunch...1 more if I'm lucky.

So maybe in a few years when both of you are more solid in your careers you'll start a family. Cool.

Kids are (mostly) cool, but they suck the life out of you. There's a reason that we stop being fertile in our 40's. The physical toll of a newborn, toddler, and the emotional toll of a teenager is too much for us senior citizens.

I'm 58, and the thought of going through drivers ed, dating, diapers, childproofing, babysitting at my age scares the carp out of me.
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Aug 8 2008, 08:36 AM
I'm still feeling my way around. I worry that I may never find it.

Remember, it's the journey that counts, not the destination.

(Figured I'd say it before Aqua did! :wink: )
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

- Cecil Lewis
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Aug 8 2008, 08:36 AM
I don't think I've reached my professional peak yet.

I took time off / scaled back to have kids (also very important to me).

I'm still feeling my way around. I worry that I may never find it.

are you talking about your career or some as-of-yet undiscovered path?
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Aug 8 2008, 08:38 AM
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Aug 8 2008, 08:36 AM
I'm still feeling my way around.  I worry that I may never find it.

Remember, it's the journey that counts, not the destination.

(Figured I'd say it before Aqua did! :wink: )

:thumb:

There are no peaks, only plateaus. Don't stay on them too long, or you'll stagnate.

I hope you never reach your professional peak, R2. Keep climbin'.
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Aug 8 2008, 08:38 AM
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Aug 8 2008, 11:34 AM

I am old for a new dad...41 yrs.  I do not think I will be having a bunch...1 more if I'm lucky. 

So maybe in a few years when both of you are more solid in your careers you'll start a family. Cool.

Kids are (mostly) cool, but they suck the life out of you. There's a reason that we stop being fertile in our 40's. The physical toll of a newborn, toddler, and the emotional toll of a teenager is too much for us senior citizens.

I'm 58, and the thought of going through drivers ed, dating, diapers, childproofing, babysitting at my age scares the carp out of me.

My biological Dad is 71 and has a 19 year old son (my half-brother). He is still hanging in there quite strong and is set to work at the USPS as a mechanic for another three years and then retire.
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